Chapter 56

Chapter 56: A Black Shadow Appears
Qin Yefeng’s heart jolted, and he quickly drew his Blood Shadow Battle Saber, his eyes fixed intently on the dark ceiling of the ice cave.
A black-furred demonic creature flashed across the ice ceiling. Its speed was so great that Qin Yefeng couldn’t even discern its species before it vanished into the darkness.
Qin Yefeng noticed Zi Baiying and Xiong Yu; neither of them seemed to have seen the shadow, continuing their walk towards the ice cave’s exit.
“Did my eyes deceive me?”
The three arrived at an exit within the ice cave, only to find it sealed by a thick ice wall.
A biting chill emanated from the ice wall, suggesting it wasn’t meant to be easily passed.
Zi Baiying stared at the ice wall, its thickness unknown. She turned to Qin Yefeng and said, “If the previous students’ accounts are correct, this is the exit of the ice cave. Once we break through this frozen ice wall, we can quickly reach the summit.”
“Alright then, let’s all three start breaking the ice and pass through this ice cave together,” Qin Yefeng declared immediately.
As soon as Xiong Yu heard Qin Yefeng mention breaking through the ice cave, a surge of earthy yellow spiritual power erupted from him, and he fiercely brought his battle axe down upon the ice.
“CRACK!”
The sharp blade of the great axe struck the ice rock, sending shards of ice flying, but it only chipped away a small portion of the ice, failing to create any significant cracks.
“Whoa, why is this ice wall so sturdy?” Xiong Yu patted his chest, sucking in a sharp breath of cold air.
Zi Baiying’s eyes widened as she took a step back, her entire body erupting with Purple-Black Spiritual Power. She raised her Guihua Whip and lashed it at the thick ice layer.
The purple Guihua Whip struck the ice wall fiercely, like a phantom purple whip shadow lashing the ice. Ice shards scattered, leaving a half-meter wide crater in the ice.
“Such immense power?” Xiong Yu looked at Zi Baiying in disbelief.
Seeing how slowly Xiong Yu and Zi Baiying were breaking the ice wall, Qin Yefeng ignited the Burning Heaven Dragon Flame within himself.
The terrifying high temperature instantly appeared, causing the ice layer on the wall to melt at an incredible speed. The ice wall was burned through, forming a large hole at a visibly rapid pace.
Melted ice water flowed from the ice layer, continuously trickling down beneath their feet.
“Fortunately, this is a high point in the ice cave, so we won’t be standing in water,” Zi Baiying murmured softly from behind Qin Yefeng.
In the blink of an eye, Qin Yefeng melted open a three-meter wide opening. Just then, a black shadow rapidly leaped down from above in the ice cave.
A swirling mass of black shadow instantly plunged from the air, attacking Xiong Yu.
“No, quickly help me!”
Xiong Yu tried to raise his battle axe to chop, but within the ice tunnel Qin Yefeng had created, he could only move his wrist; fully raising his arm to swing the axe was impossible.
Zi Baiying’s entire body erupted with Purple-Black Spiritual Power. With a lift of her hip, her Guihua Whip lashed out with fierce momentum, striking the incoming black demonic shadow.
This instantly slowed the black shadow’s attack. Xiong Yu switched from offense to defense, holding his battle axe horizontally to guard his heart.
“CLANG!”
Sparks flew as a sharp weapon pierced his great axe, leaving a deep saber mark. The blow nearly cleaved Xiong Yu’s battle axe in two.
It was only then that Qin Yefeng finally saw what kind of monster this black-furred demonic creature attacking Xiong Yu truly was.
It was a faceless black shadow with a pair of icy eyes. On either side of its body were terrifying blade-like appendages. It floated in the air, its body covered in glossy black fur.
“So it’s a Bat Nightmare!” Zi Baiying exclaimed. “It’s a Bat Demonic Beast that absolutely loves to drink blood!”
“Quickly move aside. My flames have great destructive power against this kind of demonic beast.”
Qin Yefeng stopped using the Burning Heaven Dragon Flame to melt the ice, quickly swapping places with Zi Baiying. He moved to Xiong Yu’s side, ready to jointly defend against the Bat Nightmare’s attack.
The Bat Nightmare’s sneak attack had failed. It raised its long, black Sharp Claws again and continued to stab towards Xiong Yu’s heart.
Witnessing this, Qin Yefeng no longer held back his strength. His entire body erupted with Golden Spiritual Power, and he raised his Blood Shadow Battle Saber, bringing it down in a direct chop.
A black shadow barrier emanated from the Bat Nightmare, blocking the golden saber glow. The Bat Nightmare took the full force of the battle saber, but it seemed completely unharmed.
This left Qin Yefeng feeling frustrated. His attack power was so formidable, yet it inflicted no damage on the Bat Nightmare.
Zi Baiying saw that Qin Yefeng had no effective way to attack the Bat Nightmare, so she quickly offered a tip. “Your physical attacks cannot harm the Bat Nightmare at all. It’s using a Secret Method to make its body illusory. Qin Yefeng, try attacking it with fire. See if that can cause it any damage.”
“Alright.” Qin Yefeng unleashed the Burning Heaven Dragon Flame from his entire body. As the extreme heat and radiant flames erupted, the Bat Nightmare retreated as if terrified.
At this moment, Qin Yefeng discovered the Bat Nightmare’s secret. The Bat Nightmare’s black demonic body seemed to be continuously shrinking towards its center.
“No wonder my attacks did nothing to the Bat Nightmare. It turns out the Bat Nightmare’s vital point is only that single spot in its center!”
As Qin Yefeng thought, he infused the Burning Heaven Dragon Flame onto his Blood Shadow Battle Saber, raising the battle saber high above his head.
Then, with a fierce chop, he brought the saber down towards that central point of the Bat Nightmare. The Blood Shadow Battle Saber blazed with wild, destructive Dark Golden Flame.
“CRACK!”
The Bat Nightmare’s body was consumed by the Burning Heaven Flame; its glossy black fur engulfed in terrifying flames, instantly transforming it into a charred black skeleton.
Immediately after, the Blood Shadow Battle Saber wildly chopped at the skeleton, instantly shattering the Bat Nightmare’s skeletal frame into dust.
Afterwards, Qin Yefeng continued to melt an ice cave opening with the Burning Heaven Dragon Flame. Xiong Yu and Zi Baiying followed Qin Yefeng out of the opening.
The three stood atop the snow mountain, finding goose-feather-like snowflakes continuously drifting across the sky.
In the distant view from the summit, Qin Yefeng was the first to spot a vibrant crimson battle flag planted on the mountaintop.
As long as he obtained this battle flag, he would be able to enter the Holy Sun Sect. Everything was proceeding according to plan.
Qin Yefeng led the other two, sprinting towards the crimson battle flag, hoping to claim the flag before other students arrived.
Just then, two strange, blue caterpillar-like creatures appeared near the crimson battle flag, fluttering in the air.
Qin Yefeng and the others slowed their pace towards the crimson battle flag. When they were still several hundred meters from the flag,
From below the snow mountain, a black shadow suddenly flew up. This black shadow’s target was clearly the two blue caterpillars fluttering in the air!