Cultivation Begins with Daily Intelligence Reports

324: AffectedThey only attacked, completely fearless of pain or death.

Just as the Temple Gate began to sustain damage, with numerous scars appearing on it.

”Buzz!”

The massive Ice Crystal Gate suddenly burst forth with dazzling blue divine light, and the profound runes on the door panel flowed as if alive.

Immediately after, accompanied by a heavy and ancient roar, countless tiny specks of light appeared on the door panel. These specks rapidly expanded, transforming into oval-shaped light gates.

”Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

Hundreds of figures, like a well-trained army, swarmed out from those light gates.

These figures were not the frenzied Strange Beasts, but humanoid warriors clad in standardized ice crystal armor, holding ice spears or staves, with solemn and cold expressions.

They were well-proportioned, about ten feet tall, sculpted from ice and jade, with eerie blue soul fire burning in their eyes. Their movements were uniform and orderly, exuding a chilling yet powerful aura.

Their energy fluctuations, surprisingly, all reached the Foundation Establishment Stage and even the Golden Core Stage.

Some leaders, dressed in more ornate armor and taller, even exuded Spiritual Pressure close to the Nascent Soul Stage.

As soon as they appeared, they began to attack the frenzied Guardian Strange Beasts.

”It seems these are the people of the Guardian Temple. Although they look very much like the Human Race, they are a size larger than humans. Are they some other race as well?”

Lin Jingyu pondered.

These were the true defensive forces of the Ice and Snow Temple!

They seemed to have been hiding inside the temple all along, only to suddenly emerge when the Guardian Strange Beasts outside began to go mad attacking the Temple Gate, consuming a great deal of Qi in their infighting!

As soon as the Temple Guardians appeared, they displayed excellent tactical prowess.

They did not directly confront the most powerful Guardian Strange Beasts, but instead formed battle formations. Spears were like a forest, staves waved, condensing massive torrents of ice Spells, like a cold metallic storm, precisely and efficiently slaughtering the Guardian Strange Beasts that were wounded or isolated in the melee.

At the same time, they dispatched several small teams, cutting into the battlefield like surgical knives, attempting to divide and encircle the strongest Strange Beast leaders.

The already chaotic battlefield became even more complex and brutal with the addition of this fresh force.

The Guardian Strange Beasts and Temple Guardians clashed, and the explosion of Spell light, the clang of weapons, and the roars and wails of the dying echoed through the sky.

Compared to the death rate of the Guardian Strange Beasts, the Temple Guardians suffered far fewer casualties.

However, even with several Temple Guardian squads surrounding them, those powerful Guardian Strange Beasts did not suffer much.

Occasionally, a Temple Guardian would still be killed by a powerful Guardian Strange Beast.

”Not good!”

A sudden alarm blared in Lin Jingyu’s heart!

The ice prism he was hiding in shattered in the aftermath of an out-of-control Ice Blast Spell, instantly exposing his figure at the edge of the chaotic battlefield.

Almost simultaneously, a Divine Sense full of tyranny and greed instantly locked onto him.

It was a Guardian Strange Beast, resembling a hungry wolf, missing an arm and covered in wounds from the melee.

It clearly regarded Lin Jingyu, who suddenly appeared with a ”weak” aura, as blood food that could be easily devoured to replenish its Origin Qi. Fierce light shot from its crimson eyes, and it transformed into a bloody ice shadow, opening its fanged maw and pouncing towards Lin Jingyu.

A foul wind assaulted him, and the pressure of a Late Stage Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator bore down like a mountain.

There was no escape! A fierce glint flashed in Lin Jingyu’s eyes. Since he couldn’t dodge, he would fight!

”startling thunder sword, unsheath!”

”Clang!” A clear sword cry echoed in a corner of the battlefield.

The startling thunder sword transformed into a purple electric light, growing against the wind. Thunder power erupted, and a sword strike slashed towards the wolf’s head.

”Boom!”

Thunder and ice collided, exploding into a dazzling light.

The hungry wolf Strange Beast had not expected this ”little bug” to possess such offensive power. It was electrocuted and paralyzed, letting out a scream, and its attack stalled.

However, its Foundation Establishment Stage strength was formidable. It shook its head, becoming even more enraged, and the cold air around its body intensified, condensing countless ice thorns, intending to pierce Lin Jingyu.

Just then, another change occurred.

”Form a formation! Ice Prison Cage!”

A cold shout rang out!

A squad of ten Temple Guardians, seemingly noticing the commotion, quickly formed a peculiar battle formation, their spears simultaneously pointing at the hungry wolf Strange Beast.

”Buzz!”

The cold Qi in the heavens and earth was instantly drawn, and countless thick blue ice pillars rapidly condensed around the hungry wolf Strange Beast, intertwining to form a giant cage, temporarily trapping it.

Runes flowed on the ice pillars, exuding powerful restraining force.

The hungry wolf Strange Beast frantically crashed into the ice cage, sending ice shards flying, but it could not break free for a while.

The leader of that Guardian squad turned to look at Lin Jingyu, and in his eerie blue soul fire eyes, a hint of confusion seemed to flash.

He paused for a moment, as if waiting for something, and then a very deep, very faint piece of information appeared in his eyes.

He quickly said something in an ancient and obscure language, and at the same time made a gesture, signaling Lin Jingyu to follow them.

Although Lin Jingyu didn’t understand the language, the meaning of the gesture was clear. These Temple Guardians seemed to be helping him?

Was it because he was an enemy of those frenzied Guardian Strange Beasts? Or for some other reason?

He had no time to ponder, as the battlefield changed in an instant!

Another giant bear Strange Beast, driven to desperation by a Guardian battle formation, furiously spewed a terrifying cold tide containing its vital essence blood towards Lin Jingyu and this squad.

Where the cold tide passed, everything froze, and even space seemed to solidify, its power far exceeding anything before.

”Be careful!” The Guardian squad leader exclaimed, and the battle formation’s light flared, fully defending.

This time, he used the common language of the Human Race, which Lin Jingyu heard clearly.

Lin Jingyu also felt a fatal crisis!

He absolutely could not withstand this cold tide, and it was too late to escape.

Once affected, he would turn into a block of ice.

At this critical moment of life and death, inspiration struck him, and he suddenly pulled out the ice soul stone from the remnant soul of the Frost Prophet.

The Prophet had once said that this stone could temporarily allow him to break through Realm limitations and reach the maximum power he could control.

”I’ll risk it!”

Without hesitation, he fully circulated the Evergreen Art and the Spirit Refining Art, frantically injecting pure spiritual power into the soul stone.

At the same time, he activated the Thunder Origin imprint in his Dantian, wrapping a trace of the most Masculine and unyielding Thunder True Intent around the soul stone.

”Buzz buzz...” The ice soul stone vibrated, and the vast and pure ice-element Soul Power within it was completely activated.

A cool energy, vast as the sea yet carrying a trace of pure guardian Concept, surged into Lin Jingyu’s limbs and bones like a breached flood.

”Boom!”

Lin Jingyu felt as if some barrier within his body had been broken. His aura soared at an astonishing speed, instantly breaking through the Peak of Ninth Level Qi Refining Bottleneck.

A powerful Spiritual Pressure, far exceeding the Qi Refining Stage and carrying a strange ice-thunder fusion Concept, shot up from him into the sky.