Chapter 704: Ice and Snow World

First Tang Yuan, and then Hai Xunyi, had both been defeated by Jiang Chen.

This outcome, it could be said, had far exceeded everyone’s expectations.

Tang Yuan was in a daze.

Hai Xunyi was naturally grinding his teeth in frustration, but for the moment, there was nothing he could do to Jiang Chen.

He could only sit there and glare helplessly.

Aside from them, Ao Xi, the Princess of the Snow Kingdom, was gaping in surprise.

It seemed she also hadn’t expected Jiang Chen to be so dominant.

After a moment’s thought, she suddenly took a few steps forward.

She stopped in front of Jiang Chen.

She sized him up. “To think the Fire Sparrow Kingdom has someone like you. Truly remarkable.”

“Very well. You’ve defeated Tang Yuan and Hai Xunyi. In that case, I, Ao Xi, will spar with you next.”

Ao Xi felt indignant seeing Jiang Chen, with his Martial Arts Sect Third Heaven Cultivation, defeat Hai Xunyi.

After all, everyone present was a genius from their respective Kingdom. Which one of them wasn’t brimming with pride?

None of them would submit to another.

Now that Jiang Chen had displayed such extraordinary strength, Ao Xi was even more convinced that she couldn’t possibly lose to him and decided to test her skills against his.

Jiang Chen knew that after defeating Tang Yuan and Hai Xunyi, not only Ao Xi but even Tian Ci would likely make a move.

He had long been prepared for their challenges.

Without any hesitation, he nodded. “In that case, it would be rude to refuse.”

Ao Xi smiled.

“Then watch closely.”

With that, Ao Xi suddenly waved her hand.

She muttered under her breath, “Ice and Snow World.”

With a casual gesture, the entire fifth floor was instantly plunged into a frigid environment, as if transported to a world of ice and snow.

A cold wind began to howl.

The biting, frosty wind whipped through the area.

At the same time, as Ao Xi reached out her hand, white snowflakes materialized out of thin air, fluttering and dancing in the sky.

It was an eerie sight. Ao Xi’s Divine Techniques were exceedingly strange.

This was the Snow Kingdom’s strongest Divine Technique, the Ice and Snow World.

Once the Ice and Snow World Divine Technique was unleashed, the world would transform into a realm of ice.

Freezing all of creation.

Under Ao Xi’s control, the ice and snow surged toward Jiang Chen as the cold wind shrieked.

It sounded like the wailing of ghosts and howling of wolves.

Jiang Chen glanced sideways. He had long known about the Snow Kingdom’s Divine Techniques, but he hadn’t expected them to be this powerful.

He stood his ground, instantly finding himself within the world of ice and snow.

He was about to be sealed in endless ice.

The chilling air pierced his bones, and his muscles stiffened in the frigid wind.

Even when Jiang Chen circulated his Cultivation Power, he couldn’t dispel the cold.

A shiver ran through his entire body.

The world in his eyes had become one of ice—a true Ice and Snow World.

‘Interesting.’

‘But this little trick isn’t enough to trap me.’

The corners of Jiang Chen’s mouth curved upward.

A fan quickly appeared in his hand—the Divine Wind Fan.

The white Divine Wind Fan almost blended in perfectly with the surroundings, becoming one with them.

Jiang Chen’s Divine Wind Fan was inherently of the Cold Attribute.

As such, this Ice and Snow World posed little actual threat to him.

Holding the Divine Wind Fan, he waved it once toward the icy world.

CHIRP… CHIRP…

Suddenly, a clear cry echoed from within the Divine Wind Fan.

The next moment, a white figure spread its wings and flew out of the fan.

The Divine Wind Fan was one of Jiang Chen’s Spiritual Treasures.

Spiritual Treasures possessed spirits; in other words, they contained an Artifact Spirit.

The existence of an Artifact Spirit was what set Spiritual Treasures apart.

And within Jiang Chen’s Divine Wind Fan was a trace of an Ice Phoenix’s will.

Now, with a wave from Jiang Chen, that will of the Ice Phoenix suddenly flew out.

In an instant, it soared into the nine heavens, transforming into a hundred-zhang-tall Ice Phoenix Divine Bird.

Immediately, Jiang Chen, holding the Divine Wind Fan, flew up, landed on the back of the Ice Phoenix Divine Bird, and rode it across the nine heavens.

“Devour,” Jiang Chen commanded the Ice Phoenix Divine Bird.

At that moment, the Ice Phoenix opened its beak and began to devour all the ice and snow of the Ice and Snow World.

The endless ice, snow, and frigid qi were instantly swallowed into the Ice Phoenix’s body.

Meanwhile, the Divine Wind Fan in Jiang Chen’s hand suddenly pulsed, its aura growing stronger and stronger.

Back in the tavern, because Ao Xi had cast her Ice and Snow World, the others could no longer see Jiang Chen.

Only Ao Xi could clearly see Jiang Chen within her domain.

Her jaw dropped in disbelief.

‘This…’

‘How is this possible?’

‘How could he have such an ability?’

‘Is that a Frozen Divine Beast?’

Ao Xi was stunned, her body trembling slightly.

She had thought her Ice and Snow World could trap Jiang Chen, but she never imagined he would be riding an Ice Phoenix Divine Beast, soaring through the nine heavens within her domain.

At the same time, the Ice Phoenix Divine Bird was continuously devouring her Divine Technique.

Her Ice and Snow World’s power was weakening frantically as the Ice Phoenix Bird consumed it.

Ao Xi even felt that after this Ice Phoenix Divine Bird finished devouring her Ice and Snow World, it would start devouring the Divine Technique within her own body.

The thought terrified her.

‘Damn it, this kid is just outrageously bizarre!’

Seeing this, Ao Xi hurriedly tried to retract her Ice and Snow World Divine Technique.

But the next moment, a violent tremor ran through her body.

Her Ice and Snow World seemed to have long since slipped from her control, completely enveloped by the divine might of Jiang Chen’s Ice Phoenix Divine Bird.

In such a situation, Ao Xi was completely unable to retract her Divine Technique.

The Ice Phoenix Bird’s devouring was accelerating, and it felt as if the entire Ice and Snow World was about to be consumed.

‘I underestimated him.’

In that instant, Ao Xi made a decision.

She instantly gritted her teeth, having no choice but to forcibly sever her connection to the Ice and Snow World Divine Technique.

“Sever!”

With her low cry, the Ice and Snow World was forcibly disconnected from her.

However, the consequence of severing a Divine Technique like this was a backlash.

She suffered a backlash.

Her body trembled violently as crimson blood continuously trickled from the corners of her mouth.

PFFT!

Suddenly, the frigid air dissipated. All that could be seen was Jiang Chen, standing motionless in his original spot, holding a white fan.

His aura was normal, as if nothing had happened.

Despite having broken Ao Xi’s Divine Technique, Jiang Chen felt no particular emotional stir.

Instead, his eyes glowed with a divine light as he stared intently at the Divine Wind Fan in his hand.

This Divine Wind Fan could be considered a Supreme-Grade Spiritual Treasure.

But Jiang Chen knew that it had the potential to become an Immortal Artifact—a transcendent Immortal Artifact at that.

Due to his limited resources when he first refined it, the Divine Wind Fan’s grade had been lowered.

But now, he had discovered a fact that unsettled even him.

If there was a source of endless frigid qi that could be absorbed into the Divine Wind Fan, it could successfully advance into an Immortal Artifact.

However, this would require an environment of extreme cold.

Alternatively, finding some natural treasures of the Cold Attribute could also cause his Divine Wind Fan to evolve.

‘Not bad. It seems I’ve gained quite a bit this time.’

‘I will definitely find a Cold Attribute treasure.’

Jiang Chen looked forward to the moment the Divine Wind Fan successfully advanced into an Immortal Artifact. Its power would likely be terrifying.

A single wave of the fan would be enough to send an opponent flying a hundred and eight thousand li.