Chapter 299: Something strange...
The area they were in was just the area Tang Yin needed, so they walked straight through this place while looking for some spirit beasts, but to both surprise, this place was quite desolate of spirit beasts.
It was as if the beasts were afraid to come here.
"Isn't there something strange?" Qingyue asked doubtfully as she looked from side to side, trying to figure out what was going on.
Initially, both thought it was because of the presence of Qingyue's ice phoenix, so she put it away and prevented its aura from leaking out.
After that, they ran deeper into this place, and it was still the same.
This was quite strange, spirit beasts were too rare.
"Could it be that they have hunted too much around this area and the beasts are fleeing towards the center?" Tang Yin asked suddenly as he studied the area.
He could see places fighting back and forth, but it was still a little strange that something like this happened.
Spirit beasts below the emperor realm don't have a consciousness, so they usually move by instincts, and the instinct they have is to cultivate in places with rich spiritual energy like this place.
Even so, there were not many here, which was strange.
The instinct of these beasts makes them run away from dangers as well, so they usually stay away from dangerous places or powerful monsters.
Still...
'I don't feel anything... What the hell is going on?' Tang Yin thought, and then both started running for a long while longer.
Until both stopped right at the top of a tree, looking down.
"Finally, does that one work for you?" she asked serenely as she looked at a black tiger, the same type Tang Yin had obtained in his first spirit bone.
A spirit beast called a Thunder Destroyer Tiger, but this time with 27 thousand years old.
Tang Yin smiled, and his eyes sparkled as soon as they saw this spirit beast.
Undoubtedly, this spirit beast was among the top 3 that he could obtain.
"Yes, it will be of great use to me." He replied smilingly as he took out his spiritual spear.
"Let's make this quick, there's something urgent I need to deal with." Tang Yin said, and she nodded to him.
She immediately disappeared from her place and appeared above this beast as she moved her hand slightly towards it.
This movement of hers created a hand of ice that swallowed the spirit tiger and prevented it from being able to move, quickly weakening it.
Tang Yin then took the opportunity to pounce on it and, with a simple but deadly blow, stabbed its head from behind, killing it instantly.
It was simply two moves full of elegance and power, which put an end to a small beast of the fifth realm that didn't even understand how it died.
Tang Yin then smiled as Qingyue arrived at his side.
She first looked at the beast and then at Tang Yin, "Can you absorb it? It's strong." She said softly.
Tang Yin looked at her, "Are you worried about me?" He asked with a smile, and she nodded simply.
"Yes." She replied, and Tang Yin looked at her in surprise, just as he prepared to ask her why, she spoke, "You haven't given me the herbs yet. It's not good for you to die until you give them to me." She said naturally.
Tang Yin looked at her even more surprised but then smiled.
"Well, don't worry. I won't die for something like this." He replied with a smile, and after that, he sat down to start synthesizing his new spirit bone.
'If I'm not wrong, this spirit bone could give me a skill that can perfectly complement my first skill and also my third skill... If I can make my third skill have more power, maybe it can become a higher-grade skill, giving me a chance for my divine soul to upgrade it.' Tang Yin thought smiling with great joy, but without revealing anything on his face.
He started synthesizing slowly...
Just as he was synthesizing, Qingyue sat beside him while staring at him.
The atmosphere became calm and quiet at that moment, occasionally a few beasts could be heard roaring in the distance or the small birds in the trees. But there was nothing else.
It was just the atmosphere Qingyue liked the most, so she enjoyed it, and more when she was looking at a peaceful, strange, but beautiful face in front of her.
For the first time, she lasted several full minutes looking a man in the face without getting tired.
But just when she was enjoying this warm atmosphere and her mind was thinking a few things, she felt an earthquake rising through the area, startling her.
She frowned and immediately stood up from where she was, summoning her spirit weapon quickly.
A big ice phoenix appeared with a great roar to the four winds as spiritual energy slammed into the surroundings.
But, just as this happened, "ROOOOOOOOOOOOAR!" A mighty roar rang out, leaving her stunned.
She quickly moved her gaze to the ground, 'From below?' She thought in shock.
Tang Yin himself sensed that something was wrong, and his eyes twitched slightly to understand what the heck was going on, but because he was synthesizing, he could not lose his concentration too much.
If, for some reason, he loses his concentration, and something goes wrong during synthesizing...
He could receive severe damage from this.
This was something Qingyue knew.
So, she quickly arrived at his side.
Snow began to fall in this place, and immense clouds began to cover the sky while a cold atmosphere rose in the surroundings.
'Icy Blizzard.' She thought, and a huge blizzard rose from one of her sides and slammed hard towards all the nearby trees, freezing all the spiritual energy into large chunks of ice that fell to the ground to reinforce it.
After that roar, the dangerous presence she felt disappeared, but she could not think that she was now free of danger.
Therefore, she also moved her hands downward and struck a powerful blow against the ground.
This blow went along with a powerful spiritual energy, which forcefully sank the ground, causing Tang Yin to remain for milliseconds in the air. Qingyue took advantage of those milliseconds to put a huge layer of ice protecting the ground and, after that snapped her fingers.
*TRHISKKKKK*
A sound as if the solidified ice was shattering sounded at that moment, as the icy blizzard joined with these huge chunks of ice and formed a great wall of ice surrounding them.
It was a small but mighty fortress made of the highest quality ice that could exist.
Qingyue, as a control-type cultivator, used her skills masterfully to protect Tang Yin while sending her ice phoenix flying through the skies to watch over the area, keeping herself in a state of maximum alertness.
Although she had full confidence in herself, she had never given in to the arrogance of believing that she was unbeatable. Although she is powerful and recognizes her strength, she knows that there can always be surprises in a cultivator's life.
Therefore, she stood at Tang Yin's side, placing her hand on him, ready to throw him into the air if necessary.
She didn't know why, but she could sense danger.
It was her instinct.
Even Tang Yin's instincts were screaming danger all over the place, leaving him stunned.
'What the hell is going on? Even my heavenly hammer is shaking...' He thought in shock, and just then, he felt the spiritual energy in his body slam him upwards, 'Shit...' He thought, and this moment coincided with a powerful impact coming from inside the mountain, as it slammed hard against the fortress that Qingyue had made...
*BOOOOOOOOOM*
A powerful explosion rose at that moment, and Qingyue felt all the alarms in her body go off, so without a second thought, she grabbed Tang Yin in her arms and disappeared from the scene...
*BOOOOOOOOOOOM*
An incredible explosion occurred just as both disappeared, and Qingyue's mighty fortress disappeared in an intense explosion. Even all the skills she had activated were destroyed, while a powerful pillar of fire rose from below, shattering everything in its path...