Chapter 1256: Breaking Ice! (1/2)
In the restricted area of the Frigid Depths.
A peculiar lake was located in the depths of the starry river. A white frosty aura rose from its smooth mirror-like surface to pervade the entire area.
Heaven-shaking rumbles came from under the lake’s surface from time to time.
Chu Rui’s dharma idol was close to a thousand meters tall. Surrounded by dazzling stars, he circulated his immense power to bombard the lake’s frozen surface.
RUMBLE!
Under the bombardment, the lake’s frozen surface would shatter, but reform immediately afterwards. This happened over and over.
Grand Monarch Ice Bones floated over the lake like an icy mountain peak.
As he opened his large mouth, white frosty mist streamed into him, where it was refined to strengthen his frigid bones.
Lu Qingchen from the Extreme Coldness Palace had fixed and returned the Frigid Ice Divine Kingdom to its original state with the power of the Frigid Depths. Right now, he just waited in silence.
Several Saint domain experts from the Extreme Coldness Palace could be seen in the translucent and sparkling divine kingdom. Each and every one of them practiced cold power and exuded bone-piercing frigid auras.
All of them looked rather grim, as if they were worried about something.
“Sectmaster,” an elder of the Extreme Coldness Palace said, looking deeply anxious, “we’ve lost contact with the joint forces that went after Zu Guangyao and the others. They seem to have vanished. Some reported that they saw Luo Wanxiang’s All Manifestations Star Banner flying past our domain.”
Lu Qiongchen was taken aback. “Luo Wanxiang… He and Chu Rui have never gotten along. It’s said that he’s still in secluded cultivation. How would he suddenly show up in our domain?”
“Well, I guess this is a matter of life or death for the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace,” The man said.
“Those from the Profound Purity Palace are also in that area, so even if Luo Wanxiang came to save the day, he might not necessarily succeed,” Lu Qingchen muttered. “Even though that Luo Wanxiang is at the middle God domain, his cultivation talent is unimpressive among the last generation of Sons of the Stars. Even though he’s at the middle God domain, he’s not as formidable as people think he is.”
After pausing for a few seconds, Lu Qingchen looked down at the Frigid Depths and said, “I even doubt he’s as strong as Chu Rui.”
“Even if he’s not as strong as Chu Rui, with him here...” With these words, the man cast a revering glance at Grand Monarch Ice Bones.
“If I could trap Chu Rui in the Frigid Depths, I can do the same with Luo Wanxiang,” Grand Monarch Ice Bones said with determination.
The man was relieved upon hearing these words.
...
Three days later, the huge silver ship from the Profound Purity Palace sailed to the Frigid Depths.
“The Profound Purity Palace!” Lu Qingchen approached the huge silver ship, wielding his Frigid Ice Divine Kingdom.
“How did it go, Sectmaster Yu?” he shouted from afar. “I heard that Luo Wanxiang showed up. What happened to those Saint domain cultivators from our local sects?”
In the sparkling, crystal-clear divine kingdom, Qi warriors from the Extreme Coldness Palace fixed their eyes on Yu Suying, waiting for her reply.
Yu Suying stood at the prow, with the seven Saint domain experts standing quietly behind her.
With a knitted brow, she looked rather pale. Only after Lu Qingchen got closer did she say, “I didn’t expect Luo Wanxiang to suddenly show up either. All of those Saint domain cultivators from your domain seem to have died at his hands. And I failed to match him in battle. Only with the help of my divine tool and this starship did I managed to escape.”
“Where’s he now?” Lu Qingchen asked aloud.
Yu Suying didn’t answer right away. Instead, she fixed her eyes on Grand Monarch Ice Bones.
Like a piece of frigid stone that wouldn’t move for thousands of years, the grand monarch who had dared to compete for the position of Bonebrute high chieftain was sitting on a towering throne forged from a glacier.
His bones seemed to be carved from frigid ice that was ten thousand years old. Blood could be seen flowing within them like frosty currents.
Yu Suying sensed an extremely frigid aura from him, which was almost identical to that of the mysterious Frigid Depths. In fact, she had a feeling that his aura might be even more frigid.
Lu Qingchen assumed that she was concerned with Luo Wanxiang’s sudden arrival, and thus said with a solemn tone, “This is Grand Monarch Ice Bones!
“A hundred thousand years ago, he left his ancestral land to come here, where he immersed himself in the Frigid Depths and healed his impregnable form with its power. With the help of the Frigid Depths, he has long since returned to the middle tenth grade, his peak state.
“He has also uncovered the Frigid Depths’ profound mysteries, which has allowed his flesh aura to merge with it.
“Perhaps, given several more millennia, he’ll be able to make another breakthrough in his bloodline with the wonders of the Frigid Depths, and advance to the late tenth grade. At that time, he’ll become yet another overlord in this starry river of myriad realms.”
Lu Qingchen was very generous with his praise for Grand Monarch Ice Bones.
However, Grand Monarch Ice Bones still sat there in complete silence.
Yu Suying curled her lips to demonstrate her admiration. “That’s great. Awesome.”
“Wait!” Grand Monarch Ice Bones’s twisted voice suddenly echoed out, causing even the void around him to crack, as if it were going to freeze and shatter.
He suddenly fixed his icy eyes on Yu Suying.
Grand Monarch Ice Bones let out a snort. “You have a Phantasm’s aura on you. Also, I’m sensing a flesh aura which seems to belong to the seventh Son of the Stars of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, Nie Tian. You...”
BOOOOM!
Before Grand Monarch Ice Bones could finish, the huge silver ship from the Profound Purity Palace suddenly accelerated and slammed into Lu Qingchen’s Frigid Ice Divine Kingdom.
“Seven Purity Silver Heavens Incantation!”