I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense

878  Chapter 879: A Mere Fatal Wound, Hardly Worth Mentioning

In the void, an old bronze sword flickered with a strange glow, transforming the entire valley into a crimson world as if an old man were entering the twilight of his life.

On the ground, numerous empty tombs stood in rows, identical to the scene they had encountered upon first entering the Sword Tomb, only even more profound, as the sky was no longer sunset-red but a diabolical red that seemed almost to drip with blood, as if it had been stained.

"This, this Sword Domain is nothing like the one we saw when we entered!"

The young man in white was shocked beyond measure. It was only a sword, yet it could evolve into a domain that trapped cultivators, which was outrageous enough. Now, it even managed to strike proactively, elevating its power to another level. It was important to note that at this moment, the bronze sword was not in the hands of Li Xiaobai and was in an unused state. Everything was spontaneously executed by it.

Is this really just a sword?

Or could it be a demon?

"Senior brother, this Sword Domain is filled with a wild aura. Even we, who are at the Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivation level, feel a slight irritation in our hearts. I'm afraid these Earth Immortal Realm disciples won't last long. If people find out that Sect Disciples died in front of us, we might be pointed at by thousands in the future!"

A few cultivators beside him showed a trace of anxiety on their faces. They clearly saw that in just a few breaths, the eyes of the nearby Earth Immortal Realm cultivators were turning slightly red, and their breathing was also slightly rapid. This blood-colored dome amplified the unease and restiveness in their hearts.

"The geographical location here is different from before. The old methods won't work anymore. We need to find a way out quickly!"

The young man in white decisively said, leading the group to rapidly traverse within the Sunset World, hoping to find the correct position to exit if they were lucky.

In a certain corner, Li Xiaobai observed indifferently as a bronze sword next to him trembled lightly and slowly carved a few big characters on the ground.

"I cannot kill a Heavenly Immortal."

"Just trap them for a while, leave the people. All these are valuable resources. I'll go first; you find me later,"

Li Xiaobai said lightly, stepping onto a golden chariot that slowly started moving towards the valley's exit.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz!"

The bronze sword continued to tremble, its clanging sound unceasing, seemingly expressing its dissatisfaction.

Li Xiaobai: "You're already a mature Great Treasured Sword; you should learn to come back on your own."

Bronze Sword: "..."

A few minutes later, Li Xiaobai left the valley.

The golden chariot proceeded orderly, leaving the Sunset World behind. Suddenly, the surrounding climate plummeted, revealing a snowscape of icy plains and bitterly cold frost.

Looking around, it was a vast expanse of dazzling white snow and fog.

[Attribute Points +1000...]

[Attribute Points +1000...]

As he entered, the System panel's Attribute Points continued to flicker, and although each addition wasn't much, it was still a decent spot for leveling up.

Unlike the Sunset Sword Evocation of the bronze sword, this frozen world was not aimed at the mind but directly at the body. This Ice and Snow World must also be a Sword Domain emitted by a sword, immensely powerful.

"Kid, where is this place? Why is it so cold? The venerable one was frozen awake!"

A small yellow head emerged from his chest, Ji Wuqing having revived half an hour later.

"This is another sword's Sword Domain; this ice and snow are its creation,"

Li Xiaobai said.

"Damn it, you've doomed me. How can you remain so calm? I need compensation, I want Huazi, I want a hundred packets of Huazi!"

Ji Wuqing looked around, his gaze vacant for a moment as if he suddenly remembered something, and then he flew into a rage.

"Silence, this is the Sword Tomb, it's very dangerous here."

Li Xiaobai ignored the protests of the little yellow chick, pressing it back down, and continued moving forward. This damn chick deserved to die whether it had issues or didn't—it was for its own rapid strengthening, yet it still dared to seize the chance to demand Huazi? He hadn't even asked for compensation, which was quite generous of him.

"Crack!"

The chariot's wheel seemed to have crushed something, emitting a crisp breaking sound. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Li Xiaobai felt heartache, these frozen swords might not compare to those like the bronze swords that could awaken and establish domains, but outside, they were definitely high-quality treasures fiercely fought over by many. Now, however, they had ended up like this.

09:59

Li Xiaobai looked down and saw a broken sword under the wheel, completely encased in ice, shattering upon contact, and the road ahead was filled with similarly ice-bound longswords, each with a different shape, turned into ice sculptures.

"Hiss!"

"To think that so many swords were encased in ice, what a terrible waste!"

Li Xiaobai felt heartache, these frozen swords might not compare to those like the bronze swords that could awaken and establish domains, but outside, they were definitely high-quality treasures fiercely fought over by many. Now, however, they had ended up like this.

How great it would be if he could take them out and sell them?

"Well, an ice-bound Great Treasured Sword is still a Great Treasured Sword, carefully preserve it, and maybe sell it as a specimen later. As long as the marketing is right, there's nothing that can't be sold."

Li Xiaobai waved his hand grandly, scooping up the swords buried in the snow into his bag, gathering as he went along.

The swords buried in this snow land were too numerous to count, all perfectly preserved with hardly any broken ones. It was clear these ancient swords had been instantly frozen, not having undergone any collisions or battles, passing peacefully.

It was hard to imagine what had actually happened in this Ice and Snow World.

After wandering around the icy, snowy terrain for a while, he started to feel dizzy. There were no graves here, only endless broken swords and a vast expanse of white, making it easy to lose one's sense of direction. Li Xiaobai found this troublesome, unable to find a way out and unsure of how to proceed.

"Should we blast another wave?"

Li Xiaobai thought to himself, flipping his wrist and taking out a mud ball. Maybe leveling this place would draw out that sword and break the stalemate.

Force breaks all methods, sometimes the simpler and more violent strategies were the most effective.

"Let's go!"

With a flick of his hand, more than ten mud balls instantly flew out, striking the ice-bound rocks, starting to rapidly expand and absorb the surrounding ice and snow, a powerful fluctuation slowly spreading out, an obscure and terrifying aura growing stronger.

"Damn it, kid, you're throwing mud balls again!"

"Do you want to kill me again?"

Ji Wuqing emerged from his bosom, leaping three feet high, his tiny eyes almost bursting, what he saw was unimaginable—more than a dozen Star of Earthly Explosions simultaneously absorbing energy, just earlier in the Sunset Sword Domain, a single one was capable of world-shattering destruction, and this time Li Xiaobai had outright thrown a handful. It was utterly wild, if they exploded, would it not mean the end of its life?

Being blown up again just after reviving, only it could understand this kind of despair.

"If dead, then dead, just a fatal injury, what's there to fuss about, it's just a trifle, why the fuss?"

Li Xiaobai frowned, grabbed it, and stuffed it back into his pocket.

But at that moment, a flash of cold light burst through the void, and a resplendent blue Ice Essence Sword descended from the sky. Frost Qi exhaled, directly freezing all the Stars of Earthly Explosion both inside and out, stopping the expanding mud balls in their tracks.

Then, with a turn of the sword, several earth-shattering sword lights were unleashed, shattering the ice-bound balls to pieces, the energy stored within them dissipating into the atmosphere like air from a deflating balloon.

"Oh boy, this Great Treasured Sword is awesome!"