39: Chapter 38 The Chase!

The lingering echoes of the Ice Emperor's roar had not yet dissipated before the Snow Empress's blockade order spread across every inch of the Extreme North along with the wind and snow.

Influenced by the Ice and Snow Woman born and nurtured by the Extreme North, the wind and snow between heaven and earth grew even more violent.

Zhang Lexuan quickly nodded and instructed, "Junior Brother, I will carry Nannan."

"Right now, we can only fly close to the ground and must absolutely not ascend into the air, otherwise we will only become live targets for the Spirit Beasts everywhere!"

Lin Yan naturally understood this logic as well. He spread his Thunder-Fire Wings behind his back and said in a deep voice, "As long as we can rush out of this central zone and reach the outer perimeter, the Spirit Beasts there won't be able to stop us!"

The Spirit Beasts on the outer perimeter of the Extreme North generally had lower ages and dim intelligence. As long as they successfully broke through to that place, the three of them would have a great grasp on escaping with their lives!

Although she said that, Zhang Lexuan, who understood the terror of the Extreme North, still wore a solemn expression at this moment.

Quickly identifying their bearings, Lin Yan and the others locked onto the due south direction and sped away.

Their primary goal right now was to rush out of the depths of the Extreme North as soon as possible!

While the three of them were racing against time, the originally dead-silent and tranquil snowfield of the Extreme North suddenly seemed to awaken at this moment. The violent roars of Spirit Beasts resounded everywhere between heaven and earth, and countless packs of beasts surged at the sound, their heavy trampling making the entire earth tremble slightly.

After Lin Yan and the others ran wildly for nearly two hundred miles, an accident still happened!

"Roar——!"

A deafening beast roar suddenly exploded from behind the ice hill on the front left. A pitch-black giant shadow nearly twenty meters tall abruptly leaped out, running wildly across the snowfield, and instantly blocked their path ahead.

That was a terrifying Spirit Beast shaped like a giant ape, its entire body covered in heavy, pitch-black ice armor. Its thick arms were comparable to thousand-year-old trees, and its fist tips condensed bone-chilling ice spikes. A pair of scarlet beast pupils locked onto the three of them tightly, surrounded by a thick, piercing black cold mist.

"A fifty-thousand-year Titan Snow Demon!"

Zhang Lexuan's expression sank, and she protected Lin Yan and the other behind her, saying, "You guys step back, I'll handle it!"

Before her voice fell, this Titan Snow Demon had already swung its huge fist, smashing fiercely toward the ground with the might of destroying heaven and earth.

Boom!

The hard ice surface instantly cracked, and countless sharp giant ice pillars crazily pierced toward the three of them.

"Fourth Spirit Ability — Moon Lock!"

The fourth purple spirit ring on Zhang Lexuan suddenly lit up. A bright, full moon appeared in mid-air, and endless moonlight poured down, transforming into an indestructible silver light net.

The ice pillars filling the sky slammed fiercely against the moonlight network, erupting with a deafening roar, but they were firmly blocked and could no longer advance even a fraction.

"Fifth Spirit Ability — Moon Fall!"

Not giving the Titan Snow Demon any time to react, Zhang Lexuan seized the momentum to strike again.

Above the firmament, countless golden moon blades poured down like a rainstorm, each one containing the fierce might to cut apart heaven and earth.

At this moment, Zhang Lexuan did not hold back at all!

The Titan Snow Demon's roar just now was clearly transmitting a message for help. Once delayed for a moment, attracting other Spirit Beasts, or even alarming the Ice and Snow Emperors, their fate would be ominous!

The Titan Snow Demon roared angrily, crossing its arms horizontally in front of its chest, and a layer of thick, solid ice shield instantly condensed upon the pitch-black ice armor around its body.

Swish, swish, swish——

Countless moon blades slashed against the ice shield one after another, splashing fine ice debris across the sky.

After a stalemate of a moment, the blade light broke through the defense, leaving several deep bloodstains on the Titan Snow Demon's thick arms, but this kind of injury was clearly not enough to make it lose its combat capability.

However, Zhang Lexuan had rich combat experience and had anticipated this situation from the very beginning; the moon blades just now were simply buying time for her!

A flash of sharp edge swept across the depths of her eyes. The first three amplification-type spirit rings on her body lit up simultaneously in an instant, their radiance flourishing brilliantly.

In an instant, brilliant silver radiance enshrouded her entire person, her Soul Power surging several times over, and the accumulated power erupted thunderously at this moment!

"Sixth Spirit Ability — Moon Penalty!"

The sixth black spirit ring shone brightly, and a thick pillar of silver light suddenly shot out, slamming heavily onto the chest of the Titan Snow Demon that had just resisted the moon blades.

Crack——

The hard, pitch-black ice armor shattered at the sound. The silver light column directly pierced through its body, exploding a gruesome and terrifying giant bloody hole on its back.

The Titan Snow Demon let out a miserable wail, its mountain-like body crashing heavily to the ground, having already lost the ability to fight again.

At this moment, from the start of the engagement to severely injuring this Titan Snow Demon, it had not even been a full minute!

Yet regretfully, the Titan Snow Demon's roar earlier had completely exposed the locations of the three of them.

"Let's go quickly!"

Lin Yan reminded in a prompt, deep voice, "Sister Lexuan, there is a terrifying aura rapidly approaching us!"

Regarding this, Zhang Lexuan naturally perceived it as well. Not daring to delay in the slightest and unable to care about conserving Soul Power, she directly took Lin Yan and Jiang Nannan on her left and right, soaring into the air to sprint at full speed.

Yet ultimately, she was still a step too late.

An emerald-green streak of light chased through the air from behind, its speed comparable to thunder and lightning, rapidly closing the distance with the three of them.

That was a scorpion-type Spirit Beast over two meters in length, its entire body covered in crystal-clear emerald-green armor. Its eight sharp and keen scorpion legs flickered with a cold light, revealing a fatal intent to kill.

"A hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion!"

Sensing the overwhelming and terrifying pressure behind her, Zhang Lexuan's heart suddenly sank. Daring not to look back at all, she could only use all her strength to continue fighting her way out and fleeing.

A hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion wielding Ultimate Ice, especially in an icy environment like the Extreme North, was definitely not something Zhang Lexuan, who was currently only a Spirit Douluo, could contend against!

Misfortunes never come singly, and a new crisis was born atop the desperate situation!

Seeing this, right in front of them, several ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts suddenly darted out: Ice Plain Wolves, Snow Demon Bears, Ice Spirit Foxes...

Although these Spirit Beasts were not considered strong, the brief moment it took to deal with them would be enough for the Ice Jade Scorpion behind them to catch up!

With no other choice, Zhang Lexuan could only urgently change direction and fly away toward the southeast!

At this moment, the wind and snow in the sky grew even more intense, and the lead-gray clouds pressed extremely low, as if in the next second they would collapse completely and thoroughly bury the entire snowfield.

Even though Zhang Lexuan had driven her own speed to the limit, the emerald-green streak of light behind her was still rapidly closing the distance, approaching them at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The bone-chilling cold crept along the skin straight into the marrow, and even breathing carried tiny ice shards.

"I can't shake it off, its speed is too fast!"

Zhang Lexuan's voice carried a trace of imperceptible trembling. She could clearly perceive that the bone-chilling killing intent was firmly stuck to them like maggots on tarsal bones, completely impossible to shake off!

Lin Yan suddenly turned back to look, only to see that the Ice Jade Scorpion's eight scorpion legs lightly touched the ice surface, leaving only a barely perceptible faint trace with each landing, yet its figure could flash dozens of meters away in an instant.

Wherever the emerald-green cold qi lingering around its body passed, even the howling wind and snow were frozen into fine ice particles, lingering in the air for a moment before slowly falling.

Seeing that the Ice Jade Scorpion was about to catch up to them, only an indomitable resolve remained in the depths of Zhang Lexuan's eyes!

"Lin Yan, you take Nannan and keep running, I'll stay behind to hold it back!"

As her voice fell, disregarding the expression on Lin Yan's face as he was about to speak, Zhang Lexuan suddenly exerted force and threw the two of them forward!

The next instant, all the spirit rings on her body suddenly lit up—two yellows, two purples, three blacks, and one red—eight spirit rings stacked layer upon layer, circulating endlessly!

Especially that last scarlet, dazzling hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, which surged with a terrifying, heart-palpitating majestic pressure!