Chapter 1328 - 661: Ancient Superpower User
Chapter 1328 - 661: Ancient Superpower User
About five minutes ago.
Chang Yuntao endured the pain in his Sea of Consciousness and directly smashed through the ice surface of the Brain Lake, swiftly sinking below the water.
"Faster, hurry up!"
"The power of the Liang family is too strong, there’s definitely something wrong."
"The only thing that can save me now is her!"
"Releasing her is my only hope for survival!"
Chang Yuntao moved like lightning, rapidly swimming underwater, and soon appeared at the edge of the Brain Lake.
He fumbled on the blood-red flesh wall and soon touched a groove.
Immediately, he took out an Ice Attribute Blood Crystal and pressed it violently into the groove.
Crack crack crack!
In an instant, a passage opened up in the blood-red flesh wall.
Without a word, Chang Yuntao quickly drilled inside and hurried into the blood-red chamber.
All around, the inner walls of the ice-blue flesh were embedded with a large number of complex runes.
He looked apprehensively towards the central palace, and then, as if he had made some decision, he swiftly charged in.
"Ice Goddess! Ice Goddess!"
Once he entered the palace, he immediately let out a roar.
The space inside the Ice Crystal Palace wasn’t very large.
Within the giant palace stood countless frozen people.
These people, eyes closed as if in slumber, were frozen in blocks of ice.
Among them were men and women, old and young, even children.
Their clothing was primitive, somewhat resembling ancient people’s attire, but it was hard to tell from which era.
And on the high platform of the palace was a giant frost throne!
The design of that frost throne was very similar to the throne Chang Yuntao had previously sat on.
Seated on that frost throne was a woman.
A woman sculpted from ice.
This woman looked to be only in her twenties, sculpted lifelike.
She wore a white cloak, with a long dress lined with an ice-blue sash, her chest full, and at the neckline was an ice-blue gem necklace.
Her eyes were slightly closed, seemingly resting.
Yet, even as just an ice sculpture, it constantly emitted a terrifying pressure.
Chang Yuntao apprehensively looked at the ice sculpture and urgently said, "Ice Goddess! I know you can hear me, can’t you!"
The ice sculpture remained motionless.
Chang Yuntao grew anxious and said in a low tone, "I need your help now!"
"A powerful enemy has come knocking, if I die, no one will ever know you’re hidden here!"
"You’ll never be able to revive!"
"If I die, I’ll surely take the whole Floating Island down into the ocean depths, letting it become an Abyss, and never allow it to fall into the hands of my enemies!"
At this point, the ice sculpture suddenly opened its eyes.
The slightly closed eyes trembled, and were filled with an ice-blue divine light.
She stared at Chang Yuntao and smiled, "I told you long ago, you’d return, didn’t I?"
Chang Yuntao immediately said, "You win, I admit it, I need your help. Help me this time, and I promise to assist you in your revival."
The ice sculpture smiled, "It seems you truly are facing a life-and-death crisis. If you want me to intervene, you need to sign the Blood Covenant before us."
Chang Yuntao’s gaze fell on the long table in front of the throne.
On that long table was a rune contract formed of frost.
Those runes, he didn’t recognize a single one, nor did he comprehend what they represented.
Last time, this ice sculpture woman had urged him to sign this contract.
He obviously hadn’t agreed.
Since then, he had searched everywhere for runes, trying to understand the meaning of the contract’s runes.
However, this process was destined to be slow.
Even now, he hadn’t deciphered a single complete meaning from the runes.
He was aware there surely were pitfalls within.
But now he had no choice, the Liang family was outside pursuing him.
If he didn’t sign this Blood Covenant, the ice sculpture wouldn’t act, and he’d face the pursuit of the Liang family alone.
But signing this Blood Covenant, what dangers lay within also frightened him.
His mind whirled, he didn’t immediately go to sign, but instead asked, "What exactly is written on this Blood Covenant?"
The ice sculpture laughed softly, "Serve me as your master, assist me in unsealing."
"Is that all?" Chang Yuntao couldn’t help but ask.
The ice sculpture replied, "That’s all."
Chang Yuntao asked helplessly, "What happens if I violate the Blood Covenant?"
The ice sculpture chuckled, "Haha, you wouldn’t want to find out."
Chang Yuntao hesitated.
The ice sculpture urged, "Will you sign?"
"I need to expend a lot of Spirit to awaken from sleep."
"If you continue to hesitate, I’ll fall back into slumber, and won’t awaken for at least another six months!"
"By then, it will be impossible for you to ask for my help."
Chang Yuntao gritted his teeth, "Is there another way? I can swear an oath."
Boom!
Suddenly, the entire Ice Crystal Palace shook violently.
The ice sculpture looked towards the doorway and said, "Your enemy is here."
Chang Yuntao’s face completely changed!
Then there was another loud roaring sound.
The Ice Crystal Palace shook violently once more.
"I’ll count to three, if you don’t agree, I’ll just continue to sleep."
The woman’s voice within the ice sculpture spoke indifferent.
"I’ll sign!"
Chang Yuntao was filled with urgency, leaped forward, and lunged towards the long table.
He gritted his teeth, sliced open his fingertip, letting the blood flow onto the rune on the long table.
As the blood poured in, the blood covenant rune on the table immediately lit up with ice blue radiance.
At the same time, some blood color appeared on the ice sculpture!
"No, this... why won’t it stop?"
Chang Yuntao was shocked and furious, his finger seemed to be stuck to the blood covenant.
He felt even his superpower along with his blood being sucked away!
Chang Yuntao’s face turned pale instantly as he tried to pull his finger away.
But he couldn’t pull it out.
"You lied to me!"
Chang Yuntao turned his head to the ice sculpture that had already turned bloody, shouting indignantly.
The ice sculpture said, "That’s how the blood covenant works, don’t worry, I only need half of your blood."
"Really only half?"
"Of course."
Chang Yuntao gritted his teeth, resigned to enduring.
In an instant, half of his vital blood was absorbed.
Chang Yuntao immediately said, "Is that enough!"
By now, the ice sculpture had completely transformed into skin as a real person.
She was indeed beautiful, with the crown on her head like a high and mighty queen.
With her resuming human form, it was hardly an exaggeration to describe her as breathtakingly beautiful.
She lowered her gaze to Chang Yuntao: "Just a little more."
"Still not done?"
"Just a little bit more!"
"You lied to me!"
Chang Yuntao felt weak, suddenly alarmed.
He gritted his teeth, instantly forming an ice saber, ready to chop off his finger to save his life!
But as soon as the ice saber formed, he lost control of it.
He saw the ice saber transform directly into ice element power, feeding back to the ice sculpture woman.
Chang Yuntao was suddenly terrified.
"You, you——"
The ice sculpture woman lowered her head, chuckled: "Flowing within you is my very gene, the heart core and brain core of the floating island you’ve refined also once belonged to me."
"Were you absurdly trying to use them to kill me? Isn’t that a bit too naive?"
"Humans have evolved for thousands of years, yet they’re still so foolish?"
Chang Yuntao looked at the woman in terror, shouting: "Who are you exactly!"
"Hehe, in our first meeting, didn’t I tell you? I froze myself ten thousand years ago, endured through the era of superpower depletion, and escaped the flood apocalypse."
"According to your understanding, I should be an ancient superpower user of that era."
"People of that era called me the ’Ice Goddess’!"
"Impossible, that’s impossible, how could a creature live for ten thousand years?" Chang Yuntao shouted in disbelief.
The woman laughed: "Haha, poor child, you truly know nothing about this world."
"If I wish, I could freeze myself forever."
"Like me, there are quite a few who can endure through time."
Chang Yuntao despaired, pleaded bitterly: "You said you would help me, you break your promise!"
"Of course, I will help you kill that little one outside."
"Haha, I found traces of breath on him that contains my gene aura."
The Ice Goddess chuckled lightly, then slowly stood up from the throne.
Her body, from its initial stiffness, visibly became agile.
"After sleeping for so long, I’ve finally endured to this flood cycle."
"Hopefully this time, I can truly walk away from this starry sky!"
She stepped out, walking down from the throne, her body staggered suddenly, almost falling.
Yet ice blocks immediately appeared around, supporting her.
She smiled wryly: "Ten thousand years, even walking has become somewhat unfamiliar."
As she gradually moved, from unfamiliar, quickly accustomed till she moved like a normal person.
At this moment, by the table, Chang Yuntao had already become a skeleton drained of flesh and blood.
He feebly gazed at the woman, feeling deep regret inside.
Suddenly he thought, if he really got captured by Liang,
would there still be a way to live if he handed over the brain core and heart core of the Floating Island voluntarily claiming fealty?
How could he end up in such dire straits?
Instantly, regret surged from deep within.
But it was too late to say anything now.
Everything was already set in stone.
The Ice Goddess turned to look at Chang Yuntao, seemingly sensing his feelings.
She chuckled softly: "Don’t look at me like that."
"Without me, you would have long been dead."
Chang Yuntao could no longer speak, his eyes full of confusion.
Seemingly understanding his confusion, the Ice Goddess chuckled lightly: "If not for my gene within you, you think you could awaken the ice attribute superpower?"
"Without superpower, could you have survived until now in the flood apocalypse?"
She squatted down, looking at Chang Yuntao, smiling: "Actually, the genes have always existed within your kind of creatures."
"These genes, are passed down generationally through biological information."
"Until the flood arrives, superpowers revive, these genes get activated."
"And you all have only one purpose, to await our arrival."
"You have now completed your mission."
"Rest easy, I will conveniently help you deal with your foes."
Chang Yuntao’s eyes widened, filled with fear and despair.
He felt he had uncovered a grand conspiracy!
A terrifying conspiracy meticulously arranged by an ancient superpower user from the previous flood apocalypse!
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