Chapter 362 [0360] Vast Snowy Mountains

Stepping onto the snow line, everything in front of them turned gray and white. The entire Targon Peak was a completely different world.

Stepping on the increasingly thick snow, Lux and Ino seemed to feel the snow on the ground getting colder with every step they took - this piercing feeling spread from the soles of their feet, making them almost numb below the knees.

They could move, but they had no feeling, and were completely frozen.

"Move forward, don't stop." At this time, Karya could only cheer them up, "Control the body you can still control, drive your stiff and numb parts, keep moving forward, and everything will change after you get through this period!"

However, despite the pain, Lux and Ino had a good mentality, because even this kind of pain was something Karya had vaccinated against before, and they had a good idea in their hearts.

So, when Karya tried to cheer them up, Lux was not panicked, and even wanted to tell a joke - but unfortunately, just as she opened her mouth, the whistling mountain wind mixed with snow dust blew over, making her choke on the wind and had to stop and cough for a while.

Lux, whose face was red from coughing, had to shut her mouth awkwardly.

Karya, who was always teasing, was rare to be quiet at this time. Without Karya's teasing, Lux felt relieved, but at the same time, she felt as if something was missing, and felt a little empty.

Forget it, let's move on.

As Karya said, when Lux and Ino gradually adapted to this numbness and learned to control it, pain was no longer a shackle for them.

Moreover, when they stepped above the snow line, the mountain of the Giant God Peak became even more terrifying - large areas of cliffs were like knives and axes. If you want to continue climbing, you either have to go around a big circle and circle up, or put your fingers into the gaps in the stone wall and climb with all your strength.

Without Karya saying anything, Lux and Ino looked at each other and chose the latter in perfect tacit understanding.

They climbed the Targon Peak not to see the true face of the Targon and dedicate their bodies to the sacred; nor to reach the peak of Runeland and overlook all the mountains - for Lux and Ino, there was only one goal for this climb, to bathe in the glory of the heavens as much as possible and transform themselves.

Reaching the top is not the purpose, but the natural result.

Therefore, although circling up is safe and reliable, it is not their purpose. Self-challenge and self-transformation are the real meaning of this trip.

Taking off the sword from the waist and carrying it on the back, Lux and Ino chose a cliff that seemed to have more rock protrusions and began to climb with their hands and feet.

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Climbing ordinary cliffs is not a difficult task for Lux and Ino. One of them has been trained for a long time, and the other has ice blood. Although the cliff is not as flat as walking on the ground, it is not stressful at all.

But if you add "of the Targon" before the cliff, the meaning is completely different.

These blowing mountain winds seem to be able to scrape off a layer of people's skin and flesh. Although Lux and Ino have broken through the numbness and their feet have gradually recovered some sensation, they can't help shivering when the wind blows on them even if they don't look down.

The height of the cliffs of the Targon is particularly amazing. Even if they want to take a temporary break, they need to climb a hundred feet to find one or two narrow platforms to let them take a breath.

It's late at night now.

The starry sky is clear and a bright moon is in the sky.

The bright moonlight is so bright that it seems that the entire Targon is sprinkled with a layer of silver sand. Under such moonlight, Lux and Ino can hardly tell whether there is floating ice or snow on a rock with their naked eyes.

Fortunately, for Lux and Ino, this is not a problem now - when the moonlight shines on them, their fatigue seems to have dissipated a lot, and their climbing speed has increased a lot, and their movements are more handy. Even if they really grab on to the ice, they will not fall off.

When the night ends and the bright moon sets in the west, the two of them suddenly feel a little tired. When they are on a narrow rock platform and look down, they are shocked to find that they have climbed up a thousand-foot cliff overnight.

"This... is this really what we climbed?" Lux looked at the cliff in front of her, and then looked at her hands that were red from the cold but had regained consciousness, "Overnight?"

"Yes, we climbed it." Ino nodded in disbelief, "To be honest, I don't feel that cold now."

"That proves that you have successfully survived the first level." Kalya said with relief, "Keep going, the next level is the cloud line!"

After breaking through the physiological limit of walking in the snow, Lux and Ino's journey became smooth again.

By noon, the two monkey-like agile people had completely crossed the most difficult area to climb above the snow line and arrived at an area with a relatively gentle slope.

In this area, they finally saw the rams that Kalya mentioned.

Looking at these rams that were bigger than cows and leaning against the rock wall and chewing ice cubes, Lux and Ino, who were already resting and should go to sleep, could not take their eyes away from their star-colored fur for a while.

So beautiful.

The soft fur on the body of the Brilliant Sheep is just like the countless brilliance of the stars in the sky, and each strand of it emits a dazzling brilliance.

When the mountain breeze blows, the long Brilliant Sheep wool seems to turn the starry sky into the sea, and it turns into an undulating wave in an extremely gorgeous way, making people want to touch it.

"Very beautiful, right?" Kalya said, "At first I thought about separating the two characteristics of the ram, cultivating one that produces meat and another that produces wool. As a result, the meat-producing one succeeded, but the wool-producing one failed in the end - its wool quality is excellent, but it has a direct connection with the radiance of the heavens. Once it is caught down the mountain, its wool color will become dull like that of ordinary creatures. What a pity."

"What a magical animal." Lux nodded in admiration, "Speaking of which, is the ram aggressive or something? It's time for lunch break, it won't come over to push me, right?"

"No, no, the ram is not very courageous. Unless it is forced into a corner, it will not actively attack people." Kalya laughed, "Even when catching the ram, only Aatrox was pushed - because that kid was in a hurry and grabbed the horns directly from the front. Find a place to rest in the leeward, don't worry."

Hearing what Kalya said, Lux and Ino nodded at the same time and breathed a sigh of relief.

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After finding a place that was sheltered from the wind and a place with a large gap in the rocks, Lux and Ino leaned against the rock wall shoulder to shoulder and soon fell asleep peacefully.

In deep sleep, neither of them realized that their bodies were unconsciously undergoing huge changes.

Among them, the most direct manifestation was that Lux's long golden hair and Ino's silver-white hair were now like the hair of a ram, exuding the brilliance of stars.

Of course, at a deeper level, Lux and Ino's breathing also gradually changed from rapid to peaceful, and even gradually became consistent with the reciprocating mountain wind. Although the two people leaning against each other were in the mountains, they did not give people a sense of incompatibility, as if they had lived here and should have rested here.

The sword was held tightly in Lux's arms, and Kalya also clearly felt her change.

Lux and Ino slept soundly, but Kalya needed to adapt to the relationship between him and her little by little. For Kalya, the light of the heavens was scorching and painful. Even the cold moonlight would make him feel burned when it shone on him.

This was the sequelae of being infected by the void.

The ascenders became demigods by the infusion of celestial energy; later they became darkkin because of the erosion of void energy. The most common flesh and blood distortion of darkkins was caused by the repeated conflict between these two powerful energies with their bodies as battlefields.

As the weakest of the ascenders, Kalya was even more seriously infected by the void. The power of the heavens and the power of the void fought back and forth in the bodies of other darkkins, but Kalya was simply being hammered by the power of ascension. This was one of the reasons why he was the first to be forced to sleep.

Now, Kalya, who was seriously infected by the void, was exposed to the celestial energy that was transforming Lux and Ino...

This was much more terrible than tearing the wound.

Lux and Ino were climbing Mount Targon and transforming themselves.

In this process, Kalya was actually also increasing his ability to withstand the power of the heavens bit by bit.

Kalya could not be purified in this way, but he could maintain his sanity in pain and not be eroded by the void - he told Lux ​​that when she successfully climbed the peak, she might be able to create an elemental body for herself, but what he did not tell Lux was what kind of pain Kalya would have to go through to adapt to this elemental body.

It was not two people who needed to work hard to climb, but three people.

Lacus and Ino, who were sleeping, did not know that Kalya, who had been cheering them up, was rolling on the ground in pain in his own little world after they finally fell asleep.

The deep-rooted void erosion and the celestial light sprinkled on his body were like strong acid and strong alkali, repeatedly washing Kalya's already scarred body and soul, making him wail in pain and silently.

The past scenes seemed to reappear in front of his eyes like a revolving lantern. When Lux and Ino woke up, Kalya almost lost consciousness.

Fortunately, Kalya finally survived - among all the ascenders, the only thing that Kalya can praise is his indomitable will. He can still bear the pain that is enough to crush the souls of others!

"Awake?" Kalya tried to keep his tone calm and finally said, "Shake off the floating snow on your body and keep going. We are not far from the cloud line."

"Yeah." Lux stretched and looked to the side casually. His eyes widened in disbelief, "Wait, there is a person there!"

Kalya's small class · Elemental body:

In Kalya's current state, if Lux can use pure elements to create a body for him, he can move freely - but the premise is that Kalya can control the erosion of void energy.

Elemental bodies can also be corroded by void energy. For example, the true ice that is regarded as eternal and unmelting can also turn into dangerous and deadly dark ice after being corroded by void energy for a long time.

If Lux makes a light-forged body for Karya, but Karya cannot control his void erosion, then the light-forged body will probably turn into a fission beam...

PS. There will be another chapter in the evening.