"Oh no!!!"
Her body fell into the lake once more, and Kocho Shinobu's expression changed drastically as the bone-chilling cold swept through her entire body again.
Because of her petite stature, she was about to be swallowed by the lake water very quickly.
"Miss Shinobu, although it might hurt a little, I'll try to be as gentle as possible!"
"Huh? At a time like this, what are you saying..."
Hearing Ren's terrible lines, Kocho Shinobu was instantly stunned. Before she could finish speaking, Ren suddenly grabbed her by her fragrant shoulders, lifted her out of the water, and threw her toward the shore.
"Bear with the pain, here comes the little flying stick!"
After throwing Kocho Shinobu out of the water, Ren took the opportunity to swim toward the ice nearby, but Doma would not give him the chance to get ashore.
"I went through so much trouble to get you into the water; do you think I'll let you come up that easily? Enjoy the taste of the cold properly!"
"Blood Demon Art: White Princess of Cold!"
Doma gently waved his iron fans, condensing two lotus flowers made of ice shaped like maidens. The ice maidens then opened their mouths and exhaled a wide-range storm of extreme cold, instantly sweeping across the entire Black Water Lake.
In the blink of an eye, the surface of Black Water Lake was frozen by the ice. The cold air even continued to output toward the bottom of the lake, as if to freeze the entire Black Water Lake into a giant block of ice.
Ren was blown into the water by the whistling cold wind. He looked up and saw that the lake surface above his head had been completely frozen by the ice!
The water around him was also bitingly cold, but fortunately, it hadn't frozen completely yet.
"Ren!"
Kocho Shinobu, who had been thrown to the shore, turned her head abruptly and happened to see Ren being frozen inside Black Water Lake. Her face paled, and she instantly felt anxious. she immediately turned back to attack Doma, intending to get Ren out.
"Oh my, little sister, you should go play on the side first. I need to deal with this troublesome guy first, and then I'll properly enjoy your flesh and blood!"
"Blood Demon Art: Crystalline Divine Child!"
Doma quickly fanned his iron fans, and with a series of "crack, crack, crack" freezing sounds, over a dozen ice sculptures suddenly emerged on the frozen lake surface. These ice sculptures looked exactly like Doma himself.
Immediately afterward, those ice sculptures actually began to move, running straight toward Kocho Shinobu. Although their speed couldn't match Doma himself, they were not much slower than Kocho Shinobu.
One of the ice sculptures waved its large hand, and two ice fans appeared in its grip, identical to the iron fans in Doma's hands. Then, the ice sculpture fanned the ice fans just like Doma, sending a cloud of ice mist to attack Kocho Shinobu.
And this was just one ice sculpture. Following that, the remaining dozen or so ice sculptures followed suit, condensing ice fans and launching attacks.
In an instant, blasts of extremely cold storms blew toward her like overwhelming floods and ferocious beasts. Looking at the roaring storms filling the sky, a deep sense of powerlessness instantly sprouted in Kocho Shinobu's heart.
In the end, she could only leap backward to dodge this terrifying blow, planning to find an opportunity to defeat Doma and rescue Ren later.
Meanwhile, in Black Water Lake, looking at the ice spreading downward, Ren did not panic. Instead, he faced the difficulty head-on and swung his sword.
'Ice of this level, I can shatter it in one go!'
Thinking this, Ren had already swum beneath the ice layer. Simultaneously executing an Earth Combat Technique, he swung his sword and smashed it heavily against the ice. With extreme power combined with extreme speed, the energy erupted abruptly.
Despite the resistance of the lake water, the power of this strike was still terrifying!
When the Solar Heavy Sword struck the ice layer, the fierce and domineering power directly tore through the ice, slashing out a huge and deep rift in front of him.
The rift was over five meters long, and countless tiny cracks spread out toward the surroundings, forming a dense spider web.
'One more time! One more time and I can get out!'
Ren swung his sword again, poised to chop at the ice surface that was about to shatter.
However, at this moment, Doma suddenly spoke up. "Oh my, oh my, it would be troublesome if I let you out, so why don't you obediently stay in the water?"
"Blood Demon Art: White Princess of Cold!"
Doma waved his iron fans, condensing the maiden ice lotuses which exhaled absolute freezing air, freezing the lake surface once again and rendering all of Ren's previous efforts in vain.
Looking at Ren, Doma smiled cruelly and said, "You really are dangerous. It seems I have to put in a little more effort."
"Blood Demon Art: Rime — Water Lily Bodhisattva!"
As he spoke, Doma waved his iron fans again at the ice beneath his feet. The freezing cold air penetrated through the ice layer into the lake water and condensed into a Bodhisattva ice sculpture standing twenty meters tall, which waved a hand blade to strike at Ren.
Seeing this, Ren's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in his heart, 'Holy sh*t, are you kidding me? How am I supposed to fight this? What is the difference between this thing and the True Several Thousand Hands?!'
To speak of differences, there were some. First, it was much smaller, though still twenty meters tall. Second, it didn't have a thousand hands on its back, only the two hands on the ice sculpture itself.
Seeing the ice sculpture strike with a heaven-shaking palm, Ren immediately used a combat technique to clash head-on with the Water Lily Bodhisattva!
If he were on land, he could have dodged it, but now he was in the water. The lake water restricted his movement, making it impossible for him to dodge.
"Earth Combat Technique: Meteor!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Fortunately, this ice sculpture was no different from ordinary blocks of ice; it couldn't withstand his combat technique at all. The ice sculpture's arm was severed by his sword.
Seeing that physical attacks were useless against Ren, the ice sculpture actually opened its bloody maw and sprayed extremely cold ice mist at him. The ice mist spread extremely fast, instantly swallowing Ren.
Even with his superhuman physique, being enveloped by the ice mist at this moment made him feel a bone-chilling cold.
'No good! If this goes on, my blood will freeze. I must find a way to accelerate my blood flow and raise my body temperature!'
And the best way to accelerate blood flow was to exercise vigorously in a short period.
'But vigorous exercise consumes oxygen extremely quickly. If I were on land, doing this would be fine. But here in the lake water, if I engage in vigorous exercise, it will deplete the oxygen in my body. Then I will enter a state of hypoxia and lose consciousness... That means I must smash this ice sculpture and break through the ice before my oxygen is completely exhausted!'
Ren quickly made up his mind. Perhaps there was a better way to burst out, but he had no time to think.
He immediately pushed against the oncoming extreme cold ice mist and swam at high speed toward the Water Lily Bodhisattva ice sculpture in front of him, simultaneously using a combat technique and swinging his sword in a horizontal slash!
"Wind Combat Technique: Crimson Blade — Fire Dance Whirlwind!"
Situated in the cold lake water, his Solar Heavy Sword could no longer burn. Ren was merely swinging his sword rapidly to accelerate the flow of his blood so that he wouldn't freeze to death, while simultaneously looking for a chance to attack.
'First use the Wind Combat Technique to raise body temperature, then use the Earth Combat Technique to smash this ice sculpture, and finally break through the ice!'
As his thoughts spun like lightning, the extreme cold ice mist ruthlessly battered his body, and the system's notification sound kept ringing in his mind.
[Detected that the Host is undergoing cold resistance training, Physique +5]
[Detected that the Host is undergoing cold resistance training, Physique +3]
[Detected that the Host is undergoing cold resistance training, Physique +2]
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'What the hell do you mean undergoing cold resistance training? Your Host is about to freeze to death! If you, this dog system, have a conscience, hurry up and give me an awesome combat technique to save me from this lake water!'
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