Chapter 339: A Life-Saving Shard

Su Che transmitted the image of the woman across to the Immortal Prison so that Yan Lin could identify her immediately. He learned that she was the current head of the Snow God Palace, a top-tier sect in the Immortal Dao of Mu Lan Star, and possessed a supreme Dao artifact called the Mysterious Light Celestial Crystal.
It was said that the Mysterious Light Celestial Crystal was created by an ancient powerful being who refined an Ice Spirit Star, extracting and compressing the essence and spirituality of the entire frozen planet into a tiny celestial crystal. In fact, calling it a star core might be more accurate.
“Refined a whole planet into a magic weapon?”
Su Che was shocked. He inwardly marveled at how infinitely powerful the ancient cultivators truly were. This was merely the power of the cultivation world—so just how terrifyingly powerful were the true immortals in the Immortal Realm?
Of course, now was not the time to ponder such things. The head of the Snow God Palace was about to unleash her second attack.
The previous strike had been merely a probe; this time, it was a true display of divine power.
A fist-sized dark blue crystal suddenly appeared before her chest. With a gesture of her hand, the three of them, who were thousands of feet away, instantly saw a world of endless ice and snow, a frozen realm where nothing could grow.
Although they knew it was just an illusion, Su Che still felt as if he were trapped in an ice cave, his blood and bone marrow seemingly freezing completely in an instant.
No!
It wasn’t an illusion. With a series of strange cracking sounds, the Snow God Palace’s freezing technique actually froze even the void, instantly creating a huge ice block hundreds of feet thick that trapped the three of them along with Giant Rich’s defensive barrier.
The light blue ice layer was far harder than refined iron and continued to press against Giant Rich’s defensive barrier with immense force.
Su Che raised his hand and delivered a Punch of Destruction, breaking through Giant Rich’s defensive barrier and striking the ice layer right in front of him.
With a loud crash, a large hole several dozen feet wide appeared in that part of the ice layer. But in an instant, new ice crystals formed, filling the hole Su Che had created.
“So hard?”
Su Che was surprised. After all, his Punch of Destruction could turn a block of refined iron dozens of feet in diameter into nothingness. Yet, striking the outer ice layer only created a hole of just a few feet wide.
“She’s at the late Yuan Ying stage and can fully unleash the power of that supreme Dao artifact. Even if we work together, we won’t be able to repel her,” Tian Yin sighed softly.
As she spoke, Tian Yin gently struck the copper bell in her palm. This time, without any sound, the ice layer hundreds of feet thick surrounding them shattered completely, with each piece no larger than a human head.

With a crash, the ice layer shattered and collapsed. Tai Wu used the Star Emperor Compass to move hundreds of feet sideways, breaking free from the countless ice blocks.
“Elder, we’re just passing by. We have no grudges against you. Why do you have to stop us?” Tian Yin spoke softly, sending her message to the Snow God Palace Master across from her.
Tian Yin believed that the Snow God Palace was a sect of the immortal path on Mu Lan Star, and it couldn’t possibly have good relations with the demonic sects like the Netherworld Sect and the Immortal Holy Word Church. The capture of Yan Lin should have nothing to do with the Snow God Palace.
Even if the Snow God Palace Master also had the duty assigned by the Spirit Realm to seal off star regions, it didn’t mean she had to engage in a life-or-death struggle with those passing through that region.
So, Tian Yin planned to speak gently. If that could resolve the situation, it would be ideal.
The chances were slim, but it wouldn’t hurt to try.
“Are you really just passing by?”
The Snow God Palace Master’s voice was as cold as ice: “I’ve been following you for a long time using invisibility magic. I’ve already confirmed that your route leads straight to Wu Huang Star, which is why I intervened. Girl, do you really think I’m doing this to help the Netherworld Sect?”
So that’s how it is…
Tian Yin shook her head lightly. Her hope of overcoming the situation with gentleness vanished instantly.
As time passed, the figures of the Netherworld Sect Leader and the Immortal Holy Word Church Leader reappeared in the starry sky behind them. Once Su Che and the others stopped, they would surely be caught up quickly.
“I never expected it to be the Snow God Daoist who helped us so much. Thank you, thank you.”
The Netherworld Sect Leader and the Immortal Holy Word Church Leader flew closer and bowed first.
The Snow God Palace Master merely nodded slightly, saying nothing, appearing extremely aloof.
The Netherworld Sect Leader and the Immortal Holy Word Church Leader must have felt somewhat dissatisfied, but they wouldn’t show it on the surface. After all, she possessed the top-tier Dao artifact, the Mysterious Light Sky Crystal, and was invincible in the cultivation world of Mu Lan Star. She always acted so unyielding.
Then, the two sect leaders released the three mid-stage Yuan Ying cultivators, including Yan Gu, from the treasure space in their possession. With the combined power of the five Yuan Ying cultivators, they could confront the Snow God Palace Master and seize the two top-tier Dao artifacts in Su Che and Tian Yin’s hands.
Surrounded by six Yuan Ying cultivators, Su Che and Tian Yin seemed to be faced with another unsolvable dilemma. Especially since the Snow God Palace Master could use the freezing powers of the Mysterious Light Sky Crystal to instantly freeze their defensive barriers into layers of ice hundreds of feet thick. Even if Tian Yin’s Bell could shatter the ice, they still wouldn’t be able to escape!
“I can’t think of any way to resolve this. What about you?” Tian Yin asked, a hint of bitterness on her face as she sent the message.
Amidst such a desperate situation, Su Che remained calm and steady, clearly confident in himself.

“It seems he still has other cards he hasn’t revealed,” Tianyin thought to herself.
Su Che replied through telepathy, “As I said earlier, the real trouble is yet to come; we haven’t encountered it yet… But the trouble I’m thinking of isn’t those few.”
Su Che’s tone also carried an air of arrogance: “Those people can’t pose any threat to us.”
Tianyin blinked, waiting quietly for him to take action to prove that his arrogance wasn’t just delusion.
The reason Su Che was so bold this time, acting aggressively and even taking the initiative against these Yuan Ying cultivators, was indeed because he had hidden cards that gave him confidence. So, it was time to show them.
Su Che glanced at the six Yuan Ying cultivators around him and said slowly, “Don’t think just because there are six of you, three of whom are even in the later stages of Yuan Ying, and even this senior from the Snow God Palace possesses a top-grade Dao artifact… If I want to leave, you really can’t stop me. Believe it?”
“Arrogant young fool!”
The leader of the Netherworld Sect said coldly, “We let you escape earlier because we underestimated your abilities. But now, we’re fully prepared, and with Fellow Snow God here, how could we allow you to escape again!”
Su Che didn’t even look at him; instead, he fixed his gaze on the Snow God Palace master and continued, “Senior Snow God, how about we make a bet? If I can escape your encirclement, then please stop troubling us. Is that okay?”
The Snow God Palace master hesitated slightly but, still very confident in his own abilities, replied, “If you can escape more than 100,000 miles away, out of my patrol area, I won’t chase after you anymore.”
“Good!” Su Che nodded. “I naturally trust what Senior Snow God says.”
By interrogating Yan Lin, Su Che confirmed that in the cultivation world of Mu Lan Star, this Snow God Palace master was renowned for being decisive and keeping his promises. People with such an aloof personality generally didn’t break their word.
“Well then, I’ll have to take action. Please get ready.”
Su Che said solemnly, though inwardly he sneered, “Getting ready is useless. Once I use this move, it’ll probably scare your courage to death…”
Whoosh whoosh whoosh…
Su Che silently circulated his life energy, and the blood in his body suddenly erupted with a powerful sound like that of a mighty river. Of course, this sound couldn’t spread through the starry sky; only Tianyin and Tai Wu inside the massive barrier could hear it.
As his life energy flowed rapidly, the Demon God True Blood bestowed by his massive heart immediately reacted.

Su Che activated it in a special way, and immediately, one-fifth of a drop of the Demon God’s True Blood split off, flowing through his veins in an instant to the tip of his right index finger, ready to be used at any moment.
“Swallow Heaven!”
Su Che shouted loudly, pointing upward.
Snap!
That drop of True Blood shot out from his fingertip.
Once exposed to the void, the Demon God’s True Blood unleashed terrifying power and immense divine abilities.
Boom!
That tiny drop of blood exploded into a massive cloud of blood mist, which instantly condensed into a huge, blood-red rat dozens of feet long.
“The Heaven-Devouring Rat!”
The Lord of the Snow God Palace, the Master of the Netherworld, and the Leader of the Immortal Sect—these three experienced and knowledgeable beings in the late Yuan Ying stage immediately recognized its origin.
The Heaven-Devouring Rat was said to be an ancient demon god that existed since the creation of the world, the first rat in existence.
Although the Lord of the Snow God Palace and the others knew it was definitely not the true form of the Heaven-Devouring Rat but merely a phantom created by its divine powers, anything related to an ancient demon god was still extremely terrifying to ordinary people.
Compared to ancient demon gods, the difference between cultivators and elephants was utterly insignificant.
“Farewell, everyone!”
Su Che said with a smile, waving goodbye to them.
Whoosh…
The Heaven-Devouring Rat hanging high above suddenly opened its mouth wide, creating an unstoppable powerful suction force.
The Lord of the Snow God Palace and the other five people immediately lost their balance, about to be pulled up by that force.
“Go!”
The Master of the Netherworld and the Leader of the Immortal Sect shouted at the same time, already terrified by the terrifying power of the Heaven-Devouring Rat.
Want to escape?
It was already too late.
Buzz…
The Lord of the Snow God Palace activated the Mysterious Light Sky Crystal on his chest, trying to use his freezing power to freeze the phantom form of the Heaven-Devouring Rat. Yet, his usually effective freezing power was torn to pieces by the rat’s strong suction force, turning into streams of air that were sucked into its belly.
“Ah!”
The Lord of the Snow God Palace let out a brief cry of shock. Along with the Mysterious Light Sky Crystal, he was pulled upward by the freezing air currents and swallowed by the Heaven-Devouring Rat in an instant.
If even the Lord of the Snow God Palace had been swallowed, the Master of the Netherworld and the other five people had no chance of resisting that suction force. Whoosh whoosh whoosh—one after another, they had no time to escape and were all swallowed!
“Go!”
At Su Che’s command, Tai Wu activated the Star Emperor Compass and rushed forward at full speed.
If they were clearly in the upper hand, why leave?

Su Che explained to Tian Yin, “That ability just now might seem terrifying, but it actually has no killing power at all. It can only draw them in and trap them temporarily. I’m not even sure how long it can hold them.” Tian Yin nodded slowly. Even so, she was secretly in awe of his ability. What she didn’t know was that this wasn’t actually an ability possessed by Su Che—it was purely a natural trait of the Demon God’s true blood. It could only be used once per instance, with a total of five uses available. It could be considered as five life-saving traits bestowed upon Su Che by his giant heart.