"Courting death!" the woman snorted disdainfully.

The Frost Spear in her hand thrust directly towards Sword One.

The Frost Spear contained incredibly intense Cold Ice Energy.

With one thrust, the temperature of the entire space dropped by more than ten degrees.

Even from a distance, one could feel a chill sweeping over.

Facing the Frost Spear's attack head-on, Sword One felt it even more acutely.

It was as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Sword One held a broken ancient weapon, a Broken Sword, and collided with the tip of the Frost Spear.

The woman, though a Superpower User,

had extraordinary combat skills.

Her strength was not at all inferior to Sword One's.

The tips of the sword and the Frost Spear collided, locked in a stalemate.

Then, the sword in Sword One's hand began to freeze at a visibly rapid pace.

And it spread towards Sword One!

Sword One had to release the Broken Sword in his hand.

Clang!

The woman planted the Frost Spear into the ground.

A rich Cold Ice Energy spread out from the Frost Spear.

It expanded in a fan shape towards the surrounding people.

Cang Lang and the Ban Cun man immediately stepped forward, blocking in front of the crowd.

A shield formed in front of them, blocking the Cold Ice Energy.

"Can you block it?" the woman sneered, her palm grabbing and clenching.

"Watch out!" Cang Lang quickly warned.

The crowd had already seen this move from the woman before.

Therefore, they all dodged.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Countless Ice Spikes rose from the ground.

Luckily,

most people evaded them.

However, a small portion failed to dodge.

They had no choice; they were too weak.

Even knowing the Ice Spikes were coming from the ground,

they couldn't avoid them.

Splurt splurt!

Several people were pierced through by the Frost Spear.

Cries of agony echoed out.

"Let's see how many times you can dodge!"

The woman continuously summoned Ice Spikes.

The crowd continued to dodge.

However, as the Ice Spikes appeared more frequently,

gradually, some couldn't keep up with their speed and were impaled by the Ice Spikes.

The power of the Ice Spikes was limited.

They couldn't harm strong fighters like Sword One.

However, the ordinary Guardians couldn't withstand them at all.

The milder cases only had their calves pierced,

while the more severe cases were impaled through their bodies.

They faced an attack of cold on one side,

and an attack of Ice Spikes on the other side.

This plunged the Guardians into a bitter struggle.

Especially since the crowd had been over ten days without food or drink.

Even the Ban Cun man and Cang Lang became extremely weak.

Ah!

Cry after cry of agony echoed out without pause.

Guardians kept being injured or killed by the Ice Spikes.

They had thought that after the Dragon Breaking Stone was opened, they would face Bronze Giants.

Yet the Bronze Giants hadn't appeared at all.

A single Cold Ice System Superpower User,

had already plunged them into a bitter battle.

"I'll say it again, hand over the item, or I'll kill them all," the woman said coldly.

She was, of course, referring to the ordinary Guardians.

"The thing you want, we don't have it. It's in the Stele!" Finally, to save the remaining Guardians, who were already reduced to the old, weak, sick, and disabled,

Sword One had to reveal the secret of the inheritance.

"In the Stele?"

"That's right, the thing you want is in the Stele. To obtain the inheritance, you must attack the Stele. When your strength is sufficient, you can enter the Stele and accept the inheritance!"

After all, Su Chen had already entered the Stele and accepted the inheritance.

Once Su Chen accepted the inheritance,

the words on the Stele disappeared.

In other words,

the swordsmanship left by Dugu Qiubai,

could only be transmitted once.

Now, only the words on the Earth Tablet and Sky Tablet still existed.

Despite the woman's strength,

she may not possess the power to shatter the Stele.

Upon hearing Sword One's words,

the woman immediately summoned an Ice Spike.

She aimed it at the Stele.

Crash! Crash!

The Ice Spike shattered.

The Stele remained unaffected.

"Why is there no reaction?" the woman frowned, looking at Sword One.

"I already told you, your power must be sufficient to accept the inheritance," Sword One answered.

The woman squinted her eyes, then a longbow appeared in her hand.

A longbow entirely formed by Cold Ice Energy.

Upon the longbow, an Ice Arrow made of Cold Ice appeared.

"Ice Arrow!"

The woman shouted softly.

The Ice Arrow shot out with explosive speed.

This was an Abnormal Skill mastered by the woman.

A Martial Skill used by a Superpower User,

much like a Martial Artist's Martial Skills.

It significantly amplified the power of the superpower.

The Ice Arrow possessed unparalleled piercing power.

Snap!

The Ice Arrow collided with the Stele.

Like an egg hitting a stone,

it shattered instantly.

Still, it didn't have any impact on the Stele.

"How dare you lie to me!" the woman raged, aiming her Cold Ice Longbow at Sword One.

Sword One immediately felt himself locked onto by a terrifying presence.

The woman's Ice Arrow had failed to damage the Stele,

but he was a different matter.

With the speed and power of the Ice Arrow, it was something he absolutely couldn't withstand.

If the woman chose to kill him, he would have no chance of survival.

Sword One felt the threat of death looming.

"He's telling the truth!" Cang Lang urgently interjected.

She had given her Fighting Sword to Su Chen, and she herself was injured.

Saving Sword One from the woman was completely impossible.

"Hmph, my Ice Arrow can easily kill a Saint, yet it has no effect on a Stele. If that's not a lie, what is?" the woman retorted in disbelief.

With that, she was about to release the bowstring.

"To open the Stele, even an attack with Human King Level power might not suffice." At this critical moment,

Long Lan spoke up.

The woman's gaze fell upon Long Lan.

She naturally knew who Long Lan was.

"Oh, the mighty Ghost Lan, how you've fallen, to be sealed of your Inner Strength," the woman taunted.

She could tell that Long Lan's Inner Strength had been sealed.

"I was merely outmatched," Long Lan replied calmly.

"Why don't you beg me, and I'll have them release you, how about that?" the woman said with a teasing tone.

It was clear that even among the Asura, the woman held a lower status than Long Lan.

Seeing Long Lan so humiliated now, she felt quite pleased.

However, Long Lan simply closed his eyes.

This greatly annoyed the woman.

"Ghost Lan, would you rather be captured than bow to me?" the woman asked angrily.

Long Lan opened his eyes and looked at the woman coolly, saying, "Ice Emperor, they're telling the truth. To open the Stele, at least a Human King Level attack is required."

The woman's face darkened. "Ghost Lan, you clearly know I can't achieve a Human King Level attack, are you deliberately humiliating me?"

"Think what you want," Long Lan said, then closed his eyes again, refusing to speak further.

The woman narrowed her eyes.

Although she and Long Lan were at odds,

she knew that Long Lan never lied.

Could it be that to shatter the Stele, truly required a Human King Level of attack power?