I Collect Skill Fragments in the Demon World

Chapter 917 - 545: New Skill: Absolute Cold Aura

People often say that there is great terror between life and death. When facing death, a person’s mental will cannot control their thoughts, and chaotic memories from the past flood their mind.

At this moment, Zhang Chen is facing a life-and-death crisis, and he senses a whisper of death in the air.

As his ice skates swiftly glided, memories of the past flickered in Zhang Chen’s mind, but he quickly suppressed them: "I will not die! I will never die!"

Zhang Chen never fights a battle unprepared. Seeing the ice skates charge forward rapidly, getting closer to the next temperature difference, Zhang Chen summoned a stack of talismans and casually tossed them. The talismans twisted and turned according to a certain pattern in the void, eventually transforming into the Nine Bends Yellow River Array!

As one of the top-tier arrays in Heaven and Earth, Zhang Chen believed the extreme cold couldn’t freeze the Nine Bends Yellow River Array.

As it turned out, Zhang Chen was right. The hand’s coldness couldn’t freeze the Nine Bends Yellow River Array, and as the array operated, the overwhelming cold air was swept toward the array. The mysterious runes flowing on the array absorbed the incoming cold air.

The Fourth Tier Nine Bends Yellow River Array covered a range of twelve hundred meters, just enough to reach the hand.

Zhang Chen charged into the Nine Bends Yellow River Array with his ice skates, from the chilly winter into a spring-like warmth.

At this time, although the Sun Charcoal Fire’s temperature in the Material Realm had decreased, it was enough to dispel the coldness from Zhang Chen’s soul.

As the coldness in his soul faded, Zhang Chen stood inside the Nine Bends Yellow River Array, his eyes filled with ecstasy: "Hahaha! I bet right! I bet right!"

Indeed, he was right!

The Great Freedom Celestial Demon dumbfoundedly watched Zhang Chen with an incredulous look in its eyes: "Is this even possible?"

Zhang Chen stepped toward the hand, following the Nine Bends Yellow River Array, reaching the hand and seeing the white orb of light on the ground, his eyes full of joy.

[A new skill discovered, do you want to pick it up?]

"Pick it up!"

The Golden Finger Interface popped up at the right time. Zhang Chen tapped a command on the screen in his mind, and the next moment, he picked up the light orb. Then, the Golden Finger Interface transformed:

[24 Skills (Unranked): A Thread of Cold Qi Origin (0/100000)]

[Note 1: A cold qi that can freeze all things]

[Note 2: Can absorb cold qi in Heaven and Earth to upgrade]

The skill description was simple. Zhang Chen looked at the Golden Finger Interface with a hint of surprise in his eyes: A Thread of Cold Qi Origin?

The next moment, the Golden Finger Interface shimmered with flowing light, pouring into Zhang Chen’s mind, where a grain-sized, crystal-clear snowflake appeared.

With the appearance of the snowflake, Zhang Chen felt an ancient desolation, a chilling intent overwhelming his heart, a pervasive loneliness threatening to devour him.

"Not bad!" Zhang Chen murmured to himself.

He had grasped the snowflake’s utility, and as his thoughts moved, the Nine Bends Yellow River Array was withdrawn, causing the overwhelming coldness outside to surge toward Zhang Chen.

"You reckless kid!" the Great Freedom Celestial Demon exclaimed in shock, its eyes filled with awe.

But the next moment, the Great Freedom Celestial Demon was stunned. Zhang Chen seemed to become a bottomless pit, absorbing the overwhelming coldness into his body, disappearing within him, like a void swallowing the vast coldness.

The Great Freedom Celestial Demon’s eyes were filled with disbelief: "How is this possible? How did you do it?"

Zhang Chen glanced at the Great Freedom Celestial Demon, thinking: How? By relying on that Thread of Cold Qi Origin!

But Zhang Chen didn’t respond to the Great Freedom Celestial Demon. Instead, he carefully observed his Cold Qi Origin as the overwhelming coldness poured into his body, causing the snowflake in his Spiritual World to multiply, from one to two, two to four, and eventually hundreds. When it became a hundred, the Golden Finger Interface twisted, and the information refreshed:

[24 Skills (Unranked): A Thread of Cold Qi Origin (100000/100000)]

[Can be upgraded]

"Upgrade," Zhang Chen commanded.

[24 Skills (First Tier): A Thread of Cold Qi Origin * Ice Seal (0/1000000)]

Zhang Chen looked at the Golden Finger Interface, a thoughtful look in his eyes: "I see now, the Cold Qi Origin has an extremely high level, and each upgrade results in a supernatural application of cold qi."

As for the power of the Ice Seal, it naturally requires no explanation—it can freeze all things. The question is whether it can match the True God Golden Light, which can even force Tenth Tier evils to retreat despite being only Fifth Tier, or if it can only freeze entities of corresponding levels.

However, Zhang Chen didn’t explore further as the overwhelming coldness continued to pour toward him. When the snowflakes reached a thousand, the Golden Finger popped up again:

[24 Skills (First Tier): A Thread of Cold Qi Origin * Ice Seal (1000000/1000000)]

[Upgradable]

Zhang Chen looked at the Golden Finger Interface, secretly thinking to himself, "If nothing goes wrong with this upgrade, it should also derive a new usage for Divine Techniques."

Zhang Chen decisively clicked on the upgrade interface, and saw the Golden Finger Interface twist and refresh:

[24 Skills (Second Tier): A Thread of Cold Qi Origin*Ice Seal*Freeze (0/10000000)]

"Freeze? How is it different from Ice Seal?" Zhang Chen looked at the new embellishment after the skill, unsure of the difference between Freeze and Ice Seal, but the interface did not provide a description.

Zhang Chen didn’t have time to ponder, as more Cold Qi was pouring into his body. Within his Spiritual World, snowflakes sprang forth, and in no time, a thousand had evolved into ten thousand.

[24 Skills (Second Tier): A Thread of Cold Qi Origin*Ice Seal*Freeze (10000000/10000000)]

[Upgradable]

"Upgrade!"

Zhang Chen issued the upgrade command, watching as the Cold Qi continued to condense, and the Golden Finger Interface refreshed again:

[24 Skills (Third Tier): A Thread of Cold Qi Origin*Ice Seal*Freeze*Cold Ice Body (0/100000000)]

[Note: As tough as cold ice.]

"As tough as cold ice, though I wonder which type of cold ice this refers to. Is it the external cold ice or the cold ice within the Third Heaven?" Zhang Chen processed the information in his mind.

At this point, the experience points required by the Golden Finger Interface had reached the ’billion’ level, but the Cold Qi flooded the land, leaving no concept of experience points behind.

It took a full hour, with the snowflakes evolving from ten thousand to a hundred thousand, before the Golden Finger Interface popped up with new information again:

[24 Skills (Third Tier): A Thread of Cold Qi Origin*Ice Seal*Freeze*Cold Ice Body (0/100000000)]

[Upgradable]

"Upgrade!"

Zhang Chen issued the command, then the Golden Finger Interface refreshed, and Zhang Chen’s Golden Finger Interface twisted and refreshed once more:

[24 Skills (Fourth Tier): A Thread of Cold Qi Origin*Ice Seal*Freeze*Cold Ice Body*Ice Domain (0/1000000000)]

[Note1: Spreads an Ice Domain about a meter in radius, capable of freezing objects entering the Ice Domain.]

Having completed the upgrade, the Golden Finger Interface refreshed again, and Zhang Chen’s experience requirement had reached ten billion, yet external Cold Qi continued to surge without end. Within his Spiritual World, a domain appeared, where snowflakes danced in the air. Zhang Chen allowed the evolution of snowflakes within the domain without paying them much attention, instead focusing on his Golden Finger Interface: "Ice Domain? That is somewhat interesting."

After a full day had passed, the snowflakes in Zhang Chen’s soul domain had evolved to a million pieces, piling up into a snowdrift as the Golden Finger Interface welcomed another upgrade:

[24 Skills (Fourth Tier): A Thread of Cold Qi Origin*Ice Seal*Freeze*Cold Ice Body*Ice Domain (10000000000/1000000000)]

[Upgradable]

[Would you like to upgrade?]

"Upgrade!"

[24 Skills (Fifth Tier): A Thread of Cold Qi Origin*Ice Seal*Freeze*Cold Ice Body*Ice Domain (1 meter)*Gathering and Dispersing Formless (0/10000000000)]

[Note: Within the Ice Domain, you are an indestructible presence and can continuously reincarnate with the help of the domain. As long as the domain isn’t destroyed, you will remain Immortal!]

"Wow! This skill is overpowered!" Zhang Chen saw the newly derived skill, with a touch of horror in his eyes, Immortal? Is this a skill I can wield?

Is such a heaven-defying skill something I can master?

At this moment, external Cold Qi continued to imbue Zhang Chen’s body. Zhang Chen remained standing in place, embracing the infusion of Cold Qi while comprehending the marvels of his skills.

"Hey kid, you’ve been standing here for a whole day. Have you got frozen stupid, not moving at all?" The Great Freedom Celestial Demon asked beside him.

Zhang Chen ignored the Great Freedom Celestial Demon, focusing on sensing the marvels of his skills. In the next moment, Zhang Chen’s surroundings distorted slightly, seemingly changing yet unchanged, with snowflakes falling around him. The external Cold Qi, upon reaching Zhang Chen’s vicinity, was immediately absorbed by the Ice Domain, nourishing it, and converting it into the Skill Points Zhang Chen needed. As the domain spread beyond his soul, Zhang Chen’s absorption of Cold Qi accelerated.

"What is this thing? I feel an intense danger surrounding you!" The Great Freedom Celestial Demon noticed the snowflakes in Zhang Chen’s vicinity and immediately sensed something amiss, inquiring with keen foresight.

"Haha, this is my new trick! What do you think? How many tiers of powerful beings can it freeze?" Zhang Chen asked with a grin.