Chapter 728 - 471: Journey to Yuan Province, Cold Evil Wind!

Chapter 728: Chapter 471: Journey to Yuan Province, Cold Evil Wind!

"Old Hu, you’re a bit late."

Before seeing the man, one heard his voice; the newcomer was indeed Prince Xia, Li Xuan.

He brought with him a familiar face, none other than Hong Zhen, who was seen at the Imperial Banquet.

"Looks like even His Majesty knows how close we are; he didn’t ask anyone else, only you and me," Prince Xia chuckled while getting closer.

"Alright, Brother Li, let’s talk while we walk," replied Prince Cui, and the four of them started moving, crossing the Purple Mist Dao, heading northwards.

This mission to Yun Province was assigned to both Prince Cui and Prince Xia.

In fact, back when they were under Emperor Yun’s command, they had worked together on assigned missions more than once.

However, now that they each became kings, such opportunities had dwindled.

"Changming, we meet again." Li Xuan, walking alongside Prince Cui, turned his head to greet Song Changming, who was not far behind.

Remembering Changming’s impressive performance in that Cloud Fight, Li Xuan could certainly not forget him.

"Greetings, Prince Xia," Song Changming replied.

"Oh, looks like Old Hu was afraid you’d run off, so he gave you the title of Grand Marshal of the armed forces, quite impressive," Li Xuan noticed the identity badge on Song Changming and couldn’t help but jest.

"Brother Li..." Prince Cui said helplessly.

Li Xuan was reliable most of the time; it’s just sometimes his words were a bit out of tune.

"Just some idle chat, the journey is quite dull, Yuan Province is far away," Li Xuan continued, then sneered, "Last time, I congratulated you on breaking through to the late Grandmaster stage; yet, the drinks weren’t done, and you ran off, I still remember it."

"Brother Li, I had no choice then, you know it, the Changsheng Clan was pressuring tightly at the time, quite a headache," Prince Cui shook his head.

"Enough, let’s not mention the last time, once this is over, come to my Purple Mist Dao, drink with me for three days, and I won’t say anything more," Li Xuan waved his hand.

"If someone invites for drinks, naturally it’s good," Prince Cui agreed.

"Changming wouldn’t mind joining me for a drink either, would you?" Li Xuan asked Song Changming.

"How could I dare refuse?" Song Changming replied with a smile.

With his rising status and increasing strength, he was now much more at ease when facing these renowned figures, without much restraint.

"Hahaha, good."

The four of them traveled swiftly, and although the journey was long, with their Grandmaster-level travel speed, it wouldn’t take long to reach their destination.

Along the way, the mountains and rivers blurred past, fading away quickly.

Before three days were out, the vast Yun Province was no longer visible below, and the surrounding dust and sand clearly increased, indicating they had entered the Feng Province area.

Song Changming had heard that Feng Province had several unusual, divine, and demonic winds, dangerous and untouchable for ordinary Martial Artists.

Only a few locals possessing special physical traits could become Wind Catchers, capturing these extraordinary winds for their use.

The existence of Wind Catchers seemed familiar to Song Changming, somewhat akin to his Thunder Eater physical trait.

But, those legendary Wind Catchers ’catch the wind,’ whereas he, the Thunder Eater, ’devours thunder.’

Song Changming had felt the power of the Thunder Eater’s trait, so he wouldn’t overlook Feng Province’s Wind Catchers.

After flying in Feng Province for a while, at nightfall, a sudden cold gust of air rushed in, and despite having the Master’s Power, Song Changming felt a bit chilled to the bone.

"Hmm?" Song Changming frowned.

He couldn’t remember the last time he felt a biting cold; even in deep winter, with ice and snow, the cold couldn’t get to him.

"Not good, it’s the Cold Evil Wind!" Prince Cui suddenly said.

"That’s really unlucky, be careful to avoid the cold stream; once frozen, it’s quite troublesome," Li Xuan added, mainly reminding Song Changming and Hong Zhen, who had never encountered the Cold Evil Wind before.

As his words fell, Song Changming saw in the dark, a massive colored ghostly wind dispersing the clouds, instantly shrouding the entire visible area.

In this ghostly wind, even someone as strong as Prince Cui, a late-stage Grandmaster, found his Master’s Power becoming hard to control.

Li Xuan was no exception; his focus was entirely on this ghostly cold stream, increasing the output of his Master’s Power.

Hong Zhen had the lowest strength; Song Changming had broken through to the Grandmaster Realm last year, while Hong Zhen had only made the breakthrough at the beginning of spring this year.

Hong Zhen’s Grandmaster Cultivation was still unstable compared to Song Changming, who had already condensed a second drop of Purple Mansion Essence Blood quickly within his Purple Mansion.

Thus, Hong Zhen was the most embarrassed in this cold wind, his Master’s Power flickering like a candle in the wind, seemingly about to extinguish.

Meanwhile, Song Changming appeared the steadiest, his released Master’s Power seemed even more stable than the two princes, as if unaffected by this special cold wind!

Song Changming knew this was thanks to the powerful capabilities of the Orange Level physical trait, the Celestial Essence Body, he had acquired.

His extreme control over his Master’s Power minimized external interference, almost unaffected by the cold wind.

"Cold Evil Wind?" Hearing what Prince Cui and Prince Xia said, he realized they encountered a local natural phenomenon they had anticipated.

Before he could think further, in the wind, he saw streams of Cold Evil Wind attacking them like swift arrows.

Obviously, what Li Xuan mentioned they had to dodge were these Cold Evils.

Hong Zhen dodged a few but accidentally got his hand brushed by some Cold Evil, instantly covering half his arm and hand with a layer of dark frost.

Frowning, he immediately tried to remove the frost with his not-so-strong Master’s Power.

But the next moment, he was surprised to find that under the Master’s Power, the seemingly thin layer of frost was melting extremely slowly.

Instead, as he was distracted, the Cold Evil infiltrated his body, instantly freezing his breath.

At this moment, he realized why even powerful as Li Xuan and Prince Cui would dread the Cold Evil Wind.

Damn, he never thought just a gust of wind could pose such great harm and threat to a Martial Arts Grandmaster like him!

He struggled to resist the Cold Evil invading his body, but the next moment another Cold Evil smashed into his leg, freezing it, the frost covering again.

"Damn it!"

This time, Hong Zhen’s face turned pale.

With more Cold Evils rushing forward, he found it hard to dodge.

Being relentlessly frozen and eroded by the Cold Evil, he was truly in danger!

Just then, a bolt of Thunder Light pierced through the cold current, and Song Changming, surrounded by lightning, appeared beside him, gripped his shoulder, and vanished, dodging those Cold Evils.

Seeing Hong Zhen struggling against the Cold Evil invading his body, Song Changming, with a single thought, revealed the Thunder Seed on the back of his hand.

Next moment, a large amount of electric current surged through, Hong Zhen felt his whole body go numb, and then the frost on his body surface was entirely removed.

The ultimate control over energy not only worked with the Master’s Power, but greatly enhanced the Thunder Power Song Changming possessed.

After all, the Master’s Power wasn’t pure energy, while the thunder he released was pure Thunder Elemental Energy!

"Thank you!" Hong Zhen exhaled deeply and thanked Song Changming.

Song Changming’s assistance was quite timely.

If he hadn’t been careful just now, he might have suffered a serious blow, or even met misfortune.

Song Changming said nothing more, continued dodging the flying Cold Evils, until they broke out of the cold wind, avoiding the danger and made it safe.

"No doubt about it, really unlucky to coincidentally encounter this Cold Evil Wind," Li Xuan checked Hong Zhen’s condition, confirming he was unharmed before shaking his head helplessly.

"Luckily, the scale of this Cold Evil Wind wasn’t large, otherwise it would have been truly troublesome..." Prince Cui also said with a sullen face.

Song Changming was silent, glancing back at the unusual cold wind that had passed.

He had thought after becoming a Martial Arts Grandmaster, anywhere under the heavens could be ventured, now he realized he had been too naive.

Even without considering the existence of Demon Race Great Demons, Martial Arts Grandmasters themselves were not invincible, and the Master’s Power they developed was not omnipotent.

They still needed to be cautious of all sorts of bizarre and dangerous phenomena, any slight oversight could still be fatal!

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