Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 806 A different world
"General Bai, what's the trouble?"

Bai Yun's hesitation made everyone feel strange, and Princess Ankang couldn't help but ask him.

"No, nothing." Bai Yun moved the corners of his mouth and forced a smile.

Everyone noticed that Bai Yun was abnormal, but since he didn't want to say it, it was not easy to force him.

Everyone continued to move forward in the secret passage.

In the empty secret passage, only their footsteps echoed.

It's much more relaxed here than outside.

At least there won't be too much pressure from the cold wave.

But the secret passage seemed a little too clean along the way.

"Wasn't this secret passage used when the cold wave broke out?" Princess Ankang asked curiously.

They had all seen the tragic battlefield outside Holy Snow City and the many generals roaming around there.

Since Holy Snow City was besieged by the cold wave, why didn’t they use secret passages to evacuate?

"Because at that time everyone thought that the city was safer than outside the city."

Bai Yun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "But who could have thought that the snow would get heavier and heavier, and Shengxue City was the place with the heaviest snow in the entire cold wave."

After all, cold waves are a legend that only occurs once in a thousand years.

Even the records in Beiliang are not detailed.

Not to mention, this cold wave is obviously different from usual ones.

After hearing this answer, Princess Ankang asked no more questions.

The team walked in silence through the secret passage.

As they gradually approached the Holy Snow City, Li Xuan once again felt the burden of maintaining the Holy Fire Space increasing.

But fortunately, the feeling this time was not as obvious as before, and it was still within the range he could bear.

"I don't know what the current situation of Holy Snow City is?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little worried.

If they want to dispel the core of the cold wave, they can't hide underground forever.

Li Xuan only hoped that the intensity of the core of the cold wave would not be too outrageous, so that they could not even show their heads.

Traveling in the secret passage is obviously much easier than traveling on it.

As the secret passage in front of them became more and more exquisite and magnificent, Bai Yun said to everyone: "Go through the stone gate in front and you will enter the Holy Snow City."

As Baiyun raised his hand and pointed, everyone saw the exquisite stone door at the end of the secret passage.

There are intricate reliefs on the stone gate, among which is naturally the totem of Beiliang, the Ice Phoenix.

This is a legendary ancient mythical beast that has left behind many mysterious stories in the area of ​​Beiliang.

"After entering the stone gate, let's take a rest first."

Princess Ankang conveyed the message on behalf of Li Xuan.

Li Xuan needs to verify how much he consumes to maintain the Holy Fire Space after entering the Holy Snow City.

Everyone came to the stone gate, and Bai Yun stepped forward and pressed the mechanism.

The mechanism had not been used for a long time and made a creaking sound.

But even so, the stone door was still opened smoothly and did not cause them any trouble.

As the stone door opened, a bone-chilling cold wind blew out from inside, making everyone shiver.

Everyone frowned slightly.

They are now in the Holy Fire Space, but the cold wind can make them shiver. This shows how terrifying the cold wave in Holy Snow City is.

If they were on the ground, they probably wouldn't be able to get here.

Everyone followed Princess Ankang's instructions and took a short rest after entering the stone gate.

No one expected to find the entrance to the secret passage unexpectedly today.

Before this, they had already walked in the West Mountain for several hours and really needed to prepare well before entering Holy Snow City.

Princess Ankang looked at the still empty secret passage behind the stone gate and couldn't help feeling a little strange.

"General Bai, isn't this the underground city leading to Holy Snow City?"

Bai Yun smiled and explained, "Your Highness, this secret passage is rarely known. As you go forward, you will see a fork in the road, one leading to the palace and the other to the underground city."

"Is this a secret passage leading directly to the imperial palace?" Princess Ankang couldn't help but be surprised.

"Hmm..." Bai Yun's eyes wandered a little, and he continued, "I only learned about this secret passage because I was on a mission, and I only walked through it once, so I was not sure about it before."

Princess Ankang did not delve into the matter further.

At this time, Li Xuan jumped out of Princess Ankang's arms and came to Nirubail's shoulder.

Nilubaier immediately took Li Xuan and walked around.

Everyone else stayed in the Holy Fire Space and started to eat something and rest.

"Lord Xuan, how is the consumption?" Nirubail asked in a voice transmission.

"Fortunately, we can continue to explore forward." Li Xuan replied.

He estimated in his mind that if the intensity was at this level, he would be able to hold on for quite some time.

If we add in the assistance of Nilubel and the Fire Gem, as long as Holy Snow City is not too big, we should be able to reach the core area.

As for how to get to the ground to check the situation, we'll talk about it when the time comes.

After resting for half an hour, the group continued on their journey.

There is little time left for activities today.

Before nightfall, Li Xuan wanted to collect as much information as possible.

They only act during the day, and they have their own reasons for doing so.

When the cold wave first started, I didn't notice this.

But later, as they approached Holy Snow City, Li Xuan clearly felt the difference between the cold wave during the day and at night.

Generally speaking, the intensity of cold waves will be higher at night.

Although there is no sunlight during a cold wave, the setting sun also has a significant impact on the cold wave.

When the cold wave was not strong enough, Li Xuan didn't notice it much.

As the cold wave becomes more intense, this feeling becomes more obvious.

If he insists on acting at night, Li Xuan's consumption of maintaining the Holy Fire Space will increase greatly.

Obviously, unless it was a special case, there was no need for them to take such unnecessary risks.

After passing through the stone gate, Li Xuan's Yin and Yang Qi began to slowly deplete.

And as we get closer to the core of the cold wave, consumption begins to accelerate.

But it was similar to Li Xuan’s previous estimate, he could still hold on for a long time.

They successfully arrived at the fork in the road that Baiyun mentioned.

At this time, Bai Yun asked Princess Ankang: "Your Highness, should we go to the underground city first, or the palace?"

"Where is closer to the core of the cold wave?" Princess Ankang asked according to Li Xuan's instructions.

"The core of the cold wave is in the center of Saint Snow City, which happens to be directly above the central area of ​​the underground city."

"The imperial palace is located in the northern part of Holy Snow City, some distance away from the core area."

After Bai Yun said this, Li Xuan understood.

The layout of Shengxue City is similar to that of Daxing Capital, with the imperial palace in the north.

I just don’t know how big Holy Snow City is.

Taking Daxing Capital as an example, the straight-line distance between the imperial palace and the central area of ​​the capital is still not close.

Li Xuan asked Princess Ankang to ask, and Baiyun replied that Shengxue City was a little smaller than Daxing Capital.

After all, Beiliang’s foundation was not as strong as Daxing’s, and it failed to build its capital so large.

Moreover, it is icy and snowy here, which makes the construction quite difficult.

But if the underground city is included, the area of ​​Shengxue City should not be much different from that of Daxing Capital.

After understanding which direction the two forked roads led to in Holy Snow City, Li Xuan planned to go to the underground city first.

The top priority now is to test the intensity of the core area of ​​the cold wave.

After determining the direction, Baiyun continued to lead the way.

Not long after, another stone door appeared in front of them.

But this stone gate seems much more low-key than the previous ones. It is dark and has no embellishment at all.

Bai Yun pressed the mechanism, but the stone door did not move at all.

"Uh, it seems to be broken." Bai Yun said somewhat embarrassedly.

Then he pushed the stone door hard.

The stone door began to tremble, but it still could not be pushed open smoothly. Bai Yun's face turned red.

With his strength, he could easily push down even a wall.

Obviously, there was something blocking the stone door.

Bai Yun could still continue to exert force, but he was afraid of pushing down the wall next to the stone gate and burying them here.

Li Xuan noticed Bai Yun's embarrassment, just smiled slightly, and sent a message to Nan Fengxuan to ask for help.

Among all the people present, her unparalleled sword energy was the most suitable for clearing the way.

Nan Fengxuan walked forward, patted Bai Yun on the shoulder, and gestured behind him, indicating that Bai Yun should make room.

Bai Yun smiled awkwardly and stepped back timidly.

Nan Fengxuan stretched out his hand to press the hilt of the sword, then shrugged his shoulders and used the sword-drawing technique as fast as thunder.

Before everyone could react, Nan Fengxuan withdrew his hand from the hilt of the sword.

The next moment, the stone gate collapsed into pieces of rubble, falling to the ground with a loud bang.

Behind the stone gate was a thick layer of ice, but a passage was cut out of it at this time.

The broken ice on the ground entered the Holy Fire Space and immediately began to melt, turning into a pool of water.

At the same moment, Li Xuan's holy fire space twisted and was uncontrollably compressed by one third.

Li Xuan frowned, realizing that the consumption of Yin and Yang Qi had accelerated again.

"Go inside the dungeon and take a look, then get out as soon as possible."

Li Xuan immediately conveyed the message to everyone.

He realized that he would not be able to last long in the dungeon.

The group immediately passed through the passage and entered the underground city.

It turned out that there was a warehouse at the other end of the stone gate.

Walking out of the warehouse, I found a large inn in front.

But now the inn is empty, and the tables, chairs and benches are all scattered on the ground.

This mess is so chaotic that it is obvious that it has experienced quite a bit of chaos.

Bai Yun stared blankly at the mess in the inn, as if he was troubled by some thoughts.

The others also searched the inn on their own.

Although Li Xuan's Holy Fire Space was reduced in size, it was enough for them to move freely in the inn.

Moreover, this place is underground and is not subject to much erosion from wind and snow.

They are all top-three masters, and they will not be immediately disturbed by the disordered Yin and Yang and Five Elements if they temporarily leave the Holy Fire Space.

When outside, the Holy Fire Space, in addition to isolating the intrusion of disordered Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, its most important function is to prevent everyone from getting lost in a blizzard.

They searched the inn and found it in chaos inside and out, but there was no one in sight.

Anyone who wanted to come here had already fled in the chaos.

According to Bai Yun, the population of Shengxue City is not small.

Even though many people died for various reasons in the early stages of the cold wave, there are still many people left.

If these people also turned into zombies, it would be a big trouble.

They need to be careful and alert.

Before they start cleaning up the core area of ​​the cold wave, they have to deal with these potential threats first.

After making sure there was no danger in the inn, the group left the inn and came to the street.

But the scene on the street stunned everyone.

The dungeon was not pitch black as they had expected.

I saw a faint silver-white light shining down from the ceiling of the underground city, like moonlight.

If you look up and take a closer look, it's not difficult to see that they are some glowing minerals.

The reason they didn't find it in the inn before was that the entire inn was covered in ice, and even the main door was cleared out by them.

The dungeon is quite huge, at least there is no sense of oppression in the space above your head.

On the orderly streets, thick ice blocks can be seen here and there, covering some streets and buildings.

These ice blocks appeared abruptly and it is difficult to tell how they were formed.

But what surprised everyone even more was that after they left the inn, they saw several huge blocks of ice lying on the street.

Even though these ice cubes were covered by the holy fire space, there was still no sign of melting.

What’s even more terrifying is that one can vaguely see a human figure in the ice.

"This……"

puff.

Baiyun was the first to pounce, rubbing the surface of the ice frantically with his sleeves.

After a while, he saw clearly that there was indeed a person frozen inside the ice.

"How could it be, how could it be like this..."

Bai Yun slumped on the ground, looking completely at a loss.

"General Bai, what's going on?" Princess Ankang asked hurriedly.

But Baiyun ignored Princess Ankang and instead turned his eyes to the ice cubes that could be seen everywhere on the street.

These ice cubes are about the same size as a person, but they are all frozen very thickly.

It is not difficult to imagine that they should all look the same.

"It shouldn't be like this, no, no..."

Bai Yun was so excited that he pounced on the next ice cube. When he saw the person inside clearly, he pounced on another one.

It looked like he was looking for someone.

Bai Yun must have relatives and friends left in Shengxue City.

But more than ten years have passed, and there should be no living people in Shengxue City.

Bai Yun's reaction was indeed a bit strange.

The others looked at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan remained calm and signaled everyone to follow Bai Yun to see what he was going to do.

Bai Yun has obviously lost his mind now.

He was so emotional that it wasn't the right time to communicate.

They followed Bai Yun silently, watching him check each piece of ice.

It is not difficult to see that these people should all be citizens of Holy Snow City.

People of different identities can be identified by their clothes.

Ordinary people, officials, soldiers, dignitaries...

But now, all these people have been frozen into ice.

The ice on their bodies could not even be melted by the Holy Fire Space.

However, the ice attached to the buildings and streets quickly melted into a pool of water as Li Xuan approached, which was really strange.

Bai Yun searched several streets, and Li Xuan and others followed him all the way, and they had a general understanding of the layout of the underground city.

Seeing that Bai Yun was still looking for someone, Li Xuan had no choice but to give the order:

"Take him away, we can't stay here any longer."

They were approaching the central area of ​​the dungeon.

Li Xuan's Yin and Yang Qi began to be consumed rapidly.

For now, they can only return temporarily.

It seems that dispelling the core of the cold wave is not an easy task.

At least in the short term, Li Xuan could not see any hope of success.

Now, he can’t even help everyone else get close to the core area.

Li Xuan sighed and felt hopeless about the future.

Bai Yun was easily controlled and then taken back to the inn.

They re-entered the secret passage along the passage in the warehouse and stopped only when Li Xuan no longer had difficulty maintaining the Holy Fire Space.

Because they were underground, Li Xuan's energy consumption was much lower. At least they were still within the scope of Holy Snow City.

Now they are between the first stone gate and the fork in the road, and they are not far away even if they enter the dungeon again.

After setting up the rune seal, everyone did not rush to rest, but began to question Bai Yun.

"General Bai, you still have nothing to say to me?" Princess Ankang asked seriously.

(End of this chapter)