He put away the banners and quest rewards.
Zong Shen clapped his hands and stood up.
"Let's go, Penny."
"It's time to save Lentax Great City."
His gaze gradually deepened as he reached out and grabbed Penny's wrist.
The next moment, he activated the newly acquired [Phantom God Flicker] and vanished from where he stood.
Unlike the original [Falling Walk], which left behind a Spatial Singularity, [Phantom God Flicker] made spatial displacement noticeably smoother.
With only a sudden shift in their vision, they appeared beneath the ice-shell prison.
Beneath the hard ice covering the ground lay the completely frozen ruins of the third ring.
The massive fissure resembled a scar that was difficult to heal, making it particularly conspicuous.
Even after the ice melted, repairing this crack would take considerable effort.
During the time he had spent examining the items, Hell Dark Nightmare Hamis had already used the [Raven Divine Will Jade (Special)] to gather the Apostle Group of the Calamity Raven Church, along with the two red-robed cardinals who had empowered themselves through the ritual.
At the same time, he had driven away all the lords wandering around the third ring.
He had even dispatched the heretic Giant-Strength Knights to pursue the merchant caravans and farm owners who had fled the city.
Thus, the area outside the ice shell appeared especially deserted.
The several-meter-thick ice layer had raised the ground level.
Yet it could not conceal the desolation.
As far as the eye could see, there was nothing to obstruct the view.
The biting cold wind rolled endlessly onward, carrying waves of chill with it.
Such a large-scale climatic change could not be restored overnight.
Even if the frost law's coverage was removed, natural recovery would take at least two weeks, and possibly more than a month.
After all,