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The originally flawless, crystal-like Ice Crystal body was now like a damaged mirror, with missing parts and jagged cracks from Da Liang’s blow.

However, the Ice Immortal Demon was absorbing.

It was absorbing the chill of the Northern Cold Lake, absorbing the cold in the wind and snow, constantly repairing the damage to its body.

By the time the figure in front appeared within its field of vision, the Ice Immortal Demon had already mended most of the fine cracks on its body; only the fist-sized hole in the center of its abdomen still remained.

But no matter how you looked at it, its condition was much better than before, except...

From Fang Yu’s perspective, he could clearly see that the Ice Immortal Demon had only repaired its bodily injuries, while its blood bar hadn’t changed at all.

In other words, after taking that hit, the Ice Immortal Demon still lost exactly the amount of blood it should have; it had merely stabilized its combat strength so it could maintain a relatively intact battle state.

Staring at the fully on-guard Ice Immortal Demon, which was even fixated on him while slowly backing away, Fang Yu couldn’t help but lower his head and look at his own fist.

"Has the gap... already gotten this big?"

Back then, he had to fight for his life, activate High Demonization, keep triggering Tree Opening and gambling with his life just to beat this kind of opponent. Now... it was no longer a threat.

Although this Ice Immortal Demon was not that Ice Immortal Demon, and its combat methods weren’t the same, Fang Yu could still tangibly feel the huge increase in his strength along the way.

Sss sss sss——

Sliding!

Perhaps because Fang Yu was slightly distracted, giving the Ice Immortal Demon the wrong impression, the thing actually slid in on ice to attack again!

Yet Fang Yu’s choice was... to shed his Bone Armor.

White bone dust, like a great spray of gravel, scattered and drifted off Fang Yu’s body.

At the same time, the Ice Immortal Demon actually showed a human-like look of joy; its speed surged again, and the Ice Blade was about to slash down!

But...

Smack!!

Its vision blurred for a split second. While the Ice Immortal Demon was still in mid-charge, its neck was suddenly gripped by someone, its body halted, and from the inertia of the sprint, its legs lifted slightly off the ground, then...

Boom!!!

Fang Yu slammed the Ice Immortal Demon’s body heavily into the ground.

In the Ice Immortal Demon’s terrified eyes as it realized what was happening, Fang Yu bared his teeth in a grin.

And in the next instant...

Bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam!

Fists, fists, fists and still fists!

One punch after another, each faster than the last, his fists rained down crazily on the Ice Immortal Demon’s body like a storm.

Ice Crystal shattered, shards whirled, the snowy ground trembled.

Thick snow mist billowed up, shrouding the battlefield of the two.

-3275!

-3682!

-4409!

-5087!

-6599!

-8461!

-11432!

A string of damage numbers continuously popped up from the Ice Immortal Demon like a screen refresh, and as its Ice Crystal body shattered and broke apart, the damage kept climbing higher!

In just this short span, the Ice Immortal Demon’s Blood Volume was almost bottomed out.

Just as Fang Yu was preparing to finish it off with one final blow...

Bam!

Fang Yu’s fist met resistance.

-893!

As the damage dropped, Fang Yu also saw clearly that the Ice Immortal Demon had frozen itself into a solid lump of ice, sealing itself inside!

Fang Yu smiled. This trick, he was familiar with—this was the kind of move an Ice Immortal Demon should have!

As the chill surged in, this freezing power climbed up along Fang Yu’s fist, and in the blink of an eye froze half his arm, still spreading, about to seal Fang Yu inside as well!

Yet Fang Yu didn’t resist; instead he let this power cover his whole body, freezing him from head to toe along with the Ice Immortal Demon, completely sealed inside the same chunk of ice!

"Got caught?"

The wind and snow were already thinning, even Daoist Qing Yan’s web-like curtain had been withdrawn.

The one who spoke was none other than Old Demon Feng Yahu, who had some ’dealings’ with Fang Yu.

But Dongfang Aotian immediately followed up with a cold sneer.

"And here I thought he was something special. That’s it?"

Fatty Jia chuckled and said:

"I know this demon. It’s called an Ice Immortal Demon, usually found in The Land of Extreme Cold. As for Northern Cold Lake having this kind of demon, that I didn’t know."

"Though this demon is far inferior to those Great Demons with powerful bloodlines and great reputations, its freezing power is anything but ordinary."

"In extreme environments, its freezing power can even seal some experts far above its original level."

"Unfortunately, not every freezing demon has that level of Demon Bloodline ability. Only extremely special freezing demons, with bloodlines pure enough, possess this ability and can... fetch a good price."

"As for this one here..."

Fatty Jia didn’t continue, only shook his head slightly.

Just as he seemed to have expected, cracks started to spread with loud snaps across the massive ice block that had frozen the Ice Immortal Demon and Fang Yu together.

They hardly needed any further hint; they could already see Fang Yu inside the ice, his eyeballs moving, even winking in their direction, and then...

Boom!!!

The huge block of ice exploded on the spot, breaking into pieces!

Amid the flying shards, the Ice Immortal Demon rolled to the ground, sliding as it tried to turn and flee, only to be run through on the spot by Fang Yu’s Demon Sword.

"Die!"

With a slight exertion of strength, the Ice Immortal Demon’s body was cleaved cleanly in two! Its blood bar was completely emptied, and it fell silent on the spot.

Fang Yu sheathed his sword, letting the bloodline agitation brought by the Blood Drying Sword slowly subside.

[Ice Immortal Demon: 0/80000.]

[System Prompt: Congratulations to the Player for killing [Ice Immortal Demon], gaining 4000 Experience Points.]

[System Prompt: Experience Points have exceeded 100 and are converted into a total of 40 attribute points.]

For some reason, even though he had clearly killed an Ice Immortal Demon whose Blood Volume was higher and whose combat strength was greater than the one back in Tianyuan Town, Fang Yu felt that this Ice Immortal Demon still seemed inferior to that one in Tianyuan Town.

That suffocating freezing force from back then, the terrifying, oppressive feeling of being unable to move even when he fought with everything he had, and the dreadful killing power that could shatter a person along with the ice into bloody pulp with a single slap after freezing.

The difference was quite obvious. Even with his current growth in strength, he could still feel that the Ice Immortal Demon in Tianyuan Town and this eighty-thousand-blood Ice Immortal Demon in Northern Cold Lake were on completely different levels.

Could this be what they call... "Lan Yuhe certified, guaranteed premium"??

"Such a waste, such a waste. Even with an impure bloodline, there are still people willing to pay for an Ice Immortal Demon like this."

Fatty Jia sighed.

But obviously, the price wouldn’t be very high, or he wouldn’t react so mildly.

"Diao, since the demon’s been dealt with, hurry back to the team. The Bone-Scraping Wind may have passed for now, but it’s only temporary. If we don’t leave this area quickly, we’ll run into it again sooner or later."

Since even Daoist Qing Yan was urging, Fang Yu naturally hurried back.

Returning to the group, Fang Yu clearly felt that some people’s gazes towards him had changed quite a bit.

Old Demon Feng Yahu seemed more willing to stay a little closer to his side; this demon, not knowing she herself was a demon, seemed rather oblivious.

Guan Anxuan, who’d been cold toward him the whole way, now sent him a friendly smile, as if trying to build a bit of goodwill.

There was no need to say much about Dongfang Aotian—his eyes were cold and full of hostility—while Fatty Jia clasped his fists with a cheerful smile.

Luo Jianqing hadn’t looked Fang Yu’s way from start to finish, but at least this man’s aloofness was consistent; he treated everyone equally that way, so Fang Yu didn’t feel it was a problem.

"Hyah!"

Mounting up, the team set out once more.

With the whole group galloping at full speed, they quickly crossed the windy, snowy region of Northern Cold Lake.

Continuing forward, the weather ahead was visibly warmer, and the sunlight felt pleasantly mild; it was hard to imagine how, under such conditions, Northern Cold Lake could form such a special environment of extreme cold and maintain it.

"Up ahead is the final natural barrier, called Luofeng Valley. Once we pass Luofeng Valley, we’ll find a place to rest for the night. Tomorrow morning, we’ll head to the Land of Gathering Evil!"

Whatever Daoist Qing Yan said, everyone naturally followed.

But with the last natural barrier coming so soon, Fang Yu couldn’t help feeling rather nervous.

Since the previous two barriers had both been quite deadly, he had no idea what kind of trials Luofeng Valley had waiting for them.