115: Chapter 115 Second-Tier Ice Armor Beast

Li Qing fought with increasing ferocity, pushing his Five Elements Art to the limit. Every time he swung his Golden Blade Slash, it carried earth-shattering power.

He suddenly seized an opening, his Golden Blade Slash cleaving through the youth's spiritual shield. Immediately after, a thunderball formed from a High Grade offensive Talisman slammed into the youth's chest.

"Boom!"

The youth spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward, crashing heavily into the snow, his life or death unknown.

The remaining few Houtu Sect Disciples were completely panicked and turned to run.

But how could Li Qing give them a chance?

His Flying Sword followed like a shadow, instantly piercing through a Disciple's back.

The Soul-Devouring Needle shot out again, reaping the Divine Soul of another Disciple.

In just three minutes, all seven elite Disciples of the Houtu Sect had fallen into the snow, becoming Li Qing's spoils of war.

Li Qing caught his breath and wiped the blood from his face, secretly feeling fortunate: "Fortunately, this Five Elements Art is powerful enough; otherwise, such a high-intensity battle would have been quite strenuous."

After collecting the Storage Pouches of the Houtu Sect Disciples, Li Qing cast his gaze toward the Ice Platform once more.

After the battle just now, the other Sect Disciples nearby dared not stare at him anymore; one by one, they scattered to find their own targets.

Only a few people remained unwilling to leave, still thinking about picking up scraps!

Li Qing didn't care and continued walking toward the Ice Platform.

There were over a dozen mysterious ice flowers growing on the Ice Platform, emitting rich Spiritual Qi, making the surrounding air thick because of them.

However, beside these mysterious ice flowers, a Second-Stage Early Stage Ice Armor Beast was guarding them.

Li Qing finally understood why so many people were here, surrounding but not attacking!

But this Second-Stage Early Stage Ice Armor Beast was equivalent to a Foundation Establishment Early Stage expert; it would not be easy to deal with.

Li Qing frowned and began to calculate in his mind.

He now had the Iron Corpse, a First-Stage Perfection helper, and although he lacked the Red-tailed Fox, he was not just an ordinary Qi Refining Perfection Cultivator.

Theoretically, he had the strength for a battle.

"Fight it is."

Li Qing gritted his teeth, took a Formation Plate out of his Storage Pouch—a High Grade defensive Formation—and set it up on one side of the Ice Platform.

He prepared to lure the Ice Armor Beast into the Formation.

Li Qing drank a drop of spirit dew, replenishing the spiritual power in his Dantian.

After finishing all this, Li Qing took a deep breath, gripped the Golden Blade Slash in his hand, and his gaze became incredibly determined.

He walked slowly toward the Ice Platform.

The thousand-year mysterious ice flower, he was determined to get it!

The icy air, wrapped in the crisp scent of the mysterious ice flower, rushed at him. With every step he took, the ice under his feet made a faint "crack" sound.

The Ice Armor Beast quickly noticed the movement, its blood-red eyes suddenly locking onto Li Qing. A low roar came from its throat, and it scraped its front claws twice on the ice, gouging out two deep grooves, clearly regarding Li Qing as an intruder.

Li Qing didn't rush to act; he slowly walked to the edge of the Formation, stopped, and deliberately waved the High Grade lightning Talisman in his hand at the Ice Armor Beast, pretending to attack.

The Ice Armor Beast was enraged and suddenly took large strides, its heavy ice armor slamming against the ice surface with a "thud-thud" sound. It charged toward Li Qing, an ice-blue ball of light gathering on its single horn, clearly intending to cast an ice-type Spell.

"Now!"

Li Qing's heart jolted; he suddenly sidestepped and ducked into the range of the defensive Formation.

The Ice Armor Beast charged into the Formation, and instantly, all the runes on the Formation lit up. Piercing cold air surged in from all directions, wrapping around the Ice Armor Beast's limbs. Suddenly, dense ice spikes rose from the ice surface, stabbing into the gaps of its ice armor. The originally slippery ice surface instantly became muddy, and the Ice Armor Beast's movements slowed down significantly.

"Roar!"

The Ice Armor Beast felt the pain and let out an angry roar, violently shaking its head as the ice-blue light ball on its horn smashed toward Li Qing.

Li Qing was prepared and commanded the Iron Corpse to step forward. The Iron Corpse blocked it head-on, and with a "bang," the ice ball slammed into the Iron Corpse and exploded instantly. Ice shards scattered everywhere, and although the Iron Corpse swayed, it didn't retreat a single step.

"Good opportunity!"

Li Qing's eyes narrowed, he circulated the Five Elements Art, poured all his spiritual power into the flowing cloud sword, and it flew toward the Ice Armor Beast's eyes.

The Ice Armor Beast's eyes were its weakness. Earlier, while sliding on the ice, it had been using its eyes to watch its surroundings, but now that its movements were restricted by the Formation, it couldn't dodge this attack at all.

But just as the sword blade was about to touch its eyes, the Ice Armor Beast suddenly lowered its head and used the single horn on its forehead to strike the flowing cloud sword.

With a crisp "clang," a large piece of the ice spikes on the ice armor was cleaved off, revealing the cold-glinting beast bone inside.

"Good fellow, the ice armor is tough enough."

Li Qing thought to himself, twisted his wrist, and the Rending Sky Sword circled to the Ice Armor Beast's flank, slashing down with another sword strike.

The Five Elements spiritual power broke through the ice armor and stabbed into its flesh. The Ice Armor Beast felt the pain and twisted its body frantically, trying to shake off the Flying Sword, while simultaneously raising its front claws and swatting fiercely at Li Qing.

Li Qing was prepared; he tapped his toes on the ice, floated three meters backward, and simultaneously threw two High Grade fire Talismans from his Storage Pouch. "Boom! Boom!" Both fire Talismans exploded, igniting a raging fire. The flames licked at the Ice Armor Beast's ice armor, instantly melting a large patch and emitting billowing white steam.

Ice-type Yao Beasts fear fire the most, and this move was effective.

The Ice Armor Beast howled in pain, its movements becoming even more manic as it rampaged toward Li Qing. The ice spikes in the Formation were knocked askew by it, and the runes began to dim.

"Iron Corpse, go! Entangle its legs!" Li Qing shouted.

The Iron Corpse received the command and lunged forward, wrapping its arms tightly around the Ice Armor Beast's hind legs. No matter how the Ice Armor Beast shook or kicked, it wouldn't let go.

With its hind legs entangled, the Ice Armor Beast slowed down even more. It could only use its front claws to strike the Iron Corpse. The Iron Corpse's arms were dented by the strikes but quickly recovered, still holding on tightly.

Li Qing seized this gap and quickly circulated the Five Elements Art.

"Now!"

Li Qing leaped up, and the Golden Blade Slash accurately struck the position where the Ice Armor Beast's single horn connected to its forehead—that was the weakest part of its entire body.

"Puchi!"

The Golden Blade broke through the ice armor directly, stabbed into its skull, and exploded inside its body. Accompanied by a shrill scream, the Ice Armor Beast's massive body trembled violently, then fell straight down, crashing heavily onto the ice, shaking up a cloud of ice shards, and then it had no more movement.

After landing, Li Qing stumbled, quickly steadied himself against a nearby ice rock, and gasped for breath. His clothes were soaked with sweat, and when the cold wind blew, he shivered uncontrollably.

The Iron Corpse also let go of the Ice Armor Beast's legs and stood to the side, still in that lifeless state.

Li Qing recovered for a while before walking to the Ice Armor Beast's corpse. He raised his hand to touch its single horn; this horn was the core Material of a Second-Stage Yao Beast and could be refined into a top-tier ice-type Treasure Artifact, even better than a peak-grade Magical Artifact.

Having dealt with the Ice Armor Beast, Li Qing could finally rest easy and go pick the mysterious ice flowers.

He walked to the center of the Ice Platform and carefully reached out his hand to first pluck a mysterious ice flower from the very edge. The petals were ice-cold to the touch but not piercing, and the spiritual light in the core drilled into his body through his fingertips, making him feel so comfortable that he almost groaned out loud.

He put the mysterious ice flower into a jade box specially designed for storing spiritual plants and then proceeded to pluck the rest one by one.

There were over a dozen mysterious ice flowers, and each one he plucked was put into the jade box.

The few Cultivators who were crouching in the ice crevices watching were wide-eyed, each clenching their fists, but no one dared to step forward.

They could all see that Li Qing had just finished a tough battle and must be exhausted of spiritual power by now, but even so, they didn't have the guts to rob him.

After all, they had all seen the ruthlessness with which Li Qing had dealt with the Houtu Sect just now; if they really rushed up, they feared they wouldn't even know how they died.