The Legend of the Princess' Counterattack

Chapter 435: Desperate Icefield, Burning True Love

In the Arctic ice field, the wind was howling, and the snow was flying like a sharp blade. The sky and the earth were covered with a vast expanse of white. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen wrapped their cloaks tightly to keep warm and walked forward in the ice and snow with difficulty. The goal of their trip was to find one of the three ancient artifacts that sealed the remnants of the Demon Cult. The clues pointed to the depths of the Arctic ice field, which was full of dangers.

"Yao'er, the snowstorm on this ice field is getting more violent. You should stay close behind me." Chu Mochen turned his head, his eyes full of concern. Although his face was slightly stiffened by the cold wind, his voice was still gentle and firm. He slightly turned sideways, using his tall body to block the snowstorm for Yun Yao.

Yun Yao nodded her head lightly, her hair disheveled in the wind. She raised her hand to tuck a few strands of hair behind her ears, and responded with a firm look: "Chen, I know, you have to be careful too." As she spoke, she subconsciously tightened the sword in her hand. The sword body flashed with cold light, blending in with the cold color of the ice field.

After another difficult trek, the temperature around her became increasingly low, and the hot air she exhaled instantly condensed into frost in the air. Yun Yao felt her hands and feet gradually go numb, and each step seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. The spiritual power in her body also became sluggish, as if it was about to be frozen by the severe cold.

"Chen, I feel like this cold air is about to penetrate into my bones. We can't stay here for long. We have to find the artifact as soon as possible." Yun Yao's teeth were trembling slightly, and she spoke unsteadily. She tried hard to mobilize her spiritual power to resist the cold, but the effect was minimal.

Seeing this, Chu Mochen stretched out his hand without hesitation, grabbed Yun Yao's soft hand, and slowly transferred his spiritual power into her body, trying to help her dispel the coldness: "Yao'er, don't panic, I'm here. Let's go forward, I have a feeling that we are not far from our goal."

Yun Yao felt warm in her heart, feeling the warm spiritual power flowing through her body, and her numb limbs gradually regained some feeling. She looked up at Chu Mochen, her eyes full of emotion and trust. The two held hands and continued to move towards the depths of the ice field.

I don't know how long I walked, but suddenly a huge iceberg appeared in front of me. The mountain was crystal clear, and it was shining coldly under the reflection of the wind and snow. The wind was howling around the iceberg, forming small blizzard whirlpools, as if it was guarding something and strictly forbidding outsiders to approach.

"This iceberg is so strange, could the divine weapon be inside it?" Yun Yao narrowed her eyes, looking at the huge monster in front of her through the wind and snow, an inexplicable premonition arose in her heart.

"No matter what, let's go in and explore first." Chu Mochen held Yun Yao's hand tightly and walked towards the iceberg first.

As they approached the foot of the iceberg, a strong icy force rushed towards them, trying to overturn them like a surging wave. Chu Mochen hurriedly mobilized his spiritual power and erected a protective barrier in front of him. Yun Yao was not to be outdone and stood shoulder to shoulder with him to resist the impact together.

"This icy power is so strong. It seems that it is not easy to enter it." Yun Yao bit her lower lip, and the long sword in her hand hummed, as if responding to the fighting spirit of its owner.

"It's okay, let's work together to break it." Chu Mochen's eyes focused, and he swung the sword in his hand. A sharp sword energy slashed towards the source of the icy power. Seeing this, Yun Yao also quickly used her sword skills to cooperate with Chu Mochen's attack.

With the concerted efforts of the two, the icy force was slowly torn open. They took the opportunity to rush into the iceberg, but as soon as they stepped into it, the entrance behind them suddenly closed, and the surroundings fell into darkness.

Yun Yao was startled and subconsciously moved closer to Chu Mochen, with the sword in her hand pointing around cautiously. Chu Mochen patted her shoulder gently and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, Yao'er, I'm here." After that, a ball of fire ignited in his palm, illuminating the surrounding space.

With the help of the firelight, they found themselves in a narrow ice path. A strange blue light flickered on the ice wall, and the sound of ice cracking could be heard from time to time, as if the entire iceberg would collapse at any time.

"Let's be careful. This ice road might be hiding a secret." Yun Yao reminded softly, and she walked very lightly, for fear of disturbing this seemingly peaceful but actually dangerous environment.

As they walked slowly along the ice path, the ground suddenly began to shake violently, and ice spikes emerged from the ground, stabbing at the two of them like mushrooms after rain. Chu Mochen reacted quickly, grabbed Yun Yao's waist, flew up with his sword, and narrowly avoided the attack of the ice spikes.

"That was a close call!" Yun Yao patted his chest with lingering fear, turned to look at Chu Mochen, his eyes full of relief.

"We can't stay here for long, we have to speed up." Chu Mochen looked solemn, controlling the flying sword and flying forward quickly with Yun Yao.

However, they had not flown far when a huge ice waterfall appeared in front of them. The waterfall was like an upside-down Milky Way, and the water was instantly frozen into icicles, which formed layer upon layer and formed an indestructible barrier, blocking their way.

"What should I do?" Yun Yao frowned, looking at the ice waterfall in front of her, feeling extremely anxious.

"Yao'er, don't worry. Let me try to break the ice with my spiritual power." Chu Mochen said as he jumped off the flying sword, formed seals with his hands, and the spiritual power in his body surged out and blasted towards the ice waterfall.

For a moment, ice chips flew everywhere, but the ice waterfall only shook slightly, and there was no sign of damage. Seeing this, Chu Mochen increased his spiritual power output, and veins on his forehead bulged, obviously he had used up all his strength.

Seeing this, Yun Yao hurried forward, stood side by side with Chu Mochen, and injected her own spiritual power into the attack: "Chen, I'm with you."

With the combined efforts of the two, the icefall finally made a crackling sound and a crack slowly appeared. They were delighted and continued to exert their strength, and the crack became larger and larger. Finally, with a loud bang, a large hole was broken in the icefall.

The two of them didn't have time to catch their breath as they quickly passed through the icefall. What came into view was a huge ice cave. In the center of the ice cave, on a stone platform, was an object emitting a mysterious blue light. The blue light was floating in the air like a thread, like a dream.

"Could that be the ancient artifact?" A hint of surprise flashed in Yun Yao's eyes, and she walked forward quickly.

Just as she was about to touch the artifact, a large number of ice puppets suddenly emerged from all around the ice cave. These puppets were tall and made of solid ice. There was a strange red light flashing in their eyes. They waved their thick ice arms and pounced towards the two of them.

"Be careful!" Chu Mochen shouted and drew his sword to meet the ice puppet rushing in the front. His sword moves were sharp and each sword could leave deep sword marks on the ice puppet. However, these ice puppets seemed to be unaware of the pain and continued to attack fearlessly.

Yun Yao also quickly came to her senses, waving the long sword in her hand, and stood back to back with Chu Mochen, resisting the siege of the ice puppets together: "Chen, let's fight quickly and get the artifact."

The two of them cooperated well, charging left and right in the ice puppet group. For a moment, the ice cave was shining with spiritual energy and ice chips were flying everywhere. However, the ice puppets kept coming, and they gradually became exhausted.

Yun Yao was careless and was hit by the ice arm of an ice puppet. She staggered and almost fell. Chu Mochen was anxious when he saw this. He rushed over desperately and stood in front of Yun Yao to block the subsequent attacks for her.

"Chen, how are you?" Yun Yao exclaimed, looking at the wounds on Chu Mochen's back that were cut by the ice puppet. Blood oozed out and instantly dyed his clothes red. Tears welled up in her eyes.

"Yao'er, I'm fine, don't be distracted." Chu Mochen comforted her while enduring the pain.

Yun Yao's heart was filled with self-blame and heartache. She gritted her teeth, and a look of determination flashed in her eyes: "Today, I must take down this artifact!" After that, she ignored the loss of her own spiritual power and unleashed a set of fierce killing moves, which actually pushed the surrounding ice puppets back several steps.

Seeing this, Chu Mochen also cheered up and worked together with Yun Yao. After the desperate attacks of the two, the ice puppets were finally all destroyed.

The two of them walked to the stone platform, covered in wounds and panting. Yun Yao picked up the artifact emitting blue light with trembling hands, and an ancient and mysterious aura came to her face.

"Finally found it." Chu Mochen breathed a sigh of relief and a relieved smile appeared on his face. Although the wound was still aching slightly, at this moment, the joy in his heart had already covered up the pain.

Yun Yao turned around and looked at Chu Mochen who was covered in blood. She couldn't hold back her tears any longer and started to cry: "Chen, it's all my fault. I got you hurt."

Chu Mochen gently wiped away the tears on Yun Yao's face and said softly: "Silly Yao'er, don't say these things. For you, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

Yun Yao was moved and threw herself into Chu Mochen's arms. The two hugged each other tightly. In this desperate situation on the ice field, their feelings became more and more passionate, as if to melt the ice and snow. After a long time, they calmed down and supported each other, preparing to leave the iceberg and meet the unknown challenges in the abyss of the South China Sea.

At this moment, the wind and snow outside the ice cave are still howling, but their hearts are full of hope, because they know that as long as they work together, no matter how big the difficulties are, they can overcome them. The road ahead may still be rugged, but they will move forward bravely to protect their sect and each other, and continue to write their legendary chapter.