At the critical moment, Ge Yuchan swung the dagger, and a White Vine wrapped around the Blood Vine and forcefully pulled it apart.

The Blood Vine withered at a visible speed, as the Grass and Wood Essence Qi within was frantically seized by the White Vine.

"Playing this trick in front of me? You’re still too naive!"

Jiang Yuebai’s cold voice came through, and the group saw the Blood Vine that had just broken through the ice retreat as if startled.

The White Vine beneath Jiang Yuebai’s feet moved even faster, shooting out like lightning to entangle the Blood Vine, forcibly pulling it out from under the ice layer, and crazily absorbing the Grass and Wood Essence Qi within. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Corpses of various kinds in the ice layer quickly grew white fur after thawing, swinging claws to attack the group.

Before Xie Jingshan could draw his sword, a dark shadow swiftly appeared, swinging the blade down, and two zombie heads fell to the ground.

Ge Yuchan traversed between the zombies along the ice wall, leaving trails of afterimages behind, extremely fierce.

A piercing and shrill sound ensued, countless blood-colored insects gathered into a large blood mist, emerging from the ice layer cracks, dispersing and converging, rushing towards the group with a bloody scent.

Yun Shang’s eyes brightened, she took out a bottle while holding a short whistle, blowing a deep and prolonged tune, causing the group of blood insects to stagger and disrupt their formation, with part flying into Yun Shang’s bottle and part struggling to escape.

Seeing this, Xie Jingshan sheepishly sheathed his sword, exchanging a glance with the bewildered Little Hou Dou on his shoulder.

"Can’t intervene here."

Meanwhile, outside in the Ice Valley.

The White Wolf King, seeing the unfavorable situation, turned to flee.

Suddenly, countless Ice Cones thrust upward from underground, catching the White Wolf King off guard, slicing its abdomen; its wolf hair trembled, thousands of needles shot out, breaking the Ice Spikes.

Cold wind rushed against its face, an Ice Prison rose from the ground, completely sealing off the surroundings, the Ice Armor Beetle King fluttered its wings, lightly landing atop the Ice Prison.

"Without some preparation, how dare I let everyone go down together?"

Jiang Yuebai’s voice sounded from behind the White Wolf King, it turned roaring angrily, sound waves stirring the cold air, transforming into ferocious white wolves.

Wind Roll and Clouds Scatter!

Jiang Yuebai’s Crane Feather Avatar exploded, countless feathers crashed into the white wolf pack, spinning and strangling, with white wolves being crushed and vanishing one after another.

The White Wolf King took the chance to escape, blue light flashing on the Ice Armor Beetle King, Ice Spikes continually thrust from beneath the White Wolf King’s feet, dodging swiftly from side to side.

Boom!

The White Wolf King smashed through the Ice Prison, barely having the chance to rejoice, when a faceless female cultivator suddenly appeared ahead, waving her hand.

Numerous White Dragon Small Swords, the length of arms, scattered out, carrying unmatched Sword Intent and heavy pressure, shooting down towards the White Wolf King.

The White Wolf King was horrified, ready to roar, but a faint silver streak flashed into its eyes.

The Silver Luo Needle Thread entwined around its body abruptly tightened, binding its mouth along with its body into a cocoon and crashing heavily to the ground, stirring layers of snowflakes.

Puff puff puff!

Sharp blades pierced flesh, blood splattered, the White Wolf King whimpered, severed from its lifeline by the White Dragon Small Sword, dying a pitiless death.

The Sword Sky Puppet quickly maneuvered, controlling the White Dragon Small Sword to stabilize the White Wolf King’s Demon Core and Demon Soul.

The Sword Sky Puppet was the third to emerge from the gourd, with the remaining Condensing Light Mirror and ruler still incubating inside, yet to hatch.

The puppet’s form was identical to Jiang Yuebai’s, though maintaining a faceless appearance.

Additionally, after undergoing near-Lifebound Magic Treasure refining in the Ruyi Treasure Gourd and nurturing into a Spiritual Artifact, Jiang Yuebai manipulated it by merely splitting a Divine Thought, using it within her Divine Sense’s range with the utmost precision, without needing Silk Control Technique.

The puppet came with black Dragon Scale Armor, its embedded Fire Dragon Small Sword transforming into a White Dragon Small Sword under the influence of Winged Dragon Essence Blood, bearing the Spiritual nature of Green Cicada, effortlessly controlling ninety-nine Child Swords through the Mother Sword.

If there’s a downside, it’s that the puppet’s wig was too fragile, unable to withstand the aftermath of intense battles, often ending up looking like a chewed dog hairstyle, or bald.

That’s also why she didn’t mold the puppet’s face to resemble her own, it’d be too awkward if it turned bald.

"Need to find some resilient materials later and refine a Magic Treasure wig for the puppet."

Below in the ice cave, the battle had already ended.

All zombies were beheaded by Ge Yuchan, all blood-colored insects were dealt with by Yun Shang, and all Undying Vines were plundered and withered by Jiang Yuebai.

Xie Jingshan stood there bewildered, unsure what to do.

"Lend a hand here, dig downwards, the Undying Vine’s root is underneath."

Jiang Yuebai tapped her foot, indicating for Xie Jingshan to dig down.

"Sure!"

Having a task brightened up Xie Jingshan, but just as he drew the Huo Dou Sword to begin digging, he felt something was off; he, a dignified Golden Core Sword Cultivator, tasked with digging a hole?

Woof!

Little Hou Dou barked while swinging its flaming claws, digging vigorously, scattering ice shards everywhere.

Xie Jingshan:......

Jiang Yuebai checked on Ge Yuchan and Yun Shang, finding them without major issues, she proceeded to inspect the corpses from earlier; upon closer inspection, she realized the face had changed, it was completely unfamiliar, not Qing Nangzi from North Sea.

Did she see it wrong?

Jiang Yuebai further checked the heads of other zombies around, examining each carefully, finding none with any resemblance to Qing Nangzi, apart from those belonging to beasts.

"Yun Shang, what did you mean by Life Revival Gu earlier?" Jiang Yuebai asked.

Yun Shang was squat beside a zombie’s head, wearing Ice Silk Gloves, using a special tweezer to extract a peanut-sized, entirely purple, soft and liquid-like worm from the skull, quickly placing it into a Glazed Bottle emitting Talismanic Light.

Ge Yuchan curiously leaned over to ask, "What is that?"

Yun Shang blushed lightly, smiling with her eyes, "This is the Life Revival Gu’s Child Worm, while the Mother Worm is implanted in the Soul. From a person’s Soul, Child Worms are nurtured, which can then be implanted in beings whose fate aligns with theirs. As long as the Mother Worm remains intact, revival can continually occur within the bodies hosting Child Worms."

"However, this comes at a great cost, draining Cultivation and Soul Power, with the body rapidly decaying necessitating frequent replacements, requiring the consumption of abundant Souls to sustain Soul Power, otherwise, when Soul Power is exhausted, both the Mother Worm dies and the Soul perishes."

Jiang Yuebai furrowed her brows, "Through the Child Worm in your hand, can the Mother Worm’s trail be tracked?"

Yun Shang shook her head, "Only the Mother Worm can locate the Child Worm, while the Child Worm cannot trace the Mother Worm."

"Search for anything of value and let’s head out quickly; I’ve already dealt with the White Wolf King, it’s just outside."

Finishing her words, Xie Jingshan turned surprised, "When did you deal with the White Wolf King?"

"Just now."

Xie Jingshan’s eyes widened like an ox, his mouth moved before resuming digging.

Yun Shang collected the Life Revival Gu Child Worms, with Xie Jingshan excavating the weakened Undying Vine Root from below, Jiang Yuebai divided it into four portions, one for each person.

This item springs to life upon contact with blood and is easy to sustain; Xie Jingshan mentioned it’s rare outside, and definitely valuable.

Most importantly, Jiang Yuebai was keen on the Undying Vine’s life-extending trait, intending to graft some onto her own White Vine.

Jiang Yuebai saw Ge Yuchan requesting Little Green’s help in breaking up surrounding Ten Thousand Years Mystic Ice for collection, she also asked Little Green to break more to store within Lotus Platform Cave Heaven.

Little Green furiously crashed into ice mountains; Jiang Yuebai advanced with the others, checking that Yun Shang had inspected the White Wolf King’s corpse, discovering the Child Worm’s carcass within its skull.

Once the Child Worm was extracted, the White Wolf King’s body rapidly decomposed, its Soul dissipating, while the Demon Core shriveled and dulled.

Jiang Yuebai pondered momentarily and told the group, "It’s better to inform Vajra Platform of what’s happened here, I’ll send my master a message to come and see; he’s been chasing Qing Nangzi, and I feel I didn’t initially see wrong."

The group nodded in agreement.

"Xie Jingshan and I are headed to the Extraordinary People Country, what are your plans?"

Yun Shang and Ge Yuchan exchanged glances, with Yun Shang replying, "I actually want to visit the Extraordinary People Country too, but crossing Thunder Marsh would be challenging with my current cultivation."

Ge Yuchan considered briefly, "I want to hunt Thunder Beasts at the outskirts of Thunder Marsh, they move swiftly and can help hone my Body Technique Martial Skills."

"Then let’s go together, deciding further plans upon reaching Thunder Marsh." Jiang Yuebai said.