Published: August 27, 2025
Chapter 321: Hidden Battle
“Snow Rainbow!”
It was Junior Disciple Chen Qiaoqian’s senior brother, who appeared to be the dual cultivation partner of the fallen female cultivator. He shouted in extreme grief. Then, waving his hands, a beam of dark light shot around the woman’s corpse, swirling wildly nearby as he tried to locate the ice demon responsible for her death.
Speaking of which, this Senior Sister named “Snow Rainbow” really died unfairly. If she hadn’t been so competitive and used a Talisman Treasure, perhaps she would still be alive.
Before activating the Talisman Treasure, she always had a Light Veil Defensive Magical Artifact floating by her side. But because she wanted to shorten the activation time to save magical power, she carelessly withdrew her artifact. Without protection, she lost her life.
However, to say this woman was inexperienced and careless enough to make such a grave mistake isn’t entirely fair.
She had seen that the enemies opposite had all transformed into light cocoons and believed that her surroundings were safe with fellow disciples nearby. So she dared to activate the Talisman Treasure so confidently. But who could have expected that the ice demon would break out of its cocoon in a half-demon transformation, instantly becoming invisible and targeting her.
At that moment, she was in the final stage of activating the Talisman Treasure, unable to stop even if she wanted to — which was her downfall.
Speaking of which, Song Meng did not use any protection either when activating her spear Talisman Treasure. But Song Meng’s Talisman Treasure was less powerful, so she managed to activate it earlier. Otherwise, who knows who that hidden ice demon would have ambushed.
Moreover, not only these two but even Han Li and the others who had just attacked hadn’t used many defensive magical artifacts. After all, those light cocoons were merely defenseless targets, and they didn’t want to waste magical power to activate shields.
But after witnessing the gruesome heart-extraction murder and hearing Han Li’s warning, cold sweat broke out on everyone's backs. Instantly, protective artifacts and shields appeared to prevent this cunning and brutal enemy from striking again.
What left them even more dumbfounded was that no matter what invisibility spells or artifacts they used, they couldn’t trace the demon’s whereabouts.
Occasionally, a fleeting shadow appeared, but just as they were about to rejoice, the demon suddenly vanished again, seemingly moving at high speed. The ice demon had become nearly transparent and flickered around them. Not even their spiritually sensitive artifacts could track it; it easily eluded them.
Now, everyone was on edge, nervously scanning their surroundings, effectively suppressed by this single half-demon ice demon.
Only Han Li looked at the scene with a strange expression flickering across his face.
Senior Brother Wang, who had fought alongside Han Li, had never witnessed such a bloody scene. His face was pale with terror.
To him, a short time ago, he and Senior Sister Snow Rainbow had been chatting cheerfully, and now she had died so tragically — it felt like a nightmare. This was completely different from his earlier expectation of their side displaying great power and easily crushing the enemy.
Thinking of this, he glanced at the dual cultivation partner of the frenzied Snow Rainbow with an even uglier expression.
Perhaps the more one fears something, the more it comes to pass!
Whether it was because his nervousness was detected by the ice demon or because it sensed he was easier prey, when he was still at a loss, a transparent, icy claw suddenly appeared behind him and violently clawed toward his heart.
This Senior Brother Wang’s defensive artifact, a small bronze shield, was surprisingly intelligent. Before Wang could react, it flashed forward on its own to block the attack.
With a light “clang,” although the icy claw was repelled, the bronze shield instantly became covered with a thick layer of frost and dropped to the ground, temporarily losing its spirit.