The noise grew clearer and clearer, the coiled scaly bodies began to twist like millstones, snow fell in torrents, and the buzzing friction grew louder and louder.

Everyone looked up in surprise, only to see the gradually tightening ice pillars stretching and rising, with a head emerging at the tip, shaking and swaying as if it had just woken up.

A gigantic snake head with antlers and ears rose from ambush, its eyes emitting a silvery-blue glow. If not for the light in its eyes, it would have been difficult to make out the details of its head.

From the top, the enormous head looked down at the people below, its silvery-blue gaze imposing and formidable.

Under cover on the Ice Field, Wu Jinliang and others also saw the change of events. Wu Jinliang turned to ask the person beside him, "What is that?"

Xu Anzhang, "I don't know, I haven't heard of any other monsters here. It must be a monster transformed by Divine Fire."

Wu Jinliang exclaimed in alarm, "It's so huge, can Shudao Mountain handle it?"

Xu Anzhang, "It should be fine, Shudao Mountain is obviously setting up an array to deal with it."

So the ice pillars were living creatures, and the Shudao Mountain group was taken aback by the revelation. The size was beyond their expectations, and as far as the experiences of the Sect's past elders were concerned, they had never encountered anything of this magnitude. The first one they encountered upon entering was outrageously huge.

The group from Shudao Mountain had realized something was amiss. As they slowly backed away, Gu Lianni still subconsciously asked, "Shi Chun, what is this thing?"

What thing? Shi Chun was also dumbfounded. He had no idea what it was and had not expected it to be alive. What he was pondering over was how the monster had small and large shadows of Divine Fire within it?

Here, a monster's size was directly proportional to its strength. Faced with the monster's scrutinizing silvery-blue gaze, Yuan Yao, holding Divine Fire, suddenly shouted, "Retreat quickly!"

The shouted warning jolted everyone awake, the disciples of Shudao Mountain immediately flew off, and Gu Lianni was no exception, leaping onto her Wind Scale and ascending swiftly.

With this commotion, the Ice Jiao, staring down, opened its mouth to unleash a deafening roar, a pale silvery-blue flame surged from its mouth like a reverse-flowing celestial river, sweeping across the chaotic crowd.

Where the flames passed, the fire instantly turned into towering icebergs, entombing anyone who couldn't escape within them.

The guards watching over An Wuzhi, who stopped concerning themselves with him, simply dropped him and ran.

An Wuzhi panicked as well, thinking, Master, I believed in your nonsense. You told me there were five Divine Fires? And you had me come here as a hostage?

He too turned to run but couldn't make it—the sweeping flames froze them in place.

Nearly a third of the hundred or so people from Shudao Mountain were frozen on the spot, and the rest scattered like frightened animals into the sky.

Witnessing this, Gu Lianni, airborne, glared furiously, her eyes nearly splitting as she shouted angrily, "Shi Chun, you dare deceive me, I will make sure you don't die a peaceful death!"

She wasn't the only furious one; at that moment, every disciple of Shudao Mountain wished they could dismember Shi Chun. All claims of five Divine Fires were a deception, perhaps there was an ancient monster for many years, suggesting it as one Divine Fire would have been believable, but claiming five was clearly a trick to make them fall for it, multiplying the number to entice them, and they, like fools, believed it.

Why deceive them? Even a fool could tell it was because they were surrounded and unable to escape, hoping to use the old monster to break free.

Yuan Yao was also seething with rage.

Gu Lianni nearly bit her teeth to pieces, furious that she had believed every word of that scoundrel's lies, and even foolishly swore on her father's name. Remembering this nearly made her spit blood, eager to rush down and feed Shi Chun to the dogs.

Below was chaos, and the poor lighting made it impossible to spot Shi Chun.

Thus, she flung out countless pieces of Sandalwood Gold, descending like violet rain.

Hearing the angry yet desolate curses, especially those aimed at Shi Chun, Wu Jinliang and the others lying low on the Ice Field exchanged looks, Xu Anzhang softly asked, "Could this be Shi Chun's handiwork?"

Wu Jinliang and the others didn't know and couldn't answer.

"Master!"

In a frantic moment, Chu Jingtang called out softly and tugged at Shi Chun, signaling him to run.

But unknown to them, Shi Chun returned his weapon to his back, grabbed Chu Jingtang's wrist instead of running like the others, and in such a perilous situation, pulled Chu Jingtang close to the giant Ice Jiao's body, seeking refuge underneath it.

As the flames swept past them, the two managed to dodge with minimal movement.

The Ice Jiao's massive body writhed and unfurled, crushing the icebergs formed by the blazing flames, the shattered ice falling like rain, and Shi Chun, grabbing the panicked Chu Jingtang, jumped onto the vast body of the Ice Jiao.

No sooner had the two left the ground than they saw the Ice Jiao's tail sweeping furiously across the icy surface, destroying the nearby icebergs formed by the flames with overwhelming force, instantly clearing the surroundings.

Among those frozen in the icebergs, some shattered along with the ice, others splattered blood within the ice chunks, and some flew out screaming.

At that moment, Shi Chun also heard Gu Lianni's curses, secretly lamented, wanting to shout back in defense but feared provoking the Ice Jiao, so he had to endure.

Then, seeing a spray of purple flame-energy enriched Sandalwood Gold falling, if it weren't for the peril they were in, the scene might have been quite beautiful.

Snowflakes danced in the air, and the Ice Field trembled. The Ice Jiao, once stretched out, was much more than just ten or so feet high; stretched straight, it must have been several tens of feet long.

It seemed to have set its sights on the Divine Fire that Yuan Yao was holding. It shot up like a flying dragon, startling a group of people in the air to ascend higher again.

Shi Chun and Chu Jingtang were actually clinging to the scales of the rising Ice Jiao. The former remained calm and alert, looking around, while the latter felt a thrilling fear, experiencing this for the first time in his life.

With a booming sound that resonated in their eardrums, the Ice Jiao, having leaped into the air, suddenly halted as a bowl-shaped giant light screen ripples blocked it. Although the screen bulged outward from the impact, it did not collapse. Instead, many electric-like ropes appeared, binding and adhering to it as if tying it down.

The Ice Jiao twisted its body and struggled violently, almost making Shi Chun vomit.

As the Ice Jiao exerted more effort into its struggles, the ripples on the bowl-shaped giant light screen seemed to shine brighter.

From a distance, Wu Jinliang asked in surprise, "What Magical Treasure is that?"

Xu Anzhang exclaimed, "I've heard that some major Sects have crafted the 'Element Locking Array' Magical Treasure, which can lock down Spiritual Bodies. This must be the 'Element Locking Array'. The more power the Spiritual Body resists with, the more power the array absorbs, and in turn, the stronger it traps the Spiritual Body."

Seeing that the Ice Jiao couldn't escape, Shi Chun, amazed by the methods of Shudao Mountain, took the opportunity to shout, "Let's go!"

Pulling Chu Jingtang along, they jumped off the thrashing body of the Ice Jiao. As they landed within the light and shadow of the Sandal Gold Flame Energy, someone spotted them immediately.

Someone pointed and shouted from above, "Uncle Master, look, Shi Chun is there!"

Gu Lianni's eyes flashed. She focused on them and immediately cast a spell shouting, "Surround them, don't let them escape!"

Shi Chun, hearing this, urgently shouted, "Gu Lianni, this is a misunderstanding!"

"A misunderstanding?" Gu Lianni snapped angrily. "Where are the five Divine Fires?"

Shi Chun yelled back, "They should be inside this creature."

Gu Lianni, laughing in anger, roared, "If I believe another word from you, Gu Lianni, I'll chop off my own head and hand it to you!"

Seeing the Ice Jiao bound by electric light ropes crazily spewing flames, and ice rapidly expanding inside the array, Shi Chun realized there was no reasoning with this woman for now; it was better to leave first.

Just as he was about to tell Chu Jingtang to leave, he suddenly heard a shout from one direction, "Chun Tian, this way!"

It was Wu Jinliang's voice. Shi Chun turned his head in surprise. Was this idiot out of his mind? Why stir up trouble at this time?

Little did he know that Wu Jinliang also didn't want to stir up trouble, but he was forced into it.

Due to Gu Lianni's command to surround them and prevent escape, two Shudao Mountain disciples descended right in front of them, catching them off guard and unable to hide.

As such, Wu Jinliang stood up unreservedly, shouted out to Shi Chun to meet up.

The two semi-airborne Shudao Mountain disciples immediately threw themselves at him with their Wind Scales.

Watching, Xu Anzhang and others tensed up, ready for a desperate fight, but saw Wu Jinliang wave his hands at the two Shudao Mountain disciples from afar, then dash forward in a soaring motion, extracting his characteristic big saber. As he brushed past the two disciples, he drew blood rain, slashing them down to the ground!

Having slain the two Shudao Mountain disciples in an instant, the still-stunned Xu Anzhang and others were shocked. Was this big guy really this fierce?

Tong Mingshan and Hao Ji were even more shocked. At the Sky Rain Meteor Conference, they had not seen this big guy make a serious move; little did they know he was hiding his true capabilities.

Wu Jinliang, with his big saber pointing, held several Shudao Mountain disciples who rushed over in the air at bay, compelling them to stop in mid-air, their eyes full of doubt and hesitation, not daring to act rashly.

Shi Chun and Chu Jingtang, who had not been affected by the Element Locking Array, also witnessed this scene.

Seeing this, Shi Chun's heart sank halfway. He really wanted to ask Wu Jinliang, this silly bird, if waiting a moment would kill him. Why the hurry to kill people?

With these deaths, there really was no way to explain to Shudao Mountain; so much for any cooperation!

"Stop posturing, let's get out of here!" Shi Chun rebuked sharply.

Wu Jinliang quickly moved to pick up the two Wind Scales that had fallen to the ground, throwing one to Tong Mingshan.

Due to the lighting, those in the brighter area couldn't see clearly what happened in the dimmer area. The people in the air, including Gu Lianni, did not see clearly what happened here, as it was not a typical confrontation; the men were butchered without much noise from a fight.

Only when their fellow disciples emitted a long, mournful whistle, signaling danger and requesting aid, did the eyes of those guarding before the array turn their attention.

The array's Ice Jiao had already made them feel endangered, and now trouble had arisen elsewhere.

Meanwhile, the ground suddenly trembled violently, starting to fracture, with cracks in the ice layer sprawling widely.

Seeing this, Shi Chun and the others, about to flee, turned back in horror, only to see the bowl-shaped light shield in the array swelling with an ice mountain that rapidly expanded and forced the ground apart.

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