The Frigid Ice Wasteland was the most dangerous place in the Ice Emperor Palace, because anyone below the level of Great Scholar would definitely die if they were hit by an ice meteor.
However, it was also the safest place in the Ice Emperor Palace, because no race would attack other races in the Frigid Ice Wasteland. All the Great Fey Kings and Great Scholars had to stay with their races, because a single ice meteor could wipe out an entire race if they were not careful.
What the humans needed to do now was to keep moving forward and leave this area as soon as possible.
"From today onwards, no one will rest or sleep. We will travel day and night, even if we have to eat!" Yan Ningxiao's voice spread throughout the human race.
The elderly, children, and pregnant women were panic-stricken. They didn't know if they could keep going.
Outside the Ice Emperor Palace, they could ride on sleds and carriages, but those animals couldn't enter the Ice Emperor Palace. They would be scared to death by the aura of the Ice Emperor Palace. Only a few powerful beasts raised by the Ice Emperor Palace could be used as animals to pull carriages.
Here, they could only rely on their own two legs to move forward.
Next, the Great Scholars took out the Holy Pages one after another. They used five drops of Holy Blood to activate the Righteous Qi of Heaven and Earth. They also used the Zhuang Xing Poem "Chang Wu" and many other supportive battle poems, filling every human with energy and spirit.
After being comforted by the Great Scholars, the humans finally calmed down and continued to move forward. When it was time to eat, everyone continued to move forward while eating dry rations. No one was left behind.
On the first day, everything was normal.
On the second day, the third day, the fourth day …
On the fifth day, the elderly, children, and pregnant women finally couldn't hold on any longer. Therefore, the young adults all joined in, carrying or hugging their relatives and friends.
Along the way, ice meteors kept appearing, and there were even times when ice meteors directly fell on the human army. At this time, the Great Scholars had to work together, and the Great Scholars were also prepared.
After all, the full power of an ice meteor was almost equal to an attack from an Emperor.
After gaining experience, the Great Scholars didn't try to fight it head-on. Instead, they chose to divert the ice meteors before they landed, which greatly reduced the danger.
On the ninth day, the humans saw a continuous mountain range in front of them. Those peaks were all made of ice, which was very eye-catching in the dark horizon.
Then, everyone finally understood what it meant to be close to a dead horse.
On the 27th day, the humans finally arrived a hundred miles away from the mountains made of ice.
"Halt! Rest for a day!"
Everyone immediately stopped. After many days of traveling without sleep and rest, they didn't go to rest at the first moment. Instead, they all looked at the ice mountain range a hundred li away.
In front of the ice mountain range, there were thousands of ice sculptures.
These ice sculptures looked similar to the Ice Race, but they were much taller. Each ice sculpture was as tall as a five-story building, and each ice sculpture was holding a rough warhammer. The surface of the warhammer was covered with sharp thorns.
Then, Yan Ningxiao transmitted his voice to the seven hundred thousand humans and explained some matters.
Fang Yun listened quietly. It turned out that this place was close to the Ice Mountain Range and almost no ice meteors would fall. Furthermore, the wind here was blocked by the Ice Mountain Range and was relatively mild. The Great Confucians could use the power of Profound Words to block the cold and wind, forming a camp suitable for the human race to live in temporarily.
However, the human race had to charge through the defensive line of hundreds and thousands of Ice Emperor's guards and enter the ice mountain range.
After watching for a while, the humans began to rest. They spread their thick leather coats or backs on the ground, ate the cold and hard military rations, and fell asleep.
Fang Yun looked around and saw hundreds of thousands of people sleeping on the ground.
Even with the power of the Great Confucians, the coldness of the Ice Emperor Palace was still a nightmare for the human race. Along the way, the elderly, the sick, and the pregnant were constantly corroded by the coldness, causing their injuries to worsen. Even the Medical School was helpless and could only give up on them.
Fang Yun counted. In these ten days, the human race had dug a total of seven thousand four hundred and twenty-one ice caves, burying nine thousand two hundred people.
At first, Fang Yun's mood was very heavy, but as the human race continued to advance, and as more and more people died, Fang Yun, like everyone else, became somewhat numb.
Some people didn't feel heavy at all. Instead, they felt lucky because this was the first time the human race had suffered the fewest deaths since the beginning of the War of Life and Death.
In the past, only thirty percent of the human race had entered the Ice Emperor Palace, but this time, ninety-nine percent of the human race had entered the Ice Emperor Palace, and ninety-seven percent of the human race had reached the ice mountain range!
In the past, it was fleeing, but now, it was a victorious retreat, an unprecedented feat in the Ten Frigid Ancient Land.
The power of the Great Confucian reverberated in the human race's camp, blocking the wind and cold to the greatest extent, allowing everyone to sleep peacefully.
However, none of the scholars at the Grand Scholar level or above slept. Instead, they gathered together to discuss how to charge into the ice mountain range.
Before the meeting officially began, Fang Yun and many scholars gathered together to discuss the current situation of the human race.
"It's all thanks to Fang Xusheng. Otherwise, only two hundred thousand of the human race would have made it here."
"No, the Ferocious Beasts came too quickly this time. Without Fang Xusheng, less than fifty thousand people would have made it into the Ice Emperor Palace!"
"Our human race's bodies aren't as strong as the Ferocious Beasts, the Ice Race, and the Barbarian Beasts. If I'm not wrong, some of them would have already made it to the ice mountain range. Be careful of their sneak attack."
"With the wind and snow blocking our vision, we can't see anything except for the ice mountain range. If they sneak attack us, it'll be troublesome."
"After we entered the Ice Emperor Palace, the other races would have been fighting with the Ferocious Beasts. They wouldn't have the strength to sneak attack us here. They would have left their forces behind the Indefinite River in the main hall of the Ice Emperor Palace."
"How many days do you think they had?"
"Judging from the speed of the Snow Blade Mist, they had three days at most."
"It should be one day and eight hours after the main door was closed, the Snow Blade Mist would have completely surrounded the Ice Emperor Palace." Fang Yun gave a more accurate answer.
Hearing this number, everyone was silent. The two side doors were small. Even if there were no Ferocious Beasts, one day and four hours wouldn't have been enough for all the Ice Race's Barbarians and Barbarians to pass through.
Everybody thought of the frightening scene. When the snow blade storm arrived, there were piles of corpses in front of the Ice Emperor Palace. Those corpses were like blocks of cold stone. They were mixed with blood and ice, creating a silent graveyard.
After the Blood Blade Storm arrived, all the corpses would be minced into pieces.
"I wonder what the last person to enter the Ice Emperor Palace will think when he sees the suffocating scene outside …"
Fang Yun said slowly, "Everyone is here. It's about time to discuss how to break through the Ice Emperor's guards' defense line. Or … we should discuss if we will suffocate when we step on the ice mountain range and look back. "
The surroundings quieted down once again.
Even if everyone had been prepared for this for many years, even if everyone knew that this was a road of death, even if these scholars hadn't shed a single tear for their dead brethren, no one could bear to look back one last time.
What kind of powerful person would be able to carry the hopes of countless dead people on their shoulders and still continue to move forward instead of being crushed by them?
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