At this moment, all the mutated sea beasts in Sea City stopped what they were doing. A pressure from their very souls suppressed their bodies. Countless mutated sea beasts trembled uncontrollably, terror showing in their pupils.
“Screech!”
Before they could even react, an equally terrifying pressure followed close behind. A gorgeous ice-blue figure swirled through the sky, and the temperature of Sea City visibly began to drop.
“Crack!”
“Crack!”
“…”
On the ground, ice-blue light surged continuously.
In an instant, countless pillars of ice rose up. The mutated sea beasts on the streets were frozen into ice sculptures in the blink of an eye, without even the ability to resist.
“This is…”
“Chen Bing has arrived.”
Qin Tian felt the extreme cold and couldn’t help but smile.
His flames were too destructive. They weren’t suitable for large-scale use — otherwise, aside from the mutated sea beasts, even survivors could die at his hands.
But Chen Bing’s ability didn’t have that drawback.
As long as the ice sculptures she froze weren’t destroyed, the lives inside wouldn’t die — they would only fall into a deep sleep.
Chen Bing could freely release her ability at any time, so there was no need to worry about harming the surviving civilians.
“From here on, leave this to me.”
Chen Bing stood atop a massive ice-blue sacred phoenix, speaking in a calm tone.
“Screech!”
Accompanied by a crisp bird cry, the Extreme Ice Phoenix beneath Chen Bing flapped its wings, and endless cold swept across all of Sea City.
Wherever it passed — whether tall buildings, mutated sea beasts, or even the survivors of Sea City — everything turned into ice sculptures in an instant. A few of them struggled for a moment, but in the end, none escaped their fate of being frozen.
More than ten minutes later, the entire Sea City had completely become a world of ice and snow. Looking down from the sky, it resembled a massive ice-blue gem.
Gorgeous and sacred.
“Bang!”
As the last area was covered in ice, the Extreme Ice Phoenix beneath Chen Bing shattered directly, turning into motes of light. Chen Bing herself was pale-faced, falling from the sky.
But she didn’t hit the ground — she was caught by a soft body.
“You know, why do you push yourself so hard?”
“Do you even know how big Sea City is?”
“Even with a second awakening plus a Imperial Armament, you couldn’t possibly freeze all of Sea City!”
“Those pills can restore stamina and spiritual energy, but you can’t just keep taking them like that.”
“Couldn’t you just wait for me to come?”
Huo Yu looked at Chen Bing in her arms with a helpless expression. Freezing all of Sea City — and indiscriminately freezing everything at that!
Who do you think you are, the God of Ice?
If it weren’t for the second awakening of her ability, the help of an Imperial Armament, and the pills to restore her energy, she couldn’t have done it at all.
“This is the fastest way.”
Chen Bing said calmly in Huo Yu’s arms.
She could have slowed down, freezing one area at a time, but that would be too slow — and more people would die.
It was better to freeze everything without hesitation, then selectively unfreeze the survivors afterward.
All she had paid was some spiritual energy and stamina.
“How long were you watching?”
As if thinking of something, Chen Bing frowned slightly and looked at Huo Yu.
She, Huo Yu, and Qin Tian were similar in strength. Qin Tian was the strongest among them, and relying on the speed of the Light Shadow Steed, he had arrived half an hour earlier than her.
But between her and Huo Yu, there shouldn’t be much of a gap in that regard.
Even if she was confident she’d arrive earlier than Huo Yu, it couldn’t have been by more than ten minutes.
Besides, the distance between Hang City and Sea City was shorter than the distance between Tian Hai and Sea City.
And Huo Yu just happened to catch her right when her spiritual energy dissipated.
“I watched for less than ten minutes.”
Huo Yu said honestly.
“By the time I got here, you’d already frozen half of it. I just wanted to see if you could really freeze the whole thing.”
“I’ve gotta say, you’re seriously awesome.”
“Those pills taste so bad — I can’t believe you actually managed to swallow them.”
This was the one thing Huo Yu genuinely admired.
Ever since she got those pills, aside from the ones that boosted cultivation speed and enhanced the five senses, she hadn’t taken a single one.
They were just too disgusting.
They were almost as bad as the taste of the Mera Mera no Mi.
“If you were me, you’d do the same.”
Chen Bing said flatly.
She understood Huo Yu’s personality. Even though Huo Yu complained about the taste of the pills, if she were in Chen Bing’s position, she would do the same thing.
Meanwhile, while Chen Bing and Huo Yu were talking, outside Sea City.
The troops and superhumans from nearby cities who had come to reinforce stood looking at the ice-covered Sea City, their eyes twitching.
This seemed a bit different from the information they had.
“Orders received — the crisis in Sea City is temporarily resolved. All life has been frozen by Comrade Chen Bing’s ability and fallen into a sleeping state.”
“Now, some of you go build the city walls and set up the defensive fortifications.”
“Some of you conduct reconnaissance work — search Sea City to make sure there are no stragglers.”
“The rest of you wait for Comrade Qin Tian. He’ll be bringing some of the rescued survivors shortly. We need to transport them to the safe zone.”
Less than a minute after the words were spoken, Qin Tian and the others walked out of Sea City.
“I’ll leave them to you.”
“Yes.”
Qin Tian didn’t exchange much with them. Although Sea City had been frozen by Chen Bing, that didn’t mean the crisis was truly over.
Compared to those mutated sea beasts that weren’t particularly strong but terrifying in numbers, the massive dark shadow in the video that had broken through Sea City’s defenses was the one they should be most concerned about.
The military and the Spiritual Energy Bureau personnel looked at the bloodstains on the survivors and the bodies of some who were even missing limbs, and couldn’t help but sigh.
Who could have imagined that in just one night, the once stable and peaceful Sea City would fall to such a state?
Though there was one exception who seemed completely fine.
They just assumed Ye Changtian was lucky and hadn’t been harmed by the mutated sea beasts.
“ROAR!!!”
Deep in the ocean, a massive figure waved its tentacles continuously, as if sensing something interesting. Excitement appeared in its golden pupils.
It shook its body and rapidly approached Sea City.
At this moment, Qin Tian, Huo Yu, and Chen Bing seemed to sense something, and their expressions turned grave.
“That guy is coming.”
Qin Tian looked toward the ocean, his tone heavy.
“This aura is so disgusting. It feels like a natural enemy.”
“No, I have to kill it today, or I’ll go crazy.”
Huo Yu held Chen Bing and landed beside Qin Tian, speaking with an irritated tone.
She didn’t know why, but instinctively she felt that aura was revolting and disgusting. In her heart, there was an indescribable urge to destroy it.
