LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 568 - 560: Some People Are Just Born Bad
Chapter 568: Chapter 560: Some People Are Just Born Bad
The cold wind within the Great Snow Mountain penetrated their bodies, quickly revealing its might, as both of them felt their blood circulation slowing down, and their movements becoming increasingly sluggish.
Qin Niu now finally understood just how difficult it was to climb this Great Snow Mountain.
No wonder the little black dots he had seen before were moving so slowly through the mountains.
He had the Ice Lotus and Fire Lotus, so he wasn’t afraid of the cold.
Noticing the odd nature of the cold wind here, and finding it impossible to resist, he tried using the Ice Lotus to dispel the cold.
It was indeed effective.
As the Ice Lotus rotated within his body, it absorbed all the cold air that had invaded his body. His hands and feet, which had been numbed by the cold, regained their flexibility, and his speed in climbing the mountain was also restored.
Xu Weng, however, had no means to resist this peculiar cold wind, and his pace was getting slower and slower.
“Xu Weng, give me your hand.”
Qin Niu took hold of the other’s hand, then proceeded to climb up the mountain rapidly with Xu Weng in tow.
For now, apart from the special cold wind, no other dangers had appeared.
The two men struggled to climb toward the summit, gradually reaching the mid-mountain. There, the snow had slowly turned into hard ice blocks, which were very slippery underfoot.
Moreover, it was difficult to see any vegetation on the Great Snow Mountain, as if it were a desolate and silent solitary peak.
Even those terrifying evil plants did not wish to grow on this snow mountain.
As the sky gradually darkened, the two climbed even more earnestly. Not one to be sly or cheat, Xu Weng, in order to combat the cold, would take an elixir every so often.
Each time he took an elixir, his previously stiff movements would become much faster.
However, the effect would not last long, and soon his movements would become sluggish and slow again.
Fortunately, Qin Niu was pulling him along in the climb, preventing him from sliding down. Their speed was consistently maintained at a decent level.
While they were climbing, they caught a glance of a delicate female figure ahead, her posture agile, forcefully leaping through the ice and snow.
“Poisonous woman!”
Qin Niu had not expected to encounter the Nine Insects Gang Leader here.
If given the chance, he wouldn’t hesitate to kill this venomous woman.
The Nine Insects Gang Leader, with her keen perception, turned her head, immediately noticed Qin Niu and Xu Weng.
She quickly made a decision, deviating from her path, and moved to the side, avoiding getting any closer to the two men.
After all, she was alone while Qin Niu had an ally. If a fight really broke out, she would be at a great disadvantage.
This woman had secured the position of the Gang Leader of the Nine Insects Gang for many years, her intelligence was not comparable to that of ordinary women.
Qin Niu certainly would not sacrifice the greater good for something trivial and waste his precious time pursuing this venomous woman. The sky was getting darker, and if they couldn’t leave the Great Snow Mountain before nightfall, their situation would be worrisome.
“Qin my friend, do you have a grudge against that woman?”
Observing their interaction, Xu Weng could not help but ask.
“There’s no deep enmity, just that I don’t quite like her way of doing things. It happens that I’ve meddled with her interests, so if given the chance, she would not hesitate to get rid of me. Of course, if there were an opportunity, I would also decisively eliminate this potential threat.”
Qin Niu spoke frankly.
“I can see that! If we were somewhere else, the two of us together could surely take her down. But now, we probably can only give up.”
Xu Weng stared at the Nine Insects Gang Leader, his eyes narrowing slightly.
He was tactfully advising Qin Niu to prioritize the overall situation and deal with the immediate task at hand.
“Rest assured, I wouldn’t possibly delay crossing this mountain in order to get rid of her. With her current strength, she doesn’t pose much of a threat to me. The main issue with this woman is that she’s too vile and likes to drag others into her schemes. Last time, she pulled in a strong cultivator from the Fire Cloud Tunnel to deal with me.”
The image of the cultivator with the surname Yao facing death flashed through Qin Niu’s mind.
Poisoned by the stings of the Green Demon Bee, he had died a painful death.
After putting a distance of five to six hundred meters between them, the Nine Insects Gang Leader finally stopped her lateral movement.
Next, both sides were struggling to climb upwards.
The mountain became steeper and steeper, and the ice and snow became harder and harder to stand on. They had to keep leveraging their momentum, tirelessly climbing upward.
Stopping to rest had become a luxury.
Because as soon as they stopped, their bodies would immediately begin to slide uncontrollably downward. For cultivators like them, there were ways to deal with this.
For example, they could forcefully stab their treasured swords into the layers of ice and snow to stabilize their bodies and prevent sliding down.
“Look, there are several challengers over there!”
Xu Weng looked up at the upper reaches of the snow mountain and saw seven or eight dark figures scattered above.
The most powerful ones were already approaching the summit.
Indeed, there are always higher skies beyond this one, and people beyond people. Along the way, Qin Niu and Xu Weng had advanced together and hadn’t wasted much time. Yet, they hadn’t expected others to have climbed up the great snow mountain even earlier than them.
And it wasn’t just one person, but several.
“That middle-aged man with red hair is about to reach the top. But it seems very slippery at the summit; he can barely make any progress.”
Qin Niu noticed that although the red-haired man was struggling to climb, his body kept sliding downward.
“That’s Chi Jinglei, the protector from Fire Cloud Tunnel, whose cultivation has reached the peak of the Immortal Master. Most of his cultivation power has been transformed into mana. He should be capable of casting some basic spells.”
Xu Weng recognized the man at a glance.
“If just a protector is this powerful, then wouldn’t the cave master of the Fire Cloud Tunnel be even stronger?”
Qin Niu couldn’t help thinking of the Sixth Cave Master.
He had promised to help Chi Xing seek revenge. If the Sixth Cave Master was too powerful, this deal would surely be at a loss for him.
After all, Chi Xing was still only at the Spirit Qi Realm.
“Presently, Fire Cloud Tunnel has a total of eight cave masters, even the weakest of whom could easily crush Chi Jinglei. However, the most powerful entity in Fire Cloud Tunnel is probably the Fire Cloud Evil God, whose Fire Cloud Palm is said to have reached a transcendent level. Just how strong he is, remains a mystery.
All I know is that once, the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect sent an Immortal Envoy for inspection.
A female Immortal Envoy might have been slightly arrogant during her visit to Fire Cloud Tunnel and was directly taken by the Fire Cloud Evil God to be a female slave. Afterwards, everyone thought the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect would be furious and might even destroy Fire Cloud Tunnel, but no one ever mentioned the female Immortal Envoy’s humiliation and imprisonment again.
It’s as if the incident never happened.”
Hearing this, Qin Niu couldn’t help but break out in cold sweat.
Ignorant of danger, he had, led by Chi Xing, even gone to inspect the cave where the Sixth Cave Master was in seclusion on their way here. Now that he knew that the cave masters of Fire Cloud Tunnel could easily kill an Immortal Master, he understood why Chi Xing’s wife’s family never spoke of seeking revenge.
Which family would dare to offend such a strong being over a dead woman?
The Fire Cloud Evil God was indeed domineering, taking down an Immortal Envoy sent by the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect for inspection whenever he wished.
At this moment, a clear sound of cracking came from above.
It was somewhat similar to the sound of glass shattering.
Xu Weng’s face changed drastically, “Not good, an avalanche is coming!” He looked upward, and a look of anger swiftly spread across his face.
“That Chi Jinglei is really too wicked, he’s trying to kill us all.”
Qin Niu was puzzled and looked up carefully.
He then noticed Chi Jinglei holding a thick-backed knife with a ring, hacking at the ice above to deliberately trigger an avalanche.
Some people were truly born wicked.
He had reached the summit himself, yet he wanted all these strong climbers to be buried in the great snow mountain.
“Xu Weng, let’s give it our all!”
After Qin Niu finished speaking, he had already pushed the Misty Rain Elusive Step to its limit.
Xu Weng also knew the gravity of the situation and took three elixirs in succession, also pushing his step-method martial skill to the utmost limit. Both used the fastest speeds of their lives, aiming to reach the summit before the avalanche occurred.