Chapter 862: Frozen Solid

The thick ice that trapped eighteen Chaos Travelers was flying swiftly through the sky. Without a doubt, everyone was doing their utmost to find a way to escape during this time.

It was easy to guess that when the flight stopped and those three pieces of ice landed somewhere, an even more severe crisis would arise.

Su Che and Tian Yin were tightly huddled together—or rather, squeezed tightly by the surrounding ice layers.

“My power is completely sealed; I can’t exert even the slightest force. How about you?”

Su Che felt as if the Chaos energy within him was entirely confined inside an iron barrel, unable to escape in the slightest, leaving him in a state of complete immobility.

Clearly, the ice around them not only created an external constraint but was also infused with a deadly cold poison, turning them into frozen statues.

Tian Yin replied in a low voice, “My sonic powers are the same—unable to spread. This kind of cold poison is truly terrifying.”

In such a near-total state of imprisonment, with no power at all, was there really no way out?

Su Che could see that Manzhi, just a few feet in front of him, was also motionless, trapped in thick ice layers. His own status as a Chaos-level traveler was just as dire.

This meant it wasn’t that he and Tian Yin were too weak, but rather that this cold poison was extremely powerful and terrifying, utterly irresistible.

There was no need to describe his anxiety, but in an instant, a glimmer of hope appeared in Su Che’s eyes.

Because he saw Xiao Hei, trapped in the ice just ahead, moving slightly.

“Xiao Hei!”

Su Che called out, but received no response. The mental connection between him and Xiao Hei had been completely severed by the ice ahead.

His spiritual senses were also impaired, but his vision remained intact. He saw Xiao Hei’s massive frame, nearly ten feet tall, shrink rapidly to just over a foot in height, gaining a little more space to move within the ice.

“Xiao Hei isn’t made of flesh and blood; he’s entirely composed of Chaos energy, so he can’t be poisoned. That’s why he can still move and change his size.”

Su Che could easily understand this logic.

Lao Hei also shouted from the Immortal Prison, “Xiao Hei, do well! Use your axe to break through it!”

With his main soul and split souls out of contact, Lao Hei couldn’t effectively control that heavily armored puppet body to resist. At this moment, he could only rely on Xiao Hei to create a miracle and save the day.

The little black figure, over a foot tall, swung its pocket battle axe and slashed at the ice in front of it.
Boom!
The intense vibration could be clearly felt even by Su Che and the others trapped in ice. However, such severe shock caused their already frost-bitten bones to feel numb—no pain, but an extreme discomfort.
An indescribable strange sensation.
“There’s no choice but to endure it gritting our teeth.”
Su Che couldn’t even move his eyes; he could only watch the situation with the corner of his eye.
With this strike, Little Black managed to break a small patch of ice a few feet square in front of him—not by shattering it, but by melting it away with chaotic power, turning it completely to nothingness.
This gave Little Black more space to move, but it was obvious that the freezing effect continued, with new ice forming to freeze the now-smaller Little Black once again.
“Hurry up, Little Black!” Su Che cried inwardly, though sadly, Little Black couldn’t hear him.
Although Little Black had the intelligence of a ten-year-old child, his combat instincts were unmatched. He knew he had to strike faster than the ice could freeze again to break through the ice and reunite with his father, and even rescue them from their frozen state.
Another axe swing—this time aimed at Su Che.
Last time, Little Black wasn’t sure how much ice he could break with his strikes, so he dared not attack Su Che for fear of hurting his father. Now that he knew how much ice each strike could break, he could reach Su Che in just a few swings.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, he swung his axe three times with precise calculations, creating a large hole in Su Che and Tian Yin’s chests—created by Little Black’s strikes.
With just a tiny opening, Su Che and Tian Yin’s internal energy could be released. Before Su Che could break the ice violently, Tian Yin’s sonic powers had already spread out.
Buzz…
A strange sonic wave reverberated within the ice layer. With a whooshing sound, the ice within ten feet instantly melted away. Even Manzi on the left front side broke free from the ice and regained some mobility.
Although the frost poison in their bodies couldn’t be eliminated immediately, they could now use their combat strength.
Manzi waved her tiny hands, slapping at the thick ice in front of her.
Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!

The hardness of the ice layer could compare to that of many chaotic-grade materials, yet it still couldn’t withstand the combined efforts of Xiao Hei, Tian Yin, and Man Zhi. With a whooshing sound, in just two breaths, their range of movement expanded by several dozen feet, and Lao Hei’s puppet body was also freed.
“Great! I’m alive again!”
As soon as he reconnected with his split soul, Lao Hei controlled his puppet body to start punching and kicking at the thick ice layer. His fists, harder than chaotic spiritual treasures, had no trouble shattering the ice.
The four people before him were all far stronger in combat than he was, so Su Che didn’t bother showing off. He simply stood still, collecting some of the ice shattered by Lao Hei and sending it to the Immortal Prison, hoping to develop some energy to counter this kind of cold poison—i.e., an antidote.
The ice block sealing Su Che’s group was the smallest, with a radius of only a few dozen feet. Although the freezing effect continued, it clearly couldn’t keep up with the destruction speed of Tian Yin and her group. It seemed it wouldn’t be long before the entire ice block was completely broken.
This smaller ice block flew at the front, while the two giant ice blocks sealing Zhuo Li and Hao Si’s groups lagged slightly behind. Up to this point, none of the thirteen people in those two groups had managed to break the ice around them and remained completely frozen.
This was because they were all ordinary flesh-and-blood beings. After being afflicted by the cold poison, they couldn’t change their size like Xiao Hei, leaving them with no room to struggle at all. Their physical bodies became a burden, which was truly frustrating.
Due to their viewing angle, Zhuo Li and the others could see through the completely transparent ice layer the figures inside Su Che’s group’s ice block, moving frantically as they tried their best to break the ice. Zhuo Li and the others felt both envy and jealousy. With their intelligence, it wasn’t hard for them to realize that Su Che’s group’s success must be thanks to that muscular black man wielding an axe. Only such a pure energy being could ignore the cold poison and maintain mobility.
Whether out of envy or jealousy, they could only watch helplessly, as they couldn’t come up with any effective solution. After all, all their strength was sealed within their bodies, as if they had swallowed several bowls of bone-crushing powder and been tied up tightly, leaving them completely powerless.
With both freezing and cold poison creating such a powerful seal, they had never heard of anything like this even after wandering around Devil Island for countless chaotic eras. It was far more terrifying than any magical beast.

After a dozen breaths, with a loud rumble, before the four members of Tianyin could completely break through the dozens of zhang thick ice layer, three massive ice blocks had already fallen from the sky and landed in a huge crater. The diameter of this crater was tens of thousands of zhang, and it still had plenty of space even after accommodating these three giant ice blocks. The shape of the crater was quite strange; it didn’t seem natural but rather appeared to have been artificially dug. Its opening was perfectly circular, with smooth edges—no imperfections at all. The bottom of the crater was also extremely flat, like a smooth marble surface, almost dust-free. The curved walls stood at a perfect 90-degree angle, with no inclination at all. Moreover, the walls were densely covered with countless holes arranged in a highly regular pattern—there were surely tens of millions of them at a glance. Seeing those holes on the walls, the eighteen explorers were shocked: this was nothing short of a killing array. If some substance or energy were ejected from inside, it would pierce everyone, leaving them riddled with wounds. Even if they tried to dodge quickly, there would be no space to avoid it. Anyone could instantly guess the crisis ahead, as everyone present had experienced countless battles throughout their lives—calling them the strongest in their respective universes was no exaggeration. Sure enough, their guess was correct! Whoosh! The ice blocks sealing everyone instantly melted back into the original ice mist. Almost simultaneously, tens of millions of bright white lights shot out from the walls of the crater. They weren’t lights but nearly transparent ice spikes, each as thick as an arm and over ten zhang long. Whoosh whoosh whoosh… What was even more terrifying was that it wasn’t just one emission—every single hole was shooting continuously at an astonishing speed. Tens of millions of holes instantly ejected billions of ice spikes, all aimed at the eighteen explorers in the center of the crater. Dodging was impossible, as there was no space to evade. They could only brace themselves. Su Che’s group was certainly in a much better situation, as they had already regained nearly full combat capabilities before falling into the crater, though there was still some residual cold poison left in their bodies. In contrast, Zhuo Li and Haous groups were far more miserable. They had just broken free from the ice prison, and in just an instant, their bodies were still stiff, leaving no time to take effective precautions before countless ice spikes reached them. “I’ll take the hit!”

Lao He roared loudly, stepped forward, and stood in front of Su Che, ready to use this puppet body as a living shield for its master to block the countless ice spikes flying straight at them. Although Lao He cared deeply for this puppet body and didn’t want it to suffer even the slightest damage, its purpose was to be a shield—nothing was more important than the safety of its master. If Lao He took care of the front, then who would protect Su Che from behind? And what about the left and right sides?