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Two hours later, Fang Heng and his group boarded three skeletal dragon steeds and rapidly flew towards the direction of the Frozen Valley.

"The target location for this operation is the Frozen Valley, a special area within the Death Realm where numerous soul entities gather within the Frozen Canyon."

"Empress Persephone is a rare genius. It is said that she discovered the essence of ice within the Frozen Canyon, merging the power of ice crystals with the power of death."

"Similarly, the Empress is also an outstanding leader. After unifying the entire Death Realm, she established its order, dispatched Death Gods to control the soul affiliations of various worlds, and rebuilt the Land of the Fallen, greatly enhancing the power of the Death Realm."

"However, no one expected the Hani clan to suddenly launch a rebellion one day, and the Calamity also appeared at that time."

"The Land of the Fallen experienced an anomaly and nearly collapsed. Empress Persephone expended a great deal of power to restore it, and then fought the Mother of Calamity in the Land of the Fallen, ultimately perishing together, causing the Death Realm to disintegrate once again."

"Rumors about the Frozen Land emerged around that time, and many people have since gone to the Frozen Land to try to find the Empress's legacy power, but no one has ever been reported to have succeeded."

"But it's too dangerous there. The Land of the Fallen is the source of the Calamity. We've tried to investigate, but it's densely packed with Calamity creatures, making it impossible to get close. Forcibly entering for exploration has a very low survival rate."

"Fang Heng, for safety's sake, we need to proceed with caution."

"Yes, hopefully we can find some clues within the Frozen Canyon."

Soon, as the two were talking, the high-speed flying skeletal dragons had already entered the area plagued by the Calamity.

Fortunately, the skeletal dragons were flying at an extremely high altitude, quickly concealing themselves within the thick gray fog.

Thanks to the skeletal dragons' extremely fast flying speed, even if the Calamity creatures below sensed Fang Heng's group, they wouldn't be able to catch up.

"There's also a rather tricky matter," Nottal explained, "The Frozen Canyon area has been completely occupied by the spreading Calamity, so we need to delve deep into the Calamity area this time..."

...

The skeletal dragons maintained high-speed flight in the sky for a full three hours.

Through layers of white mist, a snow-covered valley gradually emerged ahead.

The skeletal dragons began to gradually decrease their altitude.

Looking down at this moment, the entire valley area was deeply within the Calamity area, with visible, raised Calamity nests on the ground.

Calamity creatures were constantly separating from the constantly swelling Calamity nests.

Nottal, with a solemn expression, said softly, "We investigated beforehand that the temperature within the Frozen Canyon area is extremely low, and it is covered and enveloped by a special force, preventing the Calamity creatures from continuing to advance after spreading to the canyon area."

"So we only need to clear the Calamity creatures on the periphery of the canyon, and we can ensure safety after entering the canyon."

Tigrant and his accompanying elite guards carefully observed the area below, occupied by Calamity nests, through the thick layer of white mist.

"The Sunken Swamp is located deep within the valley. The skeletal dragons cannot directly enter. We'll go down directly. You guys immediately enter the Frozen Canyon. As for this group of Calamity creatures, leave them to me. I'll buy you time."

"Alright."

Fang Heng nodded, listening to Nottal's translation, and directly controlled the skeletal dragon to accelerate downwards!

Instantly, the Calamity creatures in the nearby area surged towards the skeletal dragon.

"Swish!"

A guard beside Tigrant flicked his hand and threw a ball filled with light towards the distance.

Huh?

Fang Heng raised an eyebrow.

What's that?

The Calamity creatures that were originally gathering towards the skeletal dragon seemed to sense something and frantically chased after the light ball.

"Fang Heng! Chance! Go quickly!"

Nottal called out and jumped off the back of the skeletal dragon with the others, running towards the interior of the Frozen Valley.

Fang Heng also immediately jumped off the back of the skeletal dragon, while reversing the summoning to return the skeletal dragon to the Burial Dragon Mountain Range.

"Bang!"

As soon as he landed, a small number of Calamity creatures that were not attracted by the light ball immediately gathered around.

"Go! Quick!"

Tigrant shouted loudly, swinging the dark greatsword in his hand forward, immediately knocking away two Calamity creatures that pounced from the front.

Two guards beside him threw out two more light balls, one on the left and one on the right, to divert the surrounding Calamity creatures, escorting Fang Heng and Nottal into the canyon together.

The Frozen Canyon is an extremely dangerous area in the records of various empires in the Death Realm. Its chilling winds can even freeze souls.

Fang Heng ran forward with Nottal and soon entered the interior of the canyon, immediately feeling a bone-chilling cold.

The temperature dropped extremely sharply, even though the distance between the inside and outside of the canyon was only a dozen meters!

The Calamity creatures also seemed unable to resist this bone-chilling cold, and quickly dispersed after chasing into the canyon for a while.

Seeing that the crisis was temporarily resolved, everyone gradually slowed down and explored the interior of the Frozen Canyon under the leadership of Commander Tigrant.

Fang Heng was a little curious and asked softly, "What was that light ball just now?"

"A special fruit that can attract the attention of Calamity creatures. It was accidentally discovered on the battlefield, but its effect doesn't last long and it's quite rare."

I see.

Fang Heng thought about getting some back for Qiu Yaokang to study later and try mixing some explosives into the fruit or something.

"By the way, has no one ever entered the Frozen Canyon to explore before?"

"There have been."

"Especially during the time when the rumors first came out."

Nottal explained, "In addition, the Frozen Canyon was also called the Trial Land by us Nether race people in the past. The further you go inside, the stronger the ice aura becomes. Not many people can really enter the depths of the Ice Canyon, and after the Empress passed away, the cold in the Frozen Canyon became even more intense, so fewer and fewer Nether race people with the strength to enter the Closed Canyon."

"Apart from the Empress, no one has ever been reported to have obtained power from the Frozen Canyon, and over time, it has faded away. Fewer and fewer Nether race people come to the canyon to suffer."

As they spoke, everyone had passed through a section of the canyon entrance and officially entered the interior of the canyon.

The surrounding cliffs were frozen with a thick layer of ice crystals, emitting a chilling air, looking more like a world completely constructed from ice crystals.