"Rise!" Zhou Xuan shouted under his breath, exerting his arms with a sudden surge of strength as he tried to pull the Giant Beast out of the Abyssal Depths.
The Metal chains stretched taut, grating loudly.
The crystals covering the Giant Beast flashed, clearly resonating.
Its head lifted, its hollow eye sockets turning toward Zhou Xuan.
But it did not move.
The Giant Beast's legs were nailed fast into the rock at the bottom of the Ice Abyss, and the ice around its feet had completely fused with its bones.
No matter how Zhou Xuan channeled his Taiyi Divine Power, its body did not budge.
Behind him, Yang Mie unleashed his blood energy, vaporizing all the frost and demonic qi residue within dozens of yards. He shouted, "It's no good! We can't pull it out! This thing's too heavy, and everything under its feet is frozen solid!"
Zhou Xuan did not answer. The veins on his forehead were already bulging.
His Taiyi Divine Power was draining rapidly, and cracks began appearing in the chains under the strain of that resistance.
Along the taut chains of Divine Power, a vast jumble of information suddenly flooded back into Zhou Xuan's mind.
It was a cry formed from hundreds upon thousands of lingering obsessions.
"Fight to the death!"
"Never retreat!"
"Our sect is behind us! Take one step back, and our home is gone!"
Zhou Xuan's breath caught for half a beat. The city lord finally understood why the Giant Beast refused to leave.
These ancient veterans had nailed their remains and souls to this icefield because this was the defensive line they had fought to hold all those years ago.
Ten thousand years had passed, seas had become mulberry fields, yet these veterans' obsessions remained on that battlefield.
They believed that taking