Mystical Journey

Glasses glanced at the Energy Machinists and Mech Pilots within the icicles around him as a hint of greed flashed in his eyes.

“If I were able to remove the items from these people…” He knocked the icicles briefly when he walked past them silently.

However, the thing that shocked him was the intense and terrifying chills that suddenly spread throughout his fingers the moment he touched the icicles. He triggered the Scarlet Snow Technique and he continued to resist it desperately. Unfortunately, the chills that were only as thin as strands of hair consumed more than half of all his skills. Its purity was simply unimaginable!

While fear continued to linger in his heart, he glanced at Garen who was strolling in front of him. As he was too afraid to overthink this, Glasses followed Garen closely behind instead.

The third, the fourth, the fifth…

Garen absorbed numerous Cold Night Ponds one after another. He froze everyone who tried to resist or fight him for it.

The terrifying chills caused the temperature of the surrounding area to be reduced by more than ten degrees gradually. When the weather was scorchingly hot, abnormal occurrences like this would gradually attract the attention of the powerhouses from other regions.

A few scattered Mech Pilots and Energy Machinists who came to make a profit looked at the members of Scarlet Snow Sect from afar before fleeing quickly to avoid becoming casualties.

Therefore, Garen and his group were able to absorb the Cold Night Ponds even faster.

There were more than twenty Cold Night Ponds and most of them were completely absorbed by Garen now. He finally began to solidify his second Origin Crystal. He could freeze Cold Energy within a range of a hundred thousand square kilometers into frozen snowscapes by absorbing all of this energy into his body. However, he had merely started to freeze the second Origin Crystal. This gave him some new insight regarding the Non-falling Level’s terrifying accumulated energy.

The others did not possess such a convenient absorption and purification ability. From the past to this present, he was probably the only one who could enjoy the perfect purification abilities from his Ice Coffin Secret Technique. After all, he had spent more than a thousand years practicing this skill wearily in order to perfect it. This was not a price that merely anyone could accept.

Moreover, the Heart of Ice that was produced by the perfected Ice Coffin was not just used to purify Cold Energy. It could also strengthen and amplify the efficiency of the chills that Garen released. This allowed him to have a perfect command of these chills.

When they noticed that the crowds of frozen people had increased, Garen’s reputation grew as well.

Some people tried to smash the solid icicles open and save those inside but their efforts were futile. The frozen layers that were attacked or smashed would restore themselves to their original states on their own as if they were alive.

Moreover, they were afraid of hurting the people inside if they exerted too much force. Hence, it was impossible for the powerhouses, who rushed over later, to undo Garen’s frozen chills.

They collected all of the Cold Night Ponds that were nearby quickly. The group even overturned some of the ruins to find some good things that were concealed in deeper places. They had obtained considerably great gains.

Garen’s second crystal had successfully solidified now. He was able to fully absorb its Cold Energy to a perfect stage, allowing him to release even more terrifying chills.

He lowered his hand and placed it on a Cold Night Pond in front of him slowly.

Shh!

Suddenly, a golden light pillar rose up in the distance into the sky. This gigantic light pillar was blindingly bright, resembling a gold rod that shot itself into the sky directly. Shrouds of golden air currents revolved around it.

The enormous Energy Field pressed onto and enveloped the entire Blue Frost Sect and the ruins around it instantly.

“So powerful! This is the Lord of Gold, the ultimate move as well as a skill that is specialized by the Gold Clan of the Four-Star Alliance!” said King Cat sincerely and subconsciously. “It’s probably Floating Light.”

Along the way, they did not have any opportunities to do anything. While feeling astonished towards Garen’s powers, he also felt extremely bored. However, once he saw the light pillar now, a hint of frustration rose in his heart suddenly. His initial fighting intentions instantly and completely disappeared. He had previously assumed that Garen was already a rare deviant, before another deviant appeared before his eyes, making him feel powerless.

“Floating Light?” Garen raised his eyebrows. “Let’s go take a look.”

“This trip simply feels like a vacation,” said another one of his group members while smiling.

“With His Highness Garen here, we can grab the things we want freely and have a look around as we please,” Another group member replied lightly. “Even if Floating Light grew stronger again, do you think he could really be stronger than His Royal Highness Garen?”

Everyone took turns chatting casually and lightly. King Cat, who was feeling frustrated earlier, had returned to his normal state as well. He shook his head and concentrated his gaze on Garen who was in front of him. Both this fellow and Carthage had powers that were simply like endless pits. The depths of their powers were unknown, and they were frighteningly strong. Perhaps Floating Light would be able to uncover some of his exact details.

They turned and passed through some of Blue Frost Sect’s damaged building areas that were used for experimental research before a terrifying gigantic, round hollow which was more than ten meters wide appeared in front of them quickly.

Shrouds of green smoke were escaping from the giant pit slowly, releasing scorching hot temperatures. Red liquid lava could even be seen in the center.

A young, handsome man was standing at the edge of the giant pit. He carried a golden rod silently while pursing his lips and looking at Garen and the others who were rushing over here.

From afar, his gaze resembled two rays of golden light that were incomparably blinding. They made others completely fearful of looking at him directly.

“Garen of Scarlet Snow?” Despite being ten meters away, his voice echoed across the great distance clearly. It was calm and tinged with inexperience, but it was clear that he was not an average youth.

Garen looked at the youth on the opposite side of himself in a slightly surprised manner as well. At this age, he could not be older than thirty years old, meaning that he was just like Garen.

However, his gaze did not linger on the other person’s body but instead shifted to the unimaginably gigantic blue crystal behind him.

That crystal was easily almost the size of a little hill. It was glittering and translucent while a human-shaped shadow was sealed inside. It could not be seen clearly.

Extremely terrifying chills were released throughout his entire body. They enveloped a range of more than hundreds of meters around him, completely covering his surrounding environment in layers of white frost and making it unimaginably cold.

This crystal was more than two times larger than the previous ones that Garen had absorbed.

“Tch… tch… Such a large crystal is probably enough for me to form my third Origin Crystal…” A hint of desire conjured up in his heart.

Carthage’s pressure, the destroyed destinies that would ultimately befall Energy Machinists in the future, and his determined fate that he had to die next time were three things that were constantly shrouding his mind like the shadows of death, suppressing his insane forces of pursuit.

Silently, a chill traveled towards the bottom of Floating Light’s foot and struck it quickly. No one noticed the movements of this chill.

Puff!

This was the first time that his chills had collapsed.

It collided against his Inherited Level Energy Field within a distance that was less than half a meter from Floating Light before instantly perishing together with a golden force; both of them were destroyed.

Both parties looked at each other in a slightly shocked manner. This exploration had instantly proven that both of their strengths were of the same level.

“No wonder there were so many people who had previously said that your chills had already reached stages that could not be countered by those who were not of the Non-falling Level. Now it seems like no one had made a mistake.”

Floating Light continued calmly and said, “Unfortunately…” He raised his head and looked at the sky before a little black shadow flew over faintly.

Whoosh!

He leaped upward and turned into a flash of golden lightning before disappearing completely. His rapid speed simply caused people to stare dumbfoundedly.

“Your life will only remain until I come back to retrieve it next time,” echoed Floating Light’s voice from afar.

“There won’t be a next time,” Garen smiled suddenly.

Shh!

The chills throughout his entire body condensed into a gigantic white gas Energy Field before soaring towards the black shadow in the sky.

Chirp!

The frightening Energy Field that shrouded a range of a few hundred meters turned into the figure of a gigantic peacock. Its sharp beak raised itself toward the sky and held the black shadow in its mouth.

Drastic changes occurred across the face of Floating Light, who was perched on the black shadow before he turned around and suppressed it with his rod hastily and firmly. A spot of golden light lit up at the end of the rod. It was extremely blinding.

“Sky Magnet Rod!”

The golden light traveled directly toward the tip of the peacock’s beak. He swept all of the surrounding magnetic fields over before drawing them towards the peacock’s beak, suppressing it.

The golden light canceled out a large portion of Garen’s Turbulent Chills. However, there were still some chills that tainted both Floating Light’s legs; the ice spread over, covering him instantly and completely freezing his legs into a single ice block.

“Damn!”

“Go!” A frantic voice echoed from the black shadow. The black shadow was actually a black airship. A woman who wore a golden crown appeared there while the both of them worked together to release a large golden cloud to block the peacock’s following attacks. The airship flew higher before finally leaving Garen’s attack range.

The enormous peacock could only raise its head and whine in frustration as its speed decelerated. It grew weaker before finally shrinking back into Garen’s body.

Garen lifted his head and looked at the airship that was merely a black dot in the sky now. Using his terrifyingly powerful eyesight, he could still see the hateful yet slightly frightened gazes of Floating Light, along with the woman with the golden crown.

The group of people behind him, including Eva and King Cat, looked with a flabbergasted manner at the fight that had occurred moments ago. Their degrees of power had already surpassed the domains of the Inherited Level and reached the stages of the Non-falling Level instead. They looked at Garen again and noticed that his gaze had already changed completely. It had changed into the form and manner of their seniors in the Non-falling Level.

The enormous Chill Peacock the size of few hundred meters had immediately scared those two people earlier. Most creatures that were formed by Energy Fields would not be this large, while only those in the Non-falling Level would be able to form such gigantic Energy Field figures.

Therefore, the implications of Garen’s ability to form such gigantic Energy Field figures were still unknown.

“He just ran away like that. How unfortunate,” Garen sheathed the sword that was previously in his hands and walked directly towards the gigantic Cold Night Pond. He did not know why Floating Light fled suddenly. However, it was clear that he had some urgent matters. Moreover, he was probably seeking something other than the Cold Night Pond. It was obvious that he had succeeded already. After all, Cold Night Ponds were not as valuable compared to non-frost-type powerhouses.

The few people behind him were unaware of the unfortunate thing he was talking about. Was it unfortunate that they were unable to fight, or was it unfortunate that…

Once Floating Light had left, no one within the entire Blue Frost Sect could challenge Garen anymore. This applied to the Dragon Light Sect and the local Black Dragon Sect and Sky Sword Sect as well. If they were afraid of the likes of Floating Light, they would not even need to think of Garen.

Garen himself was unaware of the current stage that he had achieved as well.

A regular attack that was formed by his Energy Field had injured the peak Inherited Level powerhouse Floating Light, whose strength rivaled the Non-falling Levels. He did not even have to use a sword, the Destructive Impact Fist, Nine Layers Body Shattering Technique, or even the Faded Creation that was hidden in the most secluded areas.

After walking toward the front of the gigantic Cold Night Pond Crystal, Garen reached his hand out and pressed it against the surface of the crystal closely.

The Hellfrost Peacock Technique’s terrifying Devour ability launched rapidly before the essence of myriad Cold Energy was filtered out and purified by the Ice Coffin. Next, it began to condense the third crystal within Garen’s body quickly.

It greatly exceeded the Cold Energy of every Cold Night Pond before him. All of the Cold Energy that was accumulated by Blue Frost Sect for thousands of years had been engulfed into Garen’s body. The third gem-like scarlet crystal was rapidly condensed there.

Once the third one had appeared, the fourth one came soon after. Moments after the fourth one was successfully formed, the Cold Energy of the Cold Night Pond Crystal had finally been exhausted.

The crystals that were previously more than twenty meters large had now shrunken into the size of half a human.

There were four Origin Crystals.

Garen looked inwardly at the four red crystal gems within his own body.

“I can already solidify them into a wheel. This is truly terrifying… The Hellfrost Peacock Technique and its frightening Devour ability have simply disregarded most of the rules of accumulation and plundered the energy and essence of external creatures directly! No wonder its performance has been so weak all this while. Apparently, its true powers would only be fully exhibited at the final stage.”