Chapter 381: Chapter 381: Ice Wind Valley

Duke found a relatively flat area and summoned the Storm Dragon Eagle from the Light God Court.

The Storm Dragon Eagle’s enormous body instantly occupied the area, and its aura was extremely powerful, startling flocks of birds in the nearby mountains and forests.

It stretched out its giant wings, with each feather gleaming with a metallic sheen, surrounded by subtle arcs of electricity, emitting a low crackling sound.

Just arriving here, the Storm Dragon Eagle curiously looked around, sensing keenly that this was a plane it had never reached before.

Dali was so surprised by the sudden appearance of the gigantic creature that she instinctively took a step back, then realized it was the powerful creature summoned by Duke.

The strong aura of the Storm Dragon Eagle made Dali directly feel the creature’s power; probably only a Magic Master level individual could tame such a demon.

Duke gently stroked the lowered head of the Storm Dragon Eagle, and it affectionately rubbed against his palm, docile as if it was not a powerful creature capable of conjuring storms.

“It’s a companion I met on my journey,” Duke explained briefly without divulging too many details. “With it, we can reach Ice Wind Valley within half a day.”

He lightly leapt onto the wide back of the Dragon Eagle, extending his hand to Dali: “Come on, hold tight to me.”

Dali hesitated for a moment but eventually grasped Duke’s hand, pulling herself onto the Dragon Eagle’s back.

The feathers of the Storm Dragon Eagle were much softer than imagined, sitting on them was very comfortable.

The back area was quite spacious, more than enough for a dozen people to move about.

Dali carefully adjusted her position, sitting in the middle area of the back, her face still carrying an expression of disbelief.

“Sit tight,” Duke reminded, then patted the Dragon Eagle’s back.

The Storm Dragon Eagle let out a piercing cry that soared through the clouds, its wings suddenly spread, stirring up a fierce wind.

In the next moment, it soared skyward, its speed dizzyingly fast.

The Storm Dragon Eagle carried the two up into the high sky, quickly becoming a small black dot from the ground.

Due to the Oracle Plane being just a Low Plane, the number of powerful demons is extremely rare.

The Storm Dragon Eagle is a Level 1 Peak life form, extremely fast, even ordinary Level 2 demons find it difficult to catch up with it.

Thus Duke had fewer worries, relying on the Storm Dragon Eagle’s rapid speed to hurry to the Northern Ice Wind Valley.

Dali slowly adapted, carefully opening her eyes.

The mountains and rivers beneath her feet quickly receded, clouds flitting by her side; this experience of soaring among the nine heavens left her both amazed and delighted.

“It’s so incredible…” she muttered to herself, her blonde hair flying behind her, her face flushed with excitement.

Dali grew up in the Light Sect, chosen from a young age as the Holy Daughter by the will of the God of Light, needing to learn all kinds of things, without much free time.

This kind of high-altitude flying experience was the first, giving Dali an unprecedented sense of freedom.

The Storm Dragon Eagle flew northward, seemingly enjoying this long-distance flight, occasionally letting out a cheerful, clear cry.

Usually, most of the time it was in the Light God Court, where the space was too small for it to freely fly around.

Now, returning to the sky made it thoroughly enjoy this feeling of soaring.

During the flight, Dali gradually relaxed and began to appreciate the scenery along the way.

From the high altitude overlooking beneath, the magnificent mountains and rivers of the Oracle Plane were fully captured, the continuous snow mountains, winding rivers, and vast forests composed a grand painting.

About an hour later, Duke and others were already close to the Northern Ice Wind Valley area.

“Look over there!” Dali suddenly pointed to a distant silver line, “that’s the Eternal Ice Glacier of the Northern Territory, Ice Wind Valley is at its edge.”

Duke followed her direction and indeed saw a stretch of white icy land, reflecting harsh light under the sun.

The surrounding temperature dropped significantly, even with protective shields, the external cold could be felt.

After another hour of flying, a snowy valley appeared before them.

At the valley entrance, a few small figures were active, with several tents nearby, these were the player team sent by Robert.

Duke directed the Storm Dragon Eagle to lower the height, gently landing near the camp.

The aura of the Dragon Eagle landing was astounding, the snow stirred by its wings made the team members raise their hands to shield themselves.

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The team members stared in awe at this powerful creature, some even subconsciously assuming a defensive posture.

The level of a demon being question marks, and it seemed to be merely Duke’s mount.

Everyone couldn’t help but take another look at Duke; if even his mount was this powerful, then his personal strength must be even greater.

At this moment, the mysterious NPC Duke became even more enigmatic in the minds of everyone.

The players, seeing the Storm Dragon Eagle, had eyes full of awe and envy.

They also desired a mount of this level, wondering when they could reach such a tier.

Hans finally managed to withdraw his gaze, reporting respectfully: “Master Duke, Holy Daughter. We’ve done preliminary cleaning and safety checks at the entrance and can enter now.”

He pointed to a nearby stone door half-covered by snow: “As reported, there are ancient Light Sect symbols at the entrance, and the internal passage seems to be well preserved. Only the stone door is temporarily not known how to open, we dared not act recklessly.”

Hans and his team had found some conditions behind the stone door, but because they didn’t know how to open it, worried about causing damage to the ruins here, they had not moved, waiting obediently for Duke’s arrival.

Dali approached the stone door, carefully observing the symbols on it: “These are very ancient rune symbols of the Light Sect, I can roughly understand them.”

She turned to Duke and said: “I think we need to perform a blessing-like ritual, perhaps it can open this stone door.”

Duke nodded in agreement: “No problem, follow your arrangement.”

As the Holy Daughter of the Light Sect, Dali naturally understood these better.

Dali took some ritual supplies from her bag and simply arranged a small altar in front of the stone door.

She clasped her hands together, softly chanting an ancient blessing hymn, gentle Holy Light emanating from her and subtly vibrating in resonance with the stone door.

At that moment, the stone door also underwent some changes, the symbols on the door emitted a faint glow, and the snow covering the door began to melt.

This scene uplifted everyone’s Spirit, didn’t expect this ritual to actually work.

The stone door then slowly opened, making a deep rumbling sound, revealing the deep passage behind.

Duke turned back to the Storm Dragon Eagle and said, “You are in charge of guarding outside, if there is any abnormal situation, notify me first. Hans, you also wait outside, until we come out together and then return.”

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