Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1824 - 958: Heaven’s Secret_2

Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast, who knows what special abilities it might have.

"It’s that volcanic crater!" Phoenix Palace Master suddenly exclaimed with excitement.

Li Yuanba also saw it; ahead was a volcanic crater with bubbles constantly rising.

Strangely, the environment here didn’t have a single increase in temperature despite the constant eruption of heat from the volcano; instead, the temperature was getting lower.

Brilliance flashed in Li Yuanba’s eyes as ’Divine Sight’ activated, and he saw a special energy at that volcanic crater.

"Heavenly Mechanism Treasure!" He finally understood what Phoenix Palace Master’s target was.

There’s actually a hidden Heavenly Mechanism Treasure here. If he wasn’t already in possession of many Heavenly Mechanism Treasures and shared a bond with Phoenix Palace Master, had it been an unfamiliar cultivator here, he would have already seized it.

He glanced at the Great Cultivator Ren Mu, who also noticed the situation at the volcanic crater.

Master Ren Mu, coming from Central State Commerce, which has Secret Techniques for identifying treasures, recognized it as a Heavenly Mechanism Treasure in an instant.

Li Yuanba didn’t see greed in the eyes of Master Ren Mu, only an expression of envy.

Li Yuanba quickly put the pieces together: Phoenix Palace Master chose him and Master Ren Mu to come along not just because they were the only three Peak Great Cultivators left on the Central State Continent.

Even if Phoenix Palace Master wanted to find other Peak Great Cultivators, she could still invite a few from the super powers of other continents.

The target of Phoenix Palace Master’s mission this time was a Fire Attribute Heavenly Mechanism Treasure. Bringing another Fire Attribute Peak Great Cultivator, even with ties, would inevitably lead to competition for the opportunity.

Cultivators need to compete, to seize destiny from heaven, to vie for opportunities with fellow cultivators; each opportunity could be a major chance for a cultivator.

Master Ren Mu holds a Water attribute, Li Yuanba has a Gold attribute, plus Phoenix Palace Master’s understanding of the personalities of the two made her confident to invite them to participate in this action.

"I ask you both to watch over me, I’m going to retrieve the treasure now!" Phoenix Palace Master said to Li Yuanba and Master Ren Mu.

After she spoke, she summoned the Red Gold Phoenix and then activated the Fusion Secret Technique. The Red Gold Phoenix turned into a golden light that merged into her body, sharply increasing her aura and forming a pair of wings on her back.

Though these wings are not particularly useful underwater, wings are not just for flying. These are the wings of the Red Gold Phoenix and can serve as additional defense, further increasing her fire attribute resistance.

Master Ren Mu continuously cast ten spells, transforming the surrounding seawater into ten water dragons that spread out in all directions.

The ten water dragons protected the surroundings; if a spirit beast did appear, it would first encounter the ten water dragons.

"Be careful!" Master Ren Mu loudly reminded.

Through the shared senses of the ten water dragons, his perception became ever more sensitive.

At the moment of warning, a water dragon turned into an ice sculpture.

Then, from the seawater emerged a pair of golden eyes, and vaguely, a beast whose body matched the color of the sea, almost indistinguishable.

This was the ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’, a Fourth Grade Late Stage ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’ capable of near invisibility in the sea.

Were it not for the pair of golden eyes, one might truly overlook that body matching the sea.

The ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’ closed its eyes; staying still, it was truly undetectable.

"Slash!" Li Yuanba lightly spoke.

His Xingyi Sword moved faster than his voice, disappearing in a flash by his side, slicing a rift in the sea before piercing toward the ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’.

The ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’ sensed the threat from the Xingyi Sword; its reaction was also swift, turning seawater into ice crystals in front of the sword.

Xingyi Sword cut through the ice easily, traversing within.

If the sword’s speed slowed by half in seawater, then in ice crystals, the Xingyi Sword’s speed was reduced by several times.

This gave the ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’ time to react more, generating more ice crystals — these new ice crystals being even harder than those rushed before.

Li Yuanba shook his head slightly in frustration; if it wasn’t in the sea, the speed of the Xingyi Sword bolstered by its billion ’speed runes’ would elude the ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’.

However, they were underwater, and the ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’, being adept at water attribute, had stronger senses for danger.

The speed of Xingyi Sword was affected, the beast’s heightened danger awareness allowed it to detect Xingyi Sword’s attack faster, diminishing the threat considerably.

Master Ren Mu controlled the remaining nine water dragons, charging toward the ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’.

During this, he cast numerous spells that made golden runes shimmer over the bodies of the nine water dragons.

These golden runes effectively prevented the water dragons from freezing, unlike the other water dragon that was easily dealt with by ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’.

The ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’ roared, conjuring hundreds of ice spikes in the waters, shooting towards the nine water dragons.

Simultaneously, more ice crystals emerged; unable to freeze the water dragons directly, it froze the surrounding sea, thereby restricting the water dragons’ movement.

Li Yuanba was ready to act further but noticed Phoenix Palace Master encountering trouble.

Ice crystals manifested around Phoenix Palace Master, enclosing her.

Li Yuanba spotted six pairs of golden eyes, belonging to three ’Golden Ice Crystal Beasts’.

The emergence of the three ’Golden Ice Crystal Beasts’ was abrupt, even Li Yuanba noticed them only when they struck at Phoenix Palace Master.

"Mr. Ren, take care here, I’m going to aid Feng Xianzi!" Li Yuanba instructed, disappearing on the spot.

He then appeared beside one ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’, instantly feeling a terrifying chill.

Fortunately, he had the ’Vortex Shield’ from Storm’s Eye, a shield at the level of great abilities; though his deployment might not exhibit the strongest defense of Storm’s Eye, it was more than sufficient against attacks from the same tier.

With a thought, a stream of Wind Blades shot towards the ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’ in front.

The distance between him and the ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’ was only five meters — not because he didn’t wish to be nearer, but due to a substance akin to ice crystal surrounding the beast within that range, preventing spatial teleportation.

Wind Blades enhanced with ’Chaos Sword Intent’ targeted the icy matter around the ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’.

The ice crystal substance seemed composed of countless tiny ice blocks, each reinforced over time by the beast’s Ice Rules Power of the beast, each being defensively on a Fourth Grade Top Quality level.

This formed the ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’s’ ultimate lifeline; breaching the five meters thick defense layer, made of numerous top-tier ice crystals, was no ordinary challenge.

Wind Blades slashed through the ice crystal substance, imbued with its power and ’Chaos Sword Intent’, penetrating deeper.

A meter, two meters, until stopping over three meters deep, as the second Wind Blade continued penetrating the ice.

The ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’ realized the imminent crisis, yet Li Yuanba’s abrupt attacks, coupled with proximity, left it immobilized, continually channeling more Ice Rules Power internally to enhance its body’s defense.

The second Wind Blade breached the beast’s defense and sliced through its skin, though its force ran out.

Yet the third Wind Blade followed through, entering its body, wreaking havoc internally.

The ’Golden Ice Crystal Beast’ let out a piercing scream, alerting the other two to cease pursuit of Phoenix Palace Master, endeavoring to assist the imperiled ally.