Chapter 163: Spirit Body Riot, Arriving Just in Time

It was worth mentioning that this "Azure Lotus Sword Scripture" seemed to be extremely compatible with his Azure Lotus Dao Body.

While Zhou Chen was immersed in comprehending the sword techniques, the Chaos Spiritual Energy inside his body seemed to become exceptionally active, showing faint signs of an impending Breakthrough.

Zhou Chen nodded with satisfaction.

He spread out his Divine Sense to investigate and confirmed it was safe.

The next moment, just as Zhou Chen was preparing to continue to his next destination, his expression suddenly changed.

Approximately several thousand miles away, Zhou Chen's Divine Sense perceived a familiar aura.

However, based on the feedback from his Divine Sense, that aura seemed to be growing weaker and weaker.

"Damn it!"

Zhou Chen's face turned ashen as he unhesitatingly performed the Taiyi Golden Light Step, turning into a streak of light and rushing toward the destination.

…

Lin Xueer felt as if she were about to die, her entire body trembling incessantly.

The cold energy within her body was rioting wildly; she could feel pain with every breath.

Her spiritual robes had become tattered at some point, revealing large patches of snow-white skin.

"Damn it… why does it have to be now…"

Lin Xueer gritted her teeth, despair flashing in her eyes.

She had followed Zhou Chen all the way to the Central Continent. Having awakened the Frost Ice Spirit Body, she was accepted as a Core Disciple by the Frost Moon Holy Land, ranked thirtieth in the Central Continent, just in time for the Central Continent Resource War.

With the resources provided by the Frost Moon Holy Land, her cultivation had broken through to the first level of the Saint Realm in one fell swoop before the resource war.

It should have been a good thing, but Lin Xueer later discovered that her body simply couldn't withstand this power, and it would riot from time to time.

Lin Xueer's original Physique was too poor.

Zhou Chen could be said to have had good intentions that led to a bad outcome; the power of the Frost Ice Spirit Body was too strong for her. Although it raised her future potential, the cost was also obvious.

What was even more fatal was that shortly after arriving on the Starry Sky Emperor Road, she was harassed by people from several other Holy Lands. Seeing that Lin Xueer wouldn't comply, they began to hunt her down without a second word.

Although she had broken through to the first level of the Saint Realm, facing the siege of seven or eight Cultivators of the same Realm, even with the Frost Ice Spirit Body, she couldn't hold out.

Most critically, the cold energy inside her was running wild, causing the temperature within a thousand-meter radius to plummet, and even the air seemed about to freeze.

"Haha, the Frost Ice Spirit Body! This is a Physique rarely seen in ten thousand years!"

The leading young man's face was full of greed. "Catch her, and we'll all have a share. You there, remember to keep her suppressed with Divine Sense attacks; don't let her activate her emperor seal to escape!"

This person was Xie Baosheng, a Sequence Saint of the Wild Antiquity Sacred Ground, with a cultivation at the second level of the Saint Realm.

"Senior Brother Xie is right. For a woman with such a Physique and who is also this beautiful, Senior Brother Xie should enjoy her first and just leave us some leftovers."

"Hahahahaha!"

The several Cultivators nearby also wore lewd smiles.

"You… you bunch of beasts!"

Lin Xueer gritted her silver teeth, her eyes filled with anger and despair.

Her Frost Ice Spirit Body had only recently awakened, and she simply couldn't control the rampaging cold energy within her.

Every time she used spiritual power, the cold energy would become more out of control. It wasn't that she hadn't thought about leaving the Starry Sky Emperor Road, but each time she was hit by a Divine Sense attack from a short, fat Cultivator, making it impossible to activate her emperor seal.

"Little beauty, stop struggling and come with us obediently."

Xie Baosheng licked his lips, approaching step by step.

"I promise I won't mistreat you. Come to big brother, hehe…"

Lin Xueer took a few steps back, only to find a cliff behind her.

There was no way to retreat!

"Big Brother Zhou… I'm sorry…"

Lin Xueer closed her eyes, two lines of clear tears flowing from the corners of her eyes.

She had thought that by Awakening the Frost Ice Spirit Body, she could catch up to Zhou Chen's footsteps. She hadn't expected that before even seeing a glimpse of him, she might die and her path would end. How could she be resigned to this?

As the cold energy within her became increasingly violent, Lin Xueer became even calmer instead.

"Big Brother Zhou, Xueer might have to leave first… if fate permits, let's meet again in the next life."

She thought silently in her heart, preparing to detonate the frost power within her body to perish together with these beasts.

Just then, a cold voice came from the distance.

"Courting death!"

Boom—

A terrifying Sword Intent instantly enveloped the entire mountain peak.

Everyone felt a threat of death.

Xie Baosheng's expression changed drastically as he hurriedly looked back.

A golden light descended from the sky; it was indeed Zhou Chen!

"Big Brother Zhou, it's really you!"

Lin Xueer instantly wept with joy; she couldn't believe this was real.

"Yes, little crybaby, I'm here!"

Seeing the injuries on Lin Xueer and her tattered dress, a flicker of killing intent flashed in Zhou Chen's eyes.

"Since you're here… stay forever!"

Without further nonsense, the Slaughter Sword Intent at the level of Perfection enveloped everyone present.

"Heh… heh…"

Xie Baosheng and the others felt a terrifying killing intent freeze them in place, making it impossible for them to utter a single complete word from their throats.

Azure Lotus Sword Scripture, First Form—First Bloom of the Azure Lotus!

The sky suddenly turned dark.

A spiritual Qi lotus platform that blotted out the sun suddenly appeared in the Void Realm, and the giant azure flower bud on the platform bloomed instantly.

"So beautiful," even the heavily injured Lin Xueer was captivated by the scene before her.

However, in the eyes of Xie Baosheng and the others, this beautiful scenery was quite a different sight.

As the lotus bloomed, even more tiny lotuses emerged in the Void Realm.

A hundred, a thousand, ten thousand…

Densely packed, every single lotus was filled with Sword Intent at the level of Perfection.

Without any warning, countless tiny beads of blood appeared on their bodies.

Eerily, the minds of the people present seemed to be captivated by the lotuses, and strange smiles appeared on their faces as if they couldn't feel any pain.

Puchi—

There were no successive screams as one might have imagined.

The crowd was instantly torn to shreds by the lotuses. Xie Baosheng's eyes widened, unable to believe until his death that he had been insta-killed by a Cultivator of the same Realm, without even a corpse left behind.

The Spiritual Qi lotuses slowly withered and vanished.

Zhou Chen couldn't help but click his tongue. Although he knew resolving these few people would be easy, he hadn't expected the Azure Lotus Sword Scripture to be so terrifying; the First Form of the Azure Lotus Sword Scripture actually contained a trace of Space Law power.

Having dealt with these small fry, Zhou Chen immediately rushed to Lin Xueer's side.

"Xueer, how are you?"

He looked at Lin Xueer's pale face and thought to himself that things were looking bad.

"Big Brother Zhou… I'm fine… it's just the cold energy inside me…"

Before Lin Xueer could finish speaking, she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

The cold energy within her had completely spiraled out of control!

Terrifying frost power erupted from her body, causing the temperature within a radius of several thousand meters to drop to the absolute limit instantly.

Even Zhou Chen felt a trace of bone-chilling cold.

"Big Brother Zhou, leave quickly… I'm about to lose control…"

Lin Xueer said with a pained expression, "When the Frost Ice Spirit Body completely loses control later, it will freeze everything around into ice sculptures. I'm afraid of hurting you…"

"You'll be fine!"

Zhou Chen interrupted Lin Xueer and began to investigate her physical condition.

"Big Brother Zhou… I'm useless… I've held you back again…"

Lin Xueer looked deeply at Zhou Chen, "Big Brother Zhou, I probably won't survive… before I die, I want to tell you…"

"I like you. I've liked you since the first time we met…"

Her voice grew weaker and weaker, "If… if there's a next life, I want to be with you…"

"Big Brother Zhou… can… can you kiss me once? Just as my final wish…"