293: Chapter 293 Mysterious Flames, Black Imperial Coffin

"Do you have a way to cross the Dead Silent Ice Lake? With this level of deathly cold, even with a Heavenly Flame protecting your body, it might not be safe to cross!"

Xiao Xiao's expression was solemn; her impression of the Heaven-Reaching Tomb by now was one of constant danger.

She was extremely wary in her heart.

Beside her, Hun Tiandi looked contemplative as he pondered a strategy. To reach the Ancient Bronze Hall, they needed to cross the Dead Silent Ice Lake.

His eyes were like swords, shining brightly. He could clearly see a black imperial coffin at the bottom of the ice lake, sealed beneath gold-jade glaze with nine pitch-black, chilling nails.

For hundreds and thousands of years, through endless ages, the formation created by the gold-jade glaze at the lake bottom had absorbed the energy of heaven and earth to power the great array's operation.

"Is this... the Taiyin Heaven-Sealing Array?"

Hun Tiandi was stunned, and then a sense of shock surged in his heart, as if the world were being destroyed.

The Taiyin Heaven-Sealing Array originated from the hands of the ancient Taiyin Sovereign. During the ancient war, a bloodthirsty, peerless zombie emerged, causing countless experts to perish and resulting in heavy casualties.

Later, a peerless powerhouse appeared and created this array.

This array is connected to heaven and earth; it is a supreme formation that seals the heavens and isolates the earth. Once trapped, even a Sovereign cannot escape.

"There is one way, but it is extremely dangerous!" Hun Tiandi spoke indifferently.

"What way?" Xiao Xiao asked in surprise.

"Swim across!" Hun Tiandi said seriously. The chill of the Dead Silent Ice Lake was such that one would freeze to death upon entering.

Xiao Xiao rolled her eyes; this method was completely unreliable!

Boom!

Hun Tiandi grabbed the air, and a ten-zhang large rock nearby was wrapped in Dou Qi. With a fierce throw, it landed in the Dead Silent Ice Lake.

Ripples appeared on the lake surface, and the rock was instantly frozen into shattered dregs.

"This..." Xiao Xiao stammered slightly, a desire to retreat growing in her heart. This tomb was too terrifying.

As the lake water rippled, Hun Tiandi retreated violently, taking the opportunity to throw the jade box containing the lihuo grass backwards.

The Blood Shadow Clone hidden in the shadows used the lihuo grass to vanish from the spot in the blink of an eye.

Throwing the rock earlier was also intentional; he needed to hand the lihuo grass to his clone to deliver to Liu Ling. Yan Xing's injuries could not be delayed.

Jie jie jie!

The Dead Silent Ice Lake was truly terrifying!

Hun Tiandi laughed strangely and returned to the edge of the Dead Silent Ice Lake, slowly saying, "Since we have already offended the tomb owner, there is no reason to give up on this black imperial coffin."

If not now, then when!

After successfully sending off the lihuo grass, his mind calmed down. He stared intently at the ice lake, a burning greed rising in his heart as he looked at the black imperial coffin.

"You aren't really going into the ice lake, are you? Your strength won't hold up!"

Xiao Xiao looked at the eager Hun Tiandi and advised him.

In her eyes, Hun Tiandi was a complete lunatic to even want to try such a dangerous Dead Silent Ice Lake.

He was going all in, actually setting his sights on the black imperial coffin.

From the moment he stepped into the Heaven-Reaching Tomb, he had already offended the tomb owner. He wasn't as simple as Xiao Xiao, nor would he be naive enough to believe otherwise.

The other party hadn't acted yet not because they were generous and ignored past grudges, but simply because they were restricted.

Hun Tiandi saw it very clearly; regardless of the other party's purpose, he would take the benefits first.

Taiyin Heaven-Sealing Array?

As long as he took that item, this Taiyin Heaven-Sealing Array would be considered broken.

Swoosh!

Having made his decision, Hun Tiandi no longer hesitated. With a movement of his feet, he transformed into a faint bolt of lightning, tearing through the lake surface and plunging into the water.

"How reckless..." Xiao Xiao grew anxious, fearing that Hun Tiandi's movement would trigger a chain reaction.

The Dead Silent Ice Lake was a scene of deathly stillness. The deeper one went, the thicker the chilling aura became.

Even with Hun Tiandi's astonishing physique, as the cold air enveloped him, he couldn't help but shiver, his eyebrows and hair frosting over with a layer of black crystal.

However, he had calculated this in his heart and was not at all panicked. He circulated his cultivation technique, the Source of the Blood God rotated frantically, and Dou Qi flowed like a tide.

Activating the Blood God Body, his scorching blood energy was like a river, melting the chill and driving it out of his body.

The chilling aura was only one aspect. Hun Tiandi's lightning tore through the lake water as he dove deeper and deeper.

The pressure was immense.

With his strength, he could endure it.

The further down he went, the terrifying force increased exponentially. His Blood God Body was compressed to the limit, nearly crushed to pieces.

A restriction?

His mind remained calm as he finally understood that it was the restriction of the Taiyin Heaven-Sealing Array that made it impossible to go deep into the lake bottom.

Relying on the toughness of the Blood God Body, he successfully arrived before the black imperial coffin. He observed it closely and touched it with his hand.

A kingly pressure, chilling and deathly, an ancient and eerie aura. The black imperial coffin was carved with deep blue flame patterns.

Like a towering mountain, the nine pitch-black long nails, though not large in size, appeared incredibly mysterious in Hun Tiandi's eyes.

Hun Tiandi could sense a terrifying existence within the imperial coffin; he just didn't know how terrifying its strength had been during its life.

"What... are these deep blue patterns?"

As soon as he spoke, the deep blue patterns on the black imperial coffin suddenly seemed to come alive, staining his finger and affecting his whole body with a single touch.

The deep blue flames of the black imperial coffin condensed at a visible speed into a ball of deep blue fire.

It emitted a faint blue glow.

"Damn it, what is this ghostly thing?" Hun Tiandi said anxiously, because this deep blue flame was bone-chillingly cold and was eroding his physical body.

He frantically circulated his Dou Qi, wanting to block the erosion of the flame.

He activated the Blood Scripture and the Thunder Emperor Art, wanting to suppress the deep blue flame. Unfortunately, this ghostly thing was not only destroying his body but was also heading towards his sea of consciousness and soul.

It even froze the space around him.

"What should I do? The Blood Scripture focuses on swallowing divine blood, and the Thunder Emperor Art focuses on refining lightning. They can't block the erosion of the deep blue flame at all!"

If he didn't find a way quickly, once it invaded his sea of consciousness and soul, Hun Tiandi would surely perish.

"Eh, why isn't he moving? What is that deep blue flame on him?"

On the shore, Xiao Xiao looked at the motionless Hun Tiandi at the bottom of the lake and said anxiously.

As she had expected, that black imperial coffin was not to be touched.

"Is it necessary for me to pass the Burning Technique to him..." Xiao Xiao whispered.

At the bottom of the lake.

Hun Tiandi pondered: "This deep blue glow should be a type of flame. If I cultivate the Qingyang Fire Control Technique to refine and swallow it, perhaps it can be of use to me."

No sooner said than done, Hun Tiandi recalled the mnemonic for the Qingyang Fire Control Technique in his mind.

He slowly circulated it, drawing a trace of the deep blue flame within his body and wrapping it in Dou Qi to follow the technique's path. When the first wisp of deep blue flame collided with the Dou Qi, it was instantly frozen.

Truly terrifying!

He was not discouraged and mobilized more Dou Qi to wrap around that wisp of flame to execute the Qingyang Fire Control Technique.

However, Hun Tiandi did not notice that while he was refining the deep blue flame, the black imperial coffin trembled slightly, and the nine pitch-black long nails on it were also slowly being pushed out.

As the deep blue flame invaded Hun Tiandi's body, the deep blue patterns on the black imperial coffin were fading.

On the lakeshore.

Just as Xiao Xiao was about to jump into the Dead Silent Ice Lake and dive to the bottom to teach him the Burning Technique, the calm lake surface began to tremble violently.

It was as if an earth dragon were turning over, about to emerge into the world.

"What's... going on?"

Xiao Xiao's figure flickered as she flashed backward, her beautiful eyes staring at the ice lake in horror.

Ding...

On the black imperial coffin at the bottom of the lake, one of the pitch-black long nails fell off with a crisp 'ding' sound. Hun Tiandi did not notice this scene, as he was putting all his effort into refining that mysterious flame.