"Hmph......" the old man let out a low, hoarse laugh as he coughed up a mouthful of thick blood with some black clots in his throat; The white handkerchief in his breast pocket had been completely stained red by the blood he coughed up at this time, but Gong Piqing didn't know why he vomited blood, could it be that this old man also broke into the palace like him to find something, and then was hit hard by these illusions in the palace?

But this idea was quickly rejected by him, the person who was hit hard by the illusion in the palace was obviously him, this old man is the legendary elemental mage, he is the one who can single-handedly finish the immortal army and can also level most of the country of the undead, such a powerful person, what else in the world can make him vomit blood?

"If nothing else, I'm the one you're looking for." The old man said, slowly putting the white handkerchief stained with his own blood into his breast pocket like an elegant nobleman, as if his constant coughing and vomiting of blood were only a minor problem for him.

"Who are we looking for? Do you know who we're looking for? Gong Piqing asked with a bewildered expression.

"You have traveled thousands of miles from the border of the country of extreme cold to the palace, have you not come to find the master of this palace? I am the master of this palace. When the old man said this, his head subconsciously tilted up, and his expression even looked quite proud.

"You are the king and the master of the palace?" The doubts on Gong Piqing's face were even greater, although the old man in front of him did look decently dressed, how could he say that he was the master of the palace?

Gong Piqing's brain didn't seem to be able to turn this corner, and he thought that it might be because he had been fighting all this time, causing his brain to focus all his energy on fighting, and then he couldn't understand anything other than fighting.

What does the owner of the palace do? Could this guy be a construction worker, and this palace was built by him? That shouldn't be, even if this palace was built by him, then he should have built it for the king of the country of extreme cold, and he shouldn't claim to be the owner of the palace......

Could it be ......

When he thought of this, Gong Piqing's heart was suddenly filled with great fear, could it be that this guy is the king of the Extremely Cold Country?!

"Guess who I am? Esteemed World Tree. The old man said as he looked at him with a smile on his face.

"You—You said you were the king of the Extremely Cold Country?!" Probably because he felt too incredible, Gong Piqing's voice stammered, like a child who had just lied and was immediately exposed.

"That's right, I'm the king of the Extremely Cold Country, and the person you've worked so hard to see is me." The old man said calmly.

Gong Piqing's eyebrows were furrowed, his face was full of capitalized "How is this possible", he was wet all over his body just after rushing out of the sea, and his hair was awkwardly attached to his scalp and face, making him look like an embarrassed reservoir dog, and then looking at the old man opposite, although the kind smile still couldn't cover the marks of time on his face, but in terms of temperament alone, he had already fallen behind Gong Piqing.

"Before, I was thinking, if the World Tree knew my true identity, it would have a lot to say to me, right? But I also thought that you would be so surprised that you forgot what you wanted to say for a while, so now it's up to me to say those words for you, I know what you came to the Demon Realm across a space for, and I know what you are looking for, but I want to tell you that what you are looking for is not with me. As the old man said this, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and finally turned into a rather serious expression.

"What do you mean...... You are the king of the country of extreme cold, what we are looking for is here, and everything we encounter on the road is arranged by you?! Gong Piqing asked.

An unprecedented hint of panic appeared on the old man's face, "Eh, the World Tree has to figure out the situation, I just finished saying that what you are looking for is not here, and what you encountered on the road has nothing to do with me, I don't know what happened to you." ”

"Then how did you end up here? Aren't you in that little village? Why did you come to the palace before we did? You're lying, what you're saying isn't true, you're definitely lying......" Gong Piqing finished speaking, and lowered his head as if he didn't want to listen to this old man's rhetoric anymore.

"I don't know anything about the World Tree...... In your human civilization, there are high-speed trains and aviation that allow you to quickly travel a long distance to another place, but in our magical civilization, we only need to use magic to open a portal to another place, and we can instantly reach any place thousands of miles away, compared to portal magic, crossing the country of extreme cold is simply a simple thing. The old man then explained to Gong Piqing.

But Gong Piqing's head shook like a rattle at this time, "No...... What you say is not true, what you say is not true......"

He muttered this sentence I don't know how many times, and then suddenly raised his head again and stared into the old man's eyes, and the look in his eyes was as if he suddenly understood something, "What if...... What if you're a fantasy too? What if you also made a fantasy to deceive us......"

As he spoke, he raised his hand tremblingly, and quickly rubbed it off the old man's body, his careful appearance was as if he was touching fire with his hand, and the corners of the old man's clothes were touched by him, and then the fear on his face turned into doubt again, "How can this be, how can this be ......"

But soon, he also understood that he couldn't prove that this old man was not a product of illusion just because he could touch this old man, after all, although the illusion is called illusion, all his senses in the illusion are very realistic, no different from entering a real world, so he can't just because he can touch this old man to mean that this old man is real!

The old man seemed to see his thoughts, looking at his frightened and sometimes vigilant expression at that time, the old man laughed helplessly again, "If Mr. World Tree doesn't believe it, then I'll directly lead by example and show you the power of the portal, how about it?" ”

But Gong Piqing still lowered his head as if he didn't believe what the old man said, staring at the floor with dull eyes, and hugging Zhang Yuemei tightly in his arms.

The old man sat there and waited for a while, and when he saw that Gong Piqing still did not say anything, he smiled helplessly, and then, he suddenly raised his hand, as if he had wiped it with his sleeve on a window that they could not see, and the roar of magic suddenly echoed throughout the hall; Gong Piqing looked up in horror, and before he could come to his senses, he saw a huge door of light flying towards him from the end of the hall.

The door really seemed to be made of light, not only the inside of the door was so bright that people didn't dare to look at it, even the door frame, the first time he looked at the portal, he was stinging by the bright light coming from the door, he subconsciously screamed and covered his eyes, and it didn't take long to feel the chill coming from his side, as if there was a ghost behind him who exuded an eerie cold aura watching him from behind.

The existence of "adaptive evolution" has greatly reduced the time for Gong Piqing to regain his eyesight, if ordinary people are illuminated by such a blazing bright light, it is estimated that his eyes will not be able to see anything for a long time and even have to go to the hospital, but for Gong Piqing, it only took him less than a minute to regain his basic vision, but when he stared wide and tried to see where he was, he was stunned.

The old man had really taken them out of the palace, and not elsewhere, but to the poor and humble village where they had passed at the beginning!

Memories flooded into Gong Piqing's brain like a flood, and the scene of their team when they first came to the Land of Extreme Cold once again surfaced from his mind, and those memories pulled his thoughts into it like some invisible tentacles, at that time, he and his team members still knew nothing about the future path, and they didn't even know that the small village in front of them lived a terrifying existence that could make the entire demon world tremble; Then they will have plenty of supplies, and the team members will be high-spirited, but look at the present......

Thinking of this, he suddenly came back to his senses, what a damn thing! How can he be more cranky the more he is at such a critical moment! What if all this is a trap for the elemental mage! What if that light was a trick that the elemental mage had cast on him so that he could not see anything!

Sure enough, Gong Piqing rubbed his eyes vigorously to see more clearly, and in the short time he was rubbing his eyes, he heard a footstep that quickly approached them, and the footstep was so fast that it made people panic, and at the same time, there was a scream that made people hairy along with the footsteps......