klisemfg Chapter 230 Ice and Fire 2 Eyes
Chapter 230 Ice and Fire 2 Eyes
Guan Xun sped along, braving the chill of the morning dew, until the sun began to slant down towards the western mountains and dusk fell. Only then did he see the underground palace in Bai Ze's mouth, which resembled ruins, its outline barely visible in the night.
At her current speed, it would take her a full day to travel from south to north, and the area of the Holy City of Zhongtan was even larger than she had imagined.
Guan Xun descended from the sky to the barren slope on the west side of the Nine Extremes Altar. Stepping on the slanted dead trees, he checked that there was no sign of living people around before turning over the waist-high weeds in front of him.
Sure enough, a hidden path was found, entangled in vines and thorns, so narrow that only one person could pass sideways.
The road surface was made of solid clods of dirt covered with dark green moss, like a path dug out by hand.
"This place is truly an eyesore..."
She frowned, took a step, and went inside, stepping onto the half-finger-thick layer of decaying leaves, which were soft, slippery, and sticky, as if her feet were covered in honey.
Fortunately, the path wasn't winding or twisting; instead, it was very straight. Walking straight ahead, you soon saw an exceptionally wide space.
As you go deeper inside, the surrounding temperature gradually changes, fluctuating between hot and cold, which is particularly eerie.
As soon as he stepped out of the alley, two extreme auras collided head-on!
Half of it was bone-chillingly cold, making your breath create white mist, while the other half was scorching hot, like a heat wave carrying sparks that hit your face.
Guan Xun primarily cultivated ice and fire techniques, so she was not particularly sensitive to the alternation of hot and cold in the outside world. She flicked the flames at her fingertips and then flung them into the darkness.
Scattered flames landed, illuminating the entire area.
Only then did she see the entire underground palace clearly.
The place was dilapidated, with crooked stone pillars, and the ground covered with rubble and moss. A lot of dust floated in the air, and even a shallow breath could make you cough.
In the very center of the entire underground palace, surrounded by four giant, dilapidated dragon heads, lies a huge stone spring.
The two extreme auras in the air were emanating from that stone spring.
Guan Xun walked over quickly.
The stone spring is divided in two, one half is covered in ice and frost, and the other half has embers of fire that retain their warmth.
This is the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye that Bai Ze mentioned, and it is still in a semi-abandoned state.
Although it can be used, the effect is not significant.
Guan Xun frowned, and tiptoed slowly along the edge of the spring until he reached the opposite side before stopping.
He spread his palms out in front of him, and two streams of spiritual energy, one of ice and one of fire, slowly emerged. Then he raised his arms high and slammed them down hard into the eye of the ice and fire duality!
"Bang, bang!"
After two loud bangs, the ice in the Ice Eye shattered and the molten lava in the Fire Eye began to boil.
The moment they came back to life, they collided violently at the clear dividing line in the middle, and after several loud commotions, they slowly calmed down.
The ice in the ice eye has completely receded, turning into a pool of icy blue water, so still that it doesn't feel cold at all.
The viscous molten lava in the Fire Eye, at this moment, was as if it had been mixed with countless drops of water, turning into a pool of red and scalding boiling water, its surface distorted and radiating a scorching heat.
The renewed full operation of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes accelerated the airflow within the underground palace, pushing the floating dust out of the entrances and exits of the passageway.
After setting up a simple barrier around her, Guan Xun took off her outer garments and sat cross-legged in the center of the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire. Despite the bone-chilling cold and scorching heat, she couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
"It really is a good thing..."
Just by touching it, you can feel the blood in your body flowing faster, washing away the layers of impurities.
Without hesitation, she calmed herself, gripped the Radiant Blood Heart Wood tightly in her hand, and channeled her spiritual energy into it, attempting to refine it.
The Bloodheart Wood suddenly turned scarlet, and the already shriveled blood core glowed with the surge of spiritual energy. A bloody aura, along with a domineering blood mist, surged out, intertwining with the ice and fire mist that slowly rose around it, forming a three-colored light curtain.
It continued to melt until it became a warm liquid that seeped into the meridians along the palm.
The bone-chilling icy breath and the scorching heat wave attacked from one side to the other, already making the Heavenly Infant Cicada Flower energy in Guan Xun's body somewhat unstable.
The sap of the Bloodheart Wood had seeped into her body, causing the violent energy that had been confronting the Yellow Spring Blood Crystal to become completely unbalanced and suddenly agitated! It festered her body like a bone-deep sore.
The veins on Guan Xun's forehead bulged, and with each throb of her temples, the most painful nerve in her head was being tugged.
The bone-chilling cold that had permeated my limbs and bones had not yet completely subsided when the scorching heat erupted suddenly like a dormant volcano! My internal organs felt as if they had been thrown into a furnace, making it extremely unbearable.
Although she could resist external factors such as heat and cold through the techniques she practiced, she had no way to deal with internal factors.
Beads of sweat covered her entire face, sliding down her forehead onto her pale, trembling lips, tasting salty and bitter.
Multiple energies seep into the body, intertwining harmoniously. After stagnating, they rapidly diffuse, binding the restless Tianying Cicada Flower source like a net, inhibiting its energy from spreading and damaging the meridians.
A chaotic battle raged within his body, while Guan Xun's body was a terrifying sight, with frost and sparks intertwined and his hair shimmering with crimson light, resembling a pull-up bar bouncing back and forth between freezing and igniting.
Time passed quietly, and as day and night alternated, the figure in the eye of the ice and fire yin and yang remained seated and motionless.
It is unknown how much time has passed. Under the combined attack of the three forces, the origin of the Heavenly Infant Cicada Flower gradually contracted, and was forced back to the Dantian from the meridians of the limbs. The crimson liquid condensed from the Blood Heart Wood became more and more intense and followed it.
It adhered tightly, leaving no gaps, and enveloped the energy of the Heavenly Infant Cicada Flower layer by layer.
Meanwhile, the energy from the Yin-Yang duality of ice and fire, flowing inward, continuously cleanses the damaged meridians, neutralizing the still-unbalanced temperature.
Just when Guan Xun thought that the agitation of the Heavenly Infant Cicada Flower had completely subsided and the body temperature was gradually balancing, a fierce burst of icy blue light suddenly erupted from his dantian!
The crimson liquid of the Bloodheart Wood surrounding the outer layer shimmered with a scarlet halo, abruptly intertwining with the aura of ice and fire once again to form a vortex, unleashing a terrifying suction force that disturbed the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire, causing it to ripple wildly as if willingly being drained, surging madly into the vortex in Guan Xun's dantian.
The next second, at the center where terrifying energy was gathered, a Heavenly Infant Cicada Flower bloomed, larger, brighter, and more vibrant than before!
At that very moment, the vortex of cold and heat surrounding it suddenly exploded.
Guan Xun's face turned pale, and he felt a sharp pain in his chest, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
The energy from the explosion, taking advantage of the brief moment when control was interrupted, completely invaded her sea of consciousness...
In less than half a breath, Guan Xun was already in a state of mental confusion and delirium.
The scene before them suddenly changed; the dilapidated underground palace was no longer around them, and the hot and cold stone spring beneath them was no longer there. Instead, they had fallen into a misty, illusory realm.
Sometimes you find yourself in a frozen wasteland covered in snow, where the cold wind blows but you feel no chill at all; other times you step into a volcanic wonderland where the heat waves scorch your skin but you feel no burning pain.
Countless petal phantoms transformed into blurry human figures, then into scarlet vines that entwined around the body, while bewitching whispers echoed in the ears.
"..."
"..."
"..."
What are you talking about?
Guan Xun tried hard to hear clearly.
Suddenly, her vision blurred and distorted, the colorful light and shadow shattered instantly, turning into a sky full of ice and snow. The cold wind howled past her ears like ten thousand ice blades, and the world was instantly covered with white snow.
She suddenly came to her senses, her mind clear, but before her eyes was still a world of ice and snow. She raised her hand to meet the falling snowflakes, and a few white flakes landed in her palm. The coolness melted away in an instant, leaving only fine icy marks.
"Where is this..." Guan Xun subconsciously looked around, slightly surprised, "The Snow Region?"