The Cold Pool Changed Hands!

The Ice Toad King puffed out its throat pouch, unleashing its Demon Power and activating the Frosty Core Illumination.

The water in the surrounding pools suddenly cooled down!

The originally flowing water gradually stagnated, causing Yang Xiao's movements to become increasingly sluggish.

The protective Spiritual Power flowed more slowly, and the outward spread of the Core Illumination Light was also suppressed, causing the five-colored light to dim inch by inch in the black water.

Yang Xiao also felt some pressure.

The stagnation of Spiritual Power by the pool water is real, and the suppression of the Core Illumination Light by the cold air is also real.

However, his physical body was as strong as a furnace; the chill that penetrated his skin was immediately dissipated by his vigorous blood and energy, and could not be harmed in the slightest.

The Toad King stared at the descending figure, a hint of surprise flashing in its eyes.

How could he move so freely in such cold water?

It no longer holds back.

The power of the icy Core Illumination suddenly intensified, and the icy pool water squeezed towards Yang Xiao from all directions, pushing Yang Xiao down several feet.

The water pressure hit the black armor, producing a slight thud. He sank his feet and managed to steady himself.

At the bottom of the pool, the Ice Toad King no longer relies solely on its cold aura to suppress its power.

It puffed up its throat pouch and suddenly spat out a glob of highly toxic saliva.

The saliva dispersed as soon as it left his mouth, turning into dozens of thin threads that silently rushed towards Yang Xiao's body.

These highly toxic saliva droplets are extremely corrosive; once they come into contact with flesh, they can quickly corrode it. Mixed with the dark, icy water of the pool, they are even more difficult to detect and defend against.

Yang Xiao's brows furrowed, and he manipulated the Canglan Water Pattern, causing the water around him to swirl and keep the highly poisonous saliva at bay.

The Void-Treading Wind-Chasing Steps then unfolded.

Underwater is different from land; his Movement Technique are hindered at every turn, yet he remains incredibly fast.

With a light tap of his toes, he used the momentum to leap sideways and in the blink of an eye, he was right in front of the Toad King.

The Toad King's pupils contracted, and it suddenly stuck out its long tongue.

The tongue moved as fast as a black iron chain, aiming straight for Yang Xiao's throat.

The moment the long tongue attacked, Yang Xiao flipped his wrist and brought the spear down horizontally.

The Toad King was startled and quickly withdrew its tongue, but Yang Xiao had already caught up.

With a flick of his Army-Breaking Spear, he thrust it straight at its forelimb.

The Toad King dodged to the side, but was still cut open by the spear, and a wisp of dark red demonic blood rose in the water.

At the tip of the spear, the blazing white Evil-Splitting, Defilement-Burning and the crimson Lion Flame ignited simultaneously.

Laugh--!

The crimson Lion Flame burned the wound for a moment before being extinguished by the icy pool water, while the blazing white Solar Flame instantly penetrated the opponent's body through the wound, burning both flesh and soul.

The Toad King's enormous body trembled violently.

The intense pain struck, causing it to let out even more agonizing howls, and its body even briefly lost strength and sank to the bottom of the pool.

It instinctively sank into the bottom of the pool, where there was no telling how much silt it contained.

At the same time, it concealed its Yao Qi, and its aura and body temperature disappeared together, like a drop of water flowing into a pool, leaving no trace.

Yang Xiao stood in the water, and his body suddenly spread out with Core Illumination Light after adapting to the stagnant state of the pool.

Core Illumination Light, three hundred feet high, covered the cold pool, and every speck of silt, every rock, and every unusual movement of the water at the bottom of the pool was reflected in perception.

A golden light condensed in his palm, and a golden spear about a foot long took shape.

He raised his hand and threw the object towards a seemingly empty body of water to his left.

The golden spear pierced through the water, its momentum undiminished, and with a splash, it embedded itself into the rock at the bottom of the pool.

The rocks shattered, debris tumbled, and the nearby water flow formed an unnatural vortex, as if something had been startled and shifted.

At the same time, a blurry black shadow swiftly slid to the other side.

The second golden spear had already materialized in Yang Xiao's hand, and with a turn of the spearhead, it aimed at the dark figure.

Deeper still in the icy abyss.

The Ice Toad King lay prone in the icy pool, feeling a sense of unfamiliarity with the waters where he had once lived.

It wasn't just that my own location was detected.

It attempted to expand the power of the Frosty Core Illumination, but it weakened inch by inch, like snow falling into warm water, and now it couldn't even maintain a range of three zhang!?

Its Core Illumination Domain has lost control of this area!?

Yang Xiao stood in the middle of the flowing water in the pool.

From the moment it entered the icy pool, the Eroding-Realm Mystic Light spread out along with Core Illumination, gradually eroding its control over the cold water.

Because the expansion of Core Illumination Domain under the pool was relatively slow, it has only now been fully expanded.

Now, having completely eroded and eliminated the Ice Toad King's Core Illumination Domain, the opponent's traces are naturally nowhere to be hidden in his eyes.

Deep within the icy abyss, the Ice Toad King lay lurking in the darkness, its throat pouch bulging and deflating.

With a thought, he urged his Demon Power to manipulate the surrounding pool water, but the effortless response was like a stone sinking into the sea. Instead, he could feel the resistance of the surrounding pool water.

What's going on!?

How many years has it cultivated itself in this pool, and now it has inexplicably lost control of this place?

Who exactly are you?

Its eyes were full of surprise and doubt, but it didn't bother to ask any further questions.

The sound emerged from the water, no longer teasing, and even carried a hint of strangeness that it itself was unaware of.

However, it was met with a relentless surge of water, and the very moves it had just used against the opponent returned to its own body.

If you keep asking, you'll lose your life.

It made a decisive move, abruptly turning around, its massive body surging upwards from the deep water.

Lu Changgeng was still waiting for it on the shore, but none of that mattered at the moment.

Ashore.

The Deputy General finally saw what was happening underwater.

Previously, they could only stare at the dark ripples on the surface of the water, unable to guess what was happening below; now, bubbles began to rise one after another from the center of the pool, growing faster and faster.

Then, with a loud "boom!"

A large section of ice exploded, sending ice fragments mixed with pool water soaring several meters high.

"It's coming out."

Lu Changgeng stood on the shore, his long sword immediately drawn.

The Deputy General immediately dispersed into formation.

During these days of encirclement, they rehearsed countless times the scene of the Ice Toad King coming ashore and throwing out all the chains to bind him.

But when that enormous black shadow burst out of the water, all the formations froze in place.

The Ice Toad King landed heavily on the shore, its four legs smashing the rocks and causing them to crack.

Its wounds were still wreathed in crimson Lion Flame, its flesh charred black, and strands of demonic blood mixed with water trickled down.

It didn't look at Lu Changgeng.

He didn't even look at the scattered Deputy General.

The moment it landed, it pushed off with all four paws, its first instinct being to flee into the distance.

This scene left many of the Deputy General stunned.

Yang Xiao leaped out of the water and landed on the rocks on the shore.

The icy water flowed down the black armor, freezing upon landing. The five-colored Core Illumination, spreading onto the shore, and a wisp of Earth-Yellow Core Illumination Light instantly enveloped the Ice Toad King.

The Ice Toad King forcefully summoned its Demon Power, its hind legs slamming into the ground, and its massive body soared into the air, instantly rising tens of feet into the air.

Just then, a wisp of Earth-Yellow Core Illumination Light suddenly enveloped it, and then abruptly disappeared!

"Gurgle--!"

The Ice Toad King's soaring body seemed to carry a mountain on its back.

The momentum of the leap in mid-air was abruptly crushed, and the enormous demonic body crashed back to the ground, its limbs sinking into the rock.

Yang Xiao gripped the barrel of the Army-Breaking Spear with one hand.

With a surge of power from the ground and a twist of the waist and back, the Army-Breaking Spear was hurled out with tremendous force!

The spear pierced the air, its shaft enveloped in Golden Astral Force and crimson Lion Flame, with Solar Flame condensing at the tip, leaving only a short streak of light in the air.

By the time the Toad King sensed the gust of wind from the gun, it was too late to turn around completely.

It could only hastily mobilize its remaining Demon Power to protect its back.

Pfft--!

The Army-Breaking Spear pierced through the Demon Power protecting the body, like penetrating a thin layer of ice, its tip emerging from the body and deeply embedded in the rocky ground beside the mountain path.

The Solar Flame burst open inside the wound, the intense white flames flowing along the spearhead and into the internal organs; the Flame-Burning spread along the wound, the crimson Lion Flame burning inch by inch across the flesh.

The Toad King let out a long roar, and then it breathed its last.

The butt of the gun vibrated slightly.

The crimson Lion Flame at the wound site continued to burn along the demon blood, emitting a faint sizzling sound.

Wisps of white smoke rose from the charred flesh, drifting up the mountain path along with the fishy smell.

The waves that had surged in the cold pool receded, circling back and forth, becoming calmer and calmer with each ripple.