"A Heaven Rank Bone-Freezing Talisman? This is a trap!"
The first to react was Qi Yu's Second Uncle.
They were simply too close, and from beginning to end, they had never imagined that Xu Taiping would turn their scheme against them.
So even though the second brother of the Qi Household reacted extremely quickly, fleeing outside the house the instant the talisman exploded, that terrifying chill still caught up with him.
"Crack, crack, crack!..."
In a mere instant, the entire abandoned estate froze solid, with that dilapidated house at its center.
Trees so thick it took two arms to encircle them froze and snapped at the waist, the rockery in the courtyard cracked apart piece by piece, and even the weeds on the ground froze as hard as steel needles.
If even trees and rocks fared like this, there was no need to speak of people.
The Black-Robed Guards closest to Xu Taiping froze almost on the spot, then shattered into pieces.
Although Qi Yu and his uncles had treasures protecting them, the cold was so ferocious that before they could fully activate their treasures, the surging waves of cold froze them into icicles.
Amid the cracking sounds of freezing and shattering, Qi Yu, his Fourth Uncle, and his Fifth Uncle all froze solid and likewise shattered into pieces.
The only one still desperately resisting was Qi Yu's Second Uncle.
Relying on his protective treasure and his formidable cultivation, he managed to hold out until the Bone-Freezing Talisman's power was exhausted.
But even so, when his true essence ran out, the cold invaded his body, freezing his meridians, qi, and blood.
"Thud!"
Unable to move, he fell headfirst to the ground.
Before passing out, he said, utterly unwilling to accept it:
"I, Second Uncle Qi... actually fell at the hands