dognovel Chapter 428 Cold
Chapter 428 Cold
The Ice Emperor had just raised the dragon-headed spear in his hand, the cold light gathered at the tip of the spear flickeringly. He was just thinking about how to pierce through the two people with one spear when -
"boom!!!"
Suddenly, a deafening explosion was heard at the gate of the stone temple, and the entire temple trembled.
The Ice Emperor's movements suddenly paused, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes under the dragon-head helmet.
Hu Qing and Gu Yang also looked back in shock, only to see that the door that was completely sealed by the formation was kicked open from the outside, and thick ice crystal fragments flew everywhere.
"Tsk." The Ice Emperor snorted coldly, his spiritual sense having already sensed who the visitor was.
The cold light in her eyes suddenly rose and she raised her hand and waved—
"Whoosh whoosh!"
Thousands of ice spikes condensed in the air in an instant, and shot towards Hu Qing and the others with a sharp sound of breaking through the air!
Gu Yang gritted his teeth, his fists clenched so hard that they made creaking sounds. The remaining spiritual energy flowed through his fists with difficulty, but he couldn't even condense a complete layer of protective qi.
Hu Qing closed his eyes in relief, a wry smile playing on his lips: "In the end, you'll still die..."
"boom--"
At the critical moment, a wall of ice over ten feet thick rose from the ground and accurately blocked the two of them.
The ice spikes hit the wall, making dense "ding ding" sounds, but none of them could penetrate this sudden barrier.
Heavy footsteps came from the gate.
A group of snow monsters, each over three meters tall, filed in. They were covered in thick white fur, with only their brown eyes showing.
The leading snow monster was noticeably shorter than the others. In its hand, it held an ancient staff inlaid with ice crystals, and its long white eyebrows almost covered half of its face.
It was the person Hu Qing and the others had met on the ridge!
"Ice Emperor," the old snow monster said in a hoarse and low voice, "After all these years, you still can't contain your anger?"
He tapped the ground with his staff, and the ice wall protecting Hu Qing and the others melted away immediately. "You still love to bully the younger generation."
"Keng!"
The tip of the Ice Emperor's spear suddenly slammed into the ground, and the eyes beneath the dragon-headed helmet suddenly narrowed: "Han!"
The word seemed to be squeezed out from between teeth, carrying with it a deep hatred, "You old bastard... you're still alive!"
The old snow monster named "Han" ignored the Ice Emperor's curses.
He turned to Hu Qing and the other man, his long white eyebrows moving comically as he frowned:
"I clearly warned you two..." His tone was filled with helplessness, "I didn't expect you to trespass into the forbidden area and even release this demon."
"Hahahaha!"
The Ice Emperor suddenly burst into a frantic laugh, as if he had heard the funniest thing in the world, and pointed his spear directly at the old snow monster:
"Han, you're still as disgusting as ever!" She turned to Hu Qing and the others and said loudly, "Let me tell you an interesting fact—
It was this hypocritical old man who worked with the temple to set a trap, specifically to lure people like you to break the seal!"
The Ice Emperor's spear slashed a cold light through the air. "Now look what's happening! He's completely shirking responsibility!"
Han's expression remained calm, but the knuckles gripping the staff had turned white.
The temperature inside the temple began to fluctuate strangely, sometimes freezing cold, sometimes warm like spring.
These are two powerful men who control the power of ice and are secretly fighting each other!
Gu Yang suddenly discovered that the frost on his wound was slowly melting.
He lowered his voice and said to Hu Qing: "Something is not right. These... there may be some grudge between these two old monsters that we are not aware of."
Hu Qing narrowed his eyes and looked back and forth between Binghuang and Han.
Then he looked at Gu Yang and saw a deep sense of powerlessness in each other's eyes.
The confrontation between the two old creatures who had no idea how long they had existed made them feel uneasy. The best choice at the moment was to remain silent.
The two took advantage of this gap to quietly practice their mental skills, greedily absorbing the thin spiritual energy in the air.
Even if you can recover a little more spiritual power, you may have a better chance of survival.
The Ice Emperor suddenly reached out and grabbed the remaining ashes on the throne. His pale fingertips twisted the black powder and slowly sprinkled it in front of Hu Qing and the others.
"You don't really think..." she raised the corners of her mouth sarcastically, "that the mouse died because of greed?"
Ashes drifted in the cold wind, each one gleaming with an eerie light.
"I don't know how many days he's been dead."
The Ice Emperor's voice suddenly turned cold. "It's just a stubborn thought that escaped from the Remnant Soul Palace, continuing to disguise itself as a treasure-hunting rat..."
She suddenly looked at Han, deep hatred blazing in her eyes, "I've been waiting for this moment today to break my seal!"
"Shut up!" Han suddenly became furious and slammed the staff in his hand heavily to the ground.
"Rumble--"
Dozens of thick icicles broke out of the ground, wrapping the Ice Emperor layer by layer like a cage.
The old snow monster's white eyebrows moved without a breeze, and a dazzling blue light burst out from the tip of his staff: "Explode!"
Amidst the deafening explosion, the entire temple shook violently.
The hard ice crystal wall was torn into pieces by the shock wave like paper, and the sky was covered with ice dust.
Hu Qing had to raise his hands to protect his face, but the tiny ice chips still left several bloody marks on his face.
As the ice dust gradually dissipated, a horrifying scene appeared—
The Ice Emperor was still sitting lazily on the throne, not even the corner of his clothes was torn.
She casually brushed off the nonexistent dust on her shoulder armor and made a mocking "tsk tsk" sound:
"What's the rush? We've only just arrived..."
She suddenly turned to look at Hu Qing, her eyes flashing with a strange light under the dragon-headed helmet:
"Two young men, you should have been to the Remnant Soul Palace, right?"
The Ice Emperor tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest of the throne. "Would you like to guess...why I was led there?"
Hu Qing's face turned pale in an instant.
All the clues suddenly connect together - the sudden snowstorm at the foot of the holy mountain, the seemingly unreasonable attacks of the snow monsters, the ice caves that were forced to be dug, and the treasure aura that "just happened" to make the rat people crazy... every step is a carefully designed trap!
Gu Yang's fists were clenched so hard that they made a creaking sound. He stared intently at the seemingly honest snow monsters around him. At this moment, there was a cunning glint in their brown eyes.
"Enough." Han suddenly sighed and slammed his staff heavily on the ground.
When he looked at Hu Qing and the other two, there was a hint of apology in his eyes: "There's no point in saying more."
The old snow monster's white eyebrows suddenly moved without wind, and terrifying spiritual power fluctuations began to gather around his body.
All the snow monsters roared at the same time, and the white hair on their bodies stood up, revealing the gray iron skin covered with ancient runes underneath.
"The Snow Clan has endured for a thousand years." Han's voice suddenly became as loud as a bell, and the tip of the staff burst into a dazzling ice-blue light. "Today is the day to end it all!"
The Ice Queen slowly stood up from the throne, the dragon-headed spear humming excitedly in her hand.
She chuckled and uttered the cruelest truth: "History... is always written by the victors."