Walking along the woods, walking around in the woods, walking about five hundred steps, the vision in front of him suddenly opened up, and when Zhang Yunfan came out of the forest, he found that he had returned to the original point.

The gate of the palace stood prominently at the end of the clearing outside the forest, and directly opposite the gate was the 10,000 steps he had walked when he came up.

"Why did you come back again?" Zhang Yunfan was immediately puzzled, looked at the scene in front of him, and was stunned for a long time before coming back to his senses.

After a careful look at Zhang Yunfan, he could determine that this was indeed the place where he would have stayed when he first went up the mountain, but he had just been circling around the palace wall, and the palace area was extremely huge, and it was not more than 500 steps to go around a circle, and I am afraid that it would be more than 10,000 steps.

There was a huge difference between the situation in front of him and Zhang Yunfan's expectations, which made him extremely confused, and in order to verify his guess, Zhang Yunfan decided to take another look.

Before leaving, Zhang Yunfan left a mark on a tree, if he came back, the mark on the tree was still there, it was indeed a way back, if the mark disappeared, it would be another matter.

Leaving a mark, he walked along the woods, this time Zhang Yunfan paid more attention to the number of steps under his feet, which was about the same as the previous one, and it was also about five hundred steps, and he came to the end of the forest, and the scene in front was the same as before.

This time Zhang Yunfan was not so surprised, he looked around carefully, and found no abnormality, he walked straight to the strange tree that left the mark before, came closer, and looked at it, the mark on the tree was clearly marked.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yunfan frowned, pondered for a moment, and then observed the surroundings again, and faintly had a thought in his heart, "It seems that this is a phantom array, no matter how you go, you can't get out." ”

Thinking so in his heart, Zhang Yunfan's eyes moved to the gate of the palace not far away, and walked over.

The phantom array is broad and profound, even if it is an ordinary engineering illusion array, it is difficult for ordinary people to crack, and the phantom array laid by the cultivation master is even more difficult to crack.

There were even some masters who fought all over the invincible hands, and finally died in the phantom array.

Therefore, the phantom array is a very special existence, its power is no less than that of a divine weapon, but its weirdness is not comparable to a divine weapon.

It is precisely because of this unique particularity that the phantom array is respected by the power of the cultivation realm, and the phantom array will be set up outside the mountain gate of the general gate to protect the mountain gate.

On the basis of the phantom array, there are also masters who have researched the phantom killing array, which has added great power to the originally harmless phantom array.

Zhang Yunfan doesn't know much about the formation, he only knows some fur, and he is a complete rookie.

But he still knows a little about the basic theory of the phantom array, at least he knows the existence of the phantom killing array, and he can't help but feel a little glad in his heart, he didn't encounter the phantom killing array, otherwise his life would be mournful.

Now the situation is very clear, the master of this place has set up a powerful phantom array, the purpose is to prevent outsiders from running around at will in this secret realm, and control the rules of the game in his own hands, Zhang Yunfan can only do things according to the rules, and he wants to deviate, but he has the heart to be powerless, and he only blames the poor cultivation.

Now there are only two roads in front of Zhang Yunfan, one is to return the same way, and the other is to continue to go deeper and enter the palace.

Faced with the choice, Zhang Yunfan has no choice, since he has come here, if he gives up lightly, then all the previous efforts and dangers encountered will become worthless.

So he had only one choice, which was to continue to go deeper until he found Baili Zhanxiong and the others.

Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate any longer, and walked straight towards the palace gate.

The door is closed, if you want to enter, you must push it open, looking at the thick and tall door, Zhang Yunfan is ready to take a lot of effort, but the situation is not the same as he imagined, just put his hand on the door, the door creaked and opened automatically.

The door slowly opened, revealing a gap for one person to pass through, and then stopped.

Through the crack in the door, Zhang Yunfan looked inside, his head had just stretched out, and a cold light flickering mountain axe fell from his head, if he hadn't dodged in time, he would have been split in half by the mountain opening axe.

With palpitations and a step back, Zhang Yunfan looked at the door, the door that had only opened a gap was suddenly pulled open from the inside, and a tall and burly figure appeared in the door, holding a giant axe in each hand, looking at Zhang Yunfan with angry eyes, and his clothes looked fierce and vicious.

"Damn, there are still people living in it, so it can't be the owner here, right?" Zhang Yunfan had doubts in his heart, staring at the one who was at least half a cut taller than him.

The giant was very tall, and because he was too tall, he stood in front of the door, taller than the door, and the part above the neck was obscured by the door frame, and he could only see below the neck, as if it were a headless corpse.

But Zhang Yunfan can be sure of one thing, the other party is definitely a big living person, because his arms can still move, and after the man opened the door, he leaned down, obviously planning to get out.

Watching the giant's movements, Zhang Yunfan was extremely vigilant in his heart, and his steps kept retreating.

It's not that Zhang Yunfan is afraid of that giant, the key is that the human body is too big, and he exudes an incomparable aura all over his body, and his cultivation is obviously not low.

With a superb cultivation and a huge figure, if Zhang Yunfan stood in front of him, the giant didn't have to use his hands, he could directly trample him into a pile of meat sauce with his feet.

In order to avoid accidental injury, Zhang Yunfan hid far away, close to the woods, and if the giant was hostile, if he came to chase and kill him, he could run into the woods and hide.

Under Zhang Yunfan's vigilant gaze, the giant flew half of his strength and failed to get out of the gate.

In the end, the giant's body was stuck in the door frame, and he couldn't get in or out, so he kept pounding the wall, the banging sound was endless, the wall trembled, and it was accompanied by a low roar, this scene almost didn't make Zhang Yunfan laugh.

The giant was annoyed and angry, and it took all his strength to withdraw and retract back into the door, seeing that the giant couldn't come out with all his strength, Zhang Yunfan was not only relieved......

But only half of this breath was exhaled, Zhang Yunfan was stunned, and he was dumbfounded, and saw that the giant was angry, kicked the ground with both feet, and the whole person rose from the ground, jumped over the wall, and fell directly to the ground.

With a bang, the giant's feet landed on the ground, and the ground trembled violently.

The giant roared and looked around, his eyes finally fell on Zhang Yunfan, and he roared angrily and rushed over, not knowing what was in his mouth.

But judging from the giant's current appearance, it is definitely not good, which Zhang Yunfan can still see.

The giant is menacing, in the face of this situation, Zhang Yunfan wisely chose to avoid, this is a tactic, because he doesn't know this giant now, and he doesn't know the strength of the other party, so it's not good to make a judgment.

And choosing to avoid can take the opportunity to observe, and you can also use the environmental advantage to consume the opponent's cultivation, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone.

Seeing the giant rushing wildly, Zhang Yunfan ran into the forest with a dodge, and the giant chased after him, came to the edge of the forest, and wanted to get into the gap in the trees, but unfortunately the trees were very densely arranged, and he couldn't accommodate his huge body at all, and he was blocked just one step forward.

With a wave of his hand, the giant cut off all the branches that were blocking him, and then took a slight step forward, and then raised his hand, just like Lu Zhishen uprooting the weeping willows in the Water Margin, he uprooted a strange tree on the ground, and the ground trembled.

Taking advantage of this effort, Zhang Yunfan hid in the depths of the forest, turned around and looked at the giant, at this time the giant was still hundreds of steps away from him, and if he wanted to get closer, it would take at least a while.

Zhang Yunfan breathed a sigh of relief, hugged the Seven Peerless Swords, and looked at the giant with interest.

From the biggest, from another world to this world, Zhang Yunfan has heard about giants, but he has never seen it with his own eyes, and now he finally got what he wanted, so he is so curious.

The giant in front of him was more than two meters tall, close to three meters, so tall and mighty, it was just like the praise father in the myth.

"Hey, what's your name and why are you here?" Zhang Yunfan tried to communicate with the giant, but to his disappointment, the giant did not speak, just like a mute, and could only convey his inner emotions through the change of expression.

The giant looked at Zhang Yunfan with anger in his eyes, as if he had a deep hatred, and looked like he wanted to eat people.

Seeing that the giant didn't speak, and put on a hostile attitude, Zhang Yunfan knew that there was no way to communicate with this guy, so he deliberately provoked the giant, and then dodged before running towards the depths of the forest.

The giant chased after him, and where he passed, most of the forest was destroyed by him, and seeing that he had run more than two hundred steps, Zhang Yunfan suddenly accelerated his speed, and slipped into the depths of the forest, and when he came out, he had returned to the forest on the other side of the palace gate.

There was a square in the middle, and the roar of giants came from the opposite forest, and the treetops in the forest kept shaking and shaking, Zhang Yunfan took the opportunity to run to the palace gate and got in.

Coming to the inside of the palace, Zhang Yunfan looked around curiously, the scene inside was extremely luxurious, and he was in it, as if he had come to the palace.

Entering the front yard of the palace is a large stone monument standing in the center of the courtyard, and around the stone monument, a huge circular building rises in front of it, and many pavilions are built around the sides of this building.

In the center of these pavilions, there are some decorations such as exotic flowers and plants, rockeries and lakes.

The most important thing is that there are other living creatures in this place besides giants. For example, the white crane that stands alone on a rockery on one foot, and the mandarin duck that swims in the lake.

The scenery is peaceful!

Although this beautiful scenery was very attractive, Zhang Yunfan did not dare to linger here for too long, because the giant would return at some point, and if he suddenly descended, he might be able to catch him.

Now Zhang Yunfan is very suspicious that the reason why the giant is chasing him is because he is hungry and treats him as a delicacy!

Thinking of this, he shuddered, hurriedly quickened his pace, passed through the rockery pavilion, and came to the door of the circular hall in the center, and there was a door plaque hanging on the door frame of the large hall, with three big characters written on it - Ice Temple.

Before, Zhang Yunfan suspected that the owner of this space was practicing the ice attribute exercises, but there was no evidence that could prove this idea, and later he encountered the five major tests of gold, wood, water and fire, and his thoughts were completely shaken.

It wasn't until now, seeing the three big characters of the Ice God Temple with his own eyes, that the previous speculation was confirmed.

Silently recited the name of the Ice Temple, and then Zhang Yunfan turned his gaze to the gate under the plaque. At this time, the door was closed, and it was unknown what was inside.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Yunfan stepped forward to the door, stretched out his hand holding the Seven Absolute Swords, and pushed the door open with the hilt of the sword.

The wooden door creaked open slowly, and the first thing that caught his eye was a large cloud of cold mist, the white mist came to his face, and the bone-chilling chill made Zhang Yunfan shiver.

Urging the Divine Dragon Alchemy Technique to transform the Force into Dan Fire, the temperature in the body gradually increased, and the chill suddenly disappeared invisibly.

Entering the door and looking around, Zhang Yunfan found the source of the cold in the house, it turned out that there was a circular ice pool in the middle of the house, and the cold mist came out of the pool.

Walking to the edge of the pool, Zhang Yunfan took a look and found that the pool was full of ice water, and on this water surface, there was a huge ice lotus.

It is the same as the shape of the ice lotus floating in the ice lake, but the body of this ice lotus is larger, the size of a basin, and the lotus petals around it are all water blue, exuding a cold feeling, like a perfect work of art.

Looking at this ice lotus and feeling the cold air from the ice lotus, Zhang Yunfan finally understood why it was so cold here.

"Could it be that the cold in the ice lake is all related to this ice lotus?" Zhang Yunfan couldn't help but have such an idea, but he couldn't figure it out, the ice lotus was hidden deep in this ice temple, how could the chill permeate the ice lake outside.

In the main hall on the first floor, the only furnishing is this ice pool, and the ice lotus inside has become the only decoration.

Glancing around, Zhang Yunfan's gaze fell on the corner of the wall on the left, where a heavy layer of mist had gathered, and inside this mist, the outline of a staircase was faintly revealed.

Zhang Yunfan walked over quickly, and when he came closer, he saw that there was indeed a staircase here, but as soon as he took a step, he found that on top of this staircase, there was a corpse lying horizontally, covered with ice, just like the corpse that he had encountered in the ice and snow array before, which was frozen into a popsicle.

"How did you die on the stairs?" Looking at the corpse frozen into an ice sculpture, Zhang Yunfan couldn't help but wonder in his heart, "Is there something here that can't be done?" ”

Looking closely at the corpse, he found that the corpse had a very striking feature, that it was dumped head-down, a position that made it clear that the problem was wrong.

In criminal investigation, there is a theory of investigation of the crime scene, although in another world, Zhang Yunfan has not been a policeman, but even ordinary people know some basic theories.

For example, when a person is attacked head-on, he will fall backwards, and if he is annoyed, he will fall forward, but this principle is not absolute, and it also depends on the strength of the attack and whether there will be other friction in the middle.

At this time, the reason why Zhang Yunfan wanted to judge the direction of the attack on the corpse was not because he was bored, but to judge the direction of the attack, so that he could prepare in advance.

Thinking of this, he walked upstairs, came to the corpse, and first took a look at the corpse's death.

(End of chapter)