I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 642: Chapter 484: Ice Qilin, Heaven-Burning Purgatory Super Evolution

As the spatial ripples dissipated, the figures of Qin Tian and the four appeared in a pure white snowy space.

Beneath their feet was a thick layer of ice, which creaked crisply with each step. The air was filled with a bone-chilling coldness, even more piercing than the wind and snow outside the ruins.

The view stretched wide and empty, with only a towering ice mountain standing in the center, over a hundred meters high, its entire body crystal clear, as if carved from millennia-old Profound Ice. Within the ice layers, one could faintly see the silhouette of a colossal creature, but it was obscured by thick ice, making its specific shape indistinguishable.

And behind the ice mountain, a stone gate, similarly cast from ice, stood quietly, engraved with intricate Ice God Race runes.

"The guardian beast for this stage should be inside that ice mountain, right?" Taishi Feng stared at the ice mountain and then looked towards the distant ice-sealed door, suggesting, "How about we rush past it and enter the next stage while it hasn’t awoken yet?"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the ice layer beneath their feet suddenly trembled violently.

"Crack crack—!"

Cracks began to appear on the central ice mountain, spreading like spider webs, as ice shards fell from the mountain, shattering on the ground.

A terrifying aura slowly awakened, causing the four to catch their breath slightly.

The sound of ice fracturing became increasingly dense, the mountain collapsing layer by layer, until it finally exploded with a loud bang, filling the air with ice mist.

A massive figure slowly emerged from the ice mist, revealing its true form.

It was an ice beast resembling a Kirin, about ten meters tall, its body covered with layers of ice crystal scales, like the most exquisite ice armor. Each step on the ice left icy crystal footprints, its single horn pointed skyward, mane fluttering like ice silk, presenting a majestic and sacred presence, as if it were the ruler of ice and snow.

But when it opened its eyes, the four people’s expressions changed simultaneously.

Its left eye was like a pure crystal, shining with icy blue light, exuding purity and dignity; while the right eye was entangled in dense black energy, which writhed like living snakes, exuding a bizarre aura identical to outside demons.

Everyone could clearly sense that two completely different forces existed within the Kirin.

One was pure, piercing ice energy, sacred and domineering; the other was sinister, eerie Dark Energy, cold and bloodthirsty.

The two forces clashed fiercely within its body, causing it to tremble constantly, sometimes emitting ice mist from between its scales, sometimes black energy steaming from its pores.

But this struggle did not last long, as the suppression of the ice mountain vanished, the black energy surged like a tide, rapidly swallowing the ice-blue light, the Kirin’s eyes were completely enveloped by black energy, the original sacred aura disappeared entirely, replaced by a violent, bloodthirsty killing intent.

"Roar—!"

A deafening roar echoed throughout the space, the ice layer surrounding the Kirin instantly shattered, a terrifying aura surpassing Tier Seven erupted overwhelmingly, sweeping in like a tsunami.

"Tier Seven! And at the pinnacle of Tier Seven!"

Everyone’s faces grew extremely somber.

This aura was even more formidable than Asaki’s before, intertwining ice energy and Dark Energy into a more oppressive force, causing their Spiritual Energy operation to become sluggish.

Before the four could react, the Kirin had already charged with heavy steps, its single horn gathering intertwined blue and black energy, crashing toward the four with world-destroying might.

"Fight!"

Taishi Feng shouted, placing the Heaven-piercing Halberd in front of him, golden Spiritual Energy surged, trying to block the blow.

"Boom!"

The single horn struck the halberd shaft fiercely, Taishi Feng felt a terrifying force flow into his body along the shaft, his qi and blood roiled, his body like a broken kite flying backward, heavily crashing onto the ice layer, armor instantly forming a thin layer of ice, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

"Taishi Feng!"

Huoyuan Sheng saw this and leaped up, his longsword with silver Spiritual Energy slashing at the Kirin’s neck.

But the sword tip only made a crisp "clang" when it touched the Kirin’s ice crystal scales, sparks flew, without leaving a single mark on the scales, and the coldness on the scales made the blade tremble.

Zhuge Yu hastily activated the array plate, cyan-gold array patterns spread on the ground, energy barriers rose, trying to bind the Kirin.

But the Kirin merely took a light step, the array patterns shattered with a boom, the energy barrier was struck by its giant paw, instantly covered in cracks, Zhuge Yu groaned, the array nearly collapsed.

Qin Tian seized the opportunity as the Demon King’s Wings flapped behind him, his figure became a shadow darting to the Kirin’s side, the Black Frost Blade enveloped in dense purple lightning, fiercely slashing at the Kirin’s waist.

"Ting—"

The purple lightning sword Qi cleaved the ice crystal scales, slicing the Kirin’s body, splattering sky-high ice shards.

Yet the slash only left a shallow crack on the Kirin, its body was several times harder than millennia-old Profound Ice.

"Roar!"

The Kirin roared, turning and clawing at Qin Tian.

Qin Tian quickly sidestepped to dodge, but a bone-chilling cold swept over him, a layer of ice immediately formed on his shoulder, even his blood felt like it was about to freeze.

He hurriedly activated his qi and blood to dispel the cold.

The four dared not be careless, reforming the four-element array, Qin Tian focused on attacking, Taishi Feng and Huoyuan Sheng constrained from the wings, Zhuge Yu controlled the array for defense and sought vulnerabilities.

Qin Tian’s Thunder Saber struck the Kirin repeatedly, purple lightning clashing with ice, each time cleaving scales and leaving cracks; Taishi Feng’s Heaven-piercing Halberd aimed at the Kirin’s joints and horn, trying to disrupt its attacks; Huoyuan Sheng’s longsword roamed around, looking for opportunities to stab at weak spots like the Kirin’s eyes; while Zhuge Yu continuously changed the array, sometimes forming energy chains to restrict the Kirin, sometimes setting up entrapments to delay its moves.