Chapter 59: Frost Heaven, Frozen Moon Reflects Cold Stream

Inside the paper symbol, another symbol spirit was also drilled out, and its appearance was almost identical to the two attacking earlier, only slightly blacker.

Previously, Lu Xingzhou had absorbed this symbol spirit into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, then wiped out its original owner's imprint. After simple refining, it could barely be considered self-controlled. The disadvantage was that it was definitely not as strong as the original version, and it no longer had the original owner's aura, fundamentally not counting as an "own person." It had already become Little Black.

The two symbol spirits were stunned for a moment, then both ignited with the fire of being deceived, angrily rushing towards the Little Black symbol spirit and bombarding it.

Lu Xingzhou held the soul banner in hand and lightly shook it again. Under the influence of the soul summoning, the two symbol spirits, like the previous one, became sluggish and dazed.

Little Black punched one of them in the face, Dugu Qingli slashed the other with her sword, and both symbol spirits' colors began to dim.

It seemed that with Lu Xingzhou assisting and controlling, this group was quite easy to fight. His Ten Thousand Souls Banner was a natural counter to this kind of ghost soul.

But Lu Xingzhou did not make a move again. He let Little Black and Dugu Qingli entangle with the symbol spirits, his eyes fixed on the Spirit Water Condensed Crystal, seemingly in thought.

Given how strong the original owner of this place was, weren't the guards here a bit too weak?

Suppose one was a super-grade cultivator and built a temporary cave mansion for themselves. Using only one symbol spirit to guard the door could be considered acceptable, basically serving as a greeter and alert, no need to be too strong. But the rear escape passage, along with the supreme treasure here, was only guarded by an additional symbol spirit? Could that be considered acceptable?

If it were himself, he would inevitably layer strange arrays and add terrifying prohibitions.

But there were no traces of arrays at the edge of this pool.

Thinking to here, Lu Xingzhou suddenly broke out in a cold sweat: "The symbol spirits cannot die. The death of the symbol spirits leads to the shattering of the symbol paper, which will likely trigger the self-destruction of the prohibition in this place! The previous soul-summoning defection is the only solution."

Dugu Qingli suddenly withdrew her sword and retreated. Lu Xingzhou rapidly activated the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. A black wind swept, quickly absorbing the two symbol spirits into the banner.

Then, he shook Liu Qingcang's foolish soul body out of the banner again, activating it to float to the pool and take the Spirit Water Condensed Crystal.

As soon as Liu Qingcang's soul body entered the pool, the pool water suddenly rampaged. Waves flipped, instantly rolling Liu Qingcang's soul body until it scattered and flew away.

Lu Xingzhou was not surprised. The soul banner moved again. The soul bodies of the Huo Yu guards floated out and entered the pool again.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!" From four directions, thick vines, as thick as a child's arm, entwined at some unknown time. In the blink of an eye, these soul bodies were entwined within, only to be rolled into ashes and smoke in an instant.

Bai Chi's soul body flashed over, accurately shuttling through the waves and vines, and grasped the Spirit Water Condensed Crystal.

As soon as it was touched, the Spirit Water Condensed Crystal suddenly burst out with terrifying dazzling light. Bai Chi's soul body let out a miserable scream, turning into green smoke and disappearing.

Dugu Qingli was like a helper little wife, not needing to do anything, just watching Lu Xingzhou command an army with wide, blank eyes.

Indeed, on the surface, it was harmonious, but in reality, it was just to weaken the intruders' vigilance. Once the treasure was truly within reach, then killing intent would burst forth, fierce and unparalleled.

Actually, Dugu Qingli had broken into quite a few places like this, which were seemingly harmonious on the surface but where crisis erupted upon contact with the core. She was not surprised by this scene. But Lu Xingzhou shouldn't have had these experiences. It was purely derived from cautious thinking, and this operation of "turning enemies into friends" and letting previous enemies help step on mines was something she had never seen in this lifetime.

Indeed, an evil cultivator was quite refreshing. If it were herself alone, single-sword to crack such a place might be difficult... Should say, mostly impossible to solve.

After messing around for half a day, who would have thought that the seemingly weakest Lu Xingzhou was the main force of this trip?

In her random thoughts, Bai Jingtian's soul body grasped the Spirit Water Condensed Crystal and happily returned to Lu Xingzhou's side. Lu Xingzhou pursed his lips, looking a bit cautiously, not reaching out to take it.

Dugu Qingli asked in a low voice: "What are you fearing?"

"These are ultimately soul bodies, not flesh bodies. Perhaps some things that soul bodies don't trigger will still be triggered by you and me touching them."

Dugu Qingli said: "Then I'll try?"

"No. The original owner was too strong. If there truly is a powerful prohibition, there is no difference between you and me..." Lu Xingzhou pondered for a moment, still saying: "We'll open the return door first, and discuss with Shen Tang after we meet."

After speaking, he flung out Jin Mingxiu's soul body again, letting him drill into the water to open the switch: "The door's switch should not be caused by pulling and inserting the Condensed Crystal, but by the process of pulling and inserting driving the mechanisms on the side. Jin Mingxiu's strength is strong, and his soul body is solid. He should have enough strength to touch it."

Dugu Qingli: "..."

Indeed, not long after, a rumbling sound came from the bottom of the pool, as if one could feel the door on the other side of the passage loosen with a "click."

"Let's go." Lu Xingzhou withdrew Jin Mingxiu's soul. There were still matters to ask him.

Then he turned the wheelchair. Dugu Qingli very naturally stood behind and pushed it. Beside them floated Bai Jingtian's soul body, holding the Spirit Water Condensed Crystal and following alongside.

The two people seemed not to notice that the soul body's eyes were increasingly red and increasingly ferocious.

At the mouth of the passage, just as they entered the darkness, Bai Jingtian's soul body held the Condensed Crystal and poked towards Dugu Qingli's side neck like a sword.

Dugu Qingli, already prepared, arched her back. The Spirit Water Condensed Crystal was drawn forward from in front. Frost Heaven Sword had already pierced out from under her ribs, directly cutting off the soul body's hand.

Lu Xingzhou shook the soul banner. Bai Jingtian's soul body swished back in. The Spirit Water Condensed Crystal fell to the ground.

A stock of extremely yin cold will spread from within the Condensed Crystal. A soul sound echoed directly in the two people's minds: "Two little juniors, to actually have such alertness and insight... Breaking all traps and prohibitions and still being able to endure not touching the treasure, you two are not simple ah..."

"Looks like the final insurance was the residual will..." Lu Xingzhou sighed: "Good thing it's not a residual soul."

If it were a residual soul, he and Little White Hair would one hundred percent not be able to defeat the residual soul of this kind of great power. They had fundamentally not cultivated to the divine soul stage, and the difference was vast.

It was just a will imprint, which could not seize the body, only influence the mind and such. That was relatively easy to handle. Although not necessarily could handle it, there was a chance, otherwise the other side wouldn't need to sneak attack.

As long as they didn't go touch it.

Lu Xingzhou quickly sacrificed the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. The next moment, ghosts cried madly. Over a thousand black fogs surged out, rushing towards the Spirit Water Condensed Crystal on the ground.

Lu Xingzhou's own cultivation was only seventh grade, but the power of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was not greatly related to his cultivation. It mainly depended on how many soul spirits it had absorbed. When it accumulated over a thousand, it crossed into the middle three grades of magic treasures. In the face of soul-type special attacks, it could deal with a fourth-grade soul body, so it was just right to solve the symbol spirits earlier.

A will imprint was essentially also a manifestation of soul force.

But this mere wisp of will, its strength exceeded a fourth-grade symbol spirit.

Thousands of resentful souls impacted and tore. The Ten Thousand Souls Banner shook incessantly. Lu Xingzhou was horrified to discover that the white banner faintly had signs of cracking. And through his own control, it faintly began to shake his own soul sea.

There seemed to be an extremely strong pressure, pressing him until his headache felt like it would crack, and his soul sea felt like it would shatter. Unconsciously, blood flowed from all seven orifices.

This was still with the most professional counter magic treasure resisting hard, and the aftermath could shake him to the point of blood flowing from all seven orifices... If it were others, even Shen Tang, she would probably be easily shaken into becoming foolish. Dugu Qingli's cultivation was slightly inferior to Shen Tang's, and he could even less let her resist, otherwise, he feared that she would have an accident upon contact.

Good thing the other side was just like this, and very obviously felt that the will was also swaying, becoming increasingly weak.

This was a competition of who could hold out until the end.

For the hope of curing his legs, Lu Xingzhou was willing to stake everything. He resisted the pressure impact wave after wave. Gradually, even his thinking began to become chaotic. In front of his eyes, there was a vaguely fuzzy image. With a "hiss," the soul banner finally had a crack.

A crack in his life magic treasure meant that his soul sea had already suffered heavy damage.

It seemed like he had held out for a long time, but in the eyes of the bystander Dugu Qingli, it was just Lu Xingzhou's thousand souls howling and the Spirit Water Condensed Crystal on the ground quickly rushing at each other for two rounds. One round resulted in blood flowing from all seven orifices, and two rounds resulted in the soul banner cracking.

It was just a blink of an eye...

She immediately reacted, grabbed Lu Xingzhou's wheelchair and pushed it away, separating their entanglement. She herself stabbed the Spirit Water Condensed Crystal with her sword.

This time, facing the impact of the will changed to Dugu Qingli. Lu Xingzhou was instead liberated. His heart was shocked, and he hurriedly shouted: "You don't..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Dugu Qingli's blue eyes greatly flourish. Her entire soul sea turned into a ten-thousand-li ice river, empty of everything. The soul force oscillation came like a hurricane blowing over the ice river, meaningless. The ice river stood unmoved, but the hurricane quickly disappeared and was exhausted.

It was much easier compared to Lu Xingzhou coping by himself... Although it was because Lu Xingzhou had already weakened the other side a lot...

Lu Xingzhou: "..."

Damn holy land direct disciple, the world's first treasured disciple, indeed one cannot judge from the surface.

"Frost Heaven Freeze Moon Reflect Cold River, you are..." That soul sound was a bit shocked, then became ferocious again: "Good good good! Even if I perish, you all will also have to die here!"

With the final spread of the will, the vines that had drawn the soul bodies of the Huo Yu guards to scatter and fly away at the edge of the pool "whoosh" flung over, drawing directly at the motionless Dugu Qingli.

Dugu Qingli's face also had a bit of a small twisted painful color. It was very obvious that she was entangled by the other side's last burst of strength. Her soul sea was pulled, and she couldn't move!

Lu Xingzhou quickly patted the wheelchair. He flew up, grabbed Dugu Qingli, and pounced to the ground.

That vine brushed past above, then adjusted extremely quickly and heavily patted downwards.

Lu Xingzhou pounced on Dugu Qingli's body. His own legs and feet fundamentally could not use force. He couldn't kick his legs forward and rush like a normal person. He could only tightly protect Dugu Qingli below with his whole body.

With a "bang," the vine drew on his left calf. His leg bone completely shattered.

That will's last struggle and its entanglement with Dugu Qingli also exhausted its strength. The vine no longer moved. In the air, the last regretful, unwilling voice transmitted: "Dog man and woman... Sooner or later... Take your dog lives..."

The yin coldness and pressure gradually scattered, and the voice completely disappeared.

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