Chapter 990: Soul-Devouring Ice Dragon
Giggle!
When the Fifth Eldress heard Jiang Yi’s statement, she laughed—she laughed like the blossoming flowers in the breeze. Her chest shook violently while the gray-haired old woman and others were extremely furious. All their weapons were drawn again and were about to make a move. Their eyes locked onto Fifth Eldress, and they were waiting for her to give the orders.
“Jiang Yi!”
The Fifth Eldress laughed for a moment before she looked at Jiang Yi and said, “Youth is your capital, but you are young and frivolous. Let alone you—if the Nine Thearchs dare to overestimate themselves, they would also have to fall! Originally, I wasn’t going to see you today, but I cherish young talents and gave a face to you. Do you truly treat our Heaven Hidden Sect as a pushover? Since you seek death, I will grant your wis.h.!.+”
Jiang Yi had completely gone for broke and wasn’t fearful at all. He had been separated from Su Ruoxue for much too long, and Su Ruoxue had also suffered too much. Even if he had to die, he wasn’t going to give up. Thus, he said coldly, “Fifth Eldress, I am not young and frivolous. You might not understand the pain to be separated from the woman you love. Ruoxue and I are mutually in love, and she had contributed too much for me. I once promised that I will take care of her for life, and I promised that I will not let her suffer any grievance. I wasn’t able to fulfill my promise.
“She had been separated from me for far too long, and she had suffered far too much. I am willing to risk everything for her, and if I cannot rescue her, I would rather die. I am not an unreasonable person, and I do not have an exaggerated opinion of my own ability. I have mentioned earlier that if you are willing to return Ruoxue to me, I am willing to pay any price. If you are not even willing to give me this opportunity, I will not risk battling!”
Jiang Yi was very sincere, and it was spoken from the bottom of his heart. Everyone could feel his intense love towards Su Ruoxue, and his resolution to die for the sake of his beloved woman. Many Heaven Hidden Sect’s young women had lowered their weapons and had a complicated expression.
Women were sentimental creatures, and no matter how powerful a woman was, how much she complied with her principles, how much she hated men, she was still a woman. They were born to feel love and sorrow and were easily affected by emotions.
The Fifth Eldress was obviously moved. She was in silence, and the hands with the bright essence force had also extinguished. She pondered for a long while before she spoke dully, “Jiang Yi, I will give you a chance. If you can withstand my strongest attack and not die, the matter of you offending my Heaven Hidden Sect will be forgotten; and you will help me do one thing. If you can do it, I will give you the opportunity to meet with our Matriarch. It will be up to you if you can convince the Matriarch! If you are not willing, I will have to go on an all-out hunt for you. The Heaven Hidden Sect never fears anyone or any challenge!”
Two choices!
The first choice was to withstand an attack and help the Heaven Hidden Sect do one thing, exchanging for a chance to meet with the Heaven Hidden Sect’s Matriarch. The second choice was to fall out with the Heaven Hidden Sect and engage in a battle to the death!
Both choices were not great. Even if he could meet with the Matriarch, the final outcome was still unknown.
Jiang Yi contemplated for 10 minutes before he let out a bitter smile and cupped his hands towards the Fifth Eldress. “I hope that Fifth Eldress will keep to her words. Come on then!”
“Alright. Be careful now!”
The Fifth Eldress’ hand gradually lit up with white light while she yelled out, “My strongest attack is the six-star dao pattern, Soul-Devouring Ice Dragon. It is a twin attack on both the physical body and soul spirit. If you are unable to break out in 15 minutes, you will definitely die!”
“Twin attack on both the physical body and soul spirit?”
Jiang Yi’s eyes contracted. As expected, this person was extraordinary. If not, she wouldn’t be an eldress in the Heaven Hidden Sect. This was the first time he heard of a twin attack on the physical body and soul spirit.
“Ha!”
Jiang Yi didn’t dare to be careless. He constantly released astral winds and condensed the astral wind blades while he retreated several miles and released the Thunder Fire Divine s.h.i.+eld. Within the Thunder Fire Divine s.h.i.+eld, he formed a thin layer of Astral Winds Divine s.h.i.+eld. He then controlled the 72 soul swords to envelop the main soul spirit before he roared out, “Come on!”
“Zha!”
The Fifth Eldress yelled out delicately and tipped off the ground lightly. She flew in the air and brandished her snow-white jade hands. The surrounding wind and snow swiftly gathered towards her. All the snowflakes in the ten-mile radius had drifted towards her, and her body had been covered by white snow while she condensed a sparkling and translucent ice dragon by her side.
Roar!
That ice dragon flew out after it was condensed and felt as though it had gotten alive. The pair of large eyes which were formed by the icy snow revealed prowess and killing intent. Jiang Yi and all the Heaven Hidden Sect’s disciples were trembling even though it wasn’t cold. That ma.s.sive body which was over 300 meters long contained formidable energy which was suffocating.
“Soul-Devouring Ice Dragon, go…”
The Fifth Eldress flew out from the ice dragon. Her delicate face was icy cold; her figure was graceful, and she floated like a fairy. The ice dragon under her feet let out a roar and flew towards Jiang Yi with prowess that felt apocalyptic.
“Come on!”
Jiang Yi’s eyes lit up like the stars at this moment, and his body stood there motionless. That ice dragon whizzed over quickly and engulfed him!
Boom! Boom!
Jiang Yi’s body was sent flying by the impact, and he had crashed into a mountain peak that was far away. The Fifth Eldress and all the Heaven Hidden Sect’s disciples had bright eyes as Jiang Yi had used the Astral Winds Divine s.h.i.+eld and the Thunder Fire Divine s.h.i.+eld to forcefully block the attack. His body might be in a bloodied mess, but he obviously didn’t suffer any grave injuries.
“This kid’s defense is rather tough. Let’s see if his soul spirit is able to hold on! Hurhur, my Soul-Devouring Ice Dragon’s most terrifying thing is the soul spirit attack!”
The Fifth Eldress let out a slight smile while her heart surged with a cheris.h.i.+ng feeling for talents. However, she didn’t make any move. Everyone had their own principles, and since Jiang Yi picked this path, his luck would decide his life or death.
“Uh…”
The Fifth Eldress’ attack was indeed very penetrative. When Jiang Yi noticed that his Astral Winds Divine s.h.i.+eld and Thunder Fire Divine s.h.i.+eld had held on, he didn’t bother about his body and put in all his concentration to control the soul swords to resist the soul spirit attack! Unknown energy entered his body and rushed straight for his soul spirit sea.
“Not good!”
He was extremely alarmed because… along with that bizarre energy that gushed into his body, there was a powerful cold air that a.s.saulted his body, instantly freezing his body and soul spirit. The 72 soul swords were also frozen, and he didn’t have any way to control the soul swords to defend his soul spirit.
Chi! Chi!
The bizarre energy entered his soul spirit sea effortlessly and turned into countless tiny needles that shot at his main soul spirit. Jiang Yi could clearly sense his soul spirit getting injured and was getting constantly attacked. If he allowed these tiny needles to attack as they pleased, his main soul spirit would crumble in less than 15 minutes!
“If you are unable to break out in 15 minutes, you will definitely die!”
Jiang Yi recalled Fifth Eldress’ words, and his heart had sunk for some reason. The Fifth Eldress was right. If he couldn’t expel the cold air from his body in 15 minutes, he would surely die.
The problem was—
This Soul-Devouring Ice Dragon’s cold air was ten times stronger than the Dwarf Race’s snow dragon’s cold air. Without any a.s.sistance from outside, Jiang Yi would never be able to expel the cold air.
His soul spirit was frozen, his body was frozen, and his essence force was frozen. If his entire body had turned into an ice sculpture, how was he going to expel the cold air?
Am I going to die?
A trace of despair welled up from the depths of Jiang Yi’s soul spirit. However, this despair was quickly replaced by unyielding reluctance. He roared in his heart: I cannot die. I still have a lot of things to do and a lot of people to protect. How can I, Jiang Yi, die in this place?
Cold air? How am I supposed to expel this cold air?
Jiang Yi’s mind was thinking at the speed which was 100 times faster. During the crucial moment of life and death, he had forced out all of his hidden potentials. If he couldn’t expel the cold air in 15 minutes, he would have to face death.
Cold Air? That’s right… icy snow dao pattern!
All of a sudden, his heart moved, and his soul spirit shuddered. If he wanted to expel the cold air, there was only one way and that was to comprehend the icy snow dao pattern in 15 minutes.