“This… I’m not too sure, uh~”
Xiao Xiao tilted her small head. “I could feel a special energy within this extreme cold storm cyclone. Perhaps it’s the ice attribute arcane energy that big brother mentioned!”
“I was just thinking in my heart to make this energy separate and not attack us, and then that power seemed to do as I thought…”
Xiao Xiao herself seemed a bit confused, not entirely clear.
“This feeling… I had it before in the City of Despair, when that person named Mei You attacked us with a large fireball~”
“Later, Ling Xi sister told me some things, and I tried to sense it… Now my perception is much clearer~”
She paused, and Xiao Xiao added.
“This…”
Ye Feng frowned, his mind drifting back to the battle in the sealed passage of the City of Despair against Bi Mao, Mei You, and others.
“Could it be that Xiao Xiao can control arcane energy at will?”
A thought that greatly shocked him entered Ye Feng’s mind.
“Xiao Xiao, let’s leave here first~!”
Although he had many questions in his heart, it wasn’t the right time to discuss them.
“Okay~”
Soon,
After Ye Feng collected the two massive ice attribute arcane raw stones into his spatial storage, the two walked into the passage that Xiao Xiao had created in the wall of frost “blades.”
In a short while, they emerged from the collapsing, rampaging extreme cold storm cyclone.
“Careful!”
Just as they emerged, Ye Feng’s expression suddenly changed because another extreme cold storm cyclone was heading towards them.
As soon as Ye Feng spoke, Xiao Xiao extended her hand as before. The rapidly rotating extreme cold storm cyclone that was attacking them quickly generated a large opening for the two to pass through.
“Big brother, there should be ice attribute arcane raw stones inside too. Let’s go get them~”
Xiao Xiao said to Ye Feng with great excitement.
In fact, deep down, Xiao Xiao had always been quite insecure. She really wanted to help Ye Feng with something, but due to her own strength, she could only help with trivial matters.
Now that she could help Ye Feng in a significant way, she was naturally very happy!
“Oh, okay~”
Ye Feng nodded, somewhat taken aback.
“It seems that the reason why the previous collapsing extreme cold storm cyclone automatically created a large opening before we crashed into the ‘ice blades’ was also because of Xiao Xiao~”
Seeing this, Ye Feng suddenly understood.
Afterward, Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao frequently entered and exited various extreme cold storm cyclones, retrieving ice attribute arcane raw stones one by one.
However, the ice attribute arcane raw stones they retrieved later were generally smaller, mostly the size of a football.
As the ice attribute arcane raw stones were removed from the extreme cold storm cyclones, those cyclones collapsed and fell apart…
About half an hour later,
There were no more extreme cold storm cyclones in the vicinity of the cave where Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao were. They had either dissipated after their ice attribute arcane raw stones were taken, or they had moved elsewhere.
“Big brother, this is the last one!”
Xiao Xiao held an ice attribute arcane raw stone the size of a bowling ball in her hand, her face flushed with excitement.
“That’s plenty!”
Glancing at the pile of ice attribute arcane raw stones in his spatial storage, Ye Feng was equally overjoyed.
“Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, where are you?”
“Ye Feng!”
“Xiao Xiao!”
“Are you alright?”
“Where are you?”
…
The extreme cold storm cyclones had just stopped, and a large amount of snow was still drifting down, with a biting wind still blowing.
At this moment, Ling, Old Man Liu, and Lei Jian’s voices rang out.
“Oh, we’re here!~”
Ye Feng shouted towards the source of the voices.
Not long after, Ling and the other two ran breathlessly towards Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao.
“Ye… Ye Feng, you… you’re alright…?”
Ling looked at them with disbelief.
After all, Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao had been sucked out by the immense gravitational pull of the extreme cold storm cyclone and had fallen into the sharp ice blades and frost swords.
Ling had initially assumed that Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao would be severely injured, but now it seemed that they were only covered in ice and snow, with no signs of injury!
“We’re fine~!”
Ye Feng shook his head gently and walked back into the cave with Xiao Xiao.
Ling, who was full of questions, wanted to say more, but Old Man Liu waved his hand at her, so she could only suppress her curiosity for the time being.
Ye Feng returned to the cave with Xiao Xiao and rested for a bit, confirming that Xiao Xiao was not injured or broken from the fall. Then, they walked out of the cave again.
Ling, Old Man Liu, and Lei Jian had also packed their belongings.
After confirming their direction, the group embarked on their journey once more.
…
At night,
After dinner,
The group was resting in a cave, chatting with each other.
“Xiao Xiao, what happened after you two were sucked out by the extreme cold storm cyclone today?”
Ling and Xiao Xiao sat around several heating lamps, warming themselves and eating spicy snacks.
“I’m not too sure either. It was very dangerous at the time. That extreme cold storm cyclone had many ice and snow blades that were very sharp…”
“But in the end, I don’t know what happened. Those extreme cold storm cyclones just collapsed… and some moved away quickly~”
Xiao Xiao’s words were naturally what Ye Feng had taught her to say. Ye Feng didn’t want Xiao Xiao’s ability, which seemed to allow her to control arcane energy at will, to be known by too many people.
Ye Feng instinctively felt that if many people knew about Xiao Xiao’s ability, she would encounter great danger…
“Is that so~”
“I’ve heard before about extreme cold storm cyclones mysteriously disappearing, just as suddenly as they appear~”
Ling didn’t suspect anything. After all, anything could happen in this Remnant Fire World.
“Oh, right, Sister Ling, after those extreme cold storm cyclones suddenly disappeared, this was left on the ground. Is this the ice attribute arcane raw stone you were talking about~”
At this moment, Xiao Xiao took out a frost-covered stone, about the size of an adult’s fist, from her spatial rift fragment.
“My heavens, it’s an ice attribute arcane raw stone!”
Before Ling could answer, Lei Jian’s surprised voice rang out. He stared with wide eyes at the frost-covered stone in Xiao Xiao’s hand.
Even Old Man Liu looked a bit surprised and leaned closer to examine it.
“It’s really an ice attribute arcane raw stone?!”
“Xiao Xiao, how did you get it…”
…
Ye Feng did not participate in the “treasure appraisal” activities of Xiao Xiao and the others. He was staring at the [Personal Information] panel in his mind.
“It’s already reached the limit so quickly~”
Ye Feng was somewhat surprised.
It hadn’t been long since his [Strength] and [Agility] reached 600 and he broke through to Bronze Intermediate. Now his [Strength] and [Agility] had reached 700, and he was about to undergo his next breakthrough.
“Ding~”
“Congratulations to the host for breaking through the limit for the fourth time, advancing to the Bronze Advanced powerhouse!~”
As a clear chime sounded, Ye Feng’s [Strength] and [Agility] both became 701. Then, Ye Feng felt a comfortable surge of power throughout his entire body.
“Under normal circumstances, the correct way to enter an extreme cold storm is to find the weak point of the cyclone, use fire attribute arcane raw stones to counter the ice attribute arcane energy, and then find a way to obtain it after entering…”
Old Man Liu, who had been talking with Ling and the others, suddenly changed his expression and turned to look at Ye Feng.
“Uncle Liu, what’s wrong?”
Ling asked with some confusion.
…