The two of them stopped staying and headed along the edge of the ice cliff toward the distant icicle forest.
This piece of eternal ice field is so quiet that it is disturbing.
There was no other sound except the "crunching" sound made by the two people stepping on the snow.
The aurora in the sky flows silently like colorful silk, casting the only and most bizarre light source on this frozen land.
A long and ferocious wolf howl broke through the dead silence without warning.
Sounds came from all directions, and the entire ice field woke up in an instant.
Under the faint blue aurora, pairs of scarlet light spots lit up one after another in the shadow of the glaciers in the distance. The number was so large that it made one's scalp numb.
Soon, the wolves appeared.
Their entire body is made of pure ice crystals, and their bodies are nearly twice the size of ordinary wild wolves. Each muscle is like a carefully carved ice cube, reflecting the aurora, showing a deadly beauty.
They are not flesh and blood, but a group of killing machines condensed from ice elements.
Ice crystal wolf.
"Sect Master, let me come."
Shui Bing'er took a step forward, her expression solemn, but there was an eagerness to fight between her brows.
The mysterious power of ice in her body was rejoicing because of the rich ice element environment, and she was eager to test her newly acquired power.
Ning Liu glanced at her and did not refuse.
"Okay, I'll hold the battle for you."
He took half a step back and completely handed over the battlefield to Shui Bing'er, but his spiritual eyes had already locked onto every corner of the wolf pack, ready to deal with any emergencies.
Shui Bing'er took a deep breath, and a light flashed in her ice-blue eyes.
She just raised her right hand and held it in the direction of the wolves.
Buzz!
The ice elemental energy in the air exploded instantly, and an ice-blue ripple visible to the naked eye spread forward in a fan shape with her as the center!
Everywhere he passed, whether it was snow on the ground or ice crystals floating in the air, everything solidified.
The dozen ice crystal wolves rushing at the front didn't even have time to let out a howl, and their running posture was instantly frozen, turning into lifelike ice sculptures.
Compared with the previous one, the scope of this "ice seal" has been expanded several times, and its power is even more incomparable.
The ice crystal armor on the body of the ice crystal wolf has no defensive effect at all in the face of this divine power.
Succeeded with one blow, Shui Bing'er was certain in her heart. The blessing of divine power allowed her to control the ice element to a whole new level.
This is no longer a simple soul skill, but more like an oracle that speaks the magic.
However, there are too many wolves.
The ice crystal wolf behind stepped over the "corpse" of its companion and continued to charge without fear of death.
They opened their huge mouths and shot ice picks as thick as a bowl, like dense artillery fire, towards the location of the two of them.
Shui Bing'er's face changed slightly, and just as she was about to activate her second soul skill defense, a figure blocked her in front of her.
Ning Liu didn't even look at the whizzing ice cones.
He just stretched out his right index finger, facing forward, and drew a circle casually.
Space, at this moment, had ripples visible to the naked eye.
The next moment, these ice picks cracked together!
The next moment, Ning Liu looked at the group of ice crystal wolves that were still charging forward regardless of life or death, and shook his head impatiently.
It’s so noisy.
He pointed his sword together and made a light stroke towards the front.
All the charging ice crystal wolves froze.
The next moment, starting from the head wolf, their bodies were neatly split from the middle, and the cuts were as smooth as a mirror.
There is no blood, no internal organs, only countless fine ice crystals pouring out from the cracks.
After a series of crisp sounds, hundreds of ferocious ice crystal wolves disintegrated in just one second, turning into a field of ice crystal fragments that sparkled with aurora. They were scattered into the ice field when blown by the cold wind.
Instant kill.
Shui Bing'er looked at the ice chips on the ground, and then at the still light and breezy back in front of her. The awe in her ice-blue eyes was even stronger.
She originally thought that she had been promoted to Soul Saint and obtained the divine inheritance, so the gap with him should have narrowed a bit.
But now it seems that the gap has become deeper.
"Let's go." Ning Liu retracted his finger.
"These are just appetizers."
As he walked, he was distractedly observing Shui Bing'er's condition.
The pure ice energy in the air is actively gathering towards her, intimately integrating into her body like a baby swallow in the forest.
"The divine physique of the God of Black Ice is simply tailor-made for this place."
Ning Liu thought to himself, "If you leave her here, even if you do nothing, her cultivation will probably rise on its own."
I don’t know how long I’ve been walking, but the sky suddenly turned dark.
The flowing aurora belt gradually lost its light for some unknown reason, and the whole world fell into a deep blue.
The wind and snow came up again, more violently than before, blowing against the body-protecting soul power, making a scream of "Woo-Woo".
"There is an ice cave ahead. Go and avoid it first." Ning Liu's spiritual eyes had already seen the surrounding terrain.
The two quickened their pace and soon found a cave entrance half-covered by ice and snow at the bottom of an ice cliff.
The space inside the cave is not large, but it is just enough to isolate the howling wind outside.
Shui Bing'er was about to sit down and adjust her breath, but Ning Liu suddenly said "Huh" and his eyes fell on the deepest wall of the ice cave.
The ice there seems to be older than elsewhere, showing a deep texture.
Under the thick ice, some vague and unnatural carvings can be vaguely seen.
Ning Liu stepped forward, stretched out his fingers, and spat out his soul power.
The temperature of the fingertips rose sharply, and the new ice covering the surface melted rapidly, revealing a mottled ancient mural.
The style of the murals is extremely simple, with simple and rough lines, but it exudes a vast and majestic atmosphere.
Shui Binger also came over, and the two of them looked at the mural together.
The content of the picture is not complicated. At the top, there is a vague outline of a human figure. He seems to be wearing a crown, overlooking everything below. At His feet are countless little people kneeling with pious expressions.
"This should be the God of Black Ice and his followers."
Shui Bing'er whispered, and the snowflake mark between her eyebrows resonated faintly with her gaze.
Ning Liu nodded and continued to move his eyes downward.
In the center of the mural, a huge heart pattern is carved, and the surface of the heart is engraved with countless complicated lines.
A series of energy lines extend from the heart, connecting every mountain, river, and glacier in the picture, as if they are the source of power for this ice and snow world.
"Heart of Eternal Winter." Ning Liu's eyes narrowed slightly.
Beside the heart, there is a ferocious beast.
The giant beast looks like a giant python, but it has four wings, a spiral horn on the top of its head, and its entire body is covered with fine scales.
It was coiled like that, its huge head resting on the "Heart of Eternal Winter", as if it was sleeping and guarding.
In the corners of the mural, there are some small, text-like symbols.
The structure of these symbols is completely different from modern writing, and is more like a primitive pictographic totem.
Shui Bing'er looked at these symbols and felt dizzy, completely unable to understand their meaning.
Ning Liu watched it with great interest. His mental power was immersed in it, and his spiritual eyes were running at high speed, and he actually parsed out a fragment of information from those twisted lines.
"...The cornerstone of the world...the condensation of will...the eternal guardian...anyone who is not of his bloodline will be punished by heaven if he touches it..."
He connected these intermittent information in his mind, and an outline gradually became clear.
"It seems that our target this time is not just a dead object."
Ning Liu retracted his gaze and his expression became serious.
He pointed to the heart and the giant beast on the mural, and explained to Shui Bing'er:
"This "Heart of Eternal Winter" is probably not only the source of power, it is probably the source of this land. The secret realm, and even the embodiment of part of the Black Ice God's will, and this giant beast is its guardian. The two coexist. "
"If you want to get it, you must first pass the guardian level."