"BOOM——!!"

Li Xuanxiao and Mozi's gazes locked.

Mozi extended his hand, lightning techniques converging in his palm.

Within the frozen space, streaks of electricity flashed.

In the blink of an eye.

Facing danger, the Toad King instinctively chose to strike.

"Whoosh~"

Space froze again, the permeating poison becoming utterly silent.

Mozi transformed into lightning.

The Toad King clearly sensed the greater threat posed by Mozi's sudden appearance.

Thus shifted most of its attention onto Mozi.

"CROAK!!"

This was the first time Li Xuanxiao clearly heard the Toad King vocalize.

The battlefield is yours now.

With this thought, Li Xuanxiao flashed into the life gate of the formation.

Concealing his presence.

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Mozi unleashed his lightning techniques.

At that moment, he suddenly noticed icy flowers blooming within his internal organs.

Unbeknownst to him, he'd been poisoned.

Mozi's eyes narrowed sharply.

Countless ice shards whirled violently through the air, colliding and intertwining to form a massive, continuously rotating storm of destruction.

The storm's center resembled a bottomless black hole devouring everything nearby.

Within this terrifying maelstrom, the Toad King's frost venom drifted like ghosts through the tempest.

Mozi's fury ignited completely, the space around him distorting violently as purple lightning crackled madly about his body.

His pupils blazed with brilliant lightning, his gaze piercing through the storm like twin bolts.

"ROAR——!!!"

The Toad King emitted a deep bellow.

.........

Their battle's shockwaves spread extremely wide.

The Toad King's dwelling, originally an ice lake, began boiling violently.

No place remained untouched by the devastation.

Caishen urgently retrieved a bronze bell from her storage ring.

The bell flew from her hand, transforming to envelop her as it carried her rapidly away.

This bell was a consecrated artifact from the Buddhist Sect, of no small grade.

Currently Caishen's most valuable protective treasure.

Yet even so, her body trembled violently.

Rocking uncontrollably within the bell's confines.

"BOOM——!!"

Ice mountains collapsed rapidly.

The combatants' battlefield kept expanding.

The Toad King suddenly gaped its enormous maw, a tremendous suction force drawing endless cold energy from the entire mountain range into its mouth.

As the frigid energy condensed rapidly, an icy mist enveloped the Toad King's form.

The mountains trembled violently as venomous ice energy formed elemental tides.

"........."

"Cough! Cough!"

Li Xuanxiao landed.

Caishen barely crawled out from the bell.

Finally, amidst deafening explosions,

Several surrounding snowy mountains crumbled as if struck by an invisible giant hand.

A rare avalanche unfolded.

A thousand-zhang-high wave of snow blotted out the sky like raging tides seeking to swallow the world.

The churning snow resembled boiling water.

Li Xuanxiao suddenly sensed tremendous power rushing toward him.

Without hesitation, he summoned his Lifebound Flying Sword from within.

The sword spun rapidly midair, emitting dazzling radiance.

His Dharma Form manifested instantly behind him, its sword-finger pointing directly at the approaching force.

Li Xuanxiao grabbed Caishen beside him, pulling her close.

The Lifebound Flying Sword transformed into golden light, carrying them both away at lightning speed.

Everything happened faster than the eye could follow.

In a blink, only the rampaging energy remained where they'd stood.

"HUMM——!!"

Simultaneously, time seemed to freeze as everything within range instantly solidified.

The overwhelming frost energy encased everything within thousand-mile radius in moments.

Absolute silence dominated the sealed area.

No wind, no sound could penetrate this stillness.

Even snowflakes hung motionless as if time had stopped.

Long after.

Li Xuanxiao cautiously approached, hovering high above.

At the frozen battlefield's epicenter.

Countless lightning bolts stood frozen in time, their once-raging energy now petrified midair.

Among these icy prisons, Mozi's figure stood prominently encased.

Thick ice shrouded Mozi's body, his expression still frozen in shock and unwillingness.

His incomplete Dharma Form had been interrupted mid-manifestation by the sudden freeze.

A faint croak sounded.

Only then did Li Xuanxiao notice the Toad King mere inches below Mozi's feet.

Nearly completely frozen, only one eye could blink weakly.

Clearly, restraining Mozi had demanded the Frost Venom Toad King's full power.

The Toad King's back split open as a glistening new toad emerged.

But the moment it touched ground, a silver needle pierced its forefoot.

More needles followed, each trailing threads.

Li Xuanxiao flicked his fingers, making the toad levitate uncontrollably.

He summoned his prepared cauldron.

Only a vessel containing Spiritual Flame could confine such a creature.

The Toad King floated before Li Xuanxiao without resistance.

Its beady eyes stared blankly as if resigned to fate.

Then suddenly, its mouth gaped open.

"Whoosh!"

It spat out what appeared to be an ice speck.

The Dharma Form reacted instantly, shielding Li Xuanxiao with its hand.

Yet the speck proved terrifyingly potent.

Instantly freezing the Dharma Form, it penetrated the giant hand's manifestation.

Piercing straight through Li Xuanxiao's body.

His entire form began corroding rapidly by frost venom.

The Toad King's eyes regained vitality.

Still bound by the threads, it couldn't escape as the cauldron sealed shut.

With a dull thud, the Toad King was imprisoned within.

Simultaneously, another Li Xuanxiao hidden elsewhere swiftly retrieved the cauldron.