"Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep..."
A terrifying pressure beyond description crashed down, and Lu Ran felt like a tiny boat amid towering waves,
nearly suffocating.
"Ha... ha..."
He straightened his back and took a deep breath. The bitter cold he'd struggled to endure just moments ago now seemed to have lost its bite,
though it was still a little chilly...
He put away the feather-shaped Defensive Soul Tool, annoyed by how noisy it was.
It was a Level 8 Defensive Soul Tool, and Xuan Zi had lent it to him with equal generosity.
He hoped to get on good terms with the rulers of the Far North, but he wasn't so naive as to come completely unprepared.
"Who are you?"
Lu Ran knew the other party had arrived. He squared his shoulders and looked toward the distant horizon, where the dim gray blended with the snow until he couldn't tell where one ended and the other began.
"The ruler of the Far North?"
"I want to meet the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion or the Heavenly Snow Woman."
"Whooo..."
The wind howled across the land,
swallowing his voice before it could travel anywhere.
And no one answered him.
"..."
Lu Ran stood where he was, deciding to take a gamble:
"You must be nearing your 400,000-Year Heavenly Tribulation, right? You could get through it..."
Boom!
In an instant,
the pressure surged. Every inch of his skin bore an unimaginable weight,
and Lu Ran's ears even began to ring.
His face paled, but he was also elated.
He'd guessed right.
"Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow... can help you survive... the 400,000-Year Heavenly Tribulation!"
"Hmph!"
A cold voice echoed through the land, rising above the howling wind. It seemed to appear directly in Lu Ran's mind.
He knew it ruined the mood