Fantasy: I'll do the hacking, and you'll suffer the side effects!

224: The treasure land of Beilinhanzhou——Xuanbingyuan!From afar, two figures, one stout and one thin, moved slowly forward, not fast, but with every step, a great deal of water vapor would rise from their feet.

Golden Crow Divine Fire was unmatched in the world, and although Qin Han had not comprehended the true Fire Dao and could not unleash the full power of the Divine Fire.

But its scorching temperature alone was enough to ward off the severe cold.

Wu De rubbed his hands together, his arms crossed, shivering from the cold, his face cracked, and the biting wind felt like knives.

”No, this cursed place is too cold, as expected of something scavenged from the Northern Ice Cold State Forbidden Ground.” Wu De exhaled a long breath, which instantly froze into ice shards as it left his mouth.

It was better when they first entered, protected by the Golden Crow Divine Fire.

But the deeper they went, the more terrifying the Extreme Cold Divine Nature felt.

It was no exaggeration to say that if they hadn’t had the Divine Fire on this trip, their bodies would have been frozen into pieces in an instant.

Scattered everywhere.

”Fatty, if you really can’t take it, you should wait up top. We have to look after you, and it’s quite a delay,” said the God-Slaying Stone.

Qin Han’s lips curled slightly at the words, and he didn’t refute it.

Wu De immediately looked displeased, his face falling as he said, ”How could I, a Daoist, be a vegetarian? There will definitely be a need for me at critical moments.”

”You just boast. What is Qin Supreme’s current strength? Does he need your help?” The God-Slaying Stone scoffed.

”If it weren’t for me, a Daoist, suppressing the Holy Blood back then, Qin Han would have already entered Reincarnation. How would he have had the chance to come here for treasure?” Wu De’s eyebrows shot up.

”Yes, yes, you are the most amazing,” the God-Slaying Stone said testily.

Wu De seemed to have spoken too much, and a cold wind blew into his mouth, freezing his mind stiff.

”I really can’t take it anymore, Qin Han, can you make more Divine Fire? This much heat is simply not enough,” Wu De rubbed his palms constantly, grimacing.

”I can, but I’m afraid you’d be instantly incinerated into ash,” Qin Han said.

”Well, it doesn’t have to be that extreme, just a little more heat will do,” Wu De chuckled.

Qin Han pondered for a moment, then intensified the Golden Crow Divine Fire, directly enveloping both of them.

”Comfortable,” Wu De sighed in relief, feeling the warmth.

As they delved deeper, the surrounding scenery became more magnificent, like an ice and snow kingdom, with ice-blue glaciers everywhere.

Qin Han estimated that they had already gone several hundred meters deep, but still hadn’t reached the bottom.

The extreme cold divine pearl must exist in the deepest part, as this kind of supreme treasure would only be born where the Extreme Cold Divine Nature was most concentrated.

Suddenly, Qin Han caught sight of a series of shallow footprints appearing before him.

The indentations were very small, as if intentionally made.

”There are footprints here? Someone got here before us.” Wu De squatted down and examined them carefully.

Judging by the snow on the footprints, they were clearly left not long ago.

It seemed to be a kind of mark, or perhaps a hint.

”Could it be someone from the Senluo Divine Kingdom?” Wu De frowned.

This was clearly not a good sign, after all, there were treasure-finding experts among that group of people.

Their methods would not be as lenient as Qin Han’s; they would basically dig up everything.

Although doing so would harm their Karma, Yan Taiyin simply didn’t care about these ’illusions’.

”This is bad. If the Senluo Divine Kingdom really got there first, we might not even get a drop of the soup,” Wu De worried.

”Why would the Senluo Divine Kingdom leave messages for people?” A glint flashed in Qin Han’s eyes, and a bold idea surfaced in his mind.

To verify whether his guess was accurate, he couldn’t help but quicken his pace.

When they reached a depth of a thousand meters, the Extreme Cold Divine Nature noticeably increased by a notch, making even the Golden Crow Divine Fire somewhat difficult to contend with.

At this moment, Qin Han saw a faint mark on an inverted ice cone.

Upon touching it, a wisp of cold Sword Intent emanated.

Although extremely sharp, it had no destructive power.

”Indeed!” Qin Han nodded inwardly.

”Who left this?” Wu De asked curiously.

”Chu Jiangnian.”

”It’s him?”

Wu De was slightly stunned, clearly not expecting the person who left the mark to be an old friend.

”How did he know we would come?”

Qin Han’s thoughts raced, and after a long while, he sighed, ”Because he always believed in your treasure-finding ability.”

Wu De immediately froze in place, his face suddenly flushing crimson, and he gritted his teeth, ”No matter what, we have to find Brother Chu!”

”Don’t worry, the Buddhist sect won’t take my brother away,” Qin Han said slowly.

The God-Slaying Stone then had a new question: ”What was the purpose of him leaving the mark? Just to show the way?”

”The Profound Ice Abyss below a thousand meters has many branching paths, like a labyrinth. If one gets lost, they will surely be frozen into an ice sculpture here, never melting for millions of years, slowly dying here.”

”Even the Dragon Seeking Ruler would find it difficult to accurately find the correct route.”

”I guess—Chu Jiangnian must have been afraid we would get lost,” Qin Han speculated.

”Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go!” Wu De was impatient to rescue Chu Jiangnian.

”No hurry, let me go ahead and scout the path first. You two wait here.”

With that, Qin Han separated a Golden Crow Divine Fire seed and handed it to Wu De, ensuring he would not be affected by the Extreme Cold Divine Nature here.

Then he lifted his leg and walked out, following the direction indicated by the sword marks on the inverted ice cone.

Wu De didn’t act impulsively this time, standing obediently in place and waiting.

He knew that the path ahead must be extremely perilous, and at the very least, he would find it difficult to protect himself when encountering danger.

”I hope this trip goes smoothly,” Wu De secretly prayed in his heart.

Every hundred meters Qin Han walked, he could see new sword marks on the glacier.

Almost every hundred meters there was a fork in the road, and each intersection branched out in all directions, coupled with the lack of reference points, making it very difficult to discern direction.

Qin Han had tried to force his way through, but the glaciers here were all enveloped by the Extreme Cold Divine Nature.

Even swinging with full power could only leave a very shallow fist print.

”For now, I can only trust Chu Jiangnian,” Qin Han thought to himself.

As he continued forward, a wide ice chamber suddenly appeared before him.

Inside the ice chamber were many ice sculptures; looking around, there were at least a thousand of them.

These ice sculptures varied in form and size, including but not limited to the Human Race.

Among them were many powerful Sea Race and Alien (Alien Race) beings.

”So many?” Qin Han couldn’t help but feel his scalp tingle, as he discovered a colossal beast also sealed within.

It was a Sky Lion, a hundred zhang tall, with wings on its back. This kind of creature was born in the sky and had a strong natural affinity for the Dao of Wind, belonging to the Alien Beasts.

And the one before him was comparable to a Human Emperor, with an extremely powerful Aura.

Besides that, he also saw familiar faces among these ice sculptures.

Among them was the Sea Race creature who had recently obtained the Kunpeng’s remnant bones.

He was currently maintaining an expression of terror, clutching the remnant bones in his hand, as if he had perished here before he could even resist.

”Whoosh!”

Suddenly, a terrifying roar struck, aimed directly at Qin Han’s back, producing bursts of sonic booms.