HCB Chapter 190 Landmark
Chapter 190 Landmark
"Who dares to harm my son!" With a furious shout, a figure with a wingspan of over a hundred meters charged forward, carrying a sharp killing intent.
Ning Xiaoxi flipped over and stood at the edge of the formation, looking up at the enormous figure above her through the formation. She shook her hand, and the remaining demon core powder in her palm floated lightly into the formation.
"Little Celestial Master, you're courting death!" Two green snakes flew in from afar, their enormous figures flapping their wings, their demonic aura almost tangible, closely following the two green snakes as they attacked.
Ning Xiaoxi raised her Spirit Crystal Heart defensive shield and unleashed the Yin-Yang splitting Heaven-Opening Fist, striking the two green snakes. The snakes continuously absorbed their life force and spiritual power, which flowed back into Ning Xiaoxi. As if she had taken a powerful tonic, Ning Xiaoxi's Spirit Crystal Heart defensive shield suddenly expanded to a range of ten meters, directly blocking the demonic energy behind her.
As the enormous figure entered the array's range, he placed his hands on the edge of the array, channeled his spiritual energy, and activated the array.
A buzzing sound rang out, and an enormous cage appeared in mid-air, locking up all living beings within the array's range, covering a radius of two hundred meters.
The descendant of Xuanming awoke with a start and turned to leave the array's range, only to be blocked by the cage. Then, the second layer of the cage, radiating golden light, forced the descendant back, its golden bars bristling with thorn-like spikes, their sharpness fully revealed.
Ning Xiaoxi dared not leave the formation, continuously channeling spiritual energy.
The bars of the third cage suddenly shot up from the ground, brushing against the wings of the Xuanming Descendant, tearing away several feathers from its body. The black cage bars, carrying an eerie deathly aura, absorbed the demonic energy emanating from the Xuanming Descendant, forcing it to contract its demonic energy and retreat. Just as it took two steps back, red bars appeared out of thin air, igniting the downy feathers clinging to its body where the fallen feathers had been.
Ning Xiaoxi's body surged with spiritual energy, and the scales on her body were activated by the spiritual energy, shimmering with iridescent light, connecting with the aurora in the sky, causing the space to shift.
The fifth-level white railing, carrying fragments of space, sliced through the two green snakes that had fallen to protect their master, and shredded one of their wings that hadn't had time to retract.
A piercing scream rang out as the six-tiered, five-colored railing pierced its body, absorbing its demonic energy and immobilizing its demon core. Golden spirit crystal sand shot out from the ground like a volley of arrows, piercing through its body.
With all six layers of cages exerting their power simultaneously, Ning Xiaoxi felt as if her spiritual veins had been completely drained.
Five-colored light burst forth, a rainbow bridge spanned the void, and amidst the shifting light and shadow, a cloud of red blood mist erupted within the cage, feathers fluttered down, and a demon core as transparent as crystal rolled away.
Exhausted, Ning Xiaoxi sat in the shadows, panting.
That's all, right?
[To be able to raise a being beyond the beginner level after thousands of years of effort—no wonder it's said to be a descendant of gods.]
[If this whole operation is wiped out, then the lineage is broken, right?]
[Leave some that haven't reached the final form; once you take the Source of the North Pole, they will naturally lose any chance of becoming demons.]
Ning Xiaoxi caught her breath and stood up to examine the formation. [It looks quite stable; it didn't suffer any damage even after eliminating someone beyond the initial level.]
[You've enhanced it with spirit crystal sand and drawn upon the aurora borealis; the power of space is not something a single demon can withstand.]
[So, we'll just place this formation here?]
Without spiritual energy, the formation will not activate. If a demon accidentally triggers it, then it deserves it.
Okay, that's settled then.
Ning Xiaoxi took out the Spirit Gathering Grass juice from her bosom and started drawing again, working hard.
[Spatial teleportation? You want to go home again?]
I won't be going back today; I'm just leaving this here as a landmark for future reference.
Ning Xiaoxi finished drawing the spatial teleportation array, stood up, and thought, "They wouldn't choose to form their cores here for no reason, but their nests are built a hundred miles away. Where is the Source of the North Pole?"
[Of course it's in the nest. The little demon is forming its core for the first time, how could it withstand such a great shock of spiritual energy? Leaving the spiritual source is for better core formation.]
Ning Xiaoxi took a step forward and reappeared outside the Ice and Snow City.
Looking at the two human-faced, bird-bodied creatures still standing on the wall, I suddenly felt an itch to touch them. Their appearance didn't look like that of good beasts at all.
Are there any natural predators of these animals in this area?
Xuanming is a god of the North, and has no natural enemies here. However, five hundred miles west of here, there is a den of the Fiery Prison Bear, which has just given birth to two cubs.
[Infernal Bear?]
The Infernal Bear is a massive, muscular animal with fiery red fur. It has a huge head, sharp fangs, and red eyes. Its enormous paws leave burning footprints when it steps on the ground. A long, fiery tail trails behind it, constantly swaying and igniting the surrounding air. It excels at fire breath, lava control, and the fury of fire.
Wow, this bear can actually survive in the far north?
The place where it inhabits is beneath an extinct volcano, with lava flows underground. Because it monopolizes the heat source, it doesn't show on the surface. As long as it exists, the volcano will not erupt.
[A dormant volcano, what a great place. Does it now have two offspring?]
[The birth of the Fiery Bear is no easy feat; it's a blessing from heaven that it had two cubs.]
[A demon?]
[A monster!]
Ning Xiaoxi straightened up and shook her neck; she had been squatting for a while, and her legs were a little numb.
[Although it's a bit unethical, it's best to wipe them out completely in order to complete the mission.] With that thought, he drew a spatial teleportation talisman under his feet.
With Tuanzi pointing the way, Ning Xiaoxi easily found a tree hollow hidden under the roots of a large tree. Covered by ice and snow, it had only a narrow passage about the width of an arm, from which white mist rose. The mist melted the surrounding snow, which then froze into ice due to the cold, eventually forming an ice path.
She swept the snow from under the tree and broke through the icy path, revealing a tree hollow large enough for her to walk through. Peeking inside, she saw it was pitch black! And a wisp of warm air was rising from it. Thankfully, the heat wasn't too intense, or she would have been disfigured.
This is its ventilation hole. If you actually go in through the opening, you'll be facing it head-on, which is extremely dangerous.
Lingjingxin, pressed against Ning Xiaoxi's back, transformed into a pair of wings, gently fluttering as it carried her slowly down from the cave entrance.
Beneath the dark tree hollow, the space suddenly opened up, and there was no sound, only the whooshing heat being drawn in through a ventilation hole above.
As we descended following the direction of the heat, a profound sense of dread spread through the absolute darkness.
Gradually, red light emanated from below, and Ning Xiaoxi flew towards the red light with a clear goal in mind.
The red light emanated from a hole. Ning Xiaoxi stopped close to the cave wall, and a faint glow appeared on her scales. Ning Xiaoxi then disappeared into the light and shadow.
After walking about 100 meters from the entrance, Ning Xiaoxi arrived at another cave.