The little sprite sat on the black iron ball, clinging to it tightly, with the philosophy of "danger, you go; attack, you block," not a single scratch on its body...
Jin Bao'er said nothing about this. She didn't expect a sprite to help her escape. As long as the sprite stayed with her and could eventually take away the Eternal Heavenly Flowing Fire, that would be enough!
Soon, the diamond drill continued to excavate...
After an unknown amount of time, they still hadn't seen the heart position a hundred kilometers away, as the old man had said!
The temperature nearby was no different from before, not at all like a place with fire! Logically, the closer they got, the less ice there should be, and at the very least, the temperature should be higher! But now, it was exactly the same as before!
Or was it... they were going in the wrong direction?
Jin Bao'er frowned, her eyes slightly closed! She released her divine sense through the ice, surveying the area within nearly ten kilometers...
However, all she saw was ice and snow everywhere, and nothing else!
The black iron ball was a bit tired and stayed quietly to the side. Seeing Jin Bao'er with a solemn expression, it rolled closer...
Since she couldn't understand its meaning, Jin Bao'er had to create another talisman to make the black iron ball speak!
"Wind... there's wind!"
This time, it spoke clearly. Jin Bao'er turned her gaze to it, raising an eyebrow in confusion.
"Wind? But this is underground ice, completely sealed. Even if there were gaps, they wouldn't reach here!"
Wind needs an outlet for convection. The direction they came from had been completely sealed off by the previous fight! Without air convection, how could there be wind?
Unless... there was something here that could conceal divine sense! And within that place, wind was flowing!
Thinking this, she looked around, not sensing any fluctuation of barrier, illusion, or formation power...
So, she pursed her lips, closed her eyes slightly, and used the method Long Li Xing had taught her! She attached the power of the Great Dao to her divine sense, making everything clearer and seeing through the essence of things!
Although it was easy to get dizzy and feel strained, she was much better now than before!
. Almost the moment she released it, she saw for the first time a large mass of rotating windstorm emitting white cold air about a hundred meters away!
Suddenly, she saw this scene... for some unknown reason, a drop of water fell from the ice layer around the windstorm. The moment it fell, a powerful suction force swept the water droplet away, making it disappear instantly...
She frowned. She could imagine that if the black iron ball had continued forward unknowingly, it would have suddenly pierced the ice layer and been forcibly sucked into the windstorm! Along with it, she and the sprite would have lost control without any preparation...
And what awaited them in the center of the windstorm? If it were just an isolated space, it would be fine. But if it were the place where the Eternal Heavenly Flowing Fire resided, she would probably be roasted into a dried corpse before she could even get the sprite to transform!
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but turn pale. If such a sudden danger existed, why hadn't the old man said anything? She hadn't exposed her identity! Since the other party had identified her as someone from the Talent Academy, why didn't they warn her about the eye of the storm?
If it weren't for her luck, stopping at this time, and her divine sense amplified by the Great Dao, allowing her to see through the concealment and discover the truth, she might have died without even knowing how!
"Dar, transform into a framed box now!"
The little sprite also had divine sense. Although it didn't understand why Jin Bao'er asked it to transform at this moment, it had to obey its employer. Its small wings fluttered, its body gradually became slender and elegant, and finally, its skin began to darken and transform into a square box...
Jin Bao'er looked at this and another question popped into her mind! She suddenly spoke...
"Make it longer!"
The little sprite said nothing and quietly transformed. The black iron ball watched with curiosity. Because Iron Star lacked fertile soil, it had never even seen what a tree was before encountering Long Li Xing. Iron Star was a bleak and dark place, with nothing but iron ore, ironstone, or iron filings...
Soon, a long, narrow box made of black vines appeared before her. The box had a lid, and when opened, one could see the vertically standing vine branches inside...
And these branches could serve as a point to guide the flames. This way, she could collect many flames!
She didn't want to make another trip because the old man had returned for not collecting enough Eternal Heavenly Flowing Fire!
So, she turned and fixed the box diagonally on her chest, then spoke to the black iron ball.
"Move forward about a hundred meters and stop!"
The black iron ball didn't doubt her and immediately started again!
A few minutes later, they reached a hundred meters! The black iron ball stopped decisively, not an inch more or less... Jin Bao'er saw clearly that the cold, white windstorm was still about one meter away from them!
Even so, she still didn't feel any warmth! It was as if behind this one-meter thick ice layer, it was still ice layer...
Jin Bao'er opened the box, asked the black iron ball to retreat, and wait for her there.
Then she turned, gathered all her strength, and kicked down at the ice layer in front of her!
The originally solid and cold ice layer seemed to be empty. It flew far away instantly and was sucked into the windstorm in the blink of an eye. At the same time, a massive suction force suppressed all her movements and strength, pulling her inward without hesitation...
However, Jin Bao'er struggled to support herself, moving step by step closer. When she reached the boundary between the windstorm and the ice layer, she finally felt a hint of warmth...
Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief! This meant her guess was correct, and the heart of the windstorm should be where the Eternal Heavenly Flowing Fire was stored!
"Dar, the flames are inside. Once inside, do your best to collect the flames into the box!"
The little sprite trembled its leaves, extremely nervous, but still indicated it understood.
The next second, Jin Bao'er waved her Soul Severing Blade, inserted it into the ice layer, propped open a barrier with her other hand, then turned... and leaped in with all her might!
The windstorm was very cold! It was filled with white cold air and rotated very quickly. As soon as she entered, her body was covered in white frost. The barrier froze, and her limbs gradually became numb. This feeling was even colder than the air outside! The extreme cold even made her think the previous warmth was an illusion!
She endured the feeling of her consciousness blurring, biting her teeth hard. She couldn't even feel her tongue breaking open! Her whole body lost sensation, and she couldn't even blink...
And all of this was under the premise that she had opened a barrier! Yet, it didn't change anything at all!
Time passed second by second. This numb and stiff discomfort made her feel as if a long, long time had passed, but in reality, it had only been a minute...