The Legend of the Princess' Counterattack

Chapter 428: Desperate Icefield, Breaking the Ice to Find the Trace

Chapter 428: Desperate Icefield, Breaking the Ice to Find the Trace

In the far north, the wind was as cold as a knife, and the blizzard was everywhere. As far as the eye could see, it was a silvery white world of death. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen wrapped their cloaks tightly to keep warm, and walked forward with difficulty in the knee-deep snow. Every step they took was accompanied by a "crunching" sound, as if it was the painful groan of the ice field.

"Chen, this damn place is so cold, my spiritual energy is stagnant." Yun Yao exhaled a breath of white air, her voice trembling a little. Her eyebrows and eyelashes were already covered with frost, her face was red from the cold, but she still had that tenacity.

Chu Mochen looked at her with pity and pulled her towards him, trying to use his body to block some of the wind and snow for her: "Yao'er, hold on a little longer. The artifact must be somewhere on this ice field and we will definitely find it." As he spoke, his gaze was as firm as a torch, penetrating through layers of snow and looking into the distance.

The two walked for a long time, and suddenly, a sharp whistling sound was heard, as if something was cutting through the air at high speed. Yun Yao looked up alertly, and saw a group of snow-white monsters shaped like giant wolves surrounding them from all directions. Their eyes flashed with cold blue light, and their sharp teeth shone coldly under the reflection of ice and snow.

"It's an ice wolf, everyone be careful!" Chu Mochen quickly drew his sword, spiritual power surged on the sword body, and a layer of azure halo appeared, blending with the color of the ice field.

Yun Yao was not to be outdone. She shook the sword in her hand and took a defensive stance. Her system then issued a notification: "Icewolf, a pack monster that likes cold, is good at ice magic, and spits out ice cones when attacking. Its weak spot is in its abdomen."

After receiving the hint, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen immediately stood back to back, taking care of each other. A dire wolf took the lead, leaping high, opening its bloody mouth, and shooting an ice cone at Yun Yao like lightning. Yun Yao dodged to the side, and the ice cone flew past the corner of her clothes and hit the snow pile behind her, instantly freezing the snow pile into a hard block of ice.

"Hmph, watch out for the sword!" Yun Yao shouted delicately. While the dire wolf was still unstable, she tapped the snow with her toes and flew over like a swallow, stabbing the wolf's belly with the long sword in her hand. The dire wolf also reacted very quickly, twisting sideways to avoid the vital parts, and at the same time waving its claws, sweeping a piece of ice towards Yun Yao. Yun Yao quickly blocked with her sword, and there were a few crisp "ding ding dang dang" sounds, and sparks flew everywhere.

On the other side, Chu Mochen was fighting against many enemies alone, and his swordsmanship was sharp and varied. He was like a ghost, moving freely among the wolves, and every swing of his sword could bring up a splash of blood. A dire wolf tried to attack from behind, but Chu Mochen seemed to have eyes on his back, and he struck it with a backhand sword, seriously injuring it. However, there were too many dire wolves, and after killing one group, another group came up, and the two gradually became exhausted.

"This is not a solution. Yao'er, let's break out to the ice cliff over there!" Chu Mochen aimed in a direction and shouted towards a towering ice cliff not far away.

Yun Yao nodded in understanding, and the two of them fought and retreated, running towards the ice cliff. The direwolf chased them closely, spitting out ice cones from time to time, and the two of them narrowly avoided them. After finally reaching the bottom of the ice cliff, they found themselves in a desperate situation. The ice cliff was steep and smooth, and there was no way to climb it, and the wolves behind them had blocked their retreat.

"Chen, what should we do?" Yun Yao panted, a trace of anxiety flashing in her eyes.

Chu Mochen looked around and suddenly found a narrow hole at the bottom of the ice cliff, covered by a thick layer of ice. He didn't have time to think about it, so he used his spiritual power and hit the ice hard. With a "crack", the ice broke, revealing a dark hole.

"Yao'er, go in first!" Chu Mochen pulled Yun Yao and quickly went into the cave. A fire ignited in the cave, illuminating the surroundings. The two of them then discovered that the cave was filled with an ancient and mysterious atmosphere, and the walls were engraved with strange runes, like some kind of long-ago records.

"These runes...maybe they are related to the artifact." Yun Yao moved closer to the wall and looked at it carefully. Her system began to automatically scan the runes, trying to decipher the information contained in them.

At this moment, the direwolves outside the cave were ramming the cave entrance frantically, and the ice layer was shaking constantly, in danger of collapsing at any time. Chu Mochen quickly moved a few boulders to block the cave entrance, and set up a spiritual barrier to temporarily block the wolves.

"The system has analyzed some information, Chen. It mentioned that the artifact was once sealed in the Ice Soul Cold Crystal here, and the Ice Soul Cold Crystal was born from the Heart of the Ice Field, and the Heart of the Ice Field is deep in this ice cliff." Yun Yao said excitedly.

"It seems that we have found the right place, but the Heart of the Icefield must be heavily guarded, and there are wolves outside. The situation is not optimistic." Chu Mochen frowned slightly, thinking about how to deal with it.

After a short rest and recovering some of their spiritual power, they decided to go deeper into the cave to explore the heart of the ice field. As they walked along the winding passage, the temperature became lower and lower, and the spiritual power in the air became more and more dense and bone-chilling. As they walked, a wide ice road appeared in front of them. On both sides of the ice road stood huge ice sculptures of various shapes and lifelike, but exuding a gloomy atmosphere.

"These ice sculptures... seem to have life!" Yun Yao stopped vigilantly.

As soon as the words fell, the eyes of the ice sculptures lit up with a faint blue light, and then they moved, waving weapons made of ice spikes and attacking the two. Chu Mochen and Yun Yao immediately drew their swords to meet the enemy, but these ice sculptures were extremely hard, and ordinary sword moves could only leave shallow marks on them.

"Try using fire power!" Chu Mochen shouted. He gathered a ball of blazing flames in his palm and pushed it towards an ice sculpture. The flames came into contact with the ice sculpture, making a "sizzling" sound. The surface of the ice sculpture began to melt, but soon solidified again.

"No, they can quickly absorb the power of ice to repair themselves. We have to find their core!" Yun Yao dodged the ice sculpture's attack while observing it. She found a glimmering crystal on the ice sculpture's chest, which seemed to be a control center.

The two cooperated with each other. Yun Yao used her agile body movements to divert the ice sculpture's attention. Chu Mochen seized the opportunity and stabbed the crystal on the ice sculpture's chest with a sharp sword. With a "crack", the crystal shattered, and the ice sculpture fell to the ground with a bang, turning into a pile of broken ice.

In this way, they took great pains to solve all the ice sculptures. Continuing forward, they finally came to a huge ice cave. In the center of the ice cave, there was a diamond-shaped crystal emitting a faint blue light, and the surrounding cold air seemed to gather the coldness of the entire ice field here. That was the heart of the ice field.

"That's it!" Yun Yao's eyes lit up.

However, before they could get close, the ice around the Icefield Heart suddenly cracked, and a huge ice beast broke out of the ground. It was as big as a mountain, covered with thick ice armor, and every move made the ice cave tremble, with endless majesty and coldness in its eyes.

"This is the guardian of the ice field. If you want to get the heart of the ice field, you must defeat it." Chu Mochen gripped the hilt of the sword with a serious expression.

The Ice Soul Beast opened its mouth and a powerful icy storm swept out, freezing everything in its path. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen quickly put up their spiritual shields, but were still pushed back by the storm.

"We can't resist it head-on, its power is too strong, we have to find its weakness!" Yun Yao shouted.

The two of them wandered around the Ice Soul Beast, looking for an opportunity to attack. The Ice Soul Beast kept swinging its huge claws, and each strike was powerful, smashing into the ice, creating deep pits. Yun Yao took advantage of the moment when the beast turned around, rushed forward, and stabbed the long sword in his hand fiercely into the weaker part of the beast's abdomen. But as soon as the long sword touched the ice armor, it was bounced back by a recoil force. Yun Yao's palm was numb, and she almost couldn't hold the hilt of the sword.

"Yao'er!" Chu Mochen exclaimed and quickly rushed to Yun Yao's side to block the giant beast's subsequent attacks.

"I'm fine, Chen. There seems to be a place on its back where the energy flow is disordered. Maybe it's a flaw." Yun Yao rubbed his wrist and said with a firm look.

Chu Mochen nodded, and the two attacked again. Chu Mochen used all his skills to divert the beast's attention. His sword skills poured down on the beast like a storm. Although he could not cause any substantial damage, he succeeded in angering the beast. The beast roared and focused all its attacks on him. At this moment, Yun Yao used her spiritual power and performed a light body technique, leaping onto the back of the beast like a ghost. She found the part where the energy was disordered, gathered all her spiritual power at the tip of the sword, and stabbed it fiercely.

"Roar!" The Ice Soul Beast let out a painful roar, and a crack appeared on the ice armor on its back, with a faint blue light flickering. Yun Yao took advantage of the victory and continued to stir the long sword in his hand, and the crack became larger and larger.

Seeing this, Chu Mochen ignored the frontal attack of the giant beast and flew up to fight side by side with Yun Yao. The two merged their spiritual power and attacked together, finally completely shattering the ice armor on the back of the Ice Soul giant beast. A powerful energy wave surged out of the giant beast, and the Heart of the Icefield also trembled violently.

"Quick, collect the Heart of the Icefield!" Chu Mochen shouted.

Yun Yao stretched out her hand, and a gentle force slowly pulled the Heart of the Icefield over. The moment the Heart of the Icefield was in her hand, the entire ice cave began to shake, and the ice layer continued to collapse.

"Oh no, the cave is going to collapse, let's go!" Chu Mochen pulled Yun Yao and ran along the way they came. Along the way, ice cubes kept falling and the two of them dodged them. After finally returning to the cave entrance, the direwolf outside was still wandering around.

"Charge out!" Chu Mochen roared, swung the long sword in his hand, and a stream of sword energy slashed at the wolves, opening up a passage. The two took advantage of the wolves' panic and quickly rushed out of the encirclement and ran towards the depths of the ice field.

They ran for an unknown amount of time until the howling of the wolves behind them gradually faded away, and then they stopped. Yun Yao panted heavily and spread out her palm. The Heart of the Icefield lay quietly in her palm, emitting a soft blue light, and it seemed to be wrapped in something.

"There should be a part of the artifact sealed in the heart of this ice field. We have to find a way to unlock it." Yun Yao said.

Chu Mochen nodded, and the two sat on the ground and began to study the method of unsealing. Yun Yao's system continuously scanned the structure of the Icefield Heart, giving various hints and suggestions. After some attempts, they found that they needed to use their own spiritual power as a guide and inject it into the Icefield Heart according to a specific formation to break the seal.

The two of them did not dare to slack off, and quickly set up the formation, sat cross-legged, and slowly injected spiritual power into the Icefield Heart. As the spiritual power was injected, the Icefield Heart glowed brightly, and bursts of roars came from inside. Suddenly, a strong light flashed, and a fragment of an artifact exuding an ancient aura slowly emerged from the Icefield Heart and hung in the air.

"Finally found it!" Yun Yao excitedly reached out and grasped the artifact fragment. Instantly, a powerful force surged into her body and blended with her spiritual power. She could feel that her strength had improved a little at this moment.

"With this artifact fragment, we are one step closer to collecting all three artifacts." Chu Mochen's eyes were full of joy.

After a short rest, the two put away the artifact fragments, identified the direction, and headed towards their next goal - the South China Sea Abyss. Along the way, they still had to deal with various harsh environments and sudden dangers on the ice field, but at this moment, their hearts were full of hope, and they worked hand in hand to stride forward towards the unknown future.

The cold wind still howled and the blizzard still raged, but their figures on this vast ice field appeared extremely determined, as if nothing could stop them from moving forward.