Chapter 477: Fishing for Ice Souls

Chapter 477: Netting the Ice Soul

"An Ice Soul!"

Hearing Gu Swei's exclamation of surprise, Levi asked curiously, "What is that?"

Gu Swei said, "The Ice Soul is an extremely rare type of ice sprite."

A look of longing appeared in her eyes, and she murmured, "If only we could catch it."

"For an ice mage, an Ice Soul is the ultimate material to enhance one's power."

Levi glanced at her with a hint of doubt and said, "Aren't you from the faction of the Ice Queen? Aren't you afraid of offending her by harming ice sprites so carelessly?"

Gu Swei explained, "The Ice Soul is quite peculiar and different from ordinary ice sprites; even the Ice Queen herself cannot command them."

"Rare Ice Souls are only born in regions of extreme cold, and the Abyssal Frost fits this condition perfectly."

"Compared to ice sprites, an Ice Soul possesses a much weaker autonomous consciousness, resembling more the product of a natural disaster."

Levi more or less understood what Gu Swei meant.

He looked outside at the Ice Souls that were still relentlessly attacking the Coffin of Sealed Ice.

Levi said, "The flight speed of the Ice Soul is astonishing, and its destructive power is incredibly strong. Trying to catch it will be very difficult."

Gu Swei nodded and said, "That is why I am only speaking of it; I never truly thought we could capture an Ice Soul."

"If Her Majesty the Ice Queen were here, there might be a chance to capture it, but for us to survive under its assault is already fortunate enough."

Levi smiled faintly and said, "Actually, it is not entirely impossible."

Gu Swei's eyes lit up, and she looked at Levi, asking, "What plan do you have?"

Right now, both of them were trapped inside the Coffin of Sealed Ice, under siege by swarms of Ice Souls.

For the moment, they could not break free from this predicament.

Even though Levi was anxious to reach the Secret Realm of Time, there was nothing he could do.

Since that was the case, he might as well find a way to deal with the attackers before them.

Levi said, "We catch them with a net."

Hearing this, Gu Swei froze in place, failing to comprehend what Levi meant.

Even if he possessed a net capable of withstanding a fifth-tier attack, bringing it out in the Abyssal Frost would likely result in it being frozen into dust.

It was fundamentally impossible to net an Ice Soul this way.

Levi looked toward Gu Swei and said, "Open the Coffin of Sealed Ice just a tiny crack."

Gu Swei shook her head and said, "I cannot do that."

Levi reached out to touch the Coffin of Sealed Ice, and a violent sensation of vibration vibrated through it.

That was the vibration produced by the Ice Souls slamming into the Coffin of Sealed Ice at high speeds.

Levi said, "If I bore a small hole, it won't break the Coffin of Sealed Ice, will it?"

Gu Swei frowned and said, "It will not. The Coffin of Sealed Ice is a sixth-tier ice spell with the strongest defensive power; you cannot possibly destroy it."

The corner of Levi's mouth curled upward as he said, "That is not necessarily true."

His gaze narrowed, and concentrating his mind, a wisp of purple flame manifested at his fingertips.

The purple flame drew close to the Coffin of Sealed Ice.

The Coffin of Sealed Ice, hailed as the strongest sixth-tier ice defense spell, showed signs of melting under the scorching heat of the purple flame.

Levi controlled the area of melting, using the purple flame to bore through the Coffin of Sealed Ice, leaving a hole the size of a needle's eye.

A freezing wind blew into the Coffin of Sealed Ice through the pinhole, and a look of shock appeared on Gu Swei's face.

"How did you do that?"

"What is the matter with that purple flame?"

She had never seen a purple flame before.

Levi did not answer her question; it was difficult to explain clearly in a few words.

He reached out his hand and placed it over the hole in the Coffin of Sealed Ice, his mana flowing out through the needle-sized opening.

Under the effect of his Telekinesis, the mana formed into a net outside the Coffin of Sealed Ice.

Under Levi's powerful control, the layers of the mana net continuously overlapped, becoming tighter and more resilient.

Pfft!

An Ice Soul instantly pierced through Levi's mana net.

The mana net was utterly incapable of stopping the Ice Soul.

Levi did not give up; he repaired the pierced net while simultaneously constructing more nets. Pfft, pfft, pfft!

The nets were continuously torn to shreds.

Beside him, Gu Swei could no longer bear to watch, and she advised, "Stop trying, you are merely wasting your mana."

"When the Ice Souls stop attacking in a little while, we can take the opportunity to leave."

Levi extended his index finger and placed it in front of his lips, "Shh, do not speak."

He stared intently into the darkness ahead.

Seeing his serious demeanor, Gu Swei assumed another new monster had appeared, and she quickly turned her head to look.

Suddenly, an Ice Soul shot like an arrow from that direction.

A look of disappointment appeared on Gu Swei's face.

In the next second, a look of shock surfaced on her countenance.

Hiss!

She watched as the Ice Soul, after piercing through several layers of nets, was finally ensnared and came to a halt right before the Coffin of Sealed Ice.

Pfft, pfft, pfft!

The surrounding Ice Souls still pierced through the mana nets as easily as always and flew away.

Gu Swei looked at the Ice Soul captured by Levi, her expression filled with bewilderment and doubt.

"Why were you able to catch this one?"

She glanced around; the other Ice Souls were all able to easily pierce through the mana nets.

Could it be that this particular Ice Soul was special?

Levi said with a smile, "It has already broken through my mana nets thirty-eight times, and its speed has decreased to a degree where the mana net can ensnare it."

Hearing this, a look of sudden realization dawned upon Gu Swei, "So that is how it is."

She finally understood why Levi had relentlessly repaired the broken nets.

As it turned out, he had been using the nets to weaken the flight speed of the Ice Soul.

When its flight speed dropped to a certain point, the Ice Soul could no longer break through the mana net, and thus it was naturally captured by Levi.

But this was too difficult.

According to Li Wei's account, he had failed thirty-eight times before achieving success once.

After verifying that his idea was feasible, Li Wei's spirits lifted considerably.

He glanced at the ice essences trapped in the net, vibrating incessantly yet unable to escape from the surface of the frozen coffin, and smiled.

"Good, let's catch a few more like this."

Gusevi watched silently beside him as Li Wei repeatedly repaired the magical web.

She suddenly realized that Li Wei's mastery over magical power was astonishingly extraordinary.

Beyond his immensely powerful command of magical energy, there was also his remarkable willpower.

Ordinary people would have given up long ago after failing several times.

Yet Li Wei could endure failure continuously until he finally succeeded.

Gusevi gazed at Li Wei's profile, staring somewhat dazedly, her mind wandering to who knows what thoughts.

She couldn't tell how much time had passed when the surrounding ice essences finally ceased their attacks.

Li Wei also breathed a sigh of relief, lowering his right hand from the frozen coffin. He stretched his shoulders and turned to look at Gusevi.

"Alright, we can go out now."

Gusevi nodded and said, "Mm."

Unsealing the frozen coffin, the two stood within the void of darkness.

Li Wei extended his hand, and the six ice essences caught by the magical web flew into his palm.

Looking at the ice essences in his hand, though Gusevi's heart yearned intensely for them, she did not speak.

She knew how much effort Li Wei had expended to obtain these ice essences.

They weren't something she could simply ask for with a few words.

Li Wei put away the ice essences and looked at Gusevi, saying, "I'll hold onto these ice essences for now, and we'll divide them when we reach a safe place."

Upon hearing this, Gusevi froze for a moment, then reacted and asked in surprise, "Why would you share them with me? You worked so hard to capture these ice essences."

Li Wei laughed softly, "Without you, I wouldn't have been able to catch these ice essences at all."

Thank you to reader "Time Yu" for the reward.

(End of chapter)