Translator: CinderTL
Facing the bone spike shooting towards her, Ye Bing didn't retreat but advanced, actively meeting the attack.
The bone spike struck the ice shield formed by her plum blossom fan.
Cracks immediately spread across the shield.
These cracks rapidly multiplied, instantly covering the entire surface.
With a loud bang, the ice shield shattered.
The bone spike pierced through the icy fragments, aiming for Ye Bing behind it.
A flicker of panic flashed in Ye Bing's eyes. It seemed she had run out of options, about to meet her demise under the bone spike.
Just then, Jiang Shi's treasure blade sliced through the wolf python's flesh at its seven-inch point.
In this moment of life and death, the wolf python abandoned its pursuit of Ye Bing, its control over the bone spike loosening.
Seizing the opportunity, Ye Bing dodged to the right, narrowly avoiding the bone spike.
However, her evasive maneuver placed her directly behind Jiang Shi.
In an instant, she closed the distance to within ten meters of Jiang Shi and unleashed the full power of her plum blossom fan, sending a blast of frigid energy towards him.
Before the energy reached him, it condensed into a profound dark ice pillar in mid-air.
The pillar was a full ten meters thick, a deep indigo hue throughout. Its toughness far surpassed the ice shield Ye Bing had formed earlier.
Clearly, she had been holding back until now.
By the time Jiang Shi noticed Ye Bing's sneak attack, it was too late to react fully. He could only channel all his energy into the black umbrella above his head, bracing for the impact.
Boom!
The profound dark ice pillar slammed against the shield formed by the black umbrella.
The shield trembled violently but didn't shatter.
However, the profound dark ice pillar, like an enraged dragon, pushed Jiang Shi forward with unstoppable force, driving him toward the wolf python.
Meanwhile, the wolf python had successfully shattered the ice in the ravine, freeing itself from its icy prison. This was thanks to the absence of Ye Bing's continuous cold Qi output.
Moreover, the treasure blade that Ye Bing had stabbed into its seven-inch spot had lost much of its power and was forced out by the wolf python's Demon Power.
Watching Jiang Shi being pushed toward it by the ice pillar, the wolf python's massive eyes gleamed with venomous hatred.
It opened its blood-red maw, revealing sharp fangs that stretched over ten feet long, and lunged at Jiang Shi.
Screech—
A piercing sound of metal scraping against fangs filled the air as the wolf python's upper and lower fangs clamped down on Jiang Shi.
Fortunately, the shield formed by the black umbrella protected Jiang Shi, deflecting the massive fangs.
The shield flickered violently, like a candle flame flickering precariously in a raging storm, on the verge of being extinguished.
The wolf python's jaws began to writhe violently, muscles bulging in its neck like surging waves.
With a sharp crack, one of the wolf python's upper fangs, unable to withstand the immense pressure, snapped.
And with it, the shield formed by the black umbrella shattered as well.
With the wolf python's fang broken, Jiang Shi was freed.
He immediately mobilized all his Spiritual Power, transforming into a streak of light as he desperately tried to escape the wolf python's gaping maw.
But in that split second, the broken fang crashed down.
Jiang Shi couldn't dodge in time. A sharp pain erupted in his abdomen as he was cleanly bitten in half.
His nascent soul burst from his Dantian, escaping the wolf python's mouth, clutching the black umbrella and a Storage Ring as it raced toward Jiang Yushan.
When Jiang Shi fell into the wolf python's maw, Jiang He had intended to intervene and rescue him.
However, the bronze mace he summoned was blocked by an ice shield conjured by Ye Bing.
At that moment, Jiang He and Ye Bing were locked in a fierce battle.
Jiang He's cultivation was inferior to Ye Bing's, but his bronze mace, a low-grade spirit treasure, possessed considerable power, allowing him to barely hold his own against her attacks.
Jiang Shi's nascent soul arrived before Jiang Yushan.
"Young Master, we've fallen into Ye Bing's trap! We must retreat immediately!"
Without a physical body, the Spiritual Power within Jiang Shi's nascent soul was rapidly dissipating. He had to escort Jiang Yushan to safety as quickly as possible.
As long as Jiang Yushan survived, the Jiang Family would surely find him a suitable body for Body Seizing.
But if Jiang Yushan died, Jiang Shi's fate would be annihilation.
Jiang Yushan glanced at Ye Bing, his anger mixed with a hint of resignation.
"Let's go!"
With those words, he turned and flew toward the edge of Rotting Miasma Ridge.
Demon Subduing City wasn't far from here. Once he reached it, he'd be safe. He could also ask Jiang Lanruo to capture Ye Bing alive and avenge today's humiliation.
As the second young master of the Jiang Family, he was used to being the one doing the scheming. No one had ever dared to plot against him before.
Seeing Jiang Yushan flee, Song Wen immediately followed.
Now that Jiang Shi was reduced to a nascent soul, he couldn't exert much power. And with Jiang He occupied by Ye Bing, this was the perfect opportunity to kill Jiang Yushan.
Moreover, Song Wen coveted the black umbrella Jiang Shi held. Low-grade Spirit Treasures were rare.
He decided that once he escaped Jiang He and Ye Bing's notice, he would secretly eliminate Jiang Yushan and Jiang Shi's nascent soul.
That way, the Jiang Family would blame Ye Bing for Jiang Yushan's death and never suspect Yang Yu.
"Trying to escape? It won't be that easy!" Ye Bing suddenly roared.
"Icebound Domain."
As her words fell, the plum blossom fan suddenly swung.
Boundless cold energy instantly erupted, unleashing an endless, frigid chill that enveloped the entire area within several hundred miles.
In an instant, the surrounding air seemed to freeze. The ubiquitous miasma condensed into pale green ice crystals that plummeted to the ground. For a moment, the miasma vanished as if swept away, leaving the world clear and crisp.
A thin layer of frost and snow covered the ground, rapidly thickening into an impenetrable sheet of ice.
At the edges of the ice sheet, crystal-clear ice pillars rose from the ground, intertwining to form an airtight ice net that enveloped Song Wen and the others.
Besides Song Wen and his group, the wolf python was also trapped.
The wolf python opened its jaws wide, lunging from behind to bite Ye Bing.
Seizing the opportunity, Jiang He activated his bronze mace.
The mace, as heavy as a mountain, crashed down toward Ye Bing with the force of ten thousand tons.
Facing this pincer attack, Ye Bing showed no signs of panic.
"Profound Dark Ice Pillars! Rise!"
As Ye Bing spoke, blue ice pillars suddenly erupted from the ice below, each at least thirty feet thick.
These pillars, like celestial pillars rising from the earth, slammed into the wolf python and the bronze mace.
Midair, the wolf python saw the rising ice pillars and violently thrashed its massive tail.
The hairy snake tail slammed against the ice pillars, but the damage it caused wasn't as devastating as one might have expected.
After smashing only a few dozen pillars, the wolf python's tail grew exhausted.
Yet more ice pillars surged up in response.
One of them slammed directly into the wolf python's jaw.
An irresistible force surged through the wolf python, as if its jaw had been struck by a giant hammer. Its entire head snapped upward, sending its massive body hurtling into the air.
Crimson blood mixed with shredded flesh spewed from its mouth, raining down from above.
The wolf python's seven-inch spot, already wounded, instantly split open, releasing a torrent of blood.
Crippled by this severe blow, the wolf python lost its fighting spirit.
It curled its tail, turned, and fled.
Soon, it reached the edge of the frozen land.
Facing the towering ice net, the wolf python opened its mouth and spat out bone spikes.
Before the spikes could even strike the net, the ice net spontaneously split open. Clearly, Ye Bing had done this herself, not wanting the wolf python to interfere any further.
After the wolf python retreated, the ice net automatically restored itself to its original state.
(End of the Chapter)
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