Apotheosis

Libby couldn't help but sigh dejectedly. "If it's already awfully cold at the entrance, how much colder will it be above? I can't imagine what that'll be like," she said while shivering slightly.

However, Elizabeth merely shrugged indifferently. "To be honest, this is not the coldest place yet. You will know when you get up there!"

"Really? But it's already freezing cold in here. Is this really how we will get up there?" Zen looked at her questioningly.

There was no doubt that if they climbed to the upper ice field without any preparation, even Zen would be frozen.

Elizabeth shook her head. "What? Of course not!" She seemed like she had some sort of trick up her sleeve.

She stretched out her arm for them to see. As they looked at it, a small ring instantly appeared on her wrist. Obviously, this ring was the Sumeru Space.

"Buzz..." It began to vibrate slightly.

As the ring emitted a flash of light, a circular shield appeared in her hand.

"This is the Divine Fire Shield. It is a treasure forged by the fire spirit of the Element Spirit race. Under the protection of this shield, we can move safely around the area above," explained Elizabeth.

Obviously, Emperor Charm had obtained a great deal of benefits from the Element Spirit race when he joined them.

He didn't seem to need this Divine Fire Shield. Therefore, he gave it to Elizabeth instead. It was a good thing he did because this would be a great help in crossing the upper ice field.

Elizabeth began floating towards Zen. As soon as she passed by him, she had released the divine flames of the Sun Crow race on her fingertips.

The divine flames started flowing upward and all over the Divine Fire Shield. The heat coming from the entirety of the shield radiated towards them and gave them warmth.

The temperature of the Divine Fire Shield itself was not that high. However, it was able to control the temperature within a certain range.

"Stay close to me. We'll climb up quickly! Get ready. Here we go!" Elizabeth said.

"Bang!"

Under the protection of the Divine Fire Shield, the three of them dashed upward together.

They broke through the ice-cold hole that was now starting to freeze over. After a while, the trio finally arrived at the upper ice field. They made it with almost no problem at all.

Whoosh! Whoosh... Suddenly they heard a loud swishing sound.

They encountered a fierce cold wind that blew over them. It was quite powerful and should not be taken lightly. It almost overturned the Divine Fire Shield.

"Hold on!" Elizabeth's facial expression changed.

If the Divine Fire Shield was blown away by this monstrous wind, their fate would be sealed. They could already imagine getting frozen to death in this icy wasteland.

Without second thought, Zen immediately clasped the Divine Fire Shield in his hands with lightning speed. He gripped it as tightly as he could. No matter how hard th

t now is merely a mirage."

Whenever something had reached an extreme level, it was usually enough to render some parts of the basic rules ineffective.

As the coldness reached its absolute limit, the properties of many things would also change.

"Sizzle!"

After the flame arrow floated for a few seconds, it suddenly burned brightly.

In a split second, the entire Cold Prison was filled with firelight.

Nevertheless, the firelight just flashed quickly and disappeared without a trace.

The moment the firelight illuminated the Cold Prison, Zen noticed some light dots with strange shapes that appeared inside it. Those light dots were randomly distributed and they looked very similar to the light dots in the Abstruse Energy World.

"So those light dots are..."

Just as Zen was about to ask, Elizabeth began to explain. "So far, we still don't know what those light dots are. But I have heard from Emperor Charm that there are some things imprisoned here. That is why these areas on the ice field are called 'Cold Prisons'."

Simply put, the Cold Prisons on Stage Thirty actually imprisoned the creatures from the Abstruse Energy World.

It was too bad that Geoffrey had been left in the Deleting Space. If he was here, Zen would be able to ask him to tell what these light dots were.

Driven by his absolute curiosity, Zen also flicked a few flames towards the Cold Prison. He observed them carefully just as he did earlier.

As soon as the flames entered the Cold Prison, they all floated slowly like Elizabeth's flame arrow. Then with a flash of firelight, they disappeared too.

After trying several more times, Zen continued to move forward under the Divine Fire Shield.

Soon enough, he discovered that there were Cold Prisons everywhere on the upper ice field.

The densely packed Cold Prisons looked like they were holes that had been dug by worms. They had cut the originally sleek ice surface into many parts.