"Let's go! Let's leave this godforsaken place! "
The team abandoned the Ice Wheel Airship, and everyone desperately rushed out of this huge ice graveyard.
The grave was still expanding, and the surrounding ice was like a mountain range. At the same time, even the sky above was covered by ice.
The only way to escape was to keep running and breaking through the newly formed ice crystals. If one was just a little bit slower, they would be forever sealed in the ice that was hundreds of meters or even thousands of meters thick. Their blood would coagulate and their bodies would become stiff. In the end, they would be completely carved into the ice that would not melt for hundreds of years, becoming a living ice specimen!
Even Wang Shuo, who had been to the extreme south, never thought they would encounter such a terrifying disaster. Everyone only had one thought in mind, to break through the ice and get out!
As the cold continued to grow, a sense of fatigue gradually crept up on them. It was hard to imagine how vast the icy storm was, and how far the tomb had expanded.
As the sunlight grew further away, the cold continued to invade their bodies. The strong fatigue made them think, perhaps it wasn't a bad thing to be sealed in the ice without suffering too much pain.
Their bodies were heavy, and the light was far away. Everyone was clearly moving forward at full speed, yet they felt like they were falling into a bottomless pit of ice. They were falling further and further away from the exit!
"Are we all going to die here?"
Some were so tired that they could no longer move.
"Huhuhuhu ~!"
Purple Sacred Flames suddenly burst out with a roar. It was like a sacred beast covered in flames, smashing through the ice ahead.
The thick layer of ice was melting, followed by a sense of warmth. They saw the Forbidden Mage Wei Guang riding a wave of flames at the front of the group. The Sacred Flames he cast spread out like a long carpet of fire, igniting a glimmer of hope in the hearts of the people who were gradually giving up.
"We're almost out, quick!" yelled Li Wenbin.
Everyone finally regained their strength. They followed the fire carpet and charged out of the terrifying tomb.
Outside of the snowstorm, it was a scene so tranquil that it could be called a painting. Snow and ice piled up in picturesque disorder on the gentle ice mountains. On the smooth and tidy land, one could occasionally see some small creatures that were not afraid of the cold roaming about …
The sunlight was abundant, but it was not strong enough to burn their skin. Instead, it was as warm as the afternoon.
The edge of the storm and the inside were two completely different worlds. Everyone even suspected that what they had just experienced was just a terrifying nightmare!
"Count the number of people," said Wang Shuo to the team as he suddenly recalled something.
The leaders of the teams immediately counted the number of people. Yan Lan soon screamed, as the Healer in her team had disappeared!
Li Wenbin frowned, too. The two Royal Mages under him did not show up, either. They were the two Mages that Rebellious Wind had injured.
Around five people were missing.
The team did not have the chance to escape from the tomb. They were immediately overwhelmed by helplessness and fear..
It was impossible to go back and save them.
It was believed that after the storm ended, there would be a continuous mountain range behind them, completely made of ice and snow. There would also be ice and rocks blowing from afar. Digging them out would be equivalent to rescuing people in quicksand, and would only cause others to be trapped in the quicksand!
The journey to the extreme south was already full of danger. Everyone was mentally prepared to pay the price with their lives.
However, no one had expected five people to die in such a way.
"The Icewheel Flying Boat is gone too. Without the Fire Cleansing Formation, we can only survive for three days at most!" Li Wenbin began to panic.
Three days!
They were now in the southernmost land. Even if they returned to the ocean, it would take about four days. This meant that they had no way to retreat!
How many people could remain calm when the path ahead was so dangerous and their path of retreat was cut off?
"Therefore, we can't afford to waste any time. Follow me, we're going on foot!" said Wei Guang.
"I'm so tired that I don't even have the energy to talk."
"Yeah, the storm has consumed too much of our energy. We need to rest."
"Rest?" Wei Guang glanced at the exhausted magicians and sneered, "If we can't reach the Southernmost Station in three days, you can sleep here forever. Moreover, the ice invasion will constantly weaken our magic power. On the first day, on the second day, we may still have the strength to fight against the fierce beasts of the Ice Field, but on the third day, we can't even defeat the weakest creature of the Ice Field!"
"Mr. Wei Guang is right. We can't rest. Let's grit our teeth and move on!" said Wang Shuo.
…
Everyone was exhausted. Even though they had escaped from the grave piled up by the icy storm, it didn't mean that their bodies would feel any better.
On top of that, the Ice Invasion was still tormenting their bodies and weakening their bodily functions. Judging from their condition, Mu Ningxue did not think they would make it to their destination alive.
However, Mu Ningxue did not expect such a terrifying storm to suddenly appear and cut off everyone's path of retreat …
"Professor Wang, is there any way to neutralize the poison of the ice? There's a special rule in nature. Poisonous plants are usually surrounded by creatures that can neutralize the poison. I believe there's no way the Southernmost Land doesn't have something that can resist the ice, right? "Mu Ningxue asked.
At this rate, Mu Ningxue believed everyone apart from herself would be tortured to death by the ice, including the Forbidden Mage Wei Guang.
Wang Shuo came to a stop. His dim eyes suddenly flickered.
That's right, there was such a rule in nature!
Was there really no cure for the icy poison in the extreme south? They must have overlooked something.
"Beast blood, the boiling blood of the giant beasts!" Wang Shuo blurted out excitedly as he suddenly thought of something.
"Professor Wang, are you out of your mind?" asked Li Wenbin.
"The Ice Plains Giant Beasts might have strong fur and skin to resist the cold, but most importantly, their blood is still very hot. Some of them are as hot as lava, possessing extremely high heat. I'm thinking that if we drink the boiling blood of the Ice Plains Giant Beasts, won't we be able to resist the cold to a certain extent?" asked Wang Shuo.
"Are you sure it's going to work?" Wei Guang turned around and asked seriously.
"We can try, at least the heat of the blood will be able to warm our bodies!" said Wang Shuo.
"But a giant beast is at least as strong as a Ruler-level creature. We won't have enough energy to kill it …" said Li Wenbin bitterly.
Their legs were so heavy that they could barely lift them. They were already struggling to walk, let alone fight.
"I've used too much of my energy. I need to rest for a while," said Wei Guang with pale lips.
Without Wei Guang's purple sacred fire, they would not have made it out alive. Wei Guang must have used a lot of energy, too.
"You guys set up camp here and rest, I'll go," said Mu Ningxue.
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