Although the extreme northern ice field was in the polar night, the land did not appear dark. It was still a vast, white world covered in silver.
Snowflakes and ice crystals reflected the starlight and moonlight, illuminating the extreme northern ice field beautifully, like daytime. Only in some narrow ice valleys was there thick darkness.
In the howling cold wind, two three-meter-tall humanoid creatures were moving quickly across the snow.
It was Ugga Bonecrusher and the two-headed ogre.
The two-headed ogre held a dark black spiked club in its right hand and a staff in its left, running forward like an armored vehicle. Its speed was completely inconsistent with its seemingly clumsy body.
Ugga Bonecrusher, following beside it, ran at the same speed, turning into two black lines in the white snow world.
Because they were afraid that the human mage would run far and his trail would be difficult to find, the two-headed ogre only brought Ugga Bonecrusher, the guide, along. It cast Haste spells on itself and Ugga Bonecrusher, greatly increasing their movement speed.
When passing by a slightly raised snow surface.
Whoosh!
The snow exploded as if a shell had been buried in it, and countless crystal-clear snowflakes flew towards the two-headed ogre.
A fierce light flashed in the two-headed ogre's eyes: "Seeking death!"
The dark black spiked club in its right hand smashed out, carrying violent power and whistling wind, hitting a raptor-like beast that was attacking in the snow curtain.
Bang!
The beast let out a mournful cry, its body flying out like a broken toy, hot blood splattering down, the bloodstains dotting the snow, forming a gaudy red and white pattern.
The two-headed ogre didn't even look at it and continued to stride forward. Ugga Bonecrusher secretly swallowed his saliva and followed closely behind.
During this time, some ignorant ice field creatures, following the commotion, launched surprise attacks. Some were smashed into meat paste by the dark black spiked club, while others were turned into ashes by magic. They only posed insignificant obstacles to the two-headed ogre.
Ugga Bonecrusher watched the scene of the two-headed ogre displaying its divine power and felt a slight unease in his heart.
He was now not very sure if Garon could defeat the two-headed ogre.
But he wanted to be the leader, and there was no other way to go.
The two-headed ogre was in its prime. By the time it aged, Ugga himself would also be old. He couldn't wait for the day the two-headed ogre's strength declined.
Seeing the outline of the frozen lake faintly appearing, Ugga Bonecrusher suddenly remembered Garon's last instructions before he left, and his eyes rolled.
A few seconds later, Ugga Bonecrusher broke the silent atmosphere of rushing on the road and said to the two-headed ogre, "Leader, your weapons look very heavy. Do you need me to help you carry them?"
"If we encounter that human mage later and your stamina is intact, you will definitely be able to take him down easily."
The two-headed ogre thought about it and indeed found it reasonable, not suspecting the ogre beside it of having ulterior motives.
It handed the rather heavy dark black spiked club to Ugga Bonecrusher to carry, but the staff in its left hand remained tightly gripped.
Ugga Bonecrusher offered to help carry it, but was rejected by a stern look. Afraid of being seen through by the two-headed ogre, he didn't dare say anything more, just carried the heavy dark black spiked club and followed the two-headed ogre forward.
After a while, the two ogres stepped onto the ice layer.
The two-headed ogre looked at the boundless ice layer in front of it, its large head's brow slightly furrowed.
Ugga Bonecrusher was behind it, carrying the dark black spiked club, his eyes slightly dazed.
Because in his vision, the surroundings were vast and empty, without any trace of creatures, let alone Garon's rather obvious dragon body.
The two-headed ogre didn't know Ugga Bonecrusher's little thoughts. After hesitating for a moment, it actually stepped onto the ice after testing it a few times and slowed down a bit because the ice surface was too slippery.
Ugga Bonecrusher followed beside it with apprehension.
Suddenly, the two-headed ogre's low voice sounded in his ears, "How much further is it to the place where you found the human mage?"
Ugga Bonecrusher didn't hesitate and used the prepared words, "After crossing the frozen lake area, it's about another kilometer ahead."
The two-headed ogre nodded and didn't ask any further questions, continuing to walk on the ice layer.
At the same time, neither of them noticed that in the lake water below the ice layer, a dragon shadow surrounded by mist that blended with the lake water, concealing its aura and form, slowly moved to a position two hundred meters ahead of the ogres' path and then waited quietly.
Garon's eyes were calm, unmoving, even his breathing stopped, like a lifeless dragon sculpture.
The moment the ogres stepped onto the ice layer, he knew they had arrived, so he more carefully concealed his aura, waiting for the most suitable moment to strike.
The flow of time seemed to slow down. The ogres approached the ice layer where Garon was step by step, and they weren't too alert, not realizing that a dragon was lying in ambush here.
Garon was silent inside, calculating the distance between himself and the ogres.
Two hundred meters, one hundred and fifty meters, one hundred meters... twenty meters... ten meters...
When he felt the slight tremor of the ice layer at close range, brilliant platinum light bloomed in Garon's dragon eyes. His entire body suddenly erupted, and the dragon force that could suppress the spirit erupted unrestrainedly, piercing through the ice layer and covering the surrounding hundred-meter space.
Crack, crack... Dense cracks instantly appeared on the ice layer.
At the moment of the anomaly, the two-headed ogre's body stiffened under the influence of the dragon force. After regaining its senses, it was horrified and about to leap away from this shattered area.
But it was too late.
From the eruption of the soul-stirring dragon to the shattering of the ice layer and the emergence of a pair of brilliant platinum dragon eyes from within, only a short moment had passed.
Whoosh!
A large amount of frost dragon breath surged out from the lower diagonal, mixed with broken floating ice and sharp ice cones, engulfing the two-headed ogre like a white storm.
"Sneak attack!"
Garon had come prepared, with intention against carelessness. In one move, he severely injured the two-headed ogre and froze it at the same time.
The horrified expressions on its two heads were still vividly preserved in the ice crystals, and its body was riddled with wounds pierced by ice cones.
Bang!
The ice layer shook violently, and Garon's entire body flew out from below, landing near the ice crystals.
Crystal-clear water droplets slid down his scales. The majestic sight of the dragon emerging from the water made Ugga Bonecrusher gape in astonishment.
Garon landed on the unbroken ice layer beside it, looked at the two-headed ogre frozen by the frost dragon breath, knew that the other party still had a breath left, so he opened his dragon mouth again and spewed out the more deadly Thread of Time Steal.
He had considered mixing the two types of dragon breath, but it was currently difficult to achieve.
At the same time, raised veins suddenly appeared on the two-headed ogre's tattered skin, like black blood vessels, wriggling violently under its skin.
Just as the Thread of Time Steal was about to touch the ice crystals, with a bang, the ice crystals exploded, and a large amount of black mist simultaneously extended out, trying to engulf Garon within it.