Chapter 112 Absolute Zero and the Undying Fire Phoenix, Let's Keep Watch!

Boom!

Two brilliant beams of light, one gold and one blue, forcibly tore open a patch of pure land amidst the ink-green sea of filth.

The rising Sword Qi and frost shook the entire dome of the great hall until it was on the verge of collapse.

The deep-sea demon lair, which had been eerie and terrifying just a second ago, had now completely turned into a meat grinder.

"Kill! Show loyalty to the Sea God!"

"Devour them! Turn them into nutrients!"

Hundreds of Sea God Temple guards, who had been completely assimilated by the filth and were covered in tentacles and scales, surged toward the center of the hall like zombies released from a cage.

Their target was clear.

It was that grandmaster chair placed in the very center, which seemed extremely out of place.

And the youth who was dozing off on that grandmaster chair.

【Ding! Detected continuous input of high-concentration external Mental Energy pollution.】

【System judgment: Too much junk data, likely to cause the host's CPU to overheat.】

【To protect the host's sleep quality, the "Deep Mental Defense Sleep" mode has been automatically activated.】

【Simultaneously taking over part of bodily instincts: Initiating "Physical Anti-Disturbance · Invisible Tripwire" auxiliary program.】

Jiang Chen leaned back against the grandmaster chair, breathing evenly.

Because he felt the fishy smell in the hall was too strong, he even turned over in his sleep with extreme disdain, burying his face in the crook of his arm.

He had absolutely no intention of waking up to slaughter everyone.

"Roar!"

A Great Grandmaster-level aberrant, with a body comparable to a small hill and three fish heads, crossed the outer defense line.

It opened its bloody maw, dripping with green saliva, and leaped into the air.

Sharp bone spurs aimed straight at Jiang Chen's head.

It looked like it was about to swallow the sleeping Jiang Chen in one bite.

However, just as its massive body reached the highest point.

One of Jiang Chen's feet, which had been dangling beside the chair, suddenly lifted upward with extreme naturalness, as if sleepwalking.

Invisible Mental Energy turned into a thin thread invisible to the naked eye, accurately wrapping around the aberrant's hind leg.

Then, with a sudden tug.

"Plop!"

The ferocious aberrant instantly lost its balance, performing an incredibly comical face-plant in mid-air.

Its giant face slammed heavily onto the ice-crystal floor in front of the grandmaster chair, breaking its own front teeth.

Before it could even climb up.

"Die!"

Su Qingyue seized this opening.

Stepping on flames, she leaped high into the air.

The long sword in her hand ignited with dazzling golden-red Nirvana fire, turning into a rainbow, and fiercely stabbed into the back of the aberrant's head.

The scorching phoenix blood flames erupted instantly, burning the monster's brain into a pile of ashes.

"Hoo..."

Su Qingyue pulled out her long sword, wiped the blood off her face, and panted heavily.

She glanced at Jiang Chen, who was still sleeping peacefully on the chair, and the corner of her mouth couldn't help but twitch.

"This guy... he doesn't even forget to trip people up while asleep?"

"Still, our coordination is quite good."

Su Qingyue gripped her long sword, turned around again, and faced the next wave of monsters surging in like a tide.

phoenix blood burned, and Sword Qi crisscrossed.

She was no longer the noble daughter who needed others' protection, but a true Shura Sword Servant!

On the other side of the hall, the situation was extremely tragic.

Dozens of human captives who had not yet been fully assimilated were being cornered by a group of aberrants.

"Help! I don't want to become a monster!"

"Mommy... I'm scared..."

Several young children huddled together, crying heart-wrenchingly.

A giant tentacle covered in suction cups, carrying disgusting slime, lashed out fiercely toward those children.

Just at this critical moment.

"Bang!"

The tentacle seemed to hit an invisible wall and was violently repelled.

A brilliant pinkish-white light bloomed in the dark corner.

Iliya had somehow broken free from the golden rope (actually, Jiang Chen had intentionally loosened it before falling asleep).

She stood in front of the group of desperate captives.

Her petite body trembled slightly, but in those purple eyes, there was no longer any hesitation.

"Sky Fox Domain... Activate!"

Iliya shouted.

The nine crystal-clear spirit tails behind her suddenly spread out like a peacock displaying its feathers.

A pure, sacred, pink barrier with a faint, calming fragrance instantly enveloped all the captives.

Those filth and monsters that tried to rush in immediately let out painful roars the moment they touched this pink light, as if burned by raging fire.

"I... I can protect you now."

Iliya looked at the innocent people hiding behind her, her eyes slightly red.

She had once been a sacrificial lamb to be slaughtered, a plaything trampled underfoot.

It was that lazy man who gave her a piece of candy and gave her the dignity of Rebirth.

Today, she was finally no longer just a vase that only knew how to run away.

"Boom!"

Several Grandmaster Realm aberrants joined forces to strike the Sky Fox Domain.

Iliya's face turned pale, a trace of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, and her petite body shook violently.

But she gritted her teeth tightly, her legs planted on the spot as if they had taken root.

"As long as I am still standing..."

Iliya looked back at Jiang Chen on the grandmaster chair, her eyes incomparably firm.

"No one is allowed to... disturb Master's sleep!"

By now, the battle in the center of the hall had reached a fever pitch.

More and more monsters were being summoned from the basement by Blue Nether.

The number was so vast that they were endless.

Mu Qingxue, dressed in white, stood proudly amidst a sea of blood and corpses.

The ice sword in her hand was already chipped, but the cold aura on her body became increasingly bitter.

"Fall back!"

Mu Qingxue gave a clear shout, blocking Su Qingyue, who was caught in a bitter fight, behind her.

She glanced at the dense crowd of monsters surrounding them, then looked at the high and mighty Blue Nether, who wore a playful expression on his face.

A flash of determination crossed her usually cold eyes.

"I am a teacher."

Mu Qingxue's voice echoed in the empty hall, resonant and forceful.

"As long as I have a single breath left, no one is allowed to touch my student!"

She slammed her long sword into the ice-crystal floor in front of her.

Her hands quickly formed seals, and the "Flawless Ice Phoenix Body" within her was pushed to the limit, even beginning to overdraw her Origin!

"Absolute Zero — Frozen Miles!"

Screech—!

A high-pitched cry of an Ice Phoenix emanated from within her.

A white, extremely cold storm, visible to the naked eye, centered on her, swept crazily in all directions.

Crack, crack, crack, crack!

The air was frozen! The blood was frozen!

Those hundreds of aberrants that had been lunging forward with claws and fangs, without even having time to change their expressions, instantly turned into lifelike ice sculptures!

With just one move, more than half of the temple was completely frozen!

The previously noisy hall instantly went quiet.

"Hoo... hoo..."

After releasing this move, Mu Qingxue knelt on one knee, gasping for breath.

Her face was pale as paper, and a streak of shocking blood spilled from the corner of her mouth; she had evidently suffered a very serious internal injury.

"Well done, Teacher Mu."

High up on the throne, Blue Nether's disgusting applause finally came.

He slowly stood up, and that thick purple tentacle waved casually in the air.

"As expected of the Flawless Ice Phoenix Body, such pure ice-type energy is truly an excellent furnace."

Blue Nether looked down at the heavily injured Mu Qingxue from above.

There was no anger in his eyes, only a perverted fanaticism of seeing perfect experimental Materials.

"However, the farce should end now."

"In the face of true Divine Might, your struggle is nothing but a futile joke!"

Boom!

Blue Nether took a step out, walking directly through the air from the throne.

A terrifying pressure belonging to a Half-step Grandmaster, like a pouring celestial river, slammed heavily into everyone's hearts.

The monsters around that had been frozen into ice sculptures actually shattered one after another under this pressure!

Mu Qingxue and Su Qingyue felt a tightness in their chests, spat out another mouthful of blood, and couldn't even stand steadily.

"Too strong... it's simply not on the same level..."

Su Qingyue gripped her broken sword, a trace of despair flashing in her eyes.

Blue Nether hovered in mid-air, and that purple tentacle suddenly extended infinitely.

Carrying a strong, foul stench and Mental Energy pollution.

Like a poisonous snake coming out of its hole, it lunged fiercely toward Mu Qingxue's forehead!

"Accept the Sea God's assimilation! Become my most perfect plaything!"

The tip of the tentacle split open into a small mouth filled with barbs, attempting to force its way into Mu Qingxue's Sea of Consciousness and strip away her sanity.

The shadow of despair tightly enveloped this cold ruin.

And on that grandmaster chair.

The youth wearing a blood-colored coat still kept his eyes tightly closed.

It was just that his fingers, which were resting on the armrest, suddenly twitched, extremely slightly.