Leo’s expression was icy as he let out a snort.
In the sky, the sea-blue fire dragon receded like a tide, carrying Felix’s life-bound spiritual weapon back with it.
Then, Felix’s life-bound spiritual weapon floated above Leo’s palm.
A sea-blue flame surged from Leo’s palm, sweeping towards Felix’s Godbreaker Spear.
Under the burning of the sea-blue flame, the mysterious runes on the spear shaft instantly dissipated.
Subsequently, under everyone’s gaze, the Godbreaker Spear, forged from ancient ice iron, melted at a speed visible to the naked eye, finally turning into molten iron that dripped from the sky.
With his life-bound spiritual weapon destroyed, Felix’s old face turned pale, his body trembled, and he spat out a mouthful of old blood.
A life-bound spiritual weapon is connected to a cultivator’s essence blood and nourished by their spiritual consciousness. If destroyed, it would also inflict injury on the cultivator.
“My life-bound spiritual weapon!” Felix exclaimed in disbelief, his eyes wide with shock.
His Ice Godbreaker Spear was a top-grade spiritual weapon. Even if placed in a forge, it would take at least five hours for a fourth-grade artifact master to melt it using their own spiritual fire.
Yet the sea-blue flame from that young man melted it in just over ten seconds!
Moreover, the essence blood contained within the Godbreaker Spear was also burned to nothingness.
Prince Caspian looked at the sea-blue flame above Leo’s palm with astonishment, thinking to himself, “What kind of flame is that young man wielding? It’s so powerful and domineering.”
Evan Shade’s heart skipped a beat as he realized that the flame was not produced by Leo’s own spiritual power but was a heavenly spiritual fire.
Being a practitioner of ghostly arts, Evan Shade was particularly sensitive to heavenly spiritual fires.
While Felix, Prince Caspian, and Evan Shade were shocked, three others on the side were equally stunned.
These three were Noah Shadow, Salvador, and Gilberto, who had survived from Pill Sovereign Island.
Especially Gilberto, who upon seeing Leo alive, had eyes full of venomous hatred, clenching his fists tightly with veins bulging on his hands.
In the icy valley of Pill Sovereign Island, he had nearly been killed by Leo and lost both the Frost Spirit Beast egg and hundreds of Ice Soul Fruits.
His hatred for Leo was deeply ingrained in his bones.
Noah Shadow and Salvador were incredulous not only because Leo was still alive but also because he had mastered the Nether Flame!
When they fled, they only remembered Leo battling the Sea Serpent King. To them, facing such a formidable foe meant certain death for Leo.
“Uncle, the sea-blue flame in his hand is the Nether Flame!” Salvador loudly reminded.
“Nether Flame!?” Upon hearing Salvador’s words, Prince Caspian, Felix, and Evan Shade’s eyes simultaneously focused with intensity.
Then, an uncontrollable fervor surged in their eyes.
The Nether Flame was a Celestial Artifact. Even exalted Spirit God realm experts would covet such an artifact.
If they could seize this Celestial Artifact and refine it, their power would soar dramatically.
“Supreme Elder, quickly kill that brat! He’s the one who killed Elder Thunder and the others!” Gilberto shouted venomously at Leo.
Hearing Gilberto’s words, Felix nodded slowly, his old eyes filled with cold malice.
Even without Gilberto’s words, just for destroying his life-bound spiritual weapon, Felix was determined to kill Leo no matter what.
As for the blow he suffered earlier, he attributed it to his momentary carelessness and underestimation of his opponent.
“Boy, even if you possess a Celestial Artifact, what of it? I’ve lived for centuries not in vain! Today you and these ants must die!” Felix’s chilling words echoed through the heavens and earth.
As soon as he finished speaking, Felix’s robe billowed without wind, and his white hair danced wildly like ice crystals.
At that moment, Felix’s aura leaked out like an impending surge of icy coldness that sent shivers down one’s spine.
Then Felix opened his mouth, spitting out a perfectly round and translucent ice orb as if crafted from pure ice jade.
The ice orb floated three yards in front of Felix after being expelled from his mouth.
Due to Leo’s presence, battles across various fronts paused simultaneously as all eyes involuntarily turned to the ice orb Felix had expelled.
Soon enough, many cultivators’ eyes filled with astonishment.
The ice orb was crystal clear; within it vaguely appeared the form of an infant.
The sound seemed akin to a heartbeat emanating from within the ice orb-the source being none other than the infant inside.
At this moment, the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to pulse in rhythm with this sound.
Even cultivators within Clearwind Town could distinctly sense the abundant spiritual energy contained within the ice orb despite being far away.
“Is this… a Golden Core!?” Prince Caspian’s pupils involuntarily contracted.
“A Golden Core outside its body revealing its Spirit Core form-a Spirit God moved by heart-this old man has cultivated to such an extent!” Evan Shade’s expression grew solemn.
Although both were at the half-step Spirit God realm, Evan Shade was still unable to separate his Golden Core from his body. Moreover, the shape of the Spirit Core within his Golden Core was not as distinct as Felix’s.
Evan Shade thought to himself, “This old man’s twenty years of seclusion haven’t been in vain. Although he hasn’t reached the Spirit God realm, he’s on the verge of a breakthrough. In a few more years, he’ll truly ascend to the Spirit God realm.”
Evan Shade was well aware that although they were currently in a cooperative relationship with the Runecarver Sect and Prince Caspian, whoever was the first to break through to the Spirit God realm would inevitably become the ruler of the entire Martial Dynasty and even the nearby kingdoms.
Of course, even if a cultivator could separate their Golden Core, they wouldn’t use it lightly unless they were prepared for a fight to the death.
In the air, Felix’s face was icy cold as he stared at Leo, his white hair wildly fluttering. “Boy, although I haven’t truly advanced to the Spirit God realm, I’ve mastered a seventh-grade secret technique during my twenty years of seclusion. Today, even if you have the power to reach the heavens, you are doomed to die!”
After saying this, Felix quickly formed a complex hand seal in front of his chest. Upon hearing that Felix was about to unleash a seventh-grade secret technique, the cultivators watching from Clearwind Town were utterly shocked. After all, only a Spirit God realm expert, with the power of their Spirit Core, could unleash such a technique. The might of a seventh-grade secret technique was enough to destroy mountains and cities. No wonder Felix had separated his Golden Core-he was about to unleash his most deadly attack.
Only those who were closer to the Spirit God realm could truly understand the vast gap between the Spirit Saint realm and the Spirit God realm.
In mid-air, as Felix’s hand seals changed, the infant within the ice sphere seemed to stir. Then, a deep, icy white light burst forth from the infant’s body. Felix’s cold eyes, filled with deadly intent, gazed at Leo and Violet as if they were already dead.