"This world is a cold hell... There is no good... No evil... Only pain..."

"Only submit to me..."

Weird whispers kept coming from the box.

Cao Xing looked strange.

This thing is really weird.

When the black gas dissipated, Cao Xing saw a palm-sized, square metal box inside the box.

Marita saw the expression on Cao Xing's face and reminded him again: "Lord Cao Xing, I'm sure you've seen that this box is an evil thing. Are you sure you still want to buy it?"

Cao Xing nodded, "Yes."

Marita said no more, and the two sides completed the transaction again.

[Transaction successful: You got 1 Demon Devouring Box, and you lost 600,000 coins]

When Marita saw that the transaction was completed, a faint smile appeared on her face again.

"Well, let me tell you how to use this box."

Cao Xing was stunned, "Is there any other way to use it?"

"Yes, because the demon sealed inside is too powerful, so whether it is to open this box or to exorcise the demon inside, a specific spell is required."

A look of realization appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

Then, Marita told Cao Xing various spells.

And Cao Xing quickly memorized it in his mind.

Since his mental strength has been greatly improved, Cao Xing feels that his memory and thinking abilities have also been greatly improved.

Finally, Marita warned, "Lord Cao Xing, remember, you must be careful when dealing with demons."

"In addition to possessing a variety of strange abilities, they are also very good at deceiving people."

"If you need to exorcise the demon in the box, remember not to listen to anything it says, and reseal the box after use."

Cao Xing nodded, "I'll remember that, Miss Marita, thank you for your reminder."

At this point, their transaction can be said to have come to a successful conclusion.

The two teams separated.

The businessman, Jovan, knelt on the ice from beginning to end and dared not get up.

After what happened, he probably couldn't stay in the Moon Goddess Chamber of Commerce anymore.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Cao Xing.

…

The mammoths moved at full speed, running all the way along the lower reaches of this vast glacier.

Because they were running so noisily, flocks of large white birds would occasionally fly up from the woods on both sides; I had no idea what species they were.

Twenty minutes later.

Cao Xing has arrived less than 5 kilometers away from Ji Xinyue's territory.

Her territory also seems to be located near this glacier.

So he sent a message, "I'm almost there, are you in the territory?"

The other party quickly replied: "I'm here, Boss Cao Xing, I've been waiting for you."

"good."

After the simple reply, Cao Xing didn't say anything more and just continued running.

A few minutes later.

Cao Xing saw a well-developed territory on the bank of the glacier.

In the center of the camp, there was a huge bonfire burning, and it looked like it was built to at least level 6.

More than a dozen buildings were built around the campfire.

Level 2 Lord's Hut, Level 2 Polar Man's Hut, Level 1 Blacksmith Shop, Sewing Shop, Canteen, etc.

Although it is not as large as Cao Xing's territory, it is considered to be well developed among the survivors.

At this moment, eight polar men are collecting resources in the forest not far away.

The small woods were covered with bare tree stumps, which were almost completely chopped down by them.

Fortunately, the system will randomly refresh new resource points near the territory every half a month.

The locations of these resource points are not fixed, and the resources given are also of random types.

It is possible to give you a haunted iron mine, or it is possible to give you a rich gold mine, it all depends on luck.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Cao Xing continued to lead his men closer.

The heavy footsteps of the mammoth startled the eight polar men.

When they saw the powerful Cao Xing and others, they were stunned.

"Wow!"

The eight polar men screamed, dropped their tools, and quickly ran back to their territory.

He ran and shouted.

"Lord! Help!"

"There are many powerful monsters approaching our territory!"

"Lord, run away!"

The polar man's shouting startled everyone in the camp.

After a while, three figures emerged from the lord's hut.

A middle-aged man, accompanied by a tall, thin, and somewhat haggard-looking middle-aged woman.

In front of them was a female warrior holding a two-handed sword.

This is a family of three.

Although the system's allocation mechanism is based on household allocation, what if there are insufficient or excess people?

It will be like Cao Xing and Liu Muxue, two or three people in one camp.

The family of three also noticed Cao Xing and his group, and their faces suddenly changed.

They even wanted to run away on the spot.

However, the female warrior saw the man sitting on the mammoth waving at her.

For a moment, she did not act rashly.

Soon, Cao Xing brought people to the side of the female warrior.

He scanned the information above the three people's heads.

[Ji Xinyue lv6], [Ji Zhenbing lv5], [Wang Shi lv5]

Cao Xing nodded secretly. This woman was the Ji Xinyue she was looking for.

Like other survivors, Ji Xinyue wore a long skirt on the lower body, light armor on the upper body, and a wolfskin coat on the outside, which looked out of place.

However, this woman is pretty good looking.

Although she is not as good as Liu Muxue, she is still very eye-catching in the crowd.

Ji Xinyue was also observing the information of Cao Xing and others. After seeing the name above his head, she immediately exclaimed: "Boss Cao Xing! You are finally here!"

"That one next to you is Goddess Mu Xue! Oh my god, you two are together."

Cao Xing nodded, then walked down with Liu Muxue.

At the same time, Ji Xinyue also noticed the group of recruited creatures behind Cao Xing, which had different shapes but powerful auras.

He immediately exclaimed, "Oh my God! Are these all Cao Xing's men?"

"Isn't it too scary that you can even recruit leader-level Blood Spider Queens, Mammoths, and Boss-level Frostwolf Knights?"

Ji Xinyue screamed and yelled.

Including Ji Xinyue's parents, they were looking at the horrific creatures behind Cao Xing in amazement.

What she didn't know was that Cao Xing's strongest fighter, Sarah, was still hiding in the dark.

That's a third-level leader-level assassin.

After Cao Xing brought Liu Muxue down, the two sides exchanged a simple greeting.

He didn't waste any time and asked directly, "Ji Xinyue, where is the underground tomb you found?"

Ji Xinyue had also calmed down her excitement and pointed to a forest in the distance and said, "Boss Cao Xing, it's in the forest ahead, about four or five kilometers away from my territory.

"I was planning to go there to hunt rabbits or something, but I stumbled upon the catacombs!"

"That catacomb is so huge, and the facilities inside are like an underground palace!"

Ji Xinyue explained with great excitement.

Cao Xing nodded, "Take us there."

"OK."

Ji Xinyue was delighted.

Then she turned around and explained to her parents.

The middle-aged man and woman looked a little worried, but they also knew that Ji Xinyue was going to do something important.

These past few days, they were also frightened by the group of Ascalon's undead and were almost losing their minds.

Cao Xing also came to help them, and they couldn't help but feel a strong sense of gratitude towards him.

The woman, who was of good looks and still had some charm, said softly, "Thank you, Brother Cao Xing."

"We heard from Xiao Yueyue that you traveled hundreds of kilometers to come here to help us solve the problem of those undead spirits."

"As a family, we are grateful to you from the bottom of our hearts."

After they finished speaking, they bowed slightly to Cao Xing.

"You're welcome, uncle and aunt. I'm also interested in this mission."

"Besides, it's not certain whether it can be completed."

"If the monsters inside are too strong, you should be prepared to move."

Cao Xing's joking tone eased the tension in the middle-aged women's hearts.

Ji Xinyue also smiled.

At this time, she looked to the side and shouted, "Xiao Hu, come out."

Then, a striped tiger with light yellow fur all over its body, which seemed to be still growing, rushed out from a residential house.

[Snow Tiger: lv7]

[Lord: Ji Xinyue]

[HP: 640/640]

【Attack power: 71~75】

[Skills: Bite, Tiger Pounce]

【Talent: Cold Resistance】

…

Cao Xing was stunned, "You still have a pet?"

Ji Xinyue smiled proudly and said, "Hehe! Of course, I am very strong!"

"I'm also in the top ten in the current rankings!"

However, when she saw Cao Xing's mammoth, she said somewhat regretfully: "Of course, it can't compare to a big guy like you."

"You actually have a level 20 boss pet, that's so cool, so cool!"

Ji Xinyue looked envious.

However, her pet tiger seemed a little unhappy when she heard her praising other pets.

“Wu…Wu…”

The tiger made a deep sound.

Ji Xinyue walked over, touched its neck, and threw a piece of fresh meat into its mouth. Only then did the tiger calm down.

Then she sighed, "Xiaohu eats too much. My family can only eat bread every day, and all the meat is used to feed him."

"However, it is also quite aggressive and helped us kill many monsters."

Cao Xing nodded and didn't care.

Ji Xinyue rode on the back of the snow tiger.

It is over one meter tall and can seat about two people.

"Let's go, Boss Cao Xing. I'll lead the way for you."

After saying that, Ji Xinyue rode on the snow tiger and galloped wildly in the snow.

The Xueyuan tiger seemed to want to show off its speed to everyone, so it started running wildly with extremely agile movements.

The speed of the instantaneous explosion even reached 40 to 50 kilometers per hour.

However, for those who have been blessed with the [Queen's Will] and are still in the [Queen's Halo] state.

It's easy to catch up.

Cao Xing and others followed behind, keeping a certain distance.

After running for about three kilometers, the tiger was out of strength.

It slowed down its pace and lowered its head somewhat dejectedly.

“Ouch…”

Ji Xinyue continued to comfort him, "Xiaohu, you are just a level 7 little tiger, how could you be so desperate to compete with a level 20 mammoth in speed?"

Ji Xinyue felt amused and helpless, and reached out her hand to comfort him gently.

The tiger nodded obediently, then continued forward with Ji Xinyue.

Soon, we arrived at the forest she mentioned.

Rustle...rustle...

We walked forward, stepping on the snow and frozen leaves on the ground.

Before long, they had penetrated deep into the forest.

The light here seems dimmer, like a haunted forest in a horror movie.

In addition, the low temperature of -50℃ makes the environment of this forest even more gloomy.

It is normal for Ji Xinyue to encounter undead here.

At this time, Cao Xing, with his sharp eyesight, discovered some collapsed building walls on the ground, which seemed to have some strange text patterns engraved on them.

"What are those patterns?" Cao Xing asked puzzledly.

Renisi walked over to take a look and said, "My Lord, this is the writing of the Ascalon Empire. It seems that there used to be a palace here."

"Palace?"

Cao Xing thought for a moment and asked, "Rainice, have you been here before?"

Renis shook her head. "No, the territory of Ascalon Kingdom is very large. I was born in the border area of ​​the Western Continent."

"Not long after I came of age, Ascalon went to war with the Blood Legion."

"And in the final battle, my heart was pierced and I was fatally injured."

"I was supposed to be dead, but suddenly I heard the voice of the gods ringing in my ears."

Cao Xing asked doubtfully, "God?"

"Yes."

Renis nodded and said, "The voice of the god told me to choose to be sealed in the summoning space and wait for the summoning of the chosen lord in the future, or to choose to perish."

After listening to Renee's story, Cao Xing understood something.

So, this is how the recruitment scroll works?

The heroes who should have died thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago are sealed into the summoning space.

Then wait for the humans from the Blue Planet to come to this world and summon them back.

The same is true for Andrews and Assam.

"The power of the gods?"

Cao Xing seemed to be thinking about something.

He continued to ask: "Renis, do you know what the words above mean?"

Renis took a look and nodded. "The words on it seem to be, пай"

"That translates to hell."

Hearing this, Ji Xinyue exclaimed, "That's right, that's what the group of undeads kept saying when they appeared every night. So this is what they meant!"

"Hell?"

Cao Xing's face was full of confusion.

After thinking for a moment, Cao Xing shook his head and decided not to continue to dwell on this issue.

They began to move forward.

The deeper you go into the forest, the more gloomy the surrounding environment becomes, and the more collapsed ruins you find.

Through these ruins, we can vaguely see that there was once a group of buildings here.

But for unknown reasons, these buildings have disappeared.

Or rather, sank into the ground.

At this time, a blue light appeared faintly in the center of the forest.

Ji Xinyue immediately said excitedly: "We are almost there. The place ahead is where I discovered the Tomb of Ascalon."

After saying this, she couldn't help but quicken her pace.

Following her through twists and turns, they soon arrived at the place where the light was coming from.

This is truly the heart of the forest.

However, those glowing things are not light sources.

Instead, there were clusters of blue ghost lights floating in the air.

【Ghostly Will-O-Wisp (lv8)】

[Health: 640]

[Skill: Self-destruct (After being attacked, all energy will be detonated, causing damage equal to HP*50% to surrounding enemies)]

(Introduction: In places with heavy yin energy, a kind of will-o'-the-wisp will appear. Don't attack it casually.)

…

After seeing the skill introduction, Cao Xing immediately gave up the idea of ​​touching these will-o'-the-wisp fires.

At the same time.

Ji Xinyue has arrived at a ruin.

Standing on a pile of rubble, the woman holding a large sword said, "Right here, there is a passage that goes underground."

"After going down from here, you will reach the Tomb of Ascalon."

After hearing this, Cao Xing also came over.

Sure enough, I saw a stone staircase in the middle of the ruins.

There is also map information on it.

Cao Xing took a glance.

【Askalon Catacombs】

[Danger: Extremely Dangerous]

[Map introduction: This was once the palace of the Kingdom of Ascalon. Because of a war, the King of Ascalon, Edelborn, chose to sink the palace into the ground and bound the souls of all the soldiers in the palace. Over time, this place became the tomb of the Ascalon people.]

…

"Is it extremely dangerous again?"

Cao Xing thought for a moment, then asked, "How strong are the undead in there?"

Ji Xinyue replied, "The levels of those undead are all above level 20, and there are several elite undead that are 20 levels higher than me, and there are a lot of them."

"I have seen over a hundred undead spirits!"

"With so many Ascalon Undead, if all of them were deployed, I feel they could even destroy an army of thousands of people!"

Ji Xinyue paused and said, "However, those undead will not attack us."

"They just want my help to deal with the demon inside that is devouring the undead of Ascalon."

Cao Xing was stunned. It seemed that the demon inside was really powerful!

According to Ji Xinyue, more than a hundred third-level undead are a very powerful force.

Of course, it is also possible that the demon has methods to deal with these undead souls.

Cao Xing thought for a moment and decided to go and see the situation first.

"Come on, let's go down first."

After saying that, he jumped off Dabai's back with Liu Muxue.

Given the narrowness of this passage, mammoths certainly couldn't get in.

So, Cao Xing could only leave Dabai outside.

Ji Xinyue's tiger was also left outside.

"Bron, lead the way." Cao Xing ordered.

Braum raised his door-wide shield and said cheerfully, "No problem, dear lord, just follow Braum!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he took the lead and rushed into the tunnel.

Then, Assam, Andrew and others entered with cameras.

Cao Xing, Liu Muxue, and Ji Xinyue walked at the end of the team.

As soon as I entered the underground area, a system prompt appeared.

[You have entered the special area: Tomb of Ascalon]

[Note: Ascalon's Tomb is a high-level area. It is recommended to form a team of at least 4 survivors with level 3 strength or above to explore.]

Seeing this system prompt, Cao Xing frowned.

Obviously, the difficulty of Ascalon's Tomb is higher than that of the Goblin Treasury.

In the Goblin Treasure House, they faced the Goblin King, a third-level boss creature.

Although it is just a weakened version, it is enough to reflect its difficulty.

And in this area, you might encounter even more powerful creatures.

However, Cao Xing didn't feel that scared.

After all, his current strength has been greatly improved compared to when he was in the goblin treasury, which can be called a qualitative change.

Everyone continued to move forward.

“Tap…tap…”

The sound of dense footsteps continued.

The staircase leading underground is long and dark.

But with Braum, a loudmouth, leading the way, it didn't seem that scary.

As he walked, he hummed a strange folk song.

"Your home is covered with snow, and frost covers the rivers and lakes~"

"It is only natural that the cold wind stole our language, so~"

"Don't let diamond tears flow out of your eyes~"

The empty singing voice echoed in the passage.

Cao Xing was delighted and asked, "Bron, what are you singing?"

Bron turned his head and grinned, "My Lord, this is a little song from my hometown. Does it sound good?"

Without waiting for Cao Xing to answer.

Hilda, who was following behind him, said with disgust, "Tsk... it's so ugly, stop singing!"

Bron laughed and said, "My beautiful blood spider lady, it seems that you don't have the musical cells to appreciate my beautiful singing voice~"

At this moment, a blue light suddenly appeared in the dark passage.

Cao Xing looked closely and found that it was a soul that was completely illusory, with a pale face and emitting blue light!

The temperature in the entire channel drops rapidly.

Snap! Snap!

A layer of frost quickly formed on the stairs beneath my feet.

The blue soul just stared at everyone, its empty eyes seemed to be filled with scrutiny and hostility.

"Gods, what the hell is this?"

Bron screamed, took a few steps back, and almost bumped into Assam.

And Cao Xing also quickly scanned the attributes of this undead.

[Ascalon Warrior's Undead (lv24)]

[Race: Undead]

[Level: Level 3 Ordinary Creature]

[Health: 12540/12540]

【Attack power: 461~487】

[Armor: 371~394]

[Skill: Winter Sword (When attacking, there is a 20% chance of freezing the enemy for 3 seconds)

Soul Slash (Slashes out a sword energy, dealing 133% damage to the target's soul and causing it to be temporarily frightened.)

Spirit (Reduces physical attacks received by 30%, and makes nearby enemies feel frightened, lowering the body temperature.)]

[Talent: Body of the Undead (Can pass through walls regardless of obstacles, movement speed increased by 30%. If there are other restrictions on the wall, it cannot pass through.)]

(Introduction: The ghosts of soldiers bound here, the power of the ancient sword Magdel gave them a second life, but also gave them an eternal curse.)

…

Cao Xing focused his eyes and saw that a third-level monster had indeed appeared.

These undead spirits have very powerful attributes.

There is also a [Spirit] skill that can affect temperature.

No wonder Cao Xing felt that the temperature in the passage had dropped so much.

At this moment, the undead warrior drew his weapon and asked in a voice like the whisper of a soul.

"Who are you... and why are you intruding upon our resting place?"

…

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