The six Paragons the King of the North had invited all obeyed Jin Yan's orders. Jin Yan had asked three to stay, and the rest naturally wouldn't say anything.
Jin Yan wasn't stupid either. He made some arrangements with the remaining three, then glanced at Gang Yue.
Gang Yue began to break the formation stealthily. It wasn't that they were afraid of the Rhino Ape Tribe. If they made a move, they could easily wipe them out.
If they broke the formation now, none of them would be able to escape.
They had to break the formation stealthily because they didn't want to be exposed, especially not to the Immortal Region.
This kind of formation was too simple for Paragons. Gang Yue had done some research on formations, so it was easy for him to break a hole.
What Gang Yue didn't know was that Blood Fairy had tampered with the formation. She could sense it as soon as he touched it.
After five minutes, Gang Yue quietly broke the formation. Jin Yan led the six Paragons in. There were tens of thousands of soldiers inside, and there were patrols everywhere, but they couldn't find anything out of the ordinary.
Jin Yan's group of four entered the cave. After sensing the inside, they found that the cold wasn't particularly terrifying. The Paragons calmed down a bit, and they flew in while on guard.
The deeper they flew, the heavier the cold became. It wasn't to the point of freezing them, but it affected their speed.
The Paragons didn't care. If it was just this cold, they could easily withstand it.
Soon, they arrived at the Frigid Pool area and found that there was some cold liquid at the bottom, blocking the passage inside.
At this point, the cold air was even more terrifying. The blood flow in the bodies of the Great Perfection Paragons, as well as the flow of their Source Power, had all slowed down. After a round of discussion, one of the Great Perfection Paragons made a move, using a great mystic ability to shift the cold liquid to the side.
"Let's go!"
When that pitch-black hole appeared, a supreme divine weapon appeared in Jin Yan's hand, and he also released a defensive divine ability. The horns on his head lit up, and he took the lead to rush inside. The other Paragon level cultivators followed closely behind and rushed into the tunnel.
Soon, they reached the bottom. The entrance had been sealed by a divine pattern.
The pattern only sealed the cold so that it wouldn't leak out, so it was very weak.
Jin Yan probed for a while, then swung the saber in his hand and slashed forward.
Boom!
The Divine Runes were blasted apart, but the passageway was too narrow. Jin Yan didn't care too much, and his body shot forward, rushing out of the passageway.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh ~"
The other Great Perfection deities followed suit and landed on the plaza in front of the Ice Queen Palace.
As soon as they came out, they discovered that they were enveloped in a barrier of light. Outside the barrier of light was a dense, cold fog.
This was also set up by Blood Fairy. Her goal was to isolate the frigid Qi and allow the Paragons to enter.
"Blood Fairy, do it!"
In the study, Lu Li, who was monitoring this scene with his Overgod artifact, sent a message. The shield in front of Jin Yan and the others suddenly exploded, and the cold air swept over.
At the same time, the entrance behind them lit up. Beams of red light intertwined to seal the entrance.
Crack, crack, crack ~
A few Perfected Martial Monarchs' teeth clattered against each other. After the cold current surged over, their bodies instantly froze. Their blood was frozen, their origin energy was frozen, and even their soul spirits felt like they were being frozen.
"Retreat!"
If they still didn't know that there was an ambush at this point, then Jin Yan and the others were all idiots.
Jin Yan made a prompt decision. His origin energy surged as he tried to dash toward the entrance.
The ice on him cracked. He swung his saber and hacked at the Divine Rune at the entrance.
"Boom ~"
However, the Divine Rune was carefully designed by Blood Fairy. If it could be broken so easily, Gang Yue wouldn't have been trapped.
Also, with his origin energy frozen, Jin Yan's abilities were affected as well. The move merely made the Divine Rune tremble.
"Boom, boom, boom ~"
The other Perfected Martial Monarchs attacked as well, but none of them could crack the Divine Rune.
Right at that moment, the ground under their feet lit up as well. Beams of light shot up to the sky and intertwined into a fishing net, trapping the Perfected Martial Monarchs.
The beams of light never stopped. The fishing net grew tighter and thicker. This was the Divine Rune that trapped Gang Yue for several days.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom ~"
The Perfected Martial Monarchs kept attacking. Unfortunately, they could not stop the Divine Rune from taking shape. Seeing that they were trapped, the seven Perfected Martial Monarchs felt their hearts were weighed down.
It would not have mattered if they were just trapped. What mattered was the cold air here. The cold air could not freeze them to death in an instant, but it was endless. Sooner or later, they would be frozen and die here.
Back in the days, the Master of the Rhinoceros Ape Race had been to the Ice River Valley. So did some Perfected Martial Monarchs. After all, the Ice River Valley was famous.
But none of them came to the Palace of the Ice Queen. They had a feeling that they could come in but not leave. Even the Perfected Martial Monarchs would die here.
"Buzzing ~"
More beams of light shot up to the sky, reinforcing the Divine Rune. Lu Li had given the order to build the strongest formation to freeze the 10 Perfected Martial Monarchs here. Blood Fairy had built three such formations. With the reinforcement, it would take the seven Perfected Martial Monarchs at least half a month to crack the Divine Rune.
"We are doomed ~"
Jin Yan's teeth were still chattering. He waved his hand to tell the other Perfected Martial Monarchs to stop. Rather than wasting energy, they might as well come up with something else.
He knew very well that they could not crack the Divine Rune anytime soon. There was no more time. If they did not come up with something, they would not last another day or two.
"Bang ~"
Jin Yan took out two jade talismans and crushed them.
That was a signal to inform the Perfected Martial Monarchs outside that something was wrong, that they were trapped and could die at any moment, and that the Perfected Martial Monarchs should figure out a way to save them.
The seven of them were trapped. What could the three Perfected Martial Monarchs do?
They had to do as Jin Yan said, to send a message back to the Northern Region and ask the Master of the Northern Region for help.
"Let's give up our bodies!"
After pondering for a moment, Jin Yan gritted his teeth and transmitted his voice, "We can't protect our physical bodies. There is only one thing we can do now, and that is to use all of our Source Energy to protect our souls and let them sleep. We will wait for the Realm King to save us."
"Give up our bodies?"
The other Perfected Martial Monarchs were in pain. To give up their bodies was to resign themselves to death. Lu Li was hiding here. How could Lu Li not do something?
They were all at the Perfected Martial Monarchs' realm. It didn't matter if they gave up their bodies. They could build another one later. After all, they could not reach the realm of an almighty god.
What they were afraid of was that Lu Li would kill them as soon as they gave up their bodies. By then, they would be defenseless and it would be too easy for Lu Li to kill them.
However, if they didn't give up their bodies, they would still die. Their souls would be destroyed.
"Lu Li?"
Jin Yan sneered and said, "Let's use some of our Origin Energy to build a seal nearby. If Lu Li dares to come near, we will turn him into ashes!"
"Sure …"
The other Perfected Martial Monarchs looked at each other. This was the only way. If they gave up some Origin Energy, the seal could last longer. Maybe they could hold on until the Master of the Northern Region came.
However!
Could the Master of the Northern Region really do something?
Could the Master of the Northern Region stand the coldness here?
If the Master of the Northern Region took action, would the Master of the Eastern Region take action?