#2446 - Take the bait
Chapter 2450: Hooked
Outside the Ice Prison area.
The Divine Domain Knights had arrived more than ten minutes ago, scattered around the area for guard duty.
Soon, Fang Heng saw the Scourge Paladins following closely behind.
"Lady Carolina."
Fang Heng immediately hurried forward and reported, "I have just entered the Ice Fortress to investigate. I've confirmed that Fang Heng recently entered the Ice Prison to hide, likely hoping to use the special environment of the Ice Prison to hinder your pursuit, my Lady."
Carolina heard this, looked up at the large fortress built in the distant city, and asked, "Is the information accurate?"
"Very accurate, impossible to be wrong."
The leader of the Knights also came up and reported, "The scouting teams I sent out have already returned. According to the information obtained, the guards outside the Ice Prison are currently very lax."
"Lax?"
A hint of suspicion appeared in Carolina's eyes.
Had the undead given up?
That was also possible.
After all, Punoze's main city, Katantu, had already fallen.
Not far away, another Holy Court guard came in a hurry, kneeling on one knee and reporting, "Lady Carolina, we have just completed a communication with the Divine Domain. Saint Arbiter Okni has returned to the Divine Domain and is out of danger. In addition, the Divine Domain confirms that Fang Heng is still staying in Punoze."
"However, affected by certain special forces, the Divine Domain's positioning of Fang Heng is very vague. The approximate range given by the Divine Domain is very large. It can be confirmed that the Ice Prison is within the range limited by the Divine Domain."
"Hmm..."
Carolina nodded slightly.
It seemed that the information provided by Bai Mu was highly credible.
Fang Heng listened from the side, maintaining a blank expression, but he was already cursing inwardly.
The Divine Domain's positioning of him was really troublesome. Fortunately, there was the protection of the artifact, which could greatly weaken the impact.
After thinking for a while, Fang Heng continued, "Lady Carolina, as far as I know, the City Lord of the Ice Fortress, Horne Luoer, has dispersed all the players and major forces heading to the fortress. He seems unwilling to get involved in the Divine Domain's invasion of Punoze. In addition, the Ice Fortress's defenses are currently very weak, almost reduced to an empty city."
"Have they given up?"
Carolina muttered to herself.
Indeed, they had made a big show of coming here, and the undead camp must have already received the news.
"Yes!"
Time was limited, Carolina immediately divided her forces into two groups, leading people to explore the periphery of the Ice Prison.
"They're hooked..."
Fang Heng watched Carolina lead the main force into the periphery of the Ice Prison, muttering to himself, and immediately followed.
Since the original seal on the Yin meridian deep in the Ice Prison and the Holy Greatsword had been taken away, the icy and bone-chilling aura of the Ice Prison was now stronger than the first time he came.
Frost mixed with the aura of death constantly impacted the Divine Domain team.
Even with the Holy Shield open, the team was greatly affected.
Carolina spread out her hand, and a warm light immediately dispelled the surrounding cold.
Fang Heng couldn't help but look at the light, it was the Warm Sun Gem.
The power contained in the gem had already been greatly extracted by the Book of Oath. In theory, the effect shouldn't be so good, and at most it could only last for a short period of time before it would completely lose its effect.
Strange.
It seemed that the power in the Warm Sun Gem was stronger than when it was handed over to Carolina last time.
It was very likely that Carolina had used some means to temporarily restore some of the Warm Sun Gem's power.
This was troublesome.
Carolina instructed three Divine Domain Scourge Paladins to jointly guard the gem, gathered in the middle of the team.
It was worth mentioning that Carolina had considered in advance that the terrain inside the Ice Prison was relatively rugged and narrow, so she only brought a team of more than one hundred people, half of the Divine Domain Knights and half of the Divine Domain Scourge Paladins.
The remaining Divine Domain Knights were all led by Walter to fully attack the Ice Fortress.
After completely clearing out the Ice Fortress, Walter would lead people to guard all the exits of the Ice Prison to prevent Fang Heng from finding another opportunity to escape.
In order to capture Fang Heng, Carolina was constantly thinking, trying to plug any possible loopholes one by one. For safety's sake, even the Warm Sun Gem that restrained the Ice Prison was borrowed from Archbishop Will.
The team continued to move forward.
Fang Heng's eyes lingered on the Warm Sun Gem in the team for a moment, pretending to be unable to bear the cold, and moved closer to the gem.
A gem of Holy attribute.
It could emit a gentle light, dispelling the cold.
Fang Heng narrowed his eyes and thought to himself.
He had to quickly find a way to get rid of it, otherwise it would cause no small trouble.
Deep into the Ice Prison, the Ice Skeletons began to revive.
They were attracted by the power of the Holy Light, and staggered closer.
Carolina didn't mean to slow down, and continued forward.
The Ice Skeletons in the Ice Prison were already considered the peak in the intermediate game world, but they were a bit insufficient when facing the Divine Domain.
The Scourge Paladins threw out several Holy Punishments, and the bones exploded into pieces.
The team almost pushed through all the way.
As the team gradually deepened, the surrounding cold became more and more gloomy.
Eh?
Fang Heng couldn't help but move in his heart, he suddenly realized that his ability to withstand the cold had greatly improved.
Strange.
Just yesterday, when he was cultivating in the Ice Prison area, he could clearly feel the strong frost aura, but why did he completely lose that cold feeling when he came here again today?
What's going on?
To say the difference between the two times..."
That's right! It's the ice crystal!
Fang Heng suddenly realized that this was very likely related to the Persephone Queen's ice crystal imprint in his sea of consciousness!
Thinking carefully, from the information obtained from Merck's books, the source of the Yin meridian was the Death Realm, and the Yin meridian aura also had the dual attributes of ice and undead.
It was even very likely that the source of the Yin meridian was also related to Queen Persephone!
At least for him, it was great news.
The impact of the Yin meridian aura he was currently receiving was greatly reduced, which greatly improved the success rate of his subsequent plans!
While he was thinking, a knight squad hurried from behind and joined the main force.
"Lady Carolina."
A knight commander reported, "The City Lord of the Ice Fortress, Horne Luoer, has withdrawn from the fortress in advance. The guards remaining in the Ice Self-Destruct area are very lax. We have completely occupied it. Commander Walter is clearing the undead remnants and will personally go to seal all the exits of the Ice Prison later."
