"Considering we are all mythical beasts, I beg you, senior, to spare our lives."

The two mythical beasts pleaded for mercy again, already terrified by the Ice Phoenix; if they continued the fight, they feared for their lives.

Seizing the moment before being seriously injured or slain, begging for mercy was undoubtedly the wisest choice.

"Not even the time of a single incense stick has passed, and you've already given in?" The Ice Phoenix looked puzzled.

These noble ancient mythical beasts, possessing extremely strong physical bodies and power comparable to the Half-Immortal Realm—could they be so easily defeated?

A giant python lamented, "Senior's Ice Attribute Power is too terrifying; our Spiritual Power is completely suppressed, and we simply cannot endure."

The other giant python panicked and said, "Senior, we are covered in your sword wounds; if the fight continues, we'll be doomed."

"That's not happening." The Ice Phoenix sneered, "I'm just getting into it. Whether you want to or not, you have to fight! Get ready!"

"Spare us, senior, we won't fight anymore, we won't. We are willing to submit to you, and will do whatever you ask." The two giant pythons pleaded again, having lost their fighting spirit.

Facing the terrifying Ice Phoenix, they simply could not unleash their true power.

The Ice Attribute completely restrained their Water Attribute, making it impossible to fight.

Taking a beating is one thing, but who would be foolish enough to continue fighting?

The Ice Phoenix sheathed the Immortal Sword, coldly asking, "Will you really do anything?"

"Yes, yes!" The two giant pythons nodded furiously.

The Ice Phoenix said indifferently, "Go down and act as their guardian, and do not disturb their cultivation."

"Yes, senior!" The two giant pythons replied respectfully, finally breathing a sigh of relief.

Surviving is a blessing.

The two giant pythons swiftly plummeted down, obediently standing guard on the bank of the Immortal Spirit Pool, not daring to move or make a sound.

The Ice Phoenix swiftly moved to the center of the Immortal Spirit Pool, and then slowly submerged into the lake.

At the moment of submersion, the Ice Phoenix felt an immense surge of pure power flooding into its body, filling every corner within just a few blinks of an eye.

"Such immense pure power!" The Ice Phoenix was utterly shocked, and at that moment, its body began to expand, just like what happened to Gu Chenfeng and the others earlier.

Without much thought, the Ice Phoenix continued practicing the Immortal Technique, absorbing the immense pure power within, while quickly diving deeper into the lake.

"The pure power can be directly absorbed; the cultivation level advances so quickly!" The Ice Phoenix was shocked in its heart.

The deeper it went, the more immense the pure power became.

When the Ice Phoenix reached the bottom of the lake, its body had already expanded several times, with intense pain coming from its entire muscles, meridians, and bones.

"The pure power at the bottom of the lake is ten times stronger!" The Ice Phoenix was shocked beyond comparison. The magnitude of pure power at the lake's bottom far exceeded her imagination.

The Ice Phoenix didn't think much about it, quickly sitting cross-legged to cultivate.

The immense pure power continuously flowed into the body, and the Ice Phoenix absorbed it for half an hour before her swollen body gradually returned to normal.

The Ice Phoenix then took out the Ninth Grade Pill, swallowed it after a glance, and thought, "I hope this ancient Ninth Grade Pill can help me break through to the Half-Immortal Realm."

The moment the Ninth Grade Pill was swallowed, it turned into an extremely terrifying heat that rampaged within the Ice Phoenix's body.

"Is this the power of the Ninth Grade Pill? My Ice Attribute can't suppress the pill's heat!" The Ice Phoenix's face was full of terror, worried that she couldn't withstand the Ninth Grade Pill's power.

The immense heat of the Ninth Grade Pill, in the blink of an eye, caused the Ice Phoenix's body to expand rapidly once again, with golden light emanating from all over her body.

The terrifying medicinal power of the Ninth Grade Pill continued to release endlessly.

The dreadful heat made the Ice Phoenix feel as if her internal organs and all her meridians were being burned.

The Ice Phoenix's delicate face had become distorted, clearly reaching her limit of endurance, in extreme agony.

The Ice Phoenix wanted to operate the cultivation technique to absorb it, but the intense pain made it impossible for her to concentrate, and her consciousness began to blur.

"Ah!"

The excruciating pain from the body's expansion forced the Ice Phoenix to scream in agony; despite her strong physical body, she couldn't withstand it anymore.

On one hand, the terrifying medicinal power of the Ninth Grade Pill continued to release and rampage madly, while on the other hand, the immensely pure power from the Immortal Spirit Pool flooded in, the impact of the dual forces was about to blow the Ice Phoenix's body apart.

If it were an ordinary person, they would have exploded long ago.

But the Ice Phoenix stubbornly held on, refusing to give up even in the face of death.

As the medicinal power's strength grew increasingly terrifying and the pure power surging into her body became immensely grand, the Ice Phoenix's delicate face, arms, and even her entire body were covered with cracks.

Blood seeped from the cracks, and soon, the skin and flesh began to peel off, making it look incredibly painful and frightening.

The kind of pain was unimaginable, and ordinary people couldn't endure it.

Anyone who didn't know would think some evil witch had gone mad from cultivation.

"Ah!" The Ice Phoenix suddenly let out a final struggling roar, and at this moment, extremely terrifying Ice Attribute Power exploded out.

The domineering, terrifying Ice Attribute covered the surface of the Ice Phoenix's body, forcibly blocking the immense pure power.

If Gu Chenfeng were here at this moment, he would surely recognize this Ice Attribute Power.

It was the Celestial Emperor's Blood.

Gu Chenfeng had gifted a drop of Celestial Emperor's Blood to the Ice Phoenix before.

At this moment, the power of the Celestial Emperor's Blood autonomously emerged to protect the Ice Phoenix.

But the Ice Phoenix, unable to withstand the pain, directly fell unconscious at the bottom of the lake.

However.

After the Ice Phoenix lost consciousness, something miraculous happened.

The terrifying medicinal power in the Ice Phoenix's body, once fully released, began to lose its ferocious heat, and the rampaging power turned calm and gentle.

In the next second.

The terrifying medicinal power of the Ninth Grade Pill, now calm and gentle, surprisingly took the initiative to merge into the Ice Phoenix's body.

The Ice Phoenix's aura began to rise rapidly, and the skin and peeled flesh on the surface of her body started to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The body, which had expanded to its limit, gradually shrank and eventually returned to its original state.

All of this was very miraculous.

No one knew how much time had passed.

The unconscious Ice Phoenix woke up.

"Am I still alive?" The Ice Phoenix weakly shook her head, then exclaimed in shock, "This is the Master's Celestial Emperor's Blood! Is it protecting me?"

"The pure power of the Immortal Spirit Pool was actually kept out, and how has my cultivation level increased? Wait, the medicinal power of the Ninth Grade Pill..."

The Ice Phoenix was stunned at this moment.

The Ice Phoenix, disbelieving, said, "The medicinal power of the Ninth Grade Pill has become so gentle, and it is even merging into my body!"

The miraculous event made the Ice Phoenix unable to believe it, even feeling like she was dreaming.

The Ice Phoenix quickly sat cross-legged and immediately practiced the Immortal Technique to absorb the gentle, calm medicinal power of the Ninth Grade Pill.

While absorbing frantically, the Ice Phoenix could feel her cultivation level rapidly soaring.

"My cultivation is advancing so fast! The effects of the Ninth Grade Pill are indeed powerful." The Ice Phoenix was both shocked and ecstatic.