"Chen Hao, save me!"

Hearing Tang Jing's piercing scream in the dim night, Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao's expressions suddenly became alert, and they immediately turned around and ran back.

Ye Yuqiao seemed very afraid of the slippery ice underfoot, running with a wobbly gait, and she kept making whimpering sounds.

While running, Chen Hao slowed down, looked sideways at Ye Yuqiao beside him, and simply scooped her up in his arms before continuing to run forward at high speed.

"Hehe! You should have carried me like this from the start!" Ye Yuqiao looked at Chen Hao with a smile on her face.

Chen Hao felt somewhat amused yet helpless; he suddenly thought that the Ye Yuqiao presenting herself to him today was a lively, coquettish, and exquisitely sensitive little girl.

Could this be the real Ye Yuqiao? Chen Hao wondered.

Chen Hao seemed to forget something: through the connection with the Nether King's Heart, Ye Yuqiao could always know what was on his mind.

"Do you not like this side of me anymore?" Ye Yuqiao suddenly widened her eyes and asked as she looked at Chen Hao, her hands tightly hooked around his neck.

"Ah ha!" Chen Hao raised his eyebrow, "You haven't even told me if you like me, why should I tell you?"

"Hmph!" Ye Yuqiao showed a displeased expression and then leaned forward slightly to bite Chen Hao's neck.

At this moment, Tang Jing's scream came once more, and the two exchanged a glance before quickening their pace.

Two minutes passed.

After seeing three ice sculptures of varying heights thirty meters ahead on the road, Chen Hao's swift pace suddenly slowed.

"Don't tell me those three ice sculptures are Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Tang Chao!" Chen Hao said in disbelief, his eyes fixed on the three ice sculptures.

"It must be them!" Ye Yuqiao frowned as she spoke. Looking at the three ice sculptures, she couldn't help but shiver inwardly, and her body involuntarily clung tighter to Chen Hao.

Just as Chen Hao was about to put Ye Yuqiao down, suddenly—

"Crack crack crack!" The sound of ice breaking echoed.

Chen Hao looked down at the ground, only to see that the ice beneath his feet was already riddled with countless cracks of different sizes.

Seeing this, Chen Hao, who had already bent over intending to put Ye Yuqiao down, immediately straightened up again.

With a "whoosh" sound, the ice beneath their feet shattered into pieces.

After struggling on the floating ice for a few moments, Chen Hao eventually fell into the water beneath the ice.

Unexpectedly, the water underneath the ice was over a meter deep, reaching directly to his chest.

Fortunately, he raised his hands in time and hoisted Ye Yuqiao completely over his head, keeping her from being soaked by the icy water.

"So cold!" Chen Hao shivered, his face turning white and his teeth chattering incessantly. In an instant, under the fierce erosion of the icy water, his whole body stiffened, and his consciousness began to blur.

Yet even so, he kept holding Ye Yuqiao aloft.

"Put me down!" Ye Yuqiao's brow was tightly furrowed. Tears streamed down her face as she was deeply moved by Chen Hao's action. At this moment, all she wanted was to be soaked in the water just like Chen Hao, to huddle together for warmth, sharing the hardship.

After a long while, there was no response from Chen Hao; both his breathing and heartbeat were rapidly deteriorating.

Soon after, Chen Hao died.

His rigid hands still held Ye Yuqiao aloft.

Immediately, the water nearby turned into a layer of ice again.

Ye Yuqiao turned over, falling onto the icy surface from Chen Hao's hands.

She knelt before Chen Hao, whose face was icily blue, hugging his cold cheeks with both hands and kissing him, trying to convey even the slightest warmth to Chen Hao. Hot tears streamed down her face, falling onto the icy surface with a drip-drip sound.

Suddenly, a cold wave of Yin Qi approached!

Ye Yuqiao stopped kissing Chen Hao, slowly stood up, and looked back at what was behind her.

The wide-shouldered and sturdy King Shuanglin, with the body of a man and the face of a lion, appeared in front of her.

The moment King Shuanglin saw Ye Yuqiao, he furrowed his brow, feeling that the Heavenly Immortal-like beauty in front of him looked familiar, but he couldn't recall exactly when he had seen her before.

"Are you King Shuanglin?" Ye Yuqiao asked, narrowing her eyes, her tone exceptionally cold.

"Didn't expect this kid to be so loyal and righteous, protecting you even before his death!" King Shuanglin said, his tone somewhat contemptuous.

Having said that, he thawed Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Tang Chao, who had been turned into ice in front of him.

It was a while before Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Tang Chao recovered their senses. Thankfully, before they were frozen, all three had timely diffused their Yang Energy through their blood; otherwise, they would have been frozen to death by now."

"Damn it!" Xie Xiaofeng, who had always hated the cold, furiously approached King Shuanglin, "Was it you, bastard, who froze me?"

King Shuanglin glanced sideways at Xie Xiaofeng with a look of irritation on his face and said darkly, "Boy, watch your tone!"

"Pah!" Xie Xiaofeng, unable to control his rage, retorted, "What if I don't? Come on then, freeze me to death. Let's see who kills who!"

With that, a sinister light flashed in Xie Xiaofeng's eyes, and he loudly chanted, "Forbidden Technique of the Five Elements, Fire Purgatory!"

Before Xie Xiaofeng's voice had faded, the ice covering the surroundings melted instantly and was completely evaporated!

Subsequently, numerous large cracks appeared on the nearby ground, before scorching lava surged to the surface, spilling out from the crevices. The firelight from the lava dyed the entire world a tawny color, and in an instant, the frozen snowscape had turned into a human Purgatory!

And Chen Hao, who had been submerged in the icy water, was also liberated.

Ye Yuqiao hurried back to Chen Hao, resting his head in the cradle of her arm, his body sinking into her embrace as she kissed him, transferring Yang Energy to him.

Because his body had been frozen, it took longer than usual for Chen Hao to come back to life.

"Girl, he's already dead!" King Shuanglin sneered, "I advise you to stop your futile efforts!"

"You should be focusing on me!" Xie Xiaofeng exclaimed, "Wood Technique, No Escape!"

Then, thousands of tree roots and vines emerged from the lava-filled fissures, striking toward King Shuanglin like countless agile snakes.

King Shuanglin's lips curved into a slight sneer, a cold laugh escaping him.

He took a step forward, and immediately the air around him turned into ice, blocking off the tree roots and vines that attacked him.

With another step forward, the air around him turned to ice again;

The faster he walked, the sooner he appeared in front of Xie Xiaofeng like a glacial phantom. The air along his path all turned to ice.

"You're courting death!" King Shuanglin's hand clutched Xie Xiaofeng's throat.

Xie Xiaofeng instantly became an ice sculpture!

Just when King Shuanglin thought he could leave with his task accomplished, a purple flame...

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