Chapter 1377: Snow City Guard

「Those Ice Monsters are the guardians of Xuecheng! 」

Xie Tianhong explained to Ye Liuyun.

「They are all controlled by Xuecheng, indiscriminately attacking outsiders who come to Xuecheng until their bodies are destroyed! 」

But after several years, countless ice chunks will form new ice monsters, continuing to carry out their guard duty.

「As for the specific principle, I can't explain it clearly; perhaps this entire ice plain was originally part of Xuecheng. 」

Ye Liuyun nodded, and actually agreed with Xie Tianhong's explanation.

This entire ice plain made him feel very special.

「Who built Xuecheng? 」

Ye Liuyun suddenly asked.

「The Snow Clan, the original inhabitants of Xuecheng, but now they have been exterminated. 」

Xie Tianhong said here, giving Ye Liuyun a mysterious smile: 「But later you will be able to see a true Snow Clan member! 」

「Oh? 」

What's special about the Snow Clan? 」

Ye Liuyun asked curiously.

「Here, they are invincible! They can draw power from the entire Xueyu and transform it into their True Essence! 」

Xie Tianhong sighed.

「Then can they still be exterminated? 」

Ye Liuyun felt it was unbelievable.

「It's just the way of prosperity leading to decline! 」

Xie Tianhong, regarding this, seemed not wanting to say more.

Ye Liuyun clearly felt that he should know something about the situation.

But it seems that for some reason, he cannot be told.

「I'm afraid it's related to him deceiving me into coming here! 」

Ye Liuyun secretly thought so in his heart, and did not pursue the matter further.

Suddenly, Ye Liuyun raised his hand and swung Yi Dao, splitting the huge ice chunk that had just stretched out.

That was not an ice chunk, but a giant hand of an Ice Monster.

「Roar! 」

The Ice Monster let out a huge roar and suddenly stood up.

Before, it had been shrunk at the foot of an iceberg, like a large ice chunk that had fallen from the iceberg, very inconspicuous.

After standing up, its body was about ten times Ye Liuyun's height; it lifted its leg and kicked a chunk of solid ice, hurling it at Ye Liuyun and them.

These Ice Monsters have no cultivation realms; their bodies are composed of countless large ice chunks, attacking purely with brute force.

Ye Liuyun and Xie Tianhong, at this moment, flight is restricted, so they can only dodge on foot.

Ye Liuyun had previously undergone pressure training, so he didn't feel much pressure from this.

However, Xie Tianhong's movements were also affected; his actions were half a beat slower, he was swept by the edge of a large ice chunk and knocked down, grimacing in pain.

That Ice Monster relentlessly stepped forward, stepping toward Xie Tianhong.

Ye Liuyun swung Yi Dao again, imbued with Fire Flame Power, directly slashing at the Ice Monster's eyes.

The Ice Monster's eyes were suddenly scorched by fire; it dodged backward, and the giant foot it had stepped forward also retracted.

Xie Tianhong also quickly got up, preparing to attack that Ice Monster, but behind him and Ye Liuyun, each had an Ice Monster disguised as an ice chunk, attacking them.

These Ice Monsters actually varied in size.

If Ye Liuyun did not have the Golden Pupil, he really couldn't tell them apart.

Ye Liuyun leapt up, and with a casual swing of Yi Dao, imbued with Fire Flame Power, he slashed at the head of the slightly smaller Ice Monster behind him.

That Ice Monster raised a hand to block.

Ye Liuyun's strength did not diminish in the slightest; he chopped straight down from above.

The Fire Flame Power was all concentrated on the blade's edge; one slash directly cut and melted off the Snow Monster's arms, then chopped into the Ice Monster's head.

Afterward, the Fire Flame Power dispersed, melting the Ice Monster's head.

「Boom—」

The Ice Monster's body also collapsed with a thud.

Seeing this, Xie Tianhong was also greatly surprised.

He didn't expect that Ye Liuyun could still jump under this pressure.

「How strong this guy's Physical Body must be! 」

Under this heavy pressure, his movements became much slower; he could only fight the Ice Monsters on the ground, condensing True Essence onto his long sword to block their attacks.

「Roar! 」

The Ice Monster opposite, seeing its companion slain, let out another great roar.

Then two more huge Ice Monsters rose up, also joining the ranks surrounding them.

Ye Liuyun dodged left and right, flexibly avoiding attacks, and also took out the Venerable Rank shield, blocking and smashing, thus able to cope calmly.

Xie Tianhong fared much worse; he couldn't outrun those Ice Monsters, so he could only use the Divine Rank long sword to defend.

Finally, he also had to reveal his Divine Rank shield.

Otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to get past this stage.

But even so, he could barely protect himself.

His Ice Power was utterly useless against these Ice Monsters.

Ye Liuyun was locked in an indecisive battle with the two biggest Ice Monsters, unable to attend to him at all.

His Fire Flame Power became the most powerful weapon for cutting Ice Monsters.

Each Yi Dao lands, dealing damage to them.

In the end, Xie Tianhong had no choice but to reveal his stealth technique, seizing the initiative and completely eliminating the two Snow Monsters surrounding him.

After Ye Liuyun dispatched the two Snow Monsters he was handling, he pretended to doubt Xie Tianhong.

"Brother Xie, you haven't used that stealth technique on me in the Ice Palace, have you?"

"Brother Ye, how could you doubt me?"

"When you were in the Ice Palace, I was still out there battling a snow ferret!"

Xie Tianhong explained.

Ye Liuyun pretended to think it over and nodded.

"Hehe, sorry, I was overthinking! But your stealth movement is truly impressive!"

Ye Liuyun smiled and said to Xie Tianhong.

This time, Ye Liuyun had actually discovered that his stealth technique reveals itself each time he launches an attack.

That is the weakness of his technique.

"No way! I'm not even close to mastering it!"

Xie Tianhong replied casually.

His expression still showed anger at Ye Liuyun's suspicion.

They had only taken a few steps when Ice Monsters ambushed and attacked them again, so Ye Liuyun couldn't even bother to speak to him and rushed back into battle.

Xie Tianhong also couldn't keep up the pretense and had to continue fighting the Ice Monsters.

This time, the two of them quickly dealt with the Ice Monsters.

"How many Ice Monsters are there here?"

Ye Liuyun asked Xie Tianhong offhand.

"I don't know! Maybe all of these ice blocks are, maybe none are!"

Xie Tianhong truly didn't know the number.

Ye Liuyun, however, saw clearly that on their path forward there were at least more than ten, plus two gigantic ones camouflaged as ice mountains.

Thus, Ye Liuyun covertly avoided the two biggest Ice Monsters in advance, leaving them for Xie Tianhong to handle.

The Ice Monsters periodically launched ambushes and sieges against them, and the two kept fighting nonstop.

Just as Xie Tianhong approached a large Ice Monster, Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil had already detected that his True Essence was running low.

"I wonder what method he'll use this time to deal with that Ice Monster!"

Ye Liuyun silently looked forward to Xie Tianhong's performance in his heart.