Transmigrating Into a Fantasy World: Signing in During Pregnancy, Reaching the Summit with My Childhood Sweetheart

39: Chapter 39: Awakening of the Profound Yin and a Narrow EscapeDestructive ripples condensed within the Lava Earth Ghoul’s massive maw. That dark red energy ball resembled a miniature star of purgatory, emitting a heat and deathly stillness that could freeze one’s Soul. This lethal light was reflected in Nangong Xuan’s pupils. He tried to lift the ”unyielding” sword, but his arm felt as heavy as lead. The Nascent Soul figure within his Dantian was dim and lackluster, making it difficult to squeeze out even a trace of Sword Essence. Despair, like the cold waters of a dark underground river, instantly submerged him.

Lin Mo’s chaos dao seed spun frantically, attempting a final struggle—either to devour that terrifying energy or to forcibly warp space. However, the calculated results were all in vain; the gap was simply too large! The Toxin Seed also seemed to sense the destructive crisis from the outside world. It trembled slightly, actually revealing a strange hint of ”excitement”?

At this critical moment, when it seemed everything would return to silence—

Buzz!

An ineffable, extreme chill swept through the entire Immortal Cave without warning!

It wasn’t just a low temperature, but an absolute cold that seemed capable of freezing thoughts, congealing time, and silencing all things! The source was none other than the ice-sealed Su Muxue!

The rune at the center of her brow, where ice-blue and blood-red intertwined, had become so bright it was impossible to look at directly, like an eye of Law that had been frozen for eternity. What emerged from that hair-thin crack was no longer a mere aura, but a physical torrent of deep blue Profound Yin Moon Essence!

Crack! Crack-crack!

Wherever the torrent passed, space itself seemed to be frozen! The dust drifting in the air, the flying debris, the poisonous flame sparks spat by the ghoul, and even those violent energy ripples were instantly coated in a thick layer of shimmering, ghostly blue profound ice!

Time seemed to stretch.

The dark red destructive energy ball about to be spat out was instantly covered in thick profound ice, and its internal violent energy was also forcibly frozen and delayed! The Lava Earth Ghoul’s hideous movements were held in a pouncing posture as it began to rapidly freeze from head to tail. Its black-red carapace turned deathly pale, and the scorching lava solidified into ugly black obsidian. Its frenzied will let out one final, silent roar as it was frozen.

Bearing the brunt of it, Nangong Xuan felt a chill capable of cracking one’s Divine Soul sweep past. However, the Vast Righteous Sword Heart Art Mind-Cultivation Technique within him began to operate on its own, and his Vast Righteous Sword Intent spontaneously protected his body, just barely resisting this indiscriminate freezing. Still, his body was covered in a thin layer of white frost, and his movements became extremely stiff.

Lin Mo’s chaos dao seed suddenly contracted, instinctively resisting this extreme chill. Curiously, this Profound Yin Moon Essence power did not seem to conflict with the bit of Chaos Origin deep within the core of his Dao Seed. Instead, there was a strange sensation of Yin and Yang being first divided, attracting yet opposing each other, and it caused him no harm.

Within just one or two breaths, the entire Immortal Cave, which had been filled with intense combat and deafening noise, fell into a strange and absolute silence.

It was like a bloody and magnificent frozen painting.

The Lava Earth Ghoul had turned into a massive ice sculpture frozen in an attacking stance, emitting a grim Death Qi. The destructive energy ball was frozen in its mouth, like a disaster core that had been forcibly paused.

The Profound Yin torrent slowly subsided, and the light of the rune on Su Muxue’s brow gradually dimmed, though it remained several times brighter than before, slowly circulating. The profound ice on her body had thickened by several feet, becoming increasingly crystal clear and even faintly shimmering with a deep blue luster. The crack had disappeared. She seemed to have fallen into a deeper, colder dream, yet the pressure she emitted made even Nangong Xuan’s heart race with fear.

A narrow escape from death!

Nangong Xuan froze in place, gasping for breath, the white mist he exhaled instantly condensing into ice crystals. He looked at the frozen ghoul before him in disbelief, then at Su Muxue, who seemed as if nothing had happened except for the thicker ice layer. His eyes were filled with lingering fear and shock.

”The Profound Yin Jade Soul Body... the power of its Awakening is actually this terrifying...” His voice was dry and tinged with a tremor. This was merely an unconscious defensive reaction; if it were a full Awakening... Lin Mo also breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately became alert again. The crisis was not fully resolved! The ghoul was only frozen, its life force not completely severed, and that frozen energy ball was a massive hidden danger! Furthermore, would Su Muxue’s sudden outburst attract even more terrifying gazes?

”Senior, we shouldn’t stay here long!” Lin Mo’s thought was immediately transmitted to Nangong Xuan. ”The ghoul isn’t dead, the energy ball is unstable, and Mu Xue’s condition might attract other things!”

Nangong Xuan snapped back to his senses, forcibly suppressing his churning blood and frozen limbs. He glanced at Lingxiao Senior’s Jade-like Remains; fortunately, the chill seemed to have bypassed that area, and the remains were unharmed.

”Let’s go!” He made a prompt decision.

He walked to Su Muxue’s Ice Coffin and tried to push it, only to find it incredibly heavy and emitting a bone-chilling cold that made it difficult to touch. He channeled a faint amount of Vast Righteous Sword Intent to wrap around his palms, barely managing to withstand the cold, yet he still couldn’t move it an inch.

”Little friend!”

Lin Mo understood. Chaos Qi surged out, not pushing hard but skillfully wrapping around the bottom of the Ice Coffin to form a sliding force field, greatly reducing friction. Simultaneously, he separated a thread of aura to pick up Nangong Xuan’s ”unyielding” sword from the ground.

Nangong Xuan nodded gratefully and, holding the broken sword, led the way. He came before the frozen ghoul, his eyes turning sharp.

”Vile beast, dust to dust, earth to earth!”

He condensed the small amount of Sword Essence he had recovered and infused it into the ”unyielding” sword. The sword hummed and he stabbed it fiercely into a large wound on the ghoul’s neck that had been previously cut by Vast Righteous Sword Qi and was now also frozen!

Crack!

The sound of ice shattering rang out! The ”unyielding” sword twisted along with the momentum!

Psh!

The massive head of the Lava Earth Ghoul was actually hacked off! No blood sprayed from the wound, only stiff frozen meat and ice shards. The massive headless body swayed and crashed to the ground, causing the Immortal Cave to shake once more. The frozen energy ball also rolled to the ground along with the head, remaining in a stable (or rather, deathly still) frozen state.

Having completely resolved this hidden danger, Nangong Xuan breathed a small sigh of relief. Not daring to look at the energy ball again, he immediately turned around.

Together, they struggled to push Su Muxue’s Ice Coffin toward the fissure at the entrance of the Immortal Cave. Every step was exceptionally difficult; Nangong Xuan’s injuries were not light, and Lin Mo had consumed a great deal of energy.

Finally, they left the Lingxiao Cave Mansion and returned to the massive cavern where the dark river flowed.

Looking back at the fissure, it felt as if all the danger had been sealed away within that small stone grotto.

The outside was still a world of darkness, dampness, the smell of sulfur, and the roar of rushing water, but at this moment, it gave them a brief sense of safety after surviving a disaster.

They placed Su Muxue’s Ice Coffin behind a relatively dry rock away from the riverbank.

Nangong Xuan could no longer hold on and slid down against the rock wall, coughing violently as fresh blood seeped from the corner of his mouth. Beheading the ghoul just now had aggravated his injuries once again.

Lin Mo also felt waves of exhaustion. His chaos dao seed spun slowly, its light dim. He needed time to recover.

The two looked at each other in silence, with only the dark river roaring tirelessly.

This time, they were truly at the end of their tether.

But at least, they were still alive.

Nangong Xuan meditated for a moment to suppress his injuries, then looked at Lin Mo with a complex gaze before looking at the Ice Coffin behind the rock.

”The outburst of Profound Yin Power was too loud... this place might no longer be safe either,” he said hoarsely. ”We must leave as soon as possible, but... in Miss Mu Xue’s state, how can we move her?”

Traveling through this complex and dangerous underground world with an incredibly heavy Ice Coffin that emitted extreme cold was practically impossible.

A new problem lay before this exhausted team.

Deep within the earth veins, certain ancient existences seemed to have truly been startled by that brief, extreme Profound Yin ripple, letting out a low and questioning resonance. Pairs of eyes, far older and more terrifying than the Lava Earth Ghoul, slowly turned toward this direction in the endless darkness.