Chapter 711: Uninterrupted Fusion?

Extreme North, Frost Forest.

The cold wind is biting, the white snow vast and boundless.

Here, it snows for three seasons out of the year, and the further north one goes, the longer the snow lasts.

But once one truly penetrates deep into the Extreme North, the forest gradually disappears.

Even the Xue Hua seem unable to fall here, leaving only a sight of desolation and icy cold.

Things often reverse when they reach an extreme, and this Ten Thousand Mile Glacier is no exception.

Thus, in the deepest part of that extreme cold, a crimson radiance of Flame shot into the sky, dividing the entire world into two colors: blue and red.

The intensely high-temperature flames did not flicker; they looked like solidified magma, distinct from the glacier, separated by a chasm.

Deep within the chasm, there was no fragrance, only extreme red and blue.

Ice and fire, intertwined in clusters, eventually twisted into a shape resembling a Taiji.

"Clatter!" "Boom!"...

The extreme heat and extreme cold intersected from time to time, striking out invisible yet earthquake-like fluctuations.

Two figures were looming within, and looking from afar, one could only see snow-white bodies and the only distinguishable feature: long hair.

One was ice-blue, the other fire-red.

The ice and fire duo were trapped in a desperate situation.

"We're going to die..."

As another impact fluctuation dissipated, Huo Wu, whose fire-red long hair hung straight down to her buttocks, fiercely wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.

Shui Bing'er was back-to-back with her, her long hair like a waterfall, resembling a flow of ice.

In such an extreme environment, neither of them could keep their clothes on and could only remain naked.

Fortunately, beneath this Ten Thousand Mile Glacier, there were only the two of them.

"We were still too impatient; the final step of the God Trial is not that easy."

Shui Bing'er's eyes remained calm; even facing a desperate situation, there was not a hint of agitation.

It was precisely because of her that the scorching heat constantly invading their Spirit and the heart-fire constantly roasting their bodies did not burn Huo Wu to ashes.

And it was because of Huo Wu's heat that Shui Bing'er's blood and skin were not Ice Sealed until they cracked.

However, their current resistance had reached its limit; both were already exhausted.

"I didn't want to rush you into the Ice and Fire Purgatory either, but," Huo Wu clenched her fists, "the final stage of the God Trial is to surpass him, but he levels up too fast! We finally reached Level 70, he suddenly hit Level 76; we worked hard to reach Level 80, he was already at Level 88!"

Shui Bing'er shook her head with a bitter smile: "By the time we reached Level 90, he was already at Level 98..."

"They say the further a Spirit Master cultivates, the harder it gets, but he, on the contrary, is getting faster and faster."

Huo Wu gritted her teeth, and flames could not stop spraying from her nostrils: "If we don't take risks, he might become a god in a while. How can we surpass him then?! If we can't surpass him, we can't complete the God Trial, and if we can't complete the God Trial, we can only be trapped here until we die."

Shui Bing'er leaned against her, constantly exchanging the heat and cold breath with her to sustain each other's lives.

"Actually, we could also wait; we just need to wait for him to come find us."

A flash of intense light flickered in Shui Bing'er's icy eyes.

Huo Wu's eyes also brightened for a moment, but then she pouted: "That would mean being suppressed by him for a lifetime; I don't want that."

Shui Bing'er lowered her brows and smiled: "Is it worth caring about who suppresses whom?"

"It is!"

Huo Wu nodded affirmatively.

"Ahhh! It's been seven years! What on earth is that bastard doing!"

She suddenly clenched her fists and roared: "I am really! I am really going crazy, ahhh!"

Shui Bing'er exhaled a breath of cold air and pouted sadly: "I miss him so much too..."

"If it weren't for wanting to see him sooner, I wouldn't have agreed to you taking such a risk."

She looked up at the red and blue sides above that resembled canyons and sighed helplessly: "I always feel like this God Trial is intentional; every critical moment, it creates a connection with him, and this time is no exception."

"This time doesn't count, right? It just requires surpassing him. Maybe the God Trial itself didn't expect the difficulty to be this high?"

Huo Wu said uncertainly: "After all, he is exceptionally talented among his generation; only by surpassing him can we prove that we are suitable successors."

Shui Bing'er reached back, grabbed her left hand, and clasped it: "Huo Wu, haven't you noticed? Our falling into this desperate situation was also guided by the God Trial."

"Guided by the God Trial?"

The thick-skinned Huo Wu naturally could not realize this point.

Shui Bing'er said with some worry: "Yes, the God Trial always reminds us of his current level, making us extremely anxious, and then tells us that the center of the Purgatory can accelerate our improvement, which is why we acted on impulse and came here without being prepared."

"It seems so. Originally, one had to reach Level 99 to enter here to gain energy to step beyond the limit and advance to God Level," Huo Wu realized suddenly: "As a result, the God Trial kept urging us, constantly telling us how fast he was cultivating, and in the end, we came to take the risk at Level 96."

"I don't know why we didn't think of this before..."

Shui Bing'er looked up and murmured: "If I hadn't suddenly realized the only way to solve the crisis, even now, I would be like you, immersed in the desire for rapid improvement in strength."

"The only way to solve the crisis..."

Huo Wu suddenly stopped speaking, the expression on her face changing repeatedly: "It won't, it won't be that way again, right?"

Shui Bing'er squeezed her hand and murmured: "You remember, the only time we had a chance to go out and find him was because we needed someone to act as a bridge to help us exchange Fire Crystal and Water Crystal."

Huo Wu nodded and said: "At that time, it seemed only he could do that. If it weren't for him, no one would have thought of doing that and controlled it so well."

"That is the problem. If the God Trial wasn't certain we would find him, why would it give a death mission?" Shui Bing'er whispered: "In other words, it is precisely because we both like him that there is such a God Trial."

Huo Wu was a bit dazed: "You mean, our falling into a life-and-death crisis here this time is also because of his existence?"

Shui Bing'er nodded helplessly: "It's not that we can't absorb the power here, but that absorbing too much causes the power in our bodies to be uncontrollable and backfire. The only way is for you and me to exchange the excess energy to reach a balance within each other."

"Exchange the energy within our bodies?"

Huo Wu repeated it in a low voice.

Shui Bing'er said: "You've noticed it too, right? This situation is almost no different from last time, only the requirements are more demanding. It requires someone who can withstand both water and fire power to help. Such a thing, only he has managed to do before."

"Furthermore," Huo Wu's face flushed for no reason, "originally the Fire Crystal and Water Crystal could condense naturally during moments of passion, but these scattered energies won't work that way; they are a chaotic mess and require a true exchange of Yin and Yang Breath to be absorbed..."

Shui Bing'er unconsciously tightened her grip on her hand: "Not only that, but it also requires an uninterrupted exchange to successfully merge and swap!"

What kind of scene would that be?

The two of them silently turned their heads to look at each other, then silently looked away...

(End of chapter)