A Marquis-level Immortal, five meters long, with a slender, tailless body, four knife-sharp legs, and a hammer-like head, asked while digging at the ice beneath his feet, "Marquis Iron Lion, are you sure there's Cold Condensing Crystal here?"
The Marquis-level Immortal, referred to as Marquis Iron Lion, was over ten meters long, resembling a lion forged from black steel, and was also digging at the ice beneath his feet.
Upon hearing his companion's telepathic message, he replied, "According to the miniature detector I bought at a great cost, this extremely cold ice block is somewhat different inside, and it's highly probable that Cold Condensing Crystal is coexisting with it."
"I hope the miniature detector you bought is useful," the first Marquis-level Immortal replied telepathically.
"Of course it's useful, otherwise I wouldn't have bought it at such a great cost," Marquis Iron Lion said telepathically. "You know that the Mechanical Race's technological level in our Mechanical Race camp is the highest in the entire Universe. Although this miniature detector only has a detection radius of 10 kilometers, its effect is absolutely comparable to a King-level large detector."
"Then I'll trust you one more time, but please don't make any more mistakes," that Marquis-level Immortal replied.
"Last time my detector didn't have any problems either; that extremely cold ice block just contained ordinary meteorites," Marquis Iron Lion retorted.
Just as the two Marquis-level Immortal were diligently digging, a terrifying pressure, a contradictory yet harmonious blend of vibrant life and icy death auras, enveloped them, causing their expressions to change drastically.
"It's a King-level Immortal! Flee!"
The two Marquis-level Immortal were greatly alarmed, and while telepathically communicating, they instantly shot up from the surface of the extremely cold ice block, attempting to escape the area.
As soon as they shot up from the ice, they felt another Immortal aura, but this aura's pressure was much weaker compared to the terrifying King-level Immortal's aura pressure.
Over a hundred golden Cloud Vines, each with a diameter exceeding ten kilometers and covered in sharp thorns, had now sealed off this extremely cold ice block, which was several kilometers in diameter. Their only way to escape was to Breakthrough the blockade.
"Not good! It's a Cloud Vine with 108 main Vine!"
"Damn it, if we want to escape here, we must Break through the Cloud Vine blockade!"
"Let's burn our Immortal Energy!"
"Good, burn Immortal Energy!"
The two alien Pinnacle Stage Marquis-level Immortal communicated telepathically and instantly made their decision.
Having survived and grown to their current strength, they naturally did not lack decisiveness, otherwise they would have perished in one crisis after another long ago.
Boom!
The two Pinnacle Stage Marquis-level Immortal burned their Immortal Energy, their aura pressure surged, and their speed increased astonishingly. In an instant, they reached the golden Cloud Vine blockade.
"Attack one spot together!"
"Understood."
The two Pinnacle Stage Marquis-level Immortal joined forces, and with their Immortal Energy burning, their attack power was comparable to a High stage King-level Immortal.
Boom!
Two Immortal Energy attacks blasted out, striking the connecting edge of two golden Cloud Vines, directly blasting and shattering the two golden Cloud Vines.
Although the golden Cloud Vines were shattered, they instantly reformed and recovered due to the Immortal body. However, because the two Vines had been blasted away earlier, a gap appeared during their reformation, and this gap was enough for the two Pinnacle Stage Marquis-level Immortal to pass through.
"Good opportunity."
"Run!"
Seeing the gap appear, the two Pinnacle Stage Marquis-level Immortal flew towards it, seemingly on the verge of escaping to safety.
Whoosh!
Just then, a silver-white long spear tore through space, sweeping countless spatial fragments with it, like a surging torrent!
The Marquis Iron Lion, a step slower, was struck by this silver-white long spear and sent flying backward, returning to the cage formed by the golden Cloud Vines.
After watching his companion escape, the two golden Cloud Vines instantly closed, sealing off the gap that represented a path to survival.
"No!"
Despair filled Marquis Iron Lion, and then, like grasping at a life-saving straw, he cried for help, "Marquis Nine Peaks, save me!"
Whoosh!
After escaping the golden Cloud Vine blockade, the Pinnacle Stage Marquis-level Immortal, referred to as Marquis Nine Peaks, seemed not to hear Marquis Iron Lion's telepathic message and transformed into a stream of light, fleeing through the white Glacial River Belt.
"That's a King-level Immortal, and from the aura pressure I felt, it's at least a High Stage King-Level Immortal."
Marquis Nine Peaks fled while silently thinking to himself, "Even if I go back to save you, you won't escape the fate of perishing, and I might even get dragged into it."
"Facing a powerful enemy that is at least a High Stage King-Level Immortal, you and I have no choice but to flee, so... Marquis Iron Lion, don't blame me."
Dodging a flying fragment of ice, Marquis Nine Peaks fled towards the outside of the Glacial River Belt.
With his teammate surrounded and targeted by a powerful enemy that was at least a High Stage King-Level Immortal, he, being alone, dared not remain in the Glacial River Belt and planned to return directly to the Barracks Base.
… …
Inside the Cloud Vine encirclement.
After Marquis Iron Lion was struck by a spear, part of his Divine Body collapsed. Although his Immortal body instantly reformed and recovered, he had lost all hope of escaping the golden Cloud Vine blockade.
What made him even more despairing was that tens of kilometers away, there was a human King-level Immortal emitting a terrifying pressure!
"Human King-level Immortal, I have no information on you in my memory. May I ask what your title is?" Marquis Iron Lion asked telepathically.
Before Ender could answer, Marquis Iron Lion seemed to remember something and exclaimed, "You are King Verdant End!"
Without answering, Ender stared at the Pinnacle Stage Marquis-level Immortal before him, waiting for the Cloud Vine to extend into the spatial fragment layer.
Marquis Iron Lion gave a self-deprecating laugh, "Haha, I, Marquis Iron Lion, actually managed to draw out the famous Pinnacle Stage King-Level expert, King Verdant End. It's a death well-deserved."
Once the Cloud Vine was in position, Ender's Void Spear moved in his hand. With his feet on the Shadow Shuttle, he instantly crossed tens of kilometers and appeared before Marquis Iron Lion.
Space tore, and the long spear, Void Spear, imbued with powerful might, swept countless spatial fragments as it horizontally struck Marquis Iron Lion's body, which was forged like black steel.
Boom!
Struck by the blow, Marquis Iron Lion felt an attack power, weakened after passing through his battle armor, transmit to his Divine Body, causing part of his Divine Body to collapse.
"Hmm? What exactly is going on? My Divine Body loss is less than 0.1%?"
After being struck and sent flying backward, then bounced back by the Cloud Vine, Marquis Iron Lion was somewhat astonished in his heart. "King Verdant End is a Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal, but how is his attack power only barely King-level Immortal?"
Boom!
Another strike came, and Marquis Iron Lion was once again hit by the long spear, Void Spear. This time, his Divine Body loss was not much different from the last time.
"That's right! His attack power is indeed barely at the King-level Immortal."
Marquis Iron Lion was somewhat excited. "Could it be that he is not King Verdant End? But rather a barely King-level Immortal or Low Stage King-level Immortal?"
With this thought, he had the idea to test it out. If the opponent was only a barely King-level Immortal or Low Stage King-level Immortal, threatening them with self-destruction might give him a chance to survive.
Boom!
Marquis Iron Lion burned a small amount of Immortal Energy, his aura pressure surged, and then he unleashed his strongest secret technique.
Whoosh!
A claw shadow appeared, tearing space. Marquis Iron Lion instantly appeared in front of Ender, and his right front claw suddenly struck out fiercely.
Ender did not dodge, nor did he block, but instead thrust his Void Spear straight out!
Eternal Sky · 'Dark Cloud'! Unleashing the second form of Eternal Sky, the terrifying power once again tore a thin crack in space. The long spear instantly pierced Marquis Iron Lion's steel-like black body, causing his Divine Body to collapse.
Bang!
Ender was struck by the secret technique Marquis Iron Lion used. After the Frost Armor weakened the impact to one-thousandth, his body only swayed slightly, without even a hint of flying backward.
Marquis Iron Lion's body reformed. Seeing that his strongest attack after burning Immortal Energy couldn't even send Ender flying, he was utterly astonished.
"How is that possible?"
His heart was first astonished, then turned to shock. "This is my strongest attack after burning Immortal Energy!"
Boom!
Ender crossed several kilometers, swinging the long spear Void Spear in his hand in a sweeping motion, delivering continuous attacks onto Marquis Iron Lion.
"Defense! Yes, his defensive methods are extraordinary."
Marquis Iron Lion understood in his heart, "King Verdant End's famous battle relied on enduring the Immortal Energy attacks of two Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal who were burning their Immortal Energy. Could he really be the Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal, King Verdant End?!"
"Not good!"
After another two seconds of fighting with Ender, Marquis Iron Lion's expression changed, because in the recent exchange, he had already lost over 3% of his Divine Body.
Although over 2% of this Divine Body loss was due to burning Immortal Energy, the remaining loss still exceeded 1%!
"This King Verdant End's attack power isn't very strong, but it's still a King-level Immortal attack. If this drags on, I'm dead for sure."
After calculating his Immortal Energy loss, Marquis Iron Lion felt like retreating. "The Original Universe space is sealed off, so I can only escape from the spatial interlayer."
Then, he endured one of Ender's attacks, and with a casual swing of his claw, he tore space. But what met his eyes was not countless spatial fragments, but golden, thorny Cloud Vines!
"King Verdant End!"
Seeing that the spatial interlayer was also sealed off, Marquis Iron Lion roared in anger, "You are a Pinnacle Stage King-Level expert after all. To kill a Pinnacle Stage Marquis-level Immortal like me, do you need to use the Immortal Cloud Vine to seal off the Original Universe and the spatial interlayer?"
"If I can kill you with the least cost, why wouldn't I?"
Ender retorted, while his hand movements did not stop, continuing to unleash his secret technique attack.
Marquis Iron Lion was enraged, "Bastard! What kind of expert are you?!"
Regarding what Ender said, he had to admit it made a lot of sense; if it were him, he would do the same.
But the problem was, the person about to be killed now was him!
"Bastard! Bastard!" Marquis Iron Lion roared.
He was too despairing!
In terms of attack power, Marquis Iron Lion was just an ordinary Pinnacle Stage Marquis-level Immortal, incomparable to the 'King Verdant End' who had reached the level of a barely King-level Immortal or Low Stage King-level Immortal.
In terms of defensive methods, even a Pinnacle Stage King-Level could injure his essence without burning his Immortal Energy, yet that hateful 'King Verdant End' could withstand the Immortal Energy attacks of a Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal who was burning his Immortal Energy.
Even more tragically, he couldn't even threaten the 'King Verdant End' with his astonishing defensive methods, not even with the Immortal's final resort, self-destruction.
"King Verdant End, you forced my hand!"
As the battle continued, Marquis Iron Lion's Divine Body loss gradually increased, exceeding 20%, which drove him to madness.
"Your defensive methods are indeed extraordinary. My self-destruction won't harm you, but your Cloud Vine is different!"
Marquis Iron Lion roared madly, "Even if I die, I won't let your Cloud Vine suffer heavy losses!"
Whoosh!
While telepathically communicating, Marquis Iron Lion's body flew backward at extreme speed, approaching the golden Cloud Vines that formed the encirclement.
Boom!
A light brighter than a stellar explosion rose, and incredibly terrifying light and heat spread in all directions, engulfing the golden Cloud Vines, which were over ten kilometers in diameter, and covering everything around them!
The self-destruction, with one percent of the power of a High Stage King-Level Immortal's self-destruction, tore through the surrounding Universe space, revealing spatial cracks, and countless tiny spatial fragments were annihilated by the light and heat.
The light and heat continuously spread, stopping only when they reached a range of tens of thousands of kilometers, due to the environment of the Glacial River Belt.
Fortunately, this vicinity was filled with an endless expanse of extremely cold ice blocks and fragmented ice, and the power of the light and heat in this area was greatly reduced.
Even so, it still melted more than half of the extremely cold ice block beneath Ender's feet.
As large amounts of extremely cold ice blocks and fragmented ice melted due to the light and heat, a large quantity of water vapor emerged, spreading in all directions.
The water vapor condensed into water in the extremely cold environment of the Glacial River Belt, and then rapidly transformed from water to ice.
Just tens of kilometers from Marquis Iron Lion's self-destruction, Ender's body also endured the impact of the light and heat, but under the Frost Armor's weakening, the effect of the self-destruction on him was negligible.
Ender was fine, but the Cloud Vine, which directly faced the self-destruction's power, suffered significant losses. Because the area of the encirclement was small, most of the Cloud Vine's volume was covered by the self-destruction's power, resulting in a Divine Body loss of nearly 20%!
… …
Boom!
Marquis Iron Lion's self-destruction caused a huge commotion. It not only generated massive energy fluctuations but also caused considerable spatial fluctuations due to extensive space tearing. Instantly, it was detected by detectors within a billion-kilometer radius.
Such a large commotion, even with Ender's detector shielding, could still be detected by Pinnacle Stage Marquis-level Immortal detectors.
"Was that a self-destruction just now?"
"Probably, it not only generated huge energy fluctuations but also caused quite a bit of spatial fluctuation."
"Most likely, a King-level Immortal expert was hunting, and the targeted Marquis-level Immortal self-destructed in despair."
"Should we change locations? That's a King-level Immortal."
"Heh, do you think there are few King-level Immortal in this place? The reason no one has fought here for several years is because everyone isn't confident enough to act rashly."
"Let's retreat. Other King-level Immortal come here for treasure hunting, but that King-level Immortal who just acted is here for hunting. He will disrupt the balance here."
"Alright, we'll retreat."
Marquis Iron Lion's self-destruction caused much discussion among the surrounding Marquis-level Immortal who detected the energy fluctuations, leading some teams to decide to leave the area.
"Impressive, our new ally is very strong. He must be a High Stage King-Level expert, otherwise he wouldn't have forced a Pinnacle Stage Marquis-level Immortal to self-destruct so quickly."
"Heh heh, as soon as this King-level Immortal ally made a move, this area, which had been quiet for several years, became lively."
"Liveliness isn't necessarily a good thing. We might even be targeted by alien King-level Immortals because of this. However, with that ally around, we can call for help in times of crisis."
"That's right, as long as that ally is here, even if a High Stage King-Level Immortal attacks us, we can still survive."
Similarly detecting the energy fluctuations and combining them with their previously detected ally's position, the human trio began to communicate telepathically.
Unlike those alien Marquis-level Immortal, they did not feel worried, because the one who had just acted was an ally.
… …
Due to Marquis Iron Lion's self-destruction, many Marquis-level Immortal debated, and some teams even fled the area.
Ender paid no attention to this, as his focus was entirely on the melting extremely cold ice block below…
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