"Brother Shi, what do you think?" Princess Huowu saw Shi Mu's hesitation and asked aloud, but the implication was that she was already tempted.
"Your Highness the Princess can decide, I won't have any objections." Shi Mu nodded.
He originally wanted to refuse, but then he thought about it. The direction to the ice cave was in the same direction as a multi-headed python lair on the map. It was not a detour, so he could follow it and have a look.
After all, this is the central area. It is safer to have two people who have attained the Dzogchen realm to lead the way and get familiar with the environment first than to act alone.
It would be better if you could get a Qingming Fruit by the way.
"Then let's go take a look." Princess Huowu said calmly.
"Okay, without further ado, I'll set off right away!" Mo Lang said happily when he saw the two agreed.
In the following time, the four of them made some preparations and headed towards the snow peak according to the animal skin map in Jin Huang's hand.
To Shi Mu's expectation, the terrain in the central area was changeable and vast. Apart from some acquired beasts wandering around, no innate beasts were encountered along the way.
According to Mo Lang, this is because although the central area of the innate stage of ferocious beasts is the top existence, there are not many in number, and most of them have their own habitats, so as long as they are not deliberately provoked.
As for some ferocious beasts in the acquired stage, with the four people joining forces, even if they cannot avoid them, they will naturally not be afraid of them.
Half a day later, we were at the bottom of a mountain peak.
Shi Mu looked at the cave entrance, which was about ten feet in size, with a normal expression, but there was a sense of solemnity in his eyes.
The cave was dark and unknown how deep it was. The sun was scorching outside, but the cold air could still be felt at the entrance of the cave.
"This is it, go in." After Mo Lang said this, he walked in without hesitation, followed closely by Jin Huang without saying a word.
Seeing this, Shi Mu and Princess Huowu looked at each other and stepped into the cave.
As soon as he entered the cave, Shi Mu's expression changed slightly.
If it was only cold outside just now, now it is like entering an ice cellar, with the biting cold air coming from the surroundings and going straight into the body.
Shi Mu shivered violently and just wanted to activate the inner energy in his body to resist the severe cold.
The next moment, a cold force in his Dantian instantly circulated throughout his body. All the cold air outside his body was immediately rejected, and his body no longer felt cold at all.
Shi Mu was startled for a moment, and then he immediately understood. It should be the result of the cold energy accumulated in his body when he was practicing the Art of Rebirth.
He felt relieved and glanced around, discovering that there was a thick layer of ice on the surrounding rock walls. Under the illumination of the torch, it reflected a crystal clear light that extended forward.
With the two Morangs leading the way, the group of people wound their way around the cave, winding down, and finally arrived at a huge space like a crystal palace a quarter of an hour later.
The entire space is hundreds of feet in size and is entirely composed of thick ice, with countless ice cubes of various shapes scattered everywhere.
In the center of the space, wrapped in several huge blocks of ice, there is a silvery fruit tree several feet high that looks very eye-catching. Immediately in front of the fruit tree is a cold pool with a radius of two to three feet, which is now covered with a thin layer of ice.
There was not a single leaf on the silver fruit tree, just on the bare branches. Five cyan fruits the size of fists hung sparsely, with a faint aura, and they were not ordinary things at first glance.
Shi Mu stared at these green fruits, and his heart skipped a beat.
But when his eyes fell on the calm cold pool in front of the fruit trees, his eyes couldn't help but squint.
At this time, Princess Huowu and the other three people also stopped in unison.
Looking at the silver fruit tree, Mo Lang and Jin Huang showed fiery gazes in their eyes without hesitation. Princess Huowu was quite reserved, but she did not hide her covetousness for the fruit.
"I'll go over and take a look first."
After Mo Lang withdrew his gaze, he whispered something. Then he pulled out a big blue ax from his back and walked forward with a vigilant look on his face.
Although Mo Lang is tall and tall, his steps are surprisingly light. Every few steps he takes, he will stop and look around to make sure there is nothing unusual before he continues forward.
There was silence in the entire space. If the two of them hadn't explicitly mentioned that there was an acquired Dzogchen Ice Crystal Scorpion guarding the spiritual tree, Shi Mu would have doubted whether there really was a vicious beast here.
A moment later, Mo Lang appeared less than thirty feet away from the cold pool.
He hid behind a huge ice rock, looked around for a while, and finally his eyes fell on the cold pool. After thinking for a while, he raised his hand solemnly and made a strange gesture behind him.
Seeing this, Shi Mu and the other three people immediately walked in the direction of Mo Lang and tiptoed over.
The three of them also stopped at the huge ice rock where Mo Lang was, and then they all took out a black triangular flag sewn from animal skin from their arms.
In the center of the flag, a lifelike white spider is tattooed, which looks ferocious and terrifying.
"The Ice Crystal Scorpion should be in the cold pool. I will lead this scorpion out, and then you will use all your strength to trap it. After I pick up the Qingming Fruit, I will evacuate immediately." Mo Lang ordered softly.
When Shi Mu and the other three heard this, they immediately and silently walked toward the cold pool, and each hid behind a piece of ice rock, forming a faint encirclement of the cold pool.
Then the three of them bit the tip of their tongues and spit out a mouthful of blood on the beast flag in their hands. The white spiders and witchcraft characters on the flag instantly turned into blood red, as if they came to life and slowly started to squirm.
As soon as the zhenqi was destroyed, countless slender and transparent spider threads suddenly spewed out from the mouth of the blood-colored spider on the flag, intertwined and entwined over the cold pool, forming a large transparent net, then flashed and disappeared out of thin air.
Seeing this, Mo Lang nodded, a green light surged out of his body, and he rushed towards the silver fruit tree in a flash, and arrived under the tree in a few breaths.
His feet kicked the ground violently, and he jumped into the air, rushing towards the silver fruit tree like an ape.
After a few ups and downs, he nimbly landed on a branch as thick as an adult's arm.
A green dark fruit with flashing light hangs not far away.
Mo Lang glanced at Hantan, took a deep breath, walked a few steps forward on the branch, bent down and carefully grabbed the Qingming Fruit, and picked it off with a gentle pull.
When Shi Mu and the others saw this, they couldn't help but breathe tightly and stared into the cold pool.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred!
Just listen to a "click"!
Just behind the silver fruit tree, a seemingly ordinary giant ice block suddenly burst open, and then a crystal white light flashed across the sky. The target was Mo Lang.
The crystal white light was extremely fast. It wasn't until Mo Lang was in front of him that Shi Mu and the others saw it clearly. It was actually a huge tail hook that was as crystal clear as ice crystals!
Mo Lang's pupils shrank. At this time, it was too late to hide. A layer of blue light suddenly lit up on the big ax in his right hand, and a green shadow of the ax rolled up, facing the huge tail hook.
"Bang" sound!
There was a loud noise, and the shadow of the ax collapsed and disappeared. The giant cyan ax in Mo Lang's hand was knocked away, and his body was knocked backwards by a huge force, with a look of horror on his face.
At this moment, where the huge ice block had been, a white mist appeared on the surface of the largest ice block. Crystal light flashed in the mist, revealing a huge scorpion that was five or six feet in size.
The whole body is crystal clear, just like a scorpion ice sculpture!
It's the Ice Crystal Scorpion!
As soon as Fang appeared, the Ice Crystal Scorpion jumped out, opening its mouth wide at the same time. A sheet of white cold air rolled out.
"innate……"
Before Mo Lang finished speaking, his body was enveloped by white cold air. The arm he was about to raise slowed down, and the green light outside his body quickly dimmed, and a layer of white frost emerged.
The strong cold air quickly turned him into an iceman, and then he fell from the high school.
The figure of the Ice Crystal Scorpion whizzed over, its tail hook flicked, and a ray of crystal white light passed by.
There was a crisp "pop" sound.
Before Morang even hit the ground, he was beaten to pieces.
The Qingming Fruit he picked before his death was still firmly held in his hand by one of his residual arms. It happened to fall not far from the ice rock where Jin Huang was hiding.
All this happened in the blink of an eye, almost in the blink of an eye, and Mo Lang, the totem warrior of the Qingya Tribe who had perfected his acquired perfection, died on the spot.
Seeing this scene, Shi Mu and the others still didn't understand that the ice crystal scorpion lurking in the ice had advanced to the innate stage without knowing when.
In the nearby environment, its strength is probably infinitely close to the middle stage of Xiantian!
While thinking about it, the Ice Crystal Scorpion suddenly jumped up again and swung around in the air. A large amount of cold air filled the air.
There was a loud sneer!
Large fist-sized ice balls shot out towards the overwhelming crowd of enemies in all directions.
There was a loud banging sound, and the surrounding ice rocks exploded after the ice ball touched it.
Suddenly, three figures jumped up from the surrounding ice rocks almost simultaneously. Immediately afterwards, the ice rocks where the three people were hiding were dropped by several ice balls and exploded.
As soon as Shi Mu and Princess Huowu appeared, they urged the ice blades in their hands to break away the nearby broken ice, and turned around and fled towards the entrance of the cave without saying a word.
Only the hesitation in Jin Huang's eyes flashed away. The round blade wheel in his hand was guarded in front of him, and countless blades flew out, scattering the broken ice in the sky.
But when he saw that he did not retreat but instead pushed forward a little closer, he came to Mo Lang's broken arm holding the Green Underworld Fruit not far away from him. He bent down and scooped up the Green Underworld Fruit, and snatched the Green Underworld Fruit into his hand.
At this moment, with a roar, a large ice ball mixed with a piece of cold mist shrouded Jin Huang's head, leaving him with no way to escape. It seemed that he had no choice but to take the next step.
Jin Huang's face flushed, he gritted his teeth, touched the golden feather crown on his head with his finger, and whispered some spell in his mouth.
A "pop" sound!
The golden light of the feather crown shattered and opened!
Dots of golden feathers shrouded it, and soon formed a golden shadow of a strange bird outside its body, wrapping its body into a golden shadow, and quickly fled towards the exit.
The golden light quickly passed over the heads of Shi Mu and Princess Huowu!
"Not good!" Upon seeing this, Princess Huowu's eyes flashed with shock and anger.
Jin Huang activated this secret technique and had obviously long ago planned to seize the spiritual fruit and let the two of them support him.
Shi Mu was walking side by side with Princess Huowu at this moment. The two of them were less than fifty feet away from the entrance of the cave. After seeing the golden light passing above their heads, his expression changed rapidly.
Suddenly, he hugged Princess Huowu's slender waist.
Princess Huowu was startled and was about to say something. The next moment, a black animal skin talisman in Shi Mu's hand suddenly exploded, and a pair of black wings suddenly spread out from behind it, and then the two of them suddenly flew into the air.
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Then there was a "chichi" sound that broke through the air, and a large ice spike flashed past the two of them, almost grazing their bodies.
The sound of a gust of rain hitting the plantains sounded continuously!
The area of more than ten feet in radius where the two people were originally located was suddenly covered by dense ice spikes. If the two of them were still on the ground, they might not be able to escape! (To be continued.)