I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 539: Chapter 438: Void Exile

The ice storm completely enveloped Ice Extreme Pass.

The first to launch an attack were the Snow Giants. Their stout arms suddenly stretched wide, with their palms brimming with dense cold air. In an instant, the wind and snow overhead were drawn together, and countless snowflakes and ice crystals frantically converged to surprisingly condense into super-large snowballs tens of meters in diameter within mere seconds.

The surface of the snowballs was covered with a dense layer of Profound Ice, even the violent wind and snow couldn’t shake its form, but instead, its volume kept expanding.

“Roar!”

It was unknown which Snow Beast let out a deep roar, but a dozen Snow Giants exerted their strength simultaneously, hurling the super-large snowballs in their hands fiercely towards the energy shield of Ice Extreme Pass.

The trajectory of the snowballs slicing through the wind and snow was clearly visible, carrying immense power enough to smash through the city walls, and they rushed closer with a whistling sound.

Almost at the instant the snowballs left their hands, the neighboring Ice Crystal Snow Beasts launched their attack as well.

Their entire transparent bodies lit up with a ghostly blue glow, mouths wide open, thousands of gleaming icy spikes rapidly condensed, each as thick as an arm, with sharp tips.

In the next second, the icy spikes shot out like a torrential rain, overwhelming the sky as they assaulted the energy shield, forming a pincer attack with the snowballs.

“Quick! Strengthen the shield energy!”

The officer on the city wall roared, with veins bulging on his forehead.

The soldiers stared at the snowballs and icy spikes that covered the sky and instantly turned pale, their hands gripping their weapons tightened involuntarily, hearts as if about to leap from their chests.

They could even imagine the scene where, if the energy shield were shattered, they would be smashed into pulp by the snowballs or have their bodies pierced by the icy spikes.

At this critical juncture, Qin Tian made his move.

Only to see him raise his silver-glowing hand and gently grasp at the air.

In that moment, a bizarre sight occurred.

The whistling super-large snowballs suddenly halted in mid-air, their surface no longer shining with cold light, the overwhelming icy spikes suspended in place, and the sharp tips seemingly frozen instantly. Even the surrounding swirling ice particles and wind and snow seemed to be enchanted, floating in the air, completely still.

The entire battlefield seemed to have been paused, time lost its meaning in this area.

The deafening storm noise, the whistling sound of snowballs cutting through the air, the sharp sound of icy spikes flying — all vanished without a trace, leaving only a death-like silence.

The soldiers on the city wall instantly widened their eyes, some even instinctively opened their mouths, staring in disbelief at the scene before them.

They squinted forcefully, thinking the tension was causing them illusions. But on closer inspection, those lethal attacks remained suspended in mid-air, even the smallest ice particles hadn’t moved an inch.

“W-What kind of power is this?” a young soldier murmured, his voice trembling.

The veteran beside him was equally dumbfounded, nearly dropping his energy rifle, his mouth opening, speechless for a moment, feeling his throat tighten.

The might of the Military Lord was terrifying to such an extent?

Qin Tian looked at the snowballs, icy spikes, and hovering ice particles frozen in mid-air, his lips curving slightly upward, the silver glow flowing around his fingertips. He could clearly perceive every ripple in the space around him — this is the Power of Imprisonment from the Void.

After the awakening of the Void God Master’s talent, controlling space felt as natural to him as breathing, as if he could manipulate the space rules of this world at will.

“Return.”

Qin Tian spoke softly, suddenly waving his hand.

In the next instant, the space that had been imprisoned was abruptly unlocked. Those super-large snowballs suspended mid-air, the thousands of icy spikes, returned on their original path at three times the speed they came, accompanied by whistling wind sounds, fiercely smashing towards the Snow Beast horde!

“Boom! Boom!”

The first to suffer were the Snow Giants who had thrown the snowballs. They couldn’t dodge in time and were struck by their own snowballs, toppling their massive figures backward, sliding several meters on the icy surface.

On the other side, the Ice Crystal Snow Beasts faced a worse fate as dense icy spikes precisely pierced their semi-transparent bodies, their surfaces instantly covered with spider-web-like cracks, with many Snow Beasts directly collapsing to the ground, shattering into countless ice crystals.

After a brief moment of chaos, the Snow Beasts became more frenzied. A much more terrifying chill than before rose from the wind and snow, all the Snow Beasts no longer hid, charging madly towards Ice Extreme Pass.

The Snow Beasts on the ground shattered the ice layer underfoot, leaving deep footprints, while the winged beasts in the sky swooped down, their wing beats stirring up larger ice particles, evidently intent on fighting Ice Extreme Pass to the death.

“Seeking death.”

Qin Tian’s gaze sharpened, the silver light in his eyes suddenly intensified.

In an instant, all the charging Snow Beasts seemed bound by invisible shackles, their bodies locked in place, unable to move forward despite their struggles.

They roared in terror, yet no sound could escape, only able to helplessly watch as the human standing on the ice wall raised a hand, clenching it fiercely with one hand.

Tear!

A pitch-black rift suddenly unfolded at the rear of the Snow Beast herd, with silver-white void energy flickering at the edges. Immediately, a terrifying suction erupted from it.

The immobilized Snow Beasts were utterly helpless, their bodies uncontrollably flying backward, each one getting sucked into the pitch-black rift.

“Roar!”

At the last moment before the rift closed, the terrified roars of the Snow Beasts could still be heard, but they were quickly swallowed by the wind and snow.

Void Exile!!!

The Snow Beasts sucked into the rift would plunge directly into the chaotic void current, utterly crushed in the random space tearing, leaving not a trace of remains.

The soldiers on the city wall stood there open-mouthed, many even forgetting to breathe.

They watched as the Military Lord effortlessly resolved an impending disaster, seeing the powerful Snow Beasts entirely exiled to the void. The shock on their faces gradually transformed into ecstasy, a strong sense of security rising from their hearts—what was there to fear at Ice Extreme Pass with such a Military Lord mastering the void?

“Mighty Military Lord!”

No one knew who shouted first, but soon afterward, cheers echoed throughout Ice Extreme Pass, drowning out the roar of the wind and snow, lingering for a long time.

But at this moment, Qin Tian did not relax.

He could clearly sense more and more violent auras converging toward Ice Extreme Pass from deep within the snowstorm—those were the auras of even more Snow Beasts, following the storm’s trajectory, flocking like sharks smelling blood.

Such a vast number, even with his control over the Power of Void, it would be difficult to guard Ice Extreme Pass alone in the long term. However, he did not panic. The large number of Snow Beasts was true, but he also had reliable allies by his side.

The blizzard still enveloped Ice Extreme Pass like a thick white fog, the faint blue energy shield rippling continuously under the storm’s impact, the reactor’s humming growing more and more urgent, clearly reaching a state of continuous high-load operation.

Soon, more Snow Beasts emerged from the storm, no longer attacking from one concentrated direction but spreading out, quietly surrounding from the east, south, west, and north sides of the city walls.

Some Snow Beasts lay on the ice, slowly approaching under the cover of the ice layer.

Others hid within the whirlwind, showing only their cold-glowing eyes.

In the sky, the number of winged beasts had also multiplied several times; the dense shadows almost covered half of the sky.

The soldiers guarding the four city walls instantly tensed up, involuntarily gripping their weapons tightly.

They knew very well that in such a violent snowstorm, the energy rifle’s trajectory would be severely interfered with by the strong wind, greatly reducing its accuracy. Even the Spiritualist’s magic would become unstable due to the dual impact of extreme cold and storms, its power significantly weakened.

In this way, if the Snow Beasts breached the defense line, they would almost have to rely on cold weapons for close combat—once entering the close combat phase, Ice Extreme Pass, losing the protection of the energy shield, would surely become dilapidated under the Snow Beasts’ charge, and the casualties would be hard to estimate.

Just as the soldiers’ hearts were heavy, a “swish” sound suddenly came from the center of Ice Extreme Pass.

Everyone turned towards the sound, only to see the ground suddenly split open, and green vines madly sprouting from it, rapidly growing upwards.

In just a few seconds, the vines split into hundreds of thick branches, each as thick as a barrel, covered with spiky scales on the surface.

Immediately, these branches extended in all directions at a speed visible to the naked eye, soon growing to several thousand meters long, like a giant green umbrella, covering most of the sky above Ice Extreme Pass.

The soldiers watched this scene in a daze; they were naturally familiar with these vines. Not long ago, it was these vines that hung Duan Guangtai in the air, and now it seemed that these vines were far more terrifying than they had imagined.

The next moment, the tips of the vines suddenly accelerated, directly passing through the light blue energy shield—to their surprise, the shield posed no hindrance at all, as if the vines were naturally integrated with it. After crossing the city wall, the vines moved like agile venomous snakes, swiftly probing towards the shadows of Snow Beasts in the snowstorm.

The Tier Seven Jie La had long transcended the limitations of a normal environment, and this level of ice storm was unable to affect her at all.

One vine accurately entangled a massive Snow Beast, its spikes instantly piercing through, and although this Snow Beast was not of flesh and blood but composed of ice crystal, the ample energy within was still frantically absorbed by the vine. The Snow Beast’s body visibly dimmed, eventually turning into a pile of shattered ice crystal.

Elsewhere, dozens of vines struck simultaneously, firmly entangling a group of Ice Ridge Beasts. After the spikes penetrated, they quickly drained all the energy within them.

Meanwhile, Qin Tian wasn’t idle either.

He raised his hand and waved in the air, countless silver-white void blades appearing out of thin air, shooting towards the Snow Beast group like a rain of blades.

These void blades were incredibly sharp, easily severing the Snow Beast’s thick fur, the hard ice crystal shell, or the thin ice wings of the winged beasts.

A gigantic Snow Beast attempting to crash into the city wall was hit by dozens of void blades before it got close, its massive body instantly sliced into several pieces, landing heavily on the ice with a thud.

The soldiers on the city wall stood there dumbfounded, not knowing when they had lowered their weapons.

They watched Qin Tian wielding the void blades across the battlefield, seeing Jie La’s vines moving like giant pythons attacking and strangling. One person and one vine worked in perfect harmony, keeping the endless Snow Beast tides outside Ice Extreme Pass. Every move took away large swathes of Snow Beast life.

This terrifying combat power had long surpassed their understanding. The soldiers’ eyes were full of shock and awe, as if they were not watching humans fighting but gazing at two deities descending to the mortal world.