"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
The terrifying cold wind, like countless icy blades, hurtled towards Xiao Yan with a sharp, piercing sound.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan's brows furrowed, and he clenched his fist. The jet-black Heavy Xuan Ruler instantly appeared in his palm, and with a swing of his arm, he swung it out fiercely, shattering the oncoming cold wind.
"Click click..."
However, the moment the icy wind was broken, a layer of solid ice quickly covered the giant ruler in Xiao Yan's hand.
"Ah..."
Seeing this, Xiao Yan was slightly startled. He hadn't expected the cold wind to become even stronger, freezing his Heavy Xuan Ruler in just one encounter.
"Damn it! This cold wind is so strange. If it keeps going like this, I'm afraid we really won't be able to get through here."
With a slight tightening of his grip on the Heavy Xuan Ruler, a dazzling array of Heavenly Flames instantly enveloped it.
As the Heavenly Flames appeared, the thick layer of solid ice on the Heavy Xuan Ruler melted rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the same time, at the top of the slope opposite Xiao Yan, a terrifying cold wind swept in again.
"Hateful!"
Having learned from his previous experience, Xiao Yan dared not be careless. With a thought, he covered the entire giant ruler with Heavenly Flames, and with a sudden swing of his arm, a red light blasted fiercely at the oncoming cold wind.
"Bang!"
The cold wind immediately dissipated, and this time, it no longer approached Xiao Yan Xiao Yan, allowing him to finally take a few steps forward.
But then, the biting cold wind struck again, seemingly endless, as many times as Xiao Yan broke through. This caused a slight change in the expression on Xiao Yan's face.
If things continue like this, he probably won't even see the true face of this hinterland, let alone cross it.
"Damn it! We have to force our way through here, otherwise, we'll have to stop here for today!"
A thought flashed through his mind, and Xiao Yan took a deep breath, gathered his strength, and quickly stepped forward. At the same time, he gripped the Heavy Xuan Ruler tightly in his hand, his knuckles making a soft creaking sound. As the cold wind arrived, Xiao Yan swung the giant ruler, which was enveloped in Heavenly Flames, out again, shattering the cold wind.
"Break!"
"Break!"
"Break!"
As Xiao Yan roared repeatedly, the relentless onslaught of cold wind was shattered time and again.
However, the closer Xiao Yan got to the top of the slope, the more strained he felt. The power of the cold wind seemed to be constantly increasing, and the force he exerted with each attack was also increasing. In the end, Xiao Yan even had to use his Dou Technique to forcefully shatter the oncoming cold wind.
"Um?!"
Just as Xiao Yan paused for a few seconds and was about to take another step forward, he suddenly realized that his ankles were covered in ice. At the same time, Xiao Yan had begun to fall in the air.
"Drink!"
Xiao Yan's Xiao Yan suddenly trembled, forcefully shattering the ice covering his feet, and he took another step forward.
He kept wielding the Heavy Xuan Ruler, but as the cold wind around him grew stronger, even though Xiao Yan was doing his best, his forward speed was becoming increasingly slow.
At this point, even with the protection of the Heavenly Flames, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel the terrifyingly low temperature between heaven and earth. This made his body start to feel cold, and his heart also felt icy.
The strange temperature in the world actually made Xiao Yan, who was never afraid of water or ice, feel a sense of fear.
But the more this happened, the more unwilling Xiao Yan felt. He gripped the Heavy Xuan Ruler tightly with both hands and slammed it into the ice at his feet. His body was enveloped in Heavenly Flames, and he struggled to sit down, leaning against the Heavy Xuan Ruler. As for the cold wind, it was blocked by the thick body of the Heavy Xuan Ruler.
After quickly swallowing two Emperor Grade Pill, feeling the warm and soothing sensation as they entered his body, Xiao Yan finally couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Only after a long while did he manage to speak with great difficulty to the Gu You within his body:
" Elder Gu, do you know what kind of monster this is?"
"Hmm, I do know something about that."
Xiao Yan recalled Gu You's voice, which was calm and unwavering, yet it gave Xiao Yan a bad feeling.
"Then could you please...?"
"No, you should handle this yourself. I already advised you to turn back, but you wouldn't listen. Now you're in this situation, which is your own fault."
Without giving Xiao Yan the slightest chance, Gu You retorted.
"But you know, I have to go this way; there's no other way."
Xiao Yan said in a deep voice.
"That was before, but now things are different. The time is not right. You think you can leave here on your own? You can't do it unless you force me to take action."
After these words, Xiao Yan finally fell silent. Gu You had made it very clear that he could no longer rely on Gu You's power; now, the only person he could truly rely on was himself.
"Hmph... Since that's the case, even if it means fighting to the very end, I must see what the heart of the Xilin Mountain Range is really like!"
With a resentful shout, Xiao Yan, who was leaning against the Heavy Xuan Ruler, suddenly stood up. At the same time, his hand, enveloped in Heavenly Flames, suddenly grabbed the giant ruler and pulled it out with great force. The solid ice covering the giant ruler shattered instantly.
"Drink! Break it for me!!!"
Xiao Yan gripped the giant ruler, his body wreathed in Heavenly Flames. He suddenly unleashed the Heavenly Severing Steps, raising the giant ruler high above his head before bringing it crashing down. The magnificent ruler light was particularly dazzling in the icy snow, destroying the oncoming cold wind with overwhelming force.
With a swift movement, Xiao Yan followed the foot-long beam of light shooting out in front of him. Before the beam dissipated, he had already arrived at the top of the slope, only a dozen or so feet away from the summit.
"Drink! Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler! Break it for me!"
As the shout fell, the seven-foot-long beam instantly drained nearly a third of the Dou Qi within Xiao Yan's internal vortex. The power of this beam was terrifying.
The moment the magnificent ruler-shaped beam shot out, its terrifying residual power tore through the solid ice in front of Xiao Yan, and cracks rapidly spread out. The beam, carrying an extremely terrifying energy storm, completely destroyed this section of the slope, and even the thick mountain rocks beneath the ice were crushed.
"Rumble..."
As the attack landed, the solid ice beneath Xiao Yan's feet shattered. Not only that, but the entire icy region where Xiao Yan was located suddenly trembled violently.
"Um?!"
Upon noticing this, Xiao Yan's heart tightened slightly, and he quickly retreated backward.
Meanwhile, the icy world below also began to collapse rapidly.
A moment later, the original slope was gone, replaced by a huge ravine. Gusts of cold wind, even more terrifying than before, were rushing out from the source of the ravine, and the heavens and earth changed color at that moment.
At the same time, the expressions on the faces of Tian Ying and his two companions deep within the Xilin Mountain Range also changed drastically.