Chapter 442: Power of the Weapon Spirit, Frozen Lands
"So this is Heavenly Cold Qi… It's already evolved into something close to a physical form."
Feeling the immense, icy gaze of the serpent's eye sweep across them, Mo Yu and his companions momentarily froze in place.
As a force on par with Exotic Flames, Heavenly Cold Qi also possessed one of the most destructive powers in the world. This kind of energy held terrifying destructive potential. Facing such a power, it was difficult for anyone but the top-tier experts on the continent to remain unaffected.
Sensing the strength of the Heavenly Cold Qi, Mo Yu's expression turned more serious.
He recalled the time back at the Jia Nan Academy when the Fallen Heart Flame had broken its seal. It had taken all the academy's top elders, including Elder Su Qian, to suppress it, but they couldn't do much against it. In comparison, that flame had about the strength of a high-level Dou Zong (Battle Ancestor), which was enough to dominate the Black-Corner Region, but in Zhongzhou, it wasn't that significant.
Compared to that, this Heavenly Cold Qi seemed to have already stepped halfway into the Dou Zun (Battle Venerate) realm, and its power would rank within the top twelve of the Exotic Flame rankings.
Mo Yu noticed the greedy gaze the Heavenly Cold Qi serpent had fixed on Qing Zhi and instantly understood what was happening. It wasn't just that Mo Yu wanted to devour the Heavenly Cold Qi to strengthen his Ice Spirit Silver Lightning; the Heavenly Cold Qi was also eyeing Qing Zhi, hoping to absorb his Ice Spirit Silver Lightning to further its own evolution.
Heavenly treasures like this had one common trait: they possessed immense power and had an instinct to devour similar types of energies to grow stronger. Now that this Heavenly Cold Qi had developed sentience, it knew that if it could consume the Ice Spirit Silver Lightning within Qing Zhi, its own strength would skyrocket.
While Mo Yu found the situation amusing, it also raised his level of caution. The Heavenly Cold Qi was extremely powerful, and in its home territory of the Ice Cold River, its strength was enhanced by at least 30%. A single mistake could lead to disastrous consequences. He was here to absorb the Heavenly Cold Qi to push the Ice Spirit Silver Lightning to its peak, not to hand over a power boost to the Heavenly Cold Qi.
"What should we do? Should we attack now?" Xiao Yixian asked, her beautiful eyes focused on Mo Yu.
"Stay calm for now. Let's observe the situation first," Mo Yu replied after a brief pause.
This was the Heavenly Cold Qi's domain, and its strength had caught him off guard. It was best to remain cautious. Xiao Yixian nodded in agreement, her gaze locked on the Heavenly Cold Qi while her internal energy gradually intensified.
As Mo Yu and his companions remained on guard, the enormous, invisible ice serpent fully awoke. It lifted its massive head and lashed its tail violently, its enormous body shooting into the sky. Surprisingly, its target wasn't Mo Yu—it was Qing Zhi.
"Shriek!"
The ice serpent let out a piercing screech, and a wave of terrifying cold energy twisted the surrounding space as it spread toward them. Despite their protective Dou Qi, everyone felt the biting chill. The cold from Heavenly Cold Qi wasn't easily blocked.
Scarlet flames of the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Lightning flickered around Mo Yu like a protective shield, preventing the cold from harming him. As for Qing Zhi, he summoned a massive ice shield that deflected the serpent's enormous tail.
After deflecting the first wave of attacks, Mo Yu's expression darkened. His hands quickly formed a series of seals, and within moments, his energy surged, boosted by the Devouring True Lightning and the Sky Gang Thunder Body, propelling him to the strength of a Seven-Star Dou Zong.
"Xiao Yixian, Black Bat, the two of you stay on the sidelines and offer support. Qing Zhi and I will handle the Heavenly Cold Qi," Mo Yu instructed.
Xiao Yixian hesitated for a moment but eventually nodded. She moved to the edge of the battlefield with Black Bat King. Though she possessed the fearsome Woeful Poison Body and Mo Yu had gifted her a sub-lightning bolt of the Mysterious Yin Poison Demon Lightning, she had only recently reached the level of a Six-Star Dou Zong. While that was enough to make her a top expert in the northwest region, it wasn't enough for the current battle.
Once Xiao Yixian withdrew, Mo Yu felt reassured and called out to Qing Zhi, "Qing Zhi, hold it down!"
Qing Zhi nodded and unleashed his ice power. A vast amount of freezing energy shot out like lightning, quickly encasing the Heavenly Cold Qi's massive body in solid ice.
Seeing this, Mo Yu's silver eyes gleamed. He mentally summoned Xiao Jin, and a terrifying black lightning orb began to form in his palm.
As the Black Gold Thunder Orb appeared, the surrounding space cracked, and nearby ice mountains shattered under its pressure. Even the Heavenly Cold Qi seemed startled by its power and let out a furious screech at Mo Yu.
"Take this!" Mo Yu shouted, tossing the orb. It shot through the air like a meteor, carrying enough power to warp the space around it as it hurtled toward the Heavenly Cold Qi.
The powerful energy sphere collided with the massive ice serpent's body, causing a brilliant explosion like fireworks. The force of the blast sent the serpent plummeting to the ground, its angry screeches echoing through the sky.
But despite knocking the serpent down, Mo Yu didn't feel relieved. Instead, his sense of danger intensified.
As he prepared to assess the situation, a wave of even more terrifying cold energy surged up from below. Looking down, he saw the ice serpent reappearing in front of him at lightning speed. Its enormous, icy eyes were filled with an absolute coldness, as if it intended to freeze everything in its path.
"This thing is stronger than I expected!" Mo Yu muttered, gritting his teeth as the serpent lunged at him again.
Even the combined power of the Four Thunders, which had been enough to kill Qing Jian, had only managed to enrage the Heavenly Cold Qi. It was clear that such a powerful force of nature couldn't be handled like an ordinary opponent.
The serpent opened its massive jaws and unleashed a terrifying blast of invisible cold energy. Wherever the energy passed, the air itself froze, leaving a clear, icy trail through the sky.
Feeling the immense power within the freezing blast, Mo Yu's expression hardened. He summoned his Divine Power Black Thunder Spear, and the fiery Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Lightning surged through him, filling his body with destructive energy.
Sensing the violent energy within him, Mo Yu gave a cold shout, "Dragon Spirit, arise!"
As the words left his mouth, the surrounding energy was drawn to him, forming a massive vortex. The space in front of him seemed to tear open, revealing a fiery red rift.
Suddenly, a vast sea of red lightning poured out of the rift, quickly filling the sky.
It was none other than the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Lightning!
A deafening roar echoed from the lightning sea as a massive dragon silhouette rose from the flames. The dragon was black, its scales seemingly made of lightning. The sunlight reflecting off its scales gave them a metallic silver sheen.
The dragon's majestic presence spread out, even warping the surrounding space.
Seeing this, Xiao Yixian's eyes widened in shock. Although she knew this wasn't a real dragon, the dragon spirit emanating from the weapon was awe-inspiring.
"Could this be... the spirit of an Eight-Rank weapon?" Xiao Yixian thought in amazement.
Weapons and pills that reached the eighth rank could develop spirits. Pills had pill spirits, and weapons had weapon spirits. But what shocked Xiao Yixian was that Mo Yu's weapon spirit took the form of a dragon, the most revered of all beasts.
"Go!" Mo Yu commanded, and the black dragon, surrounded by the fiery lightning, shot into the air, colliding head-on with the freezing energy blast.
"Boom!"
The two forces clashed with an earth-shaking explosion. The impact was so intense that the surrounding mountains were blown apart, their icy peaks crumbling to the ground.
High above, the shockwaves from the collision sent Mo Yu flying back several meters before he managed to stabilize himself. Looking down, he saw the ice serpent coiling defensively in the sky, its massive head warily watching him.
"Oh, so it's effective!" Mo Yu smiled. The Dragon Spirit, while not a real dragon, carried the innate dominance of a dragon, and the Heavenly Cold Qi, in the form of a serpent, was naturally suppressed by it. Combined with the fire power of the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Lightning, it had the advantage.
"No matter how intelligent you are, you're still just a beast. You can't escape your fate of being captured!" Mo Yu taunted, his eyes gleaming with confidence.
The black dragon roared once more, its fiery lightning creating ripples in the space around it. Even though it was within the freezing cold of the Heavenly Cold Qi, the dragon seemed unaffected, continuing to heat the air around it.
"Go!" Mo Yu commanded again, and the dragon spirit shot forward like a lightning bolt, heading straight for the ice serpent.
The dragon collided with the serpent, sinking its teeth into the icy creature's body. As it did, the cold energy the serpent released was quickly melted by the dragon's heat. Without its protective cold energy, the Heavenly Cold Qi found itself firmly in the dragon's grasp.
A furious screech rang out from the serpent, its desperate roar shaking the skies.
But just as the serpent's cry faded, a terrifying surge of energy erupted from the icy mist. The overwhelming cold energy that had filled the sky began to thin out, as though the Heavenly Cold Qi was losing the battle.
However, just as the cold energy completely disappeared, Mo Yu glanced down and noticed, to his surprise, that the massive serpent had vanished.
Frowning, Mo Yu quickly scanned the area, but all he could see were traces of cold energy swirling back into the valley. The serpent itself had completely disappeared.
"Where did it go?" Mo Yu muttered, just as the cold energy surrounding him began to distort.
In the next instant, the massive serpent reappeared behind him, its tail swinging toward him with the force of an avalanche.
"Dodge!" Mo Yu's instincts screamed. He quickly activated the Void Lightning and disappeared just before the serpent's tail struck.
He reappeared on a distant ice peak, his heart racing from the close call.
"Clever beast," Mo Yu muttered, a hint of respect in his voice.
But as Mo Yu caught his breath, the serpent let out another screech and turned its attention toward Qing Zhi. A torrent of cold energy shot from the serpent's mouth, freezing everything in its path.
"Not good! Retreat!" Mo Yu shouted to Xiao Yixian and the others as he quickly moved out of the ice valley.
Just as they escaped the valley, the entire area was engulfed in ice. With Qing Zhi and the Heavenly Cold Qi at the center, the vast ice valley became a frozen wasteland.
Seeing this, Mo Yu's expression darkened.
(End of Chapter)
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