Douluo Continent: The Ice King's Resurrection

Chapter 85, Section 84: The Divine Pearl Charges, New Characters Appear

As time passed, Ling Bingtian gradually sank to a position of about thirty meters. Not far below him, a spring emitting extreme cold appeared before his eyes.

Upon reaching this point, even Ling Yongsheng, who was behind them, fell behind and could no longer keep up with Ling Bingtian, who was ahead.

In terms of the quality of the martial soul, the Frost Soul Chain Dragon Spear is ultimately just a top-tier ice attribute martial soul, not reaching the level of the ultimate attribute.

If it weren't for the two other characteristics that the Frost Soul Chain Dragon Spear also possesses, it might not even be considered a top-tier martial soul.

Near the location of the cold spring, the temperature has dropped to an alarming level.

At this moment, Ling Yongsheng felt that the flow of soul power within his body was beginning to be affected. If he were to venture any deeper, even he would not be without risk.

Ling Yongsheng was initially worried about Ling Bingtian, but seeing that Ling Bingtian's body was no longer trembling and he could move freely, he realized that he had overthought things. Ling Bingtian didn't need his help at all.

Since that was the case, Ling Yongsheng was not one to dawdle. After using his soul power to force the sound into a line and giving Ling Bingtian a few final words of advice about being careful and keeping track of time, he floated directly above the Cold Spring.

Ling Yongsheng believed that the Ice God would not allow anything to happen to Ling Bingtian.

After listening to his grandfather's instructions, Ling Bingtian breathed a sigh of relief. To make it look more convincing, he deliberately slowed down his descent.

Now that Grandpa has left, I no longer need to pretend.

Ling Bingtian channeled his soul power into his hands, and under the protection of the divine pearl, he plunged fiercely into the depths of the spring.

Perhaps because Ling Bingtian rushed in too forcefully, the overwhelming chill even briefly exceeded the absorption limit of the divine pearl for a few moments.

Although the upper limit of the divine pearl was quickly increased again, the sudden, penetrating chill and biting cold that struck him in those few moments still sent a shiver down Ling Bingtian's spine.

With little oxygen left in his mouth, Ling Bingtian couldn't remember how many meters Huo Gua had dived to reach the ancient ice cave.

But now, Ling Bingtian clearly only has one choice left.

That is—Chong!

Stimulated by the slight chill and the possibility that his brain was gradually becoming oxygen-deprived, Ling Bingtian stopped thinking and used all the soul power he could muster to plunge into the space below.

In an instant, an extreme chill began to surge into Ling Bingtian's body.

Ling Bingtian could sense that the Divine Pearl was constantly increasing its limit for absorbing cold, but the rate at which the external cold was increasing was gradually catching up with its rate of increase.

The chilling sensation felt like thousands of steel needles, pricking Ling Bingtian's body all over, making him feel as if he had turned into SpongeBob SquarePants.

Delve deeper into the spring: thirty meters, forty meters, forty-five meters...

The increased water pressure, the extreme cold, and the suffocation of holding his breath for too long all reacted on Ling Bingtian, making him feel that he could no longer control his body.

However, at this point, Ling Bingtian naturally did not believe that he had any way out.

If the divine pearl isn't powerful enough at this moment, I might really perish here.

But isn't life itself a high-stakes gamble?

Winning means a massage parlor; losing means working on a construction site!

It's done!

A glint flashed in Ling Bingtian's eyes. Using the last bit of his strength, he released his soul power once more, propelling his body forward and accelerating his descent.

As the diving depth increased, Ling Bingtian eventually felt as if his soul had been frozen, and he had lost all sense of perception.

But soon, things took a turn for the better.

"puff--"

A sound similar to breaking through a membrane suddenly rang out from nearly a hundred meters underground, followed by a series of deep breaths and coughs.

After losing his senses, Ling Bingtian heard a soft "poof" sound, and then his body suddenly felt light. The pressure around him disappeared almost instantly, and he found himself in a small cave.

Ling Bingtian keenly realized that they had arrived at the Ten Thousand Years of Profound Ice Cave!

However, as a human instinct, Ling Bingtian took a deep breath after holding his breath for too long and leaving the spring.

Taking this deep breath might not matter in the outside world, but Ling Bingtian forgot that he was currently in what could be described as the coldest place on the entire Douluo Continent.

Instantly, an extremely chilling aura entered his body through his mouth and nose. In an instant, Ling Bingtian felt his entire body, inside and out, frozen by this extreme cold.

Even the soul cannot escape this extreme cold.

Ling Bingtian could only maintain this stiff posture, waiting for the divine pearl to slowly increase its absorption limit and gradually liberate his body.

While waiting, Ling Bingtian didn't sit idle; he began to examine the environment inside the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave.

It was a very small cave, only about ten square meters in size and about one and a half meters high. Ling Bingtian had fallen in vertically and was now lying on his back, looking around.

Inside this cave, there are strange ice pillars. There are only a dozen or so in total, each one pure white, crisscrossing and varying in size.

Liquid could be faintly seen flowing inside each of the ice pillars, and the terrifying chill throughout the cave originated from these dozen or so ice pillars.

With the help of the divine pearl, Ling Bingtian gradually recovered, and his senses became clearer.

The first thing he sensed was the air around him, so thick with cold that it seemed almost frozen.

"No wonder I felt like my whole body was frozen." Ling Bingtian realized that the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow had a huge impact on this cave.

The concentration of cold air here is comparable even to that of the core area within the far north.

Upon arriving at this place, the Divine Pearl was like a gold-devouring beast that could never be satisfied.

The chill in the air surged wildly toward Ling Bingtian, passing through him and entering his sea of ​​consciousness, where it was devoured by the divine pearl.

When Ling Bingtian finally had the strength to get up, he could clearly feel that the temperature inside the cave had risen considerably. Although it was still low, it was not as low as it had been before, which was close to absolute zero.

The cold air clearly couldn't satisfy the divine pearl's appetite. Soon, Ling Bingtian noticed that thin energy bars emerged from the dozen or so strands of ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing marrow and slowly drifted towards him.

Clearly, this is the Divine Pearl using the energy it just absorbed to draw upon the even purer energy within the Myriad Years of Profound Ice Marrow.

The energy bars, which were originally as thin as lines, quickly grew thicker over time, and soon became small beams of light, each about 20cm in diameter.

From these pillars of light, Ling Bingtian could sense that even a trace of energy within them was enough to freeze him for thousands or tens of thousands of years. However, under the control of the Divine Pearl, this energy did not harm Ling Bingtian in the slightest; instead, it was all greedily absorbed by the Divine Pearl.

Time passed slowly, and Ling Bingtian dared not make any rash moves, after all, he could not be sure what the divine pearl's current situation was.

After an unknown amount of time, the beams of light gradually thinned and shrank until they disappeared.

Ling Bingtian breathed a sigh of relief once the beams of light disappeared.

At this moment, the temperature inside the cave had risen considerably, to a level that Ling Bingtian could withstand thanks to his physical attributes and martial spirit.

At this point, Ling Bing finally felt relieved and took a look at her surroundings.

The original dozen or so strands of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow had dwindled to just three; the rest had been absorbed by the divine pearl within Ling Bingtian's body.

Just how much energy did it absorb?! Ling Bingtian was secretly shocked, but after the shock came immense joy.

After all, the divine pearl couldn't possibly have no reaction after absorbing so much energy, could it?

Thinking of this, Ling Bingtian quickly calmed his mind, activated the divine pearl, and entered his spiritual sea.

Upon entering the Sea of ​​Spirit, Ling Bingtian immediately looked in the direction of the Divine Pearl, and upon seeing it, he was overjoyed.

Because, next to the character for "book," a new character was faintly emerging!

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