Chapter 1026: Ice God Trace

When Lü Qing'er's voice fell, Li Li Lingjing and Qin Yi both turned startled gazes toward her.

"Young Lady Qing can freeze this Blood Sea?" Qin Yi found it somewhat unbelievable. This Blood Sea was transformed from that True Demon; to freeze it would likely require a Marquis-level powerhouse.

The ice wings behind Lü Qing'er fluttered lightly as she said, "Of course it's not relying on my own strength, just borrowing some life-preserving trump cards."

Qin Yi said, "This kind of heaven-defying art must come at no small price."

Lü Qing'er fell briefly silent. She looked at Li Luo fleeing in a sorry state in the distance, and without any hesitation said, "I can't just watch Li Luo die before my eyes."

Qin Yi's gaze shifted slightly as she sized up Lü Qing'er. The crystalline light flowing over the latter's snow-white skin made the phrase "ice flesh and jade bones" seem tailor-made for Lü Qing'er—her exquisite features, her graceful figure. Even Qin Yi, who was always aloof and proud, gave a quiet word of praise in her heart.

"Li Luo Dragon Head is quite fortunate to have a friend like you," Qin Yi said.

Lü Qing'er shook her head, her expression somewhat complicated as she said, "I don't really have any ability, I can't help him much. If his fiancée were here, even that True Demon surely wouldn't have been able to push him into such a sorry state."

"She has always protected Li Luo very well. With her around, nothing would happen to Li Luo."

Like that Great Xia Incident back then—even though the House Luolan Mansion faced such a desperate situation, and later even had to face Shen Shen Jinxiao's ambush, Jiang Jiang Qinge would rather ignite her Light Heart than let him harm Li Luo.

When she said this, Lü Qing'er's gaze swept over Li Li Lingjing and Qin Yi.

Both women's expressions shifted slightly at this moment.

Qin Yi's eyes rippled as she smiled and said, "I've heard more than once that Li Luo Dragon Head seems to have a fiancée in the Outer Shenzhou. Is this true? But regardless of whether his fiancée truly exists, it shouldn't make Young Lady Qing belittle herself like this."

In her eyes, the Lü Qing'er before her was already top-tier among her peers. Whether in looks, bearing, or the methods she had revealed—not to mention the Outer Shenzhou, even in the Inner Shenzhou where prodigies gather like clouds, Lü Qing'er would surely shine dazzlingly. And precisely because Lü Qing'er was so outstanding, regarding the fiancée who could make even Lü Qing'er seem somewhat dimmed by comparison, Qin Yi harbored a somewhat disbelieving attitude.

If such a person truly existed, how could she appear in the barren Outer Shenzhou?

In her view, this was perhaps just Lü Qing'er's modest words, and also meant to add some of the face that men want for Li Luo. After all, they care most about such things.

During the brief moment Lü Qing'er spoke with Qin Yi, the frost patterns on her skin also began to grow brighter. A terrifying cold aura was gradually being released from within her body—clearly, she had long been making preparations.

"In the future, you will meet her. If you're still opposing Li Luo at that time, then you will learn what it means to be completely suppressed," Lü Qing'er said with a faint smile.

Qin Yi nodded lightly and said impassively, "That does make me somewhat look forward to it."

Qin Yi could sense the teasing tone in Lü Qing'er's words toward her. She did not get angry because of it, but it did stir up a touch of competitive spirit in her.

Although she usually appeared gentle and soft, her inner pride was no weaker than anyone's.

She did not feel she was inferior to any woman.

Complete suppression? Not necessarily.

Lü Qing'er and Qin Yi's conversation—Li Li Lingjing did not participate in a single word. Even when Lü Qing'er mentioned Li Luo's fiancée, she did not show much emotional fluctuation. Her slender five fingers merely gripped the Green Serpent Staff, while deep in her eyes flowed a cold and dark current.

"You two, please help me hold them off."

At this moment, Lü Qing'er's jade hands formed hand seals. In her ice-lake-like pupils, an icy-blue color was spreading, reflecting the controlled Li Li Wuyuan and the others within.

Once her words fell, she said no more. Accompanied by dazzling hand seals shifting from her palms, a terrifying cold aura suddenly erupted from within her body, freezing even the void itself.

Li Li Lingjing and Qin Yi hurriedly retreated.

Between Lü Qing'er's red lips, a wisp of icy-blue mist puffed out. She felt the icy power gradually being released within her body, and her eyes slowly closed.

"Power of the Holy Seed—Ice God Trace."

A low murmur rose from within Lü Qing'er's heart.

This was her final trump card. After undergoing the Holy Seed trial within her clan, a wisp of Holy Seed power remained within her body. However, this power was far too overbearing for her to control at all, so what she was doing now was crudely releasing this power.

But, as Qin Yi had said, such a method would certainly come at an enormous price.

The Holy Seed power freezes everything, and naturally it would freeze her body as well.

This kind of freezing from the inside out could not be undone by ordinary means. No one could predict whether she truly would never wake again, so Lü Qing'er's move was undoubtedly somewhat risky.

But the current situation was critical, and there was no time to worry about anything else.

As increasingly terrifying cold aura swept out, the ice wings behind Lü Qing'er moved, and her figure plunged straight down toward the Blood Sea below.

Whoosh!

The biting cold wind howled past, as if hanging an ice river across the horizon.

Plop!

After several breaths, Lü Qing'er plunged straight into the depths of the Blood Sea. Countless eerie whispers flooded into her heart, making one restless and distracted. But now her heart was filled with icy cold, so those polluting whispers naturally could not interfere with her. The terrifying ice power erupted violently.

Crack crack crack!

Wherever the ice power passed, the surging Blood Sea instantly solidified, transforming into a blood-red ice layer.

Then the ice spread at a startling speed. In just a dozen or so breaths, the originally surging and rolling Blood Sea transformed into an ice zone with no visible end.

The surging giant waves, even at the moment of solidifying mid-leap, formed ice mountains a hundred zhang tall.

The temperature between heaven and earth plummeted suddenly.

The roaring thunder of the blood waves also came to an abrupt halt.

High in the sky, Li Luo, who had already used his last "Phantom Spirit Wing Escape Art," stared at the massive blood palm pressing down. He had already gripped the Jin Yu Xuanxiang Blade in one hand. Without the speed boost from that Marquis-grade brand, he could no longer dodge the Corrosive Spirit True Demon's attack.

If there was no choice, he could only activate the "Wang Zhe Yin" ahead of time.

And just at the instant Li Luo's five fingers tightened on the hilt, preparing to act, that blood palm suddenly trembled, then vanished into a skyful of blood rain out of thin air, howling down.

Li Luo was drenched all over, looking even more wretched. His eyes held some bewilderment, clearly not understanding why this critical strike had suddenly dissipated.

And it was at this moment that he sensed the drastic change below.

He looked down, and the Blood Sea had actually transformed into an ice zone.

"What terrifying ice power—is it Qing'er?!"

Li Luo's heart jolted, and an ominous feeling rose. His gaze swept across the ice layer, finally fixing sharply on one spot. In the depths of the ice, he saw Lü Qing'er's figure.

She was curled up, ice spreading from deep within her body, freezing her completely. From a distance, she looked like an angel ice sculpture frozen within ice and snow.

Clearly, it was Lü Qing'er who had erupted with some special power and frozen the Blood Sea, but she herself seemed to have fallen into the ice seal as a result.

Li Luo's heart surged with thick worry, but he understood this was Lü Qing'er buying precious time for him, so he could only suppress his concern, speed up, and refine the bronze lamp in his hand.

Meanwhile, in the distance, the Corrosive Spirit True Demon's expression also turned furious because of the Blood Sea's freezing. It had never expected that these four existences, like ants in its eyes, would bring it such enormous trouble.

Just as Lü Qing'er had guessed, the Blood Sea was extremely important to the Corrosive Spirit True Demon. It was precisely by blood-sacrificing those who passed through the Golden Dew Platform that it had shielded itself from the suppression of this Spiritual Phase Cave Heaven. Now that the Blood Sea was frozen, the polluting energy emanating from its body also began to violently destabilize.

At the same time, the suppressive effect of the Spiritual Phase Cave Heaven seemed to begin appearing once more. Although the suppression was still weak, it was ultimately a bad sign.

Killing intent surged within the Eroding Spirit True Demon. It knew that today it could no longer play around — it had to eliminate these ants as quickly as possible.

Its gaze, cold and eerie, fixed on Li Luo. This person had to be removed first.

With this thought, its figure transformed into a streak of afterimages and shot forth. Vast, overwhelming polluted energy surged forth, blotting out the sky, as if a calamity had descended.

At the same time, it also drove the puppets under its control to entangle Li Li Lingjing and Qin Yi.

Seeing the Eroding Spirit True Demon's true body begin to strike at Li Luo, Li Li Lingjing's expression shifted. She then said to Qin Yi, "Can you hold them off?"

Qin Yi looked at the Qin Ying, Li Li Wuyuan, and others charging toward them, sighed softly, and said, "Since Young Lady has paid such a price, I will naturally give it my all as well."

"Leave these people to me to block."

"However, after this, I will no longer have any strength left to fight. What comes after can only be left to you all."

The situation had reached a point where it was kill or be killed. Qin Yi understood that to survive, she had to bring out her final means.

She took a single step forward, and ripples seemed to bloom beneath her feet. The bright moon behind her grew even more luminous. At the same time, she raised her jade hand, and a blue water droplet radiating profound light appeared — it was her "Hao Han Heavy Water Pearl."

A drop of essence blood fell from Qin Yi's slender fingertip, landing on the "Hao Han Heavy Water Pearl," instantly dyeing it a blood-red color.

After doing this, she raised her jade hand, and the "Hao Han Heavy Water Pearl" drifted into the bright moon behind her. Cracks immediately appeared on the heavy water pearl, and when it finally fell into the moon, it completely crumbled into powder.

Sensing the disappearance of the "Hao Han Heavy Water Pearl," a few shades of pallor rose on Qin Yi's exquisitely beautiful face. The luminous moon behind her was also her own life-preserving technique. Executing this art would massively drain her essence blood, and a single misstep could even damage her foundation.

With this execution, even with the nourishment and restoration of her Lower Nine-Grade Water Phase, she would likely fall into a period of weakness.

"Water Moon Cave Heaven, Nine-Bend Heavenly Water."

Qin Yi held a jade pure bottle in her jade hand, flicked a finger to guide it, and the jade pure bottle formed a connection with the bright moon, as if becoming a floodgate. The next instant, clear, luminous water poured from the mouth of the bottle, transforming into the waters of Tianhe, sweeping across the void.

At the same time, it swept up the charging Qin Ying, Li Li Wuyuan, and the others. "Going live! Going live again! Tonight at 7 I'll be live on Douyin writing chapters (sipping tea), hahaha, if you're free come watch me write tomorrow's update — just open Douyin and search for Tiancantudou!"