Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 334 Ice Cave, Strange Roars, Man in the Ice [Please Subscribe]

Compared to divine sense detection, the demonic insects possessed by the "Insect Puppet Technique" are like Zhou Chun's eyes; in certain situations, they can play a role that divine sense cannot match.

Just like now, after Zhou Chun commanded the "Mysterious Armored Golden Feather" to fly into the mountain crevice, the demonic insect quickly flew to the place where his divine sense was blocked.

Contrary to his expectations, there was no array or barrier there, but rather a vast expanse of white, cold mist.

It seemed that the cold mist was what was hindering his spiritual progress.

But how could ordinary cold fog possibly hinder divine sense detection?

Thinking of this, Zhou Chun immediately commanded "Black Armor Golden Feather" and plunged headlong into the area of ​​cold mist.

To his utter surprise, the "Mysterious Armored Golden Feather," which possessed extremely strong resistance to both high and low temperatures, immediately began to stiffen upon entering the frigid mist area. Before long, it was frozen into a solid block of ice and fell directly to the ground.

Although "Xuanjia Jinyu" was not completely dead, Zhou Chun knew it was only a matter of time, so he did not persist and quickly withdrew his wisp of consciousness.

After withdrawing his divine sense from the demonic insect, he looked at Zhou Zhengyong with a solemn expression and said, "This cave is rather strange. It is filled with an extremely cold mist, which even my Xuanjia Golden Feather cannot survive in for long."

After saying that, he continued, "How about this, Brother Yong, you and Xu Fu protect me outside first. I'll go in and investigate myself. If I also find it difficult to endure in that fog, then I'll ask the Supreme Elder to come and take a look!"

"Alright, then you should also be careful, Thirteenth Brother."

Zhou Zhengyong nodded and did not compete with Zhou Chun for the matter.

He knew the difference in strength between himself and Zhou Chun. If even Zhou Chun couldn't find anything inside, he certainly couldn't either.

After giving these instructions to Zhou Zhengyong and the other man, Zhou Chun summoned the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai, and the two of them slowly walked into the crevice in front of them.

This mountain fissure is several dozen feet high, but only about one foot wide. In such a narrow place, the Golden-Armored Rock Turtle cannot move its body at all, and even the Golden-Winged Tiger has a hard time.

Only the Silver Lightning Python was able to move around normally inside it.

As Zhou Chun walked, he added several layers of protection to himself, appearing very cautious.

It is unclear whether the noise was caused by their bodies entering the room.

Just as they were about fifty or sixty feet deep into the mountain crevice, Zhou Chun's divine sense suddenly detected many fluctuations of magical power.

From the deep, cold mist within the mountain crevice, a swarm of blue-black bats with wingspans of several feet suddenly emerged and quickly came into Zhou Chun's sight.

Whoosh whoosh!

As soon as Zhou Chun saw the blue-black bats, a barrage of blue-white ice spikes shot towards him and the Silver Lightning Python.

Without thinking twice, Zhou Chun immediately activated the [Mysterious Spirit Golden Bell] to envelop himself inside.

Meanwhile, the silver lightning python in front of him quickly darted forward along the mountain wall, breaking out of the attack range of the ice spikes.

But when the golden bell landed, it shone with golden light. The ice spikes that fell on the golden light shattered upon impact.

However, the cold air generated after these ice cones shattered condensed back into a ball, quickly freezing Zhou Chun and his bell inside a large block of solid ice.

Upon seeing this, the bat-like monsters that had been firing ice spikes immediately assumed they had gained the upper hand and quickly turned their attention to attack the Silver Lightning Python, Bai Baifa, who had escaped unscathed.

However, their attacks were a step slower than those of the Silver Lightning Python.

At that moment, the Silver Lightning Python dodged the ice spikes and quickly unleashed a barrage of lightning spells to counterattack the bat-like monsters.

Silver-white lightning bolts leaped and flashed in the air, striking one bat-like monster and then bouncing off to other nearby bat-like monsters.

Furthermore, due to the damp environment inside the mountain cracks, electric current can easily conduct and spread in the air. Many bat monsters that were not struck by lightning suffered paralysis in their lower bodies due to the surging electric current, making it difficult for them to move.

Even the bat-like monsters capable of retaliating could hardly inflict any real damage on the Silver Lightning Python.

So, without Zhou Chun making a move, nearly half of the bat-like monsters were killed by the Silver Lightning Python, and the rest fled back into the cold mist area in fear.

At this moment, Zhou Chun shattered the solid ice that had frozen him and stepped out.

"Well done, Bai Bai, you've done another great job."

After he came out, he immediately praised his pet and casually picked up a bat-like monster corpse from the ground and threw it to his pet to eat.

Then, looking at the other charred bat-like monster corpses on the ground, he also showed a thoughtful and contemplative expression.

It is certain that he did not recognize this bat-like monster; the Zhou family's monster encyclopedia did not include any information about it.

However, he was quite surprised that these bat-like monsters could live in that area of ​​cold mist.

Even the "Mysterious Armor Golden Feather" couldn't last long inside!

These bat-like monsters appeared to be only first-tier monsters, with not a single one reaching second-tier.

But now was not the time to study these things. After his curiosity subsided, Zhou Chun led the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai deeper into the cave.

They soon arrived outside the area of ​​the cold mist.

Upon close contact with the area of ​​icy mist, the bone-chilling cold forced Zhou Chun to use his magical power to resist it.

The silver lightning python beside him was in an even worse state.

Snakes are naturally afraid of the cold, and even though Bai Bai is a second-tier demon beast with a much higher tolerance for cold than ordinary snakes, he still felt extremely uncomfortable in the face of the extreme cold temperature here.

If Zhou Chun hadn't brought it in, it definitely wouldn't have wanted to get any closer to this place.

"Okay, Bai Bai, you should go back first. I'll call you out if there's any danger."

Zhou Chun glanced at his beloved pet, which was writhing in pain from the cold, and immediately and considerately put it into his spirit beast pouch.

Then the Golden-Winged Tiger was summoned.

The narrow terrain inside the cave forced the Golden-Winged Tiger to fold its wings, making it impossible for it to unfold them.

However, its resistance to cold is undoubtedly much stronger than that of the Silver Electric Python White and the Golden Armored Rock Turtle.

Its thick fur allowed it to adapt to its new environment quickly.

After Zhou Chun waited for it to get used to it, he flew directly onto its tiger back and rode it into the cold mist area.

It's cold! Bone-chillingly cold!

Upon entering the area of ​​icy mist, even with magical protection, Zhou Chun felt the biting cold.

The golden-winged tiger beneath his feet couldn't help but sneeze, its body radiating a faint golden light as it began to use its magic to resist the cold.

Zhou Chun tried to release his divine sense, but it was suppressed by a strange force, as if his eyes were covered with a gauze. Although he could still see some blurry outlines, it was of little use.

Helpless, he could only take out a few magic talismans from his storage bag and put them in his sleeve in case of unforeseen circumstances.

He also told his pet, "Little Jin, be careful too. Protect yourself first if anything happens. Don't worry too much about me."

After giving his pet these instructions, he then signaled it to continue.

He hadn't gone far when a splashing sound reached Zhou Chun's ears. He immediately realized what was happening and hurriedly activated "Golden Cauldron Mystic Light" to create a golden wall in front of him.

Almost as soon as the golden barrier was set up, ice spikes fell on it, and then bat-like monsters rushed out of the cold mist, baring their fangs and claws as they pounced on the golden barrier.

This time, the number of bat-like monsters that appeared was much greater than before; Zhou Chun felt there might be over a hundred.

He didn't want to get entangled with these beasts any longer, so he immediately ordered the golden-winged tiger beneath his feet to launch a counterattack.

The golden-winged tiger opened its mouth wide, and a golden-blue whirlwind swept up, engulfing dozens of bat-like demonic beasts.

As the chilling wind blew, the bat-like monsters screamed and fell to the ground, their blood splattering everywhere.

The cold mist inside the cave was truly eerie, and even the chilling wind couldn't disperse it.

With this single strike, the Golden-Winged Tiger destroyed the enemy's rear, and then proudly strode forward, carrying Zhou Chun deeper into the enemy territory.

But this time, it had only gone less than ten feet when a strange roar came from the depths of the cave!

The sound was like a croaking or a cow's bellowing; it was extremely strange and indescribable.

However, it contained extraordinary power. When Zhou Chun heard the voice, his body trembled slightly, and his consciousness was momentarily dazed.

The golden-winged tiger beneath his feet was even more wretched.

Upon hearing the roar, the big cat suddenly collapsed to the ground, trembling all over.

"What's wrong? Xiao Jin, why are you so afraid of that roar?"

Zhou Chun frowned as she looked at the big cat at her feet, not understanding why it was reacting this way.

It should be noted that even the might of a third-tier Azure Dragon wouldn't have caused the mutated Golden-Winged Tiger to act this way, given its rank.

Could it be that the owner of that roar was a fourth-tier demon beast?

"I don't know why, it's just an instinctive fear in my blood that forces me to do this!"

Golden-Winged Tiger answered Zhou Chun's question in his mind, his limbs still trembling, and it seemed that he could not stand up for the time being.

This situation made Zhou Chun even more suspicious.

The bloodline of a demon beast is the source of its power. Generally speaking, there are only three situations that can make a demon beast feel fear from its bloodline instincts.

One possibility is encountering a natural enemy species of monsters that are far more powerful than oneself.

It's like the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai, a mid-level demonic beast, encountering a natural enemy like the Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle, a high-level demonic beast.

Another possibility is encountering a powerful monster of the same species.

It was like the Silver Lightning Python encountering a fourth-tier Thunder Dragon for nothing.

The third scenario is the oppressive aura of the Demon King.

The term "Demon King" is an honorific title for a fifth-tier demon beast.

Those are the kings among the demon beasts. Their unique demon king aura has a great deterrent effect on any non-demon king level demon beast, and can directly make all demons fear and submit.

As the king of beasts, the mutated golden-winged tiger is one of the few natural enemies of the tiger clan. Zhou Chun had never heard of any kind of monster that would live in such a cold environment.

Similarly, although the roar just now was strange, it had no connection with the roar of a tiger and was unlikely to have been made by a powerful tiger-type demon beast.

But the third scenario is undoubtedly even more exaggerated.

How could a fifth-tier demon king possibly appear in such a place!

"Since you can't move right now, go back to the spirit beast pouch. I'll do it myself!"

Zhou Chun suppressed his doubts and quickly made a decision.

After putting the Golden-Winged Tiger into his spirit beast pouch, he started walking forward on his own.

Strangely enough, after that eerie roar was heard once, it never sounded again.

However, the deeper they went into the cave, the cold became increasingly intense.

Zhou Chun looked down at the ground and saw that it was not frozen.

This is yet another strange situation.

The temperature where he was right now had definitely dropped to minus 100 degrees Celsius, or even minus 200 degrees Celsius, just like in his previous life.

In such an environment, all water vapor should theoretically condense into ice.

Zhou Chun could only attribute this to the difference in the world; in a world of immortals and heroes, anything is possible!

Perhaps influenced by the strange roar, Zhou Chun did not encounter any more attacks from those bat-like monsters as he progressed.

He silently calculated the distance he had traveled, and when he had gone deep into the cave for about a thousand feet, the cold mist in front of him suddenly disappeared.

What he saw ahead was an icy passage. The mountain crevice was covered with solid blue ice on all sides, with only a passage less than ten feet high and less than five feet wide that he could pass through.

The irregular shapes also indicate that all of this was formed naturally.

Zhou Chun attempted to use his divine sense to probe the situation inside the dark passage, but unsurprisingly, he failed.

His divine sense had barely left his body for less than ten feet when it instantly froze back, just like an ordinary person placing their hand on ice.

When he tentatively stepped into the icy passage, the biting cold almost froze his leg.

"I refuse to believe it! I, Zhou Chun, a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, am not going to freeze to death in there!"

Zhou Chun gritted his teeth and immediately took out the second-tier high-grade magic artifact [Flame Sparrow Pot] from his storage bag, activating its power to use as a furnace for himself.

Doing this is indeed a waste of magical power, and most cultivators would not dare to do it.

However, Zhou Chun had a sufficient number of Rejuvenation Pills, and could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to restore his mana without any worries, so he didn't care about this loss at all.

He carried the crimson copper pot as if it were a warm stove and strode into the icy passage.

Zhou Chun didn't know how this icy passage was formed, or why there would be such a passage amidst layers of solid ice.

But now he no longer wanted to think about those things; all he wanted to know was what was at the deepest part of the icy passage.

And so, Zhou Chun carried the copper pot deeper and deeper into the icy passage, and after struggling for nearly a hundred feet, he finally reached the end of the passage.

At the end of the icy passage lay a icy cave.

In the center of the icy cave, there is a spring that emits white, frigid air.

The springhead of that cold spring was not large, less than ten feet wide.

But inside the spring stands a human-shaped ice sculpture.

To be precise, it is a person standing in the spring in the form of an ice sculpture!

It was a naked middle-aged man, half of his body submerged in the water and the other half exposed, his eyes closed as if he were resting.

This bizarre scene sent chills down Zhou Chun's spine.

Because at this moment, Zhou Chun's eyes scanned the surroundings, but he did not find anything else noteworthy in the ice cave.

The strange roaring sounds that appeared earlier do indeed exist.

Could it be that the roar came from this middle-aged man?

Second update!

(End of this chapter)