Chapter 82: Sealed

Injuries riddled Bennett and Maurice's body as they fought with great vigour. The clouds around them had already been destroyed.

Whatever technique Bennett used, Maurice had a counter for it. The same went for any technique Maurice used.

The two of them had been opponents for years that they already knew their techniques completely.

They were evenly matched.

The two men separated from each other to catch a breather. They stared at each other wearily.

"Bennett" Maurice called with a soft smile.

"What is the matter?" Bennett replied.

"Let's make a deal" Maurice was still smiling.

"What type of deal?" Bennett had a cautious look. After spending decades as a demonic path martial practitioner, he had learnt never to trust anybody, even if it was Maurice.

"I'll give you something and you'll let me and the people down there go" Maurice replied.

"Hmph! What could you possibly have that I'd need? Do you think that just because I left Water Raising Palace, I'd be poor?" Bennett's face distorted in anger.

Maurice did not reply and simply threw a spatial ring at Bennett who easily caught it.

Bennett had a sneer as he held it but when he sent his soul consciousness into the spatial ring, his body shook visibly.

"This… the beast core of Demon Mei Bu Shen!" Bennett was shocked.

Demon Mei Bu Shen was a rank eight ice path beast that lorded over a section of the Atlantic Ocean.

Bennett had clashed with it multiple times but in all fights, he had retreated half-dead.

Yet, Bennett kept trying because he needed the beast core of the beast to increase his cultivation.

He had been at the peak of Acquisition realm for many years but had been unable to breakthrough. The beast core of a rank eight beast would contain enough ice Qi to aid his breakthrough.

Maurice had a warm smile as he nodded: "Hmm. Demon Mei Bu Shen crossed paths with one of Blazing Flame Palace's Elders and he had led a raid against it. I won the beast core after we killed him"

Bennett's anger had already faded away. He gazed below him at Hong Haoyu and sighed.

The reason he wanted to kidnap Hong Haoyu was too aid his ice path cultivation and comprehend ice path profound meaning.

With that, it was possible that he would breakthrough to the Original realm.

The only reason he didn't fight himself was because of an injury he had sustained from fighting Demon Mei Bu Shen.

However, the rank eight beast core was hundreds of times better than Hong Haoyu.

"You can go" Bennett's voice was hurried. It was obvious that he wanted to absorb the ice Qi inside the beast core immediately and Maurice's presence was a bother.

"Hmm" Maurice nodded and descended from the sky in a trail of fire.

Bennett watched as Maurice went and smiled: "Thank you"

With that, he tore open a spatial passage and flew into it.

By the time Maurice returned to the icy terrain of Antarctica, Hong Haoyu and Kyle had already finished off their opponents.

Lu Zheng had already absorbed the two souls and his host soul had become tangible like it was a material being.

Olina smiled as she saw Maurice: "I take it that you won"

Maurice smiled warmly and nodded: "Hmm"

"Where's the other guy?" Kyle asked.

"He got away" Maurice replied but his tone implied that he didn't want to speak more about the matter.

As Maurice and the others conversed, Lu Zheng gave Hong Haoyu a spatial ring filled with frost gems.

"What is this?" Hong Haoyu was surprised as he sent his soul consciousness into the spatial ring.

Immediately he saw its contents, Hong Haoyu's body stilled in shock: "This…"

"It's part of what I gained during my stay with Olina" Lu Zheng smiled.

"Thank you"

"Ah, there's no need for that between us"

"Let's go" Maurice said as he flew onto Kyle's back.

"Are you coming, Lu Zheng?" Olina asked as she joined Maurice.

"No, you should take Hong Haoyu back to China for me" Lu Zheng replied with a smile.

"Hmm… okay. Bye" Olina smiled as Hong Haoyu also sat on Kyle's back.

"Bye"

In a few flaps of his wing, Kyle disappeared from Lu Zheng's vision.

Lu Zheng gave the floating sword a look before withdrawing a flying carriage from his spatial ring.

Just as he was about to climb into the flying carriage, the floating sword suddenly had a reaction.

It stabbed into the ice just a few centimetres away from Lu Zheng's feet.

"Hmm!" Lu Zheng was shocked.

Before he could react, frost began to accumulate on his legs. Within seconds, the frost had become thick ice that reached his waist.

Lu Zheng summoned the Vermillion True Flame but the Mystical Flame seemed to help the frost.

At this point, it had reached his neck and even his thoughts were slowing down.

Before he was completely sealed in ice, he was able to make out one word: "Dar…mian!"