"Then you want to kill the destined one of the God of Ice and Snow?" Zhou Leng said.

Frosty Hand smiled and said, "Feeling destined doesn't necessarily mean true destiny. Only if you can retrieve My God's token from the tomb will you truly be destined. By then, you will be a member of our Ice Snow Divine Sect. Why would I kill you?"

Jade Wings praised repeatedly, "Master's thinking is meticulous, I am impressed."

"A Legendary Puppet is equivalent to a Grandmaster, and even it couldn't retrieve it, how is it possible for me." Zhou Leng said.

"It can only mean you are not destined with My God."

Jade Wings looked at Zhou Leng regretfully. Given the current situation, it's likely there is no destiny.

He couldn't forget that terrifying power.

The Legendary Puppet was actually frozen into an ice sculpture by an endless chill.

"I want to know how I'll die." Zhou Leng said.

"It's simple, follow me to the great tomb."

"I don't know the exact token either, just that it's definitely inside."

"If you enter and can't pass the Extreme Cold Ice Palace, it means there's no destiny."

"If you pass the Extreme Cold Ice Palace but take the wrong token, it means there's no destiny."

"If you retrieve the token but freeze to death, it still means there's no destiny."

Zhou Leng asked, "What if there's absolutely no token inside, or the token isn't tangible and can't be taken out?"

"No destiny."

Zhou Leng was silent.

Frosty Hand said calmly, "You have no choice."

Frosty Hand and Zhou Leng both looked at the crystal ball.

In the crystal ball, five people were still advancing on the Avalanche Plateau.

Zhou Leng progressed silently, constantly calculating in his heart.

The team twisted and turned in the passage, and long after, they exited the passage and entered a very broad underground hall.

This underground hall was the size of two football fields, with ice pillars standing in the middle.

Like the passage, ice covered everywhere.

The difference was the chill here far surpassed before.

Some weaker Demons and Beastmen were hugging themselves, trembling, their teeth chattering continuously.

Frosty Hand and Jade Wings glanced at Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng was unchanged from beginning to end.

Unlike other places, the ice layer inside this underground hall was embedded with Nightlight Stones, illuminating the hall beautifully like an ice snow castle.

At the end of the Ice Snow Hall was a wide corridor.

The corridor was a hundred meters wide and four to five stories high.

In the corridor, ice sculptures stood.","

Upon closer look, these ice sculptures were various Demons and even Giants, frozen alive inside.

At the end of the corridor was a magnificent palace.

Frozen at the palace's entrance were several puppets, a few tall giants, and several giant dragons, motionless in the ice.

Judging by size, those giants and dragons were all at the Grandmaster level.

Jade Wings looked at a green dragon in an ice block and sighed softly.

"That one is the famous Jade Crown. You don't understand our Green Dragon's naming convention. A name like Jade Crown only appears once every few centuries, destined to become a Demigod, and is formally appointed as the future Dragon King by the Green Dragon Royal Court."

"Sadly, it died here like this..."

Everyone else was regretting similarly, and then Jade Wings suddenly said, "If I could absorb its power, my strength would greatly increase."

"Zhou Leng, help me get the Jade Crown's body out, and I'll give you a set of Secret Martial Arts Manual that the Human Race doesn't have, very complete, from ancient relics of the Dragon Race."

Jade Wings said, while taking out a human palm-sized jade tablet, engraved with a string of Divine Text.

Zhou Leng looked at it while recalling what he learned, guessing at the content of the jade tablet.

It indeed was martial arts, and likely a complete set.

The name of this martial art can be translated as "Mountain Slaying Battle Body", mainly cultivating the Martial Body, with supplementary martial arts.

"Exchanging my life for a possibly incomprehensible or useless Secret Martial Arts Manual? Your heart is even blacker than a Black Dragon's."

Zhou Leng knew his death was near and spoke less politely.

Jade Wings appeared unconcerned, smiling wickedly, "You can't say that, this stuff would sell for tens of billions in the Human world, priced by Frosty Hand Master. A Grandmaster Green Dragon sells for merely a dozen billion."

Zhou Leng said, "A regular Grandmaster is not like Jade Crown. Jade Crown is arguably the foundation for your Demigod status. Moreover, who knows how many good things he has on him."

"Can't you be straightforward? Am I such a dragon, Jade Wings?"

"Yes."

"Do you believe I'll spit poison on you?" Jade Wings was enraged.

"I don't."

Jade Wings glanced at Frosty Hand, noticed he was watching the fun with a smile, and snorted lightly.

Zhou Leng said, "Add more good stuff and find a treasure capable of taking the Jade Crown, then I'll trade with you."

Jade Wings immediately frowned, "I don't have it. Frosty Hand Master, do you have a way to take the Jade Crown? A regular Magic Spirit Bag can't fit something so big."

"There are many treasures for taking Dragon Corpses, but to take Jade Crown here, only space artifacts will do. There aren't many in the entire Demon Spirit World, and the Ten Realms can't make them; they are all excavated from relics."

Jade Wings sighed heavily and muttered softly, "When will it be my turn to have a good meal..."

Frosty Hand said, "Actually, there is a way. Like breaking the power of this Frost Giant Tomb and letting the ice melt naturally, then you can take it directly."

"Let's find a way to rent a space artifact." Jade Wings said.

Frosty Hand looked at Zhou Leng and said, "You can go in now."

Zhou Leng glanced at the crystal ball, the five were still trudging forward.

The injuries at Mountain and River Origin were so severe, yet after taking a few pills, the giant was lively and vigorous; their bodies are indeed astounding.

Zhou Leng slowly said, "Obtaining the divine spirit's token is not something that can be rushed; it requires careful planning. Frosty Hand Master, I hope to learn more from your reconnaissance process, right until what just happened. This will be beneficial for you and me."

"Buying them time? It doesn't matter."

Frosty Hand looked up at the distant Ice Snow Palace, lost in memories, speaking after a long silence.

"The legends I've heard since childhood were circulating even back then..."

"I witnessed my father dying in front of a demon while trying to save my mother..."

"At that moment, I thought, if My God's faith connection still existed, my family would not have died..."

"After I was promoted to Legendary... which you refer to as Grandmaster, I entered more places related to My God's legends..."

"In ancient lore, Frost Giants' divine spirit fought side by side with My God..."

"Moreover, records in the teachings indicate that in ancient times, the two sides exchanged sacred objects..."

"The strongest Frost Giant buried here should be the 'King of Armor'."

"Ordinary Frost Giant demigods rarely build such a majestic underground palace."

"The era of exchanging sacred objects coincided with the reign of the King of Armor..."

Jade Wings nodded gently, though a giant dragon, he was quite knowledgeable about giant history.

Before the Ten Realms connected, giants and giant dragons existed in overlapping realms, being each other's arch-enemies.

The King of Armor was one of the strongest demigods among the Giant Race.

During his reign, there was only one Giant Royal Court, not divided by east and west.

Relying on his strength and appeal, he gathered all giants, turning the whole race into a united force, repeatedly heavily damaging the giant dragon race.

The giant dragon race retreated continuously.

It took hundreds of years after the fall of the King of Armor for the giant dragon race to recover.

If ranking the strongest demigods in giant history, the King of Armor would at least be among the top five.

Frosty Hand continued speaking.

"Five years ago, I began preparation for exploration here..."

"Two years ago, I had a clue..."

"A year ago, I started to dispatch demon spirit warriors, demon spirit masters, demons, and giant dragons here in batches, to investigate the Giant Royal Court..."

"The environment here is too harsh, and the fragile bodies of demon spirit masters cannot adapt, either dying or being forced to leave..."

"On the day of the Stone Carrying Festival, sensing the weakening of power here, I sent people to probe inside."

"Out of thousands of ice sculptures inside, roughly two-tenths are my subordinates."

"Unfortunately, not even the Ice Snow Palace could be passed through, let alone the deepest Tomb Hall."

Looking at the ice sculptures inside, Zhou Leng said, "It's not just you; a large number of giants are also frozen in there, which means that even fellow giants can't enter."

"But you have the possibility." Frosty Hand said.

"Can you elaborate?" Zhou Leng asked.

"You have an aura close to My God; even if it's not My God's power, it's closely related."

"And then?"

"That's it."

"Is this why you're sending me to my death?" Zhou Leng asked.

"Is there a problem?" Frosty Hand smiled and retorted.

Zhou Leng was silent for a moment, then said, "If I die, it's over. If I come out alive, you must compensate me a bit."

Frosty Hand nodded and said, "Alright."

Zhou Leng sighed in relief; it seems this blue-skinned Frosty Hand was somewhat human.

"If you come out alive, I'll nominate you as a High Priest of the Ice Snow Divine Sect, a position originally reserved for Grandmasters." Frosty Hand said.

"Can't you compensate me with something else?"

Zhou Leng withdrew his previous judgment.

"No."

"Does the High Priest have a salary?"

"Of course. Here is a High-Level Cold-Resistant Potion," Frosty Hand said as he handed Zhou Leng a bottle of magic potion.

The transparent bottle contained a blue liquid with red snowflakes floating inside.

Zhou Leng glanced at the crystal ball, where five people disappeared into the snowstorm, either having completed their trials or leaving Frosty Hand's surveillance.

Zhou Leng handed the crystal ball to Frosty Hand and said, "I'll prepare."

As he spoke, Zhou Leng went to the corridor entrance, stood outside the door, and reached inside.

A colder sensation than outside enveloped his right hand.

Yet it seemed to be just a cold temperature, not the murderous coldness Frosty Hand had described.

Frosty Hand stared at Zhou Leng's hand, nodded with satisfaction.

Jade Wings' eyes widened as he murmured softly, "This person is quite interesting."

Then he shouted, "Our cooperation is still valid: you give me the Jade Crown, and I'll give you the Human Race Secret Manual."

Zhou Leng slowly walked inside, shivering slightly once he entered, then proceeded slowly.

Passing through ice sculptures one after another, his body remained unchanged.

Jade Wings' eyes shone brightly.

Zhou Leng walked through the wide corridors, reaching the palace entrance.

Inside the palace doors, Grandmasters of various races were frozen into ice sculptures, shimmering slightly, completely motionless.

Zhou Leng extended his hand, probing into the Frost Palace's grand entrance.

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