On Mount Targon, on the mountaineering road, Leona and Diana were climbing along the nearly vertical cliff.
From the first step on the high slope, the originally gentle world is instantly full of hostility, the never-ending cliff hurricane, the airborne snowstorm that freezes the soul, the cliffs that can slip and fall at any time, and even a piece of rock wall.
Small pebbles have become insurmountable obstacles.
In this world where every breath can cause ice beads to fall, even Leona and Diana's strengthened bodies can hardly be called smooth. Going against the airflow, with the help of tools and safety ropes, the two women struggled from the very beginning.
After exerting all his strength, he moved forward with difficulty.
Even so, after climbing more than a hundred meters, dangerous faults appeared on the cliff. On the way to the peak, there were only two tall rock pillars attached to both sides of the mountain for passage. Other than that, there was no other way.
Nothing else.
Using the two magic steel ice picks given by Lester, she dug hard into the stone wall. Diana, who had fixed her position, withstood the impact of the mountain wind, tightened the rope tied around her waist, and put all her weight on it.
Possibly transfer to ice ax and shoe sole landing space.
"Rena! I've fixed it! You try to swing over, this side is broken, let's go to the other side!"
"good!"
Leona, who was ten meters below Diana, responded, inserted an ice ax back into her waist, and braced herself 1.2 million times.
Her left hand held the safety rope around her waist, and her right hand began to swing the other ice ax. At the moment when the rock collapsed, Leona pushed hard on the rock wall, and her body instantly broke away from the cliff, hanging in the air on the tight rope.
"I'm going to start swinging! Xiaona, hurry up!"
"There's no problem with me! Just try to hurry up!"
"rest assured!"
Without any unnecessary movements, Leona began to rock her body back and forth, letting the rope gradually increase the amplitude of the swing. When the ice pick could hook the other rock pillar, she threw out the ice pick hard and bit it with the ice-breaking saw teeth of the ice pick.
On the rock wall.
Taking the other ice ax in her hand again, Leona began to climb up the rock pillar adjacent to Diana, until she was five or six meters beyond Diana, and she fixed her body.
"I'm ready, you can start swinging!"
"I am coming!"
Exactly what Leona did, Diana pulled out the ice ax from the rock wall, followed the swing of the rope to the adjacent rock pillar, and fixed her body with the ice ax.
At this point, Leona and Diana successfully moved from the broken rock pillar on the left to the rock pillar on the right.
After just taking a few breaths, the two women continued climbing up.
"Rena, the mountaineering path has changed. According to Dad, when we were climbing the mountain, the trial path was definitely not that difficult. No Rakkor can withstand such a steep and almost vertical rock wall.
, without the right tools, this is simply not the way to go!”
Gritting her teeth and cutting the ice pick upwards, Diana quickly caught up with Leona who was above her. The two women kept pace and began to use words to drive away the monotonous and harsh sound of the wind and snow.
"Maybe it has something to do with our physical condition? Generally speaking, such a trial is not an impossible task for us."
"That's true. With the power given to us by our father, such a trial is not difficult for us."
I don’t know how long I climbed, but the view above became more and more like a lake. Among the invisible clouds, dark blue icy walls appeared on the rock pillars.
Ice-blue ice walls are scattered around the rock wall like scars. Visible cold air emanates from the ice wall, which is enough to freeze mortal flesh and blood, but it has an impact on the strengthened bodies of Diana and Leona.
Not big.
I used an ice pick to chisel, and ice chips were scattered everywhere. The ice pick only made a shallow hole. I pulled out the ice pick and dug into the ice wall again. Only then did the ice pick reach the level where it could fix my body.
Diana found that the ice wall was harder than expected, and it took more effort to insert the ice pick into it.
"The road is getting harder."
Like Diana, Leona also saw the difficulties of the ice wall.
"But we have no other way to go."
"Rena, can you still hold on now?"
"I'm fine, what about you?"
"I don't have any problem either!"
The higher you climb, the more area covered by the blue ice wall. Unlike the rock wall, except for the small holes dug by the ice pick, there is no way to find a foothold or leverage on the smooth ice wall.
In this place, the two women could only rely on the strength of their arms to move their bodies slowly.
Fortunately, the howling cold wind finally stopped, and at least my ears were free again.
"what is that?"
The sun had long since disappeared, and it was impossible to tell whether it was day or night in the biting cold clouds. However, Diana with sharp eyes saw an illusory white figure above.
Leona raised her head and saw something unusual.
"Be careful."
"Um!"
The two women deliberately moved closer to each other so that they could take care of each other if something unexpected happened.
Climbing near the white figure just now, the two of them also saw what was in the ice wall.
A male Rakkor warrior who had long since turned into withered ice extended out of the ice wall in a parallel walking manner. He was within the ice wall from the waist down, and protruded from the ice wall above the waist.
The arms were a little twisted, as if they were struggling to get away from the ice wall.
The head that was frozen by ice crystals only had two scary-looking black holes, looking at the two women faintly.
The scene in front of him was like a Rakkor warrior whose lower body was suddenly frozen by the cold air while he was walking. The warrior put his arms on both sides of his body in an attempt to break free from the ice wall, but could only wait in vain for his body to completely stiffen and eventually collapse.
As a cold corpse on the ice wall.
Looking up, further above, there are more white figures in the looming clouds and mist.
"Is this a Rakkor climber from the past?"
Diana hit the twisted arm of the ice crystal corpse with an ice pick. The arm that was hit by external force broke away from the body of the corpse like broken ice rock and fell down the mountain.
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"no doubt."
Observing the ice crystal corpse, Leona said seriously.
"The bodies of these deceased have turned into part of the mountain. The strangest thing is that these deceased seem to be walking on flat ground instead of freezing to death while climbing rock pillars like us."
"Flat land? I think the ice wall here looks like a frozen lake."
"Let's go, we can't stay here long."
As the coldness in their bodies became heavier and heavier, the two women continued to climb up.
Without the roar of the wind and snow, the dead ice rock is like a cruel execution ground. More and more "ice drowners" appear nearby, and everyone's head is wrapped in thick ice.
, only two bottomless holes were exposed, which looked very scary.
As if being watched silently by these ice-drowners, Leona and Diana gradually became aware of the fatal danger and malice.
"Xiao Na, are their heads moving? Look at that Rakkor woman, her head was tilted towards the bottom of the mountain just now, but now it is twisted towards us."
"Did you see it too? I thought I saw it wrong."
"Anyway, let's speed up."
"Yes, I don't want to be here with these ghosts."
The strange scenery made the two women a little scared. They were not afraid of any monsters or enemies. Instead, it was this kind of inhuman and ghostly thing that could induce fear in the two women.
"stuck"
As an ice crystal fell from a certain ice-drowner's body, as if the start button was pressed, a sudden change occurred.
Dozens of ice drowners twisted and struggled and began to move their bodies in the ice wall. They looked at the two women with empty eyes and moved towards the two women with a posture similar to Sadako, as if they were trying to drag the two women into the ice wall.
Same among them.
"Sure enough, these damn things can move."
Diana, who was holding the ice ax tightly, saw a fierce look in her eyes.
"It's also up there, we can't escape."
Leona, who was close to Diana, raised her head and looked indifferently at the deceased who was 'swimming' below.
"Then don't run away. I'll be in charge of the right side, and you'll be in charge of the left side. Kill them all!"
"Let's see who kills more?"
"I think so too!"
An hour later, the two women could no longer see any ice drowners around them. Only their densely covered lower bodies were still rooted in the ice wall. This was good news for patients with trypophobia.
"How many do you have?"
Leona looked at Diana.
"Two hundred and fifty-six."
"Then I have a little more than you, I'm two hundred and fifty-seven."
"cut."
The two women never encountered anyone drowning in the ice again along the way. They successfully climbed out of the ice wall and clouds, and climbed from the edge of the cliff to the flat ground.
Looking up at the sky, it turned out to be a starry night, and every star was much bigger than before.
Lying with her limbs spread out on the edge of the cold cliff, Diana felt that the cold stones were so beautiful for the first time.
"It feels better to have my feet on the ground. I don't want to have this kind of experience again."
Leona said in a deep voice as she kept pushing forward for more room to move.
"I think it's a little early for you to lie down now."
"What?"
Diana sat up and saw the giant frost wolf grinning at her. The ordinary frost wolves that appeared in the Targon Mountains were big enough, but the one in front of her was even more outrageous. She stood up and actually
Taller than myself.
"It's really strange that there are such tall living creatures in this place."
"Now we should consider that's not the problem, right?"
"Hoo ho ho..."
The Frostwolf was the first to attack, striking Leona hard with its sharp claws, leaving deep claw marks on the hard rock ground.
"This beast is a bit fast, so be careful."
A skillful forward roll avoided the claw attack, Leona's expression was a little solemn.
"You and I are attacking from both sides! Deal with it quickly, lest there are more Frost Wolves!"
"no problem!"
In response, Diana rushed forward with an ice pick and gave the wolf's tail a sharp blow. The giant wolf tail, which was like a broom, was broken off and tilted to one side. The frost wolf let out a cry of pain, turned around ferociously, and prepared to bite.
Diana.
"I'm here! Where are you going?"
Leona, who seized the opportunity, struck another blow on the broken tail without any martial ethics. She directly smashed the wolf's tail with a sharp ice pick, and blood spattered all over Leona.
"Come together! Kill him!"
The giant frost wolf in severe pain was attacked by Sunshine Girl and Moon Girl before it could launch an effective attack. It was riddled with holes with ice picks, and the ruthless Diana didn't even spare the wolf's butt.
After whimpering a few times, the giant frost wolf kicked its legs and died.
"It should be gone now, right?"
Leona, dripping with blood, shook the blood beads from her hair and calmed her breathing.
"It seems like it's gone, Lena, can you still move on?"
Diana wiped the ice pick on the wolf fur and asked with a smile.
"There may be danger next, do you want to take a rest here?"
Shaking her head, Leona inserted the ice ax back into the holster on her waist.
"It's not necessary. We've already come this far. It's better to walk the rest of the way."
"Then let's go."
After taking a short rest, Diana and Leona continued to move forward. Compared with the cliffs at the beginning, the road was now much gentler.
Not far away is an upward gentle slope. At this height, there is no snow, only a chilling breeze blowing towards you.
Walking up a gentle slope, there are no obstacles in sight. The thin air is like squeezing out all the oxygen from the lungs. Every breath is a challenge to the physical limit.
Even Leona and Diana, who are already extraordinary people, cannot remain peaceful in this environment for a long time.
"On the road of trials, we are probably the most difficult one."
"That can't be considered a road at all, right?"
The two women looked at each other in silence for a while, then walked slowly towards the final journey to the peak.
As the distance approaches, the brilliance of the starry sky ripples with a pale golden arc.
"Did you hear it?"
Nodding to Leona, Diana looked at the golden divine light descending from the depths of the starry sky. Through the gauze curtain of divine light, Diana saw a golden holy city that did not belong to the human world.
Every part of this holy city embodies the limit of beauty that humans can understand. Countless rare and exotic animals live in the most beautiful Yidian Garden, and God's people prostrate themselves on the ground and sing praises.
There is a temple in the middle. Gemstones decorate the golden columns of the palace, and agate and spinel form the colorful riverbed surrounding the temple.
Their consciousness was pulled deep into the depths, and Diana and Leona heard the holy hymn from the star realm at the same time.
"This seems to be a... call?"
"You are right, there is something calling us there, waiting for our arrival."
"...Are you ready?"
Nodding, Diana took steps.
"No matter what the result is, we did what we were supposed to do, and the rest is left to fate."
Holding hands, Diana and Leona looked at each other and smiled, walking side by side for the last dozen steps.
"Buzz"
The illusory golden beams turned into reality, shining on Diana and Leona respectively, changing the nature of the two women as human beings, and everything was developing towards unknown areas.
Under the Titan Peak, Lester looked at the two light pillars rising into the sky and slowly lowered his head.
