As he lay in the ice coffin, besieged by the cold breath, his eyelids gradually closed. Though not yet dead, he evidently wouldn't survive much longer.

Frost Fairy paid no attention to this member of the Prison clan, instead gazing at the seven fallen Prison clan members who had been cast to the ground after their deaths. She said in a low voice, "The spoils from the strongest member of the Prison clan belong to Cao Zhen. The spoils from the remaining seven Prison clan members, including the one in the ice coffin, also go to Cao Zhen. For the remaining six, five of the spoils are mine, and the three of you can share one spoil."

Among the five of them, she decreed that the three from the Long Sky Sect would only receive the spoils of one member of the Prison clan, which seemed perfectly reasonable to her.

The three from the Long Sky Sect indeed helped, but they truly only deserved the spoils of one Prison clan member.

The combat prowess exhibited by these three individuals from the Long Sky Sect was far from matching their cultivation base.

Conversely, Cao Zhen displayed combat prowess far beyond his cultivation base.

When Immortal Zheng Xin heard Frost Fairy's division, leaving only one set of spoils from the Prison clan for them, his face immediately showed a sign of dissatisfaction.

Just one member's spoils for them? They had just held back three members of the Prison clan as well. However, before he could speak, Immortal Zheng Yuan had already said, "No problem, that's as fair as it gets."

As he spoke, he privately transmitted a message to his junior fellow disciple and junior sister, "Don't argue, we really are getting a bargain working with these two.

We didn't come here to plunder resources, we were forced to enter this place.

This was just the first wave of attacks we encountered; we will face more such attacks. You saw those Prison clan members too; without these two, we'd surely die.

To survive, we need to stick with them. There's no point in offending these two over resources.

Especially that Cao Zhen, we underestimated him before.

His swordsmanship and physical strength are terrifying; and his final display of movement technique was extraordinary.

I even suspect that he might be concealing some of his cultivation base. For instance, he might actually possess an Immortal Mountain of 430 or 440 zhang."

Fairy Zhengya was somewhat puzzled, "Concealing cultivation base? Why would he do that?"

Immortal Zheng Xin explained through private transmission, "It's likely he's keeping a trump card for later. After all, he's alone out here, he has to retain some cards up his sleeve."

As Immortal Zheng Yuan communicated through transmission, Cao Zhen and Frost Fairy had already collected the treasures and Qiankun Bags from the Prison clan members.

Frost Fairy flew down to the front of the ice coffin, raised her hand and touched it; with a delicate touch, the ice coffin instantly dissipated, and the Prison clan member within was already frozen to death, one from the Immortal Path Domain, killed by the cold.

After taking the opponent's Qiankun Bag, Frost Fairy didn't even look at it, directly tossing it into her own Qiankun Bag. She then raised her head to look at Cao Zhen, showing an appreciative expression as if regarding an equal, "Superb swordsmanship, even more impressive movement technique."

A difference of ten zhang in Immortal Mountain was already very apparent.

Cao Zhen could suppress the opponent and exert pressure even with an Immortal Mountain ten zhang shorter than theirs. Especially the strength Cao Zhen displayed just now, particularly the last movement technique, she was convinced that Cao Zhen was holding back. Otherwise, with that movement technique, if he fully assaulted, the Prison clan member he faced should have been wounded.

This realization made it even more terrifying.

Moreover, although it was her first time meeting Cao Zhen, the way they coordinated during combat, seizing timing and angles perfectly, was as if they had known each other for years.

To achieve all of this required not just incredibly exquisite swordsmanship but also rich combat experience.

Such rich combat experience could only belong to a battle-hardened person. It wasn't the type acquired through practice, but through life-and-death struggles, a sort of combat instinct.

Yet, she had never heard of a name like Cao Zhen. Or perhaps, Cao Zhen was just an alias?

While she was puzzled about where such a master had emerged from, since the other party wasn't saying, she didn't inquire further.

After swiftly tidying up the battlefield, everyone quickly set off flying toward the front.

They had just fought here, and such a commotion would certainly attract the attention of others or more members of the Prison clan. To avoid trouble, it was best to leave quickly.

After flying for the time it takes two sticks of incense to burn, they encountered another ambush by the Prison clan. Though fewer in number than the previous group, these members were stronger. Cao Zhen could no longer go easy as before; with an Immortal Mountain cultivation of 420 zhang, he had to show some true skills to help Frost Fairy completely annihilate these Prison clan members. Meanwhile, Immortal Zheng Xin and Fairy Zhengya were injured during the battle.

Cao Zhen noticed that the three from Long Sky Sect really had no combat experience; normally, anyone with more combat experience wouldn't get injured.

They gave him the impression that they hadn't been through truly life-threatening experiences, and likely hadn't fought against real enemies many times. Their combat was more like a sparring match rather than a fight to the death.

He even suspected whether the Immortal Cultivation realm of the Central Continent was not that brutal, but clearly, Frost Fairy was someone with extensive combat experience.

He could only conclude that the three from Long Sky Sect were somewhat special.

As they continued their flight, the sky gradually darkened, and they saw people again — but they were dead.

All five of them were from the Immortal Path Domain, so their flying speed wasn't slow. Although they had experienced two battles, it was impossible that no other cultivators had fought. They should be among the first few groups flying ahead among unaffiliated cultivators, with only people from the three Great Teachings and nearby sect members ahead of them.

Now, ahead of them on the ground lay a multitude of cultivators in uniform attire, over forty in number. Around them lay more than a dozen corpses from the Prison clan.

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