I, a minor character, fell into the Shura field of the heroine and the villain

She immediately took defensive measures.

Ice walls formed along the paths of the ghosts, trying to block their way.

However, the monsters penetrated the ice walls.

I almost forgot, these things are spirits, so it's normal for them to pass through walls.

Nangong Ruyun did not panic. She quickly made another attack, thinking that if defense didn't work, then she would attack.

Her previous attack on the stitched monster had no effect, but these ghosts were much weaker.

Although they look ferocious and terrifying, she can destroy a large number of them with just one blow.

Nangong Ruyun didn't want to fight any longer. She found that the Stitched Monster didn't attack her directly, but instead kept summoning these ghosts. She guessed the opponent's intention: to use these ghosts to consume her first, and then come to finish her off when her spiritual power was almost depleted.

She certainly wouldn't fall into this trap.

After much deliberation, she finally wisely chose to retreat.

Why did she have to fight this monster to the death when she still hadn't figured out why she was here?

So she tore open a hole and rushed out.

To her surprise, the stitched monster did not catch up.

It seemed to be a gatekeeper guarding something in that place. If the intruder left on his own, it would not chase after him, but would continue to stay there and act as a guard.

Just like that, she escaped from the territory of the stitched monster.

Nangong Ruyun had never been to the Extreme Prison before, and she thought she had arrived in a secret realm.

In fact, this is a place that actually exists in reality.

She understood the danger here clearly.

It's not just the stitched monster. Many corpses buried under the ice have transformed into zombies due to the nourishment of the yin energy over the years.

However, the zombie monsters she encountered on the periphery were not as powerful as the stitched monster, so she was able to deal with them relatively easily.

There is no invisible pressure in the outer area, so there will be no negative conditions such as dizziness.

This area of ​​ice and snow is very vast. Besides the corpses, there are actually living things here.

Occasionally, she could see forests of coniferous plants on the ground, and there were actually some living creatures living in these forests.

The most common creatures here are monsters that resemble moose and gray wolves, and occasionally you can see some giant frost bears.

The ice-attribute spiritual energy here is very strong, so the creatures living here are basically of ice-attribute.

"Could it be that Ping'er sent me to this place?"

"He said he wanted me to break through the fusion stage today."

"But breaking through the fusion is not that easy."

Now she is at the peak of the Void Refinement Realm. She is not far from the Fusion Realm, but it is definitely not just a step away.

From refining the void to fusion, it is not only about the accumulation of spiritual power, but more importantly, the further control of the power of heaven and earth.

This is reflected differently by monks on different paths.

To reach the fusion stage, a sword cultivator needs to comprehend the sword's power, cultivate it to a certain level, and integrate their understanding of the world into their swordsmanship. This is easier said than done.

The physical cultivation stage of advancement to the fusion stage is the most difficult and also has the most variety.

Some physical cultivators would hunt down monsters in the fusion stage during the refining stage. They would bathe in the blood of these monsters to fuse their bloodline power, purify the bloodline power to a very high level, and use the power of the bloodline to break through the fusion stage.

A demon beast that reached the Fusion Stage was basically a dominant force in its region, possessing the power to manipulate celestial phenomena and alter the climate and landscape. Killing such a demon beast with a Void Refinement Stage level jump was no easy task.

So there is another way, which is to search for some natural treasures in various harsh and harsh environments according to one's own spiritual roots, and refine them to temper one's own flesh and blood.

Speaking of harsh environments, the extreme prison where Nangong Ruyun is now is an example.

In the past, many physical cultivators ventured in here in order to advance to the fusion stage, but the dangerous environment here resulted in the loss of many lives.

However, there are still people who are not afraid of death and continue to move forward in an attempt to conquer the harsh environment here.

This process is long, and many people may gain enlightenment, fight, and study various skills in such places.

Maybe one day I will achieve enlightenment and successfully break through the fusion.

Or maybe one day he will be killed by a monster here.

Dharma practitioners like Nangong Ruyun are particularly focused on further controlling the power of heaven and earth, that is, comprehending their own domain.

She has already mastered the rudiments of the field of ice and snow. As long as she completes her own field here, she will be halfway to success.

Why do you say it’s only half, and not that it will definitely be possible to break through and achieve fusion?

That is naturally considering the great risks involved in overcoming the heavenly tribulation.

The heavenly tribulation of the fusion is not just the heavenly thunder, but also the inner demon tribulation that has trapped and killed countless cultivators.

"This place is indeed suitable for me to comprehend the realm of ice and snow. However, this kind of thing cannot be accomplished overnight. It may take decades, or even hundreds of years."

She took out the communication jade slip and tried to contact Zhao Kangping.

But there was no signal at all, not only could he not be contacted, but no one else could be contacted either.

She was a little anxious, so she flew all the way south.

However, she soon encountered an impenetrable wall of air.

Even using the ability of space jump, I can't get through.

I clearly can move forward according to the scene before my eyes, but in reality I can’t.

"Am I in a fantasy?"

She finally guessed the answer.

The world constructed by the Heavenly Book is indeed like a huge illusion.

The so-called illusion, the things in it are not real.

It was possible to spend years here, and when she returned to reality, it might only be a few minutes.

What's more, Zhao Kangping told her that he would let her break through to the fusion stage today, which further confirmed her guess.

"Ping'er won't harm me. This must be a special magic weapon or magical power."

She convinced herself and let go of the heavy stone in her heart.

So she found a place and dug a hole in the mountain, turning it into her own temporary cave.

Here, she doesn't do anything else, but just quietly comprehends her own path.

Her life flashed through her mind like a fleeting scene, with tears, laughter, despair, grief, and happiness.

Eventually she began to visualize, imagining an Ice Phoenix that was closely related to her bloodline.

There have been rumors about the Nangong family since their ancestors, that their ancestor was once the king of a small country, and because of his connection with an ice phoenix, his descendants have the bloodline of the ice phoenix.

By the time it was passed down to her generation, it was actually already very thin, but she unexpectedly awakened the Ice Phoenix bloodline.

This bloodline greatly increased her affinity for ice spiritual power. The time required to practice ice-attributed skills was greatly shortened, and the power of her skills was also greatly increased.

But in fact, she didn't do much research on her bloodline.

With such an opportunity, she began to study her own bloodline.

She had a feeling that in order to advance to the fusion stage, she would need to work on her bloodline.

She first visualized the Ice Phoenix in her sea of ​​consciousness.

Then, a divine bird with a white body, dotted with ice-blue feathers, and countless ice crystal fragments floating around its body appeared in her sea of ​​consciousness.

The Ice Phoenix is ​​a branch of the Phoenix clan. According to legend, they only live in extremely cold environments and are relatively solitary in nature, living a solitary life.

At first, she thought that the Ice Phoenix she imagined was perfect and beautiful, and should also be a powerful creature.

However, when she carefully observed the Ice Phoenix in her sea of ​​consciousness, she found that it lacked a bit of charm, as if it had no soul. Especially its eyes were very empty, without a trace of life.

"This isn't right. This isn't what I want."

She began to feel irritated and ended her visualization.

She wanted to go out for a walk, maybe she could find the inspiration she needed outside.

Nangong Ruyun didn't know what she was looking for, and just wandered aimlessly in the Jiyu Prison.

When she discovered a group of bird-like monsters similar to geese in the sky, her heart moved.

Perhaps she could supplement her fantasy of the Ice Phoenix by observing real birds.

These geese actually don't look like phoenixes at all, they look more like ducks.

Sensing the approach of a cultivator, the geese's neat formation in the sky suddenly became disordered.

Many wild geese were so scared that they fled in all directions.

Only one leader goose seemed to want to protect its own tribe. It stood up and stopped Nangong Ruyun.

It looks like it is ready to sacrifice itself to protect the other geese as they run away first.

Nangong Ruyun just thought it was funny, she didn't want to eat goose meat.

But she still fixed her eyes on the leader goose, and then observed the goose carefully.

This wild goose was roughly the same size as some of the village geese. It was called a demonic beast, but in reality, it was only at the Qi training stage. Even if ten thousand of these came, she could wipe them out with a single breath.

She reached out and stroked the goose's neck. The goose was trembling and was very scared.

Perhaps it thought that it was about to become a meal on the plate of the monk in front of it.

Nangong Ruyun stared at its eyes particularly carefully.

"It's not like that." The wild goose's eyes were dark, and she instinctively felt that the Ice Phoenix's eyes were not like that.

So she let the goose go.

As soon as the spell of immobilization on the leader goose was lifted, it flapped its wings desperately and flew away. It was so scared that it even pooped while flying.

She then looked for other birds in the area and observed their eyes whenever she caught one.

Sometimes she even wondered if she was going crazy.

I was clearly trying to figure out how to break through the fusion, so why was I studying birds?

But she still made this action a habit, and in the following time she caught more than 80 species of birds for research.

Although this place was cold, there were an unexpected variety of bird species, which was something she had not expected.

From small to large, there are flying birds, swimming birds, and walking birds. There are not only ordinary birds, but also some ferocious monster birds.

There are people from the Qi training stage to the Spirit Transformation stage.

However, she did not find any bird monsters in the Void Refinement Stage. The beasts on the ground did encounter a big bear in the Void Refinement Stage, but she defeated it and it turned into a bearskin blanket in the cave.

Time passed day by day, and she didn't know how much time had passed.

Finally one day, she saw a beautiful big bird by a stream with a lot of broken ice floating on it.

It was an Ice Luan, which was actually a bird with a bit of Phoenix blood, and was very close to the Ice Phoenix.

In fact, the Ice Phoenix is ​​also a pure-blooded phoenix, but its attribute is ice, which is very different from the common Fire Phoenix.

But the Ice Phoenix's rank is much higher than that of the Ice Luan.

The Ice Luan she saw had the strength of the late stage of the Spiritualization Realm, which was nothing in her eyes. If she wanted to, she could capture it with just one move.

However, she chose to walk directly past the Ice Luan.

The Bingluan did not run away after seeing her, because this Bingluan had already acquired considerable intelligence and could even understand human language.

"Who are you?" Bingluan spoke in a female voice as loud as a silver bell.

Nangong Ruyun did not answer immediately, but looked up and down at the beautiful big bird.

The Ice Luan was about eight feet tall, which was not particularly huge. She had seen bird-like monsters that were even bigger than this one.

But it was definitely the most beautiful bird she had ever seen.

It was seen that the Bingluan's body was almost entirely covered with ice blue to water blue feathers, with a tuft of dark blue hair on its head. Its tail feathers resembled those of a peacock, but the color was not as bright as that of a peacock. It was just a combination of several shades of blue.

"Can I touch you?" Nangong Ruyun asked such a perverted question.

She could tell that the bird was actually female, and perhaps already capable of taking human form.