As the Universe Turns - Chapter 716
Chapter 716 Soul-Shocking at the Bottom of the Pond
“What are you doing here?”
As Xiao Chen controlled the Spiritual Vein Ring, he glanced behind him. When Ruoshui swam over here, a thin layer of ice crystals gradually covered his body.
However, she didn’t stop. She still struggled to swim to Xiao Chen’s side and pulled his arm. “Big brother … you, you can’t do it alone. I, I’ll help you …”
As soon as she finished speaking, she pressed down on Xiao Chen’s arm from behind. As a surge of Spiritual Energy entered her body, the Eye of the Frost Pool stabilized a lot and slowly entered the ring of Spiritual Veins.
Xiao Chen still didn’t dare to be careless, but he couldn’t help but wonder in his heart, how could her Spiritual Energy be able to guide the Eye of Spiritual Veins? And how could she withstand this bone-chilling cold?
If Wei Yang could withstand the bone-chilling cold, it was because Wei Yang was a body of profound yin. The body of profound yin could withstand all the colds in the world, but Ruoshui was not a body of profound yin. How could it withstand this bone-corroding cold?
What exactly is going on …
As they pondered, the Spiritual Energy of the Eye of the Frost Pool had been slowly stored in the ring of Spiritual Veins. However, the bone-chilling cold nearby still hadn’t disappeared. Instead, it was getting heavier and heavier, causing a layer of ice to slowly cover the area below the waist of the two of them. It looked like two ice sculptures that were connected together.
“Are you still able to hold on?”
“No, it’s fine …”
Ruoshui’s face was deathly pale and her words were somewhat weak. Although she could withstand this bone-chilling cold, it did not mean that nothing would happen. At this moment, more and more ice covered their bodies. Once they were completely covered by the bone-chilling cold, the two of them would probably really turn into two ice sculptures and sink under the water.
It was because Xiao Chen didn’t dare to relax in the slightest. Even with Ruoshui’s help, his hands were still forming seals and using his own strength, he controlled the Spiritual Vein Ring to receive the Eye of the Cold Pool.
“Big … big brother …”
Ruoshui’s eyes narrowed slightly. Under the extreme cold, her consciousness gradually became blurry. She murmured, “Why did you leave Purple Night Peak? Master, Master, she has always missed Senior Brother …”
“Master, she has always missed Senior Brother …”
At this moment, Xiao Chen’s heart suddenly trembled. It was the only time in the past ten years that his heart trembled. In the past ten years, his heart, like the bone-chilling cold at this moment, had become colder and colder, more ruthless, and more decisive in his slaughter.
However, when the frozen heart heard that person, it couldn’t help but tremble. In its mind, scenes were from the Purple Night Peak, the Bipo Jade Stage, and the dancing petals. The scene where Ling Yin taught him how to practice swordsmanship was a scene of Qin and Xiao playing together on top of the clouds …
Why, why did he bring it up?
He had clearly forgotten, why did he still remember?
You have clearly accepted someone else as your disciple, why do you still remember me? Why, why!
In just a short moment, Xiao Chen’s mind was in a state of chaos, and his aura was extremely chaotic. This caused the ring of spiritual veins to tremble violently, and the bone-chilling coldness of the Eye of the Cold Pool covered it once again.
“Big, big brother …”
Ruoshui’s consciousness was still blurry. Naturally, he didn’t know that his mind was already in a state of chaos. He still said in a daze, “There must be something that Big Brother doesn’t know … Master, she accepted me as the nineteenth generation disciple of Purple Night Peak …”
“You … what did you say?”
At this moment, it was as if all emotions had calmed down at this moment, and Xiao Chen’s heart had calmed down as well. Xiao Chen was dumbfounded. She was the nineteenth generation disciple of the Purple Night Peak …
Ling Yin … What exactly is your intention? Why is she the nineteenth generation disciple of Purple Night Peak?
Why is there such a powerful mysterious power sealed within her body? You must know who she is …
Ruoshui’s consciousness became more and more blurry, “Senior Brother … come back. Ruoshui will not compete with Senior Brother … Ruoshui knows that in Master’s heart, there has always been only Senior Brother, Ruoshui … always knows …”
Xiao Chen’s murmured words seemed to be talking in his sleep as he fell to the bottom of the pond layer by layer. Xiao Chen stretched out his hand and grabbed her, “Ruoshui!”
However, one side wanted to hold her back, while the other side wanted to resist the bone-chilling cold of the Eye of the Frost Pool. Layers of ice covered his arms and shoulders, slowly freezing them.
Ruoshui had already lost consciousness. Very soon, the bone-chilling cold would devour the two of them. Now, there were only two ways to go. Either Xiao Chen abandoned the Eye of the Frost Pool and immediately brought her upstream, or he abandoned her to obtain the Eye of the Frost Pool.
This time, the Eye of the Frost Pool appeared in the Xiqi Mountain Range, but the next time it appeared, the location was unknown. After tracking it for so many years, Xiao Chen would not give up easily this time.
All of a sudden, his internal energy trembled, shattering the ice on his body. Then, he pulled Ruoshui up and hugged her tightly. On the other side, he didn’t hesitate to use his life Genuine energy to disperse the bone-chilling coldness around him and control the Spiritual Vein Ring to store the Eye of the Cold Pool.
“Fiend … Fiend …”
However, at this moment, a strange voice quickly approached. Everything could be heard clearly from the bottom of the water. The voice was coming towards the Eye of the Frost Pool.
Xiao Chen’s gaze narrowed. Finally, he could see clearly. Under the dim light, countless black shadows appeared in the surroundings. They swiftly swam towards him. When they got closer, he could clearly see that the creature was like a fish, not a fish, not a shark. Its face was ferocious, and its mouth had sharp teeth. The longest one was more than ten feet long, and the shortest one was around seventy to eighty feet long.
Even though he had seen many things over the years, Xiao Chen couldn’t help but be slightly shocked when he saw these terrifying and ferocious gigantic creatures. What were these creatures? The bottom of the pond was so cold, how could there be such a terrifying creature? No, these creatures are not the creatures in the bottom of the pond …
Just as he was contemplating, the huge creatures opened their sharp teeth and bit towards him, causing a surge of darkness at the bottom of the pond. These creatures were actually not afraid of the cold, nor of the bone-chilling coldness of the Eye of the Frost Pond.
Which underwater creature wouldn’t be afraid of the bone-chilling cold?
Xiao Chen didn’t have time to think about it. He kicked his feet and immediately swam upwards. He couldn’t even care about the Eye of the Frost Pool. However, even though he had vast divine abilities, after arriving at the bottom of the pond, how many percent remained?
However, these gigantic water monsters were different. They were always at the bottom of the icy cold water. Below this cold lake was their world, especially at this moment when they were in groups. Even Immortals with high cultivation levels in the sky had no way to deal with them when they came to the bottom of the water.
Soon, there were more and more water monsters nearby. Suddenly, a water monster opened its bloody mouth and bit down on him. Such powerful teeth would tear the two of them to shreds.
In an instant, Xiao Chen didn’t have time to think about it. He took out Di Gu and slashed at the water monster with his sword. Instantly, the water monster was sliced open from the middle. A thick stench of blood filled the surrounding waters.
However, this thick stench of blood attracted even more such terrifying creatures. Xiao Chen thought to himself that it was not good. He could not use it under this deep pond, so he could only bring Ruoshui along and dodge the attacks of these monsters time and time again. However, the Eye of the Frost Pond was slowly disappearing.
“Shit …”
Seeing that the Eye of the Frost Pool was about to disappear, Xiao Chen felt even more uncomfortable. However, it was hard to say whether he would be able to dodge the attacks of these gigantic creatures if he were to go and retrieve the Eye of the Frost Pool.
In the blink of an eye, the nearby terrifying creatures were already densely packed. More than a dozen of them bit at the water monster that he had cut open earlier. Originally, the water monster hadn’t completely died yet, but after being eaten by his fellow creatures, not even bones remained in a short period of time.
Seeing that these water monsters were so cruel and terrifying, Xiao Chen was even more shocked. While killing these underwater monsters, he brought Ruoshui to dodge the bite attacks of these monsters.
The entire bottom of the water was about to be dyed red by fresh blood. The thick stench of blood permeated the water. Ruoshui seemed to have been choked awake by the stench of blood. He opened his eyes and almost fainted from fright.
“Big brother … this, what are these!”
Seeing the countless terrifying creatures that suddenly appeared in the surroundings, Ruoshui was so frightened that her face turned pale. Xiao Chen hugged her tightly and went upstream, “Don’t be afraid.”
“Fiend! Fiend! Fiend!”
Suddenly, two water monsters bit down at the same time. Xiao Chen lifted Di Gu and slashed the two water monsters apart. Ruoshui cried out in shock. Suddenly, she felt stifled and her face became even paler. It turned out that it was her Water Piercing Technique that was about to lose its effectiveness.
“Big brother … I, I can’t breathe … You, you go first …”
Ruoshui’s small face was getting paler and paler. Her Water Opening Technique was ineffective, and she was gradually unable to continue breathing in the water.
Xiao Chen held her tightly and continued to swim upwards. However, there were more and more water monsters nearby. Slow down, even if he was alone, he might not be able to escape smoothly.
“Fiend! Fiend!”
More and more water monsters gathered, constantly attacking him. Seeing that he was unable to escape the encirclement of these water monsters, Xiao Chen’s heart began to beat violently. When he turned around, he saw Ruoshui’s face was already pale and he fainted. He must have suffocated.
“Ruoshui! Ruoshui!”
Xiao Chen shouted twice without the slightest reaction. He hugged her tightly with his left hand and clenched Di Gu with his right. He slashed forward with his sword, wanting to forcefully break out of the encirclement. However, at this critical moment, more than twenty figures suddenly appeared in the surroundings.
But seeing those twenty figures, even in the water, they were as fast as lightning. Even if it was a bone-chilling cold, they were still unable to stop the sharp blades in their hands. One saber at a time, they were harvesting the lives of these water monsters.
Very quickly, a thick stench of blood pervaded the waters nearby. The enormous corpses of the water monsters sank one after another into the bottom of the pond. Under the bone-chilling cold, they were finally frozen into giant ice sculptures.
In a short moment, the area around the bottom of the pond once again fell into silence. There were about a hundred of those terrifying water monsters, all of them had been killed by now, sinking into the bottom of the pond and turning into ice sculptures.
Twenty-four figures instantly swam over. It was none other than the twenty-four people from Night Shade, led by Bai Luan and Zi Yuan.
“This subordinate is too late. Please forgive me, Excellency.”