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nChapter 289: Ice Spirit Ancient Tree

n“Both ice and fire… This is…”

nWang Che glanced at it.

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nThe tests in the ruins were all set up by the soul beasts inside.

nThen what soul beast had set up this sea of ice?

nWang Che did not think his body had this strength now to forcefully cross this.

nHe looked at the little caterpillar.

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nThe little caterpillar: “?”

nIt immediately took a small step back.

n“Ssss!”

nThe little caterpillar let out a cry, indicating that it could not withstand it either.

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n“No, you can do it.”

nThe little caterpillar hurriedly shook its head and looked at the sea of flames.

nIt could sense that this was not simple.

nIt was not made of ordinary flames and ice mountains.

nThere was definitely something going on.

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nWang Che smiled and thought to himself, ‘The little caterpillar has been with me for so long.’

nIt had not learned anything else, but its perception of danger was even sharper.

nThis round was naturally not simple.

nThe reason was that after Wang Che stepped onto the ice mountain, he discovered that his soul power had frozen and could not be used.

nThis meant that he could only rely on his physical strength to withstand the sea of ice.

nHe could not use soul skills.

nSimilarly, without soul power, the little caterpillar could not enter Flame Awakening and could not use a soul skill.

nAt the same time, the strange thing was that Wang Che did not feel any heat from the burning sea of fire.

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nInstead, it became even colder.

nThis coldness was like magic damage that seeped into the bone marrow and soul.

nIt was the same no matter how strong the body was.

n“Shall we go up together?”

nWang Che looked at the little caterpillar.

nThe little caterpillar nodded. That was more like it.

nHe couldn’t let it take everything on alone.

nAs soon as the little caterpillar walked onto the sea of ice, its entire body shivered and its size seemed to have shrunk.

nThe electromagnetic scabbard was dim.

nWithout the flow of soul power, the interior of the soul device stopped spinning.

nAfter taking a few steps, Wang Che retreated.

nThe little caterpillar retreated beyond the ice mountain.

nAs soon as he retreated, he felt his entire body warm up.

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nOne could imagine how low the temperature was.

n“Ssss!”

nThe little caterpillar called out to Wang Che.

nIt indicated that it could not withstand this.

nThe little caterpillar was almost immune to fire now, especially after entering the Flame Awakening Realm. It was immune and could even absorb fire.

nOf course, it was limited to normal flames.

nIf the little caterpillar was thrown into the sun, it would also vaporize.

nAs the last round of the Heavenly Gate Fire Seed, there were usually not many contestants who could reach this stage in recent years.

nThose who came here tried and most of them gave up.

nBe it climbing up from the iceberg or the volcano,

nthey had to withstand the extremely penetrating chill that seeped into their bones and souls.

nWang Che looked at the burning flames and could not help but smile.

n“Is this the Bone Freezing Fire…”

nOf course, the flames were not important.

nInstead, after walking up the ice mountain, its soul power froze and it could only rely on its body to resist.

nThis was even harder.

nWithout soul power, they wanted to resist the cold with just their body…

nMiddle to high-level soul masters could naturally do it, but soul masters at this stage could not.

nWang Che did not choose to continue climbing the mountain. There was no test that could not be passed.

nSince it was a test, there was definitely a profound meaning behind it.

nIt was enough to guess this.

n“The Fire Seed of the Heavenly Gate… It’s a test designed to imitate the humans of the Remote Antiquity Era. If you want to obtain the Fire Seed, you have to fight to the death.”

nWang Che looked up at the ice mountain.

nThe Fire Seed floating above was close.

nTo any Contract Soul Master, climbing a high mountain hundreds of meters tall was as easy as eating and drinking.

nBut now, it was out of reach.

nThe stages of the ruins were all changing.

nOnce someone discovered the mysteries of the checkpoint and passed, there would be new changes next year.

nFor example, since the establishment of this round, no one had passed.

n“Going up means death, so what about going down?”

nWang Che brought the little caterpillar to the middle of the ice mountain.

nThe ice mountain was divided into two, and a hellish ravine that was like an abyss naturally appeared in the middle.

nThe chill below was even stronger. At the same time, ice and flames intersected, looking even more terrifying than above.

nWang Che took a look and smiled.

nHe took two steps forward.

n“Sss?”

nThe little caterpillar immediately walked over and pulled Wang Che’s foot, pointing up with its tail.

n‘Should we try again?’

nClearly, the little caterpillar thought that Wang Che was going to jump down.

nIf he jumped down, there was no turning back.

nIt was better to try climbing the mountain again.

n“We can’t climb the mountain. Let’s jump down.”

nWang Che did not explain further.

nThe little caterpillar was stunned. It stuck its head out and shook its head.

nWasn’t this courting death?

nIt was even more terrifying than on the mountain!

n“I’ll go down first.”

nWith that, he spread his hands and jumped out like a leap of faith.

nThe little caterpillar was stunned for a second and jumped down without thinking.

nAt this moment, countless spectators watching this scene through the live broadcast felt their scalps tingle and break out in cold sweat.

nThere was not even the sound of discussion as they watched nervously.

nOver the years, there had been contestants who had come to this round, but none of them had done as Wang Che did.

nAmidst the cold wind and cold flames, Wang Che felt the coldness invade his entire body.

nIts skin seemed to have turned ice-cold.

nThe little caterpillar on Wang Che’s back turned into an ice caterpillar.

nAs it fell, its soul power still froze, as if it was sealed.

nWang Che knew that he had entered the special space of a powerful soul beast.

nIt was not necessarily created by a spatial soul beast, but a special field. However, it was not as strong as the Sky God Dragon or the Titan Beast.

nIt was also not covered by the Soul Earth.

nThe little caterpillar lay on Wang Che’s back and shouted.

nAlthough it looked very afraid, when Wang Che jumped down, the little guy jumped down without thinking.

nBut soon, the frost on the little caterpillar began to melt.

nThe temperature gradually increased as the fog formed by the fusion of ice and flames gradually disappeared.

nThe surroundings slowly changed.

nAn emerald green color began to appear in front of him and spread.

nSoon, the little caterpillar rubbed its eyes and looked into the distance.

nA huge tree appeared in front of it. There were fruit trees and spiritual flowers everywhere, and the ground was covered in grass. The aura of the grass made the little caterpillar feel extremely real.

nBelow the ice mountain, in the abyss where ice and flames fused, was actually a place full of life?

nAt the same time, the little caterpillar jumped off Wang Che’s back and looked at the surroundings, feeling like it was dreaming.

nIt lay in the grass and rolled around, as if breathing in the aura here.

nAt this moment…

n“Human youth, I didn’t expect you to come here!”

nThe huge tree trembled and spoke in the human language with an ancient voice.

nThis ancient tree was very interesting. It was not emerald green.

nOn the contrary, one side was ice blue, and the other was fiery red.

nOnly a small section of the head was emerald green.

nIt looked very mysterious.

n“You’re a soul beast, the Ice Spirit Ancient Tree?”

nWang Che looked at the tree, “Were you the one who set up the checkpoint just now?”

n“You can recognize me?”

nThe old voice was surprised.

nWang Che nodded slightly.

nIn the ancient soul beast encyclopedia, Wang Che had seen this soul beast before.

nIt was a very mysterious grass-type soul beast.

nThere were no records of it in the present world.

nWang Che had only seen it in the encyclopedia.

nHe did not know the exact situation.

nHe only knew that this ancient tree controlled the power of ice and fire. At the same time, its life force was extremely powerful and it had a long lifespan. It would not die easily.

n“In the past few years, when I saw other human youths come here, they all struggled to climb up. Why did you want to jump down?”

nThe ancient tree slowly asked, “Under the ice mountain, it’s clearly several times more dangerous than on the ice mountain. There’s no way to turn back. The Fire Seed is not below either.”

nThrough the live broadcast, many of the shocked audience were extremely confused.

n“Because there’s no chance of surviving going down.”

nWang Che casually said, “Although we all know that climbing the ice mountain is extremely difficult, there’s always a chance. If you can’t persevere, you can retreat.”

n“From the development of the Winter Agricultural Festival until now, the meaning of the Fire Seed in this Heavenly Gate, other than representing the human will of the Remote Antiquity Era, also includes the fact that humans and soul beasts of the Fallen Ancient Era were in a hopeless situation with no way out. They obtained that wisp of hope and burned the entire world’s will like a prairie fire.”

n“Of course, there’s no path to retreat.”

n“Ascending the mountain leaves room for regret, but there’s no going back on the path to the abyss. I think that only in this situation can we see the true Fire Seed.”

nWang Che looked at the Ice Spirit Ancient Tree.

nThe Ice Spirit Ancient Tree was silent for a few seconds before letting out an old smile.

n“I didn’t expect any of you human youths to think of this.”

n“It’s nothing if you can think of it, but to have the courage to bet and really jump down, you’re indeed extraordinary.”

n“Human youths nowadays are indeed getting stronger and stronger every year.”

nAs soon as it finished speaking, the green color on the top of the Ice Spirit Ancient Tree bloomed slightly, revealing a green light.

nThe light was not a flame, but it seemed to represent something.

nSeeing this, Wang Che knew that he was right.

nThat was the true Fire Seed.

nThe rule of the Heavenly Gate Fire Seed was to bring it back.

nIn fact, there was no rule regarding the appearance of the Fire Seed.

nMany contestants had the first impression that it was a flame.

nIn fact, the Fire Seed that represented hope was naturally not just a flame.

n“The Fire Seed is above my head. Let your soul pet take it!”

n“I won’t move from my spot. I’ll only use my cultivation. Whether or not you can obtain it will depend on your soul pet’s ability.”

nWang Che smiled.

nThis test was much easier.

nThis was because soul power could be used here.

nIt was hard to say how strong the Ice Spirit Ancient Tree was. With Wang Che’s divine sense, he could not sense it.

nHowever, it should be the big shot of this ruin. Even if it did not have a hundred thousand years of soul power cultivation, it was not much weaker.

nWith a cultivation of the same level, it was naturally a test for Wang Che.

n“It’s your turn to perform.”

nWang Che patted the little caterpillar and the Magnetic Sword behind it.

nClang!

nThe Magnetic Sword was unsheathed, and lightning arcs spread out like dragons.

nIt flew out with lightning. At the same time, the little caterpillar leaped lightly and flew onto the back of the Magnetic Sword.

nSword Kinesis Flying Worm!

nOnly in a proper battle would the little caterpillar have a chance to stand on the Magnetic Sword.

nThe two of them aimed at the green light above their heads.

nThe Ice Spirit Ancient Tree was as still as a mountain, but the branches on both sides transformed into long whips that swept over.

n“Sss!”

nThe little caterpillar was not afraid at all. It suddenly jumped up from under the Magnetic Sword and roared.

nThick threads spewed out, and a thread bloomed like fireworks, turning into dense threads that actually entangled with the long whip of the Ice Spirit Ancient Tree!

nThe Ice Spirit Ancient Tree was slightly stunned and a few questions popped up in its mind…

nWhat was this?

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