Chapter 90: Heavenly Frost Sutra
"Only one person can enter the legacy altar, at a time," Leafwhisk spoke when she saw all three girls were about to enter the altar.
Ayaan looked at the small frame of the Leafwhisk and didn't say anything. He turned towards Rebecca, "Alright, you go first. You are the most powerful in the group. So there might be some problem. Rebecca and Isobel would be able to learn from your experience."
Rebecca nodded and walked towards the altar.
Just when she placed her first step on the altar — the altar started to vibrate. Rebecca, however, didn't stop and walked towards the centre of the altar. Only after reaching under the shadow of the crystal ball, she stopped.
Gradually, the white fog covered her delicate frame. It was a similar process like the previous altar. But this time it wasn't trying to evolve her body — the fog slowly started to spread towards the crystal ball.
In just a few seconds, the crystal was also covered in the white fog.
"What is this?" Ayaan looked at the altar in confusion. He didn't have any idea what was going on. Rebecca also didn't move, she was just standing under the crystal ball. Though, Ayaan couldn't even see her figure, at the moment.
Without realising, half an hour passed. In the fog, however, there wasn't any sign of movement. Everyone was looking at the altar with an anxious expression.
Suddenly, the temperature of the surrounding area started to drop rapidly. Ayaan's body shivered with cold. He tried to run the magic energy inside his body but to no avail. Therefore, he looked towards the other two ladies beside him. And as he expected, they were also shivering from cold.
"Wh-what's going on?" Ayaan couldn't help but utter a question, looking at the altar with a confused expression.
"Hmm, Heavenly Frost Sutra? Not bad, not bad at all. This girl is good. She was able to receive such a powerful sutra." Leafwhisk looked at the altar with interest and murmured.
"Heaven Frost Sutra? But she is a phoenix! Shouldn't she receive the legacy of the fire element?" Ayaan looked at the Leafwhisk in confusion and bewilderment. He couldn't fathom anything anymore. Everything which he learned about this world, till now, was turning into useless crap.
"What phoenix are you talking about? Phoenixes are the divine beasts and they are so rare. Though this girl has a trace of the phoenix inside her body, but it is almost negligible."
Furthermore, she doesn't have the fire phoenix's bloodline. She has a trace of the blue phoenix — blue phoenixes aren't related to the fire element but to the ice element."
"Even a stupid would know that the blue phoenix is the ice elemental divine beast. Maybe, because of that small trace of the blue phoenix inside her body, she was able to get the heavenly frost sutra."
Ayaan heard her explanation in utter disbelief. Till now, he was thinking that phoenix means the fire element, but now, Leafwhisk told him that the blue phoenix was an ice elemental divine beast.
Furthermore, Rebecca was very good with the fire element. He thought she was very compatible with the fire element. But now, he was hearing that all this time, she was walking in the wrong direction.
Suddenly, Ayaan remembered something and asked after some hesitation, "In this world, there are green phoenix, red phoenix… so on and so forth. Does that mean every colour defines the element of the phoenixes?"
"People are really ignorant in this world," she looked at Ayaan with disdain. Then said, "There are only two types of phoenixes in this world and that is blue phoenix and fire phoenix. Other than these two, every phoenix is fake. They are the results of the mating of phoenix and some other beast. They aren't phoenix anymore."
"That little girl has the aura of the blue phoenix, but it is just an aura, nothing more. Mostly she was able to get her hand on the heavenly frosty sutra because of the baptism she received on the sixth floor and because of that, her bloodline was refined.
"Without baptism, she could never get such a powerful sutra. As for those fake phoenixes, you talked about, they don't even have the tiny bit of the phoenix aura. They are like any other creature in this world.''After that, Leafwhisk didn't speak anything and continued to read her book.
Ayaan glanced at her tiny figure in confusion. At one moment, she would become so generous, and other, the lord of misers. He couldn't figure out her personality, neither did he know about her intentions.
While he was thinking, the temperature of the surrounding dropped to an insanely low degree. Ayaan, Noor and Isobel's bodies were shivering due to chill. They felt as if they were going to freeze into the ice cube at any moment.
Eventually, Ayaan turned towards the Leafwhisk's tiny frame and was surprised to see that she was still reading the book's relaxed expression. There wasn't even a hint of discomfort on her beautiful face.
Only now, Ayaan realised that the tiny figure in front of him was way more powerful than him. However, he didn't speak anything and continued to run the magic energy inside his body. But when he looked at the Noor and Isobel at this moment, a surprised look emerged on his face.
Both of them had rather relaxed expressions. Though they were also feeling cold, but anyone could tell that it wasn't a big deal for them. After looking at them, Ayaan became even more depressed. He knew that it must be due to the baptism of the first altar which changed their body's constitution.
'I thought I was powerful enough to keep myself and my women safe. Only now did I realise that I am still at the bottom of the food chain in this world. Even the two girls who didn't even start to practice this new power are more powerful than me.' Ayaan sighed. Afterwards, he looked at the white fog at the altar which was looking like a snow mountain.
'If I want to be powerful, then, I have to become powerful and for that, I have to get the holy stone's pieces.' determination flashed in his eyes. Now, he had realised that this world was nothing but an ant in front of the elephant as compared to the vast universe out there — If he wanted to survive in this world then he had to become powerful.
Suddenly, the cold started to fade. In just two minutes, the environment became just like before and the chillness disappeared — the fog above the altar as well started to disappear, revealing Rebecca's beautiful figure.
Ayaan observed Rebecca for some time, he couldn't feel any change in his body. Like usual, a warm smile at the corner of her lips still could be seen.
"How was it? Are you alright? Did you encounter any problem?" Ayaan looked at the lady in worry, after all, she was at the centre of that chillness.
"I am good. There wasn't any problem at all. It was a smooth process and now, I have a Heavenly Frost Sutra. But I don't know why I received the ice elemental technique. I have phoenix blood, after all, which is considered the most powerful fire elemental beast.'' A confused expression appeared on her face. She also didn't have any idea about the blue phoenix having the ice element.
After Ayaan explained why she received the ice elemental technique, Rebecca became gobsmacked. She never thought that the ice element was the element of the blue phoenix.
After that, Ayaan looked at the Noor and said, "All the best."
"Good luck, sister Noor." Rebecca and Isobel also encouraged the lady.
Noor had a nervous expression. Though she considered Rebecca like her sister, and she was very happy that she was able to get a powerful legacy, however, she also didn't want to be left behind. She wanted to become powerful as well. Only then, she would be able to help Ayaan.
Slowly, she reached the altar; when she stood at the edge of the altar, she looked back towards everyone. She was really nervous at this moment. However, when she looked at the encouraging looks of everyone, a determined expression appeared on her face.
At last, she entered the altar and the fog started to cover her body as well as it did to Rebecca when she entered the altar. The fog slowly reached the crystal ball.
Just as this occurred, the whole altar trembled, then became calm. Ayaan and others waited for half an hour and the change started to occur again.
However, this time it wasn't like before, the surrounding didn't become colder. But the cracks appeared above the altar. Slowly, the phenomenon started to appear above the altar.
In which Ayaan could see the vast cosmos, many galaxies, millions of solar systems. And in those solar systems, one could see trillions of species living and dying. However, at this moment, a giant sword descended above a solar system and sundered it in a single slash!
"Void Shattering Sutra!" Leafwhisk screamed in shock.