Chapter 466: Terrifying Cold Current, Hanging by a Thread, Ruthless Person and Gift

Seven days ago, my feeling during the day was not wrong!

Su Xing'er, who was fleeing in a panic toward the cave, had pupils full of lingering fear at this moment.

On the third day, under Cai Shiyan's suggestion, when they moved toward the west side, she had already noticed that the temperature was getting lower and lower, but at that time she only thought it was due to the climate of the Blood Miasma Plain and didn't think much of it.

But as they arrived at the west side of the trial zone with many teams, that is, the area bordering the Chen Cang trial zone, the situation began to go wrong.

Just as Cai Shiyan guessed, the Cold Beasts had indeed gathered on the west side this year. After arriving here, they did indeed have a bountiful harvest at first.

But the number of trial teams in this area was also increasing. Not only were there teams from Cai Qiu, but they even encountered quite a few from Chen Cang.

The team density was becoming more and more abnormal, as if all the teams participating in the trial from the two vassal towns had gathered in this area.

This undoubtedly aroused her vigilance even more. Coupled with the fact that the temperature was getting lower and lower, she couldn't help but express her worries to Cai Shiqin yesterday and suggested that they leave this area immediately.

Her little sister Cai Shiqin listened, but when she expressed this idea to Cai Shiyan and the others, she was immediately rejected.

Su Xing'er had thought about taking Cai Shiqin and leaving directly, but in the end, under the influence of greed, she chose to continue following the team and stay here.

In seven days, her three older brothers gave all their Blood Jade Beads to her. Relying on these Blood Jade Beads, her strength had increased from 17 mane to 20 mane. As long as she completed this trial step by step, and she could clearly perceive that this increased strength did not come from cultivation, which meant that all of it was her flesh and blood foundation. In other words, her battle body aptitude was continuously rising.

Her basic strength when she broke through was 3 mane. Normally, she would reach 24 mane at the peak of the Cold-Resisting Realm, but now she could clearly feel that she was getting further and further away from the peak of the Cold-Resisting Realm.

Aptitude improvement means a higher future ceiling. The master had taught them this countless times, and Su Xing'er naturally knew what this meant.

The temptation of the Blood Jade Beads was too great for her!

So even though she knew the situation was wrong, she still chose to gamble, not leaving here, but continuing to follow the team.

But it was this greed that caused the current consequences!

During the day, a terrifying cold current suddenly descended. Su Xing'er saw it very clearly: the ground, trees, stones, mountains, and even the snowflakes in mid-air were frozen in an instant. Except for the Cold Beasts, everything in this area was frozen by the cold current in an instant.

People were no exception!

The moment the cold current struck, everyone in the team quickly took out various treasures to resist the cold. The four siblings lost their composure instantly. Fortunately, Cai Shiqin took out a treasure called the Li Fire Cover, which covered the four of them.

But others were not so lucky. Of their 43-member team, 31 were frozen into ice sculptures on the spot, leaving only 12.

The four siblings, plus Cai Qifeng and Cai Yuwan, a total of six people, all survived because of Cai Shiqin's Li Fire Cover; the remaining five were Cai Shiyan, Cai Zizheng, and three other Cai clan disciples.

Being able to withstand the first wave of cold current had nothing to do with strength; it depended on whether they had treasures like the Li Fire Cover. Cai Zizheng and the other four survived, just like them, relying on the four Yang Fire Pills taken out by Cai Shiyan.

Three-quarters of the entire squad died instantly, and the remaining 12 were naturally in chaos, instantly stunned. But before they could react, the Li Fire Cover and Cai Shiyan's Yang Fire Pills gradually began to fail.

That cold current was simply too terrifying!

It came with the wind, in waves, almost unavoidable. The outer layer of the Li Fire Cover quickly formed hard ice, and the hands and feet of the seven people hiding inside were quickly frozen blue and purple; the other five were no better off. Cai Shiyan did have quite a few Yang Fire Pills on him, but when they were taken for the second round, they basically stopped working.

In desperation, they thought of the stupidest method: find a closed space to hide from the external cold current.

And don't you know, this method really worked!

But it didn't work for long. Everything was frozen, but the Cold Beasts were not. Coupled with the extremely high density of Cold Beasts in this area, they found the first cave, and before they could stay for half an hour, they were discovered by several Cold Beasts.

Narrow spaces like caves were not conducive to their exertion, and coupled with the fact that Cold Beasts were not afraid of the cold current, once they started fighting, the closed environment of the cave was destroyed, making their situation even worse.

"These two Yellow Candles can also be used to deal with monsters. In addition, if you encounter anything mysterious and difficult to understand, lighting them will have miraculous effects."

Just as they were hanging by a thread, Su Xing'er suddenly remembered the Yellow Candles the master had given the four of them before leaving the prefecture. Although the Yellow Candles seemed to have no connection with the cold current, thinking of the master's instructions, she still lit the Yellow Candles with the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

Who would have thought that the moment the Yellow Candles were lit, the cold current was really blocked!

So, this terrifying cold current was caused by monsters.

Although she had already realized this, the situation was urgent at the time, and there was no time for Su Xing'er to investigate in detail. The Yellow Candles could prevent the cold current, but they had no effect on the Cold Beasts at all.

Therefore, they could only run for their lives.

Right now, they had just shaken off the Cold Beasts and fled here.

Bang...

"Seal the cave entrance!"

The dead branches at the entrance were kicked open, and the twelve people rushed into the cave quickly. Seeing the cold current outside rushing in crazily, Su Xing'er immediately signaled everyone to seal the entrance again. Since it concerned their lives, everyone naturally wouldn't be careless. Under the illumination of the Yellow Candles, they quickly used dead branches to reseal the entrance.

To ensure safety, Cai Shiqin directly covered the entrance with the already frozen Li Fire Cover, which counted as adding another layer of insurance.

It was night, and even if the entrance wasn't sealed, under the illumination of the four Yellow Candles, the inside of the cave was basically clear at a glance. However, sealing the entrance not only blocked the invasion of the cold current, but everyone also felt a little more secure in their hearts.

"The temperature in this cave seems a bit high!"

Su Xing'er calmed down and immediately noticed that the temperature in the cave was abnormally high.

The cave was not wide, only five or six meters, but the depth was astonishing. It was pitch black inside, obviously having another world within.

Bang...

Su Xing'er hesitated for a moment and was about to open her mouth to suggest everyone go inside, but before she could open her mouth, a bang came from behind.

She turned her head and saw her older brother Su Jing being kicked against the cave wall. A look of urgency appeared on her face, and she rushed over quickly.

"Zizheng, grab the Yellow Candles from the three of them, check their bundles, and see if there are any more inside."

Cai Shiyan, who had been fleeing all the way, confirmed that the environment was safe at this moment and finally couldn't help but reveal his true colors.

On the other side, Cai Zizheng and Cai Ziwen didn't need him to speak at all. The moment he kicked Su Jing away, they immediately acted in synchronization, grabbed the Yellow Candles from Su Xu and Su Zhi, and then slapped them away with a palm.

"Young Master, what do you want to do!"

Encountering a sudden change, Cai Shiqin was also stunned for a moment, but she quickly reacted. Her expression sank suddenly, and she walked quickly to Su Xing'er's side, helping to lift Su Jing and the other two, and turned to glare at Cai Shiyan and the others.

But looking at this, her expression became extremely gloomy.

Not to mention Cai Zizheng and Cai Ziwen, the other five Cai family disciples all stood on Cai Shiyan's side, and even her own cousins, Cai Qifeng and Cai Yuwan, stood over there.

"Shiqin, you are from the prefecture, you are our own family. At this life-and-death juncture, do you still want to stand on the side of those four outsiders?"

Cai Shiyan questioned Cai Shiqin sternly, his face full of coldness.

Yellow Candles are things that can save lives. How could such things that can save lives be allowed to be held by these four pieces of trash?

From the moment he saw that the Yellow Candles could resist the cold current, he began to plot in his heart to grab them. Just now, while fleeing outside, because he was afraid that acting rashly to grab them would cause them to be frozen by the cold current, he endured it for half a day.

Now that they had entered a safe environment like a cave, he could naturally act!

"Young Master, if it weren't for Xing'er and the others taking out the Yellow Candles just now, we would all be dead. Is such ingratitude the family style of our Cai clan?"

Cai Shiqin's stern questioning made Cai Shiyan and the others freeze.

"Qifeng, Yuwan, when the first wave of cold current invaded just now, you all survived because of my Li Fire Cover. Now you want to stand on Cai Shiyan's side and deal with me?"

Hearing this, Cai Qifeng and Cai Yuwan's eyes suddenly became evasive.

Cai Qiu has had a heritage of nearly three hundred years, and the Fangbo lineage has been passed down for more than ten generations. The Cai clan has at least thousands of disciples, so it is naturally impossible for them to be as harmonious as a small family.

The Cai clan began to split from the second generation Qiu generation, totaling seven branches in four prefectures and three cities. Then, at the prefecture level, they began to split again. Linchu Prefect Cai Qiuyang had many children, but only seven had achieved success in cultivation, so naturally, the prefecture mansion was divided into seven branches of disciples.

Cai Shiqin had one more thing she didn't say. Unlike Cai Shiyan and the five who came from the second and third branches of the Linchu prefecture, the two of them, along with Cai Shiqin, were disciples of the sixth branch, and the fathers of the three were all brothers born of the same mother.

At this moment, the two of them standing on Cai Shiyan's side to help Cai Shiyan deal with Cai Shiqin, their own cousin, was obviously inappropriate.

"Shiqin, I am the second branch, and you are?"

Hearing Cai Shiyan's words, Cai Qifeng and Cai Yuwan obviously gained a bit more confidence, as if they had found a reasonable explanation for their behavior, and even began to persuade Cai Shiqin one after another.

"Prefect, why be so biased toward four outsiders?"

"These Yellow Candles can save lives, they must be held in our own hands. And there might be more in their bundles. As long as we take them, we have hope of escaping this cold current zone."

Su Xing'er's expression was extremely ugly at this moment, especially seeing Cai Shiqin bowing her head and not speaking, she immediately took her three older brothers and retreated a few steps to the side.

Fortunately, Cai Shiqin did not let her down.

"Sophistry, nonsense. To save your own lives, you made up such a high-sounding excuse. If today's events are spread out, what face will you have in the future to call yourselves the Fangbo lineage, Cai clan disciples?"

Cai Shiqin sneered, her words extremely intense, obviously also angered. After sternly questioning, she blocked in front of Su Xing'er and the four, drew the long sword from her waist, and said with a firm face: "Xing'er, don't worry, if they really dare to act, they must kill this prefect first!"

"Sister Shiqin..."

Seeing Cai Shiqin draw her sword and block in front of her, Su Xing'er showed a trace of emotion. But seeing that the seven people on the opposite side did not intend to give up and were still walking toward this side, she clenched her fists tightly, her pupils revealing a trace of intense regret.

In the end, she could only blame herself for being soft-hearted!

During the journey of fleeing just now, they held the Yellow Candles and had countless opportunities to kill Cai Shiyan and the others, and halfway through, her three older brothers even signaled her with their eyes.

But in the end, she refused them all.

She had long seen the greed on the faces of Cai Shiyan and the others, but thinking that there was no deep hatred between the two sides, they wouldn't actively kill them; and at this moment, everyone's situation was so dangerous that even if Cai Shiyan and the others had ideas about the Yellow Candles, they shouldn't put them into actual action.

Who would have thought that this was all her wishful thinking.

It can only be said that she still underestimated the ruthlessness of these disciples of wealthy families.

The master clearly gave them the means to save their lives, but she didn't have the ability to turn danger into safety, and ended up in such a situation!

Su Xing'er felt more and more self-blame. Seeing Cai Shiyan and the seven getting closer and closer, she had no choice. She quickly took out a Yellow Candle from her pocket and said: "Cai Shiyan, this Yellow Candle was bestowed by my master. I only have this one on me. I can give it to you!"

Having traveled together for ten days, everyone knew what strength they had. Although Cai Shiqin had 52 mane of strength, the four siblings' strength was too poor and couldn't play any role at all;

Looking at the seven people on the opposite side, Cai Shiyan had 53 mane, Cai Zizheng had 45 mane, and the remaining five, even the weakest Cai Yuwan, had strength as high as 35 mane.

If they really fought, the five of them had no chance of winning.

So they could only compromise!

Su Xing'er's intention was very clear: hand over a Yellow Candle and then mention the master's name, hoping to threaten Cai Shiyan and the others.

It's a pity that she still underestimated Cai Shiyan's ruthlessness and dominance.

"I don't believe you only have one. Hand over all the bundles, let us search them first. Besides, at this juncture..."

Cai Shiyan paused when he said this, a sneer appeared on his face first, and then he continued sternly: "You can't even save your own lives. Even if your master, Hong Yu, has heaven-reaching abilities, he can't scare this young master at this moment!"

Su Xing'er, who had been taught a hard lesson, clenched the Yellow Candle, her face changing between blue and white. In the end, a trace of ruthlessness rose in her heart. She directly extinguished the Yellow Candle and then said sternly: "Then let's just burn together. If you dare to act, we will fight to the death to break open the cave entrance. Once the cold current comes in, we will all..."

Squeak squeak squeak...

Before Su Xing'er could finish her sentence, a faint squeaking sound suddenly came from the ground. Hearing this sound, the twelve people present instantly turned pale.

"That group of Silver-Backed Rats has caught up..."

Bang!

The moment Cai Shiyan's voice fell, the ground where he was standing suddenly burst open, and a behemoth with a body length of over five meters quickly drilled out from inside.

That was a rat-like Cold Beast, with two small red eyes, two long and sharp gnawing teeth in its mouth extending to its lower jaw, two sturdy hind limbs gripping the ground, and sharp foreclaws slightly extended forward. Its back was covered with a layer of fine silver down, and it dragged a fleshy long tail that was almost twice its body length behind it, shaking slightly, which was very disgusting.

If there were people from Does Does Da Xia here, they would definitely recognize at a glance that this was clearly a type of Cold Beast very common near the Shuanglong Mountain Wall, the Long-Tailed Gnawing Rat.

Bang...

After this Gnawing Rat broke through the ground, two more Gnawing Rats with a body length of only a little over one meter drilled out from the ground.

"They could still catch up from so far away, it's over!"

Su Xing'er's heart was instantly filled with despair. Of course, not just her, the expressions of the other eleven people at this moment were basically the same as hers.

The reason they fled from the previous cave was these three Gnawing Rats. They had run for so long in the cold current relying on the Yellow Candles, but they didn't expect that these three Gnawing Rats had actually followed them all the way.

This time it was really over!

The largest Gnawing Rat opened its blood-colored pupils wide, looked around the cave, and finally fixed its gaze on the cave entrance area, emitting two slight squeaking sounds.

The two smaller Gnawing Rats rushed toward the cave entrance upon hearing the sound.

"Block them!"

Cai Shiqin was unwilling to sit and wait for death and immediately signaled everyone to act.

These three Gnawing Rats were one intermediate and two low-level. Under normal circumstances, even if they were Blood Cold Beasts and stronger than normal Cold Beasts, they wouldn't have made them so panicked.

The biggest problem was the cold current outside the cave.

These Cold Beasts clearly knew they were afraid of the cold current. The previous cave entrance was like this. Before they fought for long, the Gnawing Rats went to destroy the entrance. This time they were even smarter; they knew to go and destroy the entrance before they even fought.

Cai Shiqin's decision was naturally very correct. The most important thing right now was not to let the Gnawing Rats destroy the cave entrance. Once the cold current outside came in, they would have to stay in the illumination area of the Yellow Candles, which would make it even more impossible to fight the Gnawing Rats.

Su Xing'er had already extinguished the Yellow Candle in her hand. Su Jing and the other two originally intended to extinguish theirs as well, but before they could act, the Gnawing Rats came in.

Seeing the two Gnawing Rats rushing toward the cave entrance, Su Jing's heart skipped a beat, and he didn't dare to extinguish the Yellow Candle anymore.

He had seen the terror of that cold current with his own eyes before. The human body would be frozen instantly upon contact. If the entrance was really broken open, the cold current would definitely rush in crazily, and there would be no time for them to relight the Yellow Candles.

Cai Shiqin had already drawn her long sword to block the two low-level Gnawing Rats. She was strong, and even though the cave space was not large, blocking two low-level Gnawing Rats was more than enough; Su Xing'er also rushed over to help at the first opportunity.

That intermediate Gnawing Rat obviously had high intelligence. It originally rushed toward Su Jing and the other two at the first opportunity, but seeing its two helpers being blocked by Cai Shiqin, it realized that it had no chance of winning without breaking open the entrance, so it actually changed its path to help.

Theoretically, at this time, if Cai Shiyan and the other seven went to help at the entrance, the possibility of turning danger into safety would be very high.

"Zizheng, you take the other five to help!"

But under the influence of greed, Cai Shiyan actually only called Cai Zizheng and the other six to go help, and then he held his long sword and walked slowly toward Su Jing and the other two.

"I don't want to say nonsense a second time. Give you three breaths of time, hand over the three Yellow Candles in your hands, and the bundles, all to me!"

Cai Shiyan's pupils were full of ruthlessness, and the long sword in his hand was slightly raised. The meaning was clearly saying that after three breaths, if they didn't hand over the things, he would act.

Su Jing and the other two were angry in their hearts, but their strength was too weak. Under Cai Shiyan's momentum, they couldn't think of any way. After looking at each other, they quickly concentrated the Yellow Candles into the hands of Su Jing, who was at the front.

But just as Su Jing intended to hand over the Yellow Candles, a sudden change occurred!

Whoosh...

A cold light suddenly sped from the depths of the cave, and the target was exactly Cai Shiyan, who was reaching out to Su Jing.

Cai Shiyan's strength was not weak. He realized it a step earlier than Su Jing and the other two. It was probably because he didn't expect anyone to be in the cave. A look of surprise appeared on his face, and while quickly raising his sword to resist, he dodged toward the back.

Clang...

A huge sound of metal clashing rang out. Not only Cai Shiyan, but Su Jing and the other two also saw clearly what the cold light flying from the depths of the cave was.

It was actually an incomparably swift blade!

The blade was extremely narrow, only two fingers wide, and a little over a meter long. Although it was cast from silver, it was clearly not Cai Qiu's style of sword-making.

Behind the blade was a black-clothed youth who looked to be in his twenties, with a cold expression. The youth had slightly pursed lips. Not only was his expression cold, but he also had a pair of extremely indifferent pupils, combined with three rather miraculous vertical blood-colored cloud patterns on his brow, inexplicably giving people a sense of alienation and discomfort.

"Who are you, daring to treat this young master..."

The moment the sword and blade clashed, Cai Shiyan's pupils shook violently, only because the web between his thumb and index finger had completely collapsed, and he realized that the strength of the black-clothed youth's blade was already approaching 70 mane.

What is the concept of 70 mane? His strength of 53 mane, even in his prime, including the 30% martial arts amplification, could not reach it, let alone now, when he had just escaped from the cold current.

So he immediately opened his mouth to state his identity, trying to threaten the other party.

It's a pity that, just like Su Xing'er couldn't threaten him just now; at this moment, his identity as a young master couldn't scare the other party at all.

Not only could he not scare him, but the other party even acted more ruthlessly!

After the black-clothed youth's first blade forced Cai Shiyan back, he only paused for a moment before the second blade came. This blade was not only higher, but even in terms of strength, it seemed to have some superposition.

"Brother, you..."

Cai Shiyan thought the momentary pause was the other party hesitating. Just as he was about to continue speaking, seeing the second blade slashing toward his face, he immediately closed his mouth and raised his sword to resist in a panic.

Clang... crack...

Cai Shiyan's web between his thumb and index finger had already collapsed. Barely receiving the second blade, his web and palm bones directly shattered, the long sword left his hand, and his body was slashed to the ground.

A strong desire to survive prompted him to ignore even the long sword that had left his hand, and he rolled and fled backward crazily, trying to escape.

Whoosh...

But what made him despair was that the black-clothed youth actually had a third blade!

This third blade was half a meter higher than the previous one, and the black-clothed youth's body seemed to be suspended in mid-air.

The violent blade slashed down suddenly, and Cai Shiyan, the fifth-ranked young master of the Linchu Prefect Mansion, had his head directly blossomed, and his vitality was cut off instantly.

"The Surging Wave Blade is a sword technique that is open and close. Practicing it alone only has three blades at most. Even if practiced to the pinnacle, the third blade only has 30% strength amplification; but once combined with the Great Success Long Fist Tai Zhan Style, it is completely different. The third blade's strength amplification can reach up to 40%.

My basic strength is already 42 mane. The 30% amplification of the Saint Patterns, plus the 40% martial arts amplification, my strongest strength is already 71.5 mane.

If I can practice the Tai Zhan Style to the pinnacle, I can also exert the fourth blade, and the strength amplification can be increased by another half percent; if I can thoroughly integrate the Surging Wave Blade and the Tai Zhan Style and realize the fifth blade, the strength amplification can even reach 50%.

It's a pity that only the Lord in the entire Does Does Da Xia can do it.

No, it's not that the Lord can do it. This Surging Wave Blade is a sword technique he created himself. It is normal for the founding ancestor to integrate the two.

I don't know when I will be able to do this step..." ===== CHAPTER 467 =====