122: Chapter 122 Basic Operations

Upon entering, Lin Fan stopped in his tracks.

The cave was not completely empty.

More than a dozen eerie blue eyes lit up in the darkness.

They were a group of humanoid creatures made entirely of ice and snow, with translucent bodies and sharp ice spikes in their hands.

The Snow Spirit Clan.

"Yo, isn't this the legendary human race?"

The leader of the Snow Spirit Clan stood three meters tall, its aura reaching the early stage of the Domain King Realm. It sat on a large rock, toying with a human skull in its hand while sizing up Lin Fan and Wang Linlin.

"Kill the male, keep the female. As for the storage rings on your bodies, hand them all over."

The leader casually tossed the skull onto the ground, shattering it into pieces.

The surrounding Snow Spirit Clan minions let out strange laughs as they slowly surrounded them.

"Robbery?"

Lin Fan raised an eyebrow, found a clean rock to sit on, and even took out a cigarette and lit it.

"Did you not check the almanac before going out today?"

"Cut the crap!"

Seeing Lin Fan so calm, the leader was consumed by rage. "In the No. 17 Battlefield, my Snow Spirit Clan is the law! Attack! Chop them up and feed them to the ice wolves!"

"Kill!!"

More than a dozen Snow Spirit Clan minions roared and lunged forward, the ice spikes in their hands glinting with a cold light.

Wang Linlin's face turned deathly pale with fear, and she subconsciously hugged the fuxi zither in her arms tighter.

"So noisy."

Lin Fan blew out a puff of smoke.

He simply snapped his fingers lightly.

"Snap."

The crisp sound echoed throughout the cave.

The next second.

An unimaginably terrifying aura of imperial might erupted from Lin Fan as the center!

That was the domain of the Earth Sovereign!

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The dozen or so Snow Spirit Clan minions that had lunged into mid-air were crushed by an invisible hand.

Before they could even let out a scream, their bodies instantly disintegrated, turning into crystalline snowflakes that drifted down in a flurry.

The cave, which had been filled with murderous intent just a moment ago, fell silent.

"This... this..."

The Snow Spirit Clan leader sitting on the rock froze, its twisted grin stuck in place.

Its eyes were about to pop out of their sockets, and it was trembling all over.

In an instant!

A dozen clansmen were all gone?!

"Who... who are you?!"

The leader tried to stand up in terror, only to find its legs heavy and completely unable to move.

"Who I am doesn't matter."

Lin Fan flicked the ash from his cigarette, his gaze indifferent. "What matters is, which hand did you want to use to kill me just now?"

"I... I..."

The leader stammered incoherently.

"Since you won't say, then don't keep either of them."

Lin Fan's expression darkened.

"Pfft!!"

An invisible blade of energy swept past.

The Snow Spirit Clan leader's right arm was severed at the root, and blue icy blood gushed out.

"Ah—!!"

A shrill scream echoed through the cave.

The leader clutched its severed arm, rolling on the ground in pain, looking at Lin Fan in terror.

"Shut up."

Lin Fan coldly spat out two words.

The screaming stopped. The leader gritted its teeth tightly; even though it was sweating profusely from the pain, it dared not make another sound.

"Now, I ask, you answer."

Lin Fan walked over and stepped on its chest. "Where is the Undying Mountain? Draw me the shortest route."

"It's... it's to the north..."

The leader trembled and used its remaining left hand to draw a simple map on the ground. "That is a forbidden zone of life... My Lord, you cannot go there..."

"That is none of your concern."

Lin Fan glanced at the map and memorized it.

"Get lost."

Lin Fan withdrew his foot.

The Snow Spirit Clan leader acted as if it had been granted amnesty, scrambling out of the cave, not daring to even leave a threat behind.

"Master, you are so amazing!"

Wang Linlin looked at Lin Fan with adoration, her eyes sparkling like stars.

"Basic operation."

Lin Fan ruffled her hair. "Are you rested? Let's go."

Half a month later.

The two finally arrived at the destination marked on the map.

"Hiss—"

Looking at the scene before him, even Lin Fan couldn't help but gasp.

A mountain of ice, so huge it was indescribable, stood between heaven and earth.

It did not undulate like ordinary mountain ranges but presented a perfect pyramid shape. It was entirely composed of hundreds of millions of years of profound ice, reflecting a metallic luster under the faint light.

Towering into the clouds, it pierced straight into the sky.

This was the Undying Mountain!

The greatest forbidden zone in the No. 17 Battlefield, a place where it was said even Sages dared not penetrate deep!

"What... what a huge piece of ice."

Wang Linlin tilted her head back until her neck felt sore.

"Let's go, let's find her."

Lin Fan took a deep breath and took out a jade talisman.

It was the token left by the Sage of the Zither, Qin Saint, and also the key to finding Lu Tingting.

"Hum—!!"

As soon as they approached the ice mountain, the jade talisman emitted a dazzling light, pointing to a corner of the ice mountain.

"Over there!"

Lin Fan took Wang Linlin and, braving the biting cold wind, rushed quickly in that direction.

The closer they got to the ice mountain, the stronger the suppression of the rules became.

Lin Fan felt as if he were carrying a hundred thousand mountains on his back, and every step consumed a massive amount of origin energy.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Wang Linlin's face was even paler, and she was practically hanging onto Lin Fan.

"We're here!"

Lin Fan stopped.

This was a sheer cliff at the foot of the ice mountain.

The light of the jade talisman reached its peak here, and it even began to heat up slightly.

"It's right underneath this!"

Lin Fan looked at the ice layer beneath his feet, which was several thousand meters thick.

"Dig!"

"Clang!!"

The great xia dragon sparrow was unsheathed.

Lin Fan did not hesitate, turning into a golden drill as he thrust it fiercely into the ice layer.

"Boom!!"

Ice chips flew everywhere.

This ice layer was as hard as refined gold, but in the face of the sharpness of the great xia dragon sparrow, it was like cutting tofu.

One hundred meters... five hundred meters... one thousand meters!

Lin Fan had drilled his entire body deep into the ice layer.

Finally.

After descending three thousand meters.

"Dang—!!"

A crisp metallic clanging sound rang out.

Lin Fan felt his hand go numb, and he almost dropped the great xia dragon sparrow.

"Did I hit it?!"

Lin Fan looked closely.

He saw a huge ice cave appear in front of him.

In the center of the ice cave floated a crystal-clear ice coffin. The ice coffin radiated an extremely cold aura, and even the space around it was frozen.

Inside the ice coffin, a woman dressed in white lay quietly.

Her face was cold and aloof, her features as beautiful as a painting.

Even with her eyes closed, she still appeared noble.

Lu Tingting!

The eldest disciple of the Sage of the Zither, Qin Saint!

"Senior Sister!!"

Seeing that familiar face, Wang Linlin's tears welled up, and she rushed forward regardless of anything else.

"Don't move!!"

Lin Fan shouted loudly and grabbed her.

"There is a restriction on this ice coffin; touching it will kill you!!"

Lin Fan activated the Bright Heart Dharma Eye, looking at the dense array patterns around the ice coffin, his scalp tingling.

"Then what should we do?"

Wang Linlin stamped her feet in anxiety.

"I'll do it."

Lin Fan took a deep breath, circulated the Dragon Blood Hegemon Body Art, and covered his hands with a layer of golden dragon scales.

"Rise!!"

He supported the bottom of the ice coffin with both hands and let out a roar.

"Rumble—!!"

The entire ice cave shook violently.

That ice coffin, which had been sleeping for a thousand years, slowly rose under Lin Fan's monstrous strength.

"It worked!"

Lin Fan was overjoyed and was just about to leave with the ice coffin.

Just at this moment.

"Hehehe..."

A cold, sinister laugh suddenly came from above.

"Human brat, thank you for helping us find Lu Tingting!"