Image Dimension, Dimensional Demon, Guardian Mage!

As Huo Yun'er made up her mind on the Douluo Continent, new changes appeared in the Heavenly Screen.

[With the boost from Ice Empress's released aura, Huo Yuhao encountered no obstacles on his way to the Extreme North's core.

However, when Huo Yuhao crossed a mountain, what met his eyes made him widen his eyes in disbelief.

The Extreme North core area, as described by Ice Empress, was now just a massive pit! Howling wind and snow scraped across the bizarre, jagged edges, and the only sound echoing between heaven and earth was the mournful howl of the wind.

The whimpering wind sounded like the world itself mourning the deceased ruler of the Extreme North.

Besides the giant pit and the wind and snow as far as the eye could see, only a colossal Ice Bear was pacing at the bottom of the pit, occasionally letting out a mournful cry.

"It's Xiao Bai!" Ice Empress's projection appeared beside Huo Yuhao, her emerald green eyes filled with unspeakable sorrow.

She looked down at the giant Ice Bear at the bottom of the pit and said with a sigh, "He was raised by Snow Empress since he was young, and his feelings for Snow Empress run the deepest..."

"I can feel Snow Empress's aura and residual life force here... It seems Snow Empress has truly..."

Ice Empress closed her mouth, unwilling to utter the cruel word.

"What exactly happened to Snow Empress?" Tian Meng asked, puzzled. "Logically speaking, Snow Empress is about to become a 700,000-year Fierce Beast, and she's a top-tier Extreme Ice existence like the Heavenly Snow Woman!"

"Even a Limit Douluo among humans couldn't force her to self-destruct, right?"

"Even that damn mudfish Di Tian shouldn't have been able to push Snow Empress into such a desperate situation without even a chance to call for reinforcements in the Extreme North!"

"Perhaps it's related to the Blood Moon phenomenon we saw earlier..."

Ice Empress regained her senses and said, "The closer we got to the core area, the deeper the blood color of the moon in the sky became. After that explosion, when the dark clouds dispersed, the Blood Moon returned to its normal appearance."

"But now, there's nothing left here, not a trace! Perhaps the owner of that strange power erased the traces, or perhaps Snow Empress's dying counterattack destroyed them..."

"This leaves us with no chance for revenge in the future!"

Ice Empress was dejected.

"Wait... what is that?" Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes keenly caught something unusual. He pointed at the seemingly empty air before him.

There, in the void, a subtle, almost imperceptible distortion was occurring! As the falling snowflakes passed by, they abruptly disappeared, as if silently swallowed by an invisible net.

Without hesitation, Huo Yuhao activated his Spirit Eyes, condensed a wisp of Spiritual Power, and tentatively touched that distorted space!

In an instant, before he could even let out a cry, he was erased from existence as if by an invisible eraser, vanishing into thin air!

Only a few deep and shallow, messy footprints were left on the spot, quickly covered by the merciless wind and snow.

Immediately after, the scene abruptly switched.

It was the same mountaintop, the same position. Huo Yuhao's figure reappeared, as if he had never moved.

"Not good—" It was only then that Huo Yuhao's cry of alarm came out.

"What! What is this place?!" Huo Yuhao stared ahead, dumbfounded. Beside him, Tian Meng and Ice Empress's projections appeared simultaneously, but they wore almost the same expression as Huo Yuhao.

They were still standing on the same mountaintop, but everything they could see was no longer the empty pit!

Instead, it was rolling ground and soaring mountains!

Lava inverted in the sky, and a massive, slowly rotating Crimson Gate below!

In this bizarre and colorful landscape, figures in identical robes were unleashing various energies, battling monsters emerging from the giant Scarlet Gate!

Huo Yuhao, Tian Meng, and Ice Empress looked at the chaotic and bizarre scene before them, unable to distinguish up from down!

Even the mountaintop they stood on was merely a broken fragment, its body rumbling and spinning in the air!

"Am I dreaming?!" Huo Yuhao muttered to himself, his gaze somewhat lost.

But seeing a piece of shattered giant rock hurtling towards him, he quickly activated his External Soul Bone.

Immediately, his scorpion tail behind him extended dozens of meters, striking a nearby mountain fragment. The scorpion stinger hooked into a crevice, pulling him towards it.

The next moment, a rain of gravel like a meteor shower thundered down onto the fragment where he had been standing, riddling it with holes before it finally shattered into several pieces amidst the roar!

"Who are those people?!" Tian Meng's projection shouted beside Huo Yuhao.

"They don't seem to be Soul Masters!" Ice Empress frowned. "They have no soul rings! But they also don't have the aura of soul beasts, nor are they humanoid soul beasts like Snow Empress!"

"I've never seen either side of this battle! But judging by their auras, the things coming out of that Scarlet Gate are definitely not benevolent! Snow Empress's demise must be related to them!"

Tian Meng, naturally timid, watched the people in uniform robes shatter mountains with their movements and even invert the world, scaring him so much that he almost spat out his bile, screaming incessantly:

"My heavens! Could this be gods from the God Realm descending? Could Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest achieve this?!"

"Gods?!" Huo Yuhao's eyes suddenly lit up. "Brother Tian Meng, Ice Empress, if these gods finish their battle, do you think I could ask them to revive my mother? Would they agree?"

"What good thoughts are you having?! We don't even know what this place is! Let's survive first!" Tian Meng screamed.

"I don't think they are gods. I've felt the divine power of gods from afar before, and it's different from theirs," Ice Empress shook her head.

"Even if they aren't gods, if they possess power as great as gods, perhaps they also have a way to revive the deceased!" Huo Yuhao's eyes gleamed, unwilling to give up this opportunity.

During their brief exchange, another massive mountain fragment, carrying lava and shrieks, struck like an apocalyptic war hammer!

Huo Yuhao's expression changed. He instantly discarded all distracting thoughts, dedicating his entire mind to the instinct of self-preservation!

His figure flashed rapidly, his scorpion tail extending like a snake again, narrowly hooking onto another floating rock face and forcefully changing direction. At the critical moment, he once again avoided the fatal impact!

In the time that followed, Huo Yuhao pushed himself to an unprecedented limit. His Spiritual Power was fully engaged to predict trajectories, and his scorpion tail moved as flexibly as his own arm.

He constantly maneuvered through flying giant rocks, exploding energy storms, pouring lava, and howling monster remains!

Every movement was fraught with peril, and every breath felt like stealing time from the clutches of death!