Chapter 774 - 510: Frost Staff and Celestial Mount Profound Beast

Although Yan Zhen knew she might not be a match for the Frost Race, as the one guarding the array here, fleeing was simply not an option for her.

"No, not leaving—just avoiding the brunt for now. There are endless Demon Beasts inside, and even if killed, they can resurrect through ice and snow. If we all stay, we'll lose our lives! Even if Integration Stage cultivators remain, those below Integration have to evacuate first!"

Lin Chang'sheng suggested.

This point earned Yan Zhen's agreement, and she promptly ordered her men to start relocating all cultivators and commoners below the Integration Stage.

Lin Chang'sheng then asked Yan Zhen about the location of Extreme Cold Celestial Mountain.

Extreme Cold Celestial Mountain lay three thousand li from Frost City.

It was the very heart of Ice and Snow Province; there, the cold was bone-shattering, and even Mahayana cultivators found it almost impossible to survive.

Even those at the Mahayana Stage risked death within its bounds.

For around Extreme Cold Celestial Mountain, countless Demon Beasts absorbed Profound Ice power—and chief among them was the terrifying Celestial Mount Profound Beast.

This Demon Beast fed on Profound Ice; its body was armored in indestructible Profound Ice Armor, and its strength was fearsome—even Tribulation Crossing experts dared not provoke it lightly.

"You're going to Extreme Cold Celestial Mountain?"

Yan Zhen voiced her concern.

Lin Chang'sheng simply nodded, "I'll take a look. There might be exactly what I'm searching for there! Sister Zhen, if the Frost Race breaks the array and you're losing, retreat; call reinforcements from the Immortal Realm to suppress them. I'll head for Extreme Cold Celestial Mountain first!"

With those words, Lin Chang'sheng dashed straight toward Extreme Cold Celestial Mountain.

"Chang'sheng, be careful out there!"

Yan Zhen called out, watching Lin Chang'sheng's departing figure.

...

Three thousand li was nothing to Lin Chang'sheng; in just an hour, he arrived.

The closer to the center of Ice and Snow Province he got, the colder it became—so much so that even the Lightning Thunderclap Eagle's speed dropped dramatically.

"This place is not fit for humans!"

Gu Shan complained, the icy wind slicing across their faces like sharpened blades.

When they reached the edge of Extreme Cold Celestial Mountain, both Lin Chang'sheng and Gu Shan had to unleash their Elemental Shields to block the stabbing cold.

"That up ahead should be the mountain!"

Gu Shan spotted a towering ice peak before them and spoke up at once.

Lin Chang'sheng saw it too; the mountain radiated waves of cold, shrouding the area in thick layers of mist.

"Wait here for me!"

Lin Chang'sheng said, then descended toward Extreme Cold Celestial Mountain.

Was the Frost Staff really buried below? There was only one way to find out—by heading inside.

Boom rumble—

No sooner had Lin Chang'sheng touched down than the ground began to shake violently.

Giant tentacles erupted from beneath, twisting around in a frenzy.

Each tentacle was as thick as a person's torso, their tips studded with razor-sharp spikes—one strike could maim, if not kill.

"Die!"

Seeing the tentacles rush in, Lin Chang'sheng struck out with the Myriad Corpses Divine Demon Palm.

The fierce palm seal tore forth, covered in mourning spectral bones.

Boom rumble—

In the next moment, the palm's force collided with the mass of tentacles, shattering all of them in a thunderous blast.

With the tentacles broken, a swarm of Demon Beasts resembling octopuses began to wriggle out from underground.

The creatures were all tentacles—truly bizarre to behold.

Fortunately, their strength was not too formidable, barely equivalent to Late Stage Mahayana Cultivation in humans.

Facing such Profound Ice Demon Beasts, Lin Chang'sheng felt no fear.

He summoned the Dragon Abyss Sword with a gesture and slashed.

BOOM—

The ferocious Sword Qi exploded on the Cold Ice Demon Beasts, instantly smashing them to pieces.

The ground was deathly still once more.

Lin Chang'sheng knew for sure these weren't the only Demon Beasts down here, so he continued forward with utmost caution.

At the foot of Extreme Cold Celestial Mountain, he found a cave—neither large nor small.

The cave tunneled downward, destination unknown.

Lin Chang'sheng hesitated briefly, then leapt in.

As he descended, the cold intensified to terrifying extremes; even with his Elemental Shield warding off the chill's invasion,

it was still unimaginably freezing, to the point his arms and legs felt ready to stiffen solid.

He was forced to burst forth with Five Flames Sacred Fire to chase away the chill.

The cold here was truly dreadful.

After plunging downward for ten or so breaths, Lin Chang'sheng finally landed on a sapphire-blue Profound Ice floor.

Beneath, there opened up an immense space, like a subterranean world.

Heavy stone pillars rose all around to brace the ceiling.

Lin Chang'sheng unleashed his Divine Sense, and quickly pinpointed the location of the Frost Staff.

Just three li ahead, there stood a staff stabbing into the ground, radiating bone-chilling cold.

Everything around seemed frozen, dreadfully silent.

But the way forward was fraught with peril—a large number of Celestial Mount Profound Beasts sat cross-legged up ahead.

These beasts looked a touch like rhinos, but each had a tiger's head, fanged jaws, and thick-hided bodies. Their foreheads bore six eyes, giving them a monstrous look.

ROAR—

As Lin Chang'sheng sensed them, the Celestial Mount Profound Beasts also seemed to notice him.

With an enraged howl, the herd charged toward him to kill.

"Courting death!"

Lin Chang'sheng summoned the Divine Thunder Bow, drawing it to its fullest.

Crack—

Lightning crackled all around him in an instant.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

In the next heartbeat, streaking Thunderbolt Arrows shot straight at the onrushing Celestial Mount Profound Beasts.

BOOM rumble—

The Thunderbolt Arrows slammed into the herd, unleashing deafening explosions.

But to Lin Chang'sheng's shock, while the blasts were tremendous, they failed to slay the Celestial Mount Profound Beasts outright.

Each beast was shielded in impossibly tough Profound Ice Armor.

Without at least Tribulation Crossing power, it was nearly impossible to seriously injure them—even the Heaven-Reaching Immortal Treasure Divine Thunder Bow failed to leave a mark.

Realizing his own Late Stage Mahayana Cultivation was insufficient, Lin Chang'sheng instantly unleashed Divine Blood Transformation Skill.

With the Secret Technique augmenting him, his cultivation soared from Late Stage Mahayana directly into Early Stage Tribulation Crossing, Primordial Power surging within.

When he once again drew the Divine Thunder Bow, the Arrow's power became utterly wild.

And this time, Lin Chang'sheng wreathed the arrows with Five Flames Sacred Fire.

Whiz whiz—

Thunderbolt Arrows exploded forth again, far fiercer than before.

The Celestial Mount Profound Beasts in front were instantly battered to the ground by the Thunder Flame Arrows.

The Five Flames Sacred Fire burned ceaselessly, boring through their bodies and killing them at once.

A normal Tribulation Crossing Cultivator would be hard-pressed to deal with these terrifying beasts, but Lin Chang'sheng was no ordinary cultivator.

Once the Celestial Mount Profound Beasts neared, Lin Chang'sheng erupted with Divine Flame Realm.

The force field around him amplified, slowing his foes' advance. The ground split open; Five Flames Sacred Fire poured through the cracks, instantly punching clean through even the strongest Profound Armor.

With each arrow he loosed, several Celestial Mount Profound Beasts died on the spot.

Outside, Gu Shan heard explosions reverberate continuously from the mountain's depths.

He knew Lin Chang'sheng had run into trouble and was locked in a bloody struggle with Demon Beasts below.

But since Lin Chang'sheng had told him to stay put, he didn't dare rush in blindly.

If he got in Lin Chang'sheng's way now, things could go badly.

Crack crack—

The battle below caused Extreme Cold Celestial Mountain itself to develop cracks.

It seemed collapse was imminent.

Gu Shan had no choice but to send a message to remind Lin Chang'sheng, urging him to fight swiftly—otherwise, if the icy peak collapsed, everything would be buried, and the Frost Staff would be lost forever.

"Die!"

Lin Chang'sheng stowed the Divine Thunder Bow, summoned the Dragon Abyss Sword again, and slashed—his mighty Sword Qi ripping through a dozen Celestial Mount Profound Beasts in front of him.

Lin Chang'sheng blurred, dodged the siege, and sprinted for the Frost Staff.

As he drew nearer, the air grew more frigid still—as if the space itself was freezing solid.

At last, when he was just three zhang from the Frost Staff, Lin Chang'sheng found himself unable to advance another step.

"What the…"

Lin Chang'sheng's heart jolted—was the Frost Staff's power really this terrifying?

Did it actually require the power of Immortal Realm Cultivation to take?