I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield - Chapter 560 - 452: Eerie Ice Lake and Lake Monster

Chapter 560: Chapter 452: Eerie Ice Lake and Lake Monster

Crack~

Soul Power, like an invisible blade, forcibly stripped and shattered Batub’s soul, turning it into tiny light fragments that continuously poured into Qin Tian’s mind.

The torrent of complex information crashed into his sea of consciousness like tidal waves, with countless images and data rapidly flashing through his mind.

Qin Tian stood still and closed his eyes. About two minutes later, he slowly opened them.

At the same time, a dark flame ignited out of thin air on Batub’s body. Within just three breaths, Batub and his armor were burned into a pile of ashes, swept away by the cold wind, dispersing over the ice field.

“Indeed, quite interesting.”

Qin Tian’s eyes glinted.

From Batub’s memory, it appeared that the cold iron vein remains undiscovered until now, but they stumbled upon an unusual place during their search.

He raised his head and looked into the distance. Combining the coordinates in his memory, he roughly locked in his target. Then, he raised his hand and sketched in the air, opening a Void Gate.

He stepped in, his figure instantly disappearing into the wind and snow.

Swish!

A fluctuation in space flashed by, and Qin Tian appeared on a silent ice field, with a lake approximately ten meters in diameter at his feet.

“This is the place.”

Qin Tian looked down at the lake surface, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Mingwang Planet’s surface temperature remains below minus dozens of degrees Celsius all year round. Liquid water is extremely rare, and this lake not only hadn’t frozen over, but also had gentle ripples—a bizarre occurrence in itself.

Even more peculiar was that when he raised his hand and held it parallel above the lake surface, there was no reflection visible on the calm water.

He recalled the details from Batub’s memory: Batub and his group, while searching for an iron-eating ice lizard, accidentally passed this ice field and saw the strange non-frozen lake from afar.

Out of cautiousness, they didn’t approach rashly, but sent a team member to investigate.

The team member, wearing heavy cold-weather gear, carefully extended a finger and gently touched the lake surface.

Yet, at that light touch, a sudden mutation occurred—

The team member’s fingertips instantly formed a layer of white frost, with cold air visibly spreading along his fingers. Within two seconds, it had covered his entire arm, even penetrating the cold-weather gear and spreading to his torso.

Upon seeing this, Batub immediately stepped forward, channeling Spiritual Energy to attempt dispersing the cold from the team member’s body.

But it was too late; within merely two seconds, the Tier Four Spiritualist was entirely frozen into a lifelike ice sculpture, with even the fear in his pupils permanently etched into place, devoid of life.

From that moment, Batub concluded that the lake was an exceedingly dangerous and eerie place.

Still, after discussing with Calron, they subtly felt that such an abnormal phenomenon must conceal a special reason.

Perhaps it was some Heavenly Material or Earthly Treasure containing extreme cold power, or maybe a rare Spirit Plant.

After their discussion, they decided not to report this immediately to Inzaghi Luoho and first investigate it themselves, thinking that if they found any treasures, it would be a unique opportunity for the Xue Dao Battle Group.

If they truly couldn’t handle it, reporting it would not be too late.

Considering the danger of human exploration, they specially ordered several detectors made of cold iron essence ore.

These detectors could resist extreme cold and transmit underwater images through the water body.

Yet, who could have guessed that before the detectors were delivered, the entire Xue Dao Battle Group was annihilated.

Qin Tian slowly crouched down, a wisp of dark flame coiling around his fingertip. He gently raised his hand, letting the black flame suspend above the lake surface. The next moment, his fingertip slightly dipped, and the black flame touched the lake water.

“Sizzle—”

Unexpectedly, the dark flame did not engulf the cold air as usual but was instead repelled half a step by the chill emanating from the lake surface, its edges even subtly covered with a fine layer of white frost. The faint sound echoed clearly in the silent ice field.

Qin Tian’s eyes flickered with an unusual hue.

He withdrew his hand, causing the dark flame on his fingertip to extinguish quietly—this lake water was certainly not purely low-temperature; the freezing power within carried an eerie penetrative force. At the moment of contact between the flame and lake water, he faintly sensed that the cold seemed capable of permeating the flame, subtly invading the soul.

After contemplating for a moment, Qin Tian directly extended his right hand toward the lake surface.

As his fingertip just touched the lake water, a chill far exceeding expectations drilled in through his fingers into the body, like countless ice needles extending through the veins. Wherever they traveled, a layer of crystal-clear ice instantly formed on the skin surface, even the blood flow seemingly slowed down slightly.

More strangely, the chill carried an invasion at the soul level, producing a numbing sensation in his sea of consciousness, as if a thin layer of ice was wrapping his soul.

Yet, Qin Tian’s face showed no sign of panic. His Qi and Blood surged like magma, instantly building a defense in his meridians to counter the invading cold.

Meanwhile, his Spiritual Wisdom Divine Authority talent subtly activated, casting a faint golden light over his sea of consciousness, thoroughly dispelling the negative chill attempting to entangle his soul.

“Not too bad.”

Qin Tian muttered to himself, feeling the struggle within him.

This freezing power was indeed formidable; had it been an ordinary Tier Six Spiritualist, they might not even withstand several breaths before being frozen into an irrecoverable ice sculpture.

But possessing the Immortal Sacred Body, along with the dual resistance attributed by numerous talents to both soul and flesh, such chill could hardly harm him.

Still, to be on the safe side, Qin Tian sank his mind into the Talent Reclamation Station, and soon, he chose an Ice Element purple talent.

With a thought, the talent fused with his being.

[Name] Celestial Frost Ice Body (Purple)

[Type] Composite Talent

[Introduction] Your mastery over Ice Element has reached its peak, able to condense Celestial Frost Power. Attacks carry paralysis and deceleration effects, ice resistance increased to 600%, additionally, you possess the following abilities: