Chapter 543: Chapter 543 I Want the Ice Spirit Pearl!

"Let me show you!"

Lu Chen cracked a smile, cursed playfully, and watched as the ice dragon he had conjured drilled out of the crevice!

The Xuanming Ice Snake hadn’t expected Lu Chen to possess such a technique and quickly shook its head to dodge!

Magical beasts act mostly on instinct.

But it had never sensed the familiar aura from Lu Chen.

Instead, it had chased from the proximity of the crevice to the previous valley edge because Lu Chen practiced the Heaven-Breaking Spiritual Method, which stirred up a Qi Cyclone of ice power and subsequently made it sense a whiff of Earth Fire.

Being a creature of this icy land, it naturally disliked high temperatures, and it had to protect its young snakes, so it naturally didn’t want any threat to exist.

Driven by instinct and a slight dread of Earth Fire, the Xuanming Ice Snake had concealed itself atop the ice sculpture to ambush Lu Chen.

Actually, when Ao Yu and Nian Ciyun appeared, it noticed them immediately, but since it was intent on killing Lu Chen, it hadn’t made a move.

However, when Lu Chen’s sudden actions provoked it, it subconsciously thought those two were also Lu Chen’s accomplices, naturally driving them away from the ice field, and then pursued Lu Chen.

But now, it was not only unable to deal with Lu Chen.

Lu Chen had even rushed into its young snakes’ den!

"Hiss!"

After dodging the ice dragon, the Xuanming Ice Snake stretched its head out again, its long forked tongue flicking in and out, but having learned its lesson without injury, it no longer spat out its icy power.

A pair of vertical pupils stared closely at Lu Chen.

Lu Chen cracked a smile again, "Still watching?"

While speaking, he squeezed further into the depths and swiftly grabbed a young snake like lightning.

"Hiss!"

The Xuanming Ice Snake hissed once more, its tone rising a few notches.

Lu Chen narrowed his eyes; in truth, he was reluctant to make such threats, but to resolve the current danger, he felt compelled to do so.

However...

Seeing the Xuanming Ice Snake’s reaction, another idea occurred to him.

Maybe he could kill two birds with one stone!

"Hey, big crawler, can you understand human speech?"

Seeing Lu Chen initiate communication out of the blue, the Xuanming Ice Snake was taken aback!

Its vertical pupils contracted a few times, and the Xuanming Ice Snake slowly nodded its head.

Lu Chen thought to himself, good that it understands speech.

"I mean you no harm," wishing to negotiate, naturally he couldn’t continue provoking it, and Lu Chen not only spoke placatingly but also honestly put down the young snake.

As if pardoned, the young snake hissed gratefully and slithered back, continuing to raise its head and stare at Lu Chen.

Lu Chen didn’t mind; he brushed off his hands and smiled at the Xuanming Ice Snake outside, "I merely entered here by mistake and accidentally caused the Qi Cyclone of ice power. Had I not been vigilant, I might have died in your jaws, right?"

The Xuanming Ice Snake slowly nodded its head.

Indeed, if it had been bitten by it either of the two chances, Lu Chen would no doubt be dead!

"That’s correct," Lu Chen clapped his hands, stating matter-of-factly, "Since you wanted to kill me, it’s only natural for me to strike back, right? But now, we can talk. You didn’t manage to kill me, and I didn’t harm your young snakes. So, can we let bygones be bygones?"

The Xuanming Ice Snake stared intently at Lu Chen as if pondering.

After three breaths, it nodded again and, to show its sincerity, retreated ten steps away, seemingly allowing Lu Chen to come out on his own.

But Lu Chen just cracked another smile.

"You didn’t kill me, but you did scare me and disrupted my cultivation of the Cultivation Technique! Interfering with one’s Immortal Path is as grievous as slaying one’s parents! Big crawler, if you can bring out something nice, this issue can be truly put to rest!"

"Hiss!"

The Xuanming Ice Snake abruptly raised its head and issued a sound, expressing its dissatisfaction.

"If you disagree, then let’s just wait it out here," Lu Chen chuckled lightly, then turned his head and said, "You have dozens of young snakes here, you can’t come in, so every quarter-hour I’ll kill one! When there’s nothing left to kill here, I’ll come out and have a final battle with you! Even if I become a ghost under your jaws, I won’t be at a loss, what do you think?"

The blatant threat caused the Xuanming Ice Snake to roll furiously on the ice, stirring up the circulation of icy power in the air and reversing the cold wind!

The ice shards, too, quickly converged toward the Xuanming Ice Snake under its influence!

It looked as though it was ready for a decisive battle with Lu Chen right then and there.

Lu Chen’s brow quirked up, musing that he hadn’t even demanded anything yet, and the snake was already so agitated?

But he wasn’t in a hurry.

After all, the Xuanming Ice Snake couldn’t come in!

It wasn’t until the Xuanming Ice Snake stopped its rampage that Lu Chen finally stated his purpose, "This ice field is extraordinary, and I surmise that there must be an Ice Spirit Pearl! If you give that pearl to me, I will leave, what do you think?"

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