A magical journey of a sharp-tongued woman and a goofy man

The frost-laden gale rushed into Jiang Ye's collar, and the ice crystals that had solidified on his bronze veins made a soft, rustling sound as they rubbed against his collarbone.

He shattered the bluish-purple moss and ice beneath his feet, and the frost flowers hanging at the end of the Soul-Chasing Rope suddenly exploded—three hundred paces away, a pair of pupil-less eyes opened in a glacier crevice.

The moment the Frost Element Guardian broke through the wall, twelve ice spikes grazed Jiang Ye's ears and embedded themselves in the ground.

As he rolled over, he touched the jade pendant at his waist. The fiery sand he had hidden there the night before when he secretly tied the Soul-Chasing Rope spilled out, leaving scorched marks on the ice surface.

&34; Trespassers shall die. &34; The ice spear that condensed at the guardian's fingertips reflected Jiang Ye's disheveled figure as he dodged.

As the boy retreated, he stepped on the dark ice. The instant his palm struck the ground, the Soul-Chasing Rope suddenly snapped and wrapped around the ice pillar hanging upside down above his head.

The icicle pierced the stone wall, skimming the ends of his tousled hair, and the flying ice shards drew blood lines on his cheeks.

As the elemental controllers emerged from the icy mist, Jiang Ye was using his teeth to bite open the bronze chain clasp frozen on his wrist.

The white-bearded elder at the head of the group shattered the protective aura the man had just formed with a swing of his staff. Frosty patterns crawled up his ankles to his knees: "The turbid energy of the fire element has already polluted three sacred sites. Don't even think about defiling the extreme cold realm!"

&34; Would you rather watch the Dark Abyss devour the continent? &34; Jiang Ye flipped over to dodge the crisscrossing ice blades, his back slamming into the ice wall summoned by the guardian.

The sudden burst of blue light from the Soul-Chasing Rope froze half of his sleeve, while the scorching heat from Ye Shuli's end melted the ice armor on his chest.

The ice ring array formed by the seven controllers forced him to kneel on one knee, while the guardian's ice spear was pressed against his throat.

Jiang Ye suddenly pulled the Soul-Chasing Rope, and the remaining fire essence in the jade pendant burned through the gap in the ice array along the chain.

The moment he rolled into the glacier crevasse, the exploding icefall above him blocked the view of all his pursuers.

The sound of panting echoed eerily in the ice cave. When Jiang Ye wiped the bloodstains from the corner of his mouth, he found that the frost on his palm had turned into an eerie deep blue.

The Soul-Chasing Rope was wrapping around his wrists, forming icy shackles, while the faint sound of the unique bells of Snow Soul Spring could be heard from the southeast—the residual fire essence of Ye Shuli flickered in the jade pendant, like a heartbeat that travels thousands of miles.

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A cold, eerie blue light refracted from the depths of the ice cave, and Jiang Ye leaned against the ice wall, breathing heavily.

Deep blue frost flowers were spreading along his fingers in his palm, and suddenly he heard his father's muffled groan when he was a child, as if an ice shard had pierced his chest—he bit his tongue hard, and the taste of blood dispelled the distorted illusion before his eyes.

Shuli said that low temperatures can induce abnormal electrical discharges in the brain... The boy tore open his frozen collar, revealing a dark red love knot mark below his collarbone.

The burning sensation from the Soul-Chasing Rope suddenly became clear, as if the girl who always used her sharp tongue to mask her concern was whispering coldly in his ear: "You can't even see through the hexagonal structure of ice crystals? What a waste of the crystallography I taught you."

Suddenly, icicles hanging from the dome of the ice cave came into view, and Jiang Ye's pupils contracted.

Those natural icicles that once amazed Ye Shuli now form a perfect hexagonal array in the southeast corner.

The moment the Frost Guardian broke through the ice and attacked, he used the ice wall to flip in mid-air, and all twelve ice spears were driven into the most vulnerable edges and seams of the crystal lattice.

&34;Bang!&34;

Ice crystals scattered like shattered diamonds as Jiang Ye's boots brushed against the guardian's frozen shield as he slid toward a dead end.

The moment his palm touched the ice wall, he recalled Ye Shuli's sly smile when she demonstrated the ice structure with mineral water—the most active node of the ice element was at the intersection of the third and fourth ice patterns!

A chillingly sharp ice blade erupted from his fingertips, carrying with it the surging elemental currents within the ice cave, and exploded with a deafening roar.

The guardian's silver armor cracked with spiderweb-like patterns, and for the first time, an emotional fluctuation emanated from beneath the mask: "You can actually summon the primordial ice essence?"

"This is called elemental resonance." Jiang Ye wiped away the blood from his nose. The ice crystal shackles binding him with the Soul-Chasing Rope were being melted by the leaping fire essence within the jade pendant. "My daughter once said that when all things resonate in unison, miracles can occur."

The ice staffs of the seven elemental masters slammed to the ground simultaneously.

The white-bearded old man stared at the remaining energy ripples on the ice wall, his voice trembling: "The messenger in the prophecy who can fuse the five elements... does he truly exist?"

Ye Shuli has already gathered the three elements of fire, wood, and metal. Jiang Ye lifted his sleeve, revealing his wrist veins entwined with the marks of the three elements. The Dark Abyss Rift is devouring the Western Desert Oasis. Are you all still going to stick to the old ways and wait to die?

A crisp sound of breaking chains came from within the icy mist, and the three youngest controllers suddenly withdrew the ice ring array.

But the four people behind the white-bearded old man suddenly conjured an ice thorn cage: "Don't listen to heretical nonsense!"

Do you know what happened last time that person attempted to fuse the elements? &34;

The Soul-Chasing Rope trembled violently without warning, and the fire essence inside the jade pendant suddenly burst forth with a dazzling red light.

Jiang Ye suddenly turned his head to look southeast—the sound of the bells at Xuepo Spring was mixed with the roar of exploding flames.