In order to save time, Lu Xiao planned to go to Helheim alone to search for and challenge the third Valkyrie when Yong Zhen led the Shikigami to challenge the maze.
Before leaving, Lu Xiao solemnly said to Yongzhen: "This workshop is a cursed maze left by the paranoid dwarf craftsman Evaldi. You should encounter many enemies during the exploration, but the intensity will not be too high."
"Until you obtain enough materials to build equipment, you can only move around the periphery. Once the erosion worsens, immediately leave the maze and return to a safe area."
"Mimir, Yongzhen and the others will be left to you. Remember to remind them to pay attention to the time."
"No problem, but you..."
Mimir asked with some worry: "Helheim is a restricted area of life in another sense. Even Odin cannot withstand the severe cold of the underworld. Are you really prepared?"
The cold in Helheim, the underworld, is not just for the body. The double extreme cold from the soul and body is the biggest obstacle that restricts the movement of living people here.
"Don't worry, I've never been afraid of issues in the soul realm."
After Brock left the spatial coordinates in front of the temporary workshop built in the safe zone, Lu Xiao returned to the country teleportation room alone, adjusted the world ruler to the direction of Helheim and activated it.
Before he even walked out of the gate of the Temple of Tire, the biting cold wind pouring in from the crack in the door gave Lu Xiao a blow. Some traces of ice could be seen even on the inside of the temple door.
"Wow!"
After opening the door, an extremely desolate frozen world appeared in front of Lu Xiao.
The turquoise sky looks very blurry, with no trace of the sun at all. Heavy snow has been falling in the sky, and the entire world is shrouded in an extremely harsh climate all year round.
"Hiss~"
With Lu Xiao's physical strength, he has already been able to withstand the cold and heat, but that is under normal circumstances.
The extremely cold climate in Helheim made Lu Xiao, who was exposed to the cold wind, so cold that he rubbed his arms.
"Let's fight it quickly. I don't want to stay in this damn place any longer."
The coldness in the soul is not that obvious to Lu Xiao. The toughness of his soul cannot be easily shaken by Helheim.
After officially entering Helheim through the bridge, a large number of corpses with frozen characteristics rushed towards Lu Xiao.
Feeling the breath of the living that they had not seen for a long time, these corpses were eager to devour Lu Xiao's flesh and blood so that they could be reborn.
...Of course this is impossible.
To put it bluntly, even if they tore Lu Xiao into pieces, he would not be able to resurrect him. The laws of nature are not so easy to break.
Moreover, these miscellaneous fish pose no threat to Lu Xiao at all.
In the freezing Helheim, it is difficult for ice and water spells to have an effect on ghouls with the same attributes, and fire spells cannot be effective at all in this environment.
The lightning spells that Lu Xiao is good at cannot have a conductive effect on ice in a solid state, and it is not very useful to deal with these corpses covered in solid ice.
In this case, Lu Xiao simply gave up using spells and held the Xuanyuan Sword to forcefully break through the blockade of the zombie group.
"boom!"
The charged golden sword energy tore apart the formation, and the corpses directly hit by the sword energy were annihilated on the spot.
Compared with Midgard, the ghouls of Helheim have higher defense due to the ice on their bodies, but their movements are slower.
"Whoa!"
Then there was a vertical slash followed by a charged sweep. The corpses that were staggered by the previous sword energy were unable to dodge the second round of attacks flexibly, and most of them were cut into two pieces on the spot.
After dealing with the group of corpses that followed the auras of the living, Lu Xiao immediately controlled the wind to rise high into the sky.
There are always freezing winds blowing in Helheim, and the wind force would be difficult to control in this world.
After many practical exercises, Lu Xiao has made great progress in controlling the amorphous wind power.
Manipulating the wind direction around his body, Lu Xiao endured the severe cold weather and passed Helheim from above at the fastest speed.
The ghouls below looked up to the sky angrily and let out hoarse roars. Some of the ghouls with spell abilities and long-range attack capabilities even launched attacks into the air.
Lu Xiao's flying height was beyond the reach of these miscellaneous fish. Ignoring the commotion below, Lu Xiao's sharp golden eyes cautiously searched for the whereabouts of the Valkyrie.
"Um?"
When they came to the sky above a ruined palace, Lu Xiao's eagle vision scanned an area that was inaccessible.
There is no three hundred taels of silver here, and the appearance of an impenetrable blocked area for no reason will make Lu Xiao suspicious of this place.
"boom!"
After releasing control of the wind, Lu Xiao fell directly from a high altitude with the Leap of Faith skill. When he hit the ground, a large shock wave spread out, shaking the nearby corpses off their feet.
"cut!"
The sword energy of the Xuanyuan Sword was swayed at will, quickly killing all the corpses near the ruins.
Among this group of corpses, Lu Xiao also discovered a brand new enemy, which Lu Xiao named the Wraith.
These enemies covered in black are pure souls, and their soaring resentment can be felt from a long distance away.
Flying all the way here, Lu Xiao saw many souls lining up on the ground in Helheim.
As Mimir said, due to the temporary resignation of the Valkyrie, Helheim's processing speed could not keep up with the death rate of life in the nine realms. A large number of souls were blocked and waiting outside the gate, and some of them turned into wraiths and corpses.
Physical attacks had no effect on the soul body, so Lu Xiao summoned thunder and lightning with a purifying effect to sweep away all the resentful spirits.
When calling for thunder, the sputtering lightning accidentally touched a certain mechanism.
"Boom!"
As a huge explosion sounded from the lower level of the ruins, Lu Xiao was shocked to find that a passage suddenly appeared in the originally sealed corner below.
Seeing this scene, Lu Xiao's already very vague memory was finally revealed.
"By the way, Odin's Chamber of Secrets!"
Not all Valkyrie's sleeping places are exposed. There are many Valkyries sleeping in secret chambers specially arranged by Odin, waiting to be awakened at the necessary moment.
After getting rid of the entanglement of corpses and resentful spirits, Lu Xiao rushed into the secret room as if she had passed through a layer of water waves.
"Gah!"
The undead enemies who tried to follow were purified on the spot by the water curtain outside the secret room. The confused corpses and ghosts could only stop their pursuit and looked at Lu Xiao fiercely as he walked to the center of the secret room and pulled down the joystick of the elevator.
"Clang~"
With the rough sound of mechanical operation, the elevator began to slowly sink, leading Lu Xiao to a relatively warm indoor palace.
At the same time, Lu Xiao once again felt the gaze of surveillance.
"Um?"
Following the direction he sensed, Lu Xiao saw an emerald green translucent crow, staring directly at him.
"Ha~ It's you again."
A finger of wind popped up casually, destroying Odin's crow familiar on the spot. Only then did Lu Xiao feel relieved to explore the secret room.
It is said to be an exploration, but in fact there is nothing of value in the secret room.
There seemed to be a lot of books on the bookshelf, but most of them were blank. A very few of the books contained some information, and they were all outdated information.
Follow the guidance of the light to a courtyard deep in the secret room. The climate here is completely different from the outside world.
Thriving plants can still be seen around the courtyard, and some leaves are hanging down from above. It is impossible to tell that this is the cold Helheim underground.
A Valkyrie wrapped herself up with her wings as usual and floated in the center of the courtyard, waiting to be awakened.
Lu Xiao moved his body and added multiple layers of buffs to himself.
"Come on, let me see the differences between different Valkyrie fighting styles."