Chapter 839 - The Vanished Rulers (1/2)

His heartbeat seemed to be magnified infinitely, his blood coursing through his veins like floodwaters as thick veins popped out of his skin, pulsing.

Within his consciousness, the tall, curling totemic flames were not as bright. A white shell of light surrounding it was the brightest it had ever been. White energy was continuously released, rushing manically down each part of his body.

The moving red totemic patterns slowly turned white. The Flaming Horn totem was no longer the colour the tribesmen were familiar with.

Whoosh!

A ball of white flames erupted in Shao Xuan’s palm. He turned, then swung his arm hard in a bright arc and slammed it into the thick layer of ice on the ground.

Boom!!

A dull rumble, like thunder from beneath the ground, travelled across the icy lands. The world seemed to fall silent because of it.

White flames burned on the surface of the ice, instantly expanding its area. The Founder Shaman Seal looked like it was burned into the ice, extending in all four directions, deep into the ground, through the tall and snowy mountains and to places the eye could not see.

Fatigue overcame Shao Xuan, for he had just released all the power in his body within a second. He felt a fire burning in his body, his exhaustion replaced with intense pain.

Shao Xuan ignored all of it, for it was a strange feeling. He was standing on ice, facing an approaching gigantic beast horde, with mountains so tall he could not see their peaks to his back. In terms of physical size, he was practically an ant now. Yet he felt like he was on top of the world.

Power and tranquillity.

These were the feelings brought by the white flames.

Looking up, Shao Xuan looked at the black herd charging at him. At that moment, everything slowed down for Shao Xuan. Even the sounds of approaching claws stepping on ice gradually faded.

No worries, no fears. Beneath the calm demeanour, there was a hint of anticipation that even Shao Xuan did not notice.

He felt the white energy seeping into the icy ground, beneath his feet, behind in the mountains, then further and further away as it expanded.

Within the land of ice and snow, a cold, gigantic source of murderous intent was awakening.

Shao Xuan looked towards Yi Xiang. The gigantic undead beasts had blocked him completely from view. Since Yi family members did not have physical strength, they knew how to protect themselves properly. It did not matter if Shao Xuan couldn’t see him, he knew that Yi Xiang could hear him.

“I always wondered. Who ruled the world before the humans rose up? I wondered if those former rulers still exist, where they were.”

Shao Xuan’s voice was not loud but Yi Xiang could hear every word, slightly puzzled. IN the next moment, the hand twisting the beads stopped, suddenly pinching the bead hard.

Ignoring Yi Xiang’s reaction, Shao Xuan averted his gaze and looked down beneath his feet. He lifted a foot and with a ‘bam’, he put his foot down.

Crack crack crack—

A crack appeared beneath his foot.

Like a fuse, it extended quickly from Shao Xuan’s foot to its surroundings. The crack grew bigger and bigger, then multiplied;  the sound of tough ice breaking grew louder and more frequent.

Behind Shao Xuan, cracks scaled up the tall icy mountains, then continued to travel forward.

In front, the beast horde was approaching, causing the cracks to grow faster as the ground shook beneath their feet. The unfathomably ancient ice shelf was about to crack beneath this gigantic herd.

Rumble!

A large gust of gas rushed out of the ice, making a startling rumble. Large clouds of icy mist rose to the skies. Although they were one thousand metres apart with a beast horde between them, Yi Xiang could still feel the terrifying power hidden within this sudden explosion of frost.

At the spot where the horde was about to reach, also the true boundary between ice and land, the ice cracked suddenly!

Shao Xuan stumbled also from the intense vibrations that came with but he ignored the breaking ice, his eyes ablaze and fixed on the giant cloud of frost.

This was his form of retaliation towards Yi Xiang cornering him!

He had used up all his strength in this one strike, focusing all the power within him into one strike, the power of the Flaming Horn fire seed and white flames supporting him. The power of the white flames had seeped deep into the icy ground by now.

This was not a simple battlefield of knives and swords, this was a collision between two fire seeds!