Chapter 1668: My Name is Han Quan

Xu Yang, who was communicating with the entity in his soul form, unhesitatingly summoned his three complete spirit tools: Ling Xu Qiushang, Mo Yue, and a third.

“If you choose to submit to me, you will be the fourth member among them, a perfect masterpiece capable of fighting alongside me and creating epics in the future.”

The soul entity, encased in endless ice, was finally moved. It could clearly sense the profound submission of the three spirit tools to Xu Yang, and realized that this was likely the best outcome for a complete frost law entity like itself.

Laws like theirs, independent of heaven and earth, seeking survival in places like Wolong Mountain Range, was actually a decision made out of necessity.

This was because their laws, in terms of strength, could not reach the power of the primordial laws of the myriad heavens, making them unable to influence the behavior of all living beings on the main continent by themselves.

Yet, on a smaller scale, they were truly law-level energy forms, beyond the control of ordinary cultivators. Therefore, they had no choice but to guard a single area in isolation.

After enduring countless millennia of meaningless existence, they now had the chance to truly live for themselves, like humans. Becoming the exclusive spirit tools of a figure as unparalleled as Xu Yang was also an honor for these independent law entities.

The female entity was finally swayed, but she still couldn't make the decision until the phoenix flame behind Xu Yang slowly began to melt the ice encasing her consciousness.

Watching the ice that had temporarily protected her form gradually erode under the power of the flames, she knew she had no other choice. Whether she liked it or not, Xu Yang's forced conquest was an unchangeable fated outcome.

Rather than resist, it was better to proactively submit and gain a good impression from Xu Yang, her new master.

“I choose to submit to you, Lord, and become your exclusive spirit tool.”

Hearing the female entity's words, Xu Yang nodded in satisfaction and gently waved his hand towards the thick ice in front of him. In an instant, the massive ice layer disintegrated.

The ice-blue silhouette of the female entity, previously sealed within, gradually merged with Xu Yang's body until she appeared as the fourth sword spirit within Xu Yang's Imperial Cauldron.

“From today, your name is Hanquan, and you are officially my fourth exclusive spirit tool.”

Xu Yang's voice precisely reached the core of the Hanquan Sword Spirit. It was a spirit tool entirely ice-blue, and its form was remarkably perfect.

More importantly, it possessed control over the most powerful frost-attribute energy of the current era on the main continent. If it could truly become a complete divine artifact in the future, Xu Yang would be able to wield frost-attribute power at will through this sword.

Furthermore, the sword itself exuded a chilling aura. The sword qi released from its very form alone could completely freeze all surrounding life forms. This innate talent was truly rare and invaluable, an inherent advantage it possessed as a law-based spirit tool.

After completing the perfect subjugation of this frost law, Xu Yang could no longer feel the cold aura of the mountain peak. The vast ice lake completely melted in a very short time.

And under the dominion of Xu Yang's water-attribute Sea God domain, the lake surface returned to its calm, unruffled state.

The hundreds of thousands of demon beast troops almost swam across the lake, successfully reaching a new starting point deeper within the Panlong Mountain Range.

Soon after crossing the icy lake region, Xu Yang's army entered a completely new mountain territory.

This area, theoretically close to the central region of the Panlong Mountain Range, should have a relatively lower danger level than the outer areas. Here, there was almost no fluctuation of human cultivator aura, only the inherent oppressive feeling from the surrounding mountain terrain.

“Boss, does this place look like a giant chessboard to you?” Ling Yao suddenly observed, having noticed a unique characteristic of this mountain region.

Inspired by her observation, Xu Yang immediately ascended to gain an aerial perspective and observe the terrain of the entire mountain region. Ling Yao had indeed guessed correctly.

The area was, in fact, a massive chessboard, with each towering ancient tree marking the precise location of a corresponding chess piece.

What was strange about this place was that while it appeared to be an intricate and bewildering maze, there was no sharp killing intent, nor even any discernible fluctuations of a law's aura.

To Xu Yang, this was the true danger. Although the previous four laws were extremely perilous, they still had distinct aura fluctuations that could be detected.

This meant there was a source to counteract the difficulties. However, this current location seemed to lack any killing intent. But if Xu Yang's army were trapped here, the destructive power unleashed upon them would likely be far greater than anything encountered under the four previous laws. This was Xu Yang's real concern.

If they failed to discover the mystery of this place soon, the combat effectiveness of the demon beast army would be rapidly and severely depleted.

As they proceeded, a fierce gale began to sweep through, blowing towards the corner of the forest where Xu Yang's hundreds of thousands of demon beast troops were stationed.

Initially, the gale wasn't as strong as expected, but soon, the wind grew increasingly powerful, gradually attempting to disrupt the orderly formation of the hundreds of thousands of demon beast troops.

Upon discovering the true purpose of this wind, Xu Yang immediately ordered the legions led by the Four Great Demon Sages to change their formation, dispersing from their original clustered formation and settling in place.

Furthermore, leveraging Xu Yang's powerful Earth Law, a wall was created to resist the gale around the legionnaires, greatly weakening the wind-attribute power's impact on their formation.

“My heavens! It’s a good thing Boss is here in person. Otherwise, if this gale blew endlessly, we wouldn’t even be able to maintain our battle formation, and the main force would be scattered into disarray.”

Long Kun exclaimed with a shudder of lingering fear, and the Four Great Demon Sages shared similar thoughts. However, before the gale had even subsided for a few hours, a new wave of disaster rapidly descended.

“It won’t end that easily. Judging by the various elemental energies overflowing from the terrain here, this place must hold more than one type of disaster.”

No sooner had Xu Yang finished speaking than the events that unfolded throughout the mountain forest perfectly confirmed his prediction.

Before the demon beast warriors could fully re-establish their orderly formation after the recent chaotic sandstorm, a new and even more violent wave of disaster suddenly struck.