Chapter 1 A Piece of Ice

On the surface of the icy sea, a huge piece of broken ice floated.

On top of the broken ice, there was a wide field of fire. Blazing flames swirled within, enveloping the ice surface for a radius of thirty to forty meters. Despite the extremely high temperature, it did not melt even a trace of the ice floating on the sea.

A figure sat cross-legged on the ice.

"Chi chi chi..."

Gu Shen leisurely rotated the billfish's jaw sword. This sharp longsword had been broken by him, and he used it to skewer the billfish's body as a barbecue skewer.

Under the scorching fire, the billfish emitted bursts of fragrance.

Using the Fire of Life to grill fish... If this scene were seen by others, they would probably angrily denounce Gu Shen for wasting natural resources.

Sunlight fell on the icy sea, sparkling.

Gu Shen took a deep sniff and then began to feast. He had been trapped at the bottom of the icy sea for five years, without seeing a ray of sunlight or eating a single bite.

Not to mention that he was just a mortal, even a God Seat could not truly sever contact with this mortal world.

The skin of the billfish was roasted until it turned yellow, sizzling with oil, and the fish meat was delicate and juicy.

At this moment, Gu Shen truly felt that he had "come alive" again.

It wasn't just Gu Shen who was eating at the moment, but also a wisp of small flame. The Fire of Life had been suffocating under the icy sea for five years, and now it finally had the opportunity to replenish itself. However, it waited until Gu Shen took the first bite before it began to gobble up the portion of the billfish's origin source that was about to return to the void.

"Little fellow, don't rush, eat slowly... no one is going to snatch it from you."

Gu Shen reached out and stroked the Fire of Life, unable to help but smile.

The Fire of Life pulsed.

This wisp of small flame already had a preliminary level of intelligence, and it sent back a wisp of mental fluctuation.

"Look at yourself."

Gu Shen was stunned for a moment before he realized that he was eating the billfish more fiercely than the Fire of Life was eating the origin source.

He lowered his head and looked at the gaunt face reflected on the ice, and sighed helplessly in his heart.

Disheveled long hair, sunken cheeks, pale skin.

This was the consequence of maintaining his vital signs at the lowest level for many years.

His current body looked haggard and downcast, like a "hungry ghost" who could die at any moment.

The deficit of five years, of course, could not be simply compensated by eating a meal...

Fortunately, after breaking through, the Fire of Life swirled around him, feeding back from the inside of his lungs.

"These floating losses don't damage the foundation. It won't take too long to recover."

Gu Shen pressed his hands on his knees, raised his head and looked at the sky, and murmured, "Now that I'm full, the next step is to set off for the Ice Sea Ruins."

Chu Ling had already told Gu Shen about the Ice Sea Ruins and gave him the exact coordinates.

Now, all of the Five Continents had been mobilized, and the Saint of the Storm Church was taking the lead. It was estimated that they had already entered the ruins.

Regarding the information about "time distortion" and "authority erasure"... Gu Shen also knew about it. Chu Ling was a little worried, after all, Gu Shen was the holder of the Pluto Fire Seed. According to the information, the "time distortion" restriction might interfere with the power of authority displayed by the Fire Seed, but Gu Shen was not worried.

His current "power of authority" was so weak that it could be ignored!

He originally only had a wisp, and he divided half of it to Mu Wanqiu and a little bit to Shen Li. What he had left was even less than what some Apostles carried with them.

"But speaking of which, where am I now?"

Gu Shen stood up from the ice, feeling quite a headache.

Although he had the coordinates of his destination.

But where was he?

There was a thick fog here, and broken ice floated everywhere.

"Never mind, let's move around first and find a direction... I hope I'm not too far away."

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Snowy wind was fierce, whistling in his face.

A black cloak fluttered in the snow.

Gu Xiaoman walked alone on this snowfield. Her purpose in coming to the Ice Sea Ruins was different from that of the Enforcers. She was not here to collect information about the Ice Sea Ruins, nor was she interested in the secrets that ancient civilizations might contain.

She was purely heading south to the sea for the sake of that dead person.

Upon hearing the words "Ice Sea," her intuition gave her guidance. She always acted according to her heart.

She wanted to go to the Tundra, so she went.

She wanted to come to the Ice Sea, so she came.

"Is this the legendary S-rank?"

Above the snowfield, a silver bell-like, pleasant voice rang out, with a hint of laughter.

Gu Xiaoman stopped.

A hundred meters in front of her, wind and snow swept past. The plain seemed to have been suddenly splashed with a handful of ink, which was shaken apart, shaking out countless scattered ink flowers. Then, a slender and graceful figure suddenly appeared in the midst of the ink splashing.

Among the geniuses who participated in the Source Tower Envoy Trial this time.

There was a young woman from the Yinghai District of East Continent who amazed everyone with her skills. She directly passed the tenth floor of the Dual God Illusion, and her performance was greatly recognized by the Black Tortoise. She was also considered the most likely candidate to become a "candidate."

Azuma Serene.

This was a relatively remote and strange name even in the East Continent region.

Her signature attire was her almost floor-length hair and a black headband tied around her forehead.

Gu Xiaoman narrowed her eyes.

Obviously, Azuma Serene's words were not directed at her.

"...Yes."

The voice that responded to Azuma Serene was very cold, as sharp as a sword, icy and bone-piercing.

Gu Xiaoman turned her head slightly.

Not far behind her, on top of a pale, protruding boulder, stood a pale figure almost the same color as the snow. It was a tall, thin man with silver hair wearing a white shirt. She had seen him once before.

Under Yun Hu's command, Hiddal.

The youngest and most powerful swordsman in Lein City.

Azuma Serene crossed her arms, her eyes filled with a gentle smile, as if she was looking at her own sister, staring at Gu Xiaoman.

"She looks very young, but her mental strength is very strong. She should be at the seventh level of the Deep Sea, or even higher. No wonder she was chosen by the Red Dragon..."

She started talking to herself, even though Hiddal in the distance did not respond, she spoke with great interest, and even tried to talk to Gu Xiaoman, "Little sister, how old are you this year?"

"..."

Gu Xiaoman had already silently put on her Hundred Blast Finger Tiger.

Coming to the Ice Sea Ruins, she did not expect anything good to happen. She had already guessed from the Red Dragon's veiled reminder that Yun Hu and the Black Tortoise were probably going to attack her during this mission south. She just didn't expect that these guys would act so quickly. She was targeted as soon as she left the cloud ship.

There was no such thing as a chance encounter in this place.

Seeing that Gu Xiaoman did not answer, Azuma Serene sighed softly. She did not continue to ask any more questions, but moved her gaze to the distance and asked with a smile, "Hiddal, I know you really want to fight this little girl. I can give you the chance to fight, but can you give me her head?"

"Clang!"

What answered her was a sword cry that preemptively unsheathed!

Hiddal directly drew his sword!

He had wanted to draw his sword in the Yun Hu Hall... but he had endured until now because the envoy had stopped him!

A slender silver thread swept straight for a hundred meters.

Gu Xiaoman leaned back and stepped forward, her starting speed was not slower than Hiddal's, but she deliberately waited for a second, and then suddenly moved forward after Hiddal approached, stepping heavily on the snow, the storm caused by the Hundred Blast Finger Tiger roared—

"Boom!"

The sword light was directly smashed by the Hundred Blast Finger Tiger.

The silver-haired swordsman's pupils contracted slightly, but what flickered in his pupils was not surprise, but joy!

This sword did not retreat, but continued to advance, and finally the tip of the sword collided with Gu Xiaoman's fist—

The two flew out at the same time.

Hiddal retreated nearly ten steps, each step absorbing strength, leaving ten huge pits in the snow. Finally, he thrust his long sword into the ground with force, and the sword was still shaking!

On the other side, Gu Xiaoman flew backwards all the way, her body not touching the ground, like a tuft of grass flying in the wind. She did not release her strength. There were several times when her toes touched the ground, and she even increased her strength. This flying figure suddenly accelerated and crashed directly into the charming woman standing in ink.

Gu Xiaoman threw another punch!

The Finger Tiger roared, shattering all the wind and snow within a radius of ten meters.

It's a pity that this punch didn't hit the target.

The ink-splashed figure was extremely elegant, incomparably agile, and as ghostly as it instantly retreated ten meters, no more, no less, just dodging the Finger Tiger's bombardment!

Azuma Serene crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows as she looked at the little girl in the black cloak in front of her, and asked with a smile, "Looking at your face, you are quite well-behaved, how can you be so insidious?"

Unlike Hiddal, who liked to fight hard, she didn't like to fight to the death, and preferred to set up traps and kill people. Because of this, Azuma Serene guessed the follow-up moves of this little guy the moment Gu Xiaoman turned around and delivered a punch.

Surrounded by two people, it is necessary to solve one of them first.

Feint to the east and attack the west.

If she hadn't been prepared just now and was hit by this punch... I'm afraid she would have been directly seriously injured.

The peace of the snowfield was torn apart in an instant, and restored in an instant.

Three figures, three points on a line.

It's just that the distance between the three people is a little sparser than before.

"You flatter me."

Gu Xiaoman patted the snow dust on her cloak. She replied to Azuma Serene lightly, and then her eyes glanced obscurely into the depths of the wind and snow.

She sensed the approach of more than one extraordinary aura.

The appearance of Azuma Serene and Hiddal meant that Yun Hu and the Black Tortoise were prepared to kill her here...

These two envoys were not kind people.

If they wanted to do it.

Naturally, it must be clean and neat, without giving her any chance of survival.

So... the people who came were not just Azuma Serene and Hiddal. There were enforcers in the depths of the snowfield, and people were rushing here one after another.

"It's really a headache. They're coming so fast."

Azuma Serene's gaze also looked into the depths of the snowfield. She sighed softly, "Hiddal, hurry up and do it... there will be more people to compete for credit later."

"I don't care about credit..."

The silver-haired swordsman re-pulled his sword from the snowfield.

Hiddal ran two fingers over the sword. There was a residual blood bead on the tip of the sword. Seeing this ray of scarlet color, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"I."

"Just want to kill people."

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(ps: There are five updates today, this is the first update!)