The Legend of the Princess' Counterattack

Chapter 447: Polar Ice Field - Survival from Desperate Situation

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen reorganized themselves a bit, and then resolutely headed towards the Arctic ice field. Along the way, the cold wind whistled, scraping across their cheeks like a knife, and the two had to use their spiritual power to form a protective barrier around their bodies to resist the biting cold.

When you reach the edge of the ice field, you will see a silvery white world with huge icebergs standing in a disorderly manner, shining coldly under the refraction of sunlight. The ice layer on the ground is several feet thick. If you are not careful, you will fall into the hidden ice cracks and there is no way back.

Yun Yao tightened her cloak and looked into the distance with a determined look: "Chen, this ice field is full of dangers, we must be careful." Chu Mochen nodded slightly, took a step forward, and protected Yun Yao behind him: "Yao'er, follow me closely."

As they stepped into the depths of the ice field, the temperature dropped frighteningly low. Even the water vapor in the air instantly condensed into ice chips, which fell to the ground. The two's vision became blurred by the snow and wind, and they could only move forward cautiously relying on their keen perception.

Suddenly, a dull roar was heard, and the ground shook violently. Yun Yao's face changed: "Oh no, it's an ice beast!" As soon as she finished speaking, a white beast as tall as a mountain broke through the ice. It was covered with hard ice armor. Every time it moved, the ice cracked. A pair of blood-red eyes stared at the two of them, and the cold air from its mouth instantly froze everything around it into ice sculptures.

Chu Mochen quickly drew his sword, and the spiritual power on the sword surged, shining brightly: "Yao'er, you look for an opportunity to attack its weakness, I will divert its attention!" After that, he flashed and rushed towards the beast, the long sword in his hand made a series of sharp sword flowers, and stabbed the beast's leg fiercely. The beast felt pain and roared angrily, and swung its huge claws towards Chu Mochen, and the ice layer was lifted several feet high wherever it passed.

Yun Yao did not dare to neglect it. While Chu Mochen was restraining the beast, she carefully observed the beast's body with her sharp eyes. Finally, she found a piece of ice on the neck of the beast that was slightly lighter in color. That must be its weakness. Yun Yao took a deep breath, mobilized the spiritual power in her body and gathered it in her palm, forming a dazzling spiritual power ball, and then used the force to jump up and threw it at the neck of the beast with all her strength.

The spiritual power ball hit the target accurately, making a loud noise. The ice layer at the neck of the giant beast exploded, splashing ice chips all over the sky. It shook its head in pain, and its attack slowed down. Seeing this, Chu Mochen seized the opportunity, raised his body, and stabbed the long sword in his hand into the crack of the ice layer above the giant beast's head, stirring it vigorously. The giant beast fell to the ground with a bang, stirring up a snow mist, and was completely motionless.

Both of them were panting, and their spiritual energy was greatly consumed. Yun Yao looked pale, and leaned on Chu Mochen: "Fortunately... we won." Chu Mochen supported her distressedly: "Rest for a while and recover some spiritual energy."

After a while, they continued to move forward. Not long after they went, they encountered a new crisis. The ice in front of them suddenly collapsed, forming a huge ice lake. The lake water was icy cold and emitted a faint blue light. Huge whirlpools surged on the lake surface from time to time, which was obviously dangerous.

"It seems we can only fly over there." Yun Yao said, and used the flying magic weapon. However, just as the two flew over the lake, several huge ice dragons rushed out of the lake. They were winding, and their scales were flashing with cold light. Their mouths were wide open, and they spewed out ice spikes, which shot towards Yun Yao and Chu Mochen.

Chu Mochen quickly swung his sword to smash the ice spikes one by one, but there were so many ice dragons and their attacks were endless. Yun Yao was anxious, and she suddenly had an idea. She took out some fire-attributed spirit crystals from her storage ring and threw them at the ice dragons. At the same time, she exerted force on her palms to detonate the spirit crystals with her spiritual power.

"Boom boom boom!" A burst of explosions sounded, and the ice dragon was enveloped in flames, roaring in pain. Taking advantage of this gap, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen accelerated to fly across the ice lake and successfully reached the other side.

After getting ashore, Yun Yao staggered, her spiritual power almost exhausted. Chu Mochen supported her, frowning: "Yao'er, hold on a little longer, the artifact should be nearby."

The two searched hard on the ice field, and finally, at the foot of an ancient iceberg, they found an ice cave emitting a faint blue light. Yun Yao's eyes flashed with surprise: "Maybe the artifact is inside!"

Walking into the ice cave, it was freezing cold, with ice ridges hanging all over the cave walls, like a crystal palace. Deep in the cave, there was a stone platform, on which was placed a crystal clear ice sword, which emitted a mysterious blue light, and the surrounding air was condensed into frost due to its coldness.

"This is the artifact!" Yun Yao walked forward excitedly and stretched out her hand to take it. However, the moment her fingertips touched the ice sword, the temperature in the ice cave dropped sharply, and countless ice spikes pierced out from the top and wall of the cave, attacking the two.

Chu Mochen pulled Yun Yao back and waved the sword in his hand to resist the ice spikes. But the ice spikes were increasing and were about to submerge them. Yun Yao was anxious and suddenly remembered a defensive magic weapon that the system had rewarded before. She quickly took it out from the storage ring, injected spiritual power into it, and instantly formed a transparent shield around the two of them.

The ice spikes hit the shield, making crackling sounds, and the shield was about to fall. Yun Yao gritted her teeth and persisted, continuously outputting spiritual power to maintain the shield. Just when the ice spikes' attack slowed down, she seized the opportunity and rushed to the stone platform again, ignoring the cold erosion of the ice sword, and tightly grasped the hilt with both hands.

In an instant, the ice sword emitted a strong light, and the ice spikes in the cave turned into powder. Yun Yao successfully captured the artifact. She was ecstatic and turned to look at Chu Mochen: "Chen, we found it!"

Chu Mochen was also pleased, and walked forward to hold Yun Yao's hand: "Yao'er, thank you for your hard work. Next, we have to hurry to the South China Sea Abyss."

After a short rest, the two of them took the magic weapons and rushed towards the abyss of the South China Sea without stopping. They knew that every minute and every second was related to the survival of the sect. They must race against time to collect all the magic weapons before the evil creatures get out of control completely and save the sect from the water and fire.

After leaving the ice field, the two headed south, sleeping in the open. On the way, Yun Yao became increasingly weak due to excessive consumption of spiritual power and the cold air of the ice field, and she often fell into a coma. Chu Mochen was extremely anxious, and whenever he arrived at a place to stay, he took good care of her, using his own spiritual power to warm her meridians and help her recover.

One day, Yun Yao fainted again when they were walking in a dense forest. Chu Mochen found a cave, put her down gently, and prepared to make a fire to keep her warm. But just as he was collecting dry firewood, a rustling sound came from the forest, as if something was approaching.

Chu Mochen clenched his sword vigilantly and looked around. He saw a group of black shadows rushing out of the woods. They were actually a group of third-level monsters - Shadow Wolves. They were agile and fast, with bloodthirsty light flashing in their eyes, and they surrounded Chu Mochen in a fan shape.

Chu Mochen knew that he couldn't retreat at this time. If he was entangled by these monsters, Yun Yao would be in a desperate situation. He took a deep breath, and his spiritual power burst out instantly. A blazing flame ignited on the sword, and he took the initiative to attack the wolf pack.

"Awooo--" The leading wolf king let out a long howl and pounced on Chu Mochen first. Chu Mochen dodged to the side and swung his sword at the wolf king's neck. The wolf king reacted quickly and rolled in the air to avoid the fatal blow. Then he opened his bloody mouth and bit Chu Mochen's arm.

Chu Mochen did not retreat but advanced, with spiritual power surging in his arms, resisting the attack of the wolf king, and at the same time kicked the wolf king in the abdomen, kicking it away. Seeing this, the other shadow wolves pounced on him, and for a while, Chu Mochen was in a tough fight.

He was agile and moved freely among the wolves. Every time he swung his sword, it brought with it a powerful spiritual force, harvesting the lives of the monsters. But there were so many shadow wolves, and he gradually had more wounds on his body, and his clothes were stained with blood.

Just when Chu Mochen was exhausted, Yun Yao called out from inside the cave: "Chen——" It turned out that Yun Yao had sensed that Chu Mochen was in danger while unconscious, and she forced herself to wake up. She saw the scene outside the cave, and was extremely anxious. Regardless of her weak body, she staggered out of the cave, offered up a magic weapon in her hand, and attacked the wolves.

With Yun Yao's help, Chu Mochen's pressure was reduced. The two of them worked back to back and cooperated with each other, and finally killed all the shadow wolves.

Yun Yao hurried to Chu Mochen's side, looked at the wound on his body, her eyes reddened: "Chen, you are injured..." Chu Mochen gently wiped away the tears from her eyes: "I'm fine, Yao'er, as long as you are well."

The two simply treated their wounds, took a short rest, and then set out on their journey again. After going through untold hardships, they finally arrived at the coast of the South China Sea. Looking at the turbulent sea, Yun Yao felt a surge of pride in her heart: "Chen, the artifact must be under this abyss, we will definitely find it!"

Chu Mochen held her hand and nodded firmly: "With you here, nothing is impossible."

The two of them took a special diving magic weapon and slowly dived into the seabed. As the depth increased, the water pressure became greater and greater, and it was pitch black all around. Only the faint light emitted by the magic weapon could barely illuminate the way ahead. Undercurrents surged in the seabed, and huge sea beasts swam by from time to time. They noticed the outsiders and showed curiosity and vigilance in their eyes.

Suddenly, a strong suction force came from below, and Yun Yao's face changed: "It's the whirlpool in the South China Sea abyss, be careful!" The two of them tried desperately to control the magic weapon, trying to break free from the whirlpool, but the suction force was too strong. The magic weapon gradually lost control and fell rapidly towards the center of the whirlpool.

At this critical moment, Yun Yao suddenly remembered a water control technique that the system had taught her. She quickly practiced the technique and formed seals with her hands, trying to disrupt the water flow with her spiritual power and weaken the suction of the vortex. Chu Mochen also fully cooperated and injected his own spiritual power into Yun Yao's body to help her.

With the concerted efforts of the two, they finally got rid of the whirlpool's control, and the magic weapon stabilized beside a reef on the seabed. Yun Yao breathed a sigh of relief: "That was a close call..."

Before they could recover, the surrounding seawater suddenly glowed with a strange red light, and a group of red monsters resembling octopuses rushed towards them with their fangs and claws bared. Each of these monsters had tentacles several feet long and covered with sharp suction cups. Once entangled, the consequences would be disastrous.

Chu Mochen took the lead, and the long sword in his hand turned into a stream of light, cutting off several tentacles. But there were too many monsters, and they surrounded them again in a blink of an eye. Yun Yao's eyes focused, and he took out some thunder attribute spirit crystals from the storage ring and detonated them with spiritual power.

"Boom boom boom!" A burst of thunder sounded at the bottom of the sea, and a powerful electric current instantly spread in the sea water, paralyzing the red monster and making it unable to move. The two took the opportunity to break through and continued to swim towards the depths of the abyss.

After an unknown amount of time, they found an ancient ruin at the bottom of the abyss. The door of the ruin was tightly closed, and it was engraved with mysterious runes, exuding an ancient and mysterious atmosphere. Yun Yao's heart moved: "The artifact may be inside."

The two worked together, infusing the runes with spiritual power, and tried to open the door. With a flash of light, the door slowly opened, and a long-forgotten breath rushed in.

Walking into the ruins, it was eerie and quiet. Various strange underwater treasures were placed on both sides of the passage, but the two had no intention of viewing them and went straight to the center of the ruins. On a stone platform, there was a sea pearl emitting a faint glow. There seemed to be ocean power surging in the sea pearl. It was the second artifact they had been looking for.

Yun Yao carefully picked up the sea pearl. At this moment, a sharp alarm suddenly sounded in the ruins. Then, the ground began to shake violently and the surrounding walls slowly closed, obviously triggering the mechanism in the ruins.

Chu Mochen looked around and found a vent above his head. He picked up Yun Yao, performed the flying technique, and flew towards the vent. At the critical moment, the two successfully got out of the vent and escaped from the ruins.

With the two artifacts, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen happily rushed to the sect. Along the way, they took the time to recover their spiritual power and discussed how to find the last artifact. Although the road ahead was still difficult, they firmly believed that as long as they worked together, they would be able to collect the artifacts, save the sect, and protect their common home.

After returning to the sect, the two did not stop, and immediately summoned the elders of the sect to tell them about their experience in finding the artifact. Everyone was deeply moved after hearing it. Afterwards, they studied ancient books together, trying to find the whereabouts of the last artifact.

After several days of searching, they finally found a clue in a long-forgotten ancient book. It turned out that the last artifact was called "Chaos Spirit Cauldron", which was once a magical alchemy tool used by a powerful ancient man. It was lost in a war and was said to have appeared in a mysterious misty forest.

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen looked at each other, their eyes full of determination: "There is no time to lose, let's set off now."

The two set out on their journey again, heading towards the Misty Forest. Along the way, they were filled with worry about the safety of their sect and their desire to find the last artifact. After going through countless hardships and obstacles, they finally arrived at this mysterious Misty Forest.

The forest entrance was filled with fog, and visibility was extremely low. Yun Yao used her spiritual power to try to disperse the fog, but she found that the fog was like a spirit, and it quickly gathered again after being dispersed.

"This fog is a bit strange, let's be careful." Chu Mochen reminded.

The two of them slowly stepped into the forest, and from time to time they heard strange noises, like the roar of an animal or the sound of the wind. As they walked, Yun Yao suddenly felt empty under her feet. She had stepped on a trap and was instantly suspended by a huge vine net.

"Yao'er!" Chu Mochen exclaimed, and quickly swung his sword to cut off the vines and rescued Yun Yao. But before they could gain a firm foothold, a group of ghostly black shadows jumped out of the mist and attacked them.

These shadows were extremely fast, their bodies were erratic, and the weapons in their hands flashed with cold light. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen stood back to back, using all their strength to fight them. With the special skills given by the system, Yun Yao was able to briefly see through the shadows' movements. She reminded Chu Mochen from time to time, and the two cooperated tacitly and gradually stabilized their position.

During the battle, Yun Yao discovered that these shadows seemed to be controlled by the mist. As long as the mist was dispelled, their movements would slow down. So, she took out a wind attribute magic weapon from her storage ring and activated it with all her strength. For a moment, a strong wind blew, dispersing some of the mist and weakening the shadows' offensive.

The two seized the opportunity, increased their attack strength, and finally eliminated the group of shadows. Continuing to go deeper into the forest, they encountered various strange monsters and weird traps, but relying on mutual trust and tacit understanding, they escaped danger again and again.

Finally, they found a dilapidated hut in a valley deep in the forest. In front of the hut was a stone platform, on which sat an antique bronze tripod. The body of the tripod was engraved with mysterious runes, and there was a faint flow of chaotic energy between the runes. It was the "Chaos Spirit Tripod" they had been searching for.

Yun Yao's eyes were red with excitement. She walked forward slowly and reached out to touch the spirit tripod. At the moment her fingertips touched the spirit tripod, a soft light enveloped her, and the spirit tripod made a slight humming sound, as if it was resonating with her.

"Chen, we found it..." Yun Yao's voice trembled.

Chu Mochen stepped forward quickly, and stretched out his hands with Yun Yao, tightly grasping the spirit tripod. In an instant, a powerful force surged into their bodies like a torrent, as if to drown them.

This power was vast and profound, carrying an ancient aura that shocked them. Chu Mochen could feel the endless energy contained in the spirit cauldron, which seemed to resonate with the spiritual power in his body and blend with each other.

Yun Yao's feelings were similar to Chu Mochen's. She was surprised to find that the power in the spirit cauldron was so strong, far beyond her imagination. She took a deep breath, trying to calm her inner excitement, and felt the flow of this power together with Chu Mochen.

At this moment, they finally gathered the three artifacts, and the joy in their hearts was beyond words. These three artifacts represented their hope to save the sect, and also carried the expectations of countless people.

The two did not dare to delay for even a moment, and hurriedly set out on their journey home with the three artifacts. Along the way, they were extremely anxious, wishing they could fly back to the sect immediately to use this powerful force to dispel the evil spirits and save the sect from danger.

Finally, they returned to the sect. The disciples in the sect had already heard the news of their return, and they rushed out of the sect to welcome them. However, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen did not stay for too long, they ran straight to the place where the spiritual vein was.

There, evil creatures were still rampant, and the sect's crisis had not been resolved. Standing in front of the spirit vein, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen looked at each other, their eyes revealing great determination. They knew that the next battle would be extremely difficult, but they were not afraid, because they held the hope of saving the sect.