Chapter 75: Show Off, Dog
The Twin Stars didn't dare move a muscle. On the backs of both brothers were circular "Frost Marks." After the five Frost Guards appeared, the Frost Marks on the Twin Stars' backs reacted, beginning to emit a faint blue-white glow.
Seeing these Frost Marks, Su Xiao took an Alchemy Bomb from his storage space and tossed it toward the Twin Stars.
The Alchemy Bomb flew through the air, but before it could explode, it froze, twisted, and compressed, eventually turning into a round particle the size of a grain of rice.
The Twin Stars simultaneously raised their right arms and snapped their fingers with a sharp crack.
"Roar!"
The five Frost Guards charged at the Twin Stars, leaving afterimages as they vanished together with the brothers, leaving only two pools of blood on the ground.
Heaven knows why the Twin Stars had provoked the Frost Guards. These Frost Guards only tracked living beings marked with Frost Marks, using sound as a medium for ultra-long-range pursuit.
Don't underestimate this ability. As long as one was within the Frost Forest and marked by a Frost Mark, no matter how far away from the Frost Guards, making any sound would alert them and draw them in.
The Twin Stars were decisive. They would rather be taken away by the Frost Guards than hand over the Overlord Medal.
After encountering the Twin Stars and seeing the Frost Guards, Su Xiao couldn't help but think: if he could control two Frost Guards, he could head straight for the Peak Mountain Range. With the Frost Guards' formidable combat power, seizing first place would only be a matter of time.
Considering the Twin Stars' predicament, Su Xiao dismissed this idea. It was too unreliable. The Frost Guards were most likely the guardians of some place, and the possibility of controlling them was virtually nonexistent.
In reality, Su Xiao's guess was correct. The Frost Guards were indeed the guards of a certain location. Deep beneath this snowfield, 500 meters down, lay an Ice Hall, and inside that hall was stored the World Core of this world.
The World Core was a good thing, provided one could defeat the 107 Frost Guards inside the Ice Hall.
The Twin Stars had found the entrance to the Ice Hall in a certain area of the Frost Forest and received a warning from Death Paradise that the World Core was inside.
The Twin Stars immediately tried to retreat, but it was too late. They had been marked by the Frost Marks as intruders. Fortunately, they hadn't entered the Ice Hall, or they wouldn't have survived until now.
Although Su Xiao didn't know where the Frost Guards came from, he was curious about what these five Frost Guards were guarding.
Glancing back, the blizzard was still far off. Su Xiao went to where the Twin Stars had been, only to see two pools of blood.
"Bubu."
"Woof."
Bubu Wang began tracking. Of course, it couldn't track the Frost Guards—those monsters, combined with the snowy terrain, made tracking nearly impossible.
Bubu Wang couldn't track the Frost Guards, but it could track the Twin Stars, especially since the brothers were captured and couldn't hide their trail.
"Woof!"
Bubu Wang ran north, and Su Xiao followed. After tracking for less than half an hour, Bubu stopped. Clearly, the Twin Stars hadn't gotten far after provoking the Frost Guards.
Su Xiao hid behind a frozen dead tree. Over two hundred meters away stood a tomb. The tombstone was exceptionally tall, conservatively estimated at ten meters high, suggesting the tomb behind it was enormous—it looked like a giant's grave.
"Ku wa sa, ma ma ya ka (Unknown Language)."
A Frost Guard stood before the tombstone, its arm blade pointing at a large hole in the tomb.
"We didn't dig that."
The Twin Stars were forced to kneel before the tombstone. It wasn't that they lacked backbone, but each had two arm blades pressed against their necks. If they didn't behave, their lives were forfeit.
"Sa ka! (Unknown Language)"
The Frost Guard in front of the tombstone grew angrier, crossing its arm blade across its chest.
The Twin Stars were baffled. These Frost Guards neither killed them nor let them go, but brought them here.
The brothers exchanged a glance and simultaneously smiled. Apologizing to a tomb, especially one belonging to a savior-hero type of great figure, was no psychological burden for them. Their modus operandi was to stop at nothing.
Thump, thump, thump.
The Twin Stars kowtowed three times to the tombstone. This time, the five Frost Guards were stunned. They looked at the Twin Stars in confusion, exchanged glances, and seemed very satisfied.
"Sa ka! (Unknown Language)"
After a warning, the five Frost Guards walked toward the large hole beside the tomb, leaving the Twin Stars behind. The Frost Marks on their bodies quickly dissipated.
After waiting a moment, the Twin Stars got up and fled. Their current predicament was pure bad luck. They had just passed by here and ended up marked by the Frost Marks.
"Woof~"
Bubu Wang, beside Su Xiao, barked, signaling that it had a bold plan. The worst-case scenario was to follow the Twin Stars' example and kowtow in apology before the tombstone. Its dignity allowed for that.
"Get close. If you're not locked on by that mark, retreat immediately."
"Woof."
Bubu Wang indicated it understood, then blended into the environment and trotted toward the giant's tomb.
Just as it approached within five meters of the tomb, Bubu Wang felt a chill on its rear, and a Frost Mark appeared there.
Bang!
A sonic boom suddenly erupted. The five Frost Guards turned back, looking around in confusion. They clearly sensed a Frost Mark nearby but couldn't pinpoint its exact location.
"Wu sa..."
The taller Frost Guard spoke, and the other four lowered their heads, looking like incompetent subordinates.
After searching for over ten minutes, the five Frost Guards still couldn't find Bubu Wang. They sensed a new Frost Mark had appeared nearby, but as for its exact location, it seemed the entire surrounding area had merged with the Frost Mark.
Bubu Wang grew bolder. It slowly approached a Frost Guard, lifted its hind leg, and looked ready to take a piss, giving the Frost Guard a counter-mark.
After Su Xiao shot it a glare, Bubu Wang stopped its death-defying antics and ran toward the tomb's entrance.
A few minutes later, Su Xiao suddenly received a notification.
[Warning: Your follower, Bubuteni, has obtained the World Core of this world. This World Core belongs to the Void Tree.]
[Verifying...]
[This World Core's ownership cannot be altered.]
[Verifying...]
[With this World Core, Reincarnation Paradise can set spatial coordinates in this world. Maximum number of coordinates: 1156.]
[Spatial coordinates generating...]
...
Su Xiao's eye twitched. He really hadn't expected that what these Frost Guards were guarding was the World Core, and that Bubu Wang had successfully stolen it.
Running footsteps came. Su Xiao looked toward the source—it was Bubu Wang running out of the tomb. Because Bubu had lightly bumped into Su Xiao earlier, only Su Xiao could see Bubu Wang, who was blending into the environment.
At this moment, Bubu Wang had an apple-sized crystal in its mouth, fleeing for its life.
Rumble...
Su Xiao felt the ground beneath him tremble. With a bang, a Frost Guard burst out of the tomb's entrance. It was about three meters tall, clad in tattered black armor, and its aura was terrifyingly powerful.
Behind this Frost Guard, more Frost Guards poured out one after another. They were slightly shorter, but each had combat power comparable to Brother Axe.