Chapter 478: A Strange Sight (1/2)
GDK 478: A Strange Sight
This was a world of ice and snow. The coldest place on Profound Continent was right here. All along the way, cold wind whizzed. Snow covered every nook and cranny. It was a vast expanse of whiteness as far as the eyes could see. Trees, stones, rivers, all were encrusted in a layer of ice. It was as though the world had lost its colour.
However, within the coverage of Han Shuo’s consciousness, he sensed a trace of the presence of ice bears, snow wolves and frost eagles in this bone-numbingly cold region. These magical creatures, who preferred cold regions as their natural dwellings, roamed about in this remote, deserted world of ice and snow, adding a hint of vitality to this world.
Of the numerous mountain summits, Han Shuo had one specific target. His heart was as cold as ice, sterned to massacre as he flew at lightning speed.
The most formidable characters in the Shrine of Ice were the duo of Ice Celestial Corey and Snow Celestial Tiana. The two were the true backbones of the Shrine of Ice. Of the two, Snow Celestial Tiana once schemed against Han Shuo on the Sacred Mountain, with Han Shuo nearly being captured alive by the Church of Light. On the other hand, there was Ice Celestial Corey. Not only did he abuse the entire race of dark dragon, his actions even resulted in Gilbert’s death.
On top of that, the Shrine of Ice and the Church of Light were the of best allies. Han Shuo couldn’t find any reason not to retaliate against them.
Before he got close to the frozen mountain in the center, Han Shuo slowed down his flying speed. While his consciousness was still fully unfolded, he concealed the presence coming from his body. Carefully observing each and every movement on the main peak, he seeked a way to intrude without being detected.
Gathering up his attention, Han Shuo’s consciousness immediately sensed the existence of a frost and cold boundary all around the summit. The boundary enveloped the entire main peak of the mountain range with vigorously cold wind and ice. Within that cold wind and ice, Han Shuo sensed the presence of divine energy of the Ice Goddess.
This discovery made Han Shuo even more cautious in his approach. He further slowed down his advance towards the shrine of ice on the main peak. In his heart, he rapidly turned over in his mind how to deal with the situation he was presented with.
One after another, disciples of the Shrine of Ice entered and exited the frozen mountain. Yet, the huge boundary made no warning signals nor defensive responses.
Han Shuo carefully examined for a moment, and found out that among these disciples that entered the main peak of the Shrine of Ice were in fact ones upon whom the Ice Goddess did not even bestow divine energy. However, their bodies were all ice-cold without exception. Much lower than the normal human body temperature.
With a mere once-over, Han Shuo figured out a solution. Hovering in the sky at a height hard to catch sight of with the naked eye, Han Shuo slowly adjusted his body temperature. He even deployed the Mystical Glacial Spellfire to generate cold air in his body, at a finely-controlled intensity. In a heartbeat, Han Shuo’s body temperature plunged to match the disciples of the Shrine of Ice down below.
On Profound Continent, there were existences with greater strength than Han Shuo. However, Han Shuo was convinced that no one else surpassed him in terms of the ability to exercise control over physical body. This self-confidence came from the demonic arts’ perverted forging of his physical body!
After properly adjusting his body temperature, Han Shuo again surveyed the area for another while to be absolutely certain that in this way he would not trigger the boundary surrounding the frozen mountain. Only then did he begin searching for an opportunity to enter this main peak.
Watching for a while, Han Shuo discovered that halfway up the frozen mountain there was a protruding steep cliff. There wasn’t a single disciple of the Shrine of Ice manning the region. Having found a vulnerable spot, Han Shuo made use of a window of opportunity and noiselessly descended to that cliff from high altitude.
His consciousness firmly locked onto the entire frozen mountain. While meticulously concealing the presence on his body, he had long discovered Ice Celestial Corey’s exact location — in a conical building on the mountain top.
At this point in time, Ice Celestial Corey ought to have still been in recovery period. Han Shuo could sense that his aura was smooth and steady, without any fluctuation of emotions. There was not a single person stationed around the conical building. As long as Han Shuo could stealthily get to that building and mount a sneak attack, Han Shuo was confident of succeeding.
However, to reach that structure from the precipice where Han Shuo was, and not be detected by anyone midway, would be quite the impossible feat.
This was because, on the entire frozen mountain, other than steep mountain roads, there were no trees nor rocks that could provide concealment. In this place where every inch of every surface was blanketed with ice and snow, any slightest movement could cause others to catch one in sight.
Moreover, from a magical tower on the apex of the mountain, Han Shuo sensed some kind of magical wave undulation similar that of Sky’s Eye. This magic released by the magical tower seemed to be able to catch every movement on the mountain.
Han Shuo thought for a moment with creased brows, and suddenly called to mind metal elite zombie. After thinking briefly, he felt that this method was feasible.
Although a solid layer of ice covered the mountain, the inside was fundamentally still supported by hard rock. The thick layer of ice above it was naturally formed on one hand, while also deliberately thickened by the Shrine of Ice on the other hand. With metal elite zombie’s abilities, Han Shuo could entirely bore through rocks and reach right to the bottom of the building that Corey was in.