Chapter 781

And atop Mount Dajiao Bingshan, within that ice cave, pet beasts skilled at digging shuttled in and out, hauling away ice shavings.

Inside the ice cave, two King-rank beast tamers were directing their pet beasts, breaking down the ice layer.

A fire-attribute King-rank pet beast used blazing flames to melt the solid ice bit by bit.

A metal-attribute King-rank pet beast scraped off the ice layer, layer by layer.

Besides these two King-rank beast tamers, Star Brilliance-rank beast tamers were also assisting from the side.

There were also three other King-rank beast tamers who had gone to rest.

King-rank pet beasts aren't made of iron either; they too have moments when their energy runs out.

"Pah!"

An Hang, vice captain of the Southeast Junbu Sect Emergency Brigade, spat out the ice shavings that had flown into his mouth.

"I've been vice captain of the Emergency Brigade for so many years, and in my dreams I never imagined that one day I'd come all the way to Mount Dajiao to dig an ice cave!"

Bai Cang also nodded: "I didn't expect it either… feels like we're doing construction work!"

"I say, from now on our Emergency Brigade might as well be renamed the Construction Brigade! A construction crew made up of King-rank beast tamers—people would laugh their jaws off hearing that!"

Bai Cang said quietly: "Good thing you're the captain!"

"Bai Cang, what do you mean by that?"

"With Senior An here, I'm not afraid of losing face!

With An Hang shielding the front, of course Bai Cang wasn't afraid of losing face.

In terms of status, Bai Cang couldn't hold a candle to An Hang.

In terms of strength, Bai Cang could only be considered a newcomer among King-rank beast tamers.

And An Hang was a great senior, a veteran powerhouse.

Once word got out, Bai Cang wouldn't be the one standing out like An Hang!

An Hang was badgered by Bai Cang until he didn't know what to say!

He looked at Liu Mengyun, who was drawing closer and closer to him, and said: "I'm afraid we might not make it in time!"

Twenty-three days already. A thousand meters of ice layer, five King-rank beast tamers plus over a dozen Star Brilliance-rank beast tamers—and they'd only dug a little over six hundred meters!

The cave was narrow, hard to fully spread out—that was one problem.

But the main problem was that the ice layer's defense was far too solid!

They still had about four hundred meters left before they could rescue Liu Mengyun.

But the problem was, Liu Mengyun had only given them thirty days.

Once the thirty days were up, the civilians sealed in ice within Dajiao City would begin to die!

If things kept going like this, by the time they dug out Liu Mengyun and then revived her, the civilians of Dajiao City would probably be dead to the last person!

Bai Cang said quietly: "I bet even Liu Mengyun didn't expect this problem to crop up!"

An Hang's old face reddened; he didn't feel like talking to him anymore.

After Feng Yuanjie reported to the Southeast Junbu Sect, the Southeast Junbu Sect dispatched three King-rank beast tamers for the rescue.

Adding An Hang and Bai Cang, Dajiao City had assembled five King-rank beast tamers.

Most of the Southeast Junbu Sect's King-rank powerhouses had been gathered here.

An Hang said helplessly: "No good, I think we have to keep calling for reinforcements!"

"It can only be done that way!" Bai Cang said quietly, "I'll have a word with Xi Yao, see if she can persuade Elder Xi to get the Treasure Pavilion to send one or two King-rank powerhouses over as well."

"Your Treasure Pavilion is willing to send people?"

"After all, Liu Mengyun is Su Yang's person. Su Yang has already made peace with the Treasure Pavilion, and Xi Yao has said plenty of good things about Su Yang in front of Elder Xi!"

"Oh! Xi Yao's taken a fancy to Su Yang?"

"No!" Bai Cang said, "Su Yang not only saved Xi Yao's life, but also let her off easy. Xi Yao has a very good impression of Su Yang, and it seems Elder Xi also has a pretty good impression of him!

An Hang asked curiously: "Saved Xi Yao's life? How come I didn't know about that?"

"Ahem! That's Treasure Pavilion classified information, I can't say more!"

Regarding the matter of that healing-type fierce beast egg, Bai Cang couldn't say much either.

Without Su Yang, Xi Yao might have been done for.

A thousand meters away from Mount Dajiao, Su Yang landed on the ground, stared dumbly at the desolate scenery around him, and scratched at the bandage on top of his head.

The area around Su Yang was a stretch of desolation, nothing but dry, hard mud and sand.

There were also a few weeds that had just sprouted.

There wasn't a single tree nearby, not a single protruding rock—only a few rotting, maggot-infested fierce beast corpses, reeking with a foul stench.

When Su Yang was serving as city lord of Dajiao City, he had also scoured the entire vicinity of Dajiao City.

He could be certain there was no such desolate place near Dajiao City.

He should be near Dajiao City.

"Void Spirit… your positioning is way too off!"

What happened to the promised mythic-grade spatial sense talent?

Sure, it's the first time being the driver, so a little deviation is normal—but it couldn't possibly be off by this much, right?

The Void Spirit was full of grievance inside!

Su Yang couldn't really say anything either.

A mistake!

It's unavoidable!

He released the Storm Eagle, sending it out to scout and figure out where he was.

Even if the Void Spirit's positioning had gone wrong, he trusted the Void Spirit shouldn't have the ability to teleport him to a foreign country!

The Storm Eagle had only just taken to the air when it sent a message back to Su Yang.

Mount Dajiao City was just one or two kilometers away; over that little hill to the left and it would come into view.

"Is that right?"

Su Yang floated straight up into the sky and soon saw Mount Dajiao.

Around Mount Dajiao, the scene was equally desolate.

"This... this is Mount Dajiao? You're not joking, right?"

Su Yang looked up at the sky; the blazing sun was directly overhead, and the heat was so intense it made him want to tear the bandages off his body.

"Mount Dajiao — how did it freeze over?"

With a single spatial shift, the Void Spirit carried Su Yang to appear at the foot of Mount Dajiao, in front of a row of army-green tents.

"Who goes there!"

Su Yang's sudden appearance startled the beast tamers.

"It's me!"

Once those beast tamers got a clear look at the bandaged man before them, every one of them showed delighted expressions.

"City Lord!"

"City Lord, you've finally returned!"

"..."

Su Yang had not been City Lord of Mount Dajiao City for long, but he had already established extremely high prestige there.

Su Yang's return at such a critical moment made the beast tamers of Mount Dajiao City's military all rejoice.

"City Lord Su, you're back?"

Feng Yuanjie ran out of the tent, and after Feng Yuanjie, two colonel-level officers slowly walked out as well.

"Deputy City Lord Feng, what's going on here? How did Mount Dajiao City get frozen? Where's Deputy Liu?"

"City Lord Su, you have no idea..."

Feng Yuanjie briefly told Su Yang what had happened — how Liu Mengyun had used the Ice Coffin to preserve Mount Dajiao City through the great tsunami.

After hearing it all, Su Yang took a deep breath.

He had not expected that, in the two-plus months since he had been away, Mount Dajiao City had nearly been destroyed!

Fortunately, with Liu Mengyun, Mount Dajiao City had escaped that disaster!

"So that means, within one month, we have to rescue Liu Mengyun and have her lift the Ice Coffin?"

"Right!"

"Can it be done?"

"Probably... no!" Feng Yuanjie hurriedly said. "I've already sent people to the Southeast Military HQ for reinforcements. General Qian sent four King-level officers over, and together with Shopkeeper Bai of the Treasure Pavilion, that's five King-level powerhouses, plus over a dozen Star Glory-level experts working day and night in shifts to dig the ice tunnel... but Deputy Liu's Ice Coffin is just too strong!"