Chapter 558 - 242: Hundred Meters
Finally, he reached the seventy-meter mark.
The last time he was here, he had been forced to stop. In the end, he had absorbed a breath of the Ultimate Yin Primordial Power and was frozen solid for half a year as a result.
This time, however, he stood in the same spot without a trace of cold on his entire body.
The surroundings had long since become a world of ice and snow. Blue frost glittered across the walls as gusts of cold wind swept past.
Qin Fang paused for only a moment before stepping forward into the eighty-meter zone.
As expected, the temperature plummeted again.
And yet, Qin Fang still felt no cold... His Profound Nether Nature seemed even colder than this place.
’My Profound Nether Nature is already at the Eternal Freeze Level,’ he thought. ’This eighty-meter mark feels like it’s somewhere between Profound Ice and Eternal Freeze.’
Qin Fang took a moment to feel it out.
Ahead, the blue mist was denser, even condensing into specks of faint blue light that twinkled like stars.
But it seemed there was nothing in this area.
He continued forward, rounded a bend, and then stopped dead in his tracks...
Because after rounding the bend at the eighty-meter mark, he saw a passage leading straight down!
It was like a giant slide, surrounded by resplendent, faint blue light. Shrouded in blue mist, the slide, covered in hard blue ice, plunged into the haze and disappeared from view...
The sight sent a chill to the heart.
Qin Fang subconsciously used his Divine Sense, but the result... was that his Divine Sense couldn’t ’see through’ the blue mist here at all.
But one thing was certain... The slide extended downward, and even at the two-hundred-meter mark, it still hadn’t reached its end.
Qin Fang recalled his path since entering the cave, his eyes narrowing slightly.
’Could it be... this slide leads all the way to the deepest part of Old Ox Back Mountain’s belly?’
Qin Fang thought for a moment, then his body floated up and he moved forward.
Ninety meters!
Silence reigned as the temperature dropped sharply. Qin Fang heard his Abyss Water Armor begin to tremble slightly.
...The temperature here was already cold enough to cause some damage to the Abyss Water Armor, which was condensed from True Gang.
But it wasn’t a major problem. Qin Fang himself didn’t feel the cold.
So he continued forward.
One hundred meters!
As he reached the one-hundred-meter mark, the temperature plummeted again!
Instantly, with a series of CRACKING sounds, the structure of his Abyss Water Armor began to break down... as if it were being frozen solid and shattered, it started to crumble!
But with a mere thought from Qin Fang, Profound Nether True Gang surged into it, reconstructing the Abyss Water Armor.
A relative equilibrium was immediately maintained.
’Only a hundred meters in... and the temperature is already so low that even I can barely withstand it?’
Qin Fang was somewhat shocked.
He himself possessed a Profound Nether Nature, and an Eternal Freeze Level one at that!
Yet at the one-hundred-meter mark, his Abyss Water Armor, condensed from True Gang, was already starting to shatter.
...In that case, just from the chill alone, even Yue Shan would probably find it difficult to endure this place!
The yellow True Gang on the surface of his body had astonishing defense and unparalleled offensive power.
But Qin Fang didn’t believe his ’Kunyuan Nature’ Level had surpassed ’Eternal Freeze’.
Even his Body Protection True Gang, infused with the power of his ’Eternal Freeze’ Nature, couldn’t withstand the cold here. How could Yue Shan?
He feared that if Yue Shan were to enter, getting back out would be extremely difficult...
...Of course, that was assuming his opponent’s Cultivation was on par with his own, merely at the Condensing Realm.
Growing ever more shocked by the situation in Old Ox Back, he continued forward.
But as he reached the end of the hundred-meter stretch, a look of astonishment appeared on Qin Fang’s face.
Because ahead, a jade platform had appeared.
And upon that platform rested a faint blue Jade Scroll!
A Jade Scroll?
This...
For a moment, Qin Fang’s gaze was locked on the Jade Scroll.
...He was certain now!
This Cold Cave in Old Ox Back was definitely man-made!
Otherwise, how could he explain this Jade Scroll?
...At a glance, it was clearly a Jade Scroll for some kind of Root Skill or Leaf Skill!
Appearing at the hundred-meter mark...
His eyes flashed. After a moment’s thought, a light flickered on his body and his Mind-Residing Avatar appeared.
Qin Fang wanted to use the Mind-Residing Avatar to touch the object.
But who would have thought that the moment the avatar appeared, a series of CRACKING sounds could be heard, and the next instant...
BANG!~
The avatar exploded on the spot.
Qin Fang was momentarily stunned.
Then he face-palmed, speechless...
...He had forgotten. This Mind-Residing Avatar had zero combat power; it could only fly.
In this place, even his Abyss Water Armor was being frozen and shattered. What chance did a powerless avatar have?
Even though it was condensed from Qin Fang’s True Gang, its simple structure meant it couldn’t withstand any significant impact.
Naturally, it couldn’t endure the cold either, so it crumbled instantly.
...It seemed he couldn’t expect the avatar to be of much use in the short term.
’At the very least, it’ll only be somewhat useful after I reach the Fifth Layer and it possesses over forty percent of my main body’s combat power.’
Qin Fang thought to himself.
But the avatar’s strength was based on the main body’s combat power.
Imagine if the current Qin Fang were as strong as Da Yu... then even just ten percent of his combat power would probably be enough to crush the Ji Ai Old Ghost who had pursued him that day.
...If the ’material’ was strong enough, then even with a simple structure, its very composition would ensure it wouldn’t shatter easily.
Watching the avatar crumble and then dissipate into the air, Qin Fang shook his head.
It couldn’t be helped. It seemed he had to take the risk himself.
’...But judging from the first two treasures, the main danger in Old Ox Back is actually this Profound Nether Cold Qi. The things placed alongside it are genuine treasures.’
Qin Fang thought, his eyes flickering slightly.
With that in mind, he simply walked over and reached out to take the blue Jade Scroll.
The entire Jade Scroll was a faint blue, as if shimmering with starlight. Its material was clearly extraordinary.
As expected, when it landed in his hand, everything remained calm. No strange reaction was triggered.
Qin Fang’s eyes flashed.
...What could be inside this Jade Scroll?
He was curious.
But he didn’t rashly inspect its contents right away.
...This place wasn’t exactly safe.
He turned his head to glance at the area deeper down the ’slide’, a thoughtful look in his eyes.
’At this position, the Abyss Water Armor is already struggling to hold on. If I go down further, it will probably shatter completely. It might not be fatal... but there’s not much point.’
A treasure had just appeared, so it was highly unlikely there would be another one in the next section.
Going another ten meters forward would be pointless.
Thinking this, Qin Fang simply turned around.
He was going to leave the Cold Cave and see what was inside this obviously extraordinary Jade Scroll.