Chapter 2773

Ice-Sealing Hall, front hall.

A layer of ice mist surged at the hall entrance, completely sealing off the front hall. Baha landed on Su Xiao's shoulder, its eyes narrowing as it saw the sealed exit.

"Boss, something's not right. How about… we retreat first? There are spatial fluctuations deep in the main hall; a battle just ended there not long ago."

Baha looked at the eldest daughter, Ayana, and the eldest son, Ice Armor, in front. When they first entered the hall, Ayana had appeared to be lying on her side on the bed, looking lazy. In reality, Baha discovered that the energy fluctuations on her body hadn't dissipated yet; it was clear she had just made a move, and that battle had ended very quickly.

"Baha, enter the different dimension."

"Huh?"

Baha was stunned for a moment, then realized why. Su Xiao wanted it to enter the different dimension not because the enemies were too strong, but to avoid accidentally injuring or killing it with wide-range blade techniques. In a real battle where flesh and blood flew, there was no such thing as teammate damage immunity.

"Boss, how many enemies are there?"

"Eight. No, seven. One is very weak."

"Then I'll take Xiang Bubu into the different dimension first."

As Baha spoke, it pierced through space and connected to a different dimension, letting the nearby Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang enter as well. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was currently in the middle of blending into the environment.

Su Xiao looked at the two enemies in front, then turned his gaze toward the corridor on the inner side of the front hall. There were other enemies there.

It was no coincidence that Legion Commander Turt had appeared outside the hall just now. Three hours had passed since the ice slope appeared. Half an hour after the ice slope appeared, Turt had vanished from the battlefield, his whereabouts unknown.

For a Legion Commander to abandon the battlefield—if it were anyone else, one could explain it as fear of death, but Su Xiao was certain Turt was not afraid of death.

Turt had been away from the battlefield for over two hours; he had clearly received some news and come to the Ice-Sealing Hall to do something. This matter was enough to save the crumbling Holy Emblem Knights. Otherwise, Turt would not have abandoned the Holy Emblem Knights.

After Turt entered the Ice-Sealing Hall, it was highly probable he had allied with the eldest daughter, Ayana, and the eldest son, Ice Armor. There was only one reason these three could unite: Ayana and Ice Armor had long been dissatisfied with the Extreme Ice Lord.

Ayana and Ice Armor wanted to overthrow their father's rule, or rather, take over control of the North, while Turt hoped to resolve the current crisis. The two sides hit it off immediately.

As long as they killed the North Lord, the eldest daughter, Ayana, would become the new Queen of the North. At that time, she could order the main Ice-Born army outside the city to temporarily unite with the Holy Emblem Knights below the city. With both sides working together, they could first retake Winter City from the Wolf Cavalry Legion.

In this way, Ayana and Turt would both win: one would become queen, and the other would complete the order of the Duoyin King, quickly withdrawing from the North after the war and returning to Duoyin territory.

Su Xiao was not surprised that Ayana and Ice Armor wanted to commit patricide. He had previously heard from Baha how miserable the second daughter, Anta Emi, had been.

Looking at Ice Armor and Ayana now—as for Ice Armor, unless he was a natural masochist, he wouldn't have cast his entire suit of armor into his own body.

The feeling Ice Armor gave people was that he had once been trapped in a humanoid container, and then someone had poured molten red iron into that container.

The pain and despair Ice Armor endured during this period could be fully imagined. No one else would have dared to do this, nor would anyone else have sent someone to do it, except for his father, the Extreme Ice Lord.

Looking at Ayana, from her appearance, she seemed fine, but her body was covered in a type of engraving located under her skin. The feeling was as if her skin had been peeled back, then after the marks were carved underneath, her skin was stitched back together.

The second daughter, Anta Emi, was the most miserable, followed by the eldest son, Ice Armor. The only one who was relatively better off was the eldest daughter, Ayana; at least she still looked like a human.

Driven by multiple factors, Ayana and Ice Armor hit it off with Turt.

But this was not enough. For these two sides to unite, they still needed someone to pull the strings. In other words, there was a third force in the Ice-Sealing Hall.

This force must have approached Ayana long ago to unite with her and complete a certain task.

As for who these people were, Su Xiao could not determine for the moment, but he felt he had encountered a very interesting sudden event. As long as he figured this out, many of the doubts in his heart would be resolved.

"Hey, the two of us are still here, are you… really that arrogant? Or do you think you're strong enough to ignore the two of us?"

Ayana smiled, her pupils emitting a pale golden halo, forming a pale golden ring around her pupils.

"You will pay the price!"

A female voice, desperately suppressing anger, came from the corridor on the inner side of the front hall. It was the Chief Physician, Oufu.

"All of you, get lost."

Ayana's originally lazy expression suddenly turned cold.

"Ms. Ayana, please rest assured, your father can no longer continue his tyranny. He will remain paralyzed on the throne for a few hours."

Another voice came, a male voice. A man wearing a brown robe and a hood also walked out of the corridor.

"Hmph."

Ayana snorted coldly. She seemed angry, but in reality, she was somewhat surprised by the sincerity of this ally.

"War Demon, you will pay with your life for the Princess of Duoyin, Selefya."

The person who arrived took off his hood, revealing a head of short silver hair. It was the Son of the World, Zange.

"You will also pay with your life for the Legion Commander!"

Tears welled up in the eyes of the Chief Physician, Oufu. Anyone could see that she had feelings of admiration for Turt. Unfortunately, the status gap between the two was too great. Turt had remained single until now mainly because of his low emotional intelligence.

Following Oufu and the Son of the World, Zange, three more figures walked out of the corridor: Zange's younger sister, Tarta Vinica, referred to as Ta-mei.

Besides Ta-mei, there was a fat dwarf and an elderly Lizardman with feathers on his head.

This Lizardman wore simple, ancient clothing and held a wooden staff nearly 1.3 meters long. At the top of this staff was embedded a 【Soul Crystal Core】.

This elderly Lizardman was no small fry; he was the previous Lizardman Elder. Although he was old, his strength could not be underestimated.

Zange, Ta-mei, Ayana, Ice Armor, Oufu, the fat dwarf, and the Lizardman Elder stood in a row, all seven of them staring intently at Su Xiao.

These seven were not here to ambush Su Xiao; they had originally been working together to deal with the Extreme Ice Lord to seize power. As it turned out, while they were fighting, Su Xiao arrived.

Originally, there were eight people beating the Extreme Ice Lord together. Just now, after Ta-mei sensed Su Xiao's arrival, Turt was overjoyed and, without a word, came to find Su Xiao.

Turt didn't notice one thing: at that time, the way Zange, Ta-mei, the fat dwarf, and the Lizardman Elder looked at him was not right. It was the look one gives a warrior.

After all, from the perspective of Zange, Ta-mei, and the others, Turt was sacrificing himself to help them buy time to defeat the Extreme Ice Lord.

Turt, of course, didn't know this. He wasn't prepared to sacrifice himself at the time; he wanted to eliminate Su Xiao and then turn back to continue dealing with the Extreme Ice Lord. In Turt's cognition, Su Xiao without the Black Dragon = 5 Squad Leaders = somewhat tricky = winnable = stable.

It's interesting to note that Zange and the others came to the North for help entirely due to being misled by the general situation. Zange had previously had hopes of marrying the Princess of Duoyin. If the Duoyin King hadn't agreed, that Duoyin princess would have been taken back to the capital long ago; how could she possibly have followed Zange all over the world?

Not only that, the fat dwarf had mastered techniques, and the Duoyin King was well aware of this, but he hadn't interfered. That old thing even speculated that this world had goodwill toward Zange.

Zange's two closest friends both had close ties to Duoyin, and his sister had also grown up in Duoyin. Logically speaking, if Zange wanted to deal with Su Xiao, he should have gone to Duoyin for help.

In fact, that was exactly what Zange thought. When he was in Dongze, just as he was about to head to the Duoyin capital in the center, he received news: Duoyin had allied with the War Demon to attack the North together.

After receiving this news, Zange felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He even wanted to question the Duoyin King, whom he had met a few times.

The War Demon had killed the Princess of Duoyin; Zange had already conveyed this to Duoyin through secret channels. It was impossible for the Duoyin King not to know.

So Zange was furious. The War Demon had clearly killed the Princess of Duoyin, yet Duoyin had actually allied with that side. The image of justice that Duoyin had always maintained collapsed in Zange's heart.

In reality, Zange would never know that, let alone one Duoyin princess, even if Su Xiao had slaughtered a dozen Duoyin direct royals, the Duoyin King wouldn't have cared and would still have allied with Su Xiao. A few days ago, that old guy was even preparing to send over a beautiful Duoyin princess.

Moreover, the "Princess of Duoyin" herself had issues. Almost all Duoyin princesses were beautiful; this was too much of a coincidence.

First, find a beautiful girl with enough ambition, reward her relatives with a large amount of wealth, and then award her father an honorary title. As long as that beautiful girl nodded in agreement, Duoyin would cultivate her for 3–4 years, and after that, she would be a Duoyin princess. It was that simple.

Zange was stimulated by the alliance between Duoyin and the Chaos Legion. After successfully adding a teammate on the Lizardman side, he immediately turned to the North, preparing to seek help from the North.

After arriving in the North, Zange, by virtue of his family status, met Ayana. Ayana didn't care about Zange, but she valued the Lizardman Elder in this team very much.

Ayana told Zange about her and Ice Armor's experiences. When Zange heard this, he thought, this happened too? After confirming that Ayana and Ice Armor weren't lying, he agreed to Ayana's request: first conspire to imprison the Extreme Ice Lord, and then rely on the power of the North to deal with the War Demon's Wolf Cavalry Legion.

Two hours ago, this team added two new teammates, Turt and Oufu. Plus, with the chaos inside and outside the city, the eight of them decided to strike immediately.

The wish was beautiful, but reality was cruel. Just as they were about to defeat the Extreme Ice Lord, Su Xiao arrived in front of the Ice-Sealing Hall.

Turt went out to block him, Turt died. Helpless, Ayana appeared, wanting to use Gulu to threaten Su Xiao, thereby blocking Su Xiao for a period of time.

Things went against her wishes. Ayana couldn't understand the complex relationships within Reincarnation Paradise, so she released Gulu and feigned surrender to buy time.

Inside the front hall, Zange, Ta-mei, Ayana, Ice Armor, Oufu, the fat dwarf, and the Lizardman Elder, the seven of them dispersed, vaguely surrounding Su Xiao. The boss fight was about to begin.