108: Chapter 18 Immortal Clan Offerings!
The moment the voice fell, heaven and earth changed abruptly.
The originally mild evening breeze suddenly froze, and the moisture in the air condensed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The surrounding buildings were instantly covered in a layer of white frost, and the light emitted by the ice lanterns became cold and obscure...
Following that, ice crystals generated out of thin air fell rustling from the sky...
The clouds in the sky rapidly rotated and gathered, forming a massive vortex. No Stars or moonlight could be seen in the center of the vortex; there was only a bottomless icy blue, as if a portal to the Extreme Cold Land had been forcibly carved out of the firmament!
Cold air poured down along the vortex, carrying the freezing power of martial will.
Amidst this phenomenon where heaven and earth lost their color and all things were frozen.
An old man dressed in an ink-colored brocade robe stepped slowly out of the vortex in the sky. Complex cloud patterns were embroidered with silver thread on the robe, with fine ice flowers condensing at the edges...
His hair and beard were completely white, yet he showed no signs of aging. His face was lean, his eye sockets deep, and his eyes were a pure icy blue, like profound ice that had not melted for ten thousand years. Wherever his gaze swept, the air seemed to freeze into substance.
He did not intentionally release his aura, yet the surrounding freezing phenomenon grew even more violent. The icy blue vortex in the sky spun faster, and countless ice crystal fragments turned into flowing light, condensing behind him into a pair of massive phantom ice wings. The wingspan was over ten feet wide, every feather clearly visible, radiating a chill that made the soul tremble!
Qin Xiner saw the newcomer clearly, and a look of astonishment appeared on her face.
She hadn't expected that with this move, Ming Yu would actually invite Ming Hanchuan, the Attendant God Envoy of the Heavenly Revelation God and an Enshrined Expert of the Ming Clan of Immortals!
A century ago, Ming Hanchuan had already become the Attendant God Envoy of the Heavenly Revelation God, and now he was already a Governing God of a Second-Tier Continent...
Now, his realm had reached the perfection of the Star Radiance Initial Realm. Despite being on the Lingfeng Continent, which suffered from the suppression of the Heavenly Dao, he could still use the divine techniques of the Star Radiance Initial Realm!
She turned her gaze toward Chu Ran, a hint of doubt appearing in her eyes.
Based on Chu Ran's move just now, she could roughly judge that the realm of this Ice Fox should be at the Totem Grade.
But its combat power seemed to be slightly weaker than the Golden Crow...
This was truly rare...
It couldn't be a Spirit Beast that wasn't at its maximum level...
In any case, with the strength it was currently displaying, it was far from being able to contend with a god of the Star Radiance Initial Realm...
Looking at Chu Ran's calm and composed expression, Qin Xiner fell into deep thought...
"State your Immortal Clan name!"
Ming Hanchuan's voice wasn't loud, but it penetrated the sound of wind and cracking ice, reaching every corner of the entire city, carrying an unquestionable majesty and coldness.
Ming Hanchuan stood with his hands behind his back, his icy blue eyes slowly looking at Chu Ran, a cold arc curling at the corner of his mouth...
"Are you the reinforcements he called for?" Chu Ran said indifferently.
He didn't answer the other's question. Currently, Chu Ran didn't have a single acquaintance in the entire Kaiyang Divine Territory, let alone anything about an Immortal Clan...
"You little brat from who-knows-where, how dare you kill a genius of my Ming Clan? You truly have a lot of nerve!" Ming Hanchuan said indignantly, then looked at Qin Xiner nearby. "What, is he a scapegoat invited by your Fengtian God?"
Seeing that the hatred was about to spread to her, Qin Xiner prepared to quickly clear her involvement. But then she thought that if she just stood by, this young man would have to endure the pressure from a god-level expert alone, and perhaps there would even be further instigation from the Heavenly Revelation God later...
Moreover, if this young man hadn't been the first to act today, the one facing Ming Yu would have been her...
Although she wouldn't have killed Ming Yu, if Ming Yu had called Ming Hanchuan, her outcome wouldn't have been good either...
Taking ten thousand steps back...
The liberation of the Lingfeng Continent would ultimately only benefit her...
Because just now, when she said she wanted to govern this continent, the look in the other party's eyes was clearly one of joy...
In this way, she and the young man before her could be considered teammates on the same front...
"So what if he is! Your Ming Clan of Immortals does such things behind the scenes. If I report this to the Kaiyang Divine Palace, even the Heavenly Revelation God behind you would probably be implicated, wouldn't he, Enshrined Expert Ming?" Qin Xiner said coldly.
Although there was still a gap in strength, with the Fengtian God as her backing, the Ming Clan of Immortals would have to think twice before acting!
"Hah, so young and yet you've learned to threaten." A trace of contempt appeared at the corner of Ming Hanchuan's mouth. "As an Attendant God Envoy of the Fengtian God, I naturally cannot do anything to you..."
"But... this kid surely has no background!" Ming Hanchuan said indifferently.
Many First-Tier Continents in the Kaiyang Divine Territory were just like the Lingfeng Continent. This wasn't anything strange among the Gods of Star, but no prominent god dared to handle it openly...
Because this wasn't just about handling one matter; it involved an innumerable network of relationships among the gods...
Clearing a First-Tier Continent was certainly not difficult. What was difficult was how to withstand the revenge of the god behind that First-Tier Continent!
This was why no one had dared to be the one to stick their neck out for so many years!
"You seem very concerned about my family situation," Chu Ran said indifferently.
"I indeed haven't been betrothed yet. How about you introduce one of your female ancestors to me?"
Chu Ran stretched lazily, and even the little fox on his shoulder began to mock Ming Hanchuan in the sky...
"Sharp-tongued brat, you're looking for death!"
Ming Hanchuan slightly raised his hand, and an Ice Coffin suddenly appeared in the air!
Eerie blue law patterns flowed on the surface of that Ice Coffin, and the cold air seeping from the gaps in the lid caused fine ice cracks to appear in the surrounding space!
"Today, I will show you the price of being the one to stick your neck out!"
In the next moment, the Ice Coffin shot out instantly, and the sharp whistle of ice spikes piercing the air suddenly rang out!
This strike was enough to freeze both the soul and the physical body together, causing them to sink into eternal oblivion!
Not good!
Seeing the Ice Coffin enveloped in surging spiritual power, Qin Xiner's eyes darkened. The power of the Golden Crow surged, and scorching spiritual energy instantly spread across the entire ground, wrapping Chu Ran within it.
Chu Ran looked at the faint golden light rising around him, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
He hadn't expected this girl to be quite sensible—first using the Fengtian God to threaten on his behalf, and then preparing to block this move for him...
It was just a pity that the "beauty saving the hero" scenario would not happen to Chu Ran!
Chu Ran slightly raised his hand. The moment his fingertip touched the shield, the protective barrier formed by the golden Golden Crow Power instantly shattered like a spiderweb...
Qin Xiner's eyes widened as she watched this.
She didn't know whether to be shocked first that the Golden Crow Power was such a fragile structure before this person...
Or if she should be shocked at why he did this... actively shattering the defensive shield she had placed on him...
What is he doing?
This question didn't linger in her mind for long, because she saw a dense Frost Power slowly gathering around the young man at this moment...
Seeing that the cold coffin was about to strike between his eyebrows!
Right at this life-or-death moment!
"Buzz—"
A sudden hum echoed through heaven and earth. It didn't come from Ming Hanchuan's ice-based power, but rather from the stagnation of time itself!
The ice shards flying all over the sky froze in mid-air, and the entire frozen city seemed as if a pause button had been pressed!
Including Qin Xiner and Ming Hanchuan in the sky...
Suddenly, Qin Xiner's pupils trembled!
Because she saw that young man... actually move!
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