Chapter 220 The 6th Order Kills Wanli

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The countless streams of cold energy from the wizards' ice staves, arrows, firearms, and even the energy shells of divine martial soul cannons roared, surging forward like the final hymn of Ice Spirit, the attacks crashing towards the swarm like waves.

But the swarm's assault was too fierce. Long trapped outside, and with the death of their queen, the ice bees seemed to have gone mad, charging forward with their steel-like bodies.

The silver flood collided with the light of the myriad attacks, seemingly locked in a stalemate in the air for a moment.

As a large number of ice bee corpses fell crazily, the power of the silver flood not only did not diminish but increased, instantly pushing back the wave of attacks from Ice Spirit City.

It couldn't be stopped, there was no way to stop it!

At this moment, everyone's expressions were different—some were filled with despair, others with madness, and still others with a sense of release...

But at that moment, a figure suddenly darted through the air, shooting towards the Tian Shu Great Array. In an instant, he penetrated the incredibly sturdy protective barrier of the array, hovering in the air outside the city!

That was...

Everyone was drawn to the shining silhouette, and so were the bees, amazed that a frail human dared to rush into their encirclement.

As if provoked, the dense mass of ice bees in the sky converged on him simultaneously.

But a cold glow shone around him, and a large amount of frost gathered around him, as if the air itself had frozen, forming large patches of ice marks like snowflakes around him, making him appear like a god of ice and snow.

"An elder?"

"It's an elder!"

Someone cried out in shock.

Oscar raised the staff in his hand, which resembled withered tree vines, its tip, smoothed by his constant handling, now gathering an endless cold radiance.

Surging soul power surged, and his body began to transform.

At this moment, his silver hair turned black strand by strand, his emaciated body filled out, bulging with strong muscles that made his once slightly loose robe bulge. Oscar's aged face also regained its youth, the skin, once like the wrinkles of a withered tree, became smooth and supple.

It was a handsome and charming face, with a remarkable posture and a tall, straight figure, his eyes gleaming with a commanding presence!

The Hand of Winter, Oscar!

Hope flared up in Xuecangbai’s bloodshot eyes, and everyone involuntarily stopped their attacks, looking toward the solitary figure in the world.

Boom!

Terrifying soul power summoned the descent of snow and ice!

The entire sky was obscured by sudden dark clouds, and ice crystals formed spontaneously in the air.

Thousands of ice bees closest to him were halted by an invisible force field, unable to advance even an inch.

Oscar’s face flushed, his soul power reaching its peak, and the staff in his hand suddenly burst into boundless, dazzling white light, causing the entire world to shimmer as centuries of snow and ice converged here.

The Sixth Order Forbidden Sorcery — Age of Ice!

Instead of falling, the snowflakes condensed directly in the air, turning the entire world into a frozen tableau.

White light spread, snow color extended, not only the ice bees but also the air, and everything in this world!

Frozen, frozen, frozen!

Clack clack clack clack...

A magnificent ice wall, stretching over ten miles in length and several miles wide and tall, condensed in an instant, as if becoming a chasm between heaven and earth. It not only froze at least ten billion ice bees in a moment but also shielded the entire Ice Spirit City from the remaining 'Silver Clouds' behind it!

The Age of Ice, freezing all, a single move to exterminate thousands of miles!

This was the power of a true top-tier wizard, the sixth-order magic, the forbidden spell among forbidden spells, cast by one person alone!

"Fro-frozen!"

"Saved! We're saved!"

"The guardian deity of Ice Spirit!"

The people on and off the city walls were initially incredulous, but when the ice bees froze and the massive wall appeared, even the originally thunderous 'buzzing' sound instantly quieted down, everyone came back to their senses.

Infinite joy surged onto their faces, and even Snow Cypress couldn't help but relax his chest, stumbling slightly.

But right at this moment,

Bang bang bang bang...

The terrifying impact sounds rang out again, distant and muffled, yet they struck like blows to everyone's heart, extinguishing the already resounding cheers.

Pfft!

A mouthful of dark blood spewed from Oscar's mouth, his hovering body swaying slightly in the air.

It was the outer swarm; the entire ice bee tribe numbered no less than a hundred billion. Even freezing half of them was futile. More terrifyingly, Oscar could sense that within the ice wall, most of the frozen ice bees still retained life! They were struggling incessantly, trying to pry open the ice and break free!

The Ice Bees were born in ice and snow, residing in the frigid iron ice caves where temperatures remain below freezing all year round; a mere chill would not be enough to claim their lives.

This ice wall, however, was formed from Oscar's soul power, connected to his body. The impact it now endured, both inside and out, felt as if it were striking directly at Oscar's soul.

Oscar's complexion changed; his smooth, youthful skin rapidly aged, and his jet-black hair turned white at an alarming speed.

The older one grew, the stronger their soul power became. At his age, he had indeed reached the pinnacle of human potential, but his body was no longer in its prime.

Crack!

The staff in his hand, the Winter Clan’s treasured artifact, a high-grade soul weapon—the Winter Annihilation—suddenly shattered on its own.

An uncontrollable surge of blood rose from his chest and abdomen, and Oscar couldn't help but cough violently, spewing black blood, his vision suddenly darkening.

A trace of helpless bitterness appeared on his face, and he instantly fainted, plummeting straight down from the sky.

The boundless ice wall stood before everyone, densely packed with frozen bees intertwined within it.

At the breach in the Tian Shu Formation, there was a massive ice pillar, over ten meters in diameter and seventy to eighty meters long, resembling a stream of water. Countless ice spikes extended from the pillar, 'capturing' and freezing each Ice Bee, making every inch of their bodies visible to all.

This scene should have been a cause for celebration, had it not been for the heart-wrenching sight outside...

Outside the nearly shattered Tian Shu Formation, against the backdrop of the endless ice wall.

Whoosh...

The rapidly aging figure in the air began to fall uncontrollably.

The people on the city walls and below were stunned for about a second.

“Elder! Elder!”

Everyone snapped to attention, countless people shouting in terror and despair.

That god-like being, the long-awaited hope, now plummeted from the sky, just like everyone’s hearts sinking to the bottom of a valley.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

At least thirty or forty people simultaneously aimed their weapons at the protective barrier of the Celestial Pivot Array, attacking it frantically in an attempt to break through and rush out to catch the frail, elderly body. Otherwise, falling unconscious from such a height in such a weakened state, the Elder would surely meet a gruesome death.

But even on the verge of breaking, how could the Celestial Pivot Array be shattered by these mere thirty or forty ordinary warriors?

Even the Elder, who had been the guardian deity of Ice Spirit for two hundred years, had fallen.

Not only was the hope of survival extinguished in everyone's heart, but also the flame of faith.

The feeling of having one’s hope snuffed out is the cruelest of all. Many felt as if all their strength had suddenly been drained away, their eyes becoming hollow.

But right at that moment.

Clack! Clack! Clack! Clack! Clack! Clack!

A thin, long ice path, like a rope, had already extended from the mountain waist toward the city gate. At the same time, a shield was sliding rapidly along the ice rope, reaching the city gate in the blink of an eye.

Whoosh!

The giant shield moved with incredible speed, and there seemed to be three people standing on it. Tatashi was desperately pressing down on the front of the shield, using his own weight and the downward momentum to continuously accelerate its speed.

Tassia, meanwhile, was maintaining all her soul power to extend the ice rope, but the speed of the shield’s descent was too fast, and it was getting faster, far exceeding her ability to form the ice rope.

　　Huff~

　　The ice chain reached its end, the massive shield soared through the air, trailing a spray of snow and ice from its tail.

　　Tassia leaped off the shield voluntarily, slightly lightening its weight.

　　"Go!"

　　Tatashi roared, his eyes wide with fury, his body bent low. He planted both feet at the front of the shield and pushed with all his might.

　　The rear end of the forward-moving shield suddenly rose, like a seesaw, propelling Xue Zhiyu, who was already in position, wildly outward. Tatashi's body, along with the shield, uncontrollably plummeted forward, crashing into the city gate with a thunderous boom.

　　What is he doing?

　　Everyone on the city gate was stunned. But at this moment, Xue Cangbai’s eyes, which had already fallen into a deathly stillness, suddenly opened wide, staring at the figure propelled by the shield.

　　That is...

　　Huff!

　　A dazzling snow shadow streaked across the sky like a meteor.

　　The incredible speed was something she had never experienced before. The wind pressure made it difficult for Xue Zhiyu to breathe, but she did not use an ice shield to block it. Instead, she thrust the Frost Heart in her hand forward, gathering a surge of icy soul power into a conical shape to cut through the wind, accelerating her momentum.

　　Pierce!

　　The extreme penetration of the ice cone soul power, combined with the added force from the shield, was immensely powerful. The already weakened Tian Shu Great Array flickered slightly and was forcibly breached, allowing her to charge straight through.

　　The position and angle were perfectly calculated; the moment she burst out, she caught Oscar, who was falling from the sky, without reducing her forward momentum.

Xue Zhiyu tightly embraced the elder, struggling to turn her body in mid-air.

Bang!

Her back slammed hard into the ice wall just a few meters away from the Tianchuan Array. The massive ice wall, upon impact, cracked slightly, forming a small gap.

Xue Zhiyu was jolted with intense pain all over her body, but fortunately, she did not lose consciousness. With one hand holding the elder and the other gripping the Heart of Frost, she drew it across the ground.

A surge of powerful soul energy erupted, reducing the force of their fall. The two tumbled on the ground, and Xue Zhiyu, still clutching the elder, managed to stagger to her feet.

Before anyone could react, a series of 'crack' sounds echoed as a huge crack spread rapidly from the point where Xue Zhiyu had struck the ice wall, extending towards the massive ice pillar that penetrated the Tianchuan Array.

Crack... crack...

Dense cracks appeared everywhere.

The ice wall, already precarious due to the loss of the elder's sustaining power and the continuous assault by the swarm, was only slightly hastened to its demise by Xue Zhiyu's impact, like the final straw that broke the camel's back.

Boom... boom... boom...

After a brief moment of silence lasting only two or three seconds, the entire ice wall exploded with a thunderous roar!

Rumble... rumble...

Large chunks of the ice wall slid down, and countless shattered ice fragments rained down like a storm, accompanied by the majority of the swarm that had now broken free. The silver mass, dense and blinding, instantly obscured the view of everyone on the city gate, burying the two figures who had just struggled to their feet below.

"Princess!"

“Elder!”

Xue Cangbai’s already deathly pale face flushed with a sudden redness. Though the Ice Spirit secret technique would drastically drain his life force, there was no time to hesitate. "Follow me!"

At that moment, everyone raised their weapons and unleashed a frenzied assault on the swarm of bees pouring through the breach in the Tianhu Array.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Take down these damned insects!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The battle at the city gate reignited, the thunderous sounds of combat now a matter of honor for Ice Spirit, a final stand for its dignity!

...

Meanwhile, beneath the city gate, hidden by the swarm and the falling ice blocks, a different scene unfolded.

Xue Zhiyu had been fortunate. Although the massive ice wall had shattered, the base of the wall, where the soul energy was most concentrated, remained intact. A colossal block of ice, stretching for miles, slid down and crashed onto the vast city gate, creating a wide triangular gap. This not only saved her from being buried alive by the falling ice but also temporarily blocked the frenzied ice bees above.

However, the impact of the giant ice block as it fell caused it to crack and shatter, releasing hundreds of ice bees that had been frozen inside.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Most of the freed bees were to Xue Zhiyu’s right. They fluttered their wings slightly, reorienting themselves and shaking off the stiffness from being frozen. Soon, they regained their boundless vitality.

Xue Zhiyu’s face changed.

Hundreds of bees, though far fewer than the billions swarming the city gate, were still more than she could handle alone.

She hurriedly ran to the left side of the gap passage, away from the elder, but the collision with the ice wall had severely injured her internal organs. To make matters worse, the elder's body was unexpectedly heavy, and after just a few steps, she felt short of breath, her blood and qi surging, as if her body were about to fall apart.

Feeling the elder’s intermittent, faint breathing, Xue Zhiyu made up her mind.

This way, they wouldn’t escape. If she couldn’t escape, the elder would die here!

Anxiety and urgency filled her as she looked around.

Beneath the city gate, the ground was littered with the bodies of Ice Spirit warriors and ice bees, along with many discarded large shields and various debris.

Xue Zhiyu struggled to prop up a shield leaning against the wall, placing the elder inside it, and let out a slight sigh of relief. She lifted the Frost Heart, chanted a spell, and unleashed a powerful Ice Roar that blew back seven or eight ice bees, momentarily distracting them. With their attention diverted, there was only one thing left to do—run!

Two 'Ice Blades' condensed on her feet. Without carrying the elder, her body could now glide. The speed at which an Ice Witch could slide on icy ground was exceptionally fast, and at full effort, it was several times faster than running. Surprisingly, it matched the flying speed of the ice bees.

Unfortunately, the road beneath the city gate was far from 'peaceful'...

The ground was covered with corpses, which hindered Xue Zhiyu’s sliding speed. Despite her best efforts to avoid them, some areas were densely packed with bodies, including those of the ice bees.

Bang!

Xue Zhiyu inevitably tripped over a corpse, the forward momentum causing her to tumble forward and crash into the ground, her fleeing figure abruptly stopping, adding more injuries to her already wounded body.

Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz!

Hundreds of ice bees quickly approached from behind.

Dazed and seeing stars, Xue Zhiyu was utterly exhausted. She knew she was finished.

The buzzing grew louder in her ears, and through her strained vision, she saw the leading ice bees approaching.

When she was little, she had seen these creatures in her great-grandfather's ice cave, just one or two of them. Her great-grandfather would conjure them out of thin air as if performing a magic trick to play with. Under the suppression of his soul power, the ice bees appeared quite docile, completely different from the frenzied ones before her now, their mandibles opening and closing, eyes blazing with a bloody red.

I will probably be eaten...

At this moment, a grinning face appeared. In the face of life and death, Xue Zhiyu suddenly wondered where Wang Feng was, perhaps he had already left Bingling...

Xue Zhiyu closed her eyes, awaiting the arrival of death. Warriors of Bingling never feared life or death. Suddenly, a wolf's howl echoed, and a snow-white figure swiftly charged forward.

Swish...

A beautiful spinning tail sweep circled around Xue Zhiyu, scraping up a trail of ice and snow on the ground. The incredibly hard wolf's tail, accompanied by the flying ice shards, lashed out like a whip, sending the few approaching ice bees flying away.

At the same time, the rider atop the snow wolf reached out, effortlessly scooping Xue Zhiyu off the ground while still in motion, laughing heartily, "Beautiful lady, need any help?"

Xue Zhiyu was stunned, her face showing disbelief, then she burst into a radiant smile, relaxing her entire body. Suddenly, everything went black as she fainted in Wang Feng's arms.