Dragon-Marked War God

“Now that’s more pleasant to hear.”

The old turtle glanced at Yuan Hua, sighed and said,

“I’ve never been inside, so naturally I don’t know what exists in this ice palace. But the danger in there definitely exists. Otherwise, over these hundreds of millions of years, people wouldn’t have gone in and never come back out. But I once heard my ancestors say that this ice palace has existed since time immemorial. How mysterious it is goes without saying. Back in the era when the Divine World collapsed, this ice palace was a place every army fought over. As for who finally went into it, I don’t know. But this ice palace is definitely not a good place. It’s like a tomb for ten thousand people. The reason so many Divine Emperor Realm experts wanted to go in is that they were looking for a chance to escape from here. It’s not that I don’t want to. I don’t dare. Death is a terrible thing. Being alive is so much better.”

The old turtle’s eyes were full of loneliness. Recalling things from hundreds of millions of years, his heart was full of sighs as well.

Jiang Chen’s frown deepened, because from the old turtle’s words, he could be even more certain that this ice palace had been handed down since ancient times. It had not been built by the Five Directions Great Emperor at all. And many Divine Emperor Realm experts of the undersea world had gone into the ice palace only to look for a way out.

Jiang Chen was secretly alarmed. He did not know what lay further ahead, nor what was above the undersea world, but he guessed this place must be like a sealed, deadly forbidden zone. No one could walk out of here. Going into the ice palace to look for a way out was their only option. And the divine origin energy in the ice palace was the richest in the entire undersea world. All of this left those desperate experts no choice at all. They could only enter the ice palace and look for a thread of hope of getting out.

The mystery of this ice palace became more and more intriguing. Tantai Jingzang said nothing, but Jiang Chen could see that she felt the same as he did. Since they had already entered this deadly forbidden land, even knowing there were tigers on the mountain, they would never take a single step back.

Jiang Chen, Tantai Jingzang, Wude and Yuan Hua still resolutely set off for the ice palace.

The old turtle watched the four of them leave, sighed meaningfully and murmured,

“It looks like the sky over this ice palace is finally going to change.”

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The closer they got to the ice palace, the more Jiang Chen felt that the divine origin energy here was growing richer and richer, to the point that it was almost bursting. The terrifying divine origin energy kept stirring the power in his body. A surging feeling filled his heart, making him feel refreshed and incredibly happy.

Because Yuan Hua, the Tidal Sea Spirit, was leading the way, all the fish of the sea made way, opening up a broad road. In front of the ice palace was an incredibly deep vortex of origin energy. That terrifying origin energy could make a person’s body burst.

“What terrifying divine origin energy. If one cultivated here, one would surely get twice the result with half the effort. This poor Daoist really wants to seek the Dao here for five hundred years.”

Wude said in a low voice, his eyes very grave. It was clear he liked this vortex of origin energy at the ice palace very much.

“The divine origin energy here is incredibly abundant and rich, but even the best thing will make your body burst if you absorb too much of it. Every year, countless sea creatures in this undersea world who are too eager for quick success die. If the creatures of the undersea world weren’t so good at breeding, I’m afraid they would have been completely wiped out by now.”

Yuan Hua said in a low voice, his expression calm. If he had wanted to break through as quickly as possible, perhaps he would have reached the Divine Emperor Realm long ago. But the price was that the origin energy here might make his body burst completely. For those whose greed knew no limits, this place was an invisible grave.

“Yuan Hua, do you know where the entrance to this ice palace is?”

Jiang Chen asked.

“I do, but I can’t get in.”

Yuan Hua sighed. He really did not have that ability. The ice palace’s gate weighed more than hundreds of millions of jin. With his strength, there was no way he could get through it.

“Take me there. Maybe someone has already opened the gate into the ice palace for us.”

Jiang Chen said with a smile.

The four of them quickly went to the ice palace’s entrance. Sure enough, just as Jiang Chen had expected, the gate had already been opened. The enormous gate had been pushed fully open. The ice palace, dark as an abyss, seemed like an incredibly ferocious beast opening its bloody maw to devour heaven and earth. It was quite frightening.

“Let’s go in. Someone has already scouted the way for us.”

Jiang Chen said. Yuan Hua still hesitated a little, but with Lord Dragon here, his heart was also full of curiosity. He knew that his strength was not enough right now and he had not reached the Divine Emperor Realm, but once he did, he would definitely choose to come in here too. Having cultivated for tens of millions of years and still being unable to leave this place, it really was like a prison.

Yuan Hua had a heart that strove upward, so he was unwilling to stay trapped here and live an ordinary life. He was not like the old turtle, who had lived more than a hundred million years, spent all of them in this undersea world, and had no thought at all of leaving.

Jiang Chen took the lead and rushed in front. The road ahead had obviously already been traveled by Baichi Huayu and the others. Even if there was danger, it should no longer be able to take lives.

Gradually, after Jiang Chen and the others had gone about a thousand meters in, the whole ice palace slowly brightened, because the luminous pearls all around and the dazzling, colorful ice lit up the dim underground ice palace.

On both sides of the ice palace were colorful ice sculptures. Carved in them were the people who had given their lives to build this ice palace. There were tens of thousands of them. Some drove carts, some carried ice, some oversaw the construction, some struggled step by step, all to complete this ice palace a hundred miles across.

“Those people were really pitiful.”

Wude rarely showed a trace of sadness. Those thousands upon thousands of people had suffered who knew how much hardship while building the ice palace, and only then had it been built bit by bit. A hundred miles of magnificence, and what it carried was the end of countless people’s lives.

They walked a full five miles before the reliefs and murals of the ice palace finally disappeared. And in the enormous hall in front of them, shattered ice sculptures were scattered everywhere. Clearly, there had been a fight here before.

In the palace stood hundreds of ice sculpture guards, guarding this place. And at this moment, almost all of those ice sculptures had been shattered. The scene here was extremely chaotic.

“It must have been Baichi Huayu and the others.”

Tantai Jingzang said in a low voice. The sharp marks were very familiar to her. Those three must have gone deeper already, but for some reason they had gone through an extremely terrifying battle here. Of the hundred or so ice sculpture guards, fewer than half were left.

“Look out!”

Wude cried out in alarm. An ice sculpture guard, gripping a seven-foot spear, came swinging at them, thrusting straight at Jiang Chen’s back.