"How... how are we supposed to collect this?" Xiao Yu turned to look at Profound Bone.
"Heh heh, these are ice crystals formed by the qianlan ice flame spreading outward. Once we collect the flame, this ice coffin will naturally disappear. I anticipated this long ago, but the method involves my cultivation arts, so I cannot tell you about it. Still, I can trap the flame for a little while. You only need to seize that opportunity to pull the Void Sky Cauldron out of the opening." Profound Bone gazed at the blue flame and chuckled.
"You aren't planning to use this flame against me, are you?" Xiao Yu could not help asking.
"You think someone who has never even touched the qianlan ice flame could control it freely? And use it against an enemy, at that? With your speed, could you possibly fail to dodge it?" Profound Bone looked at Xiao Yu as though he were an idiot and spoke mockingly.
"Uh..." Xiao Yu had no answer. This old fiend certainly put on a convincing act. He just did not know whether Profound Bone truly intended to refrain from attacking or was merely saying so. Still, Xiao Yu was actually looking forward to him making a move.
"All right. To keep a long night from breeding more trouble, let's get started!" Xiao Yu said with some urgency.
Seeing this, Profound Bone suppressed his excitement and smiled at Xiao Yu.
Then, with a thought, Profound Bone released a vast quantity of ghost qi from his body and began spinning rapidly in midair.
As he spun, the ghost qi around him formed an emerald whirlwind roughly ten feet across. Sinister yin qi filled it, and waves of piercing ghostly wails rang out from within.
Before long, once the ghost qi inside