Wu Dong: I, Lin Langtian, will not play a supporting role

Northern Regions, Frostfall Mountains.

This place seems to be a corner abandoned by heaven and earth.

The sky was forever shrouded in thick, leaden-gray clouds, and goose-feather-like gray-black snowflakes fell endlessly, not pure white, but tinged with a cold, chilling grayness that seemed to freeze the soul.

The cold wind was like a knife, whipping up ice crystals and emitting a shrill, ghostly wail.

The mountain ranges stretched endlessly, completely covered by thick, bluish-green ice, devoid of any sign of life.

Only a few strangely shaped, frozen-in-a-moment ice sculptures of corpses are scattered here, telling of the deathly silence and terror of this place.

The air was filled with a dense, pure yet malevolent icy demonic aura. If an ordinary expert inhaled even one breath of it, their blood would likely freeze, their spiritual power would be frozen, and their soul would be stiffened instantly.

This place has now become the edge of the eternally frozen demon realm of the Frost Marrow Demon General.

Lin Langtian, accompanied by Zhao Xuanfeng, moved silently through the blizzard and rugged ice peaks like two ghosts.

Zhao Xuanfeng wrapped himself tightly in the thin layer of dark yellow light shield that Lin Langtian had casually released, but he still felt the biting cold trying to penetrate him. His face turned pale, and he was only able to keep going because of his determination to avenge his sect.

He struggled to discern the direction, pointing to a region deep within the mountains where the terrain was particularly complex and the icy demonic energy was most concentrated.

"Senior, it should be near that Thousand Blade Ice Valley ahead... The demonic energy here is several times denser and more concentrated than when I passed through this place three days ago when I was fleeing!" Zhao Xuanfeng's voice trembled, filled with both coldness and fear.

Lin Langtian nodded slightly, his eyes gleaming with a mysterious yellow light. His divine sense, like the most sophisticated radar, pierced through the heavy blizzard and demonic interference, carefully scanning the icy valley area ahead.

Soon, he detected a powerful, cold, and malevolent source of evil energy, filled with a desire to devour and freeze, lurking deep within the icy valley, seemingly... drawing something from it.

"Found it." Lin Langtian murmured to himself, his tone calm and even.

"Stay here and do not come any closer."

After saying that, he vanished from Zhao Xuanfeng's side in a flash, and the next moment, he appeared in the sky above Thousand Blade Ice Valley.

As its name suggests, the Ice Valley is flanked by towering cliffs covered with sharp ice blades, while at the bottom lies a huge, ever-rotating icy vortex.

At the center of the vortex, a ferocious figure, ten feet tall, composed entirely of ancient, dark blue ice, with dark purple demonic patterns flowing across its surface, could be vaguely seen.

Its upper body resembled a human, but was much thicker and more robust, covered with thick, armor-like ice crystal scales. Its arms were unusually long, ending in ten sharp, gleaming ice crystal claws.

Its lower body merges with the icy vortex beneath it, continuously drawing upon the power of the extremely cold earth veins from the depths of the earth, transforming it into pure icy demonic energy.

Its head resembled a dragon but was not; it had a single ice crystal horn, and its eyes were like two bottomless ice abysses, burning with ghostly blue demonic flames.

It is the Frost Marrow Demon General!

At this moment, it seemed to be at a crucial moment in some kind of cultivation or ritual. The icy vortex beneath it was spinning extremely fast, devouring the cold air and meager life force within a radius of hundreds of miles. Its aura was subtly fluctuating, showing a tendency to advance towards the peak of the lower-level Earthly Sovereign!

"Ok?"

As if sensing something, the Frost Marrow Demon General suddenly opened his icy, abyss-like demonic eyes.

The azure demonic flames surged, instantly locking onto Lin Langtian, who had silently appeared above the Ice Valley!
Unlike the Bone-Eating Demon General, it didn't waste words. When it sensed the undisguised pressure of the Earthly Sovereign on Lin Langtian's body, it knew that the newcomer was not friendly and was extremely powerful!
"A human supreme being? He's courting death!"

The Frost Marrow Demon General let out a sharp cracking sound, and the icy vortex beneath him exploded with a roar!

Endless, chilling blue energy mixed with dark purple magic patterns erupted from its center in an instant!
"The Mystic Ice Demon Realm, the Eternal Frozen Land!"

Unlike the Bone-Eating Demon General, which focuses on erosion and devouring, the Frost Marrow Demon General emphasizes absolute freezing and life-stealing!
The moment the Frost Domain unfolded, the temperature in the entire Thousand Blade Ice Valley, and even the surrounding dozens of miles, plummeted to an unimaginable absolute zero!

In an instant, time and space seemed to be frozen and solidified by this extremely cold magic!
The falling gray snow froze in an instant, the cold wind stopped howling, and even the light became thick and sluggish!
Within a radius of a thousand miles, all movement, all life, and all energy flow were forcibly frozen!

This is an opponent specifically designed to counter high-speed movement and those skilled in burst and energy attacks!
Within this range, the opponent's movements, thoughts, and spiritual energy circulation will become extremely slow, as if they were trapped in the thickest amber!

"Freeze! Become the most beautiful ice sculpture in this demon realm!"

The Frost Marrow Demon General grinned maliciously, and his ten icy claws suddenly opened, reaching out to grasp Lin Langtian from afar!
"Crack! Crack!"

The space around Lin Langtian instantly condensed into countless dark blue ice crystals, several feet thick and shimmering with magical patterns, like the most solid cage, threatening to completely freeze and crush him along with that space!
At the same time, a chilling aura that penetrated straight to the soul ignored physical defenses and directly acted on Lin Langtian's soul, aiming to freeze his consciousness!

Faced with this ice and soul attack, which was even more bizarre and troublesome than the Bone-Eating Demon General, Lin Langtian's expression remained unchanged.

"Freeze? Before absolute power, even frost must bow down."

He did not attempt to move at high speed or use complex supernatural powers to counteract the slowing effect of the cold domain.

Instead, he stood still and slowly raised his right hand.

With his five fingers clenched into a fist, beneath his skin, the divine power of the Dragon Kun and the primordial demonic runes suddenly shone brightly, like lava beneath an active volcano!
An indescribable, primordial power, seemingly originating from the very beginning of creation, burst forth from his fist!
That wasn't the heat of flames, but the most primordial and boundless primordial power from the depths of the earth, the core of the universe, when all things were first born!
"Primordial power, molten heart!"

Lin Langtian let out a low shout and punched down, smashing the ground beneath his feet, which was frozen as hard as divine iron and covered with a thick layer of magical ice!
"boom!"

The moment the fist touched the ground, there was no earth-shattering explosion, only a muffled, deafening sound, like the beating of the earth's heart!

Centered on the point where Lin Langtian's fist landed, a visible energy wave, displaying a primordial and mysterious color, rapidly spread out like ripples!
Wherever the ripples passed, the ice and magic crystals that had been frozen solid by the permafrost, as if they had encountered their nemesis, began to melt and evaporate rapidly with a hissing sound!
It wasn't melted by high-temperature flames, but forcibly thawed and revitalized by a more powerful primordial force!
The frozen space resumed its flow, the stagnant light became smooth again, and the icy chill that had been affecting the soul was instantly overwhelmed by a warm and powerful torrent of will! The Frost Marrow Demon General's frozen domain was actually broken at its root by Lin Langtian's fist, which contained the core power of the Primordial Demon Rune!
"Impossible! What kind of power is this?!" For the first time, horror appeared in the icy abyss-like eyes of the Frost Marrow Demon General!
Its permafrost, which it is famous for, was actually shattered by a single punch in such a brutal and unreasonable manner?!
Before it could recover from its shock, Lin Langtian's attack had already arrived!

As he broke through the barrier, Lin Langtian's figure vanished from the spot.

It wasn't high-speed movement, but a mysterious movement similar to shrinking the earth into an inch, perfectly matching the primordial land, instantly traversing hundreds of feet and appearing in front of the Frost Marrow Demon General!

"Primordial Prison Suppressing Fist!"

It was still a simple and unadorned punch, but this punch perfectly fused the remaining power of the Lava Heart released when the domain was broken with the imprisoning intent of the Primordial Demon Rune!
On the fist, primordial light condensed as if it were a tangible substance, with faint phantom images of mountains and rivers suppressing it, and molten lava and earth fire flowing freely!

The Frost Marrow Demon General roared, his ten icy claws crossed in front of him, and boundless demonic energy and extreme cold power converged to form a Xuanbing Demon Dragon Shield, carved with a ferocious demonic dragon and several feet thick!
At the same time, it opened its mouth and spewed out a stream of extremely condensed, dark blue cold air.

The aura of the Nine Netherworlds!

It shot straight at Lin Langtian's face, and wherever it passed, even the space itself was frozen and cracked with black marks!
"clang!"

Lin Langtian's fist slammed heavily onto the Xuanbing Demon Dragon Shield!
The metallic clang, even more piercing than when they fought the Bone-Eating Demon General, resounded throughout the Ice Valley!
Above the shield, the dragon howled, and the azure ice crystals cracked wildly in a radial pattern centered on the point where the fist struck!
At the same time, the Nine Nether Demonic Breath also struck Lin Langtian's protective mystic light.

However, the terrifying chill that was enough to freeze the soul of a supreme being was easily dissolved and absorbed by the primordial power contained within the faint yellow light on Lin Langtian's body, just like a mud ox entering the sea, without harming him in the slightest!

"break!"

Lin Langtian unleashed another burst of fist energy!
"Crack! Boom!"

The Xuanbing Demon Dragon Shield finally gave way and shattered with a deafening roar!

The violent fist force pierced through the defense and slammed solidly into the Frost Marrow Demon General's crossed ice crystal claws and the thick ice armor on his chest!

"puff!"

The Frost Marrow Demon General was struck as if by a meteorite; his ten icy claws shattered inch by inch, and the ice armor on his chest caved in, covered with spiderweb-like cracks!

Its massive body flew backward, crashing violently into the ice wall behind it, shattering the incredibly hard ice peak. It spewed out icy blue demonic blood, and its aura instantly weakened!
Just two moves!

One punch shatters the barrier, one punch wounds the enemy!
Lin Langtian crushed the Cold Marrow Demon General, a late-stage Earthly Sovereign who was skilled in defense and control, with overwhelming force!

"No...you can't kill me! The Dark Demon King won't let you get away with this!"

The Frost Marrow Demon General let out a terrified scream, attempting to activate a secret technique to detonate his own demonic core and this long-cultivated icy demonic domain in a final gamble, even at the cost of mutual destruction!

However, would Lin Langtian give it that chance?
"The Qiankun Demon-Suppressing Tower!"

With a thought, the ancient, dark tower reappeared!
This time, the tower shone even brighter, especially inside, where eight terrifying and ferocious roars could be faintly heard!

Having just absorbed the energy of the Bone-Eating Demon General, the eight demon statues are now incredibly thirsty!
"Eight Heavenly Demons, refine!"

The bottom of the Qiankun Demon Suppressing Tower opened up, and a Qiankun Demon Suppressing Light, thicker and more condensed than before, with eight blurry demonic shadows flowing within it, shone down, instantly enveloping the heavily injured Frost Marrow Demon General who was trying to escape and self-destruct!

"what!"

The Frost Marrow Demon General let out an extremely shrill scream.

Under the oppressive power of the sacred Qiankun Demon-Suppressing Tower, all its resistance was futile.

The pure and vast icy demonic energy, along with its primordial demonic core that was close to the late stage of the Earthly Sovereign realm, was forcibly extracted and refined, transforming into an incomparably thick torrent of energy mixed with dark blue and dark purple, which surged into the Qiankun Demon Suppression Tower!
As this demonic energy, far more abundant and refined than that of the Bone-Eating Demon General, surged in, the eight awakened demonic statues in the top-level space of the tower underwent a tremendous transformation!
"Roar!"

Eight fierce roars, seemingly from the ancient primordial era, faintly emanated from within the tower, causing the tower to vibrate and hum!

The dull luster on the bodies of the eight demon statues had transformed into dark red, deep purple, and dark blue hues, as if they were cast from metal. Their texture became incredibly solid, as if they were no longer stone statues, but possessed the bodies of true demon gods!

Their tightly closed eyes snapped open, unleashing terrifying blood-red light, purple flames, and icy radiance!
The fierce, violent, and destructive aura emanating from his body surged wildly like a volcanic eruption!
Early stage of Rank 8 Supreme, late stage of Rank 8 Supreme, Rank 9 Supreme... Peak of Rank 9 Supreme... Half-step Earth Supreme!

After absorbing and refining the pure demonic energy of two late-stage lower-level Earthly Sovereign Demon Generals, the eight ancient demonic statues suppressed within the Qiankun Demon Suppression Tower finally crossed the insurmountable barrier and all advanced to the half-step Earthly Sovereign level!

Although they are only half a step away and have not yet truly advanced to the Earthly Sovereign level, the Eight Heavenly Demons at this moment can even pose a considerable threat to a true Earthly Sovereign!
The combined power of the eight half-step Earthly Supreme Demon Statues, along with the sacred power of the Qiankun Demon Suppression Tower itself, is unimaginably terrifying!

Lin Langtian could clearly feel the eight restless, violent forces emanating from inside the tower, as if they were about to break free and destroy everything, and their thirst for more and higher quality demonic energy.

He raised a slight smile and withdrew the ancient, dark tower, whose light had been restrained yet appeared even more profound and terrifying.

Within the Ice Valley, the Frost Marrow Demon General had completely vanished, leaving behind only a somewhat empty ice field after it had been purified, and a strange, lingering fragrance in the air, a faint scent of melted demonic energy.

The second demon general has been successfully hunted down.

All eight demon statues have advanced to the level of Half-Step Earthly Supreme.

Lin Langtian turned his gaze to the distance, where there were still three demon generals, as well as the even stronger Dark Demon King.

"The hunt continues," he muttered to himself, a slight smile playing on his lips, before disappearing once more into the swirling snow... (End of Chapter)