High-level martial arts: Contract cashback, invincible starting from the Zerg.

"Xiaoxue should have already told you," Chen Feng replied.

"No." Xiaoxue waved her hand and explained to Chen Feng, "We can't talk about something this important over a remote message."

"Xiaoxue?" Xuenai asked.

"That's right, Brother Chen Feng wants to place his Zerg Queen in our northern border to help us fight against the Ziwei Zerg."

Upon hearing this, City Lord Xue Nai immediately frowned: "Impossible."

Just as Chen Feng was somewhat taken aback, Xue Nai reached out and gently pressed down, and the icy blue patterns instantly lit up, reflecting the vast ice plains on the ice table. Xue Nai's tone also deepened: "Chen Feng, now that you've stepped into Snowstorm City, there are some situations I need to make clear to you first—the Northern Territory of this period is no longer the Northern Territory you knew before."

As Xuenai ran her fingertips across the ice, fine red patches lit up not far from the coordinates of Snowstorm City, looking as glaring as a pool of blood floating on the ice.

"The first one is the Ice Demon."

[Ice Demon: Mostly active near ancient ruins, humanoid but can transform into an Ice Demon, greatly increasing strength and defense attributes. It is a dual-attribute symbiotic entity of ice and gold, and its individual combat power is far greater than that of the Blizzard Tribe warriors.]

With a light tap of her fingertip, Xue Nai caused a two-person-high phantom image to rise from the ice surface.

"These things called Ice Demons are not ordinary beasts. They are ancient alien species that came from ancient ruins. They are born with both ice and gold attributes, and their physical bodies are ridiculously strong." Xue Nai's tone became a bit more serious. "Even the weakest one has the combat power of an Earth-rank expert. When we bombard them with ice magic, most of the power will be directly deflected, and it won't even hurt the surface."

Chen Feng glanced at the Ice Demon model in front of him.

Both combat intuition and the Lucky Contract system provide the answer—they are not easy to deal with.

"As for the Purple Lieutenant Insect Clan, needless to say... You never know when these insects will completely emerge and devour the entire city-state."

With a gentle press of her fingertip, countless fine black lines immediately emerged from the shadowy force representing the Purple Lieutenant Insect Clan. Like rotting roots, they extended along the cracks in the ice plains towards the Snowstorm City-State, eventually connecting to the city markers of the three city-states that had already dimmed and died out.

"Three months later, Beixuan City and two other cities were suddenly attacked by the Zerg and have all lost contact. When the Snow Riders arrived, many parts of the ground in Beixuan City had collapsed, obviously the Zerg had dug tunnels underneath."

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng frowned slightly.

Although the Ice Demon is powerful, at least it has a defined range of activity.

However, the Ziwei Zerg, who are extremely skilled in infrastructure engineering, are beyond the reach of the Fengxue City-State, which has no way to deploy targeted defenses against them, since the Fengxue tribes simply do not have the ability to dig tunnels.

"Not to mention the mercenaries who occasionally pop up from the south, they are active near the ancient ruins every day, and occasionally they rob our caravans."

At this point, Xue Nai looked at Chen Feng, but a hint of coldness appeared in her eyes.

"I can't guarantee that the Zerg you bring won't become our fourth major threat, because we already have enough troubles."

Chen Feng certainly knew how strong these formidable rivals Xue Nai mentioned were.

The Purple Guardian Insect Clan alone was a powerful insect clan that had existed in the northern border for hundreds of years. At that time, the Great Xia Dynasty dispatched two peak Hong-rank experts and thirteen city lords of the Wind and Snow City-State, but they still failed to kill the Purple Guardian Queen.

Not to mention that the current Queen Ziwei is already one step away from the Hongjie realm.

Chen Feng rubbed his forehead, seemingly also feeling that the current situation was extremely difficult for Bai Fei.

"Chen Feng, the Snowstorm City-State is already discussing relocation to the south with the Great Xia Kingdom. You've come at a really bad time," Xue Nai said, somewhat disappointed.

"Xuenai, I'd like to ask if the Ziwei Zerg Queen has appeared in your area yet, or if she is still within the safe zone of the Permafrost Fortress?" Chen Feng asked.

She paused.

"This is also what puzzles us. Although she has broken the blockade, she has chosen to stay inside the crack, only sending her subordinates out to forage."

Chen Feng nodded and turned on his smart brain.

Soon, a three-dimensional projection shot out and solidified into an image in front of the three people.

It was an irregularly shaped gemstone, no bigger than the palm of your hand, but with a deep, reddish hue.

"These are the colossal beast marks that the Great Xia military is currently searching for throughout the region. Among the ten Martial God envoys sent this time, including myself, the purpose is to destroy these colossal beast marks in the Northern Territory. However, they went to the Permafrost Fortress first, and I will go there in a few days."

"I remember seeing this thing in Starfish City," Xue Nai said, squinting.

"That's right. Now, in the Great Xia, we have found the coordinates of 9 colossal beast marks. The other 4 are very likely located in the Northern Territory and the Eye of the Colossus," Chen Feng explained.

Xue Nai sighed softly and then leaned back.

Just as her shoulders were about to touch the cold, dark ice, countless fine frost particles emerged from beneath the ice, rapidly weaving and piling up in the air, instantly solidifying into a soft cushion that fit her body perfectly.

The soft cushion shimmered with a faint silver-blue glow, seemingly made of ice crystals, but in reality, it was fluffy and soft like snow that hadn't been touched for a thousand years, without even a trace of biting cold.

"The mark of the colossal beast..." Xue Nai closed her icy blue eyes, her voice lowering slightly, "If the Blood Beast descends, none of us will survive."

"Auntie." Xiaoxue walked to Xuenai's side and took her fair and delicate hand.

It seems she wanted to comfort Xue Nai.

Xue Nai smiled, a gentle light shining in her slightly raised eyes.

"Xiaoxue, the situation in the North may no longer allow you to grow up slowly."

Xue Nai's gaze fell back on Chen Feng, her eyes filled with weariness.

"Since Chen Feng is going to the Permafrost Fortress to investigate the mark of the colossal beast, you should come along too. You grew up in the North and are familiar not only with the terrain of the vast ice plains but also with the local language. You can travel with Chen Feng this time."

"Auntie? But...you never allow me to go to that place!"

"Back then, it wasn't allowed, firstly because the situation in the city-state wasn't that bad, and secondly because you hadn't awakened the Ice Dragon bloodline. But now... the situation is different, and I should let you go out and explore."

Xiaoxue held Xuenai's hand tightly, her pale blue eyes seemingly glistening with tears.

"Don't worry, Aunt Xue Nai, I, Xue Yue Bing Li, will definitely not bring shame to Feng Xue City!"