"I shall be going ahead."

Fang Hong left these words, and his figure transformed into a stream of light, shooting first toward the Spatial Rift.

In the blink of an eye, he vanished inside the rift.

"This kid... is he really not afraid at all that we might stab him in the back?"

Yu Cai saw Fang Hong acting so calmly, even completely unguarded, and his face immediately filled with surprise, causing him to mutter under his breath.

"Stop letting your imagination run wild. Follow him first and figure out the situation inside the Ancient Tomb!"

Yuan Qing shook his head, not daring to overthink it, and immediately flew into the Spatial Rift.

Fairy Shi Lan and Yu Cai exchanged a look and immediately followed suit.

Passing through the Spatial Rift, the four people—Fang Hong and the others—instantly arrived inside an immensely large Stone Cavern.

Looking around, all they could see were pitch-black, icy rock walls.

The air was also filled with a decaying scent; clearly, this was deep underground.

On the rock wall directly ahead of the Stone Cavern, a colossal Cave Entrance suddenly appeared.

This entrance was truly massive, spanning twenty to thirty zhang in height and width.

Inside the Cave Entrance was a chillingly cold passage, leading to an unknown destination.

"This Cave Entrance is somewhat unusual."

"I can clearly sense that there are extremely powerful restrictions inside the cave; they cannot be underestimated." Fairy Shi Lan stared intently at the entrance and said seriously.

Fang Hong originally intended to circulate the Space Law to directly see through the true nature of the passage interior.

However, as soon as his Space Law touched the edge of the passage, it was fiercely blocked by an invisible force, making deep investigation impossible.

Just as everyone hesitated, Yuan Qing suddenly took out a palm-sized Wooden puppet.

He flicked his finger, and the Wooden puppet shot "swoosh" toward the cave, intending to let the puppet test the power of the restriction first.

As soon as the Wooden puppet flew into the passage, before it could even advance a few steps, a terrifying Power of restriction suddenly erupted.

With a crack sound, the Wooden puppet was instantly suppressed firmly onto the ground by the restriction.

Immediately afterward, a bone-chilling Cold Energy appeared out of thin air, instantly freezing the Wooden puppet into a lump of ice, which then completely shattered.

"It seems that inside this passage, we cannot use Flying Techniques; we can only walk through on foot."

Yuan Qing said in a deep voice, then was the first to step forward, carefully entering the Icy Passage.

As soon as he stepped into the passage, an Eerie Wind carrying an aura of extreme cold suddenly struck.

Yuan Qing reacted extremely quickly, swiftly executing a Dao Techniques. A bright red Light Barrier instantly appeared around him, protecting his entire body thoroughly.

No matter how the Eerie Wind howled and blew, it couldn’t shake the red Light Barrier in the slightest, much less injure him.

After stabilizing his figure, Yuan Qing continued walking toward the depths of the passage as if nothing had happened.

Seeing this, Fairy Shi Lan and Yu Cai dared not be careless, and both activated their Immortal Power.

They set up their respective Protective Light Barriers around their bodies and quickly followed behind Yuan Qing.

When it was Fang Hong’s turn, he appeared exceptionally composed.

He neither cast a spell nor set up a Protective Light Barrier, but simply walked straight into the Icy Passage.

Allowing the biting Eerie Wind to blow upon him.

Fang Hong had already secretly begun circulating the Devouring Tribulation Divine Art.

Those seemingly dangerous Eerie Winds, guided by the cultivation technique, not only failed to harm him but were cleverly dissolved and absorbed by him.

They were entirely converted into excellent nourishment for body refinement.

Fang Hong was pleasantly surprised to find that the Eerie Winds here were much better than the Snow Mountains in the Burial Demon Mountain Range, and his physical body strength was increasing little by little.

Yuan Qing and the other two, walking beside him, quickly noticed the abnormality concerning Fang Hong.

The three men paused their steps, and expressions of surprise appeared on their faces.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, could you have Cultivated the Great Dao of Extreme Cold? Otherwise, how could you not be afraid of these Eerie Winds at all?" Fairy Shi Lan asked curiously.

Hearing this, Fang Hong responded lightly: "It’s merely a Dao Techniques for Warding Off Cold; it’s nothing worth mentioning."

"Let’s hurry up and continue walking deeper into the passage."

Seeing that Fang Hong did not wish to discuss it further, Fairy Shi Lan was sensible enough not to press the issue.

Subsequently, the four stood side by side in a row, slowly and carefully moving toward the interior of the Icy Passage.

restrictions designed to weaken Divine Sense were faintly laid out on the inner walls of the passage, which prevented the four from rashly speeding up.

They feared that the slightest carelessness would lead to sudden danger, leaving them no chance to react beforehand.

As the four walked deeper and deeper, the cold energy of the Eerie Wind in the passage intensified exponentially.

Biting Wind Blades scraped against their bodies, frantically assaulting their immortal apertures.

The faces of Yuan Qing and the other two gradually grew solemn. They had no choice but to mobilize more Immortal Power to condense thick barriers around their bodies, using them to resist the constant erosion of the Eerie Wind.

However, in stark contrast to the distress of Yuan Qing and the other two, the fiercer the Eerie Wind became, the happier Fang Hong felt.

He even secretly hoped in his heart that these Eerie Winds could come even more violently.

As the Power of Yin Coldness permeated his limbs and bones, Fang Hong could clearly sense that his physical body realm was quietly loosening at this moment.

His internal flesh, blood, tendons, and bones were slowly becoming tougher and stronger under this yin cold Tempering.

After advancing a distance of about five or six hundred zhang, the Eerie Wind inside the passage had become concentrated enough to materialize!

It was no longer invisible airflow, but had condensed into silver-white Wind Demon Bats!

They flapped their wings, emitting sharp screeches, and bared their sharp Fangs as they lunged toward the four people, including Fang Hong.

"Be careful!" Yuan Qing shouted in a low voice, flipping his wrist, gripping a Crimson Longsword.

Blazing flames instantly rose from the sword body. He lightly shook his wrist, cutting down the first few Eerie Wind Bats that attacked.

When the bats dissipated, they let out a series of crackling sounds.

Fairy Shi Lan dared not be slow either. With a lift of her jade hand, a Blue-Glowing Longsword was unsheathed.

Blue sword light precisely pierced through the Eerie Wind Bats one by one.

Yu Cai took out a Dark Long Staff. Staff shadows flew everywhere, and every time it struck down, it smashed several attacking Eerie Wind Bats.

The three were immediately swamped.

Only Fang Hong maintained his composed and unconcerned demeanor.

Fang Hong simply stood still in place, allowing those Eerie Wind Bats to swarm and pounce onto him.

Strangely, as soon as these fierce Eerie Wind Bats touched Fang Hong’s clothes, they melted instantly, like ice meeting blazing fire.

They transformed into wisps of pure Yin Cold Qi, all merging into Fang Hong’s body!

Fang Hong was secretly delighted. The body refinement effect of these materialized Eerie Wind Bats was actually slightly better than the scattered Eerie Wind from before—this saved him a lot of effort!

Perhaps because Fang Hong had the lowest realm among the four, the Eerie Wind Bats seemed to have targeted the Easy Prey, and the vast majority flew toward him.

In the blink of an eye, a large swarm of bats surrounded Fang Hong!

This scene, falling into the eyes of Yuan Qing and the other two, caused them slight astonishment, but before they could act, they saw all the bats dissipate.

Fang Hong remained completely unharmed, even showing a hint of complacency on his face, which greatly shocked the three.

Fang Hong felt the continuously strengthening physical body power within him, wishing that more bats like these would come.