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Using their mental connection, Su Mu quickly accessed his clone's memories and told the two, "The hall is empty except for a pool about ten feet in size, the depth of which is unknown. The pressure inside is extremely strong, and the cold air is bone-chilling, but apart from that, there is no obvious danger."

"Since there's no fatal danger, let's go straight into the hall and kill the monster!"

Without further hesitation, Tular leaped through the light barrier and entered the Ice Palace.

Song Qingmei followed closely behind, and together they entered the palace to hunt down the treacherous commander.

Su Mu stood outside the hall, waiting calmly.

In his view, this newly born Ghost Commander was of limited strength, far inferior to the previous one. The two Star Palace True Gods working together could easily kill it. By staying outside the hall, he could block its retreat and prevent the Ghost Commander from breaking through and escaping.

But the time it takes to drink a cup of tea passed quietly, and there was no movement inside the hall. The two true gods had not left the hall, and the Demon Commander was nowhere to be seen.

"With the combined strength of just two people, why did it take so long to kill a mere mid-stage Demon Commander?"

Su Mu was puzzled. After a moment's thought, he once again controlled his Heavenly Rank Supreme clone to enter the hall for a second investigation. He was only allowed to observe, not to linger.

The clone received the order, entered the hall in an instant, and returned in less than a breath.

During this investigation, the clone found no trace of the Demon Commander. The entire Ice Palace was shrouded in thick black mist, obscuring all sightlines.

Su Mu speculated that the Ghost Commander had most likely been killed, and the black mist inside the hall was the remnant of his disintegrated body. The black mist obscured the view, making it impossible to see the details inside the hall.

To uncover the truth, Su Mu once again sent his clone into the palace, ordering it to thoroughly explore the ice palace.

This time, after the clone entered the palace, it completely lost contact and never returned.

Su Mu's brows furrowed suddenly, and his mind sank.

Something significant and unknown must have happened inside the Ice Palace!

To be on the safe side, he stopped using his Heavenly Rank clone and directly took out the newly acquired Divine Rank Low-Grade Clone Talisman, activating it with all his spiritual power.

A powerful clone, possessing full combat strength and comparable to the original body, instantly solidified, its body ablaze with dark gold Dao fire, unleashing its full combat power.

"Enter the palace to investigate!"

The clone received the order and plunged into the ice palace.

After a few breaths, the Dao Fire clone returned safely.

Through mental connection, Su Mu learned the core information—the Ice Palace was completely empty; the two Star Palace True Gods had vanished without a trace, neither alive nor dead! The previously missing Heavenly Rank avatars were also nowhere to be found!

"How could it just vanish into thin air?"

Su Mu was filled with confusion and doubt.

If the two escaped using spatial treasures such as the Great Teleportation Token and the Void Escape Talisman, then why did the previous Heavenly Rank clone disappear into thin air and lose contact?

After much thought, there was only one possibility: the clone encountered unknown dangers within the hall and was directly annihilated and disintegrated.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Mu once again commanded his divine-level clone to enter the palace three times, thoroughly investigating every corner of the entire ice palace, leaving no stone unturned.

Before entering the palace to investigate, Su Mu specifically instructed his clone not to rush back, but to carefully check all areas inside the palace to find out the root cause of any potential dangers. At the same time, he was to be on guard at all times and to escape immediately if any danger arose.

Ten breaths later, the divine-level clone rushed out of the ice palace again and returned to Su Mu's side.

"So the problem was with that pool!"

By reading the clone's memories, Su Mu instantly understood the truth.

The Ice Palace appears calm and undisturbed, but once one approaches the ten-zhang-wide pool, an invisible and intangible terrifying force is triggered, instantly pulling all living beings in the vicinity into the pool, leaving them no way to resist.

The truth is now clear.

After the two Star Palace True Gods killed the Ghost Commander, they must have inadvertently approached the pool and been pulled into the water by an invisible force, disappearing into thin air. The Heavenly Rank avatar that had been there earlier suffered the same fate, being forcibly dragged into the pool and ultimately disintegrating and losing contact.

The divine-level avatar possessed extraordinary combat power and was protected by Dao Fire, which allowed it to barely withstand the pulling force and return safely.

"My clone can forcibly resist the suction force. With my current physical body, Dao fire, and divine equipment, my main body will definitely be able to withstand it when it enters the hall."

Su Mu pondered to himself, then composed himself and carefully weighed the options. "However, the danger is unknown, so it's best to be cautious. I'll continue to send my clones to investigate the bottom of the pool and find out all the details. I will never risk my main body."

A divine-level clone has a limited lifespan and will eventually dissipate on its own, making it perfect for exploring unknown and dangerous places.

Su Mu waved his hand, signaling his divine-level avatar to enter the ice palace for the fourth time, heading straight for the depths of the pool to investigate.

The time it takes to drink a cup of tea slowly passed, and the clone finally returned once again.

At this moment, Su Mu's brows furrowed tightly, and his expression became increasingly solemn.

"The pool is extremely deep, and its bottom is incredibly wide, stretching over three hundred zhang in length and width. At its bottom lie the slumbering corpses of several ancient barbarian powerhouses!"

The intelligence is now completely clear.

The two Star Palace True Gods were indeed pulled to the bottom of the pool by its suction force and have been trapped there ever since.

This pool of water is no ordinary ice water; it contains boundless and immense life-giving energy. Its temperature is extremely low, yet it never freezes, making it truly extraordinary.

The bottom of the pool and its four walls are completely engraved with ancient divine runes, forming a self-contained domain where an invisible, immense force ravages the entire area. Nourished by special divine water, it perfectly preserves the ancient barbarian god's corpse, remaining incorruptible and imperishable for tens of thousands of years.

The entire bottom of the pool was filled with an overwhelming and oppressive aura. Any ordinary true god who stepped into it would be instantly imprisoned and suppressed, with no way to escape.

The two Star Palace True Gods, along with the clone formed from the Heavenly Rank Top-Grade Avatar Talisman, were all being pulled tightly by the invisible, immense force at the bottom of the pool, and further burdened by the heavy, boundless pressure of confinement, making it impossible for them to float upwards.

In other words, all three of them, along with their clone, were trapped at the bottom of the pool.

Only the clone formed by the divine avatar talisman, surrounded by dense Dao fire and with an extremely strong physique, could barely withstand the pulling force and float to the surface.

This clone originally wanted to turn back and take the top-grade Heavenly Rank clone away from the bottom of the pool, but once it was pulled by two invisible forces at the same time, it was simply not possible with its strength, so it had to give up.

If they couldn't even rescue a clone, they certainly couldn't take away Tulaer and Song Qingmei, who were stuck at the bottom of the pool.

At the bottom of the pool, the corpses of powerful barbarian warriors lay quietly on pieces of ice crystals.

These ice crystals are no ordinary objects; they are all divine-grade ice marrow of extremely high quality.

Su Mu suddenly remembered what he had obtained before: the low-grade earth-level ice bowl magic treasure left behind by the barbarian genius Tuoba Hongzhen. It was made of earth spirit ice marrow. Compared with the two, the quality of earth spirit ice marrow was far inferior to the divine ice marrow at the bottom of the pool.

He knew that north of the Wilderness, the entire territory was covered in ice and snow, and many hidden and dangerous places could nurture ice marrow of various grades, but divine-grade ice marrow was extremely rare.

Aside from the divine ice marrow scattered all over the ground, each barbarian god's corpse was surrounded by various divine treasures.

These treasures were accumulated and passed down through generations of barbarian tribes. The threshold for their activation is extremely high; those who have not reached the True God realm cannot activate them, so they have been sealed here for a long time.

In the past, if any member of the barbarian tribe broke through to the True God Realm, they could descend to the bottom of the pool and choose a divine treasure suitable for themselves.

Unfortunately, before the Black Mist of the Ghost Clan descended upon Tianyuan Star, the Barbarian Clan had not produced a True God-level expert for a long time, and these divine treasures and ice marrow have remained sealed away until now.

With divine-grade ice marrow scattered all over the ground, along with numerous divine treasures, their value was immeasurable. Su Mu had already made up his mind to take them all into his possession.