Chapter 235 (Part 2): Elemental Life

This was even more frightening than the current situation in this Secret Realm.

After watching that low-temperature Spiritual Power leave with Spiritual Power Vision, Hua Jian moved her gaze back up to the sky and directly released A Meng from the Godsoul Space.

The seven-colored illusory Butterfly flapped its wings in the snowstorm and flew into the distance.

It would replace Hua Jian and reach the place where the storm cloud vortex was as quickly as possible.

Not only that, as it flew, it also left behind a sparkling colorful trail.

Looking carefully, one could discover that this trail was not a special effect formed by Spiritual Power, but some small Seeds that truly existed.

These Seeds took root in the Secret Realm’s sky, greedily consuming the surrounding space at a rather slow speed.

A Spirit Beast spreading Seeds for the Spirit Item it served was also very normal, right?

Although it was very difficult for these Seeds to amount to anything, Hua Jian’s expectations for them were not that high either.

These sprouted Seeds were like a thin scratch drawn on glass.

When her tendrils later reached this place, she could use the flight path of these Seeds to advance quickly.

It was equivalent to building her a highway straight to the Secret Realm’s core, able to save her a great deal of time.

In the current matter, it seemed especially important.

Do not forget that Hua Jian was now racing against time.

Before the entire Secret Realm merged into the world, she had to bring out all the Saint Sect cultivators in the Secret Realm.

Of course, the role she played in this was only that of a scout opening the fog in the early stage.

The work afterward still had to be handled by the Saint Sect’s Darenwu.

And the golden time when she could play a role was exactly this period; the Saint Sect’s support had not yet arrived, and only she could obtain news from the Secret Realm.

Only by making a great contribution during this period would the Saint Sect properly record her help this time.

“It should be about time to package these situations and send them to Linglong; it will also let the Fengzhu and the others feel a bit more at ease……”

……

The intelligence Hua Jian sent out arrived in the meeting room of Wanling Sect in Frozen Winter City almost in an instant; the various people of the Saint Sect, who knew nothing about the situation in the Secret Realm, tacitly did not ask the Lingcaifeng Master where this intelligence came from.

No matter where it came from, as long as it could be put to use, it was fine.

There was no way the intelligence produced by the Lingcaifeng Master could be false, right?

If it were false, then this blame would fall on the Fengzhu, a Venerable, and would not land on their heads.

With someone to bear the blame, these Saint Sect Cultivators in Frozen Winter City acted quite enthusiastically, as if even the Penglai Sect Cultivators who originally did not want to get involved in these matters had erupted with twelvefold enthusiasm.

Of course, this might be because not long ago she had just exchanged a letter with the sect and asked for the sect’s opinion.

In short, the current Five Great Sacred Sects had once again united together and, under the leadership of the Lingcaifeng Master, were studying how to rescue the Disciples trapped in the Secret Realm.

Before this, they had no intelligence from inside the Secret Realm, so everything could only be estimated; now it was good, intelligence from the Secret Realm had finally come out, and there was no need for empty theorizing.

“The situation in the Secret Realm is not much different from what we thought, but I suspect our Disciples are currently under the coverage of that dark cloud.”

The Lingcaifeng Master pointed at the huge cloud mass coiling in the sky of the Secret Realm within the intelligence and said.

This was not a question that required thought; since there were no traces of Cultivators in the Outer Region of the Secret Realm, where else could the Cultivators have gone but beneath that dark cloud vortex?

“That low-temperature spirit body looks somewhat like Beijing’s Frost Wraith; this is a very difficult Monster to deal with.” The Heavenly Dao Sect Cultivator muttered softly from the side.

“Elemental Life easily evolves into the same appearance; just use the method for dealing with Frost Wraiths against these fellows.” The Penglai Sect Cultivator at the side immediately cut in, “As long as you use a sufficiently powerful fire-type attack to disrupt the Spiritual Power within its body, it will naturally disperse.”

“You make it sound easy; in this kind of environment, how many people can release a powerful fire-type attack……” The Heavenly Dao Sect Cultivator rolled his eyes at the Penglai Sect Cultivator who had spoken.

It is easy to say when you are not the one suffering; that Secret Realm is clearly unsuitable for fire-type Cultivators to enter battle, and this Frost Wraith is practically a god of war within the Secret Realm.

Invisible, unkillable, impossible to escape; no wonder that unlucky fellow’s expression on his face was so terrified and despairing.

This local Cultivator of Beijing must have heard of the fearsome name of the Frost Wraith; when both counterattack and escape failed, and he could only watch the wraith approach bit by bit, how could his expression not be terrified and despairing?

“Using a Spirit Tool is enough, but a Secret Realm capable of producing a Frost Wraith likely has a strongest being whose strength is no weaker than a peak Ling Emperor; the strongest being in this Secret Realm can only be You Xue Lian. The combat power of a Spirit Item is somewhat weaker than their strength, but it is still absolutely not something an ordinary Ling Emperor can defeat.”

The Lingcaifeng Master did not mind the petty quarrel below; she was not the direct superior of these Saint Sect Cultivators and could not control their verbal disputes.

If she truly did not want the people below to speak, that would also be fine, but then there would be no point in her calling people over for a meeting; she could just handle it alone.

Calling people over for a meeting was precisely because she liked hearing these people argue; as they argued, perhaps a good method would emerge.

“It would not be Venerable rank; if it were a Venerable-rank Spirit Item, its range of influence would not be this small.” The Sword Sect Cultivator, who had been silent all along, spoke.

Based on the information currently visible, that Spirit Item in the Secret Realm should be stuck at the bottleneck between Linghuang Jing and Língzūnjìng; perhaps it is precisely for this reason that You Xue Lian is instinctively pushing the Secret Realm to merge with the world, seeking a way out for its own Breakthrough.

In such an extreme, extreme Secret Realm, it can no longer advance another step; You Xue Lian can only risk entering the main world to seize that sliver of possibility for a successful Breakthrough.

“If it were Venerable rank, the people we have in the Secret Realm would probably have been wiped out long ago.” The Heavenly Dao Sect Cultivator agreed with the Sword Sect Cultivator’s thoughts.

With just a few words, they determined the strength of this opponent; an opponent of this level was not yet enough to make them nervous.

After all, the Lingcaifeng Master, a veteran Spirit Lord, was seated here; as long as she took action, everything would be fine.

“Their Life Tokens are undamaged; they should now be holding fast within the Extreme North Icefield’s Blizzard and waiting for reinforcements. I believe they will not have any major problems.”

This time, the Heavenly Dao Sect Cultivator rarely stirred up trouble, but this was normal; after all, the Lingcaifeng Master would handle minor squabbles, but if he said demoralizing words in front of everyone, then he should wait for the Lingcaifeng Master to kick him out of this room with a single glance.

Joke as you like and fool around as you like, but do not truly take yourself too seriously.

“This is not a Spirit Beast at all; you have to find its Spiritual Power core to defeat it!”

“My eyes are not blind, but we cannot even pierce its skin, so how are we supposed to find its core?”

Within the blizzard beneath the dark cloud, four Ling Emperors were nimbly flying around a giant white bear, continuously releasing powerful attacks at their surroundings, yet it could not injure these four Ling Emperors in the slightest.

On the contrary, every time it acted, it would be hit a few times by the four Ling Emperors; if it were an ordinary Spirit Beast, continuing like this would sooner or later grind it to death.

Unfortunately, this was not an ordinary Spirit Beast; it could not even be considered a Spirit Beast.

This was clearly an Elemental Life that had mimicked the form of a giant bear!

Compared with ordinary Spirit Beasts, these fellows were harder to deal with and even less intelligent; even Spirit Beasts could look down on the intelligence of these brainless fellows.

But after giving up their brains, these Elemental Life forms gained powerful strength that ordinary life found hard to possess; as long as their core was not shattered, they would not die, and their control over Spiritual Power far exceeded that of Spirit Beasts and humans.

Their weakness was that their brains did not work well and their consciousness was very shallow; apart from that, they were truly quite perfect.

And as enemies, they deserved the evaluation of being troublesome.

The Wanling Sect Cultivators worked hard to use various plants to try to stop the giant bear’s movements and create opportunities for the Heavenly Dao Sect Cultivator to attack, but the giant bear’s strength was simply too great; the various Vines they threw out could not stop the giant bear at all.

The giant bear merely gave a light tug, and the large net woven by the Wanling Sect Cultivators was torn apart like paper soaked in water, making the three Wanling Sect Ling Emperors present deeply doubt their own strength.

Their Lingcaifeng was indeed inferior to the other peaks in battle, but they should not be crushed to this extent, right?

But when the Heavenly Dao Sect Cultivator’s sword edge landed on the giant bear, striking out a string of sparks yet failing to break its defense, the Wanling Sect Cultivators felt relieved.

Oh, so it was not that we were weak, but that this bastard was too strong.

Then it is fine; do not think about killing this fellow, just stall enough time and hurry up and run.

“The Extreme North Icefield’s Blizzard is growing denser; how much time have we stalled?”

The Heavenly Dao Sect Cultivator gritted his teeth and retreated to the side of the Wanling Sect Cultivators, asking with a helpless expression.

That sword strike of his had already used his full strength, yet he could not even pierce the giant bear’s hide, which showed that their strength was not on the same level at all.

So what could be done? They could not fight the giant bear to the death here.

They also had nothing they had to defend, so there was no need to fight to the death.

“It has already been half a shichen; stall for another half a shichen!” The Wanling Sect Ling Emperor gritted his teeth.

Within the Extreme North Icefield’s Blizzard, the Cultivators’ speed would be slowed considerably; half a shichen was not enough time for those Ling Kings to run very far.

If the giant bear pursued with full force, it likely would not take long to catch up with those Ling Kings, and by then they would still have to hold off this giant bear.

Then it would be better to just stall for time here and leave directly once enough time had been stalled.

“Such bad luck; why did I end up in this kind of Secret Realm?” The Tiandao Zong Ling Huang sighed, raised his sword, and charged at the giant bear.

After all, he was still a Disciple of the Saint Sect; at this time, he could not abandon these three from Wanling Sect and leave alone.

Besides, based on their earlier battle, he had gained some understanding of the giant bear’s strength and knew that although this giant bear had thick skin and high attack power, it had some disadvantage in agility, which prevented it from effectively harming the four little mosquitoes around it.

Each paw strike looked full of power, but an attack that could not hit had no meaning.

Stalling for time was not too difficult; at least that was what he thought now.

In the next half a shichen, the situation was exactly as they had thought: the giant bear could not hit them, and they could not move the giant bear; both sides thus fell into a deadlock.

As soon as the time came, the four Ling Emperors from Wanling Sect and Tiandao Sect immediately scattered from the giant bear’s side and plunged together into the Extreme North Icefield’s Blizzard, leaving toward a place where the Extreme North Icefield’s Blizzard was weaker.

But when they entered the Extreme North Icefield’s Blizzard, a bone-chilling aura suddenly surged out from beside them, and the snowflakes surrounding them changed appearance in an instant.

The originally white, soft snowflakes that posed no threat suddenly shed their pure white color and became transparent blades that spun down through the air.

Not only that, beside them, transparent ice vines growing Thorn Spikes emerged from the snow, building a wall around them whose height slowly rose.

Roar!

To make matters worse, that giant bear easily found the four Ling Emperors who had not left too far, like a war chariot shattering everything along the way, and continued its pursuit of the four Ling Emperors.

The transparent blade-like snowflakes landed on the giant bear, not only failing to harm it, but seeming to drape it in a layer of harder, thicker Thorn Spike armor.

The Vines summoned by the Wanling Sect Cultivators wrapped around it, but the giant bear did not even need to exert force; the ice and snow clinging to its body could shred these Vines.

“Haha, I now have a very bold idea; do you want to hear it?” The Heavenly Dao Sect Cultivator gave a dry laugh and, drenched in sweat, asked the Wanling Sect Ling Emperor.

The Wanling Sect Ling Emperor said nothing and merely kept taking Array Plates out of his Storage Pouch.

“Hold on, it can at least hold out for seven days.”

The Tiandao Zong Ling Huang caught the Array Plate thrown by the Wanling Sect Ling Emperor and understood the other’s meaning.

They could not win in a fight, so they could only hold fast and wait for reinforcements, waiting for people outside the Secret Realm to come in and rescue them.

“That You Xue Lian is probably eyeing us.” The Tiandao Zong Ling Huang injected Spiritual Power into the Array Plate and said casually.

This was practically a useless sentence; no one present was a fool, and in this situation, it could only be that You Xue Lian had noticed their existence, otherwise there was no way to explain why the environment around them had changed into this in an instant.

“Could it be that we stalled for too long?”

Watching the Spirit Light surging from the Array Plate turn into a barrier that protected everyone, the Heavenly Dao Sect Cultivator continued muttering.

The Wanling Sect Cultivators said nothing.

The giant bear, meanwhile, raised its huge bear paw and slapped it onto the barrier, but the barrier casually took this blow without the slightest tremor.

“Yo, impressive!”

“Say less!”

“Okay, okay, I know; do you think this bear will keep staring at us here?”

The Wanling Sect Ling Emperor was silent for a long time; he saw the transparent ice and snow falling on the giant bear gradually turn into the shape of a lotus flower, and he nodded heavily.

“It will!”