"Crackle, crackle, crackle..."
By the time Xu Taiping realized this, the frozen region at the bottom of the lake had already spread from Demon Emperor Jiao's feet to his neck.
Not far away, Duan Xiaoyu and the four Mysterious Wasteland Heaven Young Men were still struggling, occasionally breaking through the solid ice around them. But as the cold intensified and the surrounding ice grew harder, their movements became slower and slower.
Clearly, this cold was not something ordinary spells or divine abilities could contend with.
After briefly weighing his options, Xu Taiping finally made a difficult decision-
Leave.
Leave the River of Time, return to six months later, and then find a way to resolve this problem.
After all, this block of solid ice would not melt within three to five years.
But to Xu Taiping's surprise, just as he prepared to summon the Kunwu Sword and leave the River of Time directly, the sword refused to obey his control or fly out of the Iron Gourd.
Just as Xu Taiping was puzzling over this, Lotus Eye's voice suddenly rang out in his mind:
"It should be because you have yet to escape your present predicament. The Kunwu Sword cannot take you out of this River of Time."
Understanding dawned on Xu Taiping, and he thought to himself:
If I want to escape being sealed in ice by this cold while keeping Demon Emperor Jiao under control, my only option should be to abandon this Origin Beginning Clone.
Although Demon Emperor Jiao had said he would seal himself in ice here along with them, Xu Taiping believed that if he withdrew his blade force now, Demon Emperor Jiao would immediately unleash that terrifying Origin Demon Seed Power of his and kill everyone present.
Fortunately, Xu Taiping had once again used