Immortality Cultivation

Chapter 250: Defeating the Ice Demon King

On the Peak of the snowy mountain, the cold wind howled.

Fang Hao’s figure was like lightning as he took the initiative to charge towards the Ice Crystal Demon King, whose aura was withered but whose ferocity still remained!

The Demon King clearly did not expect that this little bug, who had previously been forced into a sorry state by its cold energy and needed to rely on a Puppet for protection, would now dare to actively provoke it.

It let out a roar mixed with anger and pain, and its huge ice crystal Dragon wings flapped violently, sending countless sharp ice blades, like a torrential rain, enveloping Fang Hao!

At the same time, it opened its huge mouth, and an ’Extreme Cold Dragon Breath’—more condensed than before and nearly dark blue in color—brewed in its mouth, the terrifying energy fluctuations causing the surrounding space to slightly distort.

"Come!" Fang Hao’s eyes were sharp like swords.

He did not retreat in the slightest, his Divine Spirit Steps leaving a string of intertwined ice and fire afterimages on the snow, his speed reaching the extreme, unexpectedly weaving through the dense ice blade storm, with only a few ice blades grazing his body, leaving only a few shallow white marks on his skin covered with ice and fire power, which recovered instantly!

The Physical Body, formed by the initial Fusion of ’Earth Fire Burning Body’ and ’Cold Ice Bone Erosion,’ had a defensive power far exceeding imagination!

In the blink of an eye, he had already rushed to the front of the Demon King.

The Demon King’s long-brewed ’Extreme Cold Dragon Breath’ finally sprayed out, a dark blue beam of light with a diameter of several feet, emitting absolute zero coldness, tore through the air and shot straight at Fang Hao!

This strike’s power far exceeded the previous one; even the golden puppet in its prime would probably not dare to take it head-on.

But a fierce look flashed in Fang Hao’s eyes, and instead of retreating, he advanced!

He did not choose to shake it hard, but instead brought the exquisite control over power brought by the basic Chapter of the War Heaven Scripture, which he had just comprehended, to the extreme.

Seeing him stomp his left foot on the ground, the hard frozen soil and ice layer exploded with a bang, and with the help of this recoil force, his body, in a posture that defied common sense, twisted and turned strangely in the air, narrowly brushing past the edge of that terrifying dark blue beam of light!

The bone-chilling Dragon breath almost grazed his body, freezing and annihilating a layer of the ice and fire halo on his skin, bringing bone-piercing pain.

But he successfully avoided the frontal impact!

"This is it!"

At the moment when his figure crossed with the Demon King’s huge head, the yitian sword in Fang Hao’s hand erupted with unprecedented light!

On the sword body, the pale purple Earth Core Flame Fire, the dark red ’Earth Fire Power,’ the ice blue ’Cold Ice Power,’ and the most fundamental Chaos gray light driven by the Chaos Derivation Art—four kinds of power, under the exquisite control of power by the War Heaven Scripture, were forcibly blended together in an extremely unstable state, turning into a strange sword Qi of Chaos color, inside of which seemed to be intertwined with ice and fire, and stars being born and destroyed!

"Ice Fire Star-Shattering Slash!"

Fang Hao roared, pouring all his power, along with the ’Cold Ice Bone Erosion’ power that had just reached Minor Achievement, into this one sword!

This was a killer sword strike that transcended his current Realm, which he had comprehended in the extreme pain of ice and fire Body Tempering, combining all his own power!

Although it was extremely rough, extremely unstable, and placed a huge burden on himself, its power was also absolutely terrifying!

Swish—!

The Chaos-colored sword Qi was not very dazzling, even a bit dim, but wherever it passed, space seemed to be frozen, and then burned out fine cracks, leaving a strange and dangerous trajectory, fiercely slashing towards the Ice Crystal Demon King’s huge mouth that had not had time to close because of spitting the Dragon breath, and its throat vital point behind it!

This was the part where the Demon King’s defense was relatively weak, and it was also the moment when its old strength was exhausted and new strength had not yet been born!

Fang Hao’s practical combat experience and combat intuition were brought to the extreme at this moment!

The Ice Crystal Demon King clearly also felt the horror of this sword, and for the first time, an emotion named ’fear’ appeared in its cold vertical pupils.

It wanted to tilt its head to dodge, wanted to close its mouth, but it was too late!

Moreover, it had been injured in the fierce battle with the golden puppet, and its movements were ultimately a beat slower.

Puchi—!

The Chaos-colored sword Qi slashed into the Demon King’s open mouth without any obstruction, tearing through the relatively soft internal tissue of the oral cavity all the way, and then fiercely slashed onto the hardest and most core sapphire-like reverse scale on its throat!

Crack—!

A crisp cracking sound rang out!

The Demon King’s reverse scale, the strongest defense of this fourth-order Demon King, under Fang Hao’s Peak sword strike that gathered all his power, spirit, and energy, was actually slashed with a deep crack!

The crack spread rapidly, instantly covering the entire reverse scale!

"Roar—!!!"

The Demon King let out a heaven-shaking howl filled with endless pain, fear, and unwillingness!

The shattering of the reverse scale was almost a fatal blow to it!

Dark blue blood gushed out of its mouth like a fountain, mixed with fragments of internal organs!

Its huge body twisted crazily, and its ice crystal Dragon wings flapped wildly, causing the surrounding snowy Peaks to collapse and shatter.

But its life aura, like a dam breaking, was rapidly passing away.

After Fang Hao slashed out that sword, he also seemed to have been drained of all his strength, his face pale as paper, panting heavily, the spiritual power in his body almost squeezed dry, and the arm holding the yitian sword was trembling slightly.

Forcibly fusing four different types of power, especially the mutually restraining powers of ice and fire, also caused great backlash to his own Meridians and Physical Body, and at this moment, it was like a raging sea inside his body, with ice and fire conflicting, causing unbearable pain.

But he held on and did not fall, his Clear Spring Spirit Eyes staring fixedly at the dying Demon King.

The Demon King struggled for a while, and its huge body finally fell powerlessly, hitting the snow and making a dull loud noise.

The pupils burning with ice-blue flames dimmed rapidly, and finally extinguished completely.

A generation of fourth-order ice-type Demon King had fallen!

Confirming that the Demon King was completely dead, Fang Hao breathed a sigh of relief, staggered, and almost fell.

He hurriedly took out a few Medicinal Pills to restore spiritual power and treat internal injuries, stuffed them into his mouth without looking, and then sat cross-legged, the Chaos Derivation Art running wildly to reconcile and calm the rampaging ice and fire power in his body.

After adjusting his breath for a full half an hour, the severe pain in his body finally subsided slightly, and his spiritual power recovered by one or two percent.

He stood up and walked to the Demon King’s huge corpse.

The Demon King’s corpse had begun to slowly dissipate, turning into pure ice spiritual power returning to the world, leaving only a fist-sized, crystal-clear dark blue demon core emitting terrifying coldness, as well as a few pieces of the hardest, sapphire-like bones and that crack-filled reverse scale.

"A fourth-order demon core! And these Materials, they are all top-tier Materials for refining ice-type Magic Treasure and Medicinal Pill!"

Fang Hao’s eyes lit up, and enduring the bone-chilling cold, he collected them one by one.

Especially that demon core, which was priceless.

He walked to the ice wall again, where the golden puppet was still embedded, half of its body frozen in ice, with a deep claw mark on its chest and dim spiritual light.

Fang Hao put it away with a heart ache and placed it into his storage ring to nurture it.

This time, the golden puppet was damaged quite heavily and would need a long time and a large amount of rare Materials to be repaired, so it could not be used in the short term.

Finally, he looked at the huge ice cave entrance.

The fifth piece of the ’battle heaven axe’ fragment was inside.

He did not go in immediately, but adjusted his breath for a while longer, waiting for his state to recover better before holding the yitian sword and cautiously walking into the cave.

The inside of the cave was colder than the outside, and the four walls were made of ten-thousand-year unfrozen mysterious ice, smooth as a mirror.

After going deep for about a hundred feet, the view suddenly opened up, and a huge ice grotto appeared.

In the center of the ice grotto was a small ice pool emitting misty cold air, the pool water presenting a dreamy pale blue color.

And in the center of the ice pool, a palm-sized, irregularly shaped, dark golden fragment emitting an ancient, wild aura was quietly floating above the pool water, slowly rotating, absorbing the pure ice spiritual power emitted by the ice pool.

It was exactly the fifth piece of the ’battle heaven axe’ fragment!

Fang Hao was excited and walked forward.

He stretched out his right hand, his palm covered with a layer of faint ice-blue luster (Cold Ice Bone Erosion power), and gently grasped the fragment.

It was cold to the touch, but not bone-piercing; on the contrary, there was a sense of intimacy as if connected by blood.

The fragment vibrated slightly, resonating with the other four pieces.

"The fifth piece, obtained!"

Fang Hao held the fragment tightly in his hand, feeling the vast power and ancient Battle Intent contained within it, and a look of relief finally appeared on his face.

This battle, although extremely thrilling, with the golden puppet damaged and himself almost dying from exhaustion, the harvest was also huge.

Not only did he get the fifth piece, complete ’Cold Ice Bone Erosion,’ and raise his Physical Body strength to another level, but he also killed a fourth-order Demon King and obtained its demon core and Materials.

More importantly, through the life-and-death struggle with the Demon King, he had a deeper understanding of the use of his own power, especially the control of power brought by the War Heaven Scripture, as well as the Fusion of ice and fire power.

That ’Ice Fire Star-Shattering Slash,’ although not perfect, was undoubtedly one of his strongest killer moves at the moment.

"Four more pieces to go."

Fang Hao put away the fragment and looked outside the ice grotto, as if piercing through layers of mountains, looking towards the deeper parts of the Secret Realm, the remaining, more dangerous areas.

He knew that the road ahead was still difficult.

The pursuit of the Sun Family, the dangers of the Secret Realm itself, and those unknown existences hiding in the dark, coveting the secret of the ’battle heaven axe’...

But, so what?

He clenched his fists, feeling the surging power in his body and the strange balance of ice and fire intertwined, and his eyes became determined and sharp again.

"The road to war heaven has just begun. No matter how many difficulties and obstacles lie ahead, I, Fang Hao, will surely forge ahead and fight to the Peak!"

He took one last look at this ice grotto, turned around, and strode away, his figure disappearing into the vast wind and snow.

The next target was that primitive swamp shrouded in mist, full of poisonous miasma and strangeness.