Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 496: Chapter 496: Snow Mountain Villa

Bai Bingxue and her companions departed.

Xiao Yi casually triggered a Prohibition within the palace.

A room hidden by the Prohibition appeared out of thin air.

At the same time, a dark shadow rushed towards him at high speed.

This was a Seventh-level Demon Beast, known as the Dusk Shadow Grey Wolf, with strength roughly at the Seventh-level Early Stage.

It was notorious for its speed and soundless, stealthy attacks.

For Martial Artists below the Heavenly Origin Realm or those who had just broken through to the Heavenly Origin First Layer, it posed a fatal danger.

But for Xiao Yi, it was merely an ordinary demon beast.

With a casual wave of his hand, he sent out a Sword Qi that sliced the Dusk Shadow Grey Wolf in two.

He then glanced around the room, which contained a number of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and weapons.

The Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were all of Sixth-grade.

The weapon was a High Grade Spiritual Artifact.

There were also a few other things that could barely be considered precious.

To Xiao Yi, these items were not of much use; they were better than nothing, at least.

With a wave of his hand, he collected all these items into his Universe Ring and absorbed the inner core and Essence Blood of the Dusk Shadow Grey Wolf.

He then left the room.

The entire Cave Mansion Relics spanned a hundred miles, with hundreds of palaces.

The real treasures were all in the Main Hall.

Finding the Main Hall was no easy task.

And each palace was large in its own right.

Within the palaces lay various hidden Prohibitions.

Within the Prohibitions, there were dangers as well as treasures.

Ten minutes later, Xiao Yi had thoroughly explored this palace.

He had triggered all the Prohibitions and found no significant Treasures.

Instead, he gained a number of Fifth-grade and Sixth-grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and two Earth Rank Middle Level Martial Arts Techniques.

As well as two High Grade Spiritual Artifacts.

Clearly, this palace was not the Main Hall.

He left the palace.

Outside, a large number of Martial Artists had already crossed the snow-covered plaza.

Countless figures surged toward the various palaces.

Xiao Yi’s brow furrowed slightly, his figure flashed, and he instantly moved on to the next palace.

Ten minutes later, Xiao Yi’s face held a tinge of disappointment as he shook his head.

This palace, too, was just an ordinary one without much gain.

Several hours later, Xiao Yi had searched through dozens of palaces.

He had amassed a heap of Fifth-grade and Sixth-grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, as well as Earth Rank Middle Level and below Martial Arts Techniques.

The Prohibitions within these palaces could not deceive Xiao Yi’s senses.

Breaking the Prohibitions and killing the demon beasts inside was not difficult for him.

This allowed him to search the palaces at an extremely fast pace.

Whereas the speed of other Martial Artists was much slower, and there were even casualties among them.

Probably, for one palace, other Martial Artists would need nearly two hours to search thoroughly.

To comb through these hundreds of palaces would likely take several days.

A few hours passed again.

Xiao Yi had probably arrived at the central part of the Cave Mansion Relics.

Upon reaching one of the palaces, he suddenly heard wails of agony emanating from within.

”Hm?” Xiao Yi frowned.

Clearly, other Martial Artists had entered this palace before him.

However, their situation did not seem too good.

As Xiao Yi flashed into the palace, he immediately saw a dozen Martial Artists in a desperate struggle, each one wounded.

These dozen people were among the stronger competitors in this Ice Edge Conference.

Several of them were at the Earth Origin Ninth Layer, and the rest were all of the Earth Origin Eighth Layer.

And their ages were around 25 or 26.

It was estimated that before participating in the Ice Edge Conference, they had at least Five-layered Cultivation of Earth Origin.

With such Cultivation at this age, they could already be considered among the ranks of Supreme talents.

Supreme talents, each with the ability to fight beyond their level, had certain trump cards.

Thus, although their Cultivation was now at the Earth Origin Eighth or Ninth Layer, their combat strength had definitely entered the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Sadly, their opponent was a Two-headed Ice Snake, which is why they found themselves in distress.

The Two-headed Ice Snake, a Seventh-level Early Stage Demon Beast.

With two heads, one with Ice Control and the other with Snow Control, both heads attacking together brought ice and snow at once, definitely possessing the strength comparable to the mid-stage of the Heavenly Origin Realm.

At this moment, the dozen or so people were all injured.

They probably wouldn’t last much longer, entirely defeated or even killed.

Sure enough, the next second, the Two-headed Ice Snake shot out a blast of Cold Ice.

A dozen people were instantly frozen solid, turned into ice sculptures.

Then, the Ice Snake’s heads moved, unleashing a blizzard that swept through them.

Once struck by this blizzard, the dozen frozen people would shatter along with the Cold Ice, turning into ice debris and dying on the spot.

Exactly at this moment,

Multiple Sword Qi streaks shot across the sky.

With a whooshing sound, the blizzard was easily blocked.

”Break,” Xiao Yi sharply commanded.

The Sword Qi struck the ice sculptures with extreme precision, shattering them.

The dozen people emerged from the ice, each showing a face of lingering fear.

”Leave now,” Xiao Yi said indifferently.

The group nodded, cupped their hands in thanks, and said, ”Thank you.”

And with that, they all withdrew from the palace.

Ahead, the Two-headed Ice Snake hissed fiercely, its icy gaze fixing on Xiao Yi.

It seemed to harbor resentment towards Xiao Yi for letting its ’prey’ escape.

The next second, the snake’s two fierce heads moved at once, unleashing simultaneous ice and snow assaults.

”Courting death,” Xiao Yi uttered coldly, his hand sending out multiple Sword Qi slashes.

The ice and snow were shattered, and the Sword Qi, undiminished in power, struck the Two-headed Ice Snake.

With a hiss, it sounded as if a thin sheet of paper had been sliced open.

The Two-headed Ice Snake was cut into pieces.

Both heads lay powerlessly on the ground, while the snake’s body continued to convulse.

Xiao Yi paid no heed, taking the inner cores and Essence Blood, then turned his attention to the treasures inside the palace.

Incidentally, the Two-headed Ice Snake possessed two inner cores.

”Hm?” Xiao Yi glanced at the treasures within the palace, and his expression brightened with joy.

The items here were clearly of a much higher grade than those in other palaces.

There were countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, all seventh-grade.

There were also two Top-grade Spiritual Artifacts and one Earth-class Advanced Martial Technique.

With a wave of his hand, Xiao Yi collected them into his Universe Ring.

Ten minutes later, Xiao Yi had broken all the Prohibitions in the palace and taken all the treasures.

Then, he left the palace.

Just as he was about to head towards the next palace, a fierce battle erupted from afar.

Judging by its intensity, it was definitely a battle at the level of the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Most importantly, above in the direction of that battle, a blue flame was burning non-stop.

”Sky Blue Fire,” Xiao Yi frowned and immediately, his figure flashed as he hurried towards that direction.

In no time at all, when Xiao Yi arrived,

He saw Ye Ming and Zhong Wuyou engaged in a dispute with a group of Martial Artists.

This group of warriors was, without exception, practitioners of Cold Ice Martial Arts, clearly local forces from the Extreme Cold Land.

And leading this group was none other than Feng Huayue.

”Xiao Yi,” Feng Huayue’s face changed drastically upon seeing Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi ignored him and walked up to Ye Ming, asking, ”What’s going on?”

Ye Ming’s face was full of joy, and he said, ”Junior Brother Xiao Yi, I’ve found the Main Hall.”

”Oh?” Xiao Yi was slightly surprised.

He didn’t believe that Zhong Wuyou and Ye Ming could search the palaces faster than him.

Meanwhile, Zhong Wuyou kept a confrontational stance against Feng Huayue and the others, while snorting, ”Ye Ming, this guy, I don’t know if I should say he’s lucky or just unlucky.”

”He touched a Prohibition at random and out popped the Main Hall.”

”Heh,” Xiao Yi chuckled and glanced at the Main Hall.

In front of the hall, there was a huge plaque, which bore four characters...

”Snow Mountain Villa?” Xiao Yi’s face shifted slightly, with a mix of thrill and apprehension.

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