They charged into the Ice Cave.
Mu Jinyu suddenly felt a bone-chilling cold strike him. Even with his physique, he couldn't help but shiver a few times.
"Hoo..."
A breath exhaled instantly froze into ice and then shattered into shards, dispersing into the void.
"Buzz!"
As Mu Jinyu and the Little Ice Silkworm rushed into the Ice Cave, a series of ghastly, greenish ghost fires suddenly lit up inside.
Mu Jinyu felt a chill in his heart and looked carefully; the thousands of these ghost fires were indeed the gazes of lost souls staring at them.
In the vast and dark Ice Cave, there floated thousands of phantoms, some in human form, some in beast form, but most were half-human, half-beast creatures.
They were like the dragon-headed, human-bodied monsters in the middle passage of the Ice Cave, but most of these creatures had beast heads, like tigers, wolves, eagles, snakes...
Among these thousands of soul phantoms, Mu Jinyu felt dozens of terrifying oppressive forces that filled him with an inexplicable sense of unease.
He guessed that these souls must have been beings that surpassed the Unity Realm Stage before they died!
Otherwise, they couldn't possibly exist here in soul form for at least a thousand years after losing their physical bodies.
And those dozens causing him unease might be leader-level beings.
As thoughts raced through Mu Jinyu's mind.
The half-beast lost souls in the Ice Cave, upon sensing intruders in their resting place, turned their gaze towards them. Their previously muddled eyes gradually began to emit a trace of murderous intent.
"Hoo..."
They started drifting, preparing to advance towards Mu Jinyu.
The icy air in the Ice Cave suddenly became wild!
Making Mu Jinyu feel as though he was in the Absolute depths of the Nine Serenities!
He could hardly breathe and felt no thought of resistance rising within him!
"Ji Ji Ji..."
At this critical moment, the Little Ice Silkworm let out a tender cry.
Instantly, the souls that were full of murderous intent and ready to kill all outsiders froze in mid-air, like sculptures.
In no time, the murderous intent that exuded from their eyes dissipated and gradually softened, as if seeing a junior, with a hint of relief.
Mu Jinyu was somewhat incredulous, but he indeed saw a look of relief in their eyes.
"Guji..."
The tender cries of the Little Ice Silkworm carried a hint of sorrow. After murmuring a few times, knowing that now wasn't the time for reminiscing, it urgently called out a few more times.
"Hoo..."
Upon hearing the Little Ice Silkworm, the thousands of lost souls in the Ice Cave flickered their ghostly green eyes a few times, then their already phantom-like bodies disappeared.
"Gu Ji Ji..."
Seeing them disappear, Mu Jinyu felt a slight relaxation of his tightly-strung nerves.
Meanwhile, the Little Ice Silkworm urgently called out to Mu Jinyu, indicating for him to follow. With a slight jiggle of its chubby body, it led the way forward.
Seeing this, Mu Jinyu naturally followed immediately.
They didn't linger long outside the Ice Cave, and after running a few hundred meters inside, Mu Jinyu heard the sound of something cutting through the air and shouts behind him.
Wu Xiongfei and other enemies were chasing as well.
Mu Jinyu tensed up, unsure of how the Little Ice Silkworm planned to trap these people.
Perhaps the hidden half-beast lost souls would be called to act?
He didn't think too much about it and quickly kept up with the Little Ice Silkworm, to avoid losing it. Otherwise, if those hidden souls appeared again in a daze, they might attack him too.
"That little brat is just ahead!"
"Kill! Don't let him escape!"
"Today we'll close the doors and beat the dog, catch him in the jar!"
"Hehe... Kill!"
Wu Xiongfei, Jing Haosi, and others charged into the Ice Cave, initially cautious. But seeing Mu Jinyu running ahead without concern, their eyes gleamed coldly, full of murderous intent!
Then, seeing nothing overly strange or dangerous in the Ice Cave, they naturally charged up, wielding their heaven-reaching spiritual treasures, emitting brilliant divine lights intending to kill Mu Jinyu!
But once they entered, eager to seize the lead!
"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."
"Crack, crack, crack..."
Strange sounds arose, one person couldn't help but look back, and saw the entrance of the Ice Cave. A water curtain appeared, rapidly solidifying into solid ice. Within a few breaths, it became profound ice that would not melt in eternity!
"What's happening?!" The person couldn't help but shout in surprise and suspicion.
Hearing the exclamation of a Sect Hierarch in a trembling voice, others felt a surge of a bad omen in their hearts and turned to look.
Seeing the entrance sealed in ice, leaving no retreat, everyone's faces changed drastically.
"Darn it, we've been tricked!"
One person's expression shifted slightly, and they quickly tried to control the Heaven and Earth Laws to melt the profound ice blocking the entrance.
But it was unshakable!
He couldn't move the surrounding Heaven and Earth Laws at all!
Wu Xiongfei and the others also stopped chasing Mu Jinyu, all pausing to try themselves, but none could succeed.
"How did he do it?"
"Was it using the Ice Series Mystique? But isn't he a Wood spirit body?"
"Is it the work of that pet of his?"
Everyone speculated in amazement and uncertainty.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."
Just as they exchanged glances and whispered discussions, the Ice Cave echoed again with eerie and frightening sounds.
Wu Xiongfei and others didn't give up on observing the surroundings, staying very alert. They immediately noticed bluish-green lights flickering in the deep, dark Ice Cave.
Fixing their gaze, they were almost scared out of their wits, nearly paralyzed with fear.
"Half-Beast Spirit Tribe?!"
"Heavens, weren't these species extinct in ancient times? Why are there so many here?!"
"No, that's not right!"
"These aren't living half-beast spirit tribes; they're soul bodies!"
At first, Wu Xiongfei and others turned pale with fear upon seeing human-bodies with beast heads and various beast wings and tails appearing, like children seeing a beastier ready to devour them.
But soon, someone recognized these half-beast spirit tribes were not living ones but remnants of their souls.
This discovery immediately buoyed their spirits, managing to muster a feeble sense of resistance!
"Damn it!"
"That little brat must have awakened the resting place of these dormant half-beast spirit tribes, now making us suffer along!"
Seeing Mu Jinyu turn a corner ahead, disappearing from their sight, Wu Xiongfei and others said with hatred.
But at this moment, they couldn't even protect themselves, let alone chase after Mu Jinyu?
They only hated entering the Ice Cave being overly cautious, not chasing Mu Jinyu immediately, instead wasting time at the entrance worried about their retreat being blocked.
Otherwise, even if they ultimately died at the hands of the half-beast spirit tribes, at least they could have caught Mu Jinyu, ensuring the little brat perished before them, rather than now, letting Mu Jinyu escape as they faced the awakened half-beast spirit tribe's wrath!
...
Running ahead, Mu Jinyu didn't know Wu Xiongfei and others' thoughts.
He glanced back once more, seeing the Ice Cave entrance sealed, those soul bodies reappearing to trap those inside, then paid no further attention.
While feeling regret over not being able to personally eliminate this group of enemies, with the Little Ice Silkworm constantly calling him to follow, he couldn't ignore the little creature.
Otherwise, if it got angry, he might immediately face the same desperate situation as Wu Xiongfei and the others.
"Is what I'm doing considered freeloading?"
The thought suddenly popped into Mu Jinyu's mind.