290: Chapter 290 The Silent Frozen Lake, Destruction to the Extreme

"This ghostly place?" Xiao Xiao complained beside him, her body burning with scorching flames.

The raging lightning was melted into pure energy by the Green Lotus Core Flame as it approached.

Hearing this, Hun Tiandi's mouth twitched frantically.

This was a tomb, not a treasure land!

The two continued forward. Suddenly, the ground became barren and desolate, where only endless silence and a cold aura invaded.

Even with Hun Tiandi's strong physique and vigorous blood energy, he shivered from the cold.

"Something's wrong with this lake water. This aura... it's the Dead Silent Ice Lake!" Xiao Xiao said solemnly. Fortunately, she had a Heavenly Flame with her, otherwise...

In the blink of an eye, a layer of frost spread over Hun Tiandi's body from bottom to top. His eyebrows and black hair were covered in a thin layer of ice crystals, shimmering with a black light.

Crack...

Immediately, tiny cracks like a spider web spread continuously and shattered with a sound, flying in all directions as the sharpness of the sword path erupted.

His body, like a crimson blood-jade cast, was unharmed as he stepped out.

"Such a tragic Sword Intent!"

Xiao Xiao sensed the tragic nature of the Killing Sword Intent, her gaze solemn. She was now full of curiosity about Yun Tian; his whole body was hidden with secrets.

There were quite a few people in the Xiao Family who used swords as weapons, but no one had ever comprehended such a terrifying Sword Intent.

Whoosh!

Hun Tiandi exhaled a breath of cold air, his expression calm, but his heart still felt a lingering fear.

Just now, at the moment of being frozen, he recalled the stone tablet in front of the tomb earlier, which emitted a strange cold aura.

Although the cold aura of the stone tablet was cold, it was far less terrifying than this Dead Silent Ice Lake.

Beneath the Bronze Hall, there was a lake on the ground that constantly emitted cold air. The pitch-black lake water was extremely cold, like a place of dead silence. Anyone who stepped in would not survive.

If it weren't for Hun Tiandi's extraordinary physical body and the sharpness of the Killing Sword Path to shatter the ice crystals...

He would likely have frozen to death in the instant of freezing, turning into an ice sculpture.

The Green Lotus Core Flame on Xiao Xiao's body constantly released terrifyingly high temperatures, but this action consumed Dou Qi continuously.

Her previous injuries had not yet healed, and her face was somewhat pale.

Rumble!

The heavens shook, thunder roared, and a Sea of Destructive Lightning hung high in the sky. Below was the Dead Silent Ice Lake—poles of life and death. The Bronze Hall floated in mid-air, filling the space.

Like a guiding beacon, it illuminated the entire Dead Silent Ice Lake.

Hun Tiandi stood on the mountain peak, lightning running wild around him. Purple lightning moved like he was in the midst of destruction.

That terrifying scene would be extremely troublesome even for a Dou Huang expert.

Yet, he turned a blind eye to it, letting the lightning strike him.

If Xiao Xiao looked closely, she would find lightning flickering on his azure robes. Endless lightning entered and was eventually all integrated into the purple flame thunder bead at his chest.

If the purple flame thunder bead weren't there, Hun Tiandi might have had to retreat; this tomb was too terrifying.

But now he was not afraid at all. He was even quite happy in his heart. If he planned properly, he might be able to take the purple flame thunder bead on the Ancient Bronze Hall.

In the Sea of Destructive Lightning, he was like a fish in water, unharmed.

"Oh my..."

There was no smile on Hun Tiandi's face, as if he had seen some terrifying existence. Looking down from above, his gaze fell, taking in the entire Dead Silent Ice Lake.

At the pitch-black bottom, pieces of golden-jade-like glazed jade covered the floor. Every piece was carved with runes, shimmering with golden light under the dark lake water.

The thirty-mile ice lake illuminated a hundred miles.

At the bottom of the lake was a mysterious coffin, vast and ancient, emitting an evil and strange aura, as if it had sealed some terrifying existence.

His heart was terrified. This was simply not something he could deal with. Even Xiao Xiao beside him, with her extraordinary strength, was not qualified.

"Is this... a dead end?" Hun Tiandi recalled. After meeting Mr. Corpse Soul earlier, the Heaven-Reaching Peak and the tomb appeared for some unknown reason.

His face darkened completely, and the aura on his body surged.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Xiao asked urgently, looking at him whose aura had suddenly changed.

Outside the Flame Alliance.

Liu Ling stood with his hands behind his back, drinking spiritual wine and waiting for his teacher's return. After getting the red sun root, only the lihuo grass remained.

If he couldn't see Miss Xiao Xiao to exchange for the lihuo grass, then it could only be said that it was Yan Xing's fate.

At the Flame Alliance, Gu He walked toward the medicinal storehouse, intending to exchange the seven-star begonia for the red sun root. Although with his status...

Taking the red sun root wouldn't be difficult, it would leave a stain for others to attack.

The Flame Alliance, which had developed for many years, had many factions and exchanges of interests. Liu Ling's previous reminder was not without merit.

Medicine Hall!

Gu He appeared and happened to meet the old man managing the Medicine Hall. The old man smiled and asked, "Hall Master Gu, what medicinal ingredients have you come to the Medicine Hall to collect?"

"Elder Xiao, does the Medicine Hall still have red sun root?" Gu He spoke slowly.

"red sun root? There is one hundred-year-old red sun root!" Elder Xiao recalled, then prepared to get up to fetch the medicinal ingredient.

"Wait, Elder Xiao, I want to use this hundred-year-old seven-star begonia to exchange for the red sun root!" Gu He spoke calmly, flipping his hand to take out a jade box and placing it on the table.

"Hall Master Gu, you're being too formal. As the Hall Master of the Pill Hall, there's no need for this to withdraw medicinal ingredients!"

"This is a private matter of mine. Please grant it, Elder Xiao!"

Gu He said solemnly.

"Very well!" Elder Xiao sighed, sat down, and opened the jade box. Inside was a deep crimson medicinal herb with five pink petals. The branches and leaves were oval with fine serrations, and the fruit was spherical and yellow-green, emitting a rich medicinal fragrance.

"It really is a hundred-year-old seven-star begonia!" He then registered it in the ledger and turned toward the Medicine Hall.

A short while later, Elder Xiao slowly walked out, holding a jade box in his hands, which he placed on the table.

"Hall Master Gu, please check it!" Elder Xiao spoke slowly.

Gu He then stepped forward and opened it to reveal a red sun root. It had white petals, deep red spherical fruits, and the root bark was yellow-black and hard in texture, emitting a scorching aura.

"No problem!" Gu He exhaled lightly.

"Then I will register it," Elder Xiao recorded it and pushed the red sun root toward Gu He. Just as he was about to turn around, a cold shout came.

"Wait, this elder has also taken a fancy to the red sun root!"

An old man dressed in an Alchemist's robe, with a violent aura and all-white hair and beard, walked toward Gu He.

Behind him followed a young man in red robes, looking somewhat evil.

Gu He's face darkened, and he watched with cold eyes. He said coldly, "Fire Elder, what do you want to do?"

"I need the red sun root!" Fire Elder said coldly.

"Get lost!" Gu He barked. "Hey, that's the red sun root!" the young man behind spoke, then moved to snatch it.

"Presumptuous!" Gu He waved his sleeve, and a surge of energy erupted. The young man went back as fast as he came, crashing into a stone and falling unconscious.

"You're looking for death!" Fire Elder was furious and was about to attack.

"Fighting is not allowed in the Medicine Hall!" Elder Xiao stopped the battle that was about to break out. The two then withdrew their auras and faced each other coldly.

Gu He put away the red sun root and turned to leave.

At the Dead Silent Ice Lake, while Hun Tiandi was observing, his body stiffened. The Reincarnation Seal on his chest cracked, and the seal of the Nine-Headed Poison Dragon Emperor's ultimate poison opened a gap.

"Ultimate Destructive Poison?" Hun Tiandi's expression changed. It turned out that because the purple flame thunder bead on his chest was constantly absorbing energy from the Sea of Destructive Lightning...

It triggered the cracking of the Ultimate Destructive Poison seal in his body, making it difficult to maintain.

Dense black poisonous gas surrounded Hun Tiandi. He sat cross-legged and circulated the Thunder Emperor Art, intending to forcibly suppress it.

"This is... poison?"

Xiao Xiao saw at a glance that the black poisonous gas permeating his body was like wolf smoke. The rocks on the mountain peak sizzled and emitted white smoke upon contact with the poison.

It forced her to keep retreating. She had never seen this kind of ultimate poison before.