Two Unique Spirits - Flying Swords - Ice Cold - Red Ice - Blood

[Another host fallen into the trap of the sword... What should we do to him?]

[Like the previous hosts, we torment him until his death!]

The spirit with the dopo and the fox girl spirit spoke in unamused fashion

[We've been wrongfully sealed here after all! We can only unleash our anger to whoever was deceived by this sword]

The fox girl spirit spoke with a deep grudge

[You're right... I've been sealed here thousands of years ago... I didn't even do anything!]

The spirit wearing the dopo began complaining

[How many times do we have to talk about this?!]

[I don't know? Whenever someone meets us for the first time so that they can learn our story?]

[Who decided that?]

[I don't know...]

[Well, in any case...]

[...]

The two spirits turned their head towards Philip and their eyes blazed

[You have made a grave mistake by entering this plane!]

[We don't know how you came here, but we know you're a mortal! We can't let this chance pass by to possess your body and escape from this prison!!]

The two spirits shouted and immediately showed hostility to Philip. They are malevolent and vengeful spirits after all

Well, that's a given considering that the katana was cursed by two curses after all

[Be engulfed in swords!]

[Freeze to death!]

The two spirits shouted as they flicked their hand and staff towards Philip

Hundreds of flying swords conjured behind the spirit wearing the dopo. The sword rotated behind him as it lunged towards Philip one by one

The scene looked exactly like one of those scenes in wuxia or cultivator novels of a sword cultivator

On the other hand, as the fox girl spirit waved her ice staff towards Philip, a waved of chilling energy washed towards Philip like a powerful tornado of snow

"..."

As the swords and wave of chilling energy approached Philip, he lowered his head and sharpened his awareness that his eyes erupted. The [Blood Eyes of Truth] was activated, along with his [Future Vision] and [Clairvoyance] abilities, as well as all of his other Eye Vision skills. His eyes also turned partly golden. In doing so, his body also hardened in response

But with this much, it wasn't enough for Pureblood and Soulblood, the [Regenerative Ivory], and Darkness Authority to activate

*WHOOSH*

*SHING*

In just a second, Philip was covered in a cloud of ice and smoke as the flying sword dissipated into the cloud, incapacitating Philip

[...]

[...]

At least that's what should've happened

[Hm?!]

[What?!]

The hundreds of swords that disappeared into the cloud was repelled and controlled. It made formation around Philip and cut the cloud horizontally, dispersing the cloud of ice and snow. Several more sword also hovered around him, as if to protect him

After the cloud of ice and snow dissipated, it was revealed that Philip was covered in snow as the moisture around his body instantly froze, cresting icicles and shards of ice

But this immediately melted because of the nature of Philip's body

[Impossible!!!]

The fox girl spirit was the most agitated one between the two. She could believe that she wasn't able to freeze Philip

Philip survived the subzero temperature becasue of his abilities involving body temperature, especially the [Cold Nullification] and [Temperature Reaction] abilities

The ice also immediately melted because Philip's body quickly adjusted to the sudden change in temperature, making his body incredibly hot

[.....]

Meanwhile, the spirit wearing the dopo was stunned and couldn't speak. He unconsciously took a few steps back from deep fear

Eventually, he gave up and immediately knelt down in a dogeza position, submitting his entire existence towards Philip

"..."

At this point, Philip flicked his left fingers and the flying swords shot towards the direction that they are facing. All the swords disappeared and he turned his attention toward the fox girl spirit

[This is impossible! I can't believe it! I don't believe it! You're our only chance to be free from this wretched place!! I will do everything to get out!!]

The fox girl spirit's eyes flashed with red light and the red ice jewels on her staff shone brightly

[As the apprentice of the Witch of Icy Calamity, I will put you in an eternal prison of ice!!!]

The fox girl spirit waved her staff round and round and the ice and snow that's swirling with her motions turned red and transparent

"..."

She then quickly brought down the staff and aimed it at Philip

[Curse of Eternal Permafrost Imprisonment!!!]

"...?!"

The red ice and snow quickly washed towards Philip and his entire world went seemingly frozen

Nonetheless, he did nothing because he believes that this won't have any effect on him and he would just melt it again. Though, he was surprised that this fox girl spirit was able to conjure a curse

He doesn't know if this curse is a spell or an actual curse just like Katara's

『 Bullet Time has been activated!!! 』

"!!!"

『 Lawyer of Premonition: Argósensus has activated the second level of Bullet Time! 』

『 Supersonic Time has been acquired! 』

"!!!"

Philip's world and perspective just slowed two times as the discoloration of everything happened twice

This happened the same way when he was fighting Ariii, but his [Bullet Time] reached the third level against Ariii

[Bullet Time] reaching the second level could only mean one thing, especially considering the situation that he's in

Death

"..."

In all honesty, he would gladly receive this death, but he already knows that dying would never be a good thing because of what happens in the outside world while he's resurrecting

He could bear and imagine whatever happens to his loved ones while he's dead

"..."

Philip analyzed the situation first. He would [Load] to the last save from his Ultimate Skill of Save and Load, but he forgets to create a Save Point because of laziness

If he would load right now, he would go back to when he first received the [Imagination Shard] because that's his last Save Point. He would lose all of his progress, from visiting the Terra Spirit World, meeting Noctifer and Lucifer, as well as Ariii, and this birthday celebration

'Loading is out of the question...'

Philip quickly abandoned the idea of loading from [Save Point 2: Imagination Shard] because he couldn't bother doing everything again and he doesn't want to show half-assed reaction and expression for when his surprise birthday party will come again

'Damn it! I should've have kept trying to make a Save Point! I have unlimited slots after all... I think?'

「 Only 999 Save Points 」

'That's still a lot...'

Philip continued think of a solution before he dies. He figured that he won't be able to dodge this curse, so ⟨⟨ Null of Magnificence ⟩⟩ and ⟨⟨ Form of Godliness ⟩⟩ is out if the question

He would use Twinblades Concept to just cut the curse apart, but he doesn't know if he has time, even with the use of ⟨⟨ Supreme Sense of Calculation ⟩⟩

⟨⟨ Mana Actualization ⟩⟩ and Darkness Authority would also not make it in time, as well as Fate Control because he has a snap or use ⟨⟨ Sacrificial Fate Control ⟩⟩

This might be the first time that he will be backed into a corner, even though he has these overpowered powers and abilities

Even with [Bullet Time] or [Supersonic Time] activated, his perception and movement are the only things that will move normally, faster than the slowed time in the surroundings relatively. But this Ultimate Skill still has some limits and this was revealed during his fight with Ariii

Whenever he uses a skill or an ability, [Bullet Time] will be temporarily deactivated in a fraction of a second until the skill or ability was completed

It might be just Ariii overpowering the degree of [Bullet Time], but the fraction of a second was enough for Ariii to react and overpower Philip further beyond

An Ultimate Skill should be flawless, but a person like Philip possessing such Ultimate Skills will have limits

The Ultimate Skill of Bullet Time deals with time after all and Philip only possesses the Mark of Time, not the Time Variable itself

So, if he were to use an ability, the curse would immediately befall on him and will end him

He could only rely on the [Regenerative Ivory] with its special features, as well as the resiliency of his body. Pureblood and Soulblood could also help

'Pureblood... That's it!!!'

Philip quickly moved his arms in front of him and opened his hands inwards. The Pureblood Marble appeared in between his hands and began to glow

In this moment, [Supersonic Time] was temporarily deactivated in a split second, but that was enough for the curse to fall on to Philip

*SHINK*

Red ice exploded from Philip and expanded around him in a smooth sphere then a double terminated crystal. Sharp spikes and shards of red ice protruded from the red ice itself. An explosion of coldness, almost like a shockwave, blasted around the red ice

The imprisonment looks majestic as it could be described as a Red Ice Palace

Philip was frozen along with Pureblood

"..."

「 ... 」

『 ... 』

[I did it... I did it! Finally! We can get out of here and be free! Hey, Ao Hai! Let's get out of here!]

The fox girl spirit turned towards the spirit wearing the dopo, named Ao Hai

[...]

Ao Hai didn't respond and kept his dogeza position

[Ao Hai?]

The fox girl spirit became confused and slightly concerned as she turned towards Ao Hai

Meanwhile, while the fox girl spirit went towards Ao Hai, Philip's consciousness started to fade

"---"

Philip wasn't able to speak or move any of his muscles at all, not even his eyes, and his ears began ringing to the point he was about to become deaf. Even still, light could still penetrate through the transparent clear red ice and feed information to his frozen eyes, albeit naturally distorted

Everything inside the permafrost imprisonment froze directly towards Absolute Zero, exactly -273.14°C and dropping, even the Pureblood Marble is frozen

'It hurts-!'

This extreme coldness shouldn't have any effects on Philip because of his [Cold Nullification] ability, even if the temperature is Absolute Zero

'---!'

But this coldness is a curse invoked by a mortal. Even if it didn't come from Katara, curse is still a curse that has unknown origins

'It fucking hurts so much-! I... Have... To...'

Philip's consciousness began to fade faster as the coldness started to penetrate his core. All of the movement of the atoms inside his body stopped

He was about to die and he couldn't process a counter to the curse, even if he forcefully converted the pain to willpower

'I'm... Loosing... My... Mind...'

Philip began to decide if he should load Save Point 2, but in the end he decided trust Pureblood

'-----'

His mind went black and he put all of his trust on the Pureblood Marble

"..."

The curse of permafrost has completely froze Philip's body and his soul, but in this critical second, he's still alive

That was enough for the Pureblood Marble to act, even though the marble is completely frozen

If Philip's body and soul was frozen, only the Pureblood's body, which is the marble is frozen. An ego cannot be frozen and it cannot feel. Egos can only give feelings, not take it

Pureblood is conscious this entire time and has finished preparing with the help of Soulblood, Emily, and the system. The Pureblood also took mana from Philip's body as energy since mana cannot be frozen

『 Curse Invocation has plundered the Curse of Eternal Permafrost Imprisonment! 』

『 Curse Resistance has been obtained! 』

『 Curse Enhancement has been obtained! 』

『 Curse Reinforcement has been obtained! 』

『 Absolute Zero Conductivity has been obtained! 』

『 Bullet Time (Lv. 3): Photonic Time has been obtained! 』

『 Temperature Variable has been used! 』

『 Duality Thermometer Spectrum has manifested! 』

『 Soulblood has been temporarily overloaded 』

「 Soulblood: Soul Moon: First Moonlight: Soul Invigoration 」

「 Pureblood: Blood Inscriptions. Blood Writing. Blood Runes. Blood Enchantment. Blood Manipulation. Blood Hex. Blood Overload 」

「 Blood That Has Been Written Can Give Various Effects 」

「 The Only Blood That Can Cure And Heal 」

P: Blood Singularity

Pureblood 101st Ability: Blood Flames

Crimson bloody flames bursted inside the permafrost imprisonment and began to blaze