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Why was there a rustling sound and the sound had suddenly disappeared? It seemed that he still had to be careful, and even though Xiao Feng did not hesitate to enter, the vigilance in his nature did not disappear even after facing danger. The more dangerous it was, the calmer Xiao Feng became, because only when he was calm would he be able to deal with everything that happened. If he panicked, and before the enemy appeared, he would already be scared to death.

It was very dark around him, but luckily, Xiao Feng was able to see clearly enough. There were no longer any records on the murals around him. Xiao Feng looked at the door that seemed to be waiting for someone to enter.

At this moment, there was no other way out. Xiao Feng cautiously moved forward. In this strange place, he really did not know what would happen.

Xiao Feng took a step or two forward and an ominous premonition suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart. Xiao Feng's rustling sounds once again reached his ears. This time, it was much more intense than last time.

The Blood Eating Insects surged towards Xiao Feng.

Sure enough, the rustling sounds came from these bugs. These bugs were everywhere, and they didn't expect it to be in here. Xiao Feng felt his scalp go numb as he looked at the dense swarm of Blood Eating Insects swarming out of the wall. There were simply too many of them. If he was bitten, he would instantly turn into a pile of white bones.

Xiao Feng originally wanted to rush towards the door, but the door was now completely blocked off.

On the blood bridge, first, these worms had their reservations, and then they had a larger space to themselves. Even if they were to face the swarm of bugs, they could advance or retreat, and they had to buy some time to complete the cold art. However, the space inside the bridge right now was very small, and basically all of the Innate Blood Eating Insects had already occupied it. Furthermore, these bugs seemed to have organized an attack, causing Xiao Feng to be caught off guard.

The cold was running and although the temperature was dropping quickly, it still required time. However, these bugs were acting like they had gone mad and didn't give Xiao Feng any time to react.

A dense swarm of bugs quickly submerged Xiao Feng.

When Xiao Feng saw the situation, he felt that it was extremely dangerous. At this time, he was violently stabbing with his saber as he circulated his cold Qi. If the temperature did not reach a certain temperature at this time, there was no way that Xiao Feng would be able to leave this place alive.

However, the bugs' goal was to completely suck Xiao Feng dry in this little bit of time. Both parties were fighting for this little bit of time.

In this narrow space, Xiao Feng's speed could not be unleashed at all. The front, the back, and the left and right were all covered in blood-red teeth, making it impossible for him to dodge them. Once these worms laid on Xiao Feng's body, no matter how low the temperature of Xiao Feng's body was, they would wholeheartedly enter into Xiao Feng's body. It was just like how the insides of Xiao Feng's body were the final resting place for these worms.

The long and narrow teeth pierced into Xiao Feng's muscles. Only then did he feel the true taste of the worms' bite. It was a kind of piercing pain that Xiao Feng would never forget for the rest of his life.

After a while, Xiao Feng felt that his body was extremely heavy, as if his arms were filled with lead. It was as if his arms were filled with lead, and he could not even lift them up as he felt a little dizzy.

Xiao Feng tried his best to shake his head to maintain his clarity of mind. As he circulated the Frost Skill by instinct, the ice core rotated. However, at this time, he seemed to have lost all strength of heart. He didn't have any strength left in his body. He kept swinging the knife in his right hand, but he didn't even have the strength to hold the knife. This insect's poison was really strong, but in a blink of an eye, the poison completely broke out.

Countless bugs charged into Xiao Feng's body and their sharp heads continuously drilled into his body. The intense pain stimulated Xiao Feng's dizzy brain. Hou Xiao Feng did not fall into a deep slumber, but his consciousness was still a little unclear.

Could this be fate? Could it be that there was no way to reverse the situation?

No matter what, he was not qualified to fight against them with absolute strength. His final destination would actually be the stomach of these strange insects. Thinking of Yang Ke, thinking of Rose, thinking of the oath he made, but everything seemed so helpless now.

No, why would Xiao Feng throw his life away on this little bug?

As Xiao Feng's body became colder and colder, the surrounding temperature continued to rapidly drop. It was obvious that Xiao Feng's subconscious was still operating his Frost Arts. This was the result.

At the start, the bugs could still endure the cold and kept charging at Xiao Feng. But gradually, the rustling sounds of the bugs became softer. At this time, the bugs that had entered Xiao Feng's body stopped digging.

The extremely cold temperature would freeze all the blood-eating bugs on Xiao Feng's body to death. These insects continued to feel the low temperature, but they were still so greedy that they refused to give up their food. However, the only result of their greed was this: they would continue to die.

Xiao Feng's consciousness was already blurry, but the circulation of the Ice Core had already started. Only the consciousness without Xiao Feng would be able to stop the Ice Core from spinning. The Frost Arts would continue to circulate unceasingly.

The temperature of the surrounding area became lower and lower, to the point where it was a little scary. By this time, some of the insects on Xiao Feng's body had already completely frozen over.

The mural around the room had begun to turn white, and the blood-eating bug seemed to feel that something was wrong. The encirclement grew larger and larger, but it was still unwilling to leave. It was clear how greedy these worms were.

It seemed that Xiao Feng had underestimated these worms. Back then, Xiao Feng had seen the stone men bitten by these bugs as well, but the reaction of the stone man was indeed not like Xiao Feng's now. This was enough to explain the unique physical quality of the stone man.

The Frost Skill constantly stimulated the rotation of the ice core, and the rotation of the ice core continuously led to the circulation of the Frost Spirit Skill. These two things complemented each other, and together, they actually continuously circulated while Xiao Feng was hibernating.

The temperature was still dropping, and the power of the ice core was being displayed like never before.

It seemed like what Ba Tian said wasn't wrong. The Ice Core was indeed too powerful. This low temperature unexpectedly had an unending trend.

Xiao Feng's cultivation was not high enough, but the power of the ice core in his body was extremely strong. The cold aura emitted from the ice core enveloped the entire area. The entire corridor suddenly felt as if it was frozen.

Cold air was constantly seeping out of Xiao Feng's body. The surrounding Blood Eating Insects could no longer stay here. After all, the price of staying here was becoming a living fossil that was sealed to death by the cold air from Xiao Feng's body.

Ever since Xiao Feng obtained the Ice Core, he had never circulated the Frost Arts for such a long time. This was because every time he circulated the Frost Arts, the surrounding temperature would drop extremely quickly, afraid of attracting others' attention. Xiao Feng did not seem to expose his secret, so every time he cultivated, he would stop at a certain point and stop. This time, Xiao Feng would fall into a deep slumber, his consciousness would become completely blurry, and he would actually inadvertently fall into a cycle.

The cold seemed to have locked everything in place.

The surrounding walls had cracks on them, one could only imagine what sort of low temperature that was.

Under the rotation of the ice core, Xiao Feng's entire body entered a dormant state.

The poison in Xiao Feng's body no longer corroded his mental state. He did not know how long this state had persisted for but the poison in his body had mostly been expelled.

Xiao Feng's right hand suddenly moved and the ice fragments in his hand fell off. Xiao Feng's eyes suddenly opened.

His surroundings had undergone a huge change as well.

The place where Xiao Feng was at was basically a completely frozen world.

At the same time Xiao Feng woke up, the natural chilliness also stopped. The ice core also stopped spinning at the same time. At this time, the temperature also stopped decreasing.

He discovered that his body was now extremely flexible. What was going on? Under such a cold temperature, Xiao Feng's body did not seem to be affected at all and was not as agile as it was at normal temperatures. Furthermore, Xiao Feng discovered that all the minute meridians in his body, and even the activity of his blood had increased.

At the same time, he discovered that the speed of his attack was even faster, and the explosive power of his own attack seemed to have increased. Xiao Feng knew that this kind of improvement was qualitative, and it was originally difficult to increase one bit of strength like this; it was basically already set. At the very most, he could make a breakthrough in terms of the strength of his blade, but breaking through in terms of the explosive power of his blade drawing was still very difficult, however, this time, it actually caused Xiao Feng to take a qualitative leap in strength; how could this not make Xiao Feng excited?

[What the hell is going on? Did I make a breakthrough in such a muddleheaded manner?]

After thinking about it, Xiao Feng rejected this answer. He realized that whether it was the level of cold cultivation or the fact that there were no signs of breakthroughs within his body, if this explanation was unreasonable, then Xiao Feng had thought of another possibility!

It was just that the low temperature had long ago caused Xiao Feng to feel this way.

Xiao Feng had never felt anything at such a low temperature before. Even though the temperature was lower for cultivation, it was not as frightening as this time. As a result, he didn't feel anything. In this world of ice that he was in, his Frost Arts and Ice Core seemed to be able to display their full strength only at such low temperatures.

Xiao Feng suddenly thought of this point and realized that it was extremely likely for his strength to be on a higher level. It was not because of the increase in his strength, but because of the flexibility and explosive force of his body.

After discovering the idea of increasing his strength by leaps and bounds, Xiao Feng was completely engrossed in it. Right now, what he needed the most was strength. Right now, the most urgent thing was strength.

The question now before him was how to maintain such a low temperature without emitting it.

This kind of cultivation technique was unable to release cold energy from the body, or else it would bring endless trouble to his life. However, if he wanted to bring out his strongest power, the temperature he was at would have to be very low, so how to keep his body at a low temperature and not let the cold energy leave his body was the most important problem he had to solve right now. If he could solve this problem, then Xiao Feng only needed to control his body's temperature well and he would be able to bring out his strongest power.

Although he had come up with a solution to the problem, it was still a little difficult to achieve it.

Xiao Feng thought hard and kept on experimenting, but the results were not too good. If it was not because his body's temperature could not reach that level, or if it could not stop the cold air from leaking, he would not be able to solve the problem.

Xiao Feng tried many different methods, but none of them worked out well. In the end, his mind was set on the formation.

Xiao Feng now had a certain level of understanding towards formations, but he was not proficient enough. To find an array that could trap energy was not difficult at all. The most difficult thing was to find a way to trap energy within one's body.

According to the memories of the array formation inheritance realm, this kind of array formation also existed. The body would have crystals placed on all of their acupoints, trapping the energy within them so that they wouldn't emit it it. But, this array formation didn't have a clear record of its existence.

Xiao Feng seemed to have some impression of the Twelve Palaces Formation. It was as if he had unintentionally noticed it before hurriedly pulling out the memory fragment. Sure enough, the Twelve Palaces Formation had been discovered.

Its greatest function was to trap the spirit energy inside and prevent it from dissipating out of the formation. Relying on the mighty power of the Twelve Palaces to restrain the loss of spirit energy was a method for many cultivators to use this formation to replenish their spirit energy.

In the cultivation world, the geographical position of many large sects was sometimes arranged according to the Twelve Palaces, which made the spiritual energy of sects far more concentrated than that of the outside world, making it easier for cultivators to cultivate. Although the principle of the Twelve Palaces was not difficult, the difficulty lay in the fact that the Twelve Palaces were rare items.

The Twelve Palaces were actually twelve enormous spirit stones.

Number one spirit stone: It must be large enough. It must be at least three hundred meters long, three hundred meters wide, and at least three hundred meters tall. Any one of these items did not meet the requirements. Second: One must be pure, pure is the concentration that a spirit stone contains. The concentration of spirit stones must be high, which is a thousand times higher than the normal concentration in the outside world.

Only by fulfilling these two requirements could it be called a palace.

It was enough to see just how scarce spirit stones were in the cultivation world. Now, to find twelve of such large and high quality giant spirit stones was easier said than done, so even though the formation was simple, not many people were able to operate such a large formation.