CHAPTER 325: CHAPTER 324: ENEMIES ON A NARROW ROAD

Ice Snow Realm!

The environment is extremely harsh.

As soon as one steps in, they are assaulted by fierce winds mixed with blizzards, making the steel armor clatter loudly.

Even though he was inside the battle armor, Xu Lingjun could still smell the thick scent of blood. The ground was covered with thick ice and snow, yet it couldn’t conceal the crimson bloodstains... Clearly, a brutal battle had just taken place here.

The previously wide entrance was now lined with laser cannon attacks, flame direct strike cannons, and even anti-ship satellite cannons had been brought out.

Xu Lingjun, who has extensively read the books of Zhanzheng Academy, was naturally very familiar with the principles of these weapons.

It can only be said that the Demon Beasts of the Ice Snow Realm were too powerful, making it impossible to completely suppress them, even if martial artists of the Profound Realm joined forces... Only by relying on the might of these hot weapons could they block the path of the beasts into the Secret Realm.

Xu Lingjun took out the positioning device and glanced at it.

These martial artists moved quickly...

Within a radius of several dozen miles, there were no light dots remaining.

Which means, if he wanted to find Li Jingjun, he would have to go further away?

Xu Lingjun unhesitatingly leaped and sped towards the distance...

Time was limited; he couldn’t afford any more delays.

The environment of the Ice Snow Realm was much harsher than that of the Miwu Ghost Forest... Even Xu Lingjun’s vision could only see a few dozen meters away.

Along the way, the angry roars of Demon Beasts often echoed in his ears, accompanied by the thundering sound of heavy footsteps.

If it weren’t for Xiaoya’s reminder, Xu Lingjun would have likely run headfirst into one of them due to the limited visibility...

His heart couldn’t help but sink slightly; the environment of the Ice Snow Realm was far more brutal than he had imagined. The difficulty for the students to survive in the Secret Realm was much greater than in the Miwu Ghost Forest.

Where is Li Jingjun?

She didn’t have Xiaoya, nor Iron Man; how was she supposed to avoid these fierce and powerful Demon Beasts in such an environment?

He had already delayed for an entire hour and a half.

And during that hour and a half, she wasn’t met by those powerful Profound Realm martial artists, which means...

Xu Lingjun accelerated without hesitation towards the deepest part of the Secret Realm.

The Ice Snow Realm was vast.

The likelihood of finding someone within it was quite slim.

Even though there was a positioning device, it could only locate the positions of the students, not their identities.

By now, there were still roughly a hundred people surviving in the entire Ice Snow Realm.

If he wanted to find Li Jingjun among them...

Xu Lingjun’s gaze swept over the positioning device; the light dots were distributed extremely erratically, gradually moving inward...

Wait!!!

Xu Lingjun’s eyes suddenly brightened; his gaze swept over one of the light dots. Nearly everyone was moving; clearly, they had paid a great price to avoid the Demon Beasts!

But this one light dot alone remained completely still.

As for this particular location, it seemed to be...

"Xiaoya, help me avoid all the surrounding Demon Beasts; time is urgent. I don’t have time to waste with them!"

"Yes, understood."

Saying that... Xu Lingjun’s thrusters suddenly accelerated dramatically, racing towards the distant location.

The position of that light dot.

It was near where he had previously found an Ice Snow Leopard cub.

There had once been an Ice Snow Leopard den there, which was extremely well-hidden for the safety of birthing, and only Gu Xi had accidentally discovered it during years of training in the Ice Snow Realm.

Demon Beasts naturally were even more oblivious to its existence.

If I were Li Jingjun, suddenly encountering a powerful Demon Beast attack near the Ice Snow Realm, caught off guard, I would certainly seek out an extremely hidden and safe refuge to weather the storm.

Especially since, not long ago, Xu Lingjun had been training with the Ice Snow Leopard in the Ice Snow Realm.

Sensible to the sacrifice made by Daxiong’s parents for Daxiong Xiaofu...

He often brought the Ice Snow Leopard here, not to memorialize, but just to let it feel up close the place where its parents once lived.

In fact, he even buried the ashes of Daxiong’s parents here instead of making them into a necklace to wear...

There was no way around it; although he originally wanted to wear it as a necklace, becoming closer with Daxiong made wearing a necklace of its parents’ ashes feel awkward, so Xu Lingjun laid them to rest.

As a result, this path was extremely familiar.

The nanometer armor accelerated with full force.

Xu Lingjun transformed into a red light arrow, flying straight toward the destination.

Meanwhile.

In a corner of the Ice Snow Realm.

"Xu~ Ling~ Jun!!!"

An indistinct roar, interspersed with pauses, like a baby just learning to speak.

Accompanied by a violent shaking of the earth and mountains.

A Giant Ape over ten meters tall, with only its left arm remaining, angrily pounded its chest with tremendous force, smashing its fist at the narrow entrance.

With a bang.

Snow splintered and erupted.

The low entrance trembled violently as large chunks of snow fell.

The entrance was directly blocked more than halfway...

"Xu~ Ling~ Jun!!!"

The Giant Ape bellowed furiously, indistinctly.

It originally couldn’t understand human speech, but with intelligence rivaling humans and having heard the name before, it naturally knew who had caused it pain.

It remembered those syllables firmly.

And remembered... that the woman was with that human at the time.

"Xu~ Ling~ Jun!"

Again, an angry long howl, followed by another huge punch to the cave.

The solid, long-lasting ice and snow layer cracked a hideous gap under the Giant Ape’s forceful blow.

Inside the cave.

Li Jingjun narrowly avoided the falling chunks of ice, her face full of a self-mocking smile, muttering, "This really is a narrow escape."

Now at the late stage Hui Chuan cultivation, her power was formidable even within the Ice Snow Realm, allowing her to train deeper than other students.

When the riot occurred.

It affected her immediately...

Countless Demon Beasts charged out from the danger zone like an army, advancing towards the human world.

She was unfortunately on the front line.

Fortunately, she reacted quickly, pretending to be hit by the leading Demon Beast, swiftly moving off target, and escaping.

Though two Level 7 Demon Beasts chased her down looking to eat her.

She responded quickly and was quite familiar with the area after months of training.

Using the advantage of the terrain, she managed to kill them at the cost of injury.

But Level 7 Demon Beasts were formidable, and defeating them took too long. By the time she wanted to leave...

She found that the Secret Realm was already filled with dangerous Demon Beasts.

Alone, with limited visibility, the odds of returning to the Secret Realm entrance were nearly zero.

Her only option was to return to where the Ice Snow Leopard resided before and tend to her injuries...

But who would have thought her old adversary, the Giant Ape, would block her path.

This Giant Ape had once nearly killed her and Gu Xi when they teamed up; although her power had nearly doubled since then, she was not on par with Gu Xi let alone that Level 8 Demon Beast.

And from its expression, it was set on her.

The ongoing grudge seemed like it intended to be settled.

She had to find a way to escape.

Li Jingjun carefully avoided the falling ice chunks, her heart clouded with shadows... For some reason, a deep foreboding instinct suggested that this time... there’s a high chance she might die here.