Chapter 131: Desperate Escape

The black goat galloped desperately across the icefield, its four hooves kicking up layers of snow mist, each step sending ice shards flying.

The wind, laden with snow particles, lashed at Li Qingxuan and Huang Rong's faces, stinging like a knife cut.

Li Qingxuan gripped the rein tightly, his fingers whitening from the strain, constantly shouting low urgings for the black goat to speed up, while the corner of his eye locked firmly on what lay behind.

The icefield demon bear's massive form loomed and faded in the wind and snow, each step cracking the ice surface; its deep footprints were quickly covered by fresh snow, yet its icy-blue vertical pupils pierced the snow veil like ghostfire, relentlessly locking onto their trail.

The black goat made a sudden turn, narrowly avoiding an abrupt ice pillar rising ahead.

The icefield demon bear, unable to check its momentum, slammed its massive claw into the ice pillar with a thunderous boom; the pillar shattered instantly, and ice shards exploded outward like arrows.

The bear was slightly delayed by the obstruction, letting out a furious roar whose sound wave made Li Qingxuan's eardrums buzz.

The icefield demon bear shook off the ice chips obscuring its view, its eyes blazing with greater fury; its sturdy hind legs thrust against the ground, and its huge body burst forth with astonishing speed, like a white avalanche rolling forward once more.

The distance between them rapidly closed in the wind and snow, the oppressive sound of their breathing almost clearly audible.

"Too fast!" Huang Rong cried out, the cold wind rushing into her mouth making her voice tremble.

The black goat had strong stamina, but carrying two people while fleeing across the snow, its speed fell far short of the icefield demon bear, whose constitution was far stronger.

Li Qingxuan was anxious as fire, his peripheral vision catching a low ice cliff beside him.

The black goat's hooves scraped the ice with a sharp screech as it abruptly changed direction, racing hard against the base of the ice cliff.

Huang Rong instantly understood Li Qingxuan's intention.

At the instant the black goat swept past the ice cliff, she grabbed Li Qingxuan's collar with her left hand to steady herself, and with her right hand she flashed out, driving the sharp short dagger with all her strength into the root of a huge overhanging ice pinnacle above the cliff!

"Crack—Boom!"

The ice pinnacle's base was shattered, unable to bear its own weight; it let out a crisp crack and then came crashing down with the force of ten thousand jun.

The huge ice block, like a collapsing mountain peak, bore a dull breaking‑through‑air sound as it plummeted straight onto the head of the relentlessly pursuing icefield demon bear!

The icefield demon bear clearly had not anticipated this sudden attack.

Its massive head jerked upward, a flicker of surprise flashing in its icy‑blue vertical pupils, and its forward momentum was forced to grind to a halt.

That huge body revealed agility belied by its size; a giant claw covered in thick white fur, whistling as it tore the air, shot up in a hasty block!

"Bang!!!"

The ice pinnacle and the giant claw collided violently, unleashing a deafening roar!

The hard ice instantly shattered into countless fragments under the tremendous force, scattering like hail and pattering against the ice surface.

The icefield demon bear's massive frame was jolted slightly backward by the impact, its forward momentum completely broken; even the ice‑crusted giant claw bore several tiny fissures, oozing dark‑red beads of blood.

Although this blow did not seriously wound it, it successfully bought them precious breathing time!

Seizing this brief delay, the black goat once again widened the gap.

"Well done!" Li Qingxuan praised, his heart easing a little.

Huang Rong seized the moment with exquisite precision, making perfect use of the terrain.

However, the icefield demon bear's fury had risen to its peak.

It gazed at the faint wounds on its claw and the prey once again receding ahead, and from deep in its throat issued a low growl suppressed to the extreme.

That low growl swiftly rose, like a storm brewing in the abyss, instantly forming a visible shockwave laden with ice crystals and snow particles!

The invisible sound wave, like a tangible tsunami, instantly swept across the entire ice valley!

The air twisted violently, the snow on the ground shaken sky‑high, forming a ring of white air waves that expanded forward at an unstoppable speed!

The invisible sound wave, like a tangible tsunami, instantly swept across the entire ice valley!

The air twisted violently, the snow on the ground shaken sky‑high, forming a ring of white air waves that expanded forward at an unstoppable speed!

Li Qingxuan and Huang Rong, bearing the brunt, felt a mighty, unstoppable force slam hard into their backs!

"Unh!"

Li Qingxuan let out a muffled groan, his qi and blood surging within him as if struck by an invisible heavy hammer.

His arm, gripping the rein, bulged with veins as he forced his body to stay upright, otherwise he would have been flung straight off the black goat's back.

Beside her, Huang Rong could barely endure it; not being strong in constitution, the terrifying sound‑wave impact made her vision go black, her chest feel as if crushed by a boulder, and her breath catch.

The short dagger in her hand nearly flew loose; she clenched her lower lip, swallowing the sweet‑sour blood rising to her throat, and leaned her whole body against Li Qingxuan.

"Hold on!" Li Qingxuan's voice, hoarse from the aftermath of the deafening roar.

He could feel that the black goat beneath him had also been shaken; its running rhythm was instantly disrupted, its hooves staggered on the snow, and its speed dropped sharply.

That invisible sound wave brought not only a terrifying physical impact but also a powerful mental shock!

Li Qingxuan felt his eardrums buzzing, as if countless needles were pricking them, and his vision blurred and shook violently for an instant.

Huang Rong's face turned pale, clearly having taken a heavy blow, making it hard for her to gather strength in the short term.

What's worse, this violent sound wave was not a fleeting flash.

It was like a continuous shockwave, echoing and stacking repeatedly in the narrow ice valley!

The ice walls vibrated violently under the sound wave's resonance, emitting a grating groan; large chunks of icicles and snow fell from above, pattering down and shattering on the ice surface like a deadly hailstorm.

The icefield demon bear's icy‑blue vertical pupils pierced the swirling snow mist, locking firmly onto the target whose speed had suddenly dropped.

Its massive body surged forward again, each step crushing everything with blazing fury, bearing the newly kicked‑up snow waves, like a moving white mountain range, advancing at even greater speed!

The distance they had just managed to open was being erased by this terrifying beast at astonishing speed!

Under the bear's heavy footsteps and the ongoing tremors of the sound wave, the ice and snow on the cliff top began to emit a strained "crack" as they gave way, great sheets of ice and snow tearing apart like a white curtain ripped by an invisible hand, collapsing with a roar!

First came fine ice crystals pouring down like a waterfall; then the thick snow layer clinging to the steep cliff wall lost all restraint, turning into an unstoppable white torrent laden with countless sharp ice chunks and stones, rushing down the narrow ice valley with the force of mountains overturning seas!

"An avalanche! This damned thing really won't stop until it kills me!" Li Qingxuan's pupils contracted, his heart nearly leaping out of his chest.

This natural might far surpassed the terror of the bear behind them, capable in an instant of burying the entire valley floor!

The black goat also sensed the impending doom, its hooves frantically scraping the ice, emitting terrified whinnies, its speed suddenly spiking another notch, almost skimming just above the ground.

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