How could he snare the wolf without risking the child? Having come this far, he could no longer hesitate. Even if the sword shattered, Mu Bai was determined to try. This was a superb opportunity to raise the Twin Fish Sword by one grade.
He drew the Twin Fish Sword, and a layer of frost immediately formed over its blade. Through the Split Soul within the sword embryo, Mu Bai could feel the sword trembling.
"Come on!"
Casting aside his hesitation, Mu Bai resolutely thrust the Twin Fish Sword into the extreme cold divergent flame before him. Blue and red light flickered over the blade as though about to merge, only to freeze solid in an instant. The two colors entwined, clinging to each other like interlocking, jagged scales.
Mu Bai could not let the Twin Fish Sword melt. Taking advantage of that instant of solidification, he channeled a surge of vitality from the Pear Blossom Soul Mark through his hand into it, and felt as though the sword had come alive. Just as delight stirred in him, he sensed searing heat assaulting it. He sent another surge of the mark's vitality into the sword, allowing it to barely maintain its shape.
"Hold on a little longer. Let the frost shape the sword once more!"
Sure enough, another wave of biting cold struck, and the Twin Fish Sword abruptly froze over with frost again.
"Hold on a little longer..."
While Mu Bai remained safe, wholly absorbed in tempering the Twin Fish Sword within the Extreme Cold Forbidden Land, Chen Shichong controlled his Silver Crane soul spirit, carrying Ji Ruxia and Yan Ru westward, his heart burning with urgency.
"Young Master Chen, Ru Xia's freezing all over. She'll die if this goes on!"
Holding Ji Ruxia in her arms, Yan Ru