Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 335 Breaking the Ice, The Toad [Please Subscribe]

Zhou Chun didn't consider himself a coward.

Although he has always acted with a steady and cautious attitude, he is actually quite daring.

Few Foundation Establishment cultivators dare to bargain with Golden Core cultivators, but he did.

However, the situation inside the ice cave sent chills down his spine, and the Flame Sparrow Pot he was holding seemed to be completely useless now.

He stared intently at the man in the cold spring, his eyes wide as he meticulously examined him inch by inch.

After watching for what seemed like an eternity, he finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Based on his observation, the man was probably not alive.

But he only breathed a slight sigh of relief.

In this world of cultivation, it's not only the living who are in danger; the dead also have the ability to kill!

Zhou Chun knew without a doubt that this man must have been a highly skilled cultivator in his lifetime, and his cultivation level should not have been lower than that of the Golden Core stage.

Even in death, such beings have ways to leave behind some means to ambush those who dare to desecrate their corpses.

"I wonder why this person was frozen here! This ice cave doesn't look like it was carved out by human hands!"

Zhou Chun's eyes flickered. He was in no hurry to attack the ice sculpture, but instead carefully examined the situation inside the ice cave.

He walked to a corner of the ice cave and used the [Sun-Shining Golden Wheel] to cut through the ice wall in front of him.

The result shocked him!

The sharp golden wheel-shaped magical artifact only managed to cut less than a foot deep into the ice wall before it could go no further.

The hardness of this blue ice wall is simply frightening.

"Could this ice wall be the thousand-year-old mysterious ice recorded in the ancient texts?"

Zhou Chun looked at the blue ice wall in front of him and secretly guessed its origin.

According to ancient texts, the millennium-old ice, due to the accumulation of a large amount of extremely cold spiritual energy, is much harder than black iron and is a unique product of extremely cold regions.

Above the millennium-old ice, there is said to be another kind of ten-thousand-year-old ice, whose chilling aura can freeze the soul, and is not to be touched by cultivators who are not at the Golden Core stage.

Seeing that he had no way to get past the ice wall, Zhou Chun stopped wasting his energy on it.

He put away the magical artifact and continued to focus his attention on the ice sculpture in the cold spring.

After staring at the ice sculpture for a while, Zhou Chun flicked his sleeve, and a silver embroidered handkerchief flew out from his sleeve. Suddenly, it fluffed up and formed a large silver net that ensnared the ice sculpture.

Everything went smoothly, and the large silver net easily covered the ice sculpture.

Just as Zhou Chun was about to pull the ice sculpture out, the silver net suddenly froze into an ice net, completely cutting off his connection with it.

This change caused his expression to change drastically, and he quickly retreated a distance.

Only when he saw no movement from the ice sculpture did he realize something and relax again.

After gazing at the silver net frozen on the ice sculpture for a moment, he suddenly raised his hand and flicked it, sending a golden light, like a sword strike, crashing into the ice sculpture.

As expected, when the golden light struck the ice sculpture, it not only failed to leave any mark on it, but also disintegrated on the spot.

Seeing this, he thought to himself, "It seems that I'm afraid I won't be able to recreate this ice sculpture with my abilities!"

Thinking of this, he immediately decided to leave and go back to find a solution.

But just as he was about to leave, the strange roar that had appeared before suddenly rang out again.

As before, when the strange roar appeared, Zhou Chun's consciousness momentarily fell into a daze.

And because he was closer this time, his dazed state lasted longer.

When he recovered from his daze, he was so frightened that he stared wide-eyed at the ice sculpture.

He definitely didn't mishear!

The strange roar just now definitely came from inside the ice sculpture.

But when he looked at the ice sculpture again, it was no different from before.

This bizarre situation left Zhou Chun completely bewildered.

His knowledge was limited, and he really didn't understand what was going on.

Why would such an anomaly appear inside a dead person's body?

What on earth was making that strange roar?

"I should go back and consult the Supreme Elder first. In any case, I really can't even break that ice sculpture right now!"

Muttering to himself, Zhou Chun took a deep look at the ice sculpture, then turned and left without hesitation.

Not long after, Zhou Chun emerged from the mountain cave and reappeared in the sight of Zhou Zhengyong and the other man who were waiting outside.

"How is it? Chieftain, have you discovered anything?"

Upon seeing Zhou Chun emerge, Zhou Zhengyong immediately approached him out of curiosity and inquired about the results of his investigation.

"We have indeed made some discoveries, but this isn't the place to talk. Let's go back and discuss it further!"

Zhou Chun gave a vague answer and then led his men back to Longxing Valley without further explanation.

Zhou Zhengyong was also a smart man. From Zhou Chun's ambiguous attitude, he knew that there was probably some secret inside the mountain crevice cave.

Therefore, since Zhou Chun didn't bring it up, he didn't ask any further questions.

Upon arriving at Longxing Valley, Zhou Chun did not report the matter of the ice cave to Zhou Daoquan, who was still recuperating.

Zhou Daoquan previously used "Blood Shadow Escape" to escape, and although he successfully escaped with his life, he also lost a lot of his vital essence. It is not advisable for him to make a move now.

Moreover, Zhou Chun felt that even if he could take action, he might not be able to shake the ice sculpture.

So after resting in Longxing Valley, Zhou Chun returned to his family's mountain gate and reported the ice cave incident to Zhou Mingde.

"As you say, Masaharu, this matter is indeed extraordinary. I'm afraid even if I were to take action myself, I might not be able to succeed!"

Inside the cave, Zhou Mingde, who had just recovered his depleted vital energy, became very solemn after hearing what Zhou Chun said.

There are too many strange and bizarre things in the cultivation world, and he was also unable to explain the ice sculpture and the strange roar from Zhou Chun's account.

But he knew that such inexplicable and bizarre events usually contained considerable danger.

Therefore, I dare not make any boastful claims.

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Chun immediately replied, "If you think it's too dangerous, then let's not go. Anyway, that place is so remote and in the wilderness, there's no need to worry about being discovered by others."

"Let's go and take a look first. I'll make a decision after I've seen it in person."

Zhou Mingde waved his hand, showing no sign of backing down.

Then he and Zhou Chun headed to the wilderness.

Two days later, Zhou Chun brought Zhou Mingde back to the outside of the ice cave, and the two went straight into the ice cave.

This time, the bat-like monsters came to harass the two again, but they were easily dealt with.

Before long, the two passed through the area of ​​cold mist and the ice passage and arrived at the ice storage where the ice sculpture was located.

During this time, Zhou Mingde also heard the strange roar. Even with his mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivation, he could not completely avoid feeling disoriented.

"This is the place. Please take a look."

Inside the ice cave, Zhou Chun pointed to the ice sculptures in the cold spring and said softly.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde immediately went up closer and carefully examined the ice sculpture.

He was a cultivator who practiced fire-based techniques and had reached the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm, so he was much more comfortable in this ice cave than Zhou Chun.

Even when near that cold spring, it can still hold on.

But after examining the ice sculpture for a while, he still couldn't discern anything from the outside.

Finally, he said to Zhou Chun, "Zheng Chun, step back a bit. Let me test you."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately retreated back into the icy passage he had come from.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Mingde immediately waved his sleeve and summoned his usual crimson flying sword magic weapon, urging it to pierce towards the cold spring.

Suddenly, the flying sword pierced down from the sky, and in the blink of an eye, half of its blade was plunged into the spring water.

Then, a layer of blue frost, visible to the naked eye, quickly climbed and spread up the blade.

This caused Zhou Mingde's expression to change slightly, and he hurriedly shouted to increase the amount of magic power he poured in.

Instantly, the crimson flying sword burst into flames, rapidly melting the frost on its blade, and was pulled from the water.

The sword light then shifted and struck the point where the ice sculpture met the surface of the cold spring water.

It is clearly visible that when the flying sword struck the ice sculpture, there were slight cracks near the point of impact.

But the cracks were quickly healed by the extreme cold power surging from the icy spring.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Mingde raised his hand and retrieved the flying sword.

He then said to Zhou Chun, "If I go all out, there's a 50% chance I can break the ice sculpture. But what will happen after it breaks is something I can't predict!"

After saying that, he looked at Zhou Chun and asked, "In your opinion, should I take action?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied without hesitation, "Elder, you can decide for yourself. Whatever you decide, I will support you!"

"Very well, then I'll give it my best!"

Zhou Mingde nodded, then immediately raised his hand and patted his storage bag, summoning a crimson banner-like magical artifact.

He held the banner and waved it vigorously, and a burst of crimson flame surged toward the ice sculpture in the cold spring.

However, under the intense cold of the place, the flames quickly shrank and weakened after leaving the banner, and by the time they landed on the ice sculpture, their power was less than 30%.

In just a few breaths, the flames were extinguished by the cold air emanating from the ice sculpture.

Seeing this, Zhou Mingde patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist again and released the Fire God Jackal.

His original intention was to have the Fire God Jackal help drive the demonic fire to assist him.

But to everyone's surprise, as soon as the Vulcan Jackal appeared, his legs went weak and he almost knelt down.

Then it let out a few howls, and Zhou Mingde frowned as he put it back into his spirit beast pouch.

Zhou Chun was taken aback by this scene and couldn't help but ask, "Elder, what's going on?"

"The Vulcan Jackal said it sensed a terrifying aura inside the ice sculpture and dared not attack it!"

Zhou Mingde said in a low voice, his tone filled with disbelief.

He hadn't released the Fire God Jackal before because of the strange roar, and there was no real need for it.

However, what he never expected was that the Fire God Jackal, a mid-grade third-tier demon beast, would be so afraid of the ice sculpture in front of him that it didn't even dare to attack it!

"Even the Vulcan Jackal is so afraid of this thing?"

Zhou Chun's expression also changed; he found it unbelievable.

Then he couldn't help but whisper, "Should we really continue?"

"Why not? We've already come this far. If there were any danger to this ice sculpture, it would have happened to us long ago!"

Zhou Mingde said firmly.

A fiery glint appeared in his eyes at that moment.

Although it is still unclear why the strange roars were coming from inside the ice sculpture, and why the Fire God Jackal was so afraid of the ice sculpture.

However, he guessed that there must be some kind of treasure inside the man in the ice sculpture.

Such a rare treasure, capable of instilling fear even in high-level demonic beasts, would be of immense value to a beast-taming family like the Zhou family.

Now that Zhou Mingde had encountered this opportunity, how could he let it pass him by?

He immediately stopped holding back and unleashed several magical artifacts, launching a full-scale attack on the ice sculpture.

With his full effort, Zhou Chun's embroidered handkerchief magic artifact, which had been frozen, was quickly thawed and taken back.

Subsequently, cracks appeared in the ice sculpture under his continued attacks.

After an unknown period of attack, Zhou Mingde slashed down with his sword, finally piercing through the ice sculpture completely. The sword blade landed directly on the man's shoulder, penetrating several inches into his flesh.

Before Zhou Mingde could feel happy about this, a powerful force suddenly burst out from the man, instantly shattering all the ice on his body and blasting Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun behind him away.

puff!puff!

Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun fell to the ground one after the other, spitting out a mouthful of blood simultaneously, their internal organs injured by the powerful impact.

However, the two of them were no longer paying attention to themselves; their attention was now focused on the man.

A flash of white light appeared, and a white toad flew out of the man's body and hovered in mid-air.

Then the white toad opened its mouth and inhaled, and the extreme cold emanating from the ice cave and the cold spring rushed towards it, which it swallowed whole.

After swallowing an unknown amount of extremely cold air, the white toad finally closed its mouth contentedly, as if it had eaten its fill.

Then, as if it remembered something, it suddenly opened its eyes and looked at the two human cultivators lying on the ground.

Its gaze first fell on Zhou Mingde.

Then, perhaps disgusted that Zhou Mingde was practicing fire-based techniques, a look of aversion appeared in his eyes, and he immediately turned his gaze to Zhou Chun.

Zhou Chun, who cultivates metal-based techniques, is undoubtedly incompatible with its attributes, but he is not as averse to them as he is to fire-based techniques.

Moreover, it could sense that although Zhou Chun's cultivation was not as high as Zhou Mingde's, his magical power was very pure, and his potential was much greater than Zhou Mingde's.

This caused a hint of hesitation to appear in its eyes.

To be honest, it wasn't very satisfied with Zhou Chun either, whether in terms of cultivation level or the attributes of his techniques.

But it also knows that it doesn't have many choices right now.

Compared to Zhou Chun, Zhou Mingde, who cultivates fire-based techniques, is undoubtedly even less likely to be included in its selection criteria.

Therefore, after a brief hesitation, it suddenly rammed into Zhou Chun!

(End of this chapter)