A deadly giant pincer tore through the air, carrying a violent current and billowing sand, and it slammed down toward Lu Ningyu’s head like a collapsing mountain.
The terrifying shadow instantly swallowed the light from her eyes, and the icy breath of death felt like an invisible hand choking her throat.
“Sister Ningyu!”
The other four girls screamed, their eyes full of fear and despair.
Lu Ningyu’s health bar had already bottomed out, and her mana was completely depleted; priest Zhang Yu had also exhausted the last of his magic, and at this moment he could only watch helplessly as the captain was about to be crushed.
There was no healing and no miracle, and if this blow landed, Lu Ningyu would undoubtedly be killed outright.
“The elite-level monsters of Poison Fog Desert are indeed a bit too difficult for these kids.”
Inside the monitoring room, Chu Jianghe’s murky eyes flashed with a trace of regret, and he said, “The elite monsters of Poison Fog Desert are still too much for these kids.”
He no longer hesitated, and the Barrier-Breaking Pearl in his tightened hand instantly glowed with a soft light as a powerful spatial force was about to forcibly pull the entire squad out of danger.
However, at the very instant the energy was about to activate…
Chu Jianghe’s movement abruptly froze, and his gaze became glued to another monitor as the expression on his face shifted from grave to utter astonishment.
“This is…”
“Ice…ice-type domain?! This is a domain skill that only Skills above SS-rank tier would possess?!”
Inside the Secret Realm, on the sand dune.
A bone-piercing cold surged out from He Wanying’s graceful body like tangible tides; ice crystals encircled her, her hair floated though there was no wind, and the delicate hands that had once gently massaged Lu Sheng were now tightly gripping a translucent ice crystal longsword with its tip aimed directly at the MegaSix-Eyed Sand Spider below.
The cold killing intent made the surrounding air seem to freeze.
“Master, should I move to help them?”
He Wanying tilted her head slightly and looked at the person beside her with a clear, cold gaze, and she would rush forward without hesitation at Master’s command.
Lu Sheng’s eyes swept over the MegaSix-Eyed Sand Spider.
He and He Wanying had encountered many monsters on their journey.
They had faced Sand-Soaring Snake, Flaming Red Ant, and even the dangerous Red Sand Scorpion twice, all of which He Wanying had easily dealt with.
However, this Six-Eyed Sand Spider was truly their first encounter with such a creature, and it was a rare elite monster.
Data Eye activated, and soon the Six-Eyed Sand Spider’s weakness appeared before his eyes.
『Weakness Analysis: The Six-Eyed Sand Spider has claw-shaped tips on its legs and mainly relies on sand or rough surfaces to provide counterforce for movement, making it unable to gain effective traction on smooth surfaces such as glass or ice.』
This was so much simpler!
“Go!”
Lu Sheng smiled faintly, and with a thought a streak of golden light flowed through his eyes as the Data Eye’s monster weakness data, like the clearest tactical map, instantly synchronized into He Wanying’s vision.
“Use your domain ability first to trap the MegaSix-Eyed Sand Spider’s mobility, then kill it!”
“Yes!”
An intense ice-blue light surged in He Wanying’s eyes.
Below, the shadow of death had already descended.
Lu Ningyu’s heart nearly stopped beating, and a vast despair swallowed her like cold sludge; she could even feel the wind pressure from the giant pincer scraping across her face with stinging pain.
A wave of hopelessness instantly spread through her heart.
It’s over!
But at the moment that thought arose…
Whoosh… !
Three ice-blue meteors tore through the sky, moving so fast they exceeded the limit of visual capture, and they struck precisely at the pincer joint that could split mountains and crack stones.
Clang… !!!
A deafening crash of metal rang out as icy shards mixed with flying sparks, and the pincer that had been guaranteed to deliver a killing blow was forcibly deflected by these three seemingly delicate crystalline blades.
Boom… !!!
The two giant pincers scraped Lu Ningyu’s body and slammed into the sand half a meter beside her, and the terrifying strength instantly blew a huge crater as violent gusts like hammers threw the stunned Lu Ningyu out, causing her to roll helplessly in the sand.
“Cough! Cough cough cough!”
Lu Ningyu coughed violently and struggled to prop herself up as she wiped the sand smeared all over her face, and the overwhelming shock of survival left her trembling uncontrollably as she stared fixedly at the giant pincer stuck in the nearby pit with her heart pounding as if it would burst from her chest.
It was not over yet!
An ice-blue figure streaked down from the dune’s crest like a celestial maiden, moving at a speed beyond their comprehension.
He Wanying!
She lightly touched down on her toes, and at the moment she landed…
Hum… !
An extreme cold that seemed capable of freezing the soul exploded outward from her center.
Crackle crackle…
A sharp freezing chorus sounded densely as within a thirty-meter radius the blistering desert instantly turned into a glittering and translucent Eternal Permafrost Sword Domain!
The yellow sand was replaced by solid primal ice, and the scorching air was swept away by a bone-chilling wind as crystalline snowflakes began to fall from the blazing sky.
This instantaneous ice-and-fire reversal made the five girls of the Lu Ningyu Team feel as if they had plunged into an ice cave.
Because the Secret Realm was a desert, and it was daytime, the five girls on Lu Ningyu’s team were dressed very lightly in thin short sleeves and short skirts, and one of them was even wearing a swimsuit, so they all trembled with chattering teeth from the sudden severe cold and goosebumps rose on their exposed skin.
What shook them even more was the posture He Wanying displayed at that moment.
She stood at the center of the ice field holding the ice crystal longsword, her figure tall and graceful.
Behind her, a gigantic virtual image of a Throne of the Freezing Winter slowly condensed and appeared, formed from pure cold ice and radiating an ancient and majestic aura.
On the throne there seemed to be the will of an ice queen watching over all beings, and three even more solid ice crystal blades entwined with deep freezing qi floated around her like faithful guardians.
At the same time, within the ice-and-snow covered area, suspended above the MegaSix-Eyed Sand Spider’s head like a Damocles sword, a huge ice crystal greatsword hovered silently over the dome.
“Hiss… roar!!!”
The MegaSix-Eyed Sand Spider let out an enraged and chaotic hiss, and the suddenly smooth ice surface caused the spider’s proud claws to lose purchase instantly, making its enormous body stagger as if drunk and its eight legs slid and flailed, causing it to tumble over itself.
Every attempt to stand only resulted in more humiliating falls, and the sounds of ice shards and shell impacts were mixed with cries of impotent fury.
The low-level monsters of Secret Realms were generally not very intelligent and could not comprehend the situation, so they could only keep trying by instinct to crawl up from the ground.
Seeing the unexpected intruder approaching, the MegaSix-Eyed Sand Spider instinctively sprayed a viscous web mixing potent poison and paralysis toward the front as a deadly attack.
However, the web that could instantly disable other prey hit an invisible absolute ice wall when it came within a meter of He Wanying’s body.
The sticky web immediately lost all its activity, became rigid and brittle, and then snapped like crystal ornaments with a few clicks as it shattered into pieces and fell powerlessly onto the smooth ice.
Not only that, but the paralysis and poison on the web had no effect at all.
『Throne of the Freezing Winter』
Within the domain, all forms of control are illusory!
“Die!”
He Wanying moved.