264: Ice Coffin

After casually dealing with the White-Robed Man, Mu Wuchen and the others continued their journey without the slightest delay.

That White-Robed Man was merely a small interlude.

With his mindset, he was destined to never become a strong practitioner.

Although his strength was at the Emperor Realm Triple Layer, in Mu Wuchen's eyes, he was no different from ants, pigs, or dogs.

His life was of no concern to Mu Wuchen, no concern to Su Meier, no concern to Luo Shuihan, and even the three Little Sword Girls didn't care...

That man believed that after gaining powerful strength, he had escaped the fate of pigs and dogs, but in reality, he hadn't...

Soon, Mu Wuchen and the others arrived at the junction of the icy cold and the Great Desert...

At this moment, the area covered by the ice was rapidly expanding, while the original area of the Great Desert was continuously shrinking. It was estimated that it wouldn't be long before this entire Great Desert would be completely frozen.

However, although this ice had some tricks, it had no effect whatsoever on Mu Wuchen and the others.

With their current strength, let alone this level of freezing, even if it were ten times colder, it probably wouldn't harm them...

However, such ice was fatal to most humans.

Mu Wuchen personally witnessed countless humans who came here to seek treasure being frozen into ice blocks because they couldn't evade in time, leaving their lives here forever...

What greatly surprised Mu Wuchen, however, was that while the humans who came here couldn't adapt to the bone-chilling cold, the native creatures here seemed to be largely unaffected...

The originally grayish-brown Great Desert wolf spiders, after coming into contact with the ice, astonishingly transformed their entire bodies into an icy blue color, like ice itself, and their joints turned into ice pillars...

Even the local werewolves and ratfolk seemed to have been largely unaffected.

The werewolves suddenly grew thick white fur, transforming from jackals into snow wolves.

The ratfolk curled up their bodies, burrowed into the ground, and fell into a deep sleep...

Everything transformed in an orderly manner, without the slightest sense of discord.

It was as if...

These creatures had experienced this before, allowing them to react instantly at this moment.

No wonder someone said that the Secret Realm trials of the Profound Weapon Pavilion are never completely the same each time...

Mu Wuchen simply led the girls deeper into the world of ice and snow.

At first, at the edge of the ice and snow, scattered human cultivators could still be encountered.

They were all those who were unwilling to leave and wanted to try their luck in the ice and snow.

These people were not weak in strength; even the weakest among them were at the Heavenly King Realm.

Cultivators below the King Realm would find it difficult to endure; they would probably be frozen into ice lumps before even entering...

As Mu Wuchen and the others delved deeper, the temperature became increasingly lower, and fewer and fewer humans could be seen. Later on, even ordinary Emperor Realm cultivators might not be able to fully resist it.

However, Mu Wuchen, Su Meier, and Luo Shuihan were all very strong and were not greatly affected.

As for the three Little Sword Girls, they were not humans to begin with, but three swords, so the temperature here naturally had little effect on them...

Eventually, the surroundings were no longer just ice and snow, but a world entirely made of ice.

The entire world seemed to have solidified, and at the same time, the speed of Mu Wuchen and the others also slowed down a bit.

At this point, even the extremely cold-resistant native creatures no longer dared to approach, wisely retreating to the outer areas...

“We should be nearing the core location soon.”

Mu Wuchen looked around and suddenly spoke.

Beside him, Su Meier and Luo Shuihan also nodded slightly.

This should be the limit of this ice.

Even if they advanced further towards the center, the surrounding environment no longer changed...

Mu Wuchen estimated that this ice and snow was roughly equivalent to what an ordinary ice-attributed Emperor Realm cultivator could create...

Cultivators below the Emperor Realm would likely perish in an instant when facing this ice and snow, with almost no power to resist.

As for Emperor Realm cultivators, although they would be significantly affected by this ice and snow, they would most likely not die...

As for Supreme Realm cultivators, this level of ice and snow would not cause much impact on them; they could easily resist it.

However, even so, for most of the people who came here, it was already considered a devastating blow...

Mu Wuchen estimated that many people would likely die during this Secret Realm trip to the Profound Weapon Pavilion...

This kind of sudden, large-scale AOE damage was fatal to ordinary cultivators.

With a “bang,” the ice in front shattered and fell to the ground, making a rumbling sound.

Hongyu trotted forward a few steps, picked up a piece of ice that had fallen to the ground, examined it curiously, and then looked ahead.

For no other reason than that the path ahead no longer seemed to be solid...

“Master, come quickly, it looks like there's a path ahead!”

Little Sword Hongyu waved to Mu Wuchen and the others, signaling them to come over.

When they stepped in, they found that the scene ahead had indeed changed!

The front was no longer irregularly scattered ice, but rather seemed to have been meticulously carved...

Before them, it appeared to be the interior of a huge castle.

Beneath their feet was a smooth floor carved from ice.

Above the ice surface, strange white snowflakes were lightly sprinkled, looking like a starry sky, extremely beautiful.

Upon entering the castle, what greeted their eyes were the surrounding crystal-clear ice walls, which were very transparent, like bright mirrors.

And in the center of the castle were several huge ice crystal pillars, and on top of the pillars were enormous gems carved from ice crystals.

Mu Wuchen estimated that if light could shine into the castle from outside at this moment, these gems would likely illuminate the entire ice castle in seven colors...

However, none of this was what Mu Wuchen cared about most...

Right now, he only wanted to know why this ice castle was here?

Was anyone living here after all?

And who was its owner?

Driven by curiosity, Mu Wuchen led the girls and once again walked deeper into the castle...

Creak...

With a soft sound, Mu Wuchen pushed open an ice door made of condensed ice.

Immediately, a woman's boudoir appeared before everyone.

The room was very small, probably only about forty to fifty square meters.

In the room, there was only a small round table, a chair, and an ice bed...

And what was on that ice bed instantly drew the gaze of Mu Wuchen and the others.

They all looked towards the ice bed, their eyes subtly moving...

On that ice bed, there was actually an ice coffin...