Bai Feng's body froze, and his gaze swept across the surroundings.
He was suddenly stunned.
Just as Ye Nantian had said, the skeletal corpses that had been attacking frantically stopped for some unknown reason and retreated in the opposite direction.
At this moment, this group of previously menacing skeletal corpses was no longer paying them any attention.
"What... what's going on?"
Ye Nantian asked blankly.
"There must be something happening with the Guardian Beast!"
Bai Feng paused before providing an answer.
"Let's go, let's follow and see!"
"We must not let these skeletal corpses affect the esteemed Guardian Beast!"
...
They didn't walk for long.
From afar, they saw a burst of dazzling golden light surging out.
Wherever it passed, the skeletal corpses on the ground were instantly shattered into several pieces, like rotten cabbage. Yet, even so, the horde of skeletal corpses still struggled and moved towards the golden light.
If a hand was broken, they would run.
If a leg was broken, they would crawl!
Even with severed limbs, they crawled like maggots towards the source of the golden light!
"Go, hurry up and follow!"
Bai Feng and Ye Nantian exchanged glances and followed the skeletal corpses, quickly heading towards the location of the golden light.
From this burst of golden light, how could they not realize that it was indeed related to Ao Yuan!
Not long after.
The figures of Ao Yuan appeared before the two.
At this moment.
Countless skeletal corpses were charging towards Ao Yuan as if they had gone mad, their menacing demeanor as if Ao Yuan were their sworn enemy.
The white smoke surrounding Ao Yuan moved as if alive, desperately coiling around him, exuding an indescribable terror.
However, this was mirrored by the golden light radiating from Ao Yuan's body, interwoven with the white smoke.
The white smoke and golden light seemed to be fighting, and it was clear that the golden light emanating from Ao Yuan's body held the upper hand.
"Director Bai... Director Bai, look at what's in the esteemed Guardian Beast's claws." After scanning their surroundings, Ye Nantian seemed to notice something and shouted, pointing at Ao Yuan.
Bai Feng followed Ye Nantian's gaze. Ao Yuan's expression was quite serious.
His claws slowly reached forward.
Upon closer inspection, three lit candles were in front of him.
What was unsettling was that the flames of these three candles flickered intermittently, exuding an indescribable chilling aura.
Seeing this scene from afar, Bai Feng and Ye Nantian frowned. They could both tell that Ao Yuan was doing something that threatened these skeletal corpses.
And the thing that could threaten this horde of skeletal corpses was...
Those three peculiar candles!
Their gazes shifted downwards, and Bai Feng and Ye Nantian finally locked onto the three candles.
At this moment.
Ao Yuan, enveloped entirely in golden light, ignored the surrounding skeletal corpses, allowing all their attacks to strike him.
His eyes!
Were constantly fixed on the three white candles in front of him.
His movements were very, very slow.
It wasn't that Ao Yuan didn't want to speed up, but these three candles were strange.
As if they possessed sentience, they knew Ao Yuan intended to act against them.
Every time Ao Yuan advanced an inch, they would retaliate!
Just like now.
When Ao Yuan's claws tried to approach these three candles.
Ao Yuan could clearly feel an extremely icy aura emanating from the three candles, causing the temperature around him to plummet to tens of degrees below zero!
For an ordinary person, or even Bai Feng or Ye Nantian, under such temperatures, they would likely freeze into ice instantly!
Of course.
This was nothing to Ao Yuan.
However, it still caused some hindrance to his actions.
Buzz!
The chilling cold did not make Ao Yuan retreat. His claws continued to move forward.
It was as if... Ao Yuan was determined not to stop until he grasped these three candles!
With this, the icy aura that Ao Yuan felt intensified.
A bone-chilling cold permeated him. If someone were to touch Ao Yuan's body now, they would find that he had no body temperature at all, as if he were a block of ice.
One centimeter!
Two centimeters!
Three centimeters!
Ao Yuan's claws advanced further.
A faint layer of ice mist could be seen forming on Ao Yuan's surface!
Clearly, as Ao Yuan continued to move closer, the surrounding temperature might become even more severe.
If it was only tens of degrees below zero before, it might now be over a hundred degrees below zero!
"What's happening to the esteemed Guardian Beast?"
Seeing Ao Yuan's situation from afar, Bai Feng and Ye Nantian's eyes widened in shock.
How could they not see the faint mist of ice forming on Ao Yuan's body!
"These candles are peculiar!"
Bai Feng's gaze was fixed on the three candles. "I suspect that the esteemed Guardian Beast's condition is caused by these three candles!"
"How is that possible!" Ye Nantian retorted instinctively. "Don't candles usually increase temperature?"
"How could they cause the esteemed Guardian Beast to form ice flames?"
Bai Feng did not reply, his gaze solely fixed on Ao Yuan.
In this situation, he could not help in any way. All he could do was pray that Ao Yuan would be alright.
Meanwhile.
Ao Yuan's hands continued to grope forward.
In fact, Bai Feng was correct.
These three candles were peculiar. When Ao Yuan intended to approach them.
He discovered that the flames ignited by these three candles possessed no warmth at all.
There was only a vague, indescribable cold aura.
It was as if these flames had no temperature whatsoever.
However, now.
Ao Yuan was very close to these three candles.
Only a few centimeters left.
"Continue!"
Ao Yuan took a breath and quickly made up his mind.
Moving forward, the golden light coiling around Ao Yuan grew more intense, as if it were opposing the white smoke and this chilling aura.
Five centimeters!
Three centimeters!
One centimeter!
...
At this moment, Ao Yuan could feel an extremely icy aura invading him from the outside in.
His entire blood felt as if it were about to freeze!
Ao Yuan had been frozen by someone before.
But this time, the outcome was completely different from the last.
Last time, it was just external freezing, which had little effect on Ao Yuan.
But this time, it was the blood within him that was freezing.
As everyone knows, if one's blood is frozen, even Ao Yuan would not be able to escape danger.
He was a dragon, but more importantly, he was a living being!
"My blood seems to be freezing!"
Ao Yuan's dragon eyes rolled, and finally, he slowly extended his claws towards the three candles.
One centimeter was a very short distance.
But with his blood rapidly freezing, Ao Yuan's speed was incredibly slow, making this centimeter feel like a vast chasm.
"Even the esteemed Guardian Beast can't get those three candles?"
Observing Ao Yuan's situation from afar.
Bai Feng's expression was grim.
Ye Nantian did not reply. He glanced at his watch and suddenly his face darkened. "Time is running out... it's too late."
Hearing this, Bai Feng looked down, and his gaze sharpened.