31: The Frozen Poison Master! Ning Yudie's gaze.

Mo Yanqi was solidified within the Ice Crystal Lotus, his expression of extreme horror frozen for eternity.

That ice lotus, blooming instantly from the Law of extreme cold, was crystal clear and emitted an ancient, unmelting chill, freezing the Void Tribulation Realm Peak Poison Venerable along with his dissipating poisonous miasma and splattered toxic blood!

Time seemed to stop at this moment, with only the sound of tiny ice crystals growing inside the lotus, sounding like the whispers of the god of death.

"Medicine King Valley's hand... has reached out too far."

Beneath the water mist, a voice as cold as an ice spring rang out softly, without a hint of emotion, yet it caused the very space to freeze.

Jiang Linfeng's pupils suddenly contracted! His prepared fatal blow was forcibly halted, and the vast Star Chaos power surged and roared within his body, nearly bursting through his Meridians! He stared fixedly at the figure shrouded in water mist, waves of shock crashing in his heart!

The timing, angle, and power of her strike... were terrifyingly precise! The Law of ice that instantly froze a Void Tribulation Peak expert was far more pure and horrific than Ning Yudie's!

Even more terrifying was the aura she emitted, as vast as a sea of stars and as cold as moonlight, which faintly resonated with this Star Brilliance blessed land!

Was she... friend or foe?!

The mysterious woman beneath the water mist paid no heed to Jiang Linfeng's gaze, which was as sharp as a blade. Her eyes, brilliant as star gems, calmly swept over the frozen Mo Yanqi as if merely brushing away a speck of dust.

Her gaze finally fell back on Jiang Linfeng, or more accurately, on the infant in his arms who radiated pure starlight—Jiang Xingyu.

"Star Dao Body... Chaos Source Spirit..." Beneath the water mist, her red lips moved imperceptibly, her voice audible only to herself. "And... a fragment of the medicine king token... to be able to draw in such pure Zhou Tian Star Power... this child... this child..." Deep within her star-like eyes, that ripple surfaced again, carrying a hint of inquiry and... an indescribable shock.

Just then!

"Ka... Kacha—!"

An extremely faint yet heart-palpitating cracking sound came from within the giant ice lotus freezing Mo Yanqi!

In the center of the ice lotus, at the brow of the frozen, withered Mo Yanqi, an extremely thin crack emitting an ominous dark purple light was slowly spreading like a living thing!

Deep within the crack, an aura far more sinister and violent than before—as if condensing all the malice and curses of an eternal Pill Furnace—was awakening like a dormant poisonous Dragon!

"Not good!" An alarm blared in Jiang Linfeng's heart! His Source Spirit Body gave a frantic warning! This old poison-user actually had such a terrifying life-saving trump card?!

"Jie jie jie... Junior... my Myriad Poison Pill Heart... is not so easily..."

Mo Yanqi's frozen Divine Soul emitted a wave of extremely venomous intent, and the dark purple crack instantly expanded!

The entire ice lotus shook violently, and countless spiderweb-like cracks appeared on its surface! Terrifying poison gas mixed with destructive energy was about to explode!

Once it detonated, it would be enough to completely defile and annihilate the entire Qingyun Ruins along with Jiang Linfeng's family!

"Hmph! A deathbed struggle!" The mysterious woman under the water mist snorted coldly, a chill flashing through her brilliant star-eyes.

She raised her jade finger again, and a point of even more condensed ice-blue light, which seemed capable of freezing the Origin of time and space, instantly gathered! She was about to utterly crush this tumor!

However, at the critical moment when the light at her fingertip was about to be released—

Buzz!

A bone-chilling yet strangely burning will, as if crossing infinite Void Realm, descended precisely upon the about-to-burst ice lotus!

This will... did not belong to the woman in the mist! Nor did it belong to Jiang Linfeng!

It... came from beyond the heavens!

"Hmm?!" The light at the mist woman's fingertip paused slightly, and her star-like eyes snapped toward a certain point in the Void Realm with a hint of solemnity.

That will was formless and intangible, yet it carried absolute cold and control! It wasn't an attack, but... a higher level of "freezing"! An absolute control over "freezing" itself!

Kacha! Kacha! Kacha—!

Under everyone's horrified gazes, the ice lotus that was about to explode, along with the dark purple cracks spreading frantically on Mo Yanqi's brow and the terrifying poison explosion energy brewing within... was forcibly "pressed" back by this will!

It was like time reversing! The cracks closed! The restless poison gas was completely frozen by a deeper, more deathly Law of ice! Even Mo Yanqi's last trace of venomous Divine Soul fluctuation was frozen into an eternal ice sculpture!

The entire ice lotus instantly became crystal clear, without a single flaw or trace of life! It was like a flawless piece of ten-thousand-year-old black ice art!

This... was not a crushing of power! This was... absolute suppression at the level of Law! It was the supreme mastery of the Dao of Ice!

"Ice Soul... Divine Intent?!" The mysterious woman under the mist murmured in a lost voice, true shock appearing in her star-like eyes for the first time!

She suddenly looked up toward the depths of the infinite Void Realm, as if trying to pierce through layers of barriers to see the source of that will!

Is it her?! She actually... came too?! And... she intervened?!

Jiang Linfeng also felt that will! It was aloof! Carrying a... familiar yet strange throb!

Is it... Ning Yudie?! Hadn't she left?! This will... was even purer and more... domineering than when they fought before! She... was watching from the shadows?! And... she helped him?!

An indescribable wave of complex emotions instantly surged into Jiang Linfeng's heart. Friend? Foe? Or... did she have other motives?

The woman in the mist also seemed to realize something. Her brilliant star-eyes took a deep look at the Void Realm, then turned to Jiang Linfeng. A meaningful curve seemed to appear at the corners of her mouth beneath the mist.

She didn't strike again. Her figure swayed slightly in the hazy mist, looking as if she would dissipate at any moment.

"Jiang Linfeng..." The cold voice rang out again, carrying a hint of inquiry, "Protect your son well... Medicine King Valley... will not let this rest. We... will meet again."

Before her voice faded, the water mist suddenly surged. Her figure seemed to melt into the moonlight, fading and vanishing without a sound. Only a faint, cold scent of moonlight remained, along with... that giant ice lotus perfectly freezing Mo Yanqi.

The crisis... seemed temporarily averted?

But Jiang Linfeng's heart sank. The threat of Medicine King Valley was like a sword hanging over his head! The mystery and power of the mist woman! And... Ning Yudie's cold yet strangely burning gaze across the Void Realm... He looked down at his son in his arms, who had stopped crying at some point and was opening those big eyes that contained a galaxy, curiously "looking" at the beautiful ice lotus.

"Xingyu..." Jiang Linfeng's voice was low and firm, "Father is here."

He looked up, his gaze sweeping over the messy ruins and the terrified crowd, finally landing on the ice lotus emitting a deadly chill.

"reporting to the Sect Master!" His voice was like cold iron, shattering the dead silence!

"Sub... Subordinate is here!" Chen Qingyang woke up from his extreme shock and rushed over, crawling and stumbling, his voice trembling. The terrifying, rapidly changing confrontation just now had long since exceeded his understanding!

"Take this block of ice... and stand it outside the mountain gate!" Jiang Linfeng pointed at the ice lotus, every word carrying bone-chilling killing intent. "Tell those rats lurking at the bottom of the mountain—"

His gaze was like lightning, piercing through the night, as if seeing the messengers of various sects hidden below:

"—Those who offend my Qingyun! Those who covet my son! This scoundrel... shall be your fate!"