Li Yan looked at Cheng Wenming, who had just called him "brother, brother...", and suddenly a strange smile appeared on his face. Then his body became blurry, and in the stunned eyes of the three people and the monster, he disappeared out of thin air.
Only three people and one monster were left in a daze. Cheng Wenming and the other two hurriedly released their spiritual senses, but no matter how they searched, they could not find the existence of "Brother Jiang". It was as if the person who had accompanied them all the way was just an illusion.
"Impossible, impossible. After coming into contact with the Snow Spirit Lord's Ultimate Yin Fire, no one among the Foundation Establishment cultivators can escape without having their spiritual power cut off. This is impossible. It must be an illusion. He is still in the same place. He must have some kind of advanced invisibility talisman, but it can only hide in the body. He must not be able to..." Cheng Wenming said to himself. He did not believe that a fire cultivator below the Golden Core stage could escape after coming into contact with the Snow Spirit Lord's Phantom Blue Fire. He had never heard of this among the cultivators he had come into contact with who had come to Rong Cave. So he firmly believed that "Brother Jiang" must have a high-level invisibility talisman on him, so that he could escape their spiritual sense, but in fact he was still under the control of the Snow Spirit Lord.
He was not the only one who had this idea. Even Ye Xiuwen and Tan Zeshan, who had looked smug just now, had the same idea. However, when the three of them saw the Snow Spirit Lord on the opposite side, who had already retracted the blue flames and was growling and looking around, with a confused look on his face, they realized that "Brother Jiang" had really disappeared.
“No, no, no, he is a Jindan cultivator, he must be a Jindan cultivator…” Cheng Wenming’s forehead was covered with sweat, and he spoke incoherently to Ye and Tan. This was the only explanation that made sense. It was common for senior cultivators to play the game of pretending to be pigs and eating tigers, and some middle and senior cultivators just had this kind of playful mentality. Could it be that this time, they really met such a senior.
Thinking that they had dug a pit for a Jindan cultivator, Ye Xiuwen and Tan Zeshan, who were sitting cross-legged on the ground to resist the impact of the snow spirits, almost lost their minds. Their shields were almost broken by the snow spirits in the cave passage. In this icy and snowy place, the three of them had their long gowns completely soaked.
"Jiang... Jiang... Senior Jiang, we are blind. Please... forgive our mistakes and let us go! Please!" The situation changed so quickly that they couldn't help but start to have wild thoughts. Cheng Wenming begged for mercy in the air in fear. Ye Xiuwen and Tan Zeshan couldn't get up immediately. They had to continue to resist the impact of the snow spirits. There was fear and pleading in their eyes.
Only the Snow Spirit Lord, after searching in vain, looked at the three people with deep blue eyes, and there was a murderous intent in his eyes. Although he was very intelligent, he lost his target when he just devoured it. How could he be willing to accept this? And the fat monk on the other side said that he was a monk with fire spiritual roots. How could he be willing to let him go? As for the disappeared Li Yan, he was more inclined to believe that Li Yan had a life-saving magic weapon such as a high-level talisman on him, so he could not detect it. Otherwise, if the other side had the ability to kill him, he would not believe that the other side would let him go so easily.
After searching for Li Yan in vain, the fear that had just risen in the Snow Spirit Master's heart was quickly replaced by greed. The upgrade of the Snow Spirit is different from that of other monsters. It must rely on continuous devouring. When it is only a low-level Snow Spirit, they can strengthen themselves by devouring other monsters with cold and yin bodies. Once they reach the second level, ordinary cold and yin bodies have gradually lost their effect on them, so they need extremely cold things with heavier yin energy and natural treasures to promote their own level upgrade. But at this time, some extremely yang things that were originally fatal to them actually have unexpected benefits. As long as they can absorb and devour the extremely yang things into the body, due to the imbalance of yin and yang, the demon core in the Snow Spirit Master will be stimulated by the crisis of life and death, and will burst out potential, secrete a large amount of blue ghost fire to fuse the extremely yang things, and finally make the demon core have a significant upgrade.
There are several problems with this approach:
First, swallowing the most yang thing is also harmful to their body, so only the powerful Snow Spirit Lord can barely do it;
Secondly, even at the level of the Snow Spirit Lord, after devouring the most yang thing, he has to use all his strength to operate the demon core, so that the blue flames inside can be exerted to the extreme to assimilate the threat brought by the most yang thing. During this period, the Snow Spirit Lord will be weak, and he will hide himself in a top-secret place that has been prepared long ago to prevent being found and devoured by other Snow Spirit Lords, and thus becoming someone else's wedding dress.
The third point is that the purer the Yang thing is, the better, and the higher the level, the better. For example, a fire-based foundation-building cultivator is a good choice, until one day the Snow Spirit Master is promoted to the Snow Spirit King, which is the human Jindan realm, and then the target will be placed on the fire-based Jindan cultivator. However, this phenomenon is rare. I don’t know if it is because the highest level of the Snow Spirit monster can only reach the second level. At least there has been no Snow Spirit King on the first floor of the Beiming Demon Tower. However, it is circulated within the Pure Land Sect that the Snow Spirit King once appeared on the fourth floor, but it has never been revealed to the public. The fourth floor is a place where Yuanying cultivators can go, but the Snow Spirit King is only equivalent to the Jindan stage, but for some reason he did not appear on the third floor of the tower.
Therefore, all of this will make the Snow Spirit Master's desire for the fire monks very strong. There are too many melt holes on the ice and snow wall. Although there are monks entering the North Ming Demon Tower all year round, they are only a drop in the ocean compared to the numerous melt holes here. Therefore, as long as there are monks entering, the Snow Spirit Masters in the melt holes will fight desperately. This Snow Spirit Master has long been extremely angry. When he couldn't find Li Yan, he killed Cheng Wenming without hesitation. After Cheng Wenming was extremely frightened, he saw that the mysterious monk never showed up again, so he guessed that he might be hiding in the surroundings with great magic power to watch the fun. In this way, the other party was in a playful mentality, at least for the time being, the three of them were safe, and they could only deal with this Snow Spirit Master.
Normally, when passing through the Rongdong passage, unless there are a large number of monks, they would adopt the method of the four of them today, fighting all the way to attract the attention of the monsters in the Rongdong. Otherwise, they would enter quietly and fly away at the fastest speed. Even if they were to fight against the monsters in the cave, they would just touch and then leave, using speed to keep a distance. Therefore, monks who enter the Rongdong basically have one or two extremely fast flying magic tools, and rarely face monsters head-on like this.
However, the purpose of Cheng Wenming and the other two entering the tower this time was to obtain the demon core of the Snow Spirit Lord. The methods they adopted were of course different, and they were also extremely well prepared. Their initial idea was to set up an ambush after entering, then attract the attention of the Snow Spirit Lord, and finally lead it into the formation, and kill it with the power of the formation's prohibition. As for meeting Li Yan, it was just an occasional encounter, and then the three of them gave up their original plan and decided to use an easier way to hunt down a Snow Spirit Lord first.
The current situation was very unfavorable to the three of them. Ye Xiuwen and Tan Zewen were unable to withdraw to help Cheng Wenming, and they had no time to set up an ambush. Due to Li Yan's unexpected disappearance, the three of them had to go all out to fight against the hundred snow spirits and the snow spirit master. The situation changed too quickly, and the three of them were completely caught off guard.
Looking at the rumbling Snow Spirit Lord, Cheng Wenming's fat face trembled. At such a close distance, it would be difficult for them to escape immediately. There were hundreds of Snow Spirits on the other side. As long as they let go of the shield, those Snow Spirits would swarm in and block the passage, and the Snow Spirit Lord would attack from the back. If they ran towards the inside of the melting cave, Cheng Wenming could escape deep into the cave in the instant of fighting with the Snow Spirit Lord, but Ye and Tan would be in danger, so this method was not very advisable.
It's not that Cheng Wenming is so loyal and righteous, but with his level of cultivation, it is very difficult for a person to pass through the melting cave, especially since he is a fire cultivator and his main combat power lies in his fire magic. For the Snow Spirit Lord, this is like a bright light in the dark night. He will definitely hold on to him and will not let him leave easily. The most important reason why he cannot give up on the two of them is that he has no idea how far this melting cave is or whether there are other Snow Spirit Lords ahead. He even has no idea what other unprecedented monsters will appear. With his level of cultivation of the great perfection of the foundation building, traveling alone, compared to traveling with Ye and Tan, the chance of death is at least 50% to 80% higher, and this is not something he is willing to gamble on.
"Two Daoists, one of you stay and resist the attack of the Snow Spirit with all your strength, and one of you come and fight the Snow Spirit Master with me. We should be ready to escape at any time. Wait for me to send a message and we will act together." Cheng Wenming gritted his teeth and sent a message to Ye Xiuwen and Tan Zeshan. At this point, this is the only way. And there is still the mysterious monk in the darkness, who may be the one to give them the final fatal blow. But at this point, they can only take care of the present first.
These things are a long story, but in fact, from Li Yan's disappearance to the Snow Spirit Lord's search and then attack on Cheng Wenming, it only took less than ten breaths of time.
At the same time that Cheng Wenming was transmitting the message, the Snow Spirit Lord had already rushed in front of him, and two pairs of huge hands came towards him. He raised his hands and extended his arms to both sides like two long pillars, instantly blocking both sides of the cave tightly, making it impossible for Cheng Wenming to rush forward. He had to either retreat or fight back head-on.
At such a close distance, the damage caused by the fire talisman to the swiftly approaching Snow Spirit Lord was already very low. Unlike before, with Li Yan's restraint, Cheng Wenming sprinkled a large number of fire talismans, which made the snow-white armor on the Snow Spirit Lord's body bumpy and also reduced his breath a lot. The natural restraining effect of the Yang Fire on the Yin Cold was still obvious. And the Snow Spirit Lord could not swallow things like Fu Lu, even if it was the Yang Fire on the Fu that he also longed for, but there were more rune restrictions in the Fu Lu. If he swallowed those things in one gulp, it was estimated that the demon core would be branded with a rune mark, which was not something he could bear, and it was not impossible for him to die directly.
Evil things and talismans are true mortal enemies, so even though Cheng Wenming did not use his own magic just now, he still caused some damage to the Snow Spirit Lord. Of course, the Snow Spirit Lord hated him to the core and wanted to catch Cheng Wenming immediately.
Seeing this, Cheng Wenming dared not take it head-on and quickly retreated. At the same time, a Green Dragon Crescent Blade appeared in his hand. The blade, which was more than a person tall, stood up. Coupled with his fat body, he looked very majestic for a moment. The blade light was like snow and the green rainbow was like lightning. He slashed the blade diagonally towards the neck of the Snow Spirit Lord. Looking at its power, there was no doubt that if the blade hit the Snow Spirit Lord, it would definitely cut him in half.