Among the three, Gilberto was in the best condition.
In his shock, Gilberto immediately summoned an ancient fiery talisman.
A massive fire bell appeared, adorned with ancient mountain and fire monster patterns, and mysterious fire runes that protected Gilberto within.
The lotus petal fell onto the fire bell, and the extreme cold quickly invaded it, covering the large fire bell with a layer of ice crystals.
Although the powerful ice force caused cracks on the surface of the fire bell, it did not shatter.
The lotus petal dimmed and flew back.
“Another seventh-grade talisman!” Leo’s face darkened instantly.
Last time at Falling Blossom Palace, Gilberto had used a seventh-grade attack talisman to ambush him. He didn’t expect Gilberto to have another seventh-grade defense talisman.
But it made sense. As the young master of the Runecarver Sect, Gilberto was crucial to its future. The sect would undoubtedly provide him with many life-saving items.
“Kill him!” Leo ordered the Puppet General again.
The Puppet General’s body flashed with electric light, and the silver-white long sword in his hand emitted a fierce glow, slashing at the fire bell covered in ice crystals and cracks.
The fire bell shattered into countless ice shards and flames.
The Puppet General’s sword light continued to slash towards Gilberto.
Gilberto hurriedly raised his fiery spear to block.
The three separated lotus petals returned to the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus, causing its glow to dim.
Leo controlled his mind and retracted the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus into his dantian for nourishment.
Leo’s figure flashed, gripping the Dragon Sword, and charged at Gilberto.
Under the fierce sword light of Leo and the Puppet General, a bloody gash appeared on Gilberto’s back.
“Stop, boy!” Elder Frost’s face changed drastically as he rushed towards Leo.
“Roar…!” The Frost Spirit Beast, covered in blood, roared angrily and charged at Elder Frost with bloodshot eyes.
“Get lost!” Elder Frost shouted angrily, his ice spike glowing brightly as he struck the Frost Spirit Beast fiercely.
The massive body of the Frost Spirit Beast was hit and crashed to the ground.
Seeing this, Seraphina’s figure flashed as she tried to stop Elder Frost but was blocked by several talismans thrown by him.
In the air, under the combined attack of Leo and the Puppet General, another bloody gash appeared on Gilberto’s chest, his hair disheveled and looking extremely miserable.
Just as the icy white and silver-white sword lights were about to finish off Gilberto, Elder Frost’s figure flashed and stood in front of him.
He directly unleashed two massive icy white palm prints to block the two sword lights.
Gilberto, catching his breath, glared at Leo with a venomous and ferocious expression. “Elder Frost, kill him!”
Elder Frost glanced at Leo and the Puppet General, whose faces were somewhat pale, his eyes flashing with cold light.
He knew that with Seraphina present, he couldn’t kill Leo.
So he grabbed Gilberto: “Let’s go!”
In an instant, Elder Frost and Gilberto reached the edge of the light curtain set up by Leo with the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus.
Elder Frost’s ice spike pierced out, causing a huge gap in the icy white light curtain.
After this fierce battle, Leo was greatly exhausted. Knowing that he couldn’t stop Elder Frost and Gilberto with just the Puppet General, Leo simply waved his right hand: “Old thing, don’t run so fast; there’s something I need to return to you!”
A slender blood-red light shot through the air towards Elder Frost.
Just as Elder Frost pulled Gilberto out of the light curtain, the slender blood-red light struck Elder Frost’s back.
A trace of blackness appeared on Elder Frost’s old face as he spat out a mouthful of black blood.
Elder Frost could only forcefully circulate his spiritual power to suppress the poison within him.
The spot on his back where the blood needle had struck stopped rotting and formed ice crystals.
“You little brat, just wait. I swear I’ll make you wish you were dead one day!” Elder Frost’s venomous words echoed through the valley.
In the next moment, the two turned into an icy white stream of light and flew out of the ice valley, disappearing from Leo’s sight.
After they escaped, Leo let out a deep breath.
At this moment, he was pale and exhausted, with his golden core in his dantian dimming down.
Using “Dragon Elephant Sky Howl Art” and “Dragon Elephant Illusion Spirit Art” consecutively, along with heavily using three petals of the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus, had drained him significantly.
“Are you alright?” Seraphina approached Leo with concern.
“I’m fine. It’s just a pity that Elder Frost escaped with Gilberto.” Leo looked in their direction with regret.
“Thank you for your help earlier.” Leo turned his gaze to Seraphina and thanked her.
If it weren’t for Seraphina’s intervention earlier, he might have been hit by Elder Warren’s poisonous blood needle, which would have led to unpredictable consequences.
Seraphina’s eyes were like autumn water as she gently shook her head.
“Don’t worry. Once we leave Pill Sovereign Island, I’ll personally go to Runecarver Sect. I won’t drag Falling Blossom Palace into this.” Leo knew well what consequences Seraphina’s help might bring.
Just as Leo finished speaking, a low growl came from nearby.
Leo and Seraphina looked towards the source of the sound.
The Frost Spirit Beast lay on the ground covered in blood, struggling to stand but failing.
Leo and Seraphina exchanged a glance and quickly moved to its side.
“Frost Spirit Beast, how are you?” Leo asked as he looked at its severely wounded body.
The Frost Spirit Beast was weak. Hearing Leo’s words, it lowered its head to the ground, no longer trying to stand up.
It looked at Leo with its large icy white eyes and then at Seraphina.
“Human cultivator, if you want to kill me, do it now. Just promise me you’ll treat my child well.” The Frost Spirit Beast’s voice was filled with sorrow as it glanced at a large egg nearby.
“We won’t kill you,” Leo shook his head and said.
The Frost Spirit Beast looked back at Leo in confusion and disbelief.
In its heart, human cultivators were always greedy, cunning, and ruthless. Now that it was severely injured, it was a perfect opportunity for them to kill it.
“Why?” The Frost Spirit Beast asked weakly.
Leo pondered for a moment before saying: “In this world of survival of the fittest, we wouldn’t hesitate to kill you if we wanted to. But without your help earlier, I wouldn’t have been able to handle those from Runecarver Sect alone. So I won’t kill you.”
The Frost Spirit Beast stared at Leo for a while before lowering its head again. “Even if you don’t kill me now, I won’t survive much longer. After I die, you can take my inner core elixir. Just please take care of my child.”