Full-Time Mage: One random forbidden spell per month

"Baxia belongs to the Xuanwu lineage, and Zhao Manyan may gain a great opportunity because of this."

Li Xingze could see the entire Xuanwu from the air. Its size was much larger than Baxia, and even comparable to the Abyss Dragon.

At this moment, Zhao Manyan seemed to be communicating with Xuanwu using the Baxia vessel.

After a long while, Zhao Manyan flew to Li Xingze's side.

"How is it?" Li Xingze asked.

"Xuanwu hasn't acknowledged me yet, but it's willing to go with us to deal with the Southern Emperor." Zhao Manyan's lips curled into a bitter smile.

"Is it okay for it to join the battle right after waking up?" Li Xingze asked again.

"It said it wasn't badly injured, and with the totem's illumination, it had almost fully recovered," Zhao Manyan said.

"Tsk tsk, as expected of Xuanwu, its defensive power is truly astonishing."

Li Xingze couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. Even the Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird had perished, and the Black Tortoise had actually gone to this far south to slumber.

"Brother Ze, how are we now?" Zhao Manyan asked immediately.

"Let's go straight to the deepest part of this far south," Li Xingze said.

Without hesitation, Li Xingze immediately had everyone ride on the back of Xuanwu, which was obviously faster than Baxia.

Xuanwu's ability to control water is unparalleled. Not to mention in the water, even on land, Xuanwu is just as fast.

Li Xingze was quite familiar with this far southern region. When he brought Mu Ningxue here to retrieve the Extreme Dust before, they had ventured deep into the far southern region.

Xuanwu sped through the far south, and soon the group arrived at the core of the far south.

Before coming, Li Xingze had carefully calculated the time, knowing that in a day or two, the polar night that would last for several months would begin.

The far south, in the polar night environment, is the most dangerous place. Only at this time is it possible to encounter the southernmost emperor, one of the roofs of the world.

When they finally reached the deepest part of the far south, the biting cold wind was like countless sharp ice knives cutting into their skin. Blizzards raged, and everything in sight was a vast expanse of white.

The massive icebergs all around stood like silent guardians, cold and solemn, exuding a chilling aura.

"There are still a day or two until Eternal Night, so you should all take a good rest."

As he spoke, Li Xingze summoned the Vermilion Bird. Under the illumination of the Vermilion Bird's divine fire, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Under such extreme conditions, even forbidden spells would be somewhat unbearable, except for Qin Yu'er and Mu Ningxue.

They not only did not feel any discomfort, but quickly entered a state of cultivation.

For ice mages, the far south is a unique sacred ground for cultivation. Although dangerous, it is also full of opportunities.

"Teacher, do you know where this Southern Emperor is?" Shaka asked curiously, sitting next to Li Xingze.

Shaka had long admired Li Xingze to the point of worship. While others were merely going through the motions in their campaigns against the Southern Emperor, her teacher was truly determined to destroy him.

This was something the Holy City would never have even considered before.

"I have a guess, but I'm not sure yet," Li Xingze said calmly.

"Yes." Saga now trusts her teacher unconditionally.

"Let's rest first. The Southern Emperor is not so easy to kill, and there are also those Ice Abyss Undead. Let's conserve our energy for the next two days."

Two days later.

Night enveloped the glacier that had never melted for millennia, making this desolate and cold land even more devoid of life.

When the eternal night arrives, even the icefield races of the far south must migrate in large numbers.

Their bodies and the boiling blood within them simply could not sustain them for more than ten days in this eternally cold and icy land.

Without food, without heat, and without the boiling blood needed to maintain their maximum body temperature, there are hardly any species that can inhabit them.

Unless they are those icy abyssal undead that can hardly be called life.

The Ice Abyss Undead are the most powerful and brutal creatures in the eternal night of the far south.

"You all stay here, I'll take Xue'er to collect some Extreme Dust first," Li Xingze said to Qin Yu'er, Shajia, and the others.

Mu Ningxue's Extreme Dust Ice Bow is already at the Forbidden Spell level, but if she absorbs some more Extreme Dust, it will definitely be able to advance to the next level.

"Old Zhao, Mu Bai, shall we go kill a few Ice Abyss Undead?" Mo Fan couldn't sit still any longer and immediately said to Mu Bai and Zhao Manyan.

"Don't stray too far. I'll leave Suzaku here. We'll meet here if we encounter any danger," Li Xingze said upon seeing this.

After giving his instructions, Li Xingze left with Mu Ningxue.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~"

Several black ghost-like icy abyssal undead darted swiftly through the biting wind, their emerald green eyes fixed intently on the shattered ice ground, as if searching for something.

"What I said came true," Mo Fan said with some surprise.

Immediately, Mo Fan charged towards the Ice Abyss Undead.

Once he entered the forbidden spell, his every move was filled with incredibly powerful magic. Even though fire element was extremely rare in this far south, Mo Fan still managed to burn the Ice Abyss Undead to death.

Zhao Manyan and Mu Bai were not idle either; before the others could make a move, they each dealt with an Ice Abyss Undead.

Although Mu Bai's cultivation level is not as high as Mo Fan's, with the support of this environment, his destructive power is even greater than Mo Fan's.

An hour later, Li Xingze returned to the scene with Mu Ningxue.

"We've figured out where the Southern Emperor is located. Pack your things and get ready to go," Li Xingze said to everyone.

Upon entering the territory of the Southern Emperor, Xuanwu temporarily resided inside Mo Fan's little mudfish, thus preserving some of its strength.

As the group traveled through the icy and snowy landscape, an unprecedentedly powerful sense of oppression soon overwhelmed them, as if the entire world was trembling under this force.

Immediately afterwards, thick ice fog surged and converged from all directions, and a huge figure appeared and disappeared in the ice fog, gradually becoming clearer.

Li Xingze looked up and saw a towering ice-attribute demon standing before him, its height seemingly piercing through the clouds and reaching the sky.

Its body is made of crystal-clear solid ice, each piece of ice is enormous, as thick as a mountain.

The surface of the ice was covered with mysterious and ancient runes, which shimmered with a ghostly blue light. The light of the runes intertwined with the surrounding icy air, forming an eerie halo.

Its head resembled a giant iceberg, and its two enormous eyes, like burning blood-red stars, were embedded in its icy face.

Those blood-red eyes revealed endless brutality and coldness, as if they could freeze everything in the world into ice.

A ring of icicles, like sharp blades, surrounded its eyes, gleaming with a chilling light as it moved its gaze.

His limbs were incredibly thick, and each finger was like a giant icicle with sharp, pointed tips that seemed capable of easily piercing the sky.

A pair of enormous ice wings spread across its back, tens of thousands of meters wide, their scales resembling giant mirrors reflecting a cold light. (End of Chapter)