This is the interior of the Winter Sacred Tree.

The source element of extreme cold was transformed into floating ice crystals, densely packed and crowded almost all corners, and the book of ice and snow floated in the center of the ice crystals, as if breathing, flickering with a faint light.

Except for the Winter Codex, which is the Book of Ice and Snow, and below it, the small space constructed of countless runes.

There is no life here.

With the power of the Winter Divine Tree, the rune space constructed here is not rejected by the power of the Divine Tree itself, which is why Liya and they have been able to survive here for a long time.

Suddenly, some of the fine ice crystals began to coalesce and turn into a humanoid object.

Then, on top of the ice crystals, different colors appeared, like plaster casts being painted, red, flesh, black, white...... Pure ice flowers bloomed on the body of the humanoid object.

In an instant, a man who seemed to be only in his thirties appeared almost naked around the ice crystals, and there was a circle of ice flowers around his chest and ***, covering important parts.

Anyone who had seen him would recognize him as the old lord of the city, Hiss.

Heath glanced at his current appearance with some disgust, and flicked the ice flower on his chest.

This went out to acquaintances to see it, and I was afraid that I would not be laughed off.

Fortunately, there are no acquaintances in the future, and he doesn't need any acquaintances now.

He looked at the rune space in front of him, which was shrouded in countless ice crystals, and the barrier was gradually weakening, and a disdainful smile appeared on his face.

A snow-white triple ring pattern inscribed with intricate and bizarre inscriptions appeared before his eyes.

The lower right corner of the pattern is missing, and it is still one-tenth less.

It's coming, it's finally coming.

Huizhao is almost completely completed.

The corners of Hiss's mouth curled into a smile of joy that was about to succeed.

Soon though, the smile faded.

What is there for him to be proud of?

What could have been done three years ago was left to Liya alone, and it took so long.

Liya's reaction speed was too fast.

After being able to get the true scripture, she made a quick decision in just a few seconds, and led a group of people to follow him into the interior of the Divine Tree, and she also had the unfathomable means of converting the power of the Divine Tree into runes and constructing space.

is worthy of the woman he once fancied.

Thinking about his acquaintance with that woman, Heath is still a little embarrassed.

Hiss was initially attracted by Riya's fourth-order strength and supernatural rune methods, as well as her idea of 'rune armor', which provided her with the best environment to support her research.

However, in addition to regularly handing over a batch of fourth-order spell scrolls every month as an exchange for resources, Liya's research progress on rune armor has been very slow.

By the time he got to the back, the Heath had no expectations for the so-called rune armor.

After all, it's outrageous to think about, you don't need a lot of armor parts, just use runes and some basic armor composition materials, you can make a very strong power armor? Or is it an easy-to-carry type?

Does that kind of thing really exist in this world? ….

And after the death of his wife, Hiss also realized that in addition to the means of rune magic, Liya also has a better advantage of herself, when Liya came to Winterfell, she was still about twenty years old, and after a few years, her appearance has not changed, but her temperament has become more and more mature, like a peach oozing juice, attracting men's attention everywhere.

Although she has already given birth, her graceful figure and beautiful face can't tell that she is a woman who has given birth to a child.

He realizes that he is in love with Lia.

However, Liya rejected his pursuit on the grounds that she had children.

Heath didn't care, even if he knew that the child was a different species, he asked Liya to bring her daughters into the city lord's mansion and raise them by him, but Liya thought that her daughter would not like the discrimination in the city

Once again, the vibe rejected him.

So, Heath began to frantically look for a well-known painter to paint for Liya, hoping to impress the other party.

However, in the end, what she got was Liya's cold rejection again and again.

Hiss himself admitted that his psychology became a little sick in the end, and he even had the idea of relying on the power of the Divine Tree to strengthen the other party.

However, one night, a mysterious person approached him, and from that night on, he had other goals.

That's the path of the fifth order!

As the city lord of Winterfell, the fourth-order Wind and Snow Lord, the path that the path of winter can give him ends here, and he basically cut off the possibility of ascending to the fifth order, although as long as he is in Winterfell, he is the real fifth-order.

But what's the use of that?

The power brought by the Divine Tree is still an external force after all, and it is false.

Only when all the great power is concentrated in oneself can it be truly powerful!

Even if it is the road to calamity.

- Ice and Snow Plague.

This was the emblem of the fifth-order path that the mysterious man had given him.

Snow Plague Fallacy Slet, the symbol of the source disaster, the 'natural disaster walking,' the source disaster messenger,、。

Due to the excellent aspect properties, Hiss found that he wanted to transfer from the 'Winter Path' to this fifth-order Origin Calamity Path, and it could be said that there was no threshold.

What needs to be paid is the identity of the entire Winterfell City and the master of the Divine Tree, and from then on he will become the messenger of the source calamity, walking on the main road, bringing endless disasters to the world.

But so what?

Compared to the temptation of stepping into the fifth order, it can be said that a woman is not worth mentioning.

Thus, Hiss began a five-year-long arrangement, gradually gathering all kinds of pre-preparations for the emblems.

Liya came to him to discuss the matter of killing the Church of Truth after that, and he was shocked on the surface, but in fact he sneered in his heart.

Church of Truth, how could he not know?

He knew that Liya also had something in mind, but he didn't care, anyway, in the end, everyone was the sacrifice he had made for the first time when he stepped into the fifth order, and offered to Snow Calamity Slet.

So, Heath was naturally beaten into the sacred tree at the festival that year, which was originally part of the plan he had arranged, and as for the real sacred tree canon that Liya had always wanted to see, it was also left to Liya by Heath.

It's just that I didn't expect that after Liya saw the emblem mark on the canon, she was able to react instantly, which caused the current situation. ….

The Winter Divine Tree is one of the necessary conditions for his emblem, as long as Liya's space is still there, then it is impossible for him to complete the promotion.

But.......

"It's over."

Heath closed his eyes.

Ahead, the rune space that he had been exerting a lot of pressure on finally appeared a crack that was visible to the naked eye.

Liya couldn't hold it anymore.

He had already figured out how he would catch that woman when she appeared here, and then abuse her well, so that she could make up for his three years of restless waiting.

The next moment, a man was suddenly ejected from the crack.

Hiss reached out and grabbed the man, sneering, "Liya, I've finally caught you...... Wait, you're not Lia?"

He looked at the barrier.

The rift had healed again, and it looked like it could last for a day or two.

"Who is this man?"

Hiss frowned and looked at the young man in his hand(x_x).

Red-black dragon horns.

Is the Red Dragon a xenomorph of the factor?

Judging from the strength of the source element in the body, it should only be a first-order.

Who is he, and is there such a person among the people who participated in the festival that year?

At this time, the surrounding ice crystals began to gather towards the young man, trying to adhere to his body, but were driven away by the black and red flames that unconsciously emerged from the young man's body.

"Intentionally

Think...... Hiss! What is it? Why would I want to eat him?"

Heath's brow darted wildly, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

There seemed to be something in this young man's body that was attracting his power, and it was clear that the fiery source element in the young man's body was as disgusting to him as a defense.

I want to eat.

Would love to eat it so much.

I can't suppress the desire to eat at all.

It was a premonition that as long as he could swallow this young man and digest the power in his body, he would be able to become countless times stronger than the fifth-order 'Ice and Snow Calamity'.

The corners of Hiss's mouth are curved upwards together.

Then ...... Follow your heart's desires and get moving.

His mouth suddenly opened, and turned into a mouth bigger than the young man's head, and he was about to swallow the young man completely.

At this moment, the book of ice and snow, which was still above, suddenly flew and hit Hiss, knocking his head to the ground.

"Damn! Are you going to mess with my mentality too?!"

Hiss grabbed the canon and threw it into the distance with all his might, finally hitting the inner wall of the sacred tree.

If it weren't for the fact that as the controller of the Divine Tree, because of his oath to the Noah's Tree, he would never have been able to attack the canon, and he would have chosen to advance by devouring the canon, instead of making such a big bend and using the entire Winter Divine Tree as his cocoon to break the cocoon and turn into a butterfly.

The Book of Ice and Snow floated, and there was a light flickering on the book, as if looking at the old master with some grievances.

Hiss opened his mouth again and swallowed the young man he had brought to the door.

This time, nothing could stand in his way.

The scorching source element exploded in his body in an instant, and the extremely hot alienation factor was also impacting his body.

Hiss felt the changes in his body, and was a little surprised: "The factor of the fifth-order king-level dragon origin beast?" ….

Of course, it's just surprise, not fear.

After all, this young man was not a fifth-order dragon source beast.

But why did I have the illusion that I could become strong after swallowing him?

Heath carefully examined all the ingredients of the young man in his stomach.

Except for the source of the alienation factor, which surprised him a little, the others can be said to be completely an ordinary alienation patient.

Is it in the soul?

It's possible, but where did the spiritual power that overflowed from his soul go after his death?

Hiss frowned, raised his hand, and the book of ice and snow in the distance was instantly found in his hand.

"Soul frozen."

The Book of Ice and Snow flashed with cold light, enveloping His's body, and as a result, Hiss found a small piece of residual spiritual traces in his body.

Why are there so few?

It stands to reason that after a person dies, unless the cause of death is a skill or spell such as soul destruction, then the spiritual traces can be retained relatively intact for a short period of time.

Hiss moved a small part of his soul and leaned into this spiritual trace.

He had to figure out why he had a strange desire before.

—[Hehe, the fish really took the bait~]

After the soul touched the spiritual traces, Hiss felt like he had fallen into the abyss, and it was a long time before he felt like he was on the ground.

He looked puzzled, and a white book floated there.

Is that...... A book?

It is somewhat similar to the Winter Canon, but it is completely different, and it seems unpretentious.

Heath unconsciously leaned closer, his eyes revealing a strong longing.

He could be sure that this was the one that attracted him!

Could this also be the true canon of a certain sacred tree?!

Hiss couldn't help but reach out and touch the book.

The moment his hand touched the book, a seven-colored streamer burst out, Hiss

This part of the soul was swallowed up in an instant.

Bang! —

The body outside the Hiss, his eyes were also shrouded in seven-colored streamers, and his face became pale, and the emblem of the Ice and Snow Calamity, which was about to be completed, became crumbling, and then suddenly exploded.

Heathton was horrified: "No, it can't be!"

Three years of preparation, all of which were empty.

He never imagined that on the eve of success, because of his greed and curiosity, he would fall short.

"Damn Liya, is this your trick too!"

Before Hiss could curse Liya, the backlash caused by the shattering of Huizhao suddenly caused countless fine cracks in his body.

"No, I can't die, I still have to become a fifth-order, and I still have to let that woman Liya know about me......

Syllable! —

In a soft sound that no one could hear, Hiss's body completely shattered, completely disappeared into the ice crystal stream, and turned into a part of the interior of the Winter Sacred Tree, and the power that overflowed continued to spread from the inside of the Divine Tree to the outside world.

Only the book of ice and snow groaned twice with some sadness, as if it was heartache for the departure of the master.

Inside the rune space.

Liya was extremely shocked to look at the ice flowers that were disappearing around her.

And the dissipation of the ice-like silhouette of the Hiss.

The young man...... Did he really succeed?

How did he do it?

Outside, Hill, who had been transferred to the City Lord's Mansion, had a beautiful ice and snow symbol on his forehead.

From this moment on, the owner of Winterfell was truly replaced by this young child.

......

Rena's Inn.

Vile opened the window and reached out to touch the falling snow in the sky.

This time, the snow was no longer cold, but with a hint of warmth.

After that, nearly half a day has passed.

Why hasn't that pervert come back yet?

The cat-eared girl's heart became anxious.

Aina came to her sister's side at some point, and also looked up at the gray-white sky, her tea-golden eyes flashing with a different light.

"It's the taste of Brother Luo Xi~".

The fox in the cupboard