Xie Xie shrugged his shoulders. "Impossible, right? Who would put a Guardian here..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the sound of undulating breaths echoed from behind everyone...
Ye Xinglan gripped her Star God Sword tightly, beads of cold sweat forming on her forehead. "Do you hear that... this heavy breathing!"
For some reason, she felt as if she was being watched by a Primordial Behemoth, her body trembling subconsciously...
Xu Xiaoyan swallowed hard. "I... I can hear it too, it seems... it seems to be coming from behind us."
Xu Lizhi said with a wary face, "Otherwise... shall we turn around and have a look?"
Upon hearing his words, everyone took a deep breath and slowly turned around, only to be left dumbstruck...
Before them stood a Mammoth several dozen meters in size, covered in dense scales, with its long horns triumphantly raised...
Especially those cold, emotionless eyes, which seemed to regard them as food...
Xie Xie stepped back in fright, exclaiming, "Oh my god... it's so big... my... my legs are giving out on me!"
His words snapped the dazed Tang Wulin back to reality, and he immediately shouted, "This must be one of the Guardians of the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform. Everyone, stop daydreaming and run!!"
They didn't yet know the cultivation level and strength of this Mammoth, and a direct confrontation could mean elimination for everyone!
The others also snapped out of their shock and, without hesitation, sprinted forward at top speed...
Meanwhile, the massive Mammoth behind them took notice of their actions and began furiously slamming its limbs onto the ice below, causing a tremendous tremor...
Soon after, its cold eyes locked onto Tang Wulin and his group as it started to give chase...
The ice that was pounded by its enormous body began to show dense cracks, threatening to collapse at any moment...
Ye Xinglan, who was desperately running, glanced back at the persistently pursuing Mammoth and said with a grim face, "That Guardian is about to catch up, what do we do?"
Gu Yue replied in a deep voice, "By a rough estimate, this Guardian's cultivation level must have reached at least fifty thousand years. Our chances are slim!"
Xie Xie ground his teeth in anger, "Damn it, the difference between this thing and the guardians of the lower-level Spirit Ascension Platform is like night and day!"
Wu Siduo said coldly, "Gu Yue, can you control the ice element and melt the ice below, perhaps limiting the Mammoth's movement?"
While its immense size could be an advantage, it was also a detriment!
Hearing this, Gu Yue hesitated for a moment before responding, "I'll try my best!"
She then momentarily stopped, quickly infusing her Soul Power into the surrounding space, forcing the ice element below to start rapidly melting...
However, the effect was minimal...
With the Mammoth's size being several dozen meters, at the present rate of melting, creating a large enough pit to trap it in a river in a short time frame was utterly impossible!
Realizing this, she picked up her pace to catch up with Wu Siduo and the others, shaking her head. "It won't work! Although I can control the elements, this is ultimately just a simulated space; my control over the elements is greatly limited!"
In the real world, she could accomplish this in a few seconds, but clearly, this was just a Virtual Space.
Wu Siduo's cheeks showed a look of resignation. "As expected..."
She had anticipated this possibility before she made the suggestion.
But just then, Xu Lizhi pointed ahead and shouted, "Look, everyone! There's a cliff ahead. We've run into a dead end!"
Xu Xiaoyan glanced at the cliff that spanned a hundred meters ahead and said helplessly, "When it rains, it pours, huh! Although our initial goal was to hunt the Guardian, this is too much!"
Tang Wulin decisively said, "If we jump off the cliff, we'll probably be eliminated, everyone, get ready for battle!!"
Rather than fleeing, it's better to fight with all our might. As long as we cooperate well, killing this Guardian won't be difficult!
After this statement, Wu Siduo was the first to stop in her tracks, immediately released her Martial Soul, and said with a hint of fighting spirit, "Facing a soul beast with a cultivation level of fifty-thousand years? I like the sound of that!"
Seeing this, the others seemed to have resigned themselves to their fate and also stopped moving...
Xie Xie said rather gloomily, "Probably only you, Wu Siduo, feel that way. I definitely don't want to experience the pain of being torn apart by those horns!"
Xu Xiaoyan agreed, "Yeah, if there was any other way out, I wouldn't want to deal with this behemoth either!"
Gu Yue calmly said, "If we can defeat this Guardian, the effect on our spirit's ascension should be very significant... probably."
Xu Lizhi alone, his face pale, handed out buns to each person and said awkwardly, "Um... everyone, these two buns are the Bloodthirsty Red Bean Bun and the Recovery Big Meat Bun. There's nothing else I can do to help!"
While they were on the run, he had already been desperately making buns!
Naturally, making so many buns at once had completely drained his Soul Power!
Ye Xinglan took the buns and smiled, "Thank you, Lizhi, you have no offensive abilities, so try to stay as far back as possible! Getting hit by this Mammoth won't feel good at all!"
"Leave the rest to us!"
While they were talking, the Mammoth that had been relentlessly pursuing them had already reached directly in front of them...
An indescribable sense of intense pressure instantly spread throughout their surroundings...
...
The icy blue Sword Qi collided with the purple-black Hell Slash, unleashing a terrifying power...
Following that, they both dissipated at the same time...
Qiangugu Dongfeng couldn't believe his eyes and rubbed them, dumbfoundedly saying, "Just a casually released Sword Qi neutralized my enhanced Second Soul Skill. How is that possible!"
Even any Limit Douluo Level powerhouse in the Continent wouldn't be able to do that!
Furthermore, the opponent was a seven ring Soul Sage, how could he believe this?
Seeing the different expression on his face, Xu Sheng said in a gentle tone, "Vice Tower Master, do you have any other attacking methods? If not, I guess it's my turn!"
Qiangugu Dongfeng clenched his Purgatory Halberd tightly, staring at Xu Sheng as his mind began to frantically ponder...
"Was that really just a casually released Sword Qi? No... absolutely not possible. With my current strength, no one should be able to block my attack so easily!!"
Suddenly, a light bulb went off in his mind...
"Wait... could it be a Spirit Bone Skill? Yes, it must be the reason—Spirit Bone Skill!!!"
This Xu Sheng could hunt down so many hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, his body must have absorbed top-tier soul bones, and they also granted him powerful Soul Bone Skills!
With this analysis, everything started to make sense!!
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