The King of Black Fog

"Other teams? How many?" Li Changzhou asked.

"The speed of the ice shards falling is too fast, didn't see clearly, it seems like three."

Li Changzhou nodded.

Their speed wasn't fast, in groups of four, only one person moved at a time, while the other three acted as 'anchors' to prevent the mover from falling.

When the four regrouped, only then would Li Changzhou and Yeet continue downward, repeating this process.

At such speed, they wouldn't encounter other teams.

However, they still encountered one, the other was climbing up.

"Something ghostly is coming up!" Yeet was so nervous his face twitched, because he couldn't look down to confirm whether it was a living person or an Ice Corpse approaching.

But regardless if it was a living person or an Ice Corpse, in such a place, it was deadly.

The old man's voice became tense too: "Captain!"

Unable to look down, Li Changzhou also couldn't fight; if it was an Ice Corpse, fine, but if the other was a holder of 'Great Power', especially that kid...

They must change terrain.

A Dark Serpent peeked its head from behind Li Changzhou, biting into the ice wall at his side, chewing and gnawing out a cave in the sturdy ice wall.

The tail of the Dark Serpent swung, casting out seven tails that hooked Yang Qinglan, Tali, the old man, Andy, and others.

The Dark Serpent drilled into the cave, its tails following inside, and by the time the seven people regained their senses, they were already standing inside the cave.

"Captain!" Yeet shouted at Li Changzhou outside the cave.

The Darkness couldn't pull Li Changzhou on its own; it was as if he couldn't step on his left foot with his right, or step on his right foot with his left, and reach the sky.

A black hand raised high from behind him, with a boom, sharp claws gripped the ice wall above, and with a gentle push of his feet against the ice wall, he swooped into the cave like a swallow.

"The Captain's skills are better than before." Bai Zi said.

"Cut the crap!" The old man drew a curved knife, the others also took out their weapons.

The old man and Andy pressed close against the ice wall, standing at the entrance of the cave.

Yeet and Bai Zi, the two steel sword users, were standing at the front, drawing the enemy's attention.

"What if it's a human coming? Should we kill them?" Andy asked excitedly.

"If they attack us, even if it's your parents, they'll be killed!" Bai Zi shouted, this somewhat silent strong man seemed to want to use his voice to boost his courage.

The Stone Fist brandished a shield, breathing deeply with nerves, even though he was the shield bearer, he wasn't at the front; behind him was Tali.

"Tali! Ignite!" the old man whispered.

"I'm doing it!"

"Quickly!"

"Yes!" Tali ignited the arrowhead.

"No matter what's coming, remember to ignite the arrows immediately; if it's Ice Corpses, only Flames and the Abyss can kill these monsters." The old man advised the newcomers, "Ice Corpses have immense strength, it's nearly impossible to knock them off the vertical ice wall."

"Yes!" Tali responded.

Everyone held their breath.

As the sound of climbing grew nearer, an inexplicable fear surged up, like a body originally soaked in icy water was suddenly lifted, then exposed to the cold wind.

"It's Ice Corpses!" Yeet shouted.

Three corpses rushed into the cave!

"Andy!" the old man shouted loudly.

Simultaneously, Andy squatted down, aiming at the corpses' legs, thrusting out the curved knife in his hand.

Shuh!

The blade sliced into flesh, severing legs.

Two corpses thudded to the ground, a fire arrow precisely hitting one of them.

"Retreat!" the old man yelled again, stepping back quickly.

Yeet and Bai Zi went forward with steel swords in hand, Tali nervously igniting a second fire arrow.

Three corpses; for old warriors like the old man who had endured a lifetime, on the ice wall it might be a life-or-death struggle, but in the cave opened by Li Changzhou, it wasn't much of a threat.

However, Andy, due to the cold, was slow to move, retreating too late by a step.

The corpse whose legs had been severed gripped his right ankle, covered in Ice Frost, with its right hand.

"I've got him! I've got him!" the corpse was ecstatic, reaching out with its left hand, both hands clasped together.

Great Strength exploded like a flood.

"Ah!" Andy screamed in agony, his face contorted into a bizarre shape for a moment due to the intense pain.

"Andy!!" The old man, initially retreating, suddenly dug his heels into the ground.

"Old man!" Yeet shouted, following up closely, with Bai Zi right behind him.

"I've got him! I've got him!" All three corpses were shouting, their voices ecstatic.

The burning corpse dissolved like chunks of meat in the firelight.

Crunch~

The neck dissolved in the fire couldn't support the head, which rolled to the ground like a fireball, and even so, the head continued to shout.

"Pull it back! Bring him back!"

The only corpse still standing picked up the legs of the corpse clutching Andy's ankle, wearing a satisfied expression like it's harvesting, stepping backward out of the cave.

The scene of giddy excitement before their eyes was simply beyond bizarre.

The old man's curved knife unsheathed again, his eyes bloodshot, he pounced forward like a ravenous wolf, decisively cutting off the corpse's hands to rescue Andy.

"Huh?" The corpse was momentarily stunned.

"Give him back! Bring him back!" The other two corpses went crazy.

The corpse with all its limbs intact threw away the legs of the other corpse it held, crashing into the old man's front.

The old man, charging forward with unstoppable momentum, found himself with no retreat.

"Ah!!" Yeet and Bai Zi roared, the tremors in their voices giving way.

Two steel swords swung out.

Tali's face turned pale, wanting to scream but the sound caught in her throat, for these two steel swords were aimed at the old man!

At that moment, the old man vanished as if he curled his body.

Shuh!

The head of the corpse shot skyward, the groin area sliced cleanly off.

The upper body, without a head and legs, still grabbed the old man's clothes from the front before hitting the ground.