"Attack!" Cheng Wenming shouted in a low voice and immediately shot out. His body was stout, but his movements were as smooth as flowing water. With a raise of his hand, several fire talismans shot towards the Snow Sprite Lord. These fire talismans turned into a rain of fire in the air and showered down on the Snow Sprite Lord.
The Snow Sprite Lord let out an angry roar and charged into the rain of fire. At the same time, the ground trembled, and the swarm of Snow Sprites that the Snow Sprite Lord had brought with it also charged towards them. After Ye Xiuwen and Tan Zeshan glanced at Li Yan, their feet slid, and both of them rushed in front of Li Yan's duo. They then bypassed the Snow Sprite Lord and charged towards the swarm of Snow Sprites behind it.
Although the Snow Sprite Lord's momentum was swift and fierce, under the vast rain of fire, pits were immediately splashed onto its ice and snow armor, and thin streams of smoke rose up. But it showed no fear. From its twisted features, one could see that the damage was not light, but this only incited its ferocity to a monstrous degree.
Li Yan had no intention of facing it head-on. Instead, he floated forward and to the side and casually shot out a "Fireball Art."
"Brother Jiang, don't hold back! Use a high-power fire-type divine ability!" As he spoke, Cheng Wenming slapped his storage bag at his waist again, and another dozen fire talismans scattered towards the Snow Sprite Lord. He saw that Li Yan, when facing the Snow Sprite Lord, was still using an ordinary "Fireball Art" just like before, and urged him to use his full strength. In truth, Li Yan only knew basic arts. Even if he wanted to use something more powerful, he had to be able to cast it first.
And at this moment, Ye Xiuwen and Tan Zeshan, who had just rushed past, quickly turned back. Behind each of them were dozens of roaring Snow Sprites. It was unknown what method the two had used, but they had each pulled a troop of demonic beasts in hot pursuit. And these Snow Sprites no longer paid any attention to Cheng Wenming and Li Yan, just rushing past the side of their battlefield at high speed.
In fact, Li Yan had seen all of this clearly just now. After the two flew past, they weaved through the swarm of Snow Sprites, scattering a large amount of red dust from their hands. The moment the red powder landed on the Snow Sprites, they acted as if possessed, directly following the source. And Ye Xiuwen and Tan Zeshan were still continuously releasing red dust from their hands, but at this time, it had changed from a large-scale scattering to a stream of dust shooting from their hands. In the end, a long, pink rope seemed to be pulling the two troops of Snow Sprites as they ran.
The Snow Sprite Lord, under the rain of fire and balls of fire, had already closed the distance to the two of them. Cheng Wenming shouted in a low voice, "The two of them have bewildered the Snow Sprites. We'll use this opportunity to separate the Snow Sprite Lord from them and then kill it quickly!"
At this moment, Ye Xiuwen and Tan Zeshan, each holding a pink rope, had already led the two troops of Snow Sprites away from Li Yan and the others by more than twenty zhang. The moment the pink ropes in front of them disappeared, the Snow Sprites began to show signs of regaining their clarity. Ye Xiuwen and Tan Zeshan looked at each other, then formed another hand seal. The Iron Scroll Cinnabar Books in front of them transformed into two huge shields. With a "boom," they plunged straight into the ground. The shields reached from the cave ceiling to the ground. The two shields were tightly adjacent, and as they expanded horizontally to the left and right, they had already cut into the cave walls, instantly splitting the entire cave in two. They had blocked the swarm of Snow Sprites on the path they had come from, leaving only a single Snow Sprite Lord behind them. The coordination of the two was exquisite. They had completed this series of actions in just a moment, without a single mistake. It was clear that they were people who worked well together.
"Brother Jiang, quickly! The two of them can't hold on for too long!" Cheng Wenming looked at the suddenly shaking cave and, while throwing out fire talismans as if they were free, said anxiously to Li Yan. The earth-shattering sound was coming from outside the shields. It was the Snow Sprites roaring and continuously ramming into the shields. And Ye Xiuwen and Tan Zeshan were sitting cross-legged behind the shields, completely ignoring whether the Snow Sprite Lord behind them would suddenly attack them, focusing all their attention on dealing with the impact from outside the shields. In just a short moment, both of them were covered in sweat, and one hand seal after another was continuously struck onto the shields in front of them. But their expressions were extremely strained, and it looked as if they couldn't hold on for too long.
Facing the attack of Li Yan's duo, the blue, ethereal glow in the Snow Sprite Lord's eyes flared. Its body charged forward again. It ignored the fiercely attacking Cheng Wenming and arrived before Li Yan in a single step. It clenched its giant hand into a fist and smashed it at Li Yan's face. Li Yan's face was as calm as an ancient well. His feet slid again, and his body ducked low. He had already slipped under the Snow Sprite Lord's armpit, causing the Snow Sprite Lord's downward punch, which carried the sound of tearing air, to hit nothing.
Then, Li Yan's backhand slapped heavily on the Snow Sprite Lord's back. With a muffled "pfft," Li Yan felt as if his palm had hit an object of cotton hiding steel, making his palm tingle. But the Snow Sprite Lord was only knocked forward a step before it immediately stabilized itself. It let out a low roar, "A body cultivator?" Then, as its extremely clumsy body lunged forward, it kicked backward. This kick was incomparably swift, and surprisingly agile.
"Create distance! Create distance, Brother Jiang! The Snow Sprite Lord is good at close combat! Ranged! We'll attack from a distance with fire!" At this moment, Cheng Wenming, several zhang away, couldn't help but shout anxiously. He saw that Ye Xiuwen and Tan Zeshan over there couldn't hold on for much longer. If Li Yan continued to fight like this, who knew how long it would take? He hadn't expected this Jianghai person to be somewhat proficient in body refinement. The palm that had struck the Snow Sprite Lord just now was something he couldn't have done to make the Snow Sprite Lord's body lean forward.
As instructed, Li Yan's body shot forward, leaving the Snow Sprite Lord's kick behind him. Then, without thinking, as he moved forward, his hands formed a hand seal, and a sea of fire erupted behind him.
"Beacon Fires Reach the Heavens." This was considered a relatively advanced basic immortal art among fire-type immortal arts, but it was still within the category of basic immortal arts. Only cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage or above could cultivate it, and its power was more than ten times stronger than that of the Fireball Art.
Seeing Li Yan's figure change and a fire-type divine ability unleashed, Cheng Wenming, who had an anxious look on his face, suddenly showed excitement. Even Ye Xiuwen and Tan Zeshan in the distance also had looks of pleasant surprise on their faces. Even the strained expressions they had just now had lessened a lot.
"Oh, human cultivator, I don't know if you're stupid to the core or if this is your first time here. Hehe! A high-power fire-type divine ability. Good of you to come!" Just as Li Yan launched "Beacon Fires Reach the Heavens," he had just adjusted his posture to face the Snow Sprite Lord behind him. And at this moment, the Snow Sprite Lord, after its kick had missed, saw the scene before it and couldn't help but laugh. Then, before Li Yan could retract his hand seal, a blue light flashed from its hand, and an ethereal blue flame shot from its fingertips, directly hitting Li Yan's sea of fire.
Then, Li Yan felt the "Beacon Fires Reach the Heavens" he had released go out of control, quickly turning into wisps of green smoke, and then being continuously devoured by a bone-chillingly cold force. This force was not only yin and cold but also gave people a pain that was both extremely cold and like being burned by raging flames.
Li Yan hurriedly tried to withdraw his Spirit Power, but no matter how he tried, that force had firmly taken control of his divine ability. And it was following the source of the Spirit Power drive, sweeping towards his body, causing the Spirit Power in his body to gush out at an alarming rate. In the corner of his eye, Cheng Wenming not only had no intention of immediately joining the attack on the Snow Sprite Lord but had already withdrawn his attack and floated to the side. A smile was on his chubby face as he watched Li Yan.
The Snow Sprite Lord, while continuously unleashing the blue flame from its body, had a look of pleasant surprise on its face. It then glanced at Li Yan and chuckled. "Human, it seems you have been betrayed by your companions. You have always been so treacherous and cunning, willing to betray your own kind for your own benefit." At this point, it looked at Cheng Wenming's group of three with a mocking expression. "Do you think I will fall into a weakened state after absorbing the ultimate yang flame? Hohoho, that's just an ordinary Snow Sprite Lord. I have already reached the mid-tier of the second grade. Although every time I absorb the ultimate yang flame, my strength will increase, and it will take some time to refine it, during which I will become weaker, but with my current strength, I can still postpone the weakened period. This time is enough to kill all of you here. If you were to attack me now, maybe you could join forces and kill me. Hahaha..." At the end of its speech, this Snow Sprite Lord burst into wild laughter, shaking the accumulated snow in the cave.
Cheng Wenming, in the distance, also chuckled after hearing this. "I forgot to tell you, I am also a fire-type cultivator. You're a grade-two demonic beast. How much ultimate yang flame can you devour? Are you trying to explode and die?"
"Brother Jiang, my apologies. When you reincarnate, you can't blame me, your brother. An inexperienced cultivator is best not to train alone. This is your brother's advice!" Cheng Wenming's first words were directed at the Snow Sprite Lord. After a pause, he directed the latter part at Li Yan.
On the other side, although Ye Xiuwen and Tan Zeshan had not stood up, the beads of sweat on their faces had disappeared. It was clear that the two of them working together to block the cave passage was not too strenuous. Thinking about it, although the cave here was wide, no more than twelve could attack side by side at the same time. With the cultivation of two Foundation Establishment cultivators, resisting the combined impact of a dozen grade-one demonic beasts was not enough to make them feel strained.
The Snow Sprite Lord, sure enough, after hearing Cheng Wenming's words, its originally arrogant face immediately became solemn. However, it still maintained a nonchalant appearance. "You are cunning enough. But I can capture you and slowly absorb you later. No wonder you only used fire talismans before and not your divine abilities..." Before the Snow Sprite Lord could finish its words, its face suddenly changed. Then, its gaze returned to Li Yan, who was still trying to cut off his Spirit Power. The deep blue light in its eyes suddenly flickered repeatedly, and a look of confusion slowly appeared on its face.