The Icebound Wasteland was a dangerous place within Ice Emperor Palace, for anyone below the rank of Great Scholar who was struck head-on by an Ice Meteor would surely die.
Yet it was also the safest place in Ice Emperor Palace, because no race would attack another in the Icebound Wasteland. All Great Demon Kings and Great Scholars had to remain among their own people, for the slightest misstep and a single Ice Meteor could annihilate an entire race.
What the Human Race had to do now was move forward, ever forward, leaving this region as quickly as possible.
"From today onward, no one is to sleep or rest. We travel day and night; even when eating, we cannot stop!" Yan Ningxiao's voice spread throughout the Human Race.
The elderly, children, and pregnant women were filled with terror. They did not know whether they could endure it.
Outside Ice Emperor Palace, they could ride in sleigh carriages, but the draft animals simply could not enter Ice Emperor Palace. They would be scared to death by the palace's aura. Only a few powerful ferocious beasts raised by the Ice Clan could serve as draft animals within Ice Emperor Palace.
Here, they could only advance on their own two legs.
Next, several Great Scholars took out Sage Pages in succession and used a full five drops of Sacred Blood to invoke Heaven-and-Earth Righteous Qi. They successively used several empowering War Poetry pieces, including the Expedition Poem "Chang Wu," filling every human with strength and lifting their spirits.
Reassured by the Great Scholars, the Human Race finally calmed down and continued onward. When it was time to eat, everyone kept walking while chewing dry rations. No one fell behind.
On the first day, everything was normal.
The second day, the third day, the