Chapter 1696 - 1010: Radiant Polar Light, Dragon Maiden!

Ying Yuan turned his head, his expression icy cold.

"Dragon Maiden Yin Li"

At the same time, the light of Polar Ice Burst... shattered the Dragon Ape King’s shield, pierced through the heart... the flesh perished.

The Ancestor of Thousand Buddhas was horrified, disregarding the troops behind him, he directly fled...

Suddenly the ice formation behind him activated.

A white-faced frosty figure stood coldly in the clouds watching him.

"Ice Master!!!"

The Ancestor of Thousand Buddhas gazed venomously... blasting open the ice formation, striking a palm toward the Ice Master...

Boom!

The light of the Polar Ice Burst had already hit his back...

Death was so near.

The Polar Ice Burst, it turned out to be able to kill Starfall.

Splatter~~

The Ancestor of Thousand Buddhas’ blood and flesh shrank, the Thousand Buddhas Seal shrouded his form, he fled!

His escape direction was the same as Ying Yuan’s!

After all, the only one capable of sheltering him now was Ying Yuan.

Even if Polar Ice Burst was in balance, this person surely has contingencies.

So the Ancestor of Thousand Buddhas quickly aligned himself with Ying Yuan’s direction...

It so happened, the escape direction of Ying Yuan and the old troops of Hawks... was...

In the bath, Sui Yi turned her head and saw the micro glow at the tip of Posayi’s finger.

Guiding glow!

Her face slightly changed.

Directly jumping out of the bath, her palm grabbed, pulling down the curtain, wrapping around her body...

Boom!

The building’s roof was pulverized by a horizontally sweeping blade gleam.

Whether it was Ying Yuan and his people running ahead, or the Ice Venerable and Dragon Maiden Yin Li or the Ice Emperor chasing behind, they all saw the two barely clothed individuals by the bath’s edge...

One was the previously renowned yet low-profile Mr. Sui, and the other...

Sui Yi turned her head to see that Posayi had already transformed into a male figure, Yan.

She: "..."

A man and a woman bathing together, anyone could tell what had transpired.

Especially as Mr. Sui, with damp hair, wrapped in thin silk, leaning against the corner of the wall, seemed slightly bewildered...

Honestly, not graceful.

But even the Ice Venerable had to whistle at Mr. Sui in this state.

But she didn’t whistle.

Just glanced at Yan.

They fought fiercely outside, yet this pair of man and woman were enjoying a mandarin duck bath?

What the heck!

Naturally, Dragon Maiden Yin Li was also stunned for a moment, in the plan, she knew of Mr. Sui, but didn’t consider him a key figure, so she didn’t pay much heed.

But seeing this now....

Yes, memorable.

Especially when her thoughts aligned with the Ice Venerable - their battlefield was with Starfall experts, was these two’s battlefield the bath?

Yet both she and the Ice Emperor’s expressions changed simultaneously, because Yan.... fingertips light up.

Started.

In another area of the Levitating Ice Palace, a central formation activated.

Someone stood at the edge of the formation, glanced at the place where the Starfall gathered, quickly turned away and merged into the darkness.

And this central formation activated...

Ying Yuan and his people had already rushed down the hut, grabbing Posayi.

While Posayi, in a critical moment grabbed at Sui Yi...

Sui Yi frowned.

Just as Sui Yi hadn’t reacted, she felt her body swept by Ying Yuan’s gaze.

Imprisoned.

Boom!

A group of people instantly transferred to that central formation.

Sui Yi just happened to see that back figure merging into darkness.

Then the central formation transferred them again....

One second.

Completely vanished from the Levitating Ice Palace.

In the sky only Ying Yuan’s faint words remained.

"Ice Venerable, Yin Li, this round you won, Ice Burst belongs to the Dragon Faction, but I’ve emerged, we... will meet again in due time."

Levitating Ice Palace.

Yin Li flipped her wrist, the Dragon Spear entered her body, beneath her feet a purple dragon swam around her dragon form, she did not react much to Ying Yuan’s statement, only looked at the Ice Venerable: "The matter of Ice Burst, handle it yourself from here on... call me when you find Ying Yuan."

Turning her head, she looked at the Ice Emperor.

"The reason I chose to cooperate with her, why, you know yourself, from here on you still have two choices..."

Previously, the Ice Emperor chose to withdraw, to preserve himself, leading to the troubling figure of Ying Yuan’s escape from the White Tower, this was his choice, also the fundamental reason why the Ice Venerable and Yin Li sought to strip him down.

Of course, for this matter, the Ice Emperor knows he is at fault, reluctantly raised a hand: "Alright, it’s true, I’m not quite of kingly demeanor, after all, I’ve never felt comfortable in this position, Ice Venerable...."

He looked at the Ice Venerable, took off his ring, and handed it to the Ice Venerable.

"Ice Burst is yours now"

Anyway, the Polar Ice Burst has already been fused by you.

The Ice Venerable took the ring, with no burden at all, putting it on directly, sweeping her gaze.

Ice Burst was hers now.

It will completely belong to the Dragon Faction.

No Ape Faction will be able to meddle in Ice Gleam anymore.

The Ice Venerable watched Yin Li leave, but his gaze fell on the Ice Crystal Bead floating in the bath.

The bead shimmered with a mysterious aura..

Like an eye.

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Meanwhile, Yi showed an expression of speechlessness when he learned about this matter — see, hiding indoors is useless, you might get kidnapped even while taking a bath; some people just have bad luck.

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Buzz!

Rainforest District.

The rain splattered noisily.

Sui Yi bathed in the rain, the thin veil barely covering her body. Only a cloak made of ice could shield her from others’ eyes. Of course, most of them were ruthless and cared little for Sui Yi, the captive, even casting bold glances...

Until Posayi said, "Don’t look at what you shouldn’t see. Why were you captured into the White Tower? It’s not just because you’re weak, but also because you’re blind."

Even those from the Hawk faction feared Posayi, the powerful magician who could see the past and future, so they quickly looked away.

Posayi flipped her wrist and a cloak appeared, which she handed to Sui Yi.

Sui Yi glanced at her.

"Thank you."

Posayi raised an eyebrow, chuckling, still thanking her.

The High Priest is indeed something else.

Her composure is incredibly refined.

Yet... Both Posayi and Sui Yi glanced at the Ancestor of Thousand Buddhas, who didn’t look at Sui Yi.

— Sui Yi confirmed that he didn’t know she was the High Priest, but he did value her. This time, he probably wouldn’t let her go easily.

The Rainforest District was clearly a hiding place for the Hawk faction, a deep forest with no people, only a wooden hut hanging from the branches.

Sui Yi, as a captive, obediently followed the group across the suspension bridge into the hut...

But she found that only four people entered the hut; most of the group stayed outside.

Ying Yuan, Posayi, Ancestor of Thousand Buddhas, and herself.

Once inside, Sui Yi met Ying Yuan’s profound gaze.

"Posayi, you can tell us who she really is now."

It was her first time facing the former top Commander of the Ape Faction in the Dragon Ape World.

He was tall and handsome, years in prison had made his eyes sunken and his beard stubbled, yet overall, he appeared as a dangerous and cunning man.

His eyes were sharper than a hawk and fiercer than a wolf.

Sui Yi felt the door close behind her, but she wasn’t afraid of him, just crossed her arms and leaned against the wall, resting her eyes.

Posayi had expected him to ask, flicking her fingers to light the fire in the hearth, adding warmth to the damp, cold rainforest.

"Ying Yuan, if I don’t volunteer information, I won’t tell just because I’m asked."

Ying Yuan shrugged off his tattered coat and casually sat on the bed beside them, his gaze sweeping over the two.

"The reason you’re taking her away is because she has something you want, either a person or a thing."

Posayi’s expression remained indifferent, "I’m not daring enough to want a person; I can’t use her possessions either... It’s just that her ritual abilities are noteworthy... Why, can’t I even take a person with me?"

"Burning bridges isn’t a good habit, Ying Yuan."

Ying Yuan didn’t argue further with Posayi, perhaps because his domineering nature disdained squabbling with a woman.

However, Ancestor of Thousand Buddhas interjected gloomily, "Coincidentally, this woman has killed many of my people from the Thousand Buddhas. If you don’t mind, Ying Yuan, let me take her. I owe you one."

Posayi frowned.

Ying Yuan cast a brief, indifferent look at Sui Yi, "No."

Two words, no.

The Ancestor of Thousand Buddhas’ expression changed slightly but he didn’t insist, seeming not particularly urgent.

Ying Yuan closed his eyes to cultivate.

Having been imprisoned for so many years and suppressed by the Polar Ice Burst within the Ice Venerable, his condition was not good.

Clearly, both Ice Venerable and Yin Li wouldn’t let him go easily.

Strong are they now.

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Tap, tap, tap, raindrops pattered against the windowpane, Sui Yi nestled in a corner of the bed, looking out at the dim rainforest. Her gaze moved from the window to sweep over Ying Yuan, who was meditating, and paused on his ring before resting on Posayi.

The Ancestor of Thousand Buddhas was gone.

The latter continued sitting on the ground, adding firewood, seemingly deep in thought. Noticing Sui Yi’s gaze, she turned to look.

"Calm and indifferent, balanced and unbiased, are you planning to escape yourself or wait for the Ice Venerable to rescue you?"

"Why do you think the Ice Venerable would rescue me?" Sui Yi asked calmly, Ice Venerable?

With power in hand, saying she’ll hunt down Ying Yuan is understandable, but rescuing her?

This notion is novel and amusing.

"No need for a reason.. intuition."

"I thought you would claim it’s your prophecy."

"Prophecies aren’t infallible. If I could foresee everything, I wouldn’t be sharing a room with you."

Posayi’s fingertips hovered above the flames, her expression serene, as if back in the temple reciting scriptures.

She turned back to speak.

"Some people are naturally captivating from birth, you didn’t know?"

Sui Yi frowned, "I certainly don’t know about others."

Again with others.

Playing dumb, indeed.

Posayi fell silent, but the chill emanating from Ying Yuan filled the room with frost.

When he opened his eyes, both Sui Yi and Posayi found themselves within his Qi mechanism’s lock-on range, nearly thinking he would kill them.

"Looks like the Polar Ice Burst is quite terrifying, making you spend so long expelling the residual cold, but it’s merely a temporary fix."

Ying Yuan said nothing, only looked toward the door.

The door opened.