Chapter 867: Scorching Energy

The spotted freak was drenched by a dozen drops of water. The horror on his face froze instantly, becoming eternal—as crackling sounds filled the air, his entire body turned into a gleaming ice statue.
Through the transparent ice shell, one could still clearly see the despair and terror in his eyes, for at that moment, his mind remained clear.
A massive shadow descended upon him—it was the double fist of another ice crystal giant, crashing down with overwhelming force.
Completely frozen, he had no chance to dodge and could only watch as those fists grew larger and larger until they completely blocked his vision.
Boom!
The fists struck, and with a loud crash, the ice statue representing the spotted freak shattered into pieces.
That was true destruction—completely annihilated.
Whoosh!
Su Che, covered in ice, fell from above. Unsteady on his feet, he nearly fell face-first. But Su Che was in high spirits—he had successfully outwitted the spotted freak.
“Hahaha…” Lao He also shouted excitedly in the Immortal Prison, “This is what happens when you scheme against my master! Great! Killing one of them feels so good!”
Earlier, Su Che and Tian Yin had staged a so-called dramatic scene to deceive the spotted freak and lure him into attacking them.
Su Che knew full well that it was absolutely impossible to defeat the spotted freak with his own strength.
Under these circumstances, the only help he could rely on were these ice crystal giants.
It was a case of using others to kill—Su Che had long realized that these ice crystal giants had emotions, or rather, the person secretly controlling them possessed emotions similar to those of normal beings.
It was clearly a one-on-one duel, yet the spotted freak kept trying to ambush him, which meant interfering in someone else’s fight. Naturally, this would anger the person hiding behind, controlling the ice crystal giants, and get him a proper lesson.
Swish!
The pile of ice shards representing the spotted freak turned into a cloud of ice mist, rising slowly and merging with the thick ice mist above. This meant that this Chaos Traveler had been completely erased from existence.
This was the Chaos Realm, not some universe—there were no rules of reincarnation. Any death meant true death, with no possibility of revival.

This entire process left all the other Chaos Travelers in utter shock, confirming that one should never interfere in others’ duels unless one is capable of dealing with the Ice Crystal Giant they are facing first. Especially House, who no longer dared to think about targeting Sutch; he could only remain gloomy and silent. Their group, having lost its third member, was now down to just three people, including him…

Boom! With a punch, Sutch destroyed the Ice Crystal Giant controlled by the Spotted Monster and then chose Sutch as his next duel target, launching another attack. However, this time the attack method returned to normal—just the initial punches and kicks—indicating that Sutch’s actions hadn’t been “foul” and hadn’t angered the Ice Crystal Giant. After all, everything that had happened earlier was caused by the Spotted Monster; Sutch was merely defending himself passively.

“So, these Ice Crystal Giants do seem to make sense,” Sutch thought to himself with a smirk.

Though he was smiling, the crisis ahead remained extremely severe. Without finding an effective way to counter the Ice Crystal Giants, they would eventually be trapped in this chasm, with no one able to escape. Earlier, Sutch had barely held on for less than ten breaths hanging from the bottom of the ice layer above his head, nearly being completely frozen solid. This made him realize that breaking through there to create a path was an utterly impossible task. Judging from the thick ice layer above, which resembled a pot lid and was at least a hundred zhang thick, even the Ice Crystal Giants, which were several zhang tall, couldn’t be destroyed in a single strike. How could they possibly break through such a thick ice layer in just ten breaths? It was completely impossible!

Lao He sneered disdainfully, “These travelers are really useless. After wandering in the Chaos for so many years, they come to this Devil Island and can’t even handle a small Ice Formation. They still plan to use us newcomers as sacrifices… Are they all useless?”

“Calling them useless would be unfair. It’s just that some creature on Devil Island possesses far greater strength than them,” Sutch said with a hint of reflection. “In the Chaos, anything is possible. It’s hard to say what kind of powerful creature you might encounter. For example, that merchant god, Mordred—I believe Devil Island definitely can’t hold him back.”

“That’s for sure,” Lao He nodded. “That Chaos merchant has spent his entire life traveling in the Chaos. What hasn’t he seen? I think there are hardly any people in the entire Chaos who are stronger than him.”

Just as he was speaking, the Divine Tree of Fate suddenly transmitted a message to Su Che’s mind: “Master, I have good news for you—I’ve finally developed an energy that can counteract the icy poisonous mist outside.”
The Divine Tree’s tone was filled with evident excitement and joy, as if to say: “I’ve finally succeeded! I can now help you at this most critical moment…”
“Really? So quickly?”
Su Che was surprised. To be honest, he hadn’t expected the Divine Tree to develop such an energy to counteract the cold poison so fast. Normally, even if it were possible, it would take over ten days, or even months.
“Actually, it wasn’t that difficult,” replied the Divine Tree. “This kind of icy poison has a very pure and primal nature; it belongs to the second generation of energy born from chaotic energy. That’s why chaotic energy can, to some extent, neutralize and resist it…”
With time running out, the Divine Tree didn’t have the time to explain these principles in detail. In short, it used chaotic energy as the foundation and, through a certain method, created a yang energy that could completely counteract and neutralize this yin-like icy poison. The two energies would neutralize each other, eventually returning to the most fundamental form—chaotic energy.
“You use yin as your spear, I use yang as my shield. When they collide, they both return to chaos.”
It was because of this simple principle that it was possible to develop such a yang energy to counteract the icy poisonous mist in such a short time.
Of course, it sounded simple, but without the Divine Tree, even if one could conceive of this principle, it would be impossible to achieve.
“Alright, then let me give it a try!”
Su Che was eager and excited.
Whoosh!
Immediately, an intensely hot energy surged from the Immortal Prison and filled Su Che’s body.
“It’s so hot!”
Su Che felt as though he was about to burn into a flame. Fortunately, having practiced fire energy since he began his cultivation path, he had a high tolerance for this intense heat.
He then released this hot energy outward from his body…
Boom!
Another wave of freezing force from the ice crystal giant struck Su Che, and a strange scene unfolded.
Hiss… hiss…
The yin energy and the hot energy collided, resulting in a peculiar reaction of mutual neutralization. With a series of pops, a mass of chaotic energy began to form.
“It really works!”

Su Che didn’t bother with surprise. He put away his Demon-Slaying Spear, gathered scorching energy in his hands, darted behind the Ice Crystal Giant, and with a snap, leaped up to deliver hundreds of punches in an instant against its icy, chilling back.

The Ice Crystal Giant was about to turn and attack Su Che again, but its movements froze instantly, as if it had turned into an ice statue. Soon after, starting from its waist, its icy body began to melt rapidly, like hot oil poured over ice. No amount of ice mist could stop this melting process.

Thud! The Ice Crystal Giant split into two halves—the upper body fell to the ground, while its two thick legs remained standing, also gradually melting away…

Hiss… Hiss… In less than ten breaths, the several-zhang-tall Ice Crystal Giant was almost completely melted, leaving only its round head with nostrils pointing upward on the ground. This was because the scorching energy released by Su Che had neutralized everything, preventing it from being completely melted away.

Hiss… Hiss… More ice mist gathered around that head, trying to restore the Ice Crystal Giant’s lost body.

“Haha, never even think about it!” Su Che slammed his palm out, sending out a wave of scorching heat. With a loud boom, not only was the Ice Crystal Giant’s head melted away, but the gathered ice mist was also neutralized into a larger mass of chaotic energy.

“Done!” Su Che let out a long sigh and thought to himself, “It really works. Creation Divine Tree, thank you…”

“He actually…?”

“How is that possible? How did he do it?”

Zhuo Li, Haus, and the others all witnessed this scene. There was no need to say more about the shock, astonishment, and disbelief that exploded in their hearts.

Su Che’s strength was clearly the weakest among them all. No one expected that he would be the one to defeat the Ice Crystal Giant first. Not only was he the first, but he was also the only one.

The others were still suffering greatly under the torment of their respective Ice Crystal Giants, unsure how long they could endure before finding relief.

Su Che stood still for a moment. Since he hadn’t suffered any further attacks, he boldly ran over to Tian Yin.

Getting involved in someone else’s duel was indeed risky, but since Su Che had already dealt with his opponent and had scorching energy to protect him, he felt no fear facing just one Ice Crystal Giant. Besides, as a man, helping his woman out of trouble didn’t require much thought.

Bang… Bang… Bang…

The method was simple: Su Che went around behind the Ice Crystal Giant and delivered hundreds of punches in quick succession. With the experience from last time, the force of those punches was just right, melting the Ice Crystal Giant away within ten breaths—without any loss or waste. After eliminating this Ice Crystal Giant, Su Che wrapped his arms around Tian Yin’s waist and sent her a surge of warm energy to warm her up. Tian Yin nodded gently, her expression full of tenderness; there was no need for words of praise toward him. Su Che smiled silently, then turned his gaze toward Manzi. Time to deal with the next one!