Chapter 94: The Forgotten Ice Plains' Last Line of Defense (Part 2)

  Can't fly, purely relying on two legs to walk on the glacier. In this way, even if it is a strong guy, there is not much difference with ordinary people.

  The old magician took out a short magic wand with a transparent silver crystal inlaid on it. He held the wand high and recited an incantation, and a soft glow appeared above the crystal, which soon spread into a magical boundary about four meters in diameter.

  This magical barrier effectively blocked the strong winds on top of the glacier!

  On this vast and flat icy plain, the cold wind howled, extremely frightening. Without the dense forest trees to block it, the wind could sweep through unimpeded, its strength enough to blow a person like Du Wei into mid-air!

  With the old magician holding up this windproof boundary, he walked like this all the way, and a line of people carefully surrounded him, keeping within the boundary.

  Walking on the ice field, physical strength is consumed very quickly. However, without the obstruction of strong winds, the difficulty has decreased a lot.

  To avoid the hidden ice cracks on the surface, Du Wei borrowed knowledge from his past life and came up with a long rope to tie the three people, the snake, and the mouse together. Meanwhile, the strongest Hou Saiyan still walked in front to lead the way.

  After all, Medusa is a cold-blooded snake species, and in this forest that's almost twice as cold as the previous one, her spirit can't help but feel somewhat dejected, seemingly tired and languid, no longer saying a word.

  After two days of arduous walking, the group's speed had slowed down even more. Even Hussein was exhausted, his breathing slightly labored as he rode, though his eyes remained resolute. Du Wei could tell. This method of traveling purely on physical strength was simply too exhausting.

  Moreover, the old magician couldn't keep up that wind-repelling barrier all the time. The winds here were too terrifying, especially at night when the howling sounds almost deafened him, as if a fierce beast was roaring in his ear all night long. The biting cold was also hard to resist, and even the basic movements of the Starlight Fist Technique had greatly reduced effects. He had to get up several times during the night to move his body, otherwise he would be frozen stiff.

  At this time, Hussein made a move that made Du Wei very grateful. The knight silently opened his outer garment and hugged Du Wei, then used his internal energy to drive away the cold for Du Wei.

  The old magician had done his best, but in the endless cold wind that surrounded them... and under that terrible gust of wind, maintaining the barrier was exhausting due to the consumption of magic power. Du Wei finally understood why the old magician said on the road that they should try to minimize the consumption of magic power as much as possible.

  The farther north you go, the stronger the wind gets!

  Du Wei could even see with his naked eye that at night, on the glacier, tornadoes were raging around him out of thin air!

  That brought a roar of wind like a giant dragon, those clearly visible whirlwinds were rampaging around the surroundings, if not for the old magician maintaining the barrier day and night...

  According to Du Wei's estimation, this degree is almost equivalent to the old magician who has been resisting countless intermediate-level magic attacks from the wind system for two days without sleep!

  The halo on his staff inevitably dimmed and the range of the barrier continued to shrink in order to conserve magic power, until the last group of people had no choice but to squeeze together as they walked.

  By the fourth day, the old magician couldn't hold on any longer. Four days of non-stop defense against Kharbi's intermediate wind magic attacks had taken its toll on him.

  "Last time I came here... the wind wasn't this fierce!" The old magician's voice betrayed a hint of weakness.

  "How much further?" Du Wei yelled out loud in the wind... No choice, under the howling wind, if you don't yell, your voice can't be heard by your companions.

  "About one and a half days more." The old magician said helplessly: "One and a half days more. We can get out of the ice field! Once we get out of the ice field, there won't be such damned wind anymore!"

  "How much longer can you hold on?" Du Wei sighed.

  "I need a rest." The old magician didn't force himself anymore: "I need to rest for a while, recover my magic power, but..."

  Du Wei nodded: "Let me take your place for a while!"

  Fortunately, the old magician's magic seal was recorded on his staff like a scroll, and controlling it wasn't too complicated, he just needed to constantly inject magic into it.

  Du Wei grasped the old magician's staff, he originally thought he could hold on for a while, but soon, he discovered... it was very strenuous!

  Personally experiencing hosting this boundary, Du Weiqi felt how difficult it was for the old magician!

  The strong winds around were too terrifying, those sharp wind blades, countless wind blades, every moment they were impacting the boundary with a dense and surging momentum! Countless wind blades cut through the boundary, amidst the howling wind, issuing a piercingly sharp sound.

  Du Wei finished the magic wand and immediately felt a shock in his body! The magic wand in his hand was absorbing his magic power at a terrifying speed! Du Wei struggled to hold on for a while, but soon felt that his originally proud magical talent was being drained rapidly, and he was running out of magic power quickly!

  In less than a moment, Du Wei felt his mental strength failing!

  Extract! Extract! Extract again! The demonic cane in his hand was extracting Dou Wei's magic wildly, the crazy wind blades around him cutting and slashing, making Dou Wei's magic consumption even faster. Although he gritted his teeth to hold on, the range of the barrier inevitably shrank again.

  The old magician sat on the throne, deep in thought, his eyes closed and silent. He had already drunk two bottles of magical potion, but the consumption was too great, and relying solely on drinking magical potions could not replenish what had been consumed.

  Du Wei's face gradually turned pale. Suddenly, a sharp voice fell into Du Wei's ears, and the guy who originally made Du Wei feel very unpleasant was now almost ten times more lovable!

  The mouse Gegg said timidly: "How about letting me try? I'm also an eighth-level magician after all."

  He's said to be an 8th level magician, but in reality, he specializes in transformation magic and his actual magical abilities are only around 5th level. However, he is slightly stronger than Duwei, and after all, he is a genuine magician with better control over his magical powers.

  Also smarter than Du Wei!

  Gegi took over the magic wand, and its performance gave Du Wei a lesson!

  It didn't blindly inject magic like Du Wei, but carefully judged the surrounding terrifying gusts of wind, and even keenly found some gaps in the seemingly dense waves of wind blades that came one after another. Then captured these rhythms. Gege Wuyi skillfully controlled the rhythm of injecting magic, maximizing the conservation of her limited magic. When the attack was strong, she injected more magic, when the attack was weak, she took the opportunity to conserve magic. Even found a couple of empty swings to catch her breath!

  So, although its magical power is only slightly stronger than Dou Wei's, the duration of support is almost three times that of Dou Wei's!

  This isn't some profound magical incantation, but this skillful and adept control of magic power has brought Du Wei a great harvest! Originally, the control of magic power is also one aspect of a magician's strength. Often, even if magicians of the same level engage in a duel, young magicians are usually no match for older magicians. The difference lies in the most efficient control of magic power!

  Make the most of every bit of magic power. Avoid wasting magic power as much as possible. This approach makes Du Wei's eyes shine brightly!

  Du Wei replaced Gigi Wulian again, and during the time when Gigi Wulian was in charge of the magic array, Du Wei only recovered less than a third of his magic power. However, what happened next shocked everyone!

  He recovered less than a third of his magic power, but the time he could support was almost the same as Gege's!

  This is thanks to the devil's horn on Du Wei's head. The devil's horn makes Du Wei's magical sensitivity super strong, and he can even find limited gaps in dense storm attacks more keenly than Gigi Witch, saving magic and breathing!

  In this near-real combat test, Du Wei quickly mastered many techniques and became more skilled in controlling magic!

  "Every young magician unconsciously wastes their own magic power, and only as the years go by, with a deeper understanding of magic, will they gradually improve their skills. But this kid, in just two short days of tempering, has almost reached the height of an ordinary magician's lifetime!"

  This is Gege Wu's evaluation of Du Weidu.

  With the help of Gigi Wu and Du Weidi taking turns to assist, the old magician had enough time to rest, meditate and recover his magic power. Finally, after another day and a half, the group walked out of the glacier...

  Miraculously, when in front of the horizon, far away, a towering mountain peak appeared, as if a giant palm stretched out from the surface, at that moment, I had already walked out of the glacier!

  Cough!

  His boots trampled on the soft snow, making Du Wei's heart skip a beat!

  Turning back to look at the glacier behind him, Du Wei suddenly discovered that the wind had stopped!

  That endless and boundless stormy sky suddenly vanished!

  Du Wei bent down and thrust his arms into the snow under his feet. Finally, he let out a whoop of excitement, lifted his head and laughed: "We made it! Under the snow is permafrost! It's permafrost! Not glaciers!"

  The old magician let out a sigh of relief and almost fell backwards onto the ground, putting away the magic wand in his hand and wiping his face with force. He smiled bitterly and said: "We made it out! We finally made it out!"

  Hussein thrust the long sword in his hand with all his might! Under the knight's divine power, the long sword almost entered the ground, leaving only a hilt on top. Then the knight pulled out the long sword and looked at the hard soil brought up by the blade edge, also smiling with relief: "It is! It seems we have walked out of the glacier! That damned glacier, the wind on it was too terrible!"

  "If it's not fearsome, how can it be called the 'Forgotten Ice Field'? Legend has it that this ice field was set up by the gods themselves, as a natural barrier to block off the path for humans to enter other worlds! That ice field is actually an ancient, gigantic magical array left behind! Although this magical array serves as a barrier, in some sense, it's also a wall separating the human world from other worlds." The old magician gasped.

  "I don't understand." Du Wei shook his head.

  "You will understand soon." The old magician's face was filled with a smile, and then he pointed to the distant mountain peak that stood towering in the sky: "Do you see that mountain? That is our destination! I heard from ancient legends that it has a name, called 'Divine Mountain'."

  "Shen Shan?" Du Wei furrowed his brow: "Could that be the dwelling place of the gods?"

  "Of course not." The old magician burst out laughing: "How could gods reside in the mortal world! But on that mountain, something else powerful exists."

  "What is it?" Du Wei and Hussein asked together.

  Just as they had just opened their mouths, suddenly, a loud but low roar came from the distant mountain peak!

  That roar was filled with supreme majesty, as if piercing the depths of one's heart, making people who heard it involuntarily tremble with fear, a sense of oppression that cannot be described in words, quickly filling the hearts of a row of people!

  Du Wei and Hussein changed color at the same time, they looked at each other and guessed something at the same time!

  "On the divine mountain lives a being that is not a god, but rather the strongest creature in the mortal realm, closest to the gods and even more intelligent and powerful than humans... The old magician smiled slightly: "The Dragon Clan! On the divine mountain lives the Dragon Clan! According to ancient legend, the mission of the Dragon Clan is to guard this place, for it is the edge of the human world! The powerful Dragon Clan is the guardian here, on one hand preventing humans from crossing over and continuing north... on the other hand, not allowing anything else from the north to pass through and enter the Roland continent's human world! This is the last barrier set by the gods... the Dragon Clan!"

  That distant roar continued unabated, then several black dots shot up from the Divine Mountain and flew towards the sky, followed by a series of low hums that trailed on endlessly. Their bodies drew numerous beautiful arcs in the sky as they circled above the Divine Mountain...

  That's a dragon! Du Wei saw clearly, it was a group of dragons!

  A group!