novelraw Chapter 961: Yongnian
Chapter 961: Yongnian
The moment the Frost Bat appeared on the observation crystal, Han Yu and Madam Cold Fang moved.
There was no discussion needed.
The final site had been found.
And unlike before, they had reached it before the ritual circle was complete.
The two flew through the sky at tremendous speed. Snow and wind split apart around them while mountains passed beneath in blurs. Han Yu could barely keep pace even with Madam Cold Fang slowing herself to match him.
Fortunately they still had time.
The ritual needed two sites.
The Frost Bat had only started the first.
The second remained untouched.
As long as they stopped him here, the circle would never be completed.
About an hour later the two descended toward the marked location.
Han Yu immediately sensed it.
Cold.
Dense.
The Frost Qi here was several times stronger than the surroundings.
They landed atop a cliff overlooking the clearing below.
Han Yu narrowed his eyes.
The ritual had already started.
Several smiling corpses lay around the clearing.
Men.
Women.
Children.
All frozen.
All smiling.
A few villagers still lived.
They stood in lines with vacant smiles while frost crept over their bodies.
At the center stood the Frost Bat.
His hand was pressed against the forehead of another victim.
The man froze slowly from inside while still smiling.
Then a voice rang out.
"Yongnian!"
The Frost Bat stopped.
The entire clearing fell silent.
Slowly he looked upward.
His eyes landed on Madam Cold Fang.
For a moment...
Shock appeared.
"Sister?"
His voice lost its hostility briefly.
Then it changed.
Rage flooded his face.
"You dare show yourself after all these years!?"
His roar shook the clearing.
Madam Cold Fang remained calm.
"How can I not?" she replied. "I warned you before."
Her voice turned colder.
"This path only leads to ruin."
"You will destroy yourself."
"And then the world."
The Frost Bat’s face twisted.
"I DON’T CARE!"
The scream echoed through the mountains.
"If the world must end for our vengeance..."
"Then let it end!"
He attacked instantly.
The air exploded.
Hundreds of ice bats appeared around him.
Their bodies looked almost real.
Blue wings.
Sharp fangs.
Glowing eyes.
They surged upward like a living storm. Han Yu felt the pressure immediately. These constructs were far stronger than before. But Madam Cold Fang merely raised her hand.
CRACK.
Ice spread through the air.
The entire swarm froze.
Then shattered.
Fragments rained downward.
"You are still weak."
Madam Cold Fang stepped forward.
"If you had spent these years cultivating rather than chasing ghosts..."
"You might have stood against me."
The Frost Bat laughed.
The sound had already become strange.
Distorted.
"You think I wasted my years?"
His eyes glowed.
"Then watch."
His hands formed seals as frost exploded around him.
Han Yu’s eyes narrowed.
The transformation began immediately.
Bones cracked.
His body grew.
The humanoid shape twisted.
Fangs lengthened.
Wings burst from his back.
Leathery pale blue skin spread across his body.
His fingers turned into claws.
Within seconds a massive creature stood there.
Five meters tall.
Bat wings spanning nearly twenty meters.
Eyes glowing with eerie blue light.
"BEHOLD!"
His screech no longer sounded human.
"OUR GLORIOUS ANCESTRAL FORM!"
The pressure erupted outward.
Han Yu’s expression changed.
The cultivation surged.
Peak Nascent Soul.
Half step Dao Shell.
Middle Dao Shell.
Late Dao Shell.
Peak Dao Shell.
It stopped there.
Han Yu stared.
"That fast?"
He had never seen power rise like this.
Madam Cold Fang remained unmoved.
"Still weak."
She moved.
Her figure vanished.
BOOM!
The ground exploded beneath her.
Several massive icy fanged mouths appeared around her. Each one looked like a giant beast head made from frost.
They bit downward.
The transformed Frost Bat roared.
His wings spread.
Thousands of ice needles erupted outward.
The mouths shattered.
Madam Cold Fang appeared beside him instantly.
Her palm struck.
The Frost Bat crossed his arms.
BOOOM!
The impact flattened the forest below.
Trees shattered.
Snow rose into the air.
The Frost Bat slid backward hundreds of meters.
Han Yu watched silently.
The difference remained obvious.
Even with the transformation... He still lagged behind.
Yet something felt wrong.
The Frost Bat laughed.
Frost spread outward from beneath him.
The ritual circle glowed.
Han Yu’s eyes narrowed.
The power was still rising.
"He’s drawing strength from the ritual."
Madam Cold Fang realized it too.
She attacked again.
Large icy jaws filled the sky.
The Frost Bat answered.
Thousands of bat constructs formed.
The two forces collided.
The sky became blue and white.
Shockwaves spread everywhere.
Villages in the distance shook.
Mountains cracked.
Han Yu finally moved.
He appeared beside the surviving villagers.
His Abyssal Frost Qi spread.
Pitch black frost consumed the ritual marks around them.
The Frost Bat immediately noticed.
"YOU DARE!"
He flapped his wings.
A blade of frost descended toward Han Yu.
Han Yu raised a shield.
Dark ice formed.
BOOOM!
The shield cracked.
Han Yu slid backward.
His arms trembled.
Even transformed, the man remained terrifying.
The Frost Bat rushed him.
His claws descended.
Han Yu retaliated instantly.
Five black spears appeared.
They pierced forward.
The Frost Bat twisted midair.
Three missed.
Two struck.
The black frost spread immediately.
The Frost Bat froze briefly.
He roared.
KACHA
The ice shattered.
Yet Han Yu saw it.
His Abyssal Frost Qi still worked.
The suppression remained.
"Interesting..."
The Frost Bat stared at him.
Darkness flickered in his eyes.
"You..."
He pointed.
"That technique..."
His expression changed.
Madam Cold Fang appeared again.
Her fist struck his chest.
BOOOM!
The transformed body smashed through three hills.
The Frost Bat rose again immediately.
His power had increased further.
Han Yu looked down.
The ritual circle beneath still glowed.
The dead.
The frost.
The smiles.
Everything fed into him.
"He’ll keep growing if this continues."
Han Yu narrowed his eyes.
Then suddenly...
The Frost Bat laughed.
His eyes looked toward the sky.
"Too late."
Han Yu froze.
The ritual circle lit up.
Far away...
Another point began glowing.
His expression changed.
"The second site..." Han Yu muttered.
Someone else had activated it.