Chapter 384: A Glance That Kills

Seeing Lin Chuan following, Ye Xue was also quite surprised.

A cultivator of the Divine Soul Realm could actually keep up with her pace? Not frozen by the rules of the extreme cold land?

One must know that the cold here targets not only the Physical Body but also the soul.

Even for her, matching it is extremely arduous.

It seems this inexplicably befriending teenager truly has some strength.

Ye Xue said nothing and continued climbing up the snow mountain.

Near the summit, Ye Xue felt a bone‑piercing chill, her body shivered from the cold, and her consciousness became somewhat hazy.

"Hold on."

Ye Xue shook her head repeatedly, forcing her mind to stay clear, yet couldn't help glancing at the boy beside her.

The other's face was surprisingly rosy, as if nothing were wrong.

This made Ye Xue doubt life itself, wondering if she was hallucinating.

With her cultivation, could she really be trampled by a Divine Soul Realm teenager?

"Need any help?"

Lin Chuan kept a certain distance and asked with a smile.

"No!"

Ye Xue gritted her teeth, unleashed the Dual Bloodline Secret Art, releasing the dragon bloodline power, greatly strengthening her resistance to the Ice Cold Dao.

Soon the two reached the summit of the snow mountain.

At the peak stood a solitary tree.

The tree bore many red fruits, which, in this icy wasteland, emitted a scorching aura.

"It seems this is the key to breaking the deadlock."

Ye Xue couldn't help glancing again at the boy not far behind her.

How does this guy still look so nonchalant?

He must be concealing his strength.

"If we cross the deep azure waters again, we may encounter the treasure; then we'll inevitably have a great battle with him."

"Can I defeat him?"

Ye Xue felt uncertain; the other's behavior was too strange.

"Never mind, when the time comes we'll fight if we must; no matter how much he hides, being able to enter this secret realm proves his strength isn't beyond handling."

Thinking that, Ye Xue arrived beneath the tree, plucked a fruit radiating heat, and swallowed it whole.

Lin Chuan followed, also picking a fruit and eating it.

The moment the fruit was swallowed, the chill vanished instantly, and the soul's perception became exceedingly clear.

In his perception, a teleportation passage lay on the other side of the snow mountain.

"I see."

The two sprinted forward, one ahead of the other, toward the location of the teleportation passage.

They stepped into the teleportation passage.

The seal was lifted.

The heavenly and earthly environment shifted again, bringing them to a vast deep‑blue sea, where rolling waves surged on the surface and the sky was filled with dark clouds.

A torrential downpour raged over the sea, making the atmosphere oppressively heavy.

Lin Chuan looked around; sea stretched in every direction, endless—how to break the deadlock? There was no explanation.

"Could it be beneath the sea?"

In this situation, Lin Chuan could only change his thinking.

Ye Xue evidently thought the same.

After exchanging a glance, the two simultaneously dove toward the deep seabed.

At that moment, the Jade Talisman on Lin Chuan began to flash, indicating that Cloud Kingdom cultivators were still present on the seabed.

Ye Xue's Jade Talisman also lit up.

They exchanged another glance and then swam in the same direction.

In their sight, an undersea palace emerged.

At each end of the palace, a group of people stood, confronting each other.

They were cultivators of the Cloud Kingdom and the Spirit Clan; for now the Cloud Kingdom held the advantage, led on their side by the Sixth Prince Yun Xing.

"Sister Xue'er has arrived!"

The Spirit Clan cultivators, seeing Ye Xue rushing to aid, shouted wildly.

This shows Ye Xue's standing among the younger generation of the Spirit Clan.

As for Lin Chuan, the Cloud Kingdom cultivators regarded him with disdain, surprise, even pity.

The two fell into the palace, one after the other.

"Sister Xue'er."

On the Spirit Clan side, it seemed they had instantly found a linchpin, all eyes on Ye Xue, filled with hope.

Conversely, on the Cloud Kingdom side, no one dared speak.

Until the Sixth Prince Yun Xing's sarcasm rang out, "Lin Chuan, you have such nerve, daring to collude with the Spirit Clan! I, the prince, have long known you're no good."

"As a prince, I have the authority to deal with you."

"Men, seize him for me!"

At Yun Xing's command, those around him stirred restlessly, yet none truly dared to charge.

After all, Ye Xue was standing right beside Lin Chuan.

If that female tyrannosaur made a move, they would most likely die here.

Ye Xue stared at the scene with a strange expression, did not rejoin the Cloud Kingdom's ranks, and simply stood there.

Thus the situation appeared extremely odd.

Ye Xue had no intention of stepping in to help Lin Chuan, but in her eyes, the bunch of lowly Cloud Kingdom scoundrels, except for that Sixth Prince Yun Xing who posed a slight threat, could not possibly match Lin Chuan.

In Ye Xue's mind, she had already regarded Lin Chuan as the greatest opponent in this competition; she even thought Lin Chuan was sent by the Cloud Kingdom as a fallback?

Was that not the case?

The Cloud Kingdom cultivators seemed to harbor great hostility toward Lin Chuan?

"A bunch of trash! What are you afraid of?"

Yun Xing sneered, "You don't think the Spirit Clan would go to war for a traitor, do you? All of you, attack! Whoever kills Lin Chuan will receive a great reward."

"This Prince will see him soar upward."

In Yun Xing's view, as soon as Lin Chuan dies, Zhiyi's sister will certainly be his, and the throne of the Cloud Emperor rightfully belongs to him.

That is the best outcome, and also the one his father and mother most wish to see.

Therefore! Lin Chuan must die!

Under Yun Xing's instigation, the Cloud Kingdom cultivators began to advance forward.

"Are you all going to help Yun Xing?"

Lin Chuan glanced at a group of Cloud Kingdom cultivators, his gaze sweeping across, and he asked with a smile, his eyes finally landing on Xiao Kun.

Being stared at by Lin Chuan, Xiao Kun felt completely uneasy.

"I... I'm sorry, Lin Chuan, I deceived you."

Xiao Kun lowered his head, his expression pained, "I've always been working for the Sixth Prince; don't blame me, I had no choice."

Seeing everyone standing on Yun Xing's side.

Lin Chuan couldn't help but sigh; his great general father-in-law was still too upright, not assigning anyone to the academy.

They're all royal lackeys.

But this also let Lin Chuan breathe a sigh of relief; since the other side intends to kill him, he can kill them all in return.

Otherwise, he wouldn't really want to kill anyone.

After all, in the future fight against Black Mist, each increment of living spirit power adds another check on the Black Mist.

Thus he has rarely killed on his path, even sparing demon beasts.

But some people are eager to be reborn.

As the overseer of Reincarnation, Lin Chuan feels it necessary to help these people achieve rebirth sooner.

"Advance!"

With Yun Xing's third command, the Cloud Kingdom cultivators could no longer hold back, surging forward en masse.

Lin Chuan lifted his gaze.

A glimmer of brilliance rippled within his previously still eyes.

Boom!

The sound of souls exploded.

It rang in the mind of each Cloud Kingdom cultivator; a dozen or so instantly fell to the ground, their seven orifices bleeding, souls damaged.

Yun Xing seemed to be carrying some treasure, escaping the disaster.

Ye Xue's pupils contracted, and her mood involuntarily grew tense,

"Indeed! This guy is the strongest!"