Han Li was pondering when he saw the Snow Dove Cold Beast, which had been standing still, suddenly spread its wings and fly up. It swooped down, flew out diagonally from beside a Snow Ape Cold Beast like flowing water, and its hook-like claws fiercely grabbed towards the neck of the middle-aged man who had just thrown a punch and had not yet withdrawn his momentum.

Its speed was as fast as lightning!

Faced with this sudden attack, the middle-aged man was shocked. However, he seemed to have a lot of experience in fighting enemies. Seven blue star patterns on his chest and abdomen suddenly lit up, followed by more than a dozen blue light spots on the surface of his body, including below his neck.

With the appearance of these light spots, a layer of starlight-like white light immediately emerged, barely covering the surface of his body when the Snow Dove's giant claws had already grabbed down.

"Zheng..."

A grinding sound that made one's teeth ache rang out. The sharp fingers on the Snow Dove's hooked claws scratched across the man's neck and shoulders, tearing the white light on his body into a chaotic tremor, but ultimately failing to break through it.

After passing by each other, the Snow Dove's head suddenly twisted back, and with a mouth, an ice arrow condensed from silver-white light immediately burst out, carrying a chilling coldness, and went straight for the middle-aged man's heart.

"Humph!"

The man's eyes flashed, and the fist he had retracted to his side immediately burst out with a dazzling white light, smashing towards the ice arrow.

With a loud bang.

The silver arrow and the middle-aged man's fist of white light exploded at the same time. A white mist-like cold aura immediately spread out, instantly covering the man's right arm with a layer of blue ice crystals.

The middle-aged man felt a numbness in his right arm. Before he could find a way to remove the ice crystals on his arm, the Snow Ape Cold Beast that had fought with him earlier suddenly rushed over from the side. With a slam, it knocked the middle-aged man over and sent him flying out.

With a loud boom.

The middle-aged man crashed heavily into a stone wall, embedding himself in it. Circular spider web-like cracks spread out in all directions under him, which was terrifying.

However, the middle-aged man quickly struggled to pull his arm out of the wall. He slammed his arm against the wall behind him, and the momentum helped him fly out, seemingly unharmed.

"Xiong Shan, Fellow Daoist, if you continue to hide your true abilities, I think we should go our separate ways on the road ahead?" The middle-aged man seemed to be angry and shouted at the withered old man.

"Hmph, you have the nerve to say that? If it weren't for you, Leng Yan, Fellow Daoist, meddling and insisting on coming down here, how could we have fallen into a trap, not getting any benefits, and having to entangle with these Cold Beasts here for nothing?" The withered old man was also very dissatisfied and retorted without politeness.

"When I proposed to come down, I did some investigation and discussed it with you, and you didn't object. Treasure hunting in secret realms, risks and opportunities coexist. Besides, this is the Millennium Immortal Mansion of Nether Cold! Now, there are only a few Cold Beasts. Once we solve them, that's it. Why are we talking about these things?" The middle-aged man said with some disdain.

"I wanted to take care of the important things first, but seeing you so confident, I naturally didn't say much." The withered old man shook his head.

The two people in the cave were actually Xiong Shan, the Deputy Dao Lord of Candle Dragon Dao, and Leng Yan Old Ancestor, an acquaintance of Han Li's.

What Han Li found puzzling was that these two people, one coming under the name of the Ghost Cry Sect and the other hidden among the Southern Dawn Clan cultivators, shouldn't be together?

But they not only appeared here together, but also seemed to be very clear about each other's backgrounds, and looked like partners. Could they be old friends?

"Forget it, this time it's my fault. At worst, after we get there, you can choose one item first. Now, let's quickly solve the trouble in front of us and get out of here." Leng Yan Old Ancestor quickly said, knowing he was in the wrong.

Seeing that the other party was like this, Xiong Shan, disguised as a withered old man, didn't say anything else. He turned his wrist and put away the golden long halberd. Instead, he formed a sword gesture with his hand again.

Immediately afterwards, the aura on his body changed. The magical power fluctuations of the late True Immortal stage rippled open. Golden ripples began to appear in the void behind him. Layers of dense golden sword shadows, like a peacock spreading its tail, emerged, blooming with dazzling golden light.

"Go!"

With his command, countless golden sword shadows burst out, rushing towards the two Snow Lion Cold Beasts like a tide of sword shadows, engulfing them.

Amidst the torrent of sword shadows, the sound of metal clashing constantly rang out, refracting bursts of gold and white light.

After a moment, the sword tide finally passed completely. The bodies of the Snow Lion Cold Beasts had been dismembered and no longer existed. The Cold Soul Crystals hidden behind their eyes were exposed, floating in mid-air, constantly absorbing the surrounding scattered snowflakes and cold air.

Xiong Shan's short figure flashed in mid-air. Tightly holding his golden long sword in his hand, he instantly shattered the two Cold Soul Crystals, completely cutting off the possibility of their restoration.

Seeing this, the Snow Dove turned its body in mid-air and flapped its wings, pouncing towards him again.

On the other side, Leng Yan Old Ancestor's whole body shone brightly, and the blue light spots on the Profound Apertures also lit up one after another, seemingly more than the last time Han Li saw him.

With one step, the power of the stars gathered on his fist, and he smashed it towards a Snow Ape Cold Beast coming towards him. The latter also met him with a giant fist.

Two fists, one large and one small, collided with a whistling gale.

With a loud bang.

An extremely strong wind force burst out from Leng Yan Old Ancestor's fist, turning into a majestic Qi force and rushing in all directions.

The passage where Han Li and the other two were located was not too wide. The gust of wind filled it, and a series of explosions rang out. Lu Yuqing's delicate body staggered and almost screamed.

Fortunately, Han Li was nearby. He grabbed her sleeve with one hand and covered her mouth with the other. At the same time, a faint glow emerged, covering the two of them.

After all the wind force had passed, Han Li gently shook his head at her and slowly released his palm.

Lu Yuqing pursed her lips tightly, leaning against the stone wall in the passage, and stopped making any sound.

Han Li turned back and looked towards Leng Yan Old Ancestor's side again, his mind racing.

He saw that the strong wind had subsided and the smoke and dust had gradually dissipated. The Snow Ape's thick arm had been completely shattered. A blue vortex was rapidly rotating at the break, absorbing the surrounding cold air and condensing again.

Leng Yan Old Ancestor naturally wouldn't give it a chance. After dodging the attack of another Snow Ape Cold Beast, he jumped high and came above its head, raising one foot and stomping heavily on its head.

White light burst out from the bottom of his foot, and the power of the stars condensed like substance, blooming with dazzling light when it touched the Snow Ape's head.

With a loud boom.

The Snow Ape's head exploded, and a crystal clear Cold Soul Crystal also burst out from it, which was grabbed by Leng Yan Old Ancestor in his palm.

His other palm flashed with light, and he skillfully took out a purple talisman and pasted it on the Cold Soul Crystal. After hastily putting it into the storage ring, his body burst out again and swept towards the other Snow Ape Cold Beast.

"Zheng"

At this moment, a sharp sword cry came from the top of the cave. Then, a huge golden sword light swept across the sky. The Snow Dove had just turned back and hovered above the cave when it was hit by the sword light. Its body was directly torn in half from the middle.

The golden sword light did not diminish, and the dome of the cave collapsed suddenly. Boulders as large as millstones fell like rain, cracking a crack several feet wide.

"Whoosh whoosh" sounds were loud!

A ray of light leaked from the crack, and the flying snow, blown by the strong wind, poured down into the crack crazily.

Xiong Shan stood on the collapsed rubble, slowly put away the long sword in his hand, and turned his head to look towards Leng Yan Old Ancestor's side.

The battle there had also come to an end. The Snow Ape he fought with, like the previous one, had its head blown apart by a punch containing the power of starlight, turning the Cold Soul Crystal into dust along with it.

"This time the Immortal Mansion is opened, the Palace Lords of the Northern Cold Immortal Palace and the Azure Flow Palace, these first-class forces, have actually personally rushed to the Secret Realm. The situation is much more complicated than the last time. On the road ahead, we must not meddle in other matters again." Looking at Leng Yan Old Ancestor walking back, Xiong Shan said in a bad tone.

"There's no other way. After the last Immortal Mansion was opened, everyone knew that the areas explored in the past were all within the scope of the Nether Cold Realm, but it was only the outermost part of this Nether Cold Immortal Mansion. Exploring further into the core of the Immortal Mansion, there may be other things. Hehe, there are so many treasures outside, who knows what rare treasures are inside? How could those first-class forces not covet them?" Leng Yan Old Ancestor sighed.

"This time we sneaked in under the guise of the Carefree Alliance and the Ten Directions Tower. I don't need to remind you how great the risk is, right?" Xiong Shan looked at him solemnly and asked.

"Of course I understand this. However, you don't need to worry too much. That place is so secretly located, and the others who discovered it with us back then are all dead, so no one will find it before us." Leng Yan Old Ancestor said.

Hearing this, Xiong Shan's expression eased slightly, and he said:

"Alright, no matter what, let's go there first. After we get what we each want, let's go our separate ways."

"That's exactly what I mean." Leng Yan Old Ancestor nodded.

After the two finished speaking, they waited there for a while, then flew up one after the other, flying from the crack into the snowy surface, and disappeared into the vast wind and snow.

"Let's go, we'll follow them."

Han Li looked at the backs of the two leaving, greeted Lu Yuqing, and took the lead to fly out of the passage, flying towards the crack in the dome.

After hesitating slightly, Lu Yuqing quickly followed.