Cultivation Online

Chapter 2141: White Hell(3)

When the group of ladies noticed Yuan stopping right above them, they hastily retrieved their weapons and prepared to fight him.

"What do you want from us, you stalker?" one of them shouted at him.

Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"Stalker? Just because we're heading in the same direction doesn't mean I am stalking you. It's just a coincidence," he calmly replied.

"Then why did you stop? If you're not here for us, then hurry up and get lost!"

After a moment of silence, Yuan responded, "In that case, I'll stop bothering you and be right on my way. Sorry for the disturbance."

Without another word, Yuan flew away.

"What a creepy fellow."

"Right?"

Only after Yuan's presence vanished entirely did the group allow themselves to breathe freely, settling back into their rest. However, their rest was short-lived, as the earth beneath them quaked without warning, sending a jolt of alarm through the group.

"W-What's going on?!"

The leader's voice rang out sharply, "An ambush! Take to the air!"

At that instant, the ground split wide, and from its depths burst a colossal serpent, its body clad in translucent scales that gleamed like sculpted ice.

"It's a White Hell Glacial Serpent! The strongest magical beast in the second region! Run! We don't stand a chance against a monster like that!"

"S-Scatter!"

The group quickly scattered in different directions, hoping to confuse the serpent. But the beast was swift and decisive, striking immediately at the weakest among them.

Unfortunately, there was nothing anyone could do for her. After several moments of desperate struggle, the female cultivator was devoured by the beast.

However, the beast was not satisfied and immediately chased after its next prey.

In truth, Yuan had noticed the magical beast and wanted to warn them, but they chased him away before he could do so, even calling him a stalker.

A few days later, Yuan stepped into the third region. Here, the hail grew even more violent, its force great enough to pierce through ordinary spiritual energy. To withstand it, one needed Immortal Qi-making this region accessible only to Immortal cultivators.

<Your Cold Resistance has improved>

Though his Cold Immunity was progressing much faster than the second region, it was hardly enough to satisfy Yuan, so he continued going deeper.

As Yuan traversed the third region, magical beasts at the Golden Immortal level would constantly attack him. Unlike the second region, the beasts in the third region did not fear his aura.

Naturally, none of them posed even the slightest threat to him, and all it took was a single attack with Supreme Sword Aura to one-shot the beasts.

Since he had come to train, Yuan didn't bother using Immortal Qi to shield himself from the hail. Though the ice shards couldn't pierce his skin, each impact left a layer of frost, freezing his flesh on contact.

<Your Cold Resistance has improved>

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed, and Yuan stepped into the fourth region. Here, the hail had ceased, and the skies were clear, yet the temperature had dropped even further. The cold was so intense that Yuan's body was continuously being frozen just by existing within it.

"Still not enough," Yuan muttered as he proceeded to make his way toward the fifth region.

Although his Cold Immunity had been pushed to its limit after consuming the Tear of the Azure Heavens, it still had not reached the realm of Cold Harmony.

A few hours into his journey toward the fifth region, Yuan spotted a lone figure locked in battle with a mammoth-like magical beast. The creature was nearly the size of a small mountain, and a gleaming blue crystal was embedded between its brows.

The cultivator was at the 1st level of God Ascension, while the beast was only at the True Immortal realm. Yet the extreme cold rendered her movements stiff, and much of her focus was spent maintaining a shield of Immortal Qi to protect her body.

Not wishing to disturb her, Yuan quietly flew past without stopping.

Some time later, Yuan finally reached the border of the fifth region. Even without stepping inside, he could sense that his Cold Immunity would be useless there.

Unlike the previous four regions, the fifth was a mountain valley, where a raging snowstorm howled between towering peaks in every direction.

After mentally preparing himself, Yuan entered the fifth region.

The instant he entered the fifth region, Yuan's body began turning into an ice statue.

<Your Cold Resistance has improved greatly>

Still not content with the progress speed, Yuan chose to advance toward the sixth region. Yet without a Sun Stone or other protective treasure, his body froze solid the instant he attempted to proceed. Thus, he summoned forth his True Primordial Fire, engulfing himself in its blaze as though donning a fiery armor, to withstand the frigid domain.

With the True Primordial Fire shielding him, Yuan's body instantly thawed, granting him freedom of movement once more. In fact, the fire's power was so overwhelming that he couldn't even feel the cold in the slightest.

Without hesitation, Yuan flew straight into the sixth region. The deeper one ventured into White Hell, the smaller each region became. While it had taken him nearly three months to travel from the outer region to the fifth, it required only a single week to reach the sixth.

Upon entering the sixth region, Yuan began searching for a suitable place to cultivate. After a few minutes of wandering, he settled on a random cave and stepped inside.

Once he was ready, Yuan extinguished the True Primordial Fire. The warmth vanished in an instant, and his body was immediately overwhelmed by the immense cold, freezing him solid like a statue and turning his very blood to ice.

<Your Cold Resistance has improved drastically>

Despite every inch of his body-even his organs and blood-being frozen solid, Yuan remained alive, forced endure the endless agony.

Time flowed swiftly, and before long, a year had passed. Throughout it all, Yuan remained encased in ice, an unmoving statue in the heart of the sixth region. (More chapters in Buyers club for TMT)