Freed from the solid ice, he still faced another kind of harm from the low temperature that the shadows could not shield him from: frostbite.
But the reason Qiao Lun had summoned Round Deer was precisely that its Reverse Cursed Technique could constantly heal itself.
Round Deer's own thick fur was also key to keeping out the cold.
As Round Deer steadied itself, Qiao Lun slowly emerged from the shadows as well. Shadows also coiled around his body, keeping him from being frozen solid.
Yet the extreme cold was rapidly robbing him of sensation in parts of his body.
But he, too, had mastered Reverse Cursed Technique, and standing atop Round Deer directly increased its efficiency. Every second, he suffered extreme frostbite, yet every second, he rapidly recovered.
If hell existed.
Then Qiao Lun was certain that he was now in Extreme Cold Hell.
At that moment, he understood Agni somewhat. This inhuman state of torture was enough to drive someone to a nervous breakdown.
But Qiao Lun knew even better that he could not break down now.
Instead, he had to find Chrollo in Extreme Cold Hell, because now was the best time to kill him.
If the ability Chrollo had activated was Feitan's Nen Ability, then maintaining Extreme Cold Hell over such a vast area required two conditions to be met.
First, Chrollo had to be seriously injured.
Injuries like a broken arm or a missing portion of one might not be enough.
But Qiao Lun soon thought of another condition affecting Chrollo that could continually worsen his injuries, which was also the key reason Chrollo had chosen to block his attack back then: the bleeding effect.
Ever since Qiao Lun had injured him, Chrollo had never chosen to stop the bleeding.
In other words, he had already