Ye Tiancheng said nothing, taking the Scarlet Blood Sword and Wang Xiaoliu, he headed straight for the ice pond.
As soon as he reached the edge of the cold pond, he heard a very powerful cold air emanating from within. Why did he hear it instead of feel it? Because Ye Tiancheng's ears were not ordinary; he possessed the power of the Divine Stone and the Great Green Snake.
Naturally, he could sense atmospheres that others could not. Under this atmosphere, he subconsciously shielded Wang Xiaoliu behind him, because this child was an ordinary person and could not act as freely as himself when facing danger.
Wang Xiaoliu also knew that Ye Tiancheng wanted to protect him, but his desire to find his father was so strong that he didn't care about the danger. Therefore, when facing danger, Wang Xiaoliu appeared very calm. This was not the demeanor and state of a child. It had to be said that this child greatly surprised Ye Tiancheng. When Ye Tiancheng was his age, he could not have achieved this level at all. It could be seen that this child's future was limitless. If he could be taught some cultivation skills, he would surely become an extraordinary person.
Because he saw his own childhood shadow in him, Ye Tiancheng wanted to train him into someone he considered very good.
When he achieved this, he would never easily abandon his stance and ideas. Sometimes, the price paid for those things was quite intense. People always live for themselves, so Ye Tiancheng did not want to hate all of this. What kind of person he wanted to become had long been decided in his heart, and he didn't need anyone to say anything. Even if others spoke until their throats were hoarse, he wouldn't listen, because he was such an opinionated person.
"I didn't expect such good food to arrive." At this moment, a chilling voice came from within the cold pond. Ye Tiancheng had not noticed when this guy emerged from here. Judging by the aura emanating from him, this guy was even more powerful than Bagangmu.
It could be said that Bagangmu was not as formidable. The appearance of such a situation made one have to say that he was sometimes a very pathetic figure, delaying so many things for inexplicable reasons, as if he were meddling in other people's business. However, he felt that this was not bad, because this time he could be said to be someone who prioritized his own interests. For these interests, he would rather give up everything. Now, for Ye Tiancheng, he had only helped someone he felt was in the same boat.
"I didn't expect to encounter such a powerful opponent. It's truly beyond what I could have asked for." Ye Tiancheng never imagined that one day he would encounter such a problem. In his eyes, some things could be forgotten, but some things he must remember, and that was to become an operation that was very beneficial to him. The so-called beneficial operation was to do some good deeds to cover up his mistakes, successfully showing his righteous side in front of these villagers. This had to be said to be a very pathetic person, who worked tirelessly for this. His continuous efforts could not compensate for anything.
Mistakes made were always mistakes made. No matter how they were compensated, they could never be compensated, because mistakes would always be remembered by heaven. Although the cycle of heaven and retribution was not mistaken, the truly bad people who received retribution were few and far between. Ye Tiancheng did not care about retribution at all. What he wanted to achieve was to become stronger. For this purpose, he had to appear very cunning and brutal.
"I know you want to eat my flesh and blood, but my flesh is not so easy to eat. If you understand, then you should learn to give up. If you cannot learn to give up, then you will be killed by me." Ye Tiancheng just wanted to scare the other party with his imposing aura. He could not calculate whether he could defeat the other party easily, so he resorted to this tactic. Doing so, it could be said that he appeared very embarrassed, because everyone might see through his scheme. The other party was not a child.
Naturally, he could see through what he was thinking. Once a scheme was seen through, it was no longer a scheme. Therefore, Ye Tiancheng's operation was very foolish. This ice demon was not someone who could be easily scared. He was about 300 years old. One day, he discovered a good habitat here, so he came here to settle down. Unexpectedly, some short-sighted humans and cultivators wanted to kill him. After all, some materials were very good for making and refining medicine. Therefore, these people desperately wanted to obtain the necessary materials. Many people came here, but not a single person could obtain the necessary materials. All of them became food in the mouth of the ice demon.
In this situation, Ye Tiancheng smiled awkwardly: "I originally wanted to scare you, but I didn't expect you wouldn't fall for it. Since that's the case, then we'll settle it with fists and kicks. This world respects the strong, and you should understand the fate of the loser."
Ye Tiancheng's words made the ice demon feel very familiar, because these were words he had said before. It made the ice demon find it very laughable that they came from his mouth.
He thought that such lines should have been spoken by him, not by a mere human. This was clearly stealing his lines, so the ice demon was very unhappy.
Then the two sides began to fight. Ye Tiancheng, because he possessed the Scarlet Blood Sword.
In terms of strength, he had become much stronger than before. In the fight, he had a slight advantage. He was surprised and couldn't believe that the person at the entrance was actually a tough opponent. He couldn't gain any advantage fighting him, so he wondered if he had made a mistake. This person should have been a formidable opponent, so how could he be no match for him at all?
Just as he was hesitating, the Scarlet Blood Sword turned into a red shadow and wrapped around him. This was Ye Tiancheng's very familiar "Breaking Void Slash, 12th Form, Setting Sun Like Blood."
These 12 sword moves were taught to him by the Divine Stone. The Divine Stone, which was ancient and knowledgeable, saw many martial arts moves stored in its mind. Most of them were not suitable for Ye Tiancheng to cultivate, but the "Breaking Void Slash, 12th Form" was suitable for him to cultivate. It was domineering and sinister, very suitable for Ye Tiancheng to cultivate.
Therefore, the Divine Stone taught him this move. Although Ye Tiancheng had practiced it, he used a wooden stick instead of a sword during practice, and could not achieve the true power of a sword.
Ye Tiancheng dreamed of owning a sword that suited him, so he asked Wang Youcai of Huangjia Village to help him forge a suitable dagger. This guy liked assassins very much, so he asked Wang Youcai to help him forge this short dagger.
In the world of cultivators, not having a weapon means being a very unqualified cultivator.
Ye Tiancheng now possessed the Scarlet Blood Sword, but he was still not satisfied, because this sword was not suitable for using the "Breaking Void Slash."
However, beggars couldn't be choosers. Since he had no weapon to use, he could only accept the Scarlet Blood Sword.
If Ye Tiancheng were using an assassin-type dagger, the power of the "Breaking Void Slash" he unleashed would be three times stronger. Unfortunately, he was now using the Scarlet Blood Sword. Even with the greatly reduced power, he had the upper hand. This ice demon seemed to be all show and no substance.
The ice demon never dreamed that his opponent would be Ye Tiancheng.
If he had known that Ye Tiancheng was so powerful from the beginning, he would never have chosen Ye Tiancheng as his opponent. Now, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and accept this predetermined reality.
The sword in Ye Tiancheng's hand attacked like a barrage of pear blossoms. He used the moves of "Setting Sun Like Blood" to their fullest extent. The ice demon could barely cope. Just dealing with Ye Tiancheng's "Breaking Void Slash" moves had exhausted him. Moreover, Ye Tiancheng infused the power of the Divine Stone and the Great Green Snake into it. This light and sharp Scarlet Blood Sword became very heavy, as if it weighed a thousand pounds.
Now Ye Tiancheng had a slight advantage. If he didn't take measures, he wouldn't be able to defeat Ye Tiancheng. The situation was critical, and he was at his wit's end. He could only grit his teeth and use the "Blood Burning Technique."
This technique was very evil, sacrificing one's own health as a price, constantly burning one's own blood, hence it was called the "Blood Burning Technique."
This technique could increase one's cultivation by 10 times the original cultivation within a short period.
Under this 10-fold increase in cultivation, the ice demon became very powerful.
Suddenly, the ice demon's attacks became extremely fierce, and Ye Tiancheng had no way to resist them. In desperation, he could only use his innate power, which was the power of the Divine Stone and the Great Green Snake, plus the power of the 1/6 fragment of the Fuxi Qin.
These three powers merged into one, and the Scarlet Blood Sword became even more crimson.
The Scarlet Blood Sword, which had become so powerful, surged towards the opponent like a raging river. When Ye Tiancheng felt the situation was critical, he was able to counter-kill, which was beyond the ice demon's imagination. He was completely at a loss and could not counterattack. Ye Tiancheng gained all the initiative.
He continuously attacked the ice demon, and the ice demon was suppressed.
Ye Tiancheng did not want this situation to happen before him. What he wanted was to be able to calmly face all situations, not to get everything so smoothly. Perhaps everything happened too easily, making him feel bored. Just as he felt everything had become boring, a powerful shockwave suddenly erupted in the air. Ye Tiancheng instinctively felt himself being enveloped by the power. When he seriously wanted to counterattack, he found himself bound by a long, thin rope and unable to break free.
"What the hell is going on?"
It turned out that before he got on the boat, a long, thin tongue-like rope emerged from the water and bound Ye Tiancheng's hands and feet. This rope was very resilient. He felt that even with all his might, he couldn't break free. This long, tongue-like body might be a lizard in the water. This guy hid in the dark, waited for an opportunity, and launched an attack on Ye Tiancheng. Ye Tiancheng didn't notice the hidden killing intent in the water. At this moment, he was ambushed. Thinking about it, it was very tragic. He had been dealing with snakes for years, and this year he was bitten by a snake.
This guy hid in the dark, while Ye Tiancheng was in the open. Naturally, it was understandable that Ye Tiancheng was ambushed. If he could find a way to escape being ambushed, he would be a celestial being. However, cultivators, to a certain extent, could also use their divine sense to perceive the existence of danger.
Unfortunately, the monster living in the water far exceeded Ye Tiancheng's imagination. He could not face it calmly at all, because this guy was hiding in the dark and would monitor Ye Tiancheng's every move.
Ye Tiancheng was now at a great disadvantage. He couldn't protect the little boy. Seeing Ye Tiancheng bound by the long, tongue-like rope, the little boy instinctively became anxious. He rushed forward and bit the rope with all his might, hoping to break it. But the rope was as tough as iron, and his teeth were immediately broken.
The little boy's mouth was full of blood, and he was in so much pain that he grimaced. Fortunately, he was not yet 10 years old, and the broken teeth could grow back, otherwise, he would have been missing teeth for the rest of his life.
Seeing the little boy's effort, Ye Tiancheng couldn't help but praise him. He was truly a tenacious boy. When he was a child, he couldn't even compare to half of the boy's hair. He was a very cowardly and timid person in his childhood, always living a life of inferiority and pity. If he were compared to him, he wouldn't be considered a true man. A true man is someone who faces dangers 100 times stronger than himself.
This boy, whose name was Xiaoliuzi, was not Xiaoliuzi, but should be called Daliuzi.
"What a capable boy! I'm impressed!" Ye Tiancheng could only see the little boy this way.
Because the little boy was much more capable than him, his personality, in some aspects, showed that he was very awesome.
"A very awesome existence, one who looks like a powerful existence no matter how you look at it." Ye Tiancheng said as he spoke to Xiaoliuzi.
Xiaoliuzi was very angry. Why was he still talking about such nonsense at this critical juncture, and not caring about how dangerous his situation was? At this moment, the ice demon laughed heartily: "Even at this juncture, you are still talking such nonsense. I am truly impressed by you."
Indeed, Ye Tiancheng had to admit his own capabilities.
"Because while we were talking nonsense, you were destined to die." Suddenly, his strength doubled. The Scarlet Blood Sword in his hand emitted a light that seemed to devour the sky. The surging power struck towards the opponent like a tidal wave. There were three streams of power. The three streams of power swiftly slashed into the water.
The Scarlet Blood Sword became incomparably powerful because the power within his heart grew stronger. He was mobilizing his soul power. The stronger his soul power, the higher the degree of compatibility between him, the Divine Stone, and the Great Green Snake. When their compatibility increased, it meant that the opponent was heading towards a dead end.
This powerful force suddenly transformed, like clouds in the sky, catching the opponent off guard. The ice demon's body was torn apart...
Ye Tiancheng, taking advantage of this momentum, easily and happily completed a double kill with the Scarlet Blood Sword.
Before death, his eyes, filled with despair and astonishment, revealed a look of utter despair.
He probably felt that he shouldn't have died like this, but he just died inexplicably!
"Just now, while we were talking nonsense, I was drawing his attention and distracting them so they couldn't cooperate. Because we were about to be finished, but they didn't expect me to counter-kill. Hahahaha." Xiaoliuzi finally understood that Ye Tiancheng wasn't wasting time, but waiting for an opportunity.
The moment this opportunity arrived, he raised his sword and completed a perfect double kill. This had to be admired. He used the same trick again, and someone fell for it. Did these monsters who prided themselves on human intelligence truly grasp human intelligence completely?
The answer was no, because intelligence was not something that could be easily mastered. With the slightest carelessness, one might end up like a dog trying to paint a tiger.
People like Ye Tiancheng, with their courage and insight, were not ordinary people. They could not fully understand the process of his operations, but the opponent could not understand it at all.
"I really didn't expect it. There was another monster in the water." Ye Tiancheng was actually very frightened. Today was a near-death experience. If he hadn't thought of a way out of a desperate situation, he might have become the prey of the ice demon and the water monster today. These two guys cooperated quite well. Judging by the cooperation between the ice demon and the guy in the water, there should be other monsters living here besides them.
What kind of monsters were they? It was unknown. Only by getting on the boat and venturing into the ice pond would they know.
Ye Tiancheng put the necessary materials into his storage ring, and the materials from the water monster in the river water were also put into the storage ring. Then, he dragged the small boat to the ice pond. He asked Xiaoliuzi to follow him, and he vigilantly watched the water surface. Finding no abnormalities, he then began to act.
Ye Tiancheng led Xiaoliuzi straight into the depths of the ice pond. The small boat swayed on the water, feeling a surging force. The boat swayed uncontrollably, like a small leaf tossed in a giant wave.
Ye Tiancheng felt that this guy was hidden in the deepest part of the water. His divine sense couldn't sense where this guy was. It was possible that he was controlling the water flow from a great distance, or perhaps he was lurking in the silt at the bottom of the water.
This guy gave Ye Tiancheng a very unpleasant feeling, because if he jumped out and fought Ye Tiancheng head-on, Ye Tiancheng would feel that this guy had courage. But he would not come out to fight Ye Tiancheng.
Perhaps he had already witnessed Ye Tiancheng's might and dared not become complacent.
Therefore, he hid in the dark and used these dirty tactics to deal with Ye Tiancheng.