Chapter 130: The Girl in the White Dress
Seeing Chu Feng shatter the ice sphere into a cloud of mist with a single punch, the several female clan warriors nearby could not help but stare in astonishment. They had never expected him to be so ferocious, striking with such thunderous force the moment he made his move.
“Master Chu, what extraordinary skill!”
“Yes! Master Chu arrived at exactly the right moment. With his help, our burden has been greatly reduced. Perhaps we can even wipe out all these Ice Nether Mother Clams!”
The female clan warriors immediately turned from worry to delight. Ever since they had learned that the Nine Profound Sect had invited Chu Feng—a young expert renowned throughout the Nine Mountains and Eighteen Ranges—to come to the Snow Clan and produce Ice Shell Golden Pearls, they had already heard quite a bit about him.
And Chu Feng’s punch just now had not disappointed them.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Several more ice spheres shot toward him. Bracing the Thunderbreak Windpiercer Spear, Chu Feng employed a spear technique and smashed the formidable chunks of ice to pieces. At the same time, he used the Gale Step to close in on the Ice Nether Mother Clam.
Although Chu Feng was confident in his martial prowess, there was something profoundly mysterious about this Ice Nether Mother Clam. He did not dare strike back recklessly. It would be wiser to first gauge its abilities.
The Ice Nether Mother Clam opened its shell and fired more than a dozen chunks of ice at Chu Feng, but none of them struck him. It then closed its shell and began spinning in place before surging toward him.
The force of that charge was truly extraordinary!
Whoosh!
Countless saw-toothed spikes around the shell rotated along with it. It was as though a blade formation had been attached to its carapace, making it impossible for anyone to approach.
Whoosh!
The ice beneath their feet was extremely slippery, while the Ice Nether Mother Clam’s spinning charge was unbelievably fast. It crossed a distance of more than fifty yards in the blink of an eye, moving no slower than the Divine-Speed Giant Crab.
Chu Feng steadied his mind. He planted one foot, took a step, and then turned. Two funnel-shaped pillars of wind howled sharply as they shot toward the Ice Nether Mother Clam.
Boom!
The Ice Nether Mother Clam was moving far too quickly; even it could not bring its shell to a halt at once. When it collided head-on with the fierce wind pillar, it was blown more than ten feet to the side. The second pillar followed close behind, and the entire shell was suddenly overturned!
At that moment, the Ice Nether Mother Clam resembled a giant tortoise lying on its back. Though its whole body continued spinning at high speed, it could only whirl in place and was utterly incapable of advancing.
“Ah! This is incredible! Master Chu’s wind pillars actually overturned the Ice Nether Mother Clam!”
“It can’t move! This is the perfect opportunity to attack!”
The two female clan warriors cried out excitedly and nervously, but Chu Feng had already acted before they could finish their warning. His body leaped high into the air. After gathering force in midair, he struck down with the weight of Mount Tai pressing upon the earth.
Chu Feng did not use his spear.
He used his palm.
Heavenly King Splitting Mountain Palm!
Boom!
A crushing palm imbued with the strength of fifty thousand Vajra Battle Rhinoceroses descended from above and slammed heavily into the shell of the Ice Nether Mother Clam.
Crack!
Like an eggshell breaking, the clam’s hard shell split apart with startling ease, and its frenzied spinning stopped instantly.
Crash! Crash!
Chu Feng had only just leaped away from the shell when the millstone-sized shell halves fell away on their own. At the same time, great quantities of bright red blood seeped out, staining the ice beneath them crimson.
The Ice Nether Mother Clam had died beneath Chu Feng’s hand.
Chu Feng had previously learned from Ah Yan and Ah Ying that Ice Nether Mother Clams could either be killed or captured. After killing one, its Ice Shell Golden Pearl could be removed directly from within its body—a straightforward method, like killing a hen for its eggs. To capture one, however, required special medicinal smoke to force it to spit out the Ice Shell Golden Pearl, after which it could be released.
That method of capture was undoubtedly extremely dangerous. The slightest mistake could result in failure, leaving the captor severely wounded instead.
Seeing what had just happened, several of the female clan warriors nearby were stunned.
The Ice Nether Mother Clam, which had caused them such headaches, had been dealt with so effortlessly in Chu Feng’s hands. It was like watching someone slaughter a turtle: in only a few moves, he had beaten the clam into fragments and left it dead on the spot.
They had known only that Chu Feng possessed impressive methods. Never had they imagined that he would be so powerful. The Ice Nether Mother Clam was no match for him at all.
“Ladies, get to work and search for the Ice Shell Golden Pearls. I’ll go deal with the other Ice Nether Mother Clams!”
Chu Feng immediately charged deeper into the battlefield, spear in hand.
After witnessing him slay the Ice Nether Mother Clam, the female clan warriors nearby now knew that this brave outsider was Chu Feng. Seeing him return to assist them, they fought the clams while greeting him one after another.
“Master Chu, we are truly embarrassed! You came here as our honored guest, yet instead of receiving you properly, we have made you come out onto the Ice Nether Sea to help us capture Ice Nether Mother Clams. We are deeply sorry!” said a female clan warrior who appeared to be their leader.
“We never imagined Master Chu would be so formidable! Your strength alone surpasses that of five or six of us together!”
“Master Chu, you are truly our timely savior. You arrived at precisely the right moment!”
The way the female clan warriors looked at Chu Feng was like lovestruck maidens gazing upon the man of their dreams. Their eyes could hardly leave him.
Chu Feng nodded and smiled at them. When facing the Ice Nether Mother Clams, he repeated the same method as before. He first used the Gale Step to summon fierce pillars of wind, overturning the clam’s shell. Then he brought the spearhead down with the strength of tens of thousands of Vajra Battle Rhinoceroses. The Ice Nether Mother Clam’s shell shattered at once, and it died in a pool of blood.
Chu Feng had excellent control over the force of his attacks. The tens of thousands of Vajra Battle Rhinoceroses’ worth of power struck the Ice Nether Mother Clam’s shell alone. The ice beneath it was entirely unaffected, and the Ice Shell Golden Pearl inside remained completely undamaged.
After killing two Ice Nether Mother Clams in succession, Chu Feng grew increasingly experienced. He first evaded their ice-bullet attacks and shell charges, then waited for an opportunity to unleash his wind pillars. Once the pillars overturned them, their deaths were inevitable.
In the blink of an eye, all four Ice Nether Mother Clams had been slain by Chu Feng.
Facing the corpses of the four clams, the more than twenty female clan warriors were either wildly excited or stood frozen in disbelief. Never had they imagined that Ice Nether Mother Clams could be killed in such a manner!
The Ice Nether Mother Clams were as easy to kill as little turtles and crabs in Chu Feng’s hands, but in theirs, matters were far more difficult.
The Ice Nether Mother Clams could spin and launch long-range attacks, or fire ice bullets at close range. Even four or five warriors at the sixth level of the Body Tempering Realm had to proceed with extreme caution when joining forces against a single clam.
“Sisters, hurry and take the Ice Shell Golden Pearls out of the clams. Bring them to me so I can have a look. I still need to produce Ice Shell Golden Pearls as quickly as possible!”
As Chu Feng spoke, he suddenly noticed what appeared to be a woman standing in confrontation with a colossal Ice Nether Mother Clam within a dense bank of fog in the deep sea.
The moment he finished speaking, Chu Feng rushed over to investigate.
Half a mile away, he indeed saw a young woman dressed in a snow-white gown confronting an enormous Ice Nether Mother Clam.
What shocked Chu Feng was that this Ice Nether Mother Clam was more than five times larger than the four he had just slain. Its enormous shell was also opened wide, far larger than two door panels.
Once opened, the clam resembled a vast cavern. Though it had neither sharp teeth nor a vicious maw, its appearance was still horrifying.
What puzzled Chu Feng was that the female clan warrior stood only a foot away from the Ice Nether Mother Clam, her body almost pressed against its shell.
The scene was both perilous and bizarre. It was like watching a little girl thrust her head into a lion’s mouth while the lion kept its jaws wide open, waiting endlessly without biting down.
“What is this girl doing?”
Chu Feng was baffled. If those two enormous shells suddenly closed, they would descend like a ten-thousand-pound gate. The girl might not even be left with a single bone.
The white-robed girl stood with her back to Chu Feng, motionless. Her hands and body did not move at all, and Chu Feng could not tell what expression she wore.
If he could see her face, he would clearly be able to determine much more.
Chu Feng cautiously approached.
“Miss, what are you doing standing here?”
When he was a little over thirty feet from the white-robed girl, Chu Feng asked softly.
The white-robed girl made no sound and gave no reply. However, her lips seemed to be moving, as though she were quietly muttering something.
Chu Feng took several more steps forward and asked in a hushed voice, “Miss, what are you—”
“公子, be careful!”
Before Chu Feng could finish, the white-robed girl suddenly darted away.
At the same time, the two enormous shells of the Ice Nether Mother Clam slammed violently shut. As they closed, countless shards of ice of every size shot explosively toward Chu Feng and the girl.