Chapter 397 Dark World, Severe Winter Is Coming

"I don't know what's going on outside. Has the mountain giant entered the dark world?"

"It's time to go out and take a look."

Chu Ming scratched the green vine sleeping on his thigh with his fingers, "You can sleep so well."

"Hmm..."

The green vine woke up and rubbed his sleepy eyes, "Good morning, Ryan, how long has it been?"

Chu Ming shook his head, "Let's go out and take a look. Maybe it has entered the dark world now."

"Okay!"

The green vine jumped up instantly. The closer the mountain giant got to the fairy forest, the more excited she became. She hadn't been back to the fairy forest for a long time, and she didn't know if the small trees she planted had grown up.

"I'll open the door."

She drew countless magic patterns in the air and condensed a vortex out of thin air.

Chu Ming passed through the vortex and returned to the dark and damp cave at the beginning.

The two walked up along the winding and rugged cave passage. It took half an hour to pass through the groundwater and finally walked out of the frozen mountain stream.

Chu Ming looked up at the sky and saw only darkness and falling snowflakes.

This strange darkness was different from the night sky. It was more like something covering the sky.

The island seemed to have entered the eternal night, it was pitch black everywhere, and heavy snow fell from the sky.

Chu Ming murmured to himself: "It should be entering the dark world."

"Green Vine, let's go to the human gathering place and find the traces of the Winter Legion by the way."

Green Vine hurriedly followed Chu Ming's footsteps, "Why are you looking for those bad guys? There are a lot of them."

Chu Ming stopped and thought: "There are indeed many legends about the Winter Legion. If I am not careful enough, I may be tricked. And if I get close to the gathering place, my identity will be exposed again."

He looked down at the conspicuous magic armor on his body and smiled bitterly.

"Are you worried about your identity? I have a way to solve it."

Green Vine patted his chest, raised his small staff and waved it. The green vine climbed up Chu Ming's body. In just a few seconds, his appearance changed into a sloppy wanderer, and the magic armor turned into tattered clothes stitched with animal skins and cloth strips.

Chu Ming touched the heavy clothes on his body and said in amazement: "Fairy magic is really magical, it can actually reach this level."

"Amazing, isn't it." Lu Teng raised her head proudly.

"This is Lu Teng's special illusion spell, a spell that my sister doesn't know."

Chu Ming smiled and said: "Amazing, you should hide quickly and don't let others see it."

After hearing what Chu Ming said, Lu Teng remembered that she was walking in the snow with Chu Ming in fairy form. She was startled and quickly changed into light and got into Chu Ming's body.

"Okay, now they won't be able to find us."

Chu Ming nodded and walked out. "If I remember correctly, we are at the first peak of the island. The three major gathering places are in the east, southeast and northwest."

"Green Vine, which gathering place is bigger?"

Green Vine said uncertainly: "It should be the one in the northwest. There is a valley in the forest. There is enough firewood to resist the severe winter. There are also many giant beasts in the forest. Hunting one is enough for them to eat for several days."

"Many adventurers with lower extraordinary levels stay there."

"Okay, let's go northwest."

Chu Ming turned around and walked northwest. Soon he left the first peak and entered a snowy forest.

"Awooo!"

A bloodthirsty roar sounded from the forest, and gradually, black fog filled the air.

Chu Ming frowned slightly, "Have dark creatures started to appear in this place?"

Lu Teng suddenly said, "Ryan, someone seems to be asking for help ahead."

"I'll go over and take a look. It's a good opportunity to ask about the situation at the gathering place."

Chu Ming stomped his legs on the ground, and flew at high speed in the direction where the dark creatures were howling.

After a while, torches on the snow in front illuminated the dark snow forest, and chaotic cries for help pierced the silence, mixed with the sound of wild beasts tearing flesh from time to time.

"Save me!"

"I don't want to die!"

Where the fire lit up, four scavengers wearing heavy animal skins shouted in fear.

Around them, dozens of epic snow wolves were full of bloodthirsty light in their eyes. While gnawing on a dozen corpses on the ground, they stared at the remaining four people with a covetous look, as if they were going to swallow them at any time.

"Jace, look, there seems to be someone there!"

A scavenger shouted and waved his arms.

"Sir, here, please save us."

The scavenger named Jace reacted and hurriedly shouted: "Sir, help me."

Chu Ming walked out of the darkness, the firelight and the shadows of the wolf pack dancing on him, making it difficult to see his true face.

His feet were deeply stuck in the snow and he stopped.

"Hiss... Roar..."

The snow wolf grinned and roared in warning, almost unable to control the murderous intent in his eyes.

"Get out."

In the shocked eyes of the surviving scavengers, the mysterious man just said a few words lightly, and countless blood shadows emerged from around his body.

"Roar!"

The blood shadow struggled and roared, and the terrifying mental shock instantly swept the whole scene. The snow wolf's body stiffened in place, the blood light in his eyes disappeared, and gradually turned into an ice sculpture without temperature.

"This... This is definitely a legend!"

Jace was so surprised that his tongue couldn't stretch straight.

"We're saved."

Several scavengers wept bitterly, knelt on the snow, kowtowed and thanked: "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."

Chu Ming nodded slightly, "You came out of the gathering place, right?"

Jace nodded in response, "We are scavengers in the gathering place. We usually make money by picking up firewood and hunting in the market."

As he spoke, his tone became sad, "I didn't expect to encounter a wolf pack today. The captain and the others are dead..."

Chu Ming patted his shoulder, "Let your brothers bury their bodies. I have something to ask you."

Jace nodded tremblingly, and after discussing with the other three, he returned to Chu Ming. He said respectfully: "My lord, do you have anything to ask?"

Chu Ming pointed to the sky, "Have we entered the dark world?"

Jace showed a trace of astonishment on his face. The man in front of him was clearly a powerful legend. Why didn't he even know this news.

Chu Ming saw his doubts and explained lightly: "I have been practicing since I landed on the island, and I just came out today."

The man suddenly realized, and he said: "Fourteen months have passed since the mountain giant set out from Aredro. He has already crossed the southwest continent and entered the abyss sea of ​​the dark world."

"It took a lot longer than I thought." Chu Ming touched his chin and thought.

Jace looked up at Chu Ming, hesitated for a while, and asked carefully: "Sir, are you going to enter the gathering place?"

"I suggest you don't go there. The legendary big figures in the gathering place are all controlled by the Severe Winter Legion. It's just that we are weak that we are not targeted."

"Severe Winter Legion?" Chu Ming was stunned.

"How did they do it?"

It is true that there are many legends of the Severe Winter Legion, but there are also many legendary adventurers who climbed the mountain giant, at least hundreds of them.

At least there are thirty legendary adventurers in the Northwest Camp. How did the Severe Winter Legion control them?

A look of fear flashed in Jace's eyes, but it was soon replaced by hatred.

"Those lackeys of the Severe Winter Legion, they colluded with the orcs and evil god believers who climbed the mountain giants from the southwest continent coastline and took control of the gathering place."

"Many legends say that the adults paid their lives to resist the Severe Winter Legion...but the Severe Winter Legion was too terrible, and the gathering place still fell."

Chu Ming's face became serious, "Do you know what their purpose is?"

Jace smiled bitterly and shook his head, "My lord, you think too highly of me. How could I know the plan of the Severe Winter Legion? I know their destination is another continent in the dark world."

"It's bad, the purpose of these bad guys must be the Fairy Forest." Lu Teng couldn't help shouting.

Chu Ming asked with his mind: "Where is the Fairy Forest?"

"Well, the Black and Red Continent is about the same size as the Southern Frontier and the Rich Soil Empire combined. It is full of dark creatures, and the Fairy Forest is hidden in it."

She said in a panic: "What should I do with Ryan? The bad guys are going to the Fairy Forest."

Chu Ming comforted: "Don't worry, maybe they have other purposes. We will know when we go over there."

After comforting Lu Teng, Chu Ming's attention returned to Jess.

Chu Ming suddenly stopped talking just now, which scared the man. Seeing that he finally responded, the man was relieved.

"Anyway... Sir, you should not go to the gathering place, and you should not go to other gathering places either. They have all been occupied by the Winter Legion."

"Thank you for your kindness, but I can't feel at ease if I don't go and see it myself."

He looked directly into the man's eyes, "Can I join your team temporarily?"

Jace was stunned, and immediately understood that Chu Ming wanted them to help cover and sneak into the gathering place.

The man smiled bitterly and said, "Since the lord said so, I have to help in order to repay you."

"It's just that I hope that when we encounter danger, the lord can take us away."

If Chu Ming's legendary identity is exposed in the gathering place, they will not be able to escape. Following Chu Ming to hide in the mountains and forests is the best choice.

"Don't worry, I won't make it difficult for you."

Chu Ming temporarily stopped questioning. He looked at the four people who were cleaning up the bodies and fell into deep thought.

To be honest, he didn't completely believe what Jace said. The reason why he dared to go to the gathering place was completely confident in his own strength.

Although he couldn't defeat the numerous legends, it shouldn't be difficult to escape.

At worst, he could escape back to the mysterious space with Lu Teng and come out when the continent was approaching.

In comparison, he was more concerned about the collusion between the Winter Legion and the orcs and the evil god believers.

"What exactly do they want to do?"

"If they just want to capture the goblins, there is no need to put up such a big formation, or do they have other purposes?"

"Anyway, let's go and see."

After the four people put the bodies down, he followed them and carried the firewood again. The four people with sad faces went back to the gathering place.

Along the way, the scavengers were silent, only Jess was still chatting with Chu Ming.

...

An hour later.

In front of the gathering place, two knight guards stood under the wooden wall, staring at the people entering and leaving the gathering place.

However, Chu Ming's disguise was too good, and they didn't find Chu Ming's identity at all, and thought he was some wanderers in the gathering place.

So he entered the gathering place smoothly.

The wind and snow on the island were freezing cold. Ordinary people would be frozen to death in less than a minute if exposed to the heavy snow.

Chu Ming guessed that the temperature on the island was probably dozens of degrees below zero, and only these extraordinary people could walk in the blizzard.

However, too low a temperature would also make the extraordinary feel uncomfortable. This gathering place was built in a closed valley. There were artificial caves everywhere on the rock wall, and people could be seen going in and out.

He followed Jace in the gathering place for about a few minutes, and then walked into a remote cave house.

Jace closed the heavy wooden door, blocking the wind and snow outside, the humming sound became smaller, and the room became much warmer.

"My lord, there are more than a dozen stone houses here, you can pick one to rest."

"Let's light the fire first."

Chu Ming nodded, picked a stone house and walked in.

In the stone house, animal skins, leather armor and other items were placed randomly on the ground, and the only furniture was a stone bed, covered with soft fur and a thick quilt filled with cotton.

Chu Ming walked onto the bed and wrapped his body with the quilt, which really warmed him up a lot.

He used his mental power to say, "Green Vine, release the spell we used in Clinton Kingdom before, and go see what the guys in the Winter Legion are doing."

"Okay."

A faint green light gathered in Chu Ming's palm and turned into a blue bird.

"It's too conspicuous for a bird to suddenly appear in this snowy day. Can you try to change it into a snowflake or a stone?"

"I'll try..."

Green Vine continued to fiddle with the spell. After failing several times in a row, the flying bird finally changed and turned into an ice crystal with a cold wind.

"My spell can only imitate living objects, not stones and snowflakes."

"This is what I made by imitating the magical creature Frost Monster. Although it is still a little conspicuous, I have tried my best."

"That's enough, let's go out and take a look."

Chu Ming touched the ice crystal, as if the whole person shrank, and landed on the ice crystal that looked like a huge iceberg.

He familiarized himself with the body of the ice crystal and controlled the ice crystal to fly out along the wall.

Jace and his friends were still busy making a fire and boiling water at this time, and they didn't notice that a strange little thing flew out.

The ice crystal flew out through the gap of the wooden door. The blizzard was howling and would not stop for a while. The ice crystals were mixed in the falling snow, without any sense of disobedience.

"Ryan, where are we going next?"

Chu Ming glanced around and his eyes suddenly fixed on an orc knight with a tiger head who was patrolling in the distance.

"Since it is a patrol, it must pass through some important places. We should just follow him."

The ice crystal floated forward and followed the tiger-headed orc in the gathering place.

After a while, the tiger-headed orc walked into a spacious cave, and another team of orc knights came out.

"Is this the gathering place of orcs?"

Chu Ming carefully controlled the ice crystal and stuck it to the door. There was a noisy and lively sound from inside.

"Hahaha, kill the dragon and share the dragon blood!"

"I want to be the first dragon slayer in the tiger tribe!"