The woman in the colorful skirt still smiled, "Little sister, don't misunderstand. This feather isn't something our Demon Court treasured; it was given to us by the Sea Race not long ago.
They also discovered this feather recently and obtained relevant information, which concerns your Ancestor Bing Chen."
Upon hearing this, the woman in the silver skirt's delicate brows furrowed even tighter. She never expected the Sea Race to be involved.
Tens of thousands of years had passed. Even though the Ice Phoenix clan had long lifespans, due to the limitations of this world, even a Spirit Transformation Ice Phoenix would surely have perished by now.
Thus, the Sea Race might have discovered the remains of their Ice Phoenix ancestor.
Thinking of this, she slightly reined in her killing intent and slowly asked, "What exactly do you want to say? Just say it directly, don't play coy."
The woman in the colorful skirt chuckled, "With your ice-like intelligence, I believe you've already guessed.
As long as your Ice Sea Demon Race sends troops to assist, our Demon Court promises to obtain all information about your Ancestor Bing Chen from the Sea Race, including the location of its remains. What do you think, little sister?
Don't think about going to the Sea Race to forcibly demand it. After all, the overall strength of the Sea Race is not weaker than our Demon Race."
Hearing this, although the woman in the silver skirt's brows were tightly knit, her eyes flickered, clearly no longer as resolutely refusing as before.
Soon, she let out a soft sigh and slowly said, "I need to report this matter to my ancestor. Also, I want to take this feather with me."
Upon hearing this, the woman in the colorful skirt immediately smiled, clearly feeling very confident about this matter.
Meanwhile, Ning Fa, in the Ice Crystal Grand Hall below, was filled with shock.
He could naturally tell that the Ice Phoenix had been persuaded.
It was highly likely that the Ice Sea Demon Race would also send troops to assist, which would put the human race in a very dire situation.
"No, I must quickly deliver this news to Senior Brother Wu Xin so he can make preparations."
Ning Fa thought this, and with a flip of his hand, a special token appeared.
Not long after Ning Fa sent his message, a faint unusual sound suddenly erupted behind him.
Ning Fa's expression changed drastically as he turned to look. He saw that on the altar in the center of the hall, the White Light Barrier had begun to flicker violently, emitting a humming sound.
He saw that the mysterious Ice Pearl was gradually sinking into Little Ice's forehead. Little Ice displayed a pained expression, and its Spiritual Pressure began to become unstable, as if it were at the final stage of accepting the inheritance.
Ning Fa's expression changed greatly, and he inwardly cursed his bad luck, not expecting it to happen at this precise moment.
Just then, within the ice valley, the two women, who had already activated their escape lights with the intention of flying away, stopped in their tracks.
They simultaneously halted their movement, their gazes sharp as they looked in this direction.
Then, the two women exchanged glances, seeing the surprise and solemnity in each other's eyes, and without hesitation, they changed direction and flew over.
Ning Fa cursed inwardly, "It really is a case of fearing what you fear most."
But he took a deep breath, remaining calm despite his alarm. With a flip of his right hand, an ancient round mirror appeared – the Zhou Tian Yan Lei Mirror.
As Ning Fa fiercely urged his Divine Thunder of the Five Elements, the lightning mirror immediately burst into light. Surging five-colored lightning erupted from it, quickly forming a five-colored lightning wall to block the entrance of the hall.
Lan Dian, on the other side, also looked solemn. His fists surged with dazzling blue blade energy, and his Spiritual Pressure began to soar.
Wen Hui, following Ning Fa's instructions, had already stepped onto the teleportation array.
Furthermore, a talisman flew over and was affixed to her body. It was a spatial displacement and protection talisman, which Ning Fa had specifically prepared before coming.
After all, teleporting via an Ancient Teleportation Array involved very strong spatial forces, and usually required a displacement token.
Ning Fa didn't have such a thing, but he had found a substitute: the spatial displacement and protection talisman.
Ning Fa anxiously looked towards Little Ice. The round bead on its forehead had still not fully submerged, and the White Light Barrier around it continued to flicker violently.
Ning Fa merely sensed it slightly and knew that this light barrier was not something he could easily break, which made him anxious.
Just then, a fierce sound of wind breaking through the air rang out. The two Shapeshifted Demon Cultivators had already arrived in the ice cave outside.
With just a glance, they immediately understood the situation and their expressions turned to shock.
Clearly, they hadn't expected that so close to where they had just been conversing, there would be such a mysterious grand hall, containing a human Nascent Soul cultivator.
The woman in the colorful skirt first glanced at Ning Fa, then immediately looked at the Ancient Teleportation Array, her eyes revealing shock. She exclaimed, "This is an Ancient Teleportation Array!"
However, the woman in the silver skirt did not look over. Instead, she stared fixedly at the white altar, especially at the white bead that was almost completely submerged into Little Ice's head.
Her beautiful eyes revealed even greater shock, and she cried out, "This aura... it's definitely left by a Spirit Transformation ancestor of my clan... the Ice Soul Pearl!"
She then looked at Little Ice, who was emitting intense white light, her eyes showing even deeper surprise.
"This is... an Ice Luan Bird!" The woman in the silver skirt's heart churned like stormy waves. She now understood who had left this mysterious grand hall.
It must have been left by that exceptionally talented Ancestor Bing Chen from tens of thousands of years ago.
Very few people knew that this ancestor was not of pure Ice Phoenix bloodline, but a mutated Ice Luan Bird, possessing an exceptionally strong Ice Phoenix bloodline.
Later, through various fortuitous encounters, his Ice Phoenix bloodline became even stronger.
However, due to his impure bloodline, he was always disliked by the clan, and his departure from the clan was greatly related to this.
These thoughts flashed through the woman in the silver skirt's mind. She took a deep breath, first quickly glancing at the teleportation array, then at Ning Fa.
Her delicate brows shot up, her face filled with killing intent, and she said in a chilling tone, "You immediately give up resisting. I guarantee your life with the reputation of the Ice Phoenix clan's young mistress.
Don't even think about escaping through this teleportation array. Activating such an Ancient Teleportation Array requires a certain amount of time.
In front of me, you absolutely will not live to see that time."
The reason the woman in the silver dress gave Ning Fa her assurance was her fear that he might lash out in desperation and harm the Ice Luan Bird, which was currently receiving the Ice Soul Pearl's inheritance, or that he might destroy the teleportation array.
Ning Fa naturally paid no attention to the woman in the silver dress's words.
He could only look at Little Ice with a face full of anxiety, but through their mental connection, he still received no response from Little Ice.
Seeing that Ning Fa was unmoved, a murderous glint flashed in the woman in the silver dress's eyes, and she let out a cold snort, "You're just asking for death."
Without another word, she directly summoned a seven-foot-long sword.
The entire sword seemed to be crafted from ice crystals, with runes resembling snowflakes etched onto its surface. It emitted a chilling radiance and radiated an astonishingly powerful spiritual pressure.
This sword was clearly a spiritual treasure, and an extremely rare top-grade spiritual treasure at that!
Even Ning Fa's Zhou Tian Yan Lei Mirror, while powerful, was only a mid-grade spiritual treasure.
This was mainly because the Zhou Tian Yan Lei Mirror was forged by Ancestor Juelei before he advanced to the Spirit Transformation stage, at which point it was only a low-grade spiritual treasure.
Although after advancing to Spirit Transformation, he used many precious spiritual materials to try and upgrade the mirror's grade.
Ultimately, due to the limitations of the mirror's primary material, it couldn't be upgraded to a top-grade spiritual treasure.
However, if it were activated by various Innate Divine Thunders, the Zhou Tian Yan Lei Mirror's power would be no less than that of a top-grade spiritual treasure.
Clearly, the woman, fearing Ning Fa would escape through the teleportation array, had directly unleashed her strongest magic treasure and attacked with full force.
The ice sword shone with a brilliant cold light, releasing icy sword energy that reached the peak of spiritual power. The sword light was as bright as daylight, instantly piercing the five-colored thunder wall.
The surging five-colored lightning immediately rushed forward, but under the terrifying sword light, it shattered, with only the Supreme Metal Divine Thunder barely able to contend with it.
"This is Supreme Metal Divine Thunder that has reached the Innate realm!" the woman in the silver dress exclaimed in surprise, clearly recognizing it.
Her killing intent intensified. She formed a hand seal, and the snowflake lotus patterns on the ice sword's blade began to glow brightly, scattering outwards.
The surrounding five-colored lightning, which surged like a tide, froze as soon as it encountered these snowflakes, and the freezing rapidly spread.
The entire five-colored thunder wall was on the verge of becoming a complete ice wall.
Ning Fa's expression turned grim. After this exchange, he finally accurately assessed the woman's strength.
She had definitely reached the level of a high-ranking Great Cultivator.
And with the aid of this top-grade spiritual treasure, ordinary high-ranking Great Cultivators would be far from her match; her strength was definitely approaching that of a peak Great Cultivator.
However, Ning Fa remained calm despite his surprise, and the Five Elements Divine Thunders surged within his body.
The Zhou Tian Yan Lei Mirror in the air, the mysterious runes on its frame, blazed with lightning. Amidst the intense light, the mirror actually split into five and vanished in a flash.
The next moment, these five thunder mirrors appeared bizarrely within the five-colored thunder wall, surrounding the ice sword that was currently displaying its might.
The five thunder mirrors each shot out five-colored lightning of white, green, black, red, and yellow, forming a five-colored cage that trapped the sword within.
Even though the sword was already a top-grade spiritual treasure, within this five-colored cage, despite its violent struggles, it could not escape.
At this moment, Blue Lightning's entire body radiated a brilliant blue light. Behind her, a jade-green crescent moon phantom appeared, looking exceptionally mysterious, and Blue Lightning's aura surged accordingly.
The next moment, she suddenly opened her mouth and spat out a jade-green Spirit Flame, which shot towards the woman in the silver dress.
The space it passed through even transformed into layers of jade-green crystalline walls.
After expelling this Spirit Flame, Blue Lightning became extremely weak, her aura plummeting. Without another word, she flew directly onto the teleportation array.
The woman in the silver dress, who had been about to unleash other techniques, also changed her expression slightly and retreated sideways like lightning, but this jade-green Spirit Flame pursued her relentlessly.
At this time, the woman in the colorful dress was not idle either.
Her expression turned solemn, and her pupils became a strange black.
A pair of dark, transparent, black wings appeared on her sides. Waves rippled across the surface of the wings, as if a single glance could draw one's divine soul into them.
The woman flapped her wings vigorously, and two illusory dark wind masses shot out from them, disappearing into the void the next moment.
A smile then curved the lips of the woman in the colorful dress.
What she had unleashed was the Phantom Butterfly clan's Innate Divine Ability, "Phantom Soul Light."
Even Great Cultivators of the same level would find it extremely difficult to resist this move without sufficient soul defense methods.
She didn't believe that this human cultivator, who was only at the early Nascent Soul stage, could withstand it.
However, to her great surprise, Ning Fa merely swayed, then stood firm as if nothing had happened, and even looked at her.
His eyes blazed with cold light, and they strangely turned silver-white. Two bolts of white lightning then shot out from his eyes.
"Not good!" the woman in the colorful dress exclaimed inwardly. She immediately closed her eyes, continued forming hand seals, and remained motionless with a surge of dark light emanating from her body.
Ning Fa's face also turned pale. With this attack, the Spiritual Heart Divine Thunder, he had directly used thirty percent of his divine soul power, intending to incapacitate the woman temporarily.
He couldn't help but show anxiety. The woman in the colorful dress was one thing, but the woman from the Ice Phoenix clan was simply too powerful, and he couldn't hold out much longer.
Just then, a "crack" sound was heard.
The white light barrier on the altar finally disappeared. At this moment, the mysterious white orb had completely embedded itself into Little Ice's head.
Ning Fa was overjoyed. He quickly made a gesture in the void, and Little Ice immediately transformed into a stream of light and entered his Spirit Beast Bracelet.
Ning Fa moved like lightning and also stepped onto the teleportation array. He sent a hand seal towards it, beginning to activate the formation.
Instantly, the formation lit up with white light, and a violent humming sound emerged.
At this moment, the woman in the silver skirt conjured a white ice shield, barely blocking the spiritual flame spewed by the blue lightning. However, most of its surface had turned into jade-like crystal, clearly indicating the spiritual treasure was severely damaged.
The woman in the silver skirt ignored the pain, her eyes filled with rage as she glared at Ning Fa.
"You won't escape!" Silver light erupted around her, and with a clear phoenix cry, she transformed into an elegant spirit bird several yards long.
Her entire body was ice-white, her feathers dancing, exuding supreme majesty. She had actually activated her Ice Phoenix true form!
With a fierce swipe of her right claw in front of her, a white light flashed like lightning. The five-colored lightning wall blocking her path shattered directly. The five lightning mirrors also flashed with spiritual light and flew backward, before returning to Ning Fa's sleeve.
The phoenix eyes of the Ice Phoenix were filled with murderous intent. With a flap of her wings, she was about to attack again.
But just then, a somewhat unusual thunderous roar sounded.
A special five-colored thundercloud suddenly appeared above Ning Fa's head, emitting a low thunderous rumble. A terrifying five-colored lightning was brewing within it.
This sent a tremor through the woman in the silver skirt, and a feeling of panic she had never experienced before suddenly arose.
Fear flashed in her phoenix eyes. She had a terrifying premonition that she would perish under this five-colored lightning. Her movements involuntarily halted.
At this moment, with a violent roar, the figures on the teleportation array suddenly blurred until they vanished.
The mass of five-colored thundercloud in the air also dissipated accordingly.
The Ice Phoenix then realized she had been tricked. She let out an enraged cry, flapped her wings, and in the next moment, she also flew onto the teleportation array.
The teleportation array once again shone with white light, about to activate again, but it quickly stopped abruptly.
The white light on the teleportation array suddenly vanished, becoming completely unresponsive. Clearly, the teleportation array at the other end had been destroyed.
The Ice Phoenix froze for a moment, then let out an extremely furious shriek.