Chapter 865: Ice Crystal Giants

Su Che and his four companions still maintained a back-to-back formation, with Zhuo Li within ten feet away. This meant they would have to withstand the combined assault of six Ice Crystal Giants.
Boom… Boom… Boom…
Unlike mindless summoned creatures, the six Ice Crystal Giants lined up in a single column, clearly aiming to scatter Su Che’s group.
Not wanting to get caught in the chaos—since she wasn’t part of Su Che’s team—Zhuo Li quickly retreated, moving back a hundred feet and luring one of the Ice Crystal Giants away.
Tian Yin also reacted swiftly, releasing over a dozen sound waves in an instant—some using binding effects, others creating barriers, and still others delivering crushing vibrations…
Yet none of these sound-based techniques could stop the Ice Crystal Giants’ advance. The lead giant only slowed slightly before being pushed forward by those behind it, regaining its speed.
Swish!
Manzi waved her hand, projecting a dim, unassuming, oddly shaped symbol that pierced into the first Ice Crystal Giant’s body. But then a cry was heard: “Bad! My control technique doesn’t work on it. This means they’re not true soul creatures.”
Su Che immediately understood—Manzi’s control technique only worked on soul creatures, similar to the soul enslavement function on the fourth floor of the Immortal Prison.
“I’ll take it!”
As the five Ice Crystal Giants rushed forward, Lao He stepped forward, placing himself at the front of the group, determined to use his physical strength to withstand the lead giant.
Bang!
The first Ice Crystal Giant collided with Lao He and stopped instantly. But the four behind it kept moving, bang after bang, like connected train cars hitting each other one after another.
As a result, all the immense force from the five Ice Crystal Giants focused on Lao He, who couldn’t possibly withstand it.
“Damn it!”
Lao He cursed as he was flung into the air, flying over Su Che and his three companions.
This showed that the strength of the Ice Crystal Giants was far greater than imagined.
Su Che and his three companions surely realized what would happen next, leaving them with only one choice: scatter.

I don’t want to split up, but I have no choice. Those five Ice Crystal Giants still haven’t stopped and keep charging forward with a rumbling noise. Rather than suffer their attacks and inevitably be scattered, it’s better to split up and fight one-on-one.

In fact, Su Che and the others had already realized that the force controlling these Ice Crystal Giants had demanded a fair one-on-one duel. If that wish couldn’t be fulfilled, who knows what other tricks it might play on us.

“Each of you take one. You don’t need to worry about me,” Su Che transmitted to the other four at the same time, to prevent them from losing their composure due to concern for him.

On the first day in Chaos, Su Che had already told Tian Yin not to panic no matter what happened. Since he had the courage to enter Chaos with the cultivation level of an Immortal Emperor, he was prepared to face any risks alone.

One-on-one, huh? Then let’s go!

Though he said this, Tian Yin, Lao Hei, and Xiao Hei were very worried about Su Che, knowing that Jufu had already retreated to Immortal Prison and was in the process of recovery. Without his most powerful defensive artifacts, Su Che’s ability to protect himself had dropped to an unknown level, and how strong those Ice Crystal Giants really were remained unknown.

Under such circumstances, how could they not worry about him?

Boom… Boom… Boom…

One of the Ice Crystal Giants chose Su Che and strode straight toward him.

“Master, shall I take some of the attack for you?” Lao Hei shouted from inside Immortal Prison while controlling a puppet with his split soul.

“No need,” Su Che replied calmly. “Let me give it a try. Remember, I still have a few pretty good items here that might be useful.”

Su Che was referring to several treasures he had bought from Mordel, the merchant of Chaos—valuable emergency items.

Lao Hei could only stay silent for now. Although the mental communication between master and servant was fast, the Ice Crystal Giant was already close to Su Che. Spouting more words would only distract the master while fighting.

Whoosh!

The several-zhang-tall Ice Crystal Giant swung its arm in a circle and brought down a hammer strike. Though its body seemed bulky, its attack speed was astonishing.

Without Jufu and relying only on his own defensive techniques, Su Che certainly didn’t dare to confront it head-on. After all, this was Devil Island in Chaos—a dangerous place where even the strongest in Chaos could lose their lives. Nothing that seemed unimpressive or trivial should be underestimated.

The Ice Crystal Giant’s heavy punch seemed merely like a brute slamming the ground, nothing sophisticated about it. Yet, who could be sure of its true power?
To be safe, Su Che could only move sideways to dodge quickly.
Boom!
The punch struck the ground, creating a translucent shockwave that spread instantly over a hundred feet. Su Che, lacking the ability to fly, had no chance of avoiding it and was immediately engulfed by it.
Whoosh!
A piercing chill spread throughout his body, causing him to feel instantly stiff as if frozen solid.
“I knew this would happen,” Su Che cursed inwardly. Fortunately, he had been prepared earlier—his Chaos Energy had already formed a protective layer around him, blocking about 80-90% of the severe freezing effect.
Crack!
The thick ice layer, over an inch thick, on his body shattered under Su Che’s force, sending countless ice shards flying. He quickly dodged behind the Ice Crystal Giant, his Demon-Slaying Spear lengthening as he thrust it forward.
Thwack!
The spear created a large hole in the giant’s right leg—big enough to hold a bowl and over half a foot deep.
The wound seemed severe, but the problem was that the Ice Crystal Giant was several dozen feet tall, with thighs thicker than stone pillars. Such a wound was nothing to it.
Worse still, a small cluster of the surrounding ice mist gathered, forming new ice crystals that instantly filled the wound.
It was practically immortal!
Even if it stood still without resisting, Su Che knew his Demon-Slaying Spear wasn’t strong enough to kill such a creature.
Thwack!
He tried again, creating another bowl-sized wound, but it was filled by ice mist in an instant.
Su Che had already determined that the hardness of the ice crystals was comparable to Chaos-level metal. His Demon-Slaying Spear, being a Chaos-grade artifact, could indeed shatter them, but its force wasn’t sufficient to destroy them completely in an instant. Thus, the Ice Crystal Giant was, in his eyes, virtually invulnerable.
Su Che had planned to use his slight advantage in speed to wear it down slowly, hoping that by then, Lao Hei or Xiao Hei would have dealt with their own Ice Crystal Giants and come to his aid.
Unexpectantly, after just two strikes, the Ice Crystal Giant suddenly teleported behind Su Che, its two fist-sized hands slamming down at once.
“Teleportation?”
Su Che was shocked and cursed inwardly, “How despicable!”

The Magic Island is filled with a strange energy that isolates it from the chaotic energy outside, acting like a separate, special space. Within this space, Su Che and the others cannot fly or teleport; they can only move on foot, at most jumping a few times.

Yet these seemingly clumsy ice crystal giants can teleport instantly, which is extremely disadvantageous for Su Che.

There’s no other choice but to hide.

Boom!

He narrowly dodged and was once again hit by an ice blast. After struggling to shatter the ice covering his body with chaotic energy, another blow struck him head-on.

Still, he could only hide…

Being passively attacked was truly infuriating.

Fortunately, the chaotic power within Su Che could provide some effective resistance against the freezing poison. Otherwise, if he were frozen into an ice statue and stuck in place, he would be crushed by the ice crystal giants’ blows, his frozen body turning into a pile of ice before being swallowed and merged by the surrounding ice mist.

Meanwhile, looking at Tian Yin, Lao Hei, Xiao Hei, and the others, their situations weren’t much better.

Although their combat skills were far superior to Su Che’s, they still couldn’t instantly destroy these ice crystal giants.

Tian Yin’s sonic powers could only shake off large chunks of ice from the giants, only for them to be filled back in by the surrounding ice mist in an instant.

Lao Hei’s punches and kicks were equally useless.

Only Xiao Hei’s battle axe had the strongest cutting power, capable of severing an entire arm of an ice crystal giant. Yet it couldn’t withstand the opponents’ ruthless cheating devices—once the severed limbs fell to the ground, they turned into ice mist before reappearing intact on the giant.

Man Zhi, Zhuo Li, Haous, and the other Chaos Travelers were in a similar situation. For now, none of them had found an effective way to defeat the ice crystal giants.

In fact, two or three of them were even in a worse situation than the weakest one, Su Che. Since their internal energy wasn’t pure chaotic energy, their resistance to the freezing poison was extremely limited. If hit by the ice blast waves generated by the giants, they would be caught off guard and in great danger.

Bang!

At that moment, one of them was frozen. Though he didn’t turn into an ice statue outright, his movement speed slowed drastically. He barely dodged a heavy blow but was then kicked away by an ice crystal giant.

Kicked hundreds of feet away, he landed right near Su Che, only three or four zhang away.

The ice crystal giant that kicked him also followed, roaring toward them.

Snap!

The man fell from the sky and landed on the ground, with large pieces of ice shattering off his body. As soon as he got up, the first thing he saw wasn’t the ice crystal giant approaching behind him, but Su Che right in front of him. Su Che was busy dodging the continuous attacks from the ice crystal giant he was fighting against and had no time to pay attention to him. Unexpectedly, this guy in a desperate situation immediately turned his malicious intent toward him. At this moment, the adjective “malicious intent” was truly apt—as indeed, a giant black hand silently reached out from behind Su Che… “Master, be careful!” “Su Che, watch out behind you!” Lao Hei and Tian Yin, who were constantly keeping an eye on Su Che, simultaneously sent warning messages.