Chapter 216: Purification Spear

The appearance of Frost Bishop Carlos was like pouring ice water into a boiling oil pot, instantly shifting the battlefield's focus.

He swung his Bone Staff, unleashing three gray beams infused with extreme cold poison and annihilating energy, slithering like venomous snakes toward Aolain, who was gathering the Purification Spear!

"Your opponent is me!"

Li Qingxuan had long been poised, and the second stage of the Weird Divine Realm erupted at full power the instant Carlos appeared!

A hazy domain with a hundred‑meter radius rose like an invisible wall, instantly enveloping Carlos and the two priests behind him!

Spatial Shackles caused those three gray beams to become mired as if in quicksand, drastically slowing their speed!

Fear Aura, like invisible spikes, hammered into the spirit seas of Carlos and his two companions!

Carlos let out a muffled growl, a flash of astonished anger crossing his eyes; he clearly hadn't expected Li Qingxuan's domain to be so hard to contend with.

But he was, after all, an A-level Peak strongman; his Bone Staff snapped, a ring of icy‑blue shield flared, barely repelling the erosion of Fear Aura, and he bellowed, "Stop that spirit! We cannot let him complete the ritual!"

The two priests behind him immediately summoned power, hurling Ice Spikes and shadow arrows like a downpour at Aolain, attempting to disrupt his casting.

"Don't even think so!"

Huang Rong moved like lightning; the dwarf's War Axe whirled like wind, cleaving most Ice Spikes mid‑air.

Chen Xiulan's arrows also fired with pinpoint precision, intercepting the stray attacks.

The Estelle Queen's Staff was lightly tapped, and gentle moonlight formed a luminous shield protecting Aolain from the front.

Meanwhile, Zhao Ling'er and Zhao Shuang'er's dance quickened, and the waves of Soul Resonance surged like swelling tides, channeling even greater Life Energy into the gradually forming Purification Spear.

The emerald‑green Changqiang solidified further, its golden runes on the surface flowing as if alive, emitting a mighty vitality that made every annihilating creature shudder.

"Cover me! Buy time!" Aolain's forehead beaded with fine sweat; sustaining and directing such massive energy was a huge burden for him.

Li Qingxuan's gaze was icy; he knew a swift, decisive strike was necessary!

The domain's power wildly suppressed Carlos, while he himself surged forward like a tiger unleashed, charging straight at the two A-level Priests!

The Changqiang, like a dragon, bore the might of the divine realm and its own colossal force; a single thrust erupted, and the air itself roared with a blast!

A priest's hastily formed Ice Shield shattered like paper, the spear tip instantly pierced his chest, annihilating energy and vitality clashed wildly within him, causing a mournful scream as his body froze rapidly and then shattered!

The other priest was terrified to the point of soul‑shattering, tried to retreat, but Spatial Shackles held him tight.

Huang Rong appeared behind him like a phantom, the War Axe gleaming with chilling light, cleaving his head clean off!

In the blink of an eye, the two A-level Priests perished!

Carlos's eyes widened to the brink of bursting; he knew he could wait no longer!

He snapped his tongue hard, spitting a mouthful of essence‑infused blood onto his Bone Staff!

"In my lord's name, awaken! Ice Silent Golem!"

The Bone Staff erupted with a piercing gray flash, the ice layer at the edge of the Glacial Valley roiled violently, and three colossal golems—each five meters tall, composed entirely of Ten‑thousand‑year Mysterious Ice and pallid bone, their eye sockets blazing with deep‑blue soul fire—burst forth from the ice!

They exuded a terror far surpassing that of Ice Corpse Warriors; each step made the ice surface tremble as they charged toward Aolain and Li Qingxuan!

Simultaneously, the Core beneath the Ice Abyss seemed to sense the mortal threat and emitted a final frenzy!

Dark‑green light burst like a sun, and countless thick, fungus‑covered tentacles rose from the Ice Abyss like a forest, wildly lashing at the hovering Ice Sealed Throne and the forming Purification Spear!

It would even sacrifice its own damage to break this lethal assault!

Both internal and external attacks peaked simultaneously! The defenses became instantly precarious!

"Now! Purification Spear, go!"

Aolain let out a hoarse roar, pouring all his remaining Spiritual Power and gathered Life Energy into it!

The massive emerald Changqiang, its golden runes flowing within, finally solidified completely, emitting a clear hum that transformed into a green beam that tore through space, ignoring all physical barriers and striking with pinpoint precision into the deepest, densest dark‑green energy Core of the Ice Abyss—the so‑called "Will Node"!

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

The next instant—

"No—!!!"

A soundless roar, brimming with endless venom, rage and a hint of fear, erupted violently from the depths of the Ice Abyss!

It was the final lament of the False Emperor's Will Fragment!

The dark‑green Core, as if an ice block thrown into raging fire, crackled with a sizzling roar; the dense annihilating energy and the overwhelming Life clashed wildly, annihilating each other! The surface light flickered wildly, and finally, with a sound like a soul‑level shatter, the dark‑green energy Core exploded with a thunderous burst!

Like a chain reaction, deprived of the Core's support, the sky‑rising tentacles instantly stiffened, then, as if stripped of all vitality, rapidly withered and disintegrated, turning into drifting green ash.

The boiling dark‑green light within the Ice Abyss receded like a tide, finally extinguishing completely, leaving only a bottomless dark void.

The three Ice Silent Golems that had just risen froze abruptly, the deep‑blue soul fire in their eye sockets extinguishing instantly, their massive bodies collapsing with a roar, shattering into a field of ice shards.

Inside and outside the Glacial Valley, all remaining Ice Wraiths and Corrupted Veins, like puppets whose strings had been cut, ceased moving en masse, collapsing into lifeless matter.

The Core—destroyed!

Sudden silence enveloped the entire battlefield.

Only the heavy breaths of the crowd and the gradually halting steps of the Zhao Ling'er Sisters remained.

It succeeded… they truly destroyed the False Emperor's tentacle Core in this realm!

Yet before anyone could cheer, the floating Ice Sealed Throne, already riddled with cracks, seemed to have exhausted its final strength after losing its suppression target, emitting a strained lament; its blue radiance vanished completely, and the massive throne body began to fragment piece by piece, turning into countless ice crystals that fell toward the dark Ice Abyss below.

Simultaneously, a cold will far purer and older than before, yet tinged with a hint of release and relief, drifted out from the shattered throne like a final sigh, slowly dissipating between heaven and earth.

The Ice Soul, too, vanished completely.

Li Qingxuan stared at the shattered throne and the silent Ice Abyss, feeling little joy, only a heavy, complex emotion.

They won a pivotal battle, yet also witnessed the complete disappearance of an ancient guardian.

At that moment, the anomaly rebirthed!

At the spot where the Core once lay, a faint yet utterly pure emerald point, as if containing the Life Origin, drifted slowly upward from the dark Ice Abyss.

The point emitted a warm, tranquil aura, starkly contrasting the surrounding deathly silence.

"Is that… the scent of a Life Rune fragment?!" Olaien Star-Eye's weak voice was filled with incredulous ecstasy as he struggled to move forward.

Almost simultaneously, a shadow swept by like a phantom, snatching directly for that emerald point.

It is Mo Ying, who had been hidden beside us all along, waiting for the right moment!

Shadow Hall, as expected, has also been watching this!

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