Chapter 1735: Unparalleled Art, Ice Nightmare

The instant that longsword of frost, inlaid with the "Rank Sacred Seal," pierced through space and landed in Lü Qing'er's hand, everyone before this "Ten Provinces Heaven-Earth Barrier" clearly sensed a wave of icy coldness capable of freezing heaven and earth suddenly sweep across the battlefield.

Even the origin power wielded by many of the King-realm experts present became sluggish under this wave of icy coldness.

Thus, countless shocked, trembling gazes all turned toward Lü Qing'er's figure.

And under the watch of these gazes, Lü Qing'er's ice-blue long hair, which had originally been bound up, slowly drifted loose, and at her smooth brow, the ice-lotus petals that had evolved from the Primordial Seed began to bloom.

Vast frost-origin power formed countless fine, dense patterns across the ice-lotus petals, lending this lotus mark a unique divine charm.

An ice-crystal-like luster flowed across Lü Qing'er's body, making her already crystalline skin appear even snowier and more translucent; the crystalline sheen flowed over her, irresistibly inviting touch.

But clearly, no one dared to do so.

Because the "Rank Sacred Seal" embedded in the ice sword in Lü Qing'er's hand seemed to come alive, using the blade as a medium, and finally flowed along her skin toward the center of the ice lotus formed from the Primordial Seed at her brow.

The ice lotus was like a lotus throne, and the "Rank Sacred Seal" perched at the lotus heart like an ice deity.

In that instant, with Lü Qing'er as the source, wherever she stood—whether void or ground, or the surrounding flowing energies of heaven and earth—everything abruptly transformed into the most primordial particles of frost.

That was an incomparably vast power of the Frost Rank!

Lü Qing'er used her own perfected Primordial Seed as a medium to fully receive the "Rank Sacred Seal" that Lü Taiyi had exchanged by sacrificing and burning himself.

The two, perfectly matched, would at this moment unleash an incomparably tremendous might.

And when this might appeared, before this barrier, whether the three rampaging Sin Demon Kings or Ling Zhu Xuan, Xiao Lingzhu and the other peak Three-Crowned Kings of the alliance, all showed drastic changes in expression.

Only the former were shocked and furious, while the latter and the others were pleasantly surprised.

"Kill her!"

The Miasma Sin Demon King, transformed into an old crone, let out a shrill, piercing voice; its former benevolent look had long vanished, because the Rank power erupting from within Lü Qing'er had already made them feel threatened.

The next instant, the three Sin Demon Kings coordinated without hesitation. The Greed Sin Demon King and the Fear Sin Demon King joined forces to first resist the sealing suppression formed by Ling Zhu Xuan, Xiao Lingzhu and the others channeling the "Ten Provinces Heaven-Earth Barrier," while the Miasma Sin Demon King directly snapped off one of its own withered fingers. The finger transformed into rolling miasma-venom origin power, from within which emerged a colorful, resplendent venomous-snake phantom that pierced straight through space and, in an instant, appeared before Lü Qing'er. Its abyssal snake maw, laden with deadly venom, snapped down to bite.

Facing the Miasma Sin Demon King's killing strike, the "Rank Sacred Seal" within the ice-lotus throne at Lü Qing'er's brow shot out a beam of Rank divine light. Where the divine light swept past, even space began to be sealed in ice.

And that resplendent snake shadow formed from miasma-venom origin power also froze in the void, ultimately turning into a skyful of ice-crystal dust.

After Lü Qing'er neutralized the Miasma Sin Demon King's killing strike, her hands swiftly came together, shifting through countless hand seals, while the ice-lotus throne at her brow grew ever more dazzling.

A murmur as cold as ten-thousand-year profound ice softly slipped from between her red lips.

"Unparalleled Art: Ice Nightmare."

The instant she unleashed this Unparalleled Art, the three Sin Demon Kings immediately felt bone-piercing frost welling up within them; that frost seemed to surge out from the deepest part of their bodies, seeking to seal their forms in ice.

The terrifying pressure emanating from the three Sin Demon Kings also began to weaken at this moment.

On the surface of their skin, ice was gradually spreading, seeking to seal their entire bodies in frost.

Ling Zhu Xuan, Xiao Lingzhu, Li Li Tianji and the others, seeing this scene, all revealed delight in their eyes, but they immediately also noticed that not only were the bodies of the three Sin Demon Kings gradually being sealed in ice, but Lü Qing'er, who had cast this art, was also beginning to show signs of being frozen.

Clearly, although this Unparalleled Art, which possessed a sealing effect, was overbearing, it was of a dual-directional nature.

Moreover, the "Rank Sacred Seal" within the ice lotus at Lü Qing'er's brow was also rapidly dimming at this moment.

"The three Sin Demon Kings are going to be sealed!" Many King-realm experts among the Outer Shenzhou Allied Army showed wild joy on their faces. If Lü Qing'er could truly succeed in sealing the three Sin Demon Kings—even if only temporarily—that would buy them a great deal of precious time.

But Ling Zhu Xuan, Xiao Lingzhu, these two peak Three-Crowned Kings, were not so optimistic. The "Rank Sacred Seal" smelted from Lü Taiyi's self-sacrifice, combined with Lü Qing'er's perfected Primordial Seed, did indeed possess extraordinary power, but sealing three Sin Demon Kings comparable to the Extreme Peak all at once was probably not so easy.

And the facts proved exactly as they had anticipated.

When the ice spread to half the bodies of the three Sin Demon Kings, three streams of evil origin power, terrifying to the extreme, like world-destroying floods, suddenly surged violently out from within them, shaking the void.

The three Sin Demon Kings let out piercing, shrill howls.

They exerted every ounce of their strength to resist the erosion of the ice seal.

And under their fierce resistance, the spreading ice was finally checked, and the ice layer that had originally covered their bodies was also being melted away bit by bit.

Yet the fierce resistance of the three Sin Demon Kings also brought a tremendous impact upon Lü Qing'er. The ice lotus formed from the Primordial Seed at her brow and the "Rank Sacred Seal" both kept dimming, and at the same time, a muffled groan rose from her mouth.

Crimson fresh blood could be seen overflowing from the corner of her lips, sliding slowly down along her snow-white chin.

Even on her crystalline, translucent skin, cracks began to appear.

Lü Qing'er wished to seal the three Sin Demon Kings by her own strength alone. Even with Lü Taiyi's self-sacrifice and the smelted "Rank Sacred Seal" aiding her, it was still far too forced.

Ling Zhu Xuan, Xiao Lingzhu, Li Li Tianji and the others, seeing this, hurriedly struck out, attempting to relieve the pressure on Lü Qing'er.

Lü Qing'er's pearly teeth bit tightly into her red lips. Although this Nightmare Art's ice seal was overbearing, the backlash it triggered was also terrifyingly dreadful. If she had not previously evolved her Primordial Seed to the Perfected realm, even her very flesh and blood would have begun to be eroded and sealed in ice, losing vitality.

But she did not give up because of this, for this was the counterattack Lü Taiyi had exchanged his life for. If she could not seal and delay these three Sin Demon Kings, then this elder, worthy of respect, would have sacrificed himself for nothing.

Lü Qing'er took a deep breath. Her slender jade fingers wiped the crimson blood from the corner of her mouth, and her Binghu-like beautiful eyes flashed with a look of resolve.

If there truly was no path of retreat, then she too could sacrifice and burn herself.

For her, this was actually not a bad choice.

Thinking thus, Lü Qing'er's bloodstained fingers began to form seals.

However, the instant her hand seals stirred, a timid voice came from beside her.

"Qing'er, I'll help you!"

Lü Qing'er started slightly, her gaze turning to her side. She saw a girl of exceedingly pure and pretty features had arrived at some unknown moment; the other's large, pitch-black, limpid eyes were brimming with liveliness.

Bai Bai Mengmeng.

Lü Qing'er's thoughts wavered for an instant—wondering if she had thought of something again—but she quickly came back to herself and gave a slight nod: "Thank you."

Bai Bai Mengmeng hurriedly shook her head. She drew a deep breath, and then the light in her eyes gradually grew firm. At the same time, she softly said within her heart: "Sister Colorful Butterfly, although you are still sleeping, right now, I truly need a measure of your strength."

"So please, lend it to me!"

The voice of prayer echoed from deep within Bai Bai Mengmeng's heart.

The next instant, within Bai Bai Mengmeng's large, pitch-black, limpid eyes, dazzling radiance suddenly welled up. At the same time, a pair of resplendent, gorgeously colorful enormous butterfly wings slowly unfurled from her back.