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Chapter 33 Ice Heart Tempering Orchid

Zhao Yuan was led away from the hunting grounds by the disciples in charge and returned to the viewing platform.

Seeing that he was injured but breathing steadily, Yang Wei breathed a sigh of relief. After dismissing the others, he asked in a deep voice what had happened.

Zhao Yuan briefly recounted how Wu Xiao besieged the area and Liang Cheng appeared to rescue them. When he mentioned that Liang Cheng had pursued Zhou Hu into the core area, Yang Wei's expression darkened.

"Nonsense!" A complex look flashed in his eyes. He knew that Zhou Hu would take risks to break through to the Transformation Realm, but he did not expect that Liang Cheng would follow without hesitation.

After a moment of silence, he waved his hand and said, "Never mind, since it was his own decision, no one can be blamed. Take good care of yourself and recover."

"Remember, pretend you know nothing about Wu Xiao's matter. Fortunately, Liang Cheng is steady and took you away from the scene, so no one will know that you were the ones who did it."

However, after leaving the house, his gaze couldn't help but drift towards the core area of ​​the Fierce Valley.

Zhou Hu, Liang Cheng, you must come back safely!

……

Liang Cheng did not rush into the core area, but instead sorted through Wu Xiao and the others' belongings, including beast-eared demon cores, spirit herbs, and a map.

The core area, the southwest region, is marked with a red circle.

"Order: Cold Pool"

It seems that quite a few people used various methods to get advance notice of this spring hunt.

He didn't care. Where in this world is there so much fairness?

After Liang Cheng finished organizing his things, the points in his bag were now absolutely the highest. "Murderers and arsonists wear golden belts," the ancients were right.

Liang Cheng calmed himself down and hurried southwest, the deeper he went, the more treacherous the mountains became.

On the other side, Zhou Hu followed the Cold Jade Dragon to a huge cave. At the bottom of the cave was a deep, dark pool with blue waves, and a small clump of ice crystal orchids grew by the lake.

Ice Heart Tempered by Bone Orchid.

At this moment, Zhou Hu's longsword was stained with blood as he fought three ice-armored crocodiles alone. A deep frost wound on his left shoulder revealed the bone, and his breathing was heavy, but his sword strikes remained fierce, keeping the three ferocious crocodiles firmly three zhang away from the orchid.

"You beast!" Zhou Hu shouted, severing the short front leg of an ice-armored crocodile with his sword, and then slapping away another crocodile's attack.

He tracked the Frost Jade Dragon here and was pleasantly surprised to find the Ice Heart Bone Tempering Orchid. However, this attracted the three guardian demon beasts. After a fierce battle, he had already exhausted most of his energy, but the orchid was within reach, and he could not retreat.

If he fails the first time, the second time will be twice as difficult. He is determined to get the Ice Heart Bone Tempering Orchid and will never back down.

Just as he was taking the opportunity to pluck an orchid, suddenly—

"Splash!"

The center of the icy pool exploded, and a dark blue dragon's tail burst out of the water, sweeping straight across Zhou Hu's back with a chilling force, as fast as lightning.

Cold Jade Dragon!

Zhou Hu's hair stood on end. He twisted his body and held his sword horizontally, displaying his mastery of stance training.

"clang--"

"puff!"

The former struck with the dragon's tail, causing the longsword to slip from Zhou Hu's hand. Zhou Hu coughed up blood and flew backward, crashing into the rock wall, breaking several of his ribs.

Three armored crocodiles seized the opportunity, roaring as they pounced!

Just as Zhou Hu was about to be dismembered, "Swoosh!"

A figure carrying a long sword arrived through the air, unleashing a burst of internal energy that instantly pierced the heads of two ice-armored crocodiles, causing the third ice-armored crocodile to retreat in panic.

A figure in white, unstained by blood, landed gracefully and stood with his hands behind his back beside an orchid. His handsome face and indifferent eyes were none other than Yun Jinghong.

"A peak third-tier demonic beast is quite fitting to guard this spiritual herb," ​​he glanced at the heavily injured Zhou Hu, his tone indifferent. "Unfortunately, it's mine now."

Zhou Hu struggled to lift his head, coughing up blood: "Yun Jinghong..."

"You're already seriously injured. Get out of the way if you don't want to die."

After speaking, Yun Jinghong stopped looking at him and turned to the cold pool. The Cold Jade Dragon had fully revealed itself, its dark blue scales gleaming coldly, its eyes locked on this uninvited guest.

Yun Jinghong pointed her longsword, and then the sword energy, like a rainbow, pierced straight at the dragon's head.

The Cold Jade Dragon roared and spewed out icy breath to counterattack. It brandished its longsword, and the icy breaths collided, exploding into countless ice crystals.

Yun Jinghong swayed slightly, unleashing her full power of internal energy. Her sword strikes were relentless, and for a moment, she forced the Cold Jade Dragon to retreat in defeat.

Just as the Cold Jade Dragon was struggling and being forced to retreat step by step, two smaller Cold Jade Dragons suddenly sprang out of the lake.

Three demonic dragons attacked, and although Yun Jinghong was strong, he was also caught in the entanglement for a time. At this moment, Zhou Hu gritted his teeth and stood up, taking the opportunity to climb towards the nearest Ice Heart Bone Tempering Orchid.

He wasn't greedy; he only needed to pick one flower before fleeing far away.

"snort."

Just then, Yun Jinghong managed to divert a sliver of attention from the swarm of dragons and forcefully flipped over, slashing at Zhou Hu's right arm from a distance, the force flying outwards.

Zhou Hu tried his best to roll over, but he couldn't completely dodge the attack.

"Pfft!"

The sword's force slashed across his back, drawing blood. Zhou Hu groaned and collapsed to the ground. However, Yun Jinghong was also distracted and almost had his chest struck by the main dragon's tail.

His eyes turned cold, his sword energy surged, and his sword dance became even more rapid, each strike faster than the last. However, having lost the initiative earlier, he found it difficult to escape for the time being.

A surviving ice-armored crocodile nearby saw an opportunity and opened its mouth to bite the dying Zhou Hu. A foul stench filled the air, and Zhou Hu could only close his eyes and wait for death.

Ultimately, the gamble failed.

"Bang!"

Just as the crocodile's mouth was half a foot away from Zhou Hu, a fist came down from the sky and smashed into the crocodile's head, splattering its brains. The figure in green landed and stood in front of Zhou Hu.

Liang Cheng arrived just in time. When he saw the cold pool, his heart stirred slightly as he recalled the "Command Cold Pool" mark on the map.

However, he couldn't care less about that at the moment. He stared intently at Han Bijiao and shoved the pill into Zhou Hu's mouth: "Senior brother, swallow it."

Zhou Hu, having narrowly escaped death, was overjoyed and quickly swallowed his medicine, while simultaneously warning, "Be careful... Yun Jinghong, a master of the Transformation Realm, is also nearby."

Liang Cheng nodded and turned to look at the center.

At this moment, Yun Jinghong had just repelled the demonic dragon. His white robes were stained with blood, but his aura remained profound. He sized up Liang Cheng: "Another one from Yangwei Martial Arts School?"

"Just passing by, looking for someone," Liang Cheng said.

"We've found him," Yun Jinghong's tone turned cold. "Take him and get out of here."

Before he finished speaking, the three icy blue dragons and the remaining ice-armored crocodiles pounced again, and even split off a dragon and a python to attack Liang Cheng.

Yun Jinghong blocked most of them with his longsword, but let the dragon and python pounce to the side. If Liang Cheng and the other two were not strong enough and died here, what did it have to do with him?

A chilling aura enveloped them as Zhou Hu circulated his internal energy to heal his injuries. Liang Cheng, however, advanced instead of retreating, activating his Stone Armor Technique, his skin flashing with a grayish-white light.

The Complete Stone Armor Technique (Fragment)!

"boom!"

His clothes were covered in frost. He paused slightly, then punched the Ice Armor Crocodile's seven-inch mark. At the same time, he grabbed the Cold Jade Dragon's reverse scale and unleashed a powerful burst of internal energy comparable to the Transformation Realm.

"hiss!"

The dragon's scales were torn off, stained with blood.

In less than two breaths, both the crocodile and the dragon were injured and forced to retreat. Yun Jinghong's pupils shrank slightly, somewhat shocked. Even if he had taken action, it would have been no more than this.

After forcing Han Bijiao back, Yun Jinghong suddenly asked, "What's your name?"

"Liang Cheng!"

"Junior Brother Liang, six orchids." Yun Jinghong pointed to the Bone Tempering Orchid. "Each of you take three and we'll join forces to clear the field. Otherwise, if the chaotic battle continues, no one will get any."

Yun Jinghong actually took the initiative to make friendly remarks. Zhou Hu was anxious to speak up, but he couldn't trust her, since she was a master of internal energy and he had to be careful.

Liang Cheng remained calm and said, "Okay."

Monsters roared, and the icy pool churned.

Yun Jinghong held a long sword in hand, his gaze sharp as a knife, while Liang Cheng stood tall and steady as a mountain.

"Let's do it."

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