Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Fire Phoenix!
Ten spirit rings, vibrant in color, surrounded the Ice and Fire Phoenix in the air.
Ice crystals and flames fused together; the fire did not melt the ice, the two harmonized perfectly, ice controlling fire attacks.
This was a fusion skill with extremely powerful control and attack capabilities.
Phoenix wings soared into the sky, four wings spread, and Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er flew hand in hand onto the back of the Ice and Fire Phoenix.
Like a pair of celestial lovers!
"Bing'er!" Ma Hongjun
called softly.
"Mmm!"
Shui Bing'er responded shyly, lowering her head.
...
In the short time of the Martial Soul Fusion, Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er confessed their feelings for each other.
Next, the two poured out their hearts to each other, explaining their purpose in coming to the far north.
Most of the students at Tianshui Academy, where Shui Bing'er studied, were water and ice attribute spirit masters, and they mostly acquired their spirit rings in the far north.
Of course, not the icy and snowy regions here, but the frost forests outside.
The reason they risked entering the icy and snowy regions this time was because they had learned of a phoenix ice cave there.
It was the final resting place of a 100,000-year-old soul beast, the Ice Phoenix.
For Shui Bing'er, the burial site of the Ice Phoenix was a tremendous stroke of luck, potentially allowing her martial soul to undergo a transformation.
At the very least, she would possess a 100,000-year-old phoenix soul bone.
This intrigued the dean of Tianshui Academy, who was determined to help Shui Bing'er obtain this opportunity.
Therefore, Tianshui Academy organized a team to explore.
They traversed the Frost Forest, arriving in the far north, where they had been exploring for over a month.
Many of their female students had perished.
Finally, two days ago, they found the Phoenix Ice Cave.
However, they never expected the cave to be so fraught with danger.
They encountered ice centipedes as soon as they entered.
The outer perimeter of the cave was already occupied by a swarm of ice centipedes.
These ice centipedes were numerous, including many 10,000-year-old Xuanbing centipedes.
However, the dean of Tianshui Academy was a Soul Douluo-level expert, and there were many Soul Saint-level teachers as well.
They overcame the first obstacle and entered the cave.
"The interior of the ice cave is incredibly spacious, as magnificent as an ice crystal palace, but the further in you go, the more winding it becomes. We
initially thought there was no danger, but the ice cave suddenly extends downwards, and as we entered, an extremely cold force instantly froze us.
Inside that cave, there are dozens of crisscrossing ice pillars.
The Dean said that's Ten-
Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow." "What?
Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow!" Tianmeng exclaimed in Ma Hongjun's mind in shock as soon as Shui Bing'er mentioned it.
Ma Hongjun ignored Tianmeng; he certainly knew the preciousness of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.
Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow—that's the ultimate ice, the purest ice-attribute energy in the world. If
an ice-attribute soul master absorbs this treasure, their martial soul can quickly reach the level of ultimate ice.
"At the time, we were all very excited, thinking we had obtained a treasure. With these ten-thousand
-year-old Xuanbing marrow, even without the Phoenix's Creation, it would have been enough. However, we never expected that a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast was sleeping beneath the Xuanbing marrow.
It only released a little aura, and it injured us all.
After the Dean helped us break the ice seal, he hurriedly led us to escape from the ice cave.
The hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast was also awakened. To stop it, four teachers from the academy stayed behind to cover our retreat.
The Dean led us to escape.
But the four Soul Saint level teachers were no match for it and were quickly frozen into ice sculptures.
The Dean led the rest of us to break through and encountered an attack by ice scorpions.
Under the attack of numerous ice scorpions, we were scattered and had to flee for our lives.
Fortunately, the hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast did not chase after us.
Later, I was chased by ice scorpions for a whole day until I met you."
Shui Bing'er's expression was solemn. The experiences of the past two days had become her nightmare.
Tianshui Academy suffered heavy losses this time, and almost all of its core strength was dead.
Shui Bing'er felt guilty because this entire operation was for her sake.
"Kid, quickly ask her where that place is. We're going to find the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow; it's a treasure! It can quickly restore your Dragon Soul Martial Soul, and even allow it to undergo a transformation."
Tianmeng was still excitedly thinking about the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow. Its current soul state was extremely weak, and it desperately needed to absorb the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow to replenish itself.
The Profound Ice Marrow was a level higher than the Ice Marrow it had previously slumbered with.
Back when it was still a silkworm, if it had fallen into the Xuanbing Marrow, it likely wouldn't have absorbed the nutrients and grown stronger, but would have frozen to death.
Ma Hongjun still ignored Tianmeng and asked Shui Bing'er instead.
"So what are you going to do next?"
Shui Bing'er asked.
"I'm going to find my teachers and the others. I don't know if they're out of danger.
They'll be very worried if they can't find me!"
But after saying that, Shui Bing'er felt a pang of disappointment.
Here, her strength was simply insufficient to find anyone; she even had difficulty dealing with the lowest-level ice centipedes.
She had only come to the far north because of the Dean's honest protection.
Now, how could she find them? With her strength, she would have difficulty even protecting herself.
"Come with me!"
Ma Hongjun said calmly, but he took Shui Bing'er's hand.
Shui Bing'er looked at him with a sudden infatuation.
"Your Dean is quite strong; he shouldn't be in any danger.
With your current strength, you can't do anything alone, and you might even lose your life.
Come with me; we'll stay in this icy region, and I'll protect you."
...
Ma Hongjun led Shui Bing'er, and the two searched for the location of the Phoenix Ice Cave again.
Shui Bing'er had been chased by the swarm of ice centipedes for a whole day and couldn't find their exact location.
The icy land was like a desert, a vast expanse of white.
Fortunately, she remembered the general direction.
Three days later, she finally found the Phoenix Ice Cave.
It was a massive ice mountain range, with icebergs connected together.
The Phoenix Ice Cave was located in a crevice between two mountains.
The icebergs here were incredibly tall; the one Ma Hongjun had landed on was just a small hill compared to these mountains.
The crevice was large, and there were many plants between the walls—plants of the icy region, all with ice and snow attributes:
fir, snow-white grass, and other plants.
The walls were uneven, and many ice centipedes could be seen crawling in the crevice.
This was the ice centipedes' lair.
"We go in from here!"
Shui Bing'er pointed to the cave entrance, still shaken.
"Hongjun, do we really have to go in?"
Shui Bing'er was afraid. Although Ma Hongjun had already shown his martial soul and soul rings, Shui Bing'er was still worried. After all,
it was a 100,000-year-old soul beast,
comparable to a Title Douluo!
Ma Hongjun pulled Shui Bing'er into his arms and said softly,
"Don't be afraid, I'm here. I will definitely help you obtain the Phoenix's Fortune."
Although they were in this frigid far north, the relationship between Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er had rapidly warmed up in the past two days.
When it's cold, you need to stick together.
In fact, the two had known each other for a long time.
After getting to know each other, they both talked about how they couldn't forget each other after their first meeting, and how they regretted not knowing each other then.
So this time, in order to avoid regrets, they had made a vow to each other.
Compared to Huo Wu's smooth journey, Shui Bing'er's experience was much more difficult.
This made Ma Hongjun feel even more pity for her.
Although he hadn't won Shui Bing'er's heart yet, he had already decided to help her obtain this fortune.
"Let's go, I'll take you to explore this ice cave!"
Ma Hongjun took Shui Bing'er's hand and walked towards the ice cave.
Shui Bing'er was initially a little scared and hesitant,
but after being held by Ma Hongjun's firm hand, she immediately felt at ease.
"Even if the outcome is bad, I'll still die with him!"
Shui Bing'er thought sweetly to herself!