Chapter 87: Tempering

  Zhang Heng ignored the low temperature and frost around him, his hands quickly finished the spell, and the air around him began to fluctuate strangely.

  A flash of divine color in his eyes, Zhang Heng's fingers pointed towards the ground.

  "Bang." The ground shook violently, and the place where Mu Xuan was standing suddenly cracked open a wide gap of several meters, which then closed in the blink of an eye.

  If you're not careful, you'll be swallowed up alive by this gaping crack in the ground.

  Mu Xuan's figure flashed in the void and landed on Zhang Heng's other side, her eyes still tightly closed, her face unchanged, as if the previous spell had no effect on her.

  "What a strange and mysterious movement!" Seeing Mu Xuan's effortless dodge of his own Earth Splitting Technique, Zhang Heng couldn't help but secretly admire her.

  "Frostfall." Mu Xuan seemed to always be in the process of casting a spell, and after dodging the ground crack, his body landed on the ground, and a new spell was triggered again.

  Only a dense frost formed in the sky, like snowflakes, falling towards the ground.

  Zhang Heng did not dodge these frost, let the grain-like frost fall on his body, but the spell in his hand did not stop.

  A chill ran down Zhang Heng's spine, causing his body to stiffen slightly. He hadn't expected this thing to have a paralyzing effect, which left him slightly surprised.

  As Zhang Heng's opponent, Mu Xuan was also shocked in her heart. Under the double effect of her two auxiliary spells, the other side seemed to have little impact. To know that an ordinary cultivator would be in this situation, I'm afraid they could only frantically mobilize their magic to counter the incoming ice and frost, or transfer the battlefield.

  A scorching wave of air formed around Zhang Heng, his left hand pinched a seal and pointed forward slightly. Amidst the raging flames, a snake-shaped flame that spat out heat waves shot towards Mu Xuan.

  Mu Xuan was expressionless, her jade-like fingers moved forward slightly, and a sphere of blue ice formed in front of her.

  The ice ball hit the fire snake's body just right, and in an instant, a layer of frost condensed on the fire snake's entire body, finally turning into mist and disappearing into the air.

  This wasn't over yet, as Mu Xuan's slender fingers continuously tapped the air, forming several emerald green ice balls.

  Seeing so many blue ice balls hitting him, Zhang Heng didn't dare to slack off either. A faint silver light condensed between his palms.

  "Hiss, hiss, hiss——" Several thin, blade-like silver lights rapidly traversed the void, striking those emerald ice balls with precision.

  The blue ice ball burst instantly, and countless icicles scattered around. These icicles were extremely sharp, and if you were hit by one, it would absolutely not feel good.

  Zhang Heng's expression changed slightly, and with a wave of his hand, a silver light screen suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking all the ice shards.

  Ripples rose on the silver light screen, not only was the defense not broken, but a large piece of ice also merged into this light screen, even making it stronger.

  Mu Xuan's ethereal figure moved again to Zhang Heng's back, preparing to further cast her spell.

  Zhang Heng would never let her have her way, his hands waving continuously, several silver blades shooting towards Mu Xuan, leaving her no room to dodge.

  Mu Xuan's hands intertwined, forming a green light screen in front of her. The green light on the screen flowed continuously, like a flowing water curtain. After the silver edge hit this screen, it slowed down and couldn't break through the screen in a short time.

  "Zhil!" The blue light screen quickly dissipated.

  Mu Xuan hadn't expected that the other party's technique could actually suppress her own Bixue Ice Heart Decision, and just as she thought this, a flash of insight appeared in her mind.

  "Miao" Muxuan's figure quickly disappeared from where she was and reappeared on another side.

  Whoa! Zhang Heng's figure appeared in an instant as she moved, a palm strike was launched, but it hit empty air, leaving behind only the faint scent of a woman.

  He stretched out his palm and found that there were a few strands of soft hair on his hand.

  In a flash of fire, Zhang Heng burned away these few strands of hair.

  If you don't grasp it at the most critical moment, it will slip away from you, otherwise it would be like last time with Luo Ningxue.

  What was even more bizarre to Zhang Heng was that at the moment he launched his attack, his opponent seemed to have sensed something, otherwise, with his speed, it would be very difficult for him to dodge this fatal blow.

  "Good means for a fellow Taoist." Not far away, Mu Xuan opened her eyes, and there were still a few strands of exotic colors flowing in her gaze. Her gaze at Zhang Heng also had a few strands of difference.

  Zhang Heng did not launch a further attack, and instead said calmly: "Your intuition is actually correct, fellow Taoist."

  Mu Xuan remained silent, and the reason she was able to dodge Zhang Heng's attack at the critical moment was also because she possessed the spiritual root talent of unseen precognition.

  "Are you still going to practice, Mo Dao?" Zhang Heng's mouth was slightly curved with a faint smile.

  Mu Xuan stretched out her snowy crystal-like arm, and a blue-green bracelet slipped off her wrist.

  The blue bracelet emitted a burst of shimmering light, swirling in front of Mu Xuan's face, reflecting her exquisite and beautiful features.

  Zhang Heng looked at this bracelet with a strange expression, it was the first time he had seen such a strange spirit tool, and judging from its appearance, the grade of this object was not low.

  "This is an extraordinary spiritual artifact, but its main method is not to attack." Mu Xuan's hand shot out a pale green light, and the ring in the air burst into dazzling light, suddenly increasing by several times.

  "Top-grade spiritual artifact?" Zhang Heng's interest was piqued.

  After entering the Blood Kill Cave Mansion, this was still his second time seeing an extreme-grade spiritual artifact. Listening to Mu Xuan's words, this thing wasn't even an attacking-type spiritual artifact.

  "Tang Daoyou, you'd better bring out your own spiritual artifact, otherwise, you might be at a disadvantage." Mu Xuan surprisingly reminded Zhang Heng and didn't immediately launch an attack.

  Zhang Heng remained unmoved. Since it wasn't an attacking type of top-grade spirit artifact, the threat to himself was greatly reduced. As for whether or not he would use his own spirit artifact, that wasn't something his opponent could decide.

  Before entering the cave mansion, Zhang Heng would not use his own life-bound spirit tool, which was his trump card.

  "My cultivation method is very special and doesn't require the use of any magical tools." Zhang Heng, of course, wouldn't tell the truth. Although his opponent was a beauty, he wouldn't hesitate to deceive her just because of that.

  Mu Xuan seemed to have been really fooled by Zhang Heng: "In that case, I'll make a move."

  "Hum~" A vast halo of light formed around the jade bangle, composed of a layer of shimmering aurora, forming a huge circle.

  Under Mu Xuan's drive, the jade hoop suddenly descended above Zhang Heng's head.

  The hollow part of the jade bangle happened to be facing Zhang Heng.

  What! Does this thing want to encircle itself? Zhang Heng couldn't help but think of some circular-shaped magical artifacts from Journey to the West.

  Zhang Heng did not actively attack the jade hoop in the sky, but his body was in a state of extreme stillness, and as soon as there was any unusual movement, he would react accordingly.

  Suddenly, the halo of light around Yuexiang expanded several dozen times, enveloping an area of tens of meters in all directions.

  Not good! Zhang Heng's expression changed, his body rapidly flashing with movement, wanting to leave the range of the halo's coverage as soon as possible.

  But in the blink of an eye, the halo of light in the sky encircled Zhang Heng's body with a speed that was almost instantaneous, and then the halo shrank instantly and wrapped itself around Zhang Heng's neck.

  The moment he was enveloped by this rainbow-colored halo, Zhang Heng felt that the mana within his body was being suppressed, and could only exert a fraction of its effect.

  At this moment, the jade hoop spinning in the sky swooped down with a "whoosh" and grew several times larger, wrapping Zhang Heng's body inside, then tightly encircling his neck.

  "Big Brother!" Seeing Zhang Heng being restrained, Zhao Rui drove his spiritual device forward to come and assist.

  "Hmm!" Yu Meng manipulated a high-quality spiritual artifact to block his way.

  Zhang Heng gazed at Mu Xuan not far away and said in a calm tone, "Mu Daoist friend, the sparring ends here. Tang certain has lost. What do you think?"

  Her eyes gazed at Zhang Heng with a cold and quiet tone: "Alright, but Tang Dao friend must agree to one condition from Mu Xuan."

  "What's going on?" Zhang Heng asked calmly.

  "Join our sect of Bi Xue Xiang Yun." Mu Xuan's eyes, which had remained unchanged for ten thousand years, flashed with a hint of anticipation, as if eagerly awaiting Zhang Heng's response.

  "No way."

  "Your life is now in my hands." Mu Xuan said calmly.

  Zhang Heng burst out laughing: "Do you think you really have control over Tang's life and death?"