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"lets go!"

……

Soon after.

Fan Yu and others came out of the administrative district of Beloberg and walked along the Reverberating Corridor, which still retained traces of the old border fortress, and continued to move deeper into the area.

On the road, one can still clearly see some traces left by the Silver Mane Iron Guards, but with the cover of wind, snow and the Rift, most of them have lost their original appearance.

Only the roads that support daily transportation remain intact.

However, along the way, Fan Yu and others still encountered many monsters from the Rift. It is worth mentioning that most of them were human-shaped monsters called "Eternal Winter Shadow" and "Fire Disaster Shadow" that used Silver Mane Iron Guards as their medium.

This kind of time has passed for a full hour...

They left the end of the Reverberating Corridor area, moved away from the city buildings, and finally arrived in the outside world.

In the true outskirts of Beloberg Fortress, there were no iron railings, no garrisoned fortresses, and no neat roads...

When the frost between heaven and earth blew over without the shelter of the fortress, everyone felt a biting cold.

What’s more important is the surrounding desolation, dilapidated ruins, and rusty metal half-exposed and buried in the snow, which brings psychological loneliness.

As people walked past here, they gradually saw many ice sculptures frozen in the wind and snow.

Their ears could still hear some cries carried by the biting cold wind, as if they were calls from a distant ancient era.

Some people even saw some illusions that distorted reality, and subconsciously reached out to touch the front, but found that they touched nothing.

"Don't try to touch anything here. The environment where the rift and the snowfield merge into one will cause erosion of the tunnel." Xiluwa reminded.

Fan Yu's gaze fell on the phantom of a blonde female leader in front of him, wearing an emerald green coat, a military skirt, high-heeled boots, black stockings, and holding a lance. "Is that Cocolia?"

"Well, she's been here."

at the same time.

Located deep in the Eternal Winter Ridge, on a huge platform.

In Cocolia's eyes, she was looking at a golden light core that was frozen in the void. Its energy amplitude was constantly released, and a torrent of information was collected in the form of golden lines.

Cocolia: "They arrived here, and it seems the city's arrangements have failed."

[The result is natural. What kind of turnaround are you still expecting? Flames begin to erode the earth, just like the opponent your ancestor Alisa Rand faced—the minions of Nanook, the Star God of Destruction.]

Cocolia: "Then why did you lend him your power?"

[That wasn't something I offered, but rather a phenomenon that occurred during the tunnel erosion.]

[You can no longer hesitate, Cocolia. If you wait for the other party to arrive without making a decision, Beloberg will eventually be swallowed by the Rift.]

In the snowstorm, Cocolia murmured, "That's right. With Beloberg doomed, I only have one choice left..."

Chapter 72 [Great Guardian] Cocolia Rand

Fan Yu and the others were not aware of the whispers deep in Yongdong Ridge.

They traveled northwards and came to the end of the ice field on the north side of Yongdong Ridge. There was a cliff thousands of feet high in front of them.

The snow rolled away, leaving only a winding road leading to the right, and they turned in another direction.

In the wind and snow, the whistling sound became louder and louder.

This frozen snowfield that completely merged with the Rift, interwoven with the cries of the ancient city builders, became increasingly clearer in the ears of Fanyu and the others.

They even saw some old reflections of the City Builders that had merged with the Rift, shouting "Alissa Rand".

This left some who had heard the stories of the Great Guardian deeply confused. They had never been to this area, but the phantoms of the past that appeared here seemed to indicate that Beloberg's history was not what they had imagined.

Someone saw the phantom team, shielding their faces from the wind and snow as they faced the attacking centaurs: "Are these the city builders of the past? What are they fighting against?"

"That's a monster from outer space." The lieutenant who had fought against the remaining Xuzu explained.

"Great Guardian, why has it become like this?"—the voice came from the confused muttering of a City Builder kneeling directly in front of the group. Like the City Builder who had previously addressed Alisa by her real name, he appeared in the reflection of the City Builder engulfed by the snowstorm, gazing up at the endless snowstorm ahead before finally being swallowed by the white mist.

"Alissa Rand, described in the book as 'the one who caused miracles'... She led the builders of Beloberg thirty years before the cold wave arrived, saving the inhabitants of the time. But why would the soldiers who honored her behave this way after the cold wave arrived?"

At first, Xiluwachu kept saying that she didn't want to be affected, but now she herself began to be disturbed by the scene playing out before her.

Because these images were never a woven story, but rather the remnants of facts that had already happened. This also meant that the Shadow Builders of the Past were confused about Alisa Rand's decision before they died.

It seemed that a lot of the knowledge and information that Xiluwa had learned when she was in the Silver Mane Iron Guard had been overturned.

Especially the scene before her combined with her own roommate at Beloberg University, Xiluwa couldn't help but have a strange guess in her mind that came from top to bottom and seemed destined.

"Keep moving forward, you will always find the answer." Fan Yu looked ahead calmly and clenched his hands.

A trace of icy coldness bloomed from the palm, and the aura released from it seemed to resonate with the front.

This phenomenon reminded him that the origin of this frosty power did not belong to him. There was no doubt that the star core was at the end of the cold wave.

Now that we have arrived here, there is no need for Shiluwa to lead the way.

Fan Yu was able to confirm his target.

But he didn't say anything and moved forward with the soldiers in front.

In a short while...

They started from this road and came to a steep slope, where they could also see the last corner of Everwinter Ridge.

If we recall the journey they took into Yongdong Ridge, their starting point in Yongdong Ridge was in the southwest, and their current area is in the southeast.

In a sense, the end of the northern area they had just entered was a circle around the central mountain.

The winding road continued, descending and ascending. Slowly, before the eyes of Fan Yu and the others, a vast expanse of broken metal machinery, fractured steel barriers, and gigantic icicles appeared.

Their eyes were no longer shrouded in the phantoms of the past. The scenes before them were filled with an even more solemn and murderous atmosphere than when they entered.

No, strictly speaking, this is the battlefield where those city builders we met along the way.

The frozen centaur form, the warrior holding the double blade, the corpse of the Iron Guard screaming its last gasp at the sky...

In Fan Yu's cognition, these were labeled as the existence of different camps, namely "Tramplers", "Empty Soldiers" and "Iron Guards". Their battles were recorded in the history books of Beloberg. At this moment, on this road, they all appeared to be frozen into ice sculptures by the cold wave.

At the end of these ice sculptures, a huge platform has appeared.

There were even more frozen virtual soldiers there, surrounded by piles of iron filings and a huge platform, and there was also a huge metal afterimage, like a giant from the past.

but--

These can only serve as a support for the environment. When Fan Yu and the others arrived here, they were only attracted by a figure on the platform and a luminous object floating in the air next to her.

Blonde hair, purple eyes, holding an ice spear...

It was the female figure that Fan Yu had seen on the road.

When the Silver Mane Iron Guards saw her, they instinctively addressed her respectfully: "Great Guardian..."

When Shiluwa saw her face, he also felt a complex emotion of a long-lost friend who had parted ways with each other: "Cocolia."

"It's coming!"

The Great Guardian no longer existed as an illusion on the road, but in her real body. As the cold wind howled, her golden hair, which was tied up in a bun, also swayed with the wind.

Her long skirt fluttered, and as she stepped on the ground in her black stockings and pantyhose, the power of the wind and snow automatically began to surround her.

"You're here! I didn't expect you to come too, Lando." Cocolia said with emotion as she looked at Shiluwa.

Shiluwa's gaze shifted, gradually focusing on the luminous core next to Cocolia: "That, is..."

Cocolia scoffed, "Ah, it's the 'star core' you've been dreaming of studying."

Shiluwa: “…”

She heard the mockery in Cocolia's tone, and even at this moment, she didn't forget to mock her. Although Shiluwa was unhappy about this, she remained rational: "But your deeds have been exposed, Cocolia."

"Exposed, do you mean this kid led a group of rabble to rebel?" Cocolia looked at Fan Yu.

This was the first time she met Fan Yu.

According to the rumors, he defeated the Iron Guard, captured his daughter Bronya... and negotiated the terms in a trade.

These decisions were made by the manager. Cocolia had originally thought he was a wise middle-aged man, but upon seeing him with her own eyes, he looked younger than she had imagined.

Is this the guy who destroyed everything he had?

She gazed at his golden eyes, a rare sight in Beloberg, and made no secret of her admiration: "You, known as the 'Sun,' do possess a pair of blazing eyes."

Chapter 73 "Ice Front"

Her tone was filled with admiration that came from a first encounter, but more so with the condescension of someone in a superior position.

Fan Yu also observed this woman, who gave him a similar feeling as when he first met Natasha. Compared with Natasha and Cocolia, the leadership temperament in her seemed even more sharp.

This was the first time he met the imaginary enemy in his mind. Seeing this woman who transformed him from a "Buddhist member of the Earth Fire" into the leader of the Earth Fire, he was very grateful to her for inadvertently helping him see many things clearly, but he also had a vision of giving her a shot and letting her achieve his ambition.

"Bronya also talked about your deeds. As the successor of Beloberg, she has always believed in you. But obviously, you don't meet her expectations!" Fan Yu said lightly.

Cocolia frowned and said disdainfully, "You're just trying to provoke me. Do you think I'll be angry? I know better than you how my daughter would react if she were captured. She didn't choose to die during this period. It's just that you forcibly restricted her movements."

Fan Yu: "..."

It is not clear whether this statement should be interpreted as the dogmatic logic that a great guardian should have, or as the wisdom that a mother naturally possesses in seeing through her children's thoughts.

but……

When dealing with opponents like Bronya, Silvermane Iron Guard, and Dunn Jeppard, Fan Yu's tried-and-true method of using trash talk to irritate his opponents and then looking for the right opportunity to resolve the situation did not work on Cocolia this time.

He had already seen the cyclone of wind and snow emerging from beneath Cocolia's feet. The flow of that power, which controlled the frost, was now resonating with the icy air surrounding Fan Yu's palms.

Cocolia slowly raised her hand, looked at the people in the field and shook it gently without panic.

Instantly, a crackling sound filled the air as the denser water molecules gathered in the snow and wind began to condense. Two massive ice spears appeared out of thin air on either side of Cocolia. Like ice spears driven into the ground beneath the platform, their respective ice tips emerged from either side, forming a trident-like shape.

When these two weapons condensed from pure elements appeared, the temperature of the entire platform suddenly dropped sharply.

"That's Lord Cocolia's [Ice Blade]!" The lieutenant, who had seen the Great Guardian in action, looked extremely solemn when he saw the two ice spears that changed the terrain.

Shiluwa: "Is that something that can affect the temperature of the entire environment..."

In other words, anyone who is not stupid can feel the obvious changes brought to the surrounding environment by the weapons summoned by Cocolia.

Fan Yu also noticed the humidity in the snow and wind condensing into ice fragments on his collar. Simply put, the two ice spears should have the [Field Bonus] trait.

The only difference was that Fan Yu looked down at his palms. His body was only at the resonance point and he did not feel a deeper coldness.

However, Cocolia did not give them the opportunity to investigate and infer.

Cocolia lowered her palms and condensed two ice spears from the air. She did not give anyone in the field a chance to respond, neither the Silver Mane Iron Guards who were loyal to her, nor Shiluwa, her former college roommate.

In Cocolia's purple eyes, under the shining light of the floating luminous star core next to her, a sense of madness was reflected.

The next moment, she swung her ice spears, and the two ice spears standing on the field instantly burst out endless frost, sweeping towards everyone with a roaring storm.

Suddenly, the flat ground was covered in a vast expanse of white snow.

The silver-maned lieutenants on the platform instinctively held up their shields to block the front. When the ice cubes in the frost storm swept over, they hit the shields and made crisp sounds.

Fan Yu grabbed Shiluwa beside him, and without waiting for the other party to react, he immediately jumped behind Lieutenant Silver Mane. This group of Beloberg troops who came as prisoners of war were originally hostages, and at this moment they happened to act as guards in front of Fan Yu.

however--

Those Iron Guards who didn't have time to dodge were not so lucky.

The frost fog swept by the ice and snow storm contained small frost fragments, but their number was so dense that ordinary Iron Guards who were not fully armed could not defend against them at all.

Their heads blocked the fatal damage, and the chest armor and knee armor on their feet were clanging against the ice fragments. However, those unprotected parts of the body were quickly torn from the dense ice and snow fragments, leaving them with frostbite.

As the cold air entered their bodies, their bodies gradually became stiff and unable to move. It only lasted for half a minute before they were completely frozen in place.

Cocolia's dense global attack lasted for a full minute before it ended.

When the wind and snow passed, the platform returned to its original tranquility.

But most of the venue was covered with snow. The Iron Guards who had been frozen stiff were now covered with a layer of white ice chips. Their faces and clothes were all frozen by frost, turning them into ice sculptures.

"This……"

"Attack indiscriminately."

"Lord Cocolia, why are you--" The Silver Mane Lieutenants looked at their frozen companions on both sides in disbelief, and they could not believe that the result was caused by the guardians they had enlisted and sworn allegiance to.