The current state of the Icefire Crab was utterly terrifying to behold.
All the ice covering its body had completely shattered. Even the freezing effects from Luo Feng and the others began to disperse before they could get close to the Icefire Crab's body.
At this moment, the Icefire Crab had become incredibly powerful. Its strength filled Luo Feng with a sense of foreboding. If things continued like this, they might not only fail to defeat the Icefire Crab but could even end up injured by it.
It seemed Luo Feng had no choice but to use that move.
With this thought, Luo Feng didn't hesitate any longer and activated the Freeze ability from the Beauty Diagram.
Freeze.
As soon as this ability was activated, the moving Icefire Crab suddenly came to a halt. The Ice Fire energy within its body seemed to weaken slightly, as if affected by some force.
Meanwhile, Luo Feng's body radiated an immense surge of energy. He was now burning his lifespan at a frantic rate to maintain the Extreme Cold Ice Armor. In this state, Luo Feng was losing a hundred years of lifespan every second.
One could only imagine the tremendous boost this gave to Luo Feng's abilities. If not for his ten-thousand-year lifespan, he would never have been so extravagant. Thus, Luo Feng dared not waste a single moment.
The instant the Icefire Crab froze, Luo Feng immediately used the Teleportation Gate, which allowed him to teleport twenty meters in an instant. In a flash, he appeared right in front of the crab.
Without hesitation, Luo Feng plunged the Mystic Ice Blade into the Icefire Crab's mouth. If the rest of its body was too tough, surely its mouth would be softer.
A massive surge of white airflow poured from its mouth into its body. Signs of freezing began spreading from the inside out. In less than two seconds, the Icefire Crab's entire body was completely encased in ice. Every part of it had been frozen solid.
Just then, the Freeze effect from the Beauty Diagram wore off. But the Icefire Crab was already dead, motionless, standing there like a statue.
Seeing the Level 4 Perfect Grade Icefire Crab completely lifeless, Luo Feng let out a long sigh of relief. Thankfully, he had stopped it before it could unleash its full power—otherwise, the situation would have been far more troublesome.
However, when Luo Feng realized that the battle had cost him over two hundred years of lifespan, he couldn't help but wince in pain. It seemed even ten thousand years of lifespan wasn't enough. He would need to find a way to increase his lifespan soon.
Just as Luo Feng was lamenting his losses, the Icefire Crab's body suddenly began to glow. Seeing this, Luo Feng immediately tensed up—was it about to mutate again? Gripping the Mystic Ice Blade tightly, he prepared to strike at the first sign of movement, no matter what happened next.
But what followed left Luo Feng stunned—and then ecstatic.
Because as time passed, a pearl emerged from the Icefire Crab's body. On its surface, Frost Ice and flames intertwined rapidly, two opposing elements in perfect harmony.
At this sight, Luo Feng's face broke into an excited grin. He had just obtained a treasure.
Without hesitation, Luo Feng moved directly toward the pearl and reached out his right hand to grasp the Icefire Pearl.
"Obtained Epic Grade Icefire Pearl: +1"
Ten Thousand-Fold Reward:
"Obtained Mythical Grade Icefire Origin Pearl: +1"
[Icefire Origin Pearl]
Grade: Mythical
Fusion Rate: 20%
Description: This Icefire Origin Pearl allows the fusion of ice and fire. The greater the fusion rate, the more powerful the resulting energy.
Ice and fire share the same origin.
When the fusion rate reaches 100%, ice can transform into fire, and fire can transform into ice.
You will become the embodiment of ice and fire.
Reading the description of this Mythical Grade Icefire Origin Pearl, Luo Feng couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.
Could there really be such an overpowered item?
Ice and fire can transform into each other?
This was truly terrifying.
In Luo Feng's understanding, ice and fire were two completely opposing attributes.
Yet now they could transform into each other. Indeed, the world was full of wonders.
If ice and fire could transform, could other attributes do the same as well?
With such a treasure, Luo Feng could add another delicacy to Tang Xuewei's menu.
Ice pops, fire pops, icefire pops.
This new energy formed from the fusion of ice and fire was far more powerful than the Snow Lotus Ice Flame Luo Feng had obtained before.
The Snow Lotus Ice Flame was essentially still a type of flame, merely imbued with frost attributes.
But the new energy from the fusion of ice and fire was a true merging of two distinct attributes.
With this thought, Luo Feng waved his hand, and a lotus formed from fused ice and fire appeared before him.
The Icefire Lotus then shot to the side.
BOOM!
A single small Icefire Lotus.
Yet it unleashed devastating power.
A massive crater appeared on the seabed.
Pleased with the result, Luo Feng nodded in satisfaction.
The Heavenly Flame Lotus was merely the fusion of different flames.
But now, with Luo Feng merging ice and fire attributes, this new lotus's destructive power had increased at least tenfold.
The more ice and fire energy fused, the greater the lethality would be.
With this Icefire Lotus, Luo Feng could instantly annihilate a Level 3 opponent with just a flick of his wrist.
(Cue applause!)
After storing the Icefire Origin Pearl, Luo Feng turned his attention to the Icefire Crab.
Though it was formed from the fusion of two crabs, even in death, they remained united.
This sight moved Luo Feng deeply.
To honor their bond, he decided that next time he ate an Icefire Crab, he'd be consuming two at once.
With that thought, Luo Feng reached out and stored the Level 4 Perfect Grade Icefire Crab.
"Obtained Level 4 Perfect Grade Icefire Crab: +1"
Thousand-Fold Reward:
"Obtained Level 4 Perfect Grade Icefire Crab: +1000"
Once everything was settled, Luo Feng addressed the Merfolk Queen and Tang Xuewei: "Let's continue our journey.
Poseidon's Palace isn't far now.
There shouldn't be any more dangers ahead.
Even if another Level 5 creature appears, we have nothing to fear."
Hearing this, they nodded and boarded Luo Feng's turtle to resume their journey.
After all, the strongest defense here was the Black Tortoise's protective shield.
Moreover, the Black Tortoise's speed underwater was nothing to scoff at.
A few minutes later, Luo Feng and the others finally arrived beside Poseidon's Palace.
At first glance, they saw an incredibly tall and magnificent structure standing before them.
Seeing it up close gave Luo Feng an overwhelming sense of impact and awe.
It was enormous.
Poseidon's Palace was truly massive.
Just the main gate alone stood a full ten meters tall.
Among the buildings here, the tallest could reach heights of up to one thousand meters.