Remove all restrictions and transform into a bizarre girl.

when!when!when!

Several more rounds of defensive battles ensued.

Seeing that its frontal attack had failed to kill Chen Nian, the Ice Vine Ghost lost patience.

Finally, he used his vines to try and entangle Chen Nian.

The ice vines surged in from all directions like snakes. Chen Nian's pupils contracted, but a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: this is an opportunity!

She didn't dodge anymore; instead, she deliberately slowed down, letting the icy vines wrap around her ankles. The biting cold instantly seeped through her clothes and penetrated her skin, so cold it almost froze her blood.

Chen Nian gritted her teeth and endured it, continuing to pretend to struggle, letting the ice vines wrap around her calves and thighs.

"Hiss—" The moment the ice vine tightened, she gasped. The ice thorns on the vine pierced her skin, causing both pain and cold.

If you don't have the inherent ice properties, you simply can't withstand this kind of cold.

But this was the moment she had been waiting for.

After all, she could finally get close to this ice vine monster!

The Ice Vine Demon clearly hadn't expected its prey to be so easily ensnared. It accelerated its entanglement, intending to strangle Chen Nian completely.

Chen Nian's arms were also entangled, and the Miao sword almost slipped from her grasp. She held onto the hilt tightly, letting the ice vines wrap around her and the sword together.

Closer, closer.

The Ice Vine Demon's true form was less than two meters ahead, its humanoid silhouette, formed from thousands of vines, gleaming with a chilling blue light in the darkness.

The moment the entanglement reached its limit, Chen Nian moved.

"break--!!"

She roared, and the ice-attribute energy within her body resonated with the Miao sword.

The ice vines that were wrapped around his body shattered inch by inch at this moment!

The temperature near her also dropped to freezing.

The Ice Vine Demon clearly hadn't anticipated this, and even a crack appeared on its perpetually expressionless, icy face.

Chen Nian stepped on the broken ice and shot out like an arrow.

The Miao sword in his hand trailed out a cold, icy glint.

"cut!"

"cut!"

"cut!"

Three consecutive strikes; the second strike triggered the freezing effect, and the third strike broke the ice.

But that wasn't enough. Chen Nian didn't give it time to react and continued to slash it again and again.

Freeze—Break the ice—Freeze—Break the ice—

"die!"

The vines broke apart layer by layer, and ice crystals scattered and flew everywhere.

The three consecutive stacks of Ice-Breaking Power significantly increased Chen Nian's damage output.

The blade pierced into the Ice Vine Monster's body without any resistance.

"boom!!"

The Ice Vine Monster's body was split in half, revealing its original form.

Just then, the Demon Eye made its move. It used Chen Nian's hand to take the core of the Ice Vine Demon into its space, thus ending the battle.

Chen Nian knelt on one knee, panting heavily. The wound on her shoulder had reopened due to the violent movement, and blood dripped down her arm onto the ground.

But she had no time to care about any of that, her eyes fixed on the ice vine that had been cut in half.

"Did you succeed?"

"Of course, but we still need to find a safe place to fuse with it as soon as possible. Over time, the strange abilities of the Ice Vine Ghost will gradually disappear."

"Okay." Chen Nian stood up with difficulty.

It's not time for her to rest now; the battle has already lasted two and a half minutes.

We have to go back now.

She turned and ran back the way she came.

As she crawled back through the hole in the stairs, the clone dissipated in the last second.

Fang Anya did not wake up, and everything was fine.

Chen Nian leaned against the wall, glanced at the sleeping girls, then looked at her own palms, and a slight smile appeared on her lips.

This trip was worth it.

Chen Nian spent the rest of the time recovering her strength and treating her wounds with medicine.

Its extraordinary recovery ability is also beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Three hours is enough time for her to fully recover.

When the girls woke up, it was as if nothing had happened.

"Niannian, you feel so cold."

An Mengran was the first to wake up. Still half asleep, she snuggled against Chen Nian, then quickly pulled back, shivering, and continued, "Why are you like an ice cube?"

"No, it's nothing. I felt a bit stuffy at night, so I went out for a while to get some fresh air," Chen Nian lied without batting an eye.

There's no need to tell these girls what happened last night.

After all, she didn't want them to worry.

After saying this, Chen Nian touched the spot where she had been injured the night before. She could no longer feel anything, and only then did she feel relieved.

"All right."

An Mengran didn't have any doubts. After all, staying underground for so long was indeed a bit stuffy, but she had no choice but to do this to avoid her aura leaking out.

An Mengran was the first to get up because she hadn't managed to get a good spot to be close to Chen Nian last night. She had planned to get up this morning, but Chen Nian was so cold...

No, Chen Nian's body is so cold, she must not be feeling well!

Then she needs her kisses and hugs to comfort her even more.

Thinking of this, An Mengran walked to Chen Nian's side, grabbed Chen Nian's arm, and said, "Niannian, are you sleepy? If you are, lean on me and rest for a bit."

As he spoke, he reached out with his other hand and placed it on Chen Nian's waist. His intimate breath tickled Chen Nian's neck.

Chen Nian immediately straightened her body.

What the hell!

Such excitement so early in the morning.

The key issue is that An Mengran also has the kind of figure that ensures her child won't go hungry, which is simply unbearable.

Chen Nian closed her eyes and told herself to calm down. This was just a normal, slightly intimate gesture between ordinary girls.

But how could Chen Nian remain calm in this situation?

Fortunately, after a few minutes, people started to wake up.

An Mengran also loosened her grip on Chen Nian at this time.

The first person to emerge was Fang Anya. Although she was still very tired, she quickly entered combat mode after a long period of fighting in the wild.

As soon as she came out, she sensed something was wrong in the room.

Without any hesitation, he walked straight towards Chen Nian.

When her hand touched Chen Nian's cold face, her expression changed abruptly. She then touched Chen Nian's neck, shoulders, and arms, moving down as if to confirm something.

This action tickled Chen Nian.

She quickly grabbed Fang Anya's hand, stopping her from touching her any further.

At this moment, Fang Anya frowned, turned her hand over and grasped hers, interlocking their fingers, and asked, "Are you sure nothing happened last night?"

"It's really nothing."

"You're lying." Fang Anya stared at her for two seconds, then suddenly leaned closer, her nose almost touching her face, and continued, "You smell different."

Chen Nian's heart tightened.

"The smell of blood, and... ice?" Fang Anya tilted her head and said with certainty, "You went out last night and encountered something strange, didn't you?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Nian's heart skipped a beat.

Unexpectedly, they were still discovered.

Helpless, Chen Nian could only awkwardly explain, "Yesterday we encountered a strange creature passing by. It seemed to have discovered us, so I lured it out and killed it outside."

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