After clearing the previous floors one after another, everyone had grown familiar with the Soul Spirit Tower's rhythm. Apart from the Flame Demon Lion on the second floor causing a few complications, they had swept through the next several trials like a blade through bamboo.
Before this team, whose coordination was growing increasingly seamless, those hundred-year soul beasts might as well have been made of paper. They were swept aside like rotten wood and withered weeds.
Xie Xie even had the leisure to complain after a battle. "Isn't this a little too easy? It feels like mowing grass. I barely used any soul power."
Yue Zhengyu put away his golden longsword and gave him a cool glance. "Count your blessings. At least we aren't as bedraggled as we were on the second floor."
Tang Wulin walked at the head of the team, feeling the abundant soul power within him, yet he dared not let his guard down for a moment. He knew this was merely the calm before the storm. The farther they went, the more sharply the difficulty would rise.
Sure enough, when they stepped into the ninth floor's teleportation array, their surroundings changed completely in an instant.
The sweltering air vanished, replaced by a bone-piercing chill. A boundless white ice field appeared before them, with thick Xue beneath their feet. The howling wind carried Xueflakes that stung their cheeks.
"It's freezing!" Xu Xiaoyan shivered involuntarily, hugging herself as her teeth chattered slightly.
"Be careful, everyone. The temperature here is extremely low. Don't let your guard down," Gu Yue warned gravely. Her hands swept before her, and a pale blue barrier enveloped the group, keeping out most of the cold.
Just then, heavy footsteps sounded from behind the iceberg ahead.
Boom! Boom!
Each step left a deep footprint in