Chapter 568 - Chapter 568: Chapter 560: Some People Are Just Born Bad (2/2)

After putting a distance of five to six hundred meters between them, the Nine Insects Gang Leader finally stopped her lateral movement.

Next, both sides were struggling to climb upwards.

The mountain became steeper and steeper, and the ice and snow became harder and harder to stand on. They had to keep leveraging their momentum, tirelessly climbing upward.

Stopping to rest had become a luxury.

Because as soon as they stopped, their bodies would immediately begin to slide uncontrollably downward. For cultivators like them, there were ways to deal with this.

For example, they could forcefully stab their treasured swords into the layers of ice and snow to stabilize their bodies and prevent sliding down.

“Look, there are several challengers over there!”

Xu Weng looked up at the upper reaches of the snow mountain and saw seven or eight dark figures scattered above.

The most powerful ones were already approaching the summit.

Indeed, there are always higher skies beyond this one, and people beyond people. Along the way, Qin Niu and Xu Weng had advanced together and hadn’t wasted much time. Yet, they hadn’t expected others to have climbed up the great snow mountain even earlier than them.

And it wasn’t just one person, but several.

“That middle-aged man with red hair is about to reach the top. But it seems very slippery at the summit; he can barely make any progress.”

Qin Niu noticed that although the red-haired man was struggling to climb, his body kept sliding downward.

“That’s Chi Jinglei, the protector from Fire Cloud Tunnel, whose cultivation has reached the peak of the Immortal Master. Most of his cultivation power has been transformed into mana. He should be capable of casting some basic spells.”

Xu Weng recognized the man at a glance.

“If just a protector is this powerful, then wouldn’t the cave master of the Fire Cloud Tunnel be even stronger?”

Qin Niu couldn’t help thinking of the Sixth Cave Master.

He had promised to help Chi Xing seek revenge. If the Sixth Cave Master was too powerful, this deal would surely be at a loss for him.

After all, Chi Xing was still only at the Spirit Qi Realm.

“Presently, Fire Cloud Tunnel has a total of eight cave masters, even the weakest of whom could easily crush Chi Jinglei. However, the most powerful entity in Fire Cloud Tunnel is probably the Fire Cloud Evil God, whose Fire Cloud Palm is said to have reached a transcendent level. Just how strong he is, remains a mystery.

All I know is that once, the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect sent an Immortal Envoy for inspection.

A female Immortal Envoy might have been slightly arrogant during her visit to Fire Cloud Tunnel and was directly taken by the Fire Cloud Evil God to be a female slave. Afterwards, everyone thought the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect would be furious and might even destroy Fire Cloud Tunnel, but no one ever mentioned the female Immortal Envoy’s humiliation and imprisonment again.

It’s as if the incident never happened.”

Hearing this, Qin Niu couldn’t help but break out in cold sweat.

Ignorant of danger, he had, led by Chi Xing, even gone to inspect the cave where the Sixth Cave Master was in seclusion on their way here. Now that he knew that the cave masters of Fire Cloud Tunnel could easily kill an Immortal Master, he understood why Chi Xing’s wife’s family never spoke of seeking revenge.

Which family would dare to offend such a strong being over a dead woman?

The Fire Cloud Evil God was indeed domineering, taking down an Immortal Envoy sent by the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect for inspection whenever he wished.

At this moment, a clear sound of cracking came from above.

It was somewhat similar to the sound of glass shattering.

Xu Weng’s face changed drastically, “Not good, an avalanche is coming!” He looked upward, and a look of anger swiftly spread across his face.

“That Chi Jinglei is really too wicked, he’s trying to kill us all.”

Qin Niu was puzzled and looked up carefully.

He then noticed Chi Jinglei holding a thick-backed knife with a ring, hacking at the ice above to deliberately trigger an avalanche.

Some people were truly born wicked.

He had reached the summit himself, yet he wanted all these strong climbers to be buried in the great snow mountain.

“Xu Weng, let’s give it our all!”

After Qin Niu finished speaking, he had already pushed the Misty Rain Elusive Step to its limit.

Xu Weng also knew the gravity of the situation and took three elixirs in succession, also pushing his step-method martial skill to the utmost limit. Both used the fastest speeds of their lives, aiming to reach the summit before the avalanche occurred.