Novel Full Chapter 1329 - 662: Reunion with Old Friends
Chapter 1329 - 662: Reunion with Old Friends
The Ice Goddess rose without looking again at the lifeless Chang Yuntao on the ground.
Her gaze swept over the ice sculptures around, a hint of reminiscence on her face.
These people, encased in ice, were once her close friends, family, and loved ones.
She slowly walked up to them, her expression gradually growing richer.
"Our era has passed; a new round of apocalypse has arrived."
"Whether we can transcend and move beyond this starry sky depends on this opportunity."
"Everyone, wait for me. I have just awakened and cannot unseal you yet."
"Hold on a little longer; I will revive you soon."
She then turned to look at Chang Yuntao, beckoned gently, and two ice-blue light spheres swiftly flew from his remains.
She caught the two light spheres in her left and right hands respectively.
Soon after, the light spheres rapidly merged into her body.
"Old companion, you’ve finally returned to my side."
The Ice Goddess smiled, closed her eyes, and through the Brain Core and Heart Core, she sensed the Floating Island’s situation.
A moment later, she opened her eyes and smiled.
She glanced at Chang Yuntao’s corpse on the ground, smiling, "Not bad, he left quite a lot of resources."
Suddenly, a flash of strange color passed through her eyes, and she muttered, "His enemies escaped rather quickly."
"How long has it been, and they’re already gone from this island?"
Using the Brain Core, she searched the entire Floating Island but failed to find Liang Yuan’s trace, feeling surprised.
In a blur, she transformed into a wisp of icy mist and whistled out of the Ice Crystal Palace.
On the other side, Liang Yuan, sensing that terrifying presence, said nothing and retreated swiftly.
In just moments, he had fled far from Mist City’s support.
As he retreated just a few breaths, suddenly that strong presence seemed to reach its peak.
In an instant, this presence vanished.
Liang Yuan frowned, "Gone?"
"No, it’s restrained!"
His heart sank, realizing that any existence capable of concealing its presence was not simple.
Liang Yuan continued retreating swiftly through the air.
No matter what trick Chang Yuntao was playing, he had already decided not to stay.
Since he had detected that Chang Yuntao might indeed have a counter-kill method.
Liang Yuan naturally wouldn’t continue taking risks.
Especially being still on the opponent’s territory; there was truly no need to take risks.
"The immediate priority is quickly advancing my gene recombination progress."
"Even if Chang Yuntao has some fallback, I can deal with it as soon as possible."
Thinking of this, Liang Yuan quickly flew outside the island.
Meanwhile, on Beichen Island, Han Xiangman and others had already launched their attack, and the Ice Armor Soldier Legion was retreating step by step.
He Jun, Ji Liang, and others, seeing Chang Yuntao defeated, had no heart for prolonged combat.
The two feigned weakness and had already each retreated to the mountain early.
At this moment, the two were firmly defending Beichen Island and Mist City, waiting for the result between Chang Yuntao and Liang Yuan.
If Chang Yuntao won, naturally everything would be negotiable; just need to re-emerge to capture Han Xiangman and others.
If Chang Yuntao lost, they naturally had a retreat path of surrender.
Thus, at this moment, they could not truly kill too many enemies, else it would be self-defeating.
The only difference between the two was that He Jun was defending Beichen Island, while Ji Liang was defending Mist City.
Liang Yuan, in a flash, arrived on Beichen Island.
As soon as he appeared, he directly engaged in gene recombination, showcasing a massive Ice Bear Form.
He Jun and others’ expressions changed immediately, understanding that the battle on that side had concluded.
He saw Liang Yuan, a flash of hatred passing through his eyes.
Initially, when Liang Yuan first came to Mist City, He Jun was severely injured by him, nearly crippled.
Seeing Liang Yuan again, the gap in strength between the two had already become vast.
Of course, Liang Yuan was the sky, he was the earth.
"Stop! Stop! Mr. Liang, we are willing to surrender, just begging Mr. Liang to spare us!"
He Jun shouted, stepping forward to stop his Ice Armor Soldier Legion.
Liang Yuan glanced at He Jun and laughed at his words, "Ah, Mr. He."
He Jun replied, "I dare not, just please, Mr. Liang, grant us a chance to survive; in the face of doomsday, everyone is just seeking survival."
Liang Yuan nodded slightly, "If Mr. He had been so sensible initially, things wouldn’t have been this troublesome."
He Jun bowed his head, his expression somewhat grim.
Liang Yuan saw his emotions and said, "You seem to still have resentment against me?"
"No, not at all, the victor is king, the loser is bandit; I understand this principle."
Liang Yuan shook his head slightly, "Honestly, I have ways to suppress you, and I’m not afraid of you pulling any tricks after surrendering."
"But it’s too troublesome. You people surrendering so easily truly can’t speak of loyalty."
"So, I won’t keep you."
With that, Liang Yuan directly released his Spiritual Power!
Boom!
A powerful Spiritual Pulse instantly swept out!
In an instant, He Jun leading the Ice Armor Soldier Legion had their heads exploded with a rumbling sound.
He Jun, full of disbelief, stared deadly at Liang Yuan, finally collapsing headfirst to the ground.
Liang Yuan wiped out the Ice Armor Soldier Legion, leaving only some middle and lower-level staff, and said, "If you want to survive, put down your weapons immediately."
These people were scared and at a loss, and upon hearing this, they quickly threw down their weapons, knelt, and shouted, "We want to live, we want to live."
Liang Yuan nodded and said to Han Xiangman and the others not far away, "Take all these people away immediately."
"Mr. Liang, what about Mist City?" Han Xiangman quickly asked.
Liang Yuan shook his head slightly, "Things have changed, Mist City is not worth keeping, let’s leave first."
Han Xiangman was startled and asked, "Where are we going?"
"You first take the people back to Yang Baoshan, forget Beichen Island, it’s too close to Mist City."
"I suspect Chang Yuntao still has a backup plan; I’ll head back to Yangshan first to prevent any mishaps."
"Once you’re at Yang Baoshan, take a break, then find a way back to Yangshan; abandon Yang Baoshan, we only need the people, understand?"
"Understood!" Han Xiangman immediately nodded, without asking what exactly happened in Mist City.
Liang Yuan felt a strong sense of urgency in his heart.
He always felt something major had happened in Mist City.
What was that essence? If Chang Yuntao had such a backup plan, why not use it earlier?
Thinking of this, Liang Yuan immediately flew away from Beichen Island, heading directly to Yangshan.
He was worried that Leng Yuehua and others might also have similar means; if so, no one in Yangshan could stop it.
Whoosh—!
Liang Yuan left quickly, flying dozens of miles, when he saw below a dozen figures running wildly on the snow plains.
Liang Yuan looked carefully and suddenly laughed.
His figure instantly descended, directly intercepting this group.
"Who are you! Be careful!"
The leader was startled, immediately held a Bone Hammer, and shouted sternly.
Liang Yuan turned around and laughed, "Brother Qiu, where are you all going?"
This group was actually Qiu Gongrong, who had pretended to be blasted away by Liang Yuan’s punch earlier.
Behind Qiu Gongrong, there were some familiar faces to Liang Yuan.
They were Qiu Yingyue, Lin Wu, Qin Zihang, Old Meng, and others.
Among them, Qiu Yingyue, Lin Wu, and Qin Zihang had met Liang Yuan in Lishui Garden District long ago.
And Old Meng had followed Qiu Gongrong, working as a miner digging Blood Crystals in the underground of Mist City.
Later, Qiu Gongrong had given him an Autumn Sky Fish storage bag, letting him store many Blood Crystals and leave first.
Unexpectedly, he was still by Qiu Gongrong’s side.
As for the other people, Liang Yuan didn’t know them, but they must be part of Qiu Gongrong’s team.
Seeing Liang Yuan, Qiu Gongrong suddenly showed a look of surprise and delight.
"Brother Liang! You, you, how is it you?"
Liang Yuan smiled, "Why? Did you think I would lose to Chang Yuntao?"
Beside Qiu Gongrong, Qiu Yingyue also expressed joy and exclaimed, "Mr. Liang!"
Liang Yuan glanced over, smiled at her, then suddenly his expression changed slightly, his figure flashed, coming to her side.
He saw she was being carried by Lin Wu, her face pale and her voice weak.
Liang Yuan asked, "What happened to you?"
Qiu Yingyue showed a miserable smile, opened her mouth wanting to say something but didn’t know where to start, her eyes reddened.
Carrying her, Lin Wu choked up, "It was that beast Chang Yuntao!"
Qin Zihang couldn’t help but say, "Mr. Liang, do you have a way to save Miss Qiu?"
Qiu Gongrong also came over, looked at Liang Yuan, his face full of pleading, "Brother Liang, can you save my daughter?"
"If you can save her, I’ll serve you with this old body; tell me to kill who, and I will!"
Liang Yuan asked, "Don’t worry, Miss Qiu and I are friends to some extent; if I can help, I will definitely not stand by."
"Tell me first, what exactly happened? How did she end up like this?"
Qiu Gongrong sighed, "When we parted, I planned to leave Mist City immediately; unexpectedly, after I left, following the clues you gave me, I found Ma Rui from the Earth Mother Sect’s Evangelical Mission."
"Only then did I realize, that scoundrel had tricked my daughter again, wanting her to go to the underground Blood Crystal digging site to find me."
"Later, amid the chaos in the city, I finally found my daughter."
"But found she was deceived by an Ice Armor Warrior, whom I killed on the spot."
"Unluckily, at that moment, Chang Yuntao sealed off all of Mist City, leaving us unable to escape."
"After that, Chang Yuntao conducted a city-wide search, forcing us to hide and flee, but ultimately, we couldn’t escape and were caught by him."
"Chang Yuntao saw I had decent strength and wanted me to work for him, so he captured my daughter and poisoned her."
"Threatened with my daughter’s life, I had no choice but to comply."
As he spoke, Qiu Gongrong showed a look of hatred.
Turns out Chang Yuntao saw that Qiu Gongrong’s group had some strength; with Earth Mother Sect creating chaos, his Ice Armor Soldier Legion had lost significant manpower.
So he decided to keep this group but worried they might escape, thus had someone control Qiu Yingyue.
Moreover, he placed Qiu Yingyue in the Beauty Corps, under the watchful control of Leng Yuehua’s people.
Only then did he feel comfortable cultivating Qiu Gongrong’s group.
On the battlefield, Qiu Gongrong feigned a defeated retreat but actually returned to Mist City immediately, amid the chaos, breaking into the Beauty Corps headquarters to rescue his daughter.
Then, without a word, they fled directly.
Fortunately, Leng Yuehua wasn’t there; otherwise, this rescue might not have been so smooth.
The group ran all the way here, unexpectedly meeting Liang Yuan.
After hearing these words, Liang Yuan looked at Qiu Yingyue and asked, "What poison are you infected with?"
Qiu Yingyue coughed twice, her pale face tinged with a hint of blood color.
"Fire Talisman Poison."