Chapter 2382: Chapter 2382: The Corpses
The crack sound made the hearts of the crowd in the front tremble violently.
This Demi-holy Being from the Li Clan was known to be one of the most powerful Demi-holy Beings. He had practiced the Elementary Fire Godly Way, which was able to suppress the chilly air.
However, the fire prison he built was unable to resist the attack in the slightest.
“Howl!”
“Bang, bang, bang...”
The Demon Ice Sculpture gave out a terrifying roar and chased after the group on the snowfield.
Everyone was already in panic as they just fled in all directions.
Just then, Nicholas' voice was heard.
“Everyone, calm down. This thing is not smart enough. Let's go left!”
Nicholas' voice slipped through everyone's ears carrying a faint gentle mood in it. They were currently being chased and attacked by the Demon Ice Sculpture in such a cold and snowy place, but hearing such a voice gave them a feeling like a spring breeze was kissing them.
They realized that this was also the trick of the Great Dominance Technique.
Normally, they would be very disgusted with it. After all, the Great Dominance Technique could bewitch people and no one wanted to be a spiritual slave.
But using the technique at the moment gave warmth in their hearts. It provided them the strength to pluck up courage. Their hearts already felt at ease from panic.
The snow falling from the sky was swaying. The snowflakes were so big that they almost blocked the sight in front of the crowd.
They were instructed to go left and looking ahead, they could faintly see two big snow mountains.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...”
As they were gradually calmed, they immediately turned around and flew towards the left direction.
“Ah...”
As they fled, another terrible scream was heard from behind. Everyone caught a sight of what happened.
“He is the Demi-holy Being of the Qin Clan.”
“Leave him alone. Let's go! If we slow down a bit, everyone will die here!”
“…”
If it was in a different environment, Nicholas would usually act and think about a solution.
As the leader of the alliance of the powerful clans, he had to take the lead.
But the power of the Demon Ice Sculpture was so strange that it was completely beyond his cognition and surpassed their own strength.
He had also tried to attack the Demon Ice Sculpture, but he couldn't do anything to it just like other Holy Beings.
What he couldn't understand was that no matter what methods they used to attack the opponent, the energy contained within seemed to rapidly weaken and even disappear. ṙ𝘼ɴôᛒЁ𝘴
He could not figure out why.
The Demon Ice Sculpture didn't seem to have absorbed the energy, so he thought that it was largely attributed to the chilly air.
However, it was the best choice for them to leave now. He decided and guided everyone to run away immediately.
He didn't know if he could get rid of the Demon Ice Sculpture, but if they escaped to the snow mountains, he would be able to hinder it for the meantime.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...”
Everyone flew as fast as they could. It was not long before they had apparently reached the side of a snow mountain.
As soon as they arrived, a consummate True God with sharp eyes shouted, “Look! Dead bodies! There are so many dead bodies!”
“Corpses?”
Nicholas' eyes froze as he heard the statement.
He turned around and looked closely to where the consummate True God had pointed, and sure it was true.
Dead bodies were scattered everywhere on the cold ground on the side of the snow mountain.
They noticed that the corpses wore the same clothes and they died in different gestures.
All the corpses were covered with a layer of transparent ice, and they were densely packed under the ice, forming a road.
The sudden appearance of so many strange corpses caused everyone to stop.
“Thump, thump, thump...”
They heard the footsteps of the Demon Ice Sculpture, which reminded them that it was still chasing after them.
“That huge ice sculpture is coming up!”
“Run! Leave these corpses alone!”
“Wait, it seems that the ice sculpture is unable to enter the snow mountain.”
At a closer look, someone found out that the Demon Ice Sculpture seemed to slow down when it was close to the snow mountain.
The moment it reached the snow mountain, it began to pace to and fro. After it made a few turns, its figure retreated and went back to the snowfield.
Everyone, including Nicholas, breathed a sigh of relief at this scene.
They didn't know why the Demon Ice Sculpture left and stopped following them but it was undoubtedly the right choice to rush into the snow mountain.
After a short rest, the crowd turned their eyes once again to the corpses under the ice. The sudden appearance of so many corpses gave them another strange kind of feeling.
Nicholas descended from the sky and landed on the top of the ice. He scanned the faces of the corpses through the ice.
After he looked over a number of corpses, a hint of astonishment and hesitation flashed across his eyes.
“These corpses... They look exactly the same!”
Observing the change on Nicholas' expression, Clark, Murphy and the rest flew down and gathered around. They took a look and also found the same strange thing.
The appearances and clothes of the dead bodies were exactly the same.
The whole ice area along the way was full of this person's corpses. There were probably tens of thousands of corpses.
“This man looks familiar.”
Murphy stared at the corpses for a long time. Suddenly his eyebrows raised as he said, “Oh, yes. I remember he was from the Luo Clan. He was the junior who cultivated the Emotion Closing Godly Way.”
Sword Chen didn't stay on the Floating Island for a long time, but he had imprinted a good impression to everyone. He was after all the only one who practiced the Emotion Closing Godly Way. Murphy recognized him since he once had met him.
“This man cultivated the Emotion Closing Godly Way?”
Nicholas asked upon hearing Murphy's words. He suddenly thought of something.
He was reminded that in the ice palace, someone had saved the woman. That person was a Demi-holy Being who cultivated the Emotion Closing Godly Way. He recalled that his strength was quite impressive.
The person, who came out of nowhere, might be strong but in the end was killed by the Holy Beings.
They couldn't see anything in the darkness at that time, but with the help of their spiritual senses, they were able to remember all the features of the opponent.
Nicholas closed his eyes and released his spiritual sense to the ice.
His spiritual sense swept across the faces of these corpses and confirmed his thoughts. He opened his eyes and said, “He is the Demi-holy Being you killed in the ice palace.”
“But why are there so many corpses?” Clark looked completely puzzled, with an incredible expression on his face.
Murphy narrowed his eyes and spoke, “There is only one explanation.”
Nicholas looked at him and nodded. “Right. He was cloned. That woman's ability...”
He then raised his head and looked forward. The corpses spread out all the way, and laid out a path which extended to the top of the snow mountain. It looked weird but appeared magnificent at the same time.
“What is her purpose in cloning him for so many times?” Zeke who was standing not far away questioned.
Nicholas shook his head. He thought for a while and said, “Maybe she has the same purpose as us. She wants to get the True Demon Body with the help of these clones.”
“Whatever. Let's go up the mountain first. We can always find the answer,” Clark finally uttered and urged.
The group once again moved and ran towards the snow mountain top along the path formed by the corpses.
“Thump, thump, thump...”
The Demon Ice Sculpture, which had been chasing the Holy Beings, returned. Its steps were slow.
It moved step by step across the snowfield, leaving huge footprints on the thick snow.
After it went quite a far distance, the center of one of the huge footprints suddenly collapsed, and a black hole appeared.
“Whoosh!”
Figures flew out of the hole one after another.
The woman floated in the air, looked to the southwest and said, “That group of Holy Beings should start climbing the mountain now. We should speed up!”