Bing Ruogang was known as the Divine Hand of Ice. He had long reached peak fifth-stage Rebirth Realm. After a series of bitter battles, he broke through into the sixth stage. His God Realm energy surged, tearing apart even the terrifying tsunami.
Xiang Shaoyun could sense the gap between him and Bing Ruogang. Unless his main body entered the Rebirth Realm, granting his soul additional growth, Xiang Shaoyun would have no chance against him. If Xiang Shaoyun, Little White, and Weili Yana dared to continue advancing, Bing Ruogang would most definitely kill them.
The tsunami before them was destroyed, and the Illusory Island seemed to have stopped moving.
Bing Ruogang was able to easily enter the island, but when he sensed Xiang Shaoyun's group, he turned and said, "What a surprise. To be able to reach this far, you are truly rather capable." A sneer formed on his face. "But this is as far as you go."
He then grabbed at both Xiang Shaoyun and Little White.
"Shit!" Xiang Shaoyun exclaimed as he hurriedly retreated with Little White and Weili Yana. Unfortunately, it was too late. All around him, space itself was frozen.
A chunk of ice appeared in the air, with Xiang Shaoyun, Little White, and Weili Yana encased within it. That was a demonstration of the absolute power of frost. Even a regular god-grade weapon would have a hard time breaking that chunk of ice apart. There was no doubt that anyone trapped within that chunk of ice would die. After all, the chunk of ice was made of God Realm ice energy.
"Everything on the Illusory Island is mine," declared Bing Ruogang as he flew toward the island, howling with laughter.
As far as he was concerned, Xiang Shaoyun and Little White were already dead. With the ice he had set in the path, anyone trying to advance from the same direction would be obstructed as well, making it hard for anyone else to locate the island from this direction.
Right after Bing Ruogang left, a plume of fire slowly spread through the chunk of ice. It was the primal chaos flame, which could burn through everything. Unsurprisingly, the chunk of ice crumbled apart. The primal chaos flame was generated by none other than Xiang Shaoyun.
A sixth-stage Rebirth Realm expert is indeed still beyond me, thought Xiang Shaoyun to himself.
He noticed that Weili Yana was barely alive, so he hurriedly channeled his energy into her body, attempting to repel the chill from her body. The moment she regained her consciousness, Xiang Shaoyun said, "Circulate your energy and absorb all the energy in your body! It will be beneficial for you!"
Xiang Shaoyun did not repel all the ice energy in her body. Since Weili Yana was also an ice cultivator, if she could refine and absorb the remaining ice energy, she would grow even stronger. She did not hesitate and immediately circulated her cultivation method. Strand after strand of energy was pulled into her stars, and her cultivation base started growing rapidly.
"Just wait until I become a Demon God. I won't rest until I kill that fellow," said Little White furiously while shaking from the chill.
"Um. That day will come soon," said Xiang Shaoyun with a nod.
He was also filled with fury after being attacked for no reason. If it wasn't for his many trump cards, he would have probably died.
Once again, Xiang Shaoyun and Little White resumed their journey. With his divine dao eyes, Xiang Shaoyun saw through everything before him and advanced at an incredible speed. He was afraid that the Illusory Island would be gone if he was any slower.
As they moved at their top speed, they finally arrived before the island. There, they found that the island was surrounded in a layer of powerful energy that seemed to completely isolate the island from the world. It would not allow anyone to enter. Even Bing Ruogang was stopped outside the barrier. He unleashed all sorts of attacks upon the barrier, but none of them worked.
"Damn it! Why is the Illusory Island surrounded by this terrifying force? I can't accept this!" roared Bing Ruogang as if he had gone mad. A pair of ice claws appeared in his hands as he constantly tore at the barrier, but he failed to do anything to the barrier.
Suddenly, a terrifying burst of energy erupted from the island, blasting Bing Ruogang away. Even his god body cracked from the impact.
"Why did that happen?" Bing Ruogang was in complete disbelief.
He no longer dared to attack, as he was afraid that the energy around the island would start attacking him. He couldn't understand why there was such a layer of energy. Was it because some powerful being had occupied the island? That did not seem to be the case as he couldn't see any powerful being on the island.
Right this moment, he noticed Xiang Shaoyun and Little White. His fury raged further as he said, "You outsiders must be the ones who had caused this to happen! I will not spare you this time!"
Once again, Bing Ruogang moved against Xiang Shaoyun and company. An icy hand flew out, instantly reaching the group.
"You bastard! I'll kill you!" Little White roared and spat out the tiger tooth yet again, sending the tooth clashing against the incoming attack.
He failed to harm Bing Ruogang. Rather, his tiger tooth was slapped away while he himself was also sent flying away. Blood flowed out of his mouth.
"All who harm my brother shall die!" Xiang Shaoyun was instantly infuriated. His Imperial Nether Domain swept toward Bing Ruogang. At the same time, his soul clone charged Bing Ruogang with the Divine Yin Yang Sword in its hand.
Time reversal!
As someone who had grasped the dao of time, Xiang Shaoyun was able to unleash a slash that caused time to reverse. Bing Ruogang had a sensation that his recent breakthrough had reversed, returning him back to a fifth-stage God. That realization caused him to panic. The powers of yin and yang slashed through the air, aiming for Bing Ruogang's waist.
Clank!
Xiang Shaoyun had thought that his attack would be successful, but his strike was blocked by a layer of ice that had suddenly formed around Bing Ruogang's body. He was only able to leave a small wound on Bing Ruogang.
"The power of time? I can't allow you to live any longer!" Bing Ruogang erupted with boundless ice energy, attempting to freeze the Imperial Nether Domain and Xiang Shaoyun.
Despite the Imperial Nether Domain's suppression, Bing Ruogang was still a difficult opponent due to his high cultivation level.
Spatial compression: bind and crush!
Xiang Shaoyun compressed his Imperial Nether Domain and bombarded Bing Ruogang's ice energy with countless soul attacks from all directions, not allowing Bing Ruogang's attack to succeed. At the same time, the nine-colored lotus pressed down, further increasing the pressure on Bing Ruogang.
Gui Qi also attacked with his God Realm soul power, catching Bing Ruogang by complete surprise. This time, Bing Ruogang panicked for real. He had not imagined that Xiang Shaoyun would be so strong with so many trump cards. He had no choice but to also take out his final trump card.
Avalanche Explosion!
Mustering all his strength, he created a terrifying calamity of ice, stopping all of Xiang Shaoyun's attacks to create a way out for himself.