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329: Climbing the Temple Ice CliffIt was time to act!

Lin Jingyu’s current state was comparable to a Foundation Establishment Perfection Cultivator.

His whole being had reached its Peak.

Like a nimble snow fox, using the jagged ice stones on the ground and the raging wind and snow as cover, he began to stealthily move toward the core area behind the temple.

Every step landed on the rhythmic point where the wind and snow howled the loudest, perfectly masking his sound and aura.

Moreover, through the battles they had fought together these past few days, he had thoroughly grasped the various abilities and habits of the Temple Guardians.

There was a 100% chance he could conceal everything.

His figure gradually disappeared into the shadows of the wind, snow, and Ice Cliff, launching a lonely and resolute charge toward the Ice and Snow Temple, which symbolized ultimate secrets and danger.

Either smash all the conspiracies and make all the perpetrators stirring up trouble behind the scenes pay the price,

Or be tortured more painfully than death itself!

The wind and snow grew fiercer, like billions of wronged souls howling; the swirled snow foam and ice crystals hit his face, bringing bone-chilling pain.

Lin Jingyu combined the Flowing Cloud Steps with the Major Achievement Thunder Shadow Steps. His figure turned into a faint, barely visible green shadow in the blizzard, hugging the ground and using every ice hill and crack available for cover as he sped toward the target Ice Cliff.

The closer he got to the depths of the temple, the stronger the invisible pressure and the chaotic, violent energy turbulence became.

He had to divert part of his Spiritual Power to protect his Heart Meridians, while at the same time pushing the Evergreen Art to its limit. The gentle and thick longevity Spiritual Power nourished the Meridians eroded by the cold and Evil Qi.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he finally arrived safely beneath an Ice Cliff behind the temple.

Seen up close, the Ice Cliff appeared even more magnificent and majestic, its height unknown, as if it connected to the firmament.

The cliff wall was not completely smooth but was covered with wrinkles, gullies, and protruding ice ridges formed by millions of years of wind erosion and ice carving.

However, the overall slope was extreme, nearly vertical, and the ice wall displayed a deep, eerie blue color with faint runic light shimmering. It was clearly no ordinary ice, containing powerful ice-type Law power and protective Restrictions.

Lin Jingyu reached out and lightly pressed his hand against the ice wall.

An extreme cold capable of instantly freezing and cracking refined steel spread up his arm, but it was easily neutralized by the thunder Spiritual Power he had prepared.

He emitted a faint thunder light from his fingertips and made a stroke on the ice wall, leaving a shallow charred mark.

But the ice wall around the mark immediately surged with cold air, quickly repairing the trace.

”As expected, there is a self-repairing Restriction, and it’s extremely resilient,” Lin Jingyu frowned slightly.

Forcing his way through the ice was unrealistic; it would create too much noise and be too inefficient. He would likely be discovered before climbing very high.

He could only rely on movement techniques and skill to find leverage points, minimizing damage to the ice wall to avoid triggering stronger Restriction counterattacks.

Through indirect inquiries, he had learned that the true core of the temple was atop this Ice Cliff.

He even heard that every year, some compatriots would emerge from the Ice Cliff.

Lin Jingyu knew very well that these compatriots were the results of Possession—young cultivation talents from the outside world who had come in for training.

”I must go up!”

He no longer hesitated. The thunder Spiritual Power within him surged slightly, and he lightly tapped a tiny protrusion on the ice wall with his feet, his body rising several fathoms silently like a nimble ape.

At the same time, his hands moved like lightning, his fingertips wreathed in condensed purple electrical light, precisely hooking into cracks in the ice wall or grabbing protruding ice ridges.

With the help of the ice soul divine stone, he could assimilate his energy into the same attribute as the Restrictions on the Ice Cliff.

When covering it, there would be no repulsive force.

Nor would it sweep him off the Ice Cliff.

But similarly, Lin Jingyu could only use a tiny bit of energy; once it exceeded a certain amount, it would trigger a reaction from the Formation.

Sizzle... The faint sound was perfectly masked by the wind and snow.

The collision of thunder power and extreme ice produced a slight annihilation sound, providing enough adhesion without causing too much damage.

He was like a weightless ghost, climbing quickly and steadily on the nearly vertical ice wall.

The powerful Divine Sense brought by the Spirit Refining Art’s One Mind, Six Uses was like the most precise radar, constantly scanning the ice wall structure for several fathoms above to find the most suitable footholds and handholds while staying alert for hidden Restrictions.

The higher he climbed, the more piercing the cold wind became, like countless ice blades cutting through his protective spiritual light.

The pressure originating from the depths of the temple also grew clearer and heavier, as if the entire sky were pressing down, making it hard to breathe.

After climbing about a hundred fathoms, Lin Jingyu suddenly felt a warning sign!

In his Divine Sense perception, a very obscure yet exceptionally active mass of ice energy was hidden inside a seemingly smooth patch of ice wall not far to the left.

”A trap!”

Without hesitation, he kicked off a protruding ice ridge, his body moving horizontally over three fathoms to the right like a giant roc.

Almost the instant he moved away, with a crisp crack, the ice wall where he was about to place his hand suddenly exploded.

Countless sharp ice spikes shimmering with an eerie blue cold light shot out like venomous snakes from their hole, completely covering the spot where he had just been.

The ice spikes hit the surrounding ice wall, making dense thud sounds and embedding themselves deeply.

If he had been a moment later, he would likely have been riddled with holes.

”An ice-type trap Restriction!” Lin Jingyu’s gaze turned cold.

This Ice Cliff was indeed not as peaceful as it seemed. The entity that set this trap had an extremely exquisite control over the ice-type Law, perfectly hiding the killing intent within the natural environment.

He became even more careful, his Divine Sense probing more meticulously.

Sure enough, in the subsequent climb, he discovered several more similar hidden traps: some were trigger-based ice explosions, some were area-of-effect frost halos, and some were even small spatial distortion points.

Once entered by mistake, who knows where one would be teleported?

Although these traps were insidious, for Lin Jingyu, who possessed a powerful Divine Sense, keen perception, and thunder power that countered ice, they were ultimately traceable.

He could always sense them in advance, either avoiding them with exquisite movement techniques or using thunder power to destroy the core energy point of the trap the moment before it was triggered, continuing upward without mishap.

This Ice Cliff was truly exceptionally dangerous.

While unable to use a large amount of Spiritual Power, he could only rely on physical strength.

If not for his incredibly monstrous control, he would never have been able to dodge one trap after another.

However, the true danger was far more than just these inanimate traps.

When he climbed to a height of nearly three hundred fathoms, where he could clearly see some carved details on the side of the temple and even feel the suction emanating from the blue vortex peeking through the door crack, a screech filled with tyranny and greed suddenly came from above his head!