Chapter 49: Millennium Ice Toad

  Ling Luo's feathers fell, and Hong Fei hastily stepped forward a few steps, looking in the direction that Zhuang Luo was gazing.

  Outside the exit is a valley.

  What shocked Zhan was not the mountain valley, but the ice sculpture before the exit, an ice sculpture several people high.

  If it were just an ice sculpture, it wouldn't be enough to shock Zhuang Luocheng like that. The reason is that at the very center of the ice sculpture, a person was frozen inside, someone who had been alive and kicking not long ago.

  "Alas! Although I didn't interact with Zhang Ba deeply, we still went through thick and thin together. Who would have thought that in just a short moment of not seeing him, Brother Zhang is gone!" Looking at the frozen Zhang Ba, Hong Fei couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

  The ground where the ice sculpture is located is covered with a thick layer of solid ice, and through the ice layer, you can vaguely see the rock surface that has been frozen and cracked open.

  "Even the mountain rocks were frozen and cracked open, what on earth could have sealed Zhang brother in here?" The few people gasped, slowly poking their heads out of the cave entrance to survey the entire valley.

  The valley is filled with cold air that presses down on people, and it's extremely quiet. Not to mention birds or beasts, even flowers, grasses, and trees are nowhere to be seen.

  "Alas! Since we've met before, I couldn't bear to see Brother Zhang's body exposed like this. Let's give him a proper burial!" Hong Fei lightly tapped his foot and leaped out of the cave, walking towards Zhang Ba's ice-encased body.

  With a light pat on his waist, a knife accompanied by a dragon's cry shot out, and with a gentle flip of his right hand, Hong Fei had already grasped the knife in his hand. With the knife in hand, Hong Fei's entire being changed, becoming sharp beyond compare, and even his aura transformed into an overbearing one.

  He slightly raised his knife, and with a single slash, Hong Fei struck the ice sculpture. The seemingly soft and fluffy slash seemed to carry an aura of boundless dominance as it flew swiftly towards the ice sculpture.

  "Overlord's blade is flying! Just looking at Brother Hong's one knife, I know that Brother Hong is indeed a name that lives up to his reputation!" Seeing Hong Fei's light and casual slash, Zhuang Luo Chen let out a sigh of admiration.

  "Heh heh, Hong brother's saber and Zhuang brother's sword, either one of them placed in the martial world wouldn't be a renowned existence?" Ling Luoyu smiled lightly.

  Hong Fei's knife flashed quickly across the ice, but the result was completely different from what he had imagined. Originally, Hong Fei had only hoped that one knife would be able to split open the ice layer surrounding Zhang Ba, but unexpectedly, as soon as the knife came into contact with the ice, the entire ice sculpture, including Zhang Ba who was frozen in it, suddenly turned into a cloud of water vapor and disappeared without a trace.

  At this scene, Hong Fei paused and was stunned on the spot.

  Suddenly, Ling Luo's feathers fell, and Zhuang Luo's dust was also shocked, his face changed greatly.

  "Rumor has it that if the temperature drops to a certain limit, the Shattered Golden Stone can do anything. I never thought it would be true! This tyrant has clearly been frozen into powder by that extreme cold!" Ling Luoye suddenly remembered a passage from an ancient book he had read before, and comparing it to the current situation, he immediately understood the underlying principle.

  "Be careful!" Zhuang Lu fell dust and shouted loudly, already rushing quickly towards Hong Fei's location.

  Ling Luo's feathers ruffled as he retreated several steps, his eyes wide with wonder. He saw that the ground where Hong Fei was standing suddenly began to shake violently, and a soft, elastic whip-like object burst out of the earth, coiling towards Hong Fei. Wherever the whip passed, white mist churned and cold air shot out in all directions.

  In a hurry, Hong Fei flipped his palm, and the Overlord Sword in his hand lightly touched the whip tip, and he had already retreated dozens of feet with this force.

  A sudden flash of dust in his hand, the ordinary dust divine sword shook, and swiftly stabbed towards that whip-like object.

  That whip-like object was unknown what it was, but it was extremely agile, suddenly sinking down and then violently rising up, avoiding the sword that Zhuang had fallen into dust, and then slapping the sword body with momentum.

  "Boom..." A loud noise, Zhuang Lu dust was blown away for more than ten feet, and heavily fell to the ground.

  A carp leaped out of the water, staring intently at the whip-like object with its tiger eyes, while on the other side, Hong Fei had also caught his breath and was watching with a desire to pounce.

  That whip-like object suddenly contracted and retreated back under the ground.

  Rumble...

  With a loud noise, the entire ground burst open, and a large, emerald-green centipede appeared before everyone's eyes. The whip-like object was actually the centipede's tongue, constantly darting in and out of its mouth.

  "Ice Toad! I never thought such a ferocious beast existed here!" Ling Luoye's expression changed, and he shouted loudly.

  "This is an ice toad? As far as I know, the largest ice toads are only about the size of a sea bowl, how can there be such a big ice toad!" Zhuang Luo Chen looked at Ling Luo Yu in doubt and said.

  Ling Luo's smile was bitter as he said, "Brother Zhuang doesn't know this, but although ordinary ice cicadas aren't rare, they do grow twice in size every hundred years. By the time a thousand years pass, these ice cicadas will develop spiritual intelligence. It's said that eventually, they can transform into human-like demons. At that point, it's like flying through the sky and escaping to the earth - nothing is impossible for them! They're far beyond what ordinary people in the martial arts world can handle! Looking at this ice cicada before us, I'm certain it's not just a thousand years old, but probably not far from transforming into a demon either!"

  The words had just reached this point when Bing Chan moved, but he didn't kill towards Zhuang Lü Chen, nor did he continue to attack Hong Fei.

  The ice toad's two legs pushed off the ground and suddenly flew quickly towards Ling Luo, perhaps the ice toad knew that Hong Fei and Zhuang Luo Chen were the strongest among this group of people, so it wanted to take care of these slightly weaker ones first!

  In mid-air, the giant toad's mouth suddenly opened wide, and a white mist burst out, transforming into a large net that enveloped more than ten people on Ling Luo's side.

  It's not just that, at the same time as the white fog spouted out, the tongue in the ice toad's mouth also shot out violently, rapidly rolling towards a young man in yellow clothes.

  Qin Ling'er waved her hands, and a seven-colored smoke quickly flew out. Immediately afterwards, Qin Ling'er grasped Ling Luoyu and violently retreated more than ten zhang, exiting the range of the white fog's shroud.

  The rest of the people also retreated violently, with white lights flying non-stop in their hands. Apparently, these white lights were all hidden weapons. At this time, no one would hide anything, and they all brought out their ultimate skills.

  The young man in yellow shirt slashed his knife towards the rolling tongue, and he also retreated quickly. However, he didn't retreat far enough because the ice toad's tongue had already wrapped around the knife and pulled it back, causing the young man to stumble. Then, the tongue suddenly expanded several feet and was about to swallow the young man whole.

  A shrill cry echoed, and the young man in yellow had already been flung to the ground by the ice toad's tongue. However, he had turned into an ice sculpture, one that was identical to Zhang Ba.

  The ice toad exerted itself and kicked off the ground, flying into the air and rapidly pouncing towards Ling Luo Yu.