boyutpedia Chapter 160 Black Ice Plains
Chapter 160 Black Ice Plains
The next morning, before dawn, the soldiers guarding the city saw Ning Xiaoxi holding General Liao's order to leave the city.
Just as the soldier finished recording and was about to call for someone to lower the rope ladder, he saw Ning Xiaoxi leap down. The soldier was startled and rushed to the edge of the battlement, only to see Ning Xiaoxi wave upwards and walk into the black ice field.
Ning Xiaoxi was enveloped in a blue light and walked northwards without touching the ground.
Stepping into this black ice field is like entering a desolate realm at the end of the world. As far as the eye can see, there is only an endless layer of black ice, hard and smooth, without any signs of life, like a huge black mirror that infinitely reflects and magnifies the deathly silence.
The sky was shrouded in a thick haze, dim and gloomy. The sunlight struggled to penetrate the haze, bringing only a faint, cold glimmer, unable to dispel the bone-chilling cold and endless darkness.
Apart from the howling wind, there was no other sound. The wind howled mournfully, like the lament of this desolate land, or the wailing of the dead. There was no trace of life here; birds and beasts had vanished, and there was not a single sign of life.
The distant mountains were buried under a layer of ice, revealing only their faint outlines, adding to the mystery and desolation. On this black ice plain, time seemed to stand still, all signs of life were completely erased, leaving only eternal darkness and cold.
Looking back, you can still see the city walls of Fufang County, a county town nestled in a crevice between the mountain peaks, its function very clear.
Try to breathe slowly; in this deathly silent space, even breathing is a luxury. Ning Xiaoxi quietly sensed her surroundings; there was nothing unusual for the time being, so she decided to continue forward.
The Spirit Crystal Heart slowly floated out, its furtive movements quite furtive. After testing it and finding nothing amiss, it floated out of the azure light's range, still unharmed. It moved five steps away from Ning Xiaoxi, still unharmed; ten steps away, still unharmed.
Ning Xiaoxi looked north, a chill seeping through her shoes and stinging her soles. Not daring to linger, she used her Water-Walking Step to step onto the icy plain, silently calculating the distance. Once Ling Jingxin realized she was safe away from Ning Xiaoxi, she let loose and flew rapidly forward.
Gradually, the city walls of Fufang County disappeared from sight, and even Mangshan Mountain could only be seen as a blurry silhouette. Looking around, all that remained was an endless expanse of ice, so vast that even the sound of breathing was deafening.
A faint stench wafted over, and Ning Xiaoxi slowed her pace, but dared not stop. The chill still crept up her calves through the blue light. At the snowflake-shaped heart on her wrist, the pink bead emitted a faint halo, casting a pale pink glow on Ning Xiaoxi's skin, dispelling the chill from her body.
Ning Xiaoxi touched her wrist; it felt warm. Composing herself, she headed north again.
The stench grew stronger and stronger. Ning Xiaoxi pulled out a handkerchief and covered her mouth and nose. This smell was so pungent; who could stand it?
"Whoosh!"
Ling Jingxin rushed straight back into Ning Xiaoxi's arms, plunged herself into the black bead's crystal bowl, sank to the bottom of the crystal liquid, rolled over a few times, climbed out, and swayed against the roots of the three mulberry trees, unwilling to move.
The black bead shot out of the bowl, knocking it over and spilling the spirit crystal liquid around the three mulberry trees. The branches of the three mulberry trees thrashed wildly, and a stream of white mulberry sap, enveloping the ball of spirit crystal liquid, was flung out of the cave.
Ning Xiaoxi looked at the ball that had been flung away and wondered what had gotten into the Spirit Crystal Heart that it had come back with!
"vomit!"
It stinks!
The ice field lies beneath my feet. Looking north from here, the ice field no longer merges seamlessly with the horizon; it seems as if something has torn the sky apart, with branches stretching across the air like a taut beard.
Cleansing and purifying talismans were applied to myself in turn, and at least within the area around my body and arms, the stench was gone.
They rushed toward the crack.
As they got closer, they could see clearly that it was a tangled, intertwined mass of thorns.
Just as she was about to go over and check, a row of four dark figures appeared in front of her.
Upon sensing, those four wisps of demonic energy were the same as the ones at the base before—they possessed some consciousness. Clones? Not really, just a few wisps of demonic energy with their own consciousness.
Ha, just trying to scare people!
The spear materialized in Ning Xiaoxi's hand. She rolled her eyes, flicked her wrist, and the spear transformed into a staff, sweeping towards the four dark figures. The staff, brimming with spiritual energy, instantly dispersed the four dark figures, and the four points of light flew back in a flash.
"You brat, how dare you chase after me!"
The voice sounded like several different people each saying one or two words, which was very awkward.
The ice field beneath our feet began to melt, gradually revealing the decaying, blackened plains.
In my perception, the demonic energy of that thorny clump, though dense, was not stable and did not entirely belong to a single consciousness. Occasionally, clear consciousness would float up from the ground, causing the consciousness above to overturn and fall.
The ground was completely corroded, and bubbling bubbles rose from the ground. When the bubbles burst, a foul odor was released, polluting everything around it.
The clump of thorns was rooted in the putrid mud, its main trunk thick and twisted, its surface covered with sharp, black thorns that emitted a putrid stench. Each thorn was dripping with dark green sap, and the dripping sap would directly smash a pit in the mud, then corrode into it and disappear into the mud.
Its branches and leaves resemble giant octopus tentacles, soft yet tough, covered with fine barbs, swinging in the air as if ready to tightly entangle any passing prey.
Its canopy is shaped like a huge umbrella, and its leaves are translucent purplish-black, with faintly visible eerie veins flowing inside. They rustle in the wind, as if countless wronged souls are crying out.
The flower is huge and ferocious, with petals like sharp serrations, and a nauseating odor emanating from its stamen.
How did this thing get into Lord Diwen's body without Lord Dikui not sensing it?
[The Corrupting Thorn Demon, a demon formed by absorbing the souls of the dead, excels at releasing poison and can split the consciousness of the dead within its body. This split consciousness resembles the subtle thoughts that arise within the human race itself, often overlooked. Its entire body is covered in the filthy poison of rotting corpses, causing the skin of those afflicted to fester and rot. Weakness: It's something that can be dealt with with a single fire.]
Is the scan finished?
Tuanzi gritted her teeth, "You little brat, you embarrassed me."
You couldn't have predicted the demons that would arise from battles fought in filthy lands.
Although Ling Jingxin was unwilling, she still had to go into battle. Before the battle, she asked Ning Xiaoxi to draw a cleansing and purification talisman on her heart.
Seemingly sensing Ning Xiaoxi's movements, clusters of dark shadows emerged from the thorns, shooting towards Ning Xiaoxi like bullets.
As Ning Xiaoxi created a defensive barrier to block the shadow bullets, her Spirit Crystal Heart scattered countless sparks, causing the thorns to burst into flames. Ning Xiaoxi then pulled out a bucket of tung oil from her bosom and threw it out. The falling sparks, upon contact with the tung oil, instantly engulfed the entire thorny area in a fierce fireball.
Amidst the raging flames, ghostly figures surged and writhed, their mournful cries echoing one after another. Faces burst forth, then melted and vanished into the air!