Chapter 2483: Chapter 2473 Ice Crystal

The intense flame light instantly forced the four people on the tree to close their eyes. They had just gotten used to the darkness and couldn’t handle this terrifying light. Long Yan kept controlling his True Qi, ensuring that the terrifying range of the Divine Fire Prison didn’t affect the big tree where the four were.

As the light gradually faded, all four of them gasped in shock. What kind of terrifying state was this? The dense jungle had suddenly turned into an open area, yet the originally burning grassy scene was not visible to them.

Only the scorched ground continued to emit heat, with everything around already consumed, leaving nothing behind in the Divine Fire, and the Demon Wolf’s corpse had turned to ashes within it.

That Divine Fire, consuming all, leaving no trace.

Long Yan remained in the air, his golden eyes devoid of emotion as he coldly surveyed the surroundings. This caused the wolf pack to dare not move forward. After releasing that blinding orb of light, at least hundreds of their companions had vanished, encountering such a terrifying scene for the first time.

Chu Meng curiously glanced around, wondering if the stars in the sky seemed a bit brighter than before. Was it just her illusion?

Long Yan wasn’t aware that his Star Breaking Demon Decree had been discovered by Chu Meng. The orthodox Star Breaking Demon Decree merely borrowed heavenly power for martial arts enhancement, which explained why any technique used by those practicing this decree had multiplied power.

However, even knowing this, Long Yan didn’t care. He didn’t intend to disguise himself when using Divine Fire and Ice Domain. He wasn’t heartless enough to watch Chu Lu and others die in front of him without intervening.

Though he occasionally found excuses for his soft-heartedness, Long Yan preferred his state, letting it be as it might. Whether to keep his secret was up to those four people.

The Demon Wolf showed signs of unwillingness, nearly two hundred wolves had perished here. The tactics humans couldn’t withstand had failed today, leaving the Wolf King with a sense of reluctance. Despite his urging, the wolf pack remained fearful, refusing to move forward.

His subordinates had been terrified by this tough opponent in front of them. Helplessly, the Wolf King bit off the neck of a Demon Wolf that had retreated a few steps. The Wolf King emerged from these Demon Wolves, and that Demon Wolf had no chance to resist as the Wolf King severed its neck.

But this tactic of killing the chicken to warn the monkeys proved effective, as the previously retreating wolf pack braved their fears to move towards Long Yan.

Seeing the densely advancing wolf pack, Long Yan’s lips curled into a cruel smile. The previous Divine Fire Prison was just a warning. It seemed they hadn’t learned their lesson, so he’d leave them one.

Long Yan’s body slowly descended from mid-air to the ground, and the previously heat-emitting land instantly cooled beneath him. The wolf pack felt the ground stop scorching their feet, quickening their pace, but upon nearing Long Yan within a foot, they found they couldn’t move anymore.

Their paws seemed rooted to the ground, immobile. For a while, countless Demon Wolves struggled desperately, but to no effect, as a layer of thick ice enveloped all four limbs, leaving them utterly immobile.

The Wolf King, observing from afar, sensed something was wrong, issuing retreat signals with no effect. The wolf pack’s paws remained frozen on the ground, unable to budge.

A vast ice crystal formed with Long Yan at its center, growing with the wind, its sharp ice spikes instantly piercing countless Demon Wolves. The air filled with agonizing cries as the once-transparent ice crystal became adorned with broken limbs and bodies of Demon Wolves, turning blood-red with fresh blood.

Yet the ice crystal didn’t cease expanding. More Demon Wolves ended up like kites hanging from the ice spikes, their screams in the night haunting like Fierce Ghosts, but within the ice, Long Yan remained unchanged, as more Demon Wolves got caught on the ice.

Helplessly, the Wolf King ordered a retreat, knowing he wouldn’t dare to target these humans as prey even if granted a hundred guts. His troops suffered greater losses today, mainly because of that terrifying White-Clothed figure before them.

Watching the wolf pack slowly retreat, Long Yan waved, causing the enormous ice crystal to vanish, leaving only the ground littered with Demon Wolf corpses. A few Demon Wolves weren’t dead, struggling painfully on the ground, fresh blood flowing from their mouths, clearly beyond surviving.

The four jumped down from the tree, facing Long Yan with complicated expressions, mixed with joy and guilt, truly complex. They understood that without Long Yan, they would likely have died here today.

Especially Tian Luo Yi stood out, recalling her past disdain for Long Yan, wishing she could find a hole to hide in. Now, she understood why Long Yan sensed the wolf pack’s arrival before she did, owing to his True Qi perception, far surpassing the range of eyesight, proving his reconnaissance was accurate.

“Um… Brother Long.”

Chu Lu stepped forward. Previously, they hadn’t known Long Yan was a cultivator. It was said that mercenaries, no matter how renowned, were considered mere scrap in the eyes of cultivators. Most mercenaries were outsiders in cultivation affairs, though it wouldn’t remain that way later. But at this stage, any cultivator could easily outmatch this mercenary group, making it rare for cultivators to choose to be mercenaries.

Chu Lu intended to apologize to Long Yan but was unsure what to say, causing the rugged warrior’s face to blush in embarrassment.

Long Yan merely smiled mildly. He hadn’t taken the earlier taunts to heart, knowing that bringing someone unfamiliar with the Demon Beast Mountain Range was risky, which was why they feared Long Yan would lose his life there, so he didn’t mind.

“No need for concern, Brother Chu. I understand your difficulties, but I ask that my identity as a cultivator remain confidential.”

Long Yan replied with a smile, but his primary concern was keeping his status as a cultivator secret, tied to the battle against the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, naturally requiring confidentiality.

“Of course, of course…”

Chu Lu saw Long Yan’s agreeable nature and chuckled heartily. It seemed this Brother Long recruited into the Mercenary Group held an unusual status, even this rugged warrior understood, and surely his teammates did as well.