Chapter 1696
The soil waspletely frozen, and the surface of theke was covered in ice a few meters thick.
As the altitude was quite high, the oxygen levels were low.
An ordinary man could not survive there for more than a day.
Luckily, Zeke and the others were either King ss or Ultimate ss warriors.
The harsh weather did not affect them much.
The next morning, the shadow stopped and rested as usual.
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Just when Zeke and the rest were about to rest, Tiger Lord suddenly patted Sole Wolf''s butt again and
pointed in the eastern direction.
Puzzled, Sole Wolf asked, “What do you mean? The shadow is heading toward the east?”
Tiger Lord nodded instantly.
Zeke exchanged a look with the rest, his worry evident.
From the start, the shadow had been heading north.
It seemed abnormal for it to head toward the east so suddenly.
There was something fishy about this, so they needed to be on their guard.
Sole Wolf said, “Do you think that we''re already near the Netherworld''s branch? It might be in the east.”
Zeke shook his head. “That''s not very likely. If we''re already near the Netherworld''s branch, there''s no
way the shadow would stop and rest. I suspect that it discovered something weird and has been scared
off.”
Ares said worriedly, “D*mn it! Did it discover us? I hope that all of our efforts won''t be wasted.”
Zeke replied, “That''s possible. Let''s not panic first. We''ll wait and see what happens.”
Instead of heading to the east in pursuit of the shadow, they hid and observed the situation.
Surprisingly, soon after the shadow started running in the eastern direction, it met someone from
Eurasia.
It started discussing something with the person discreetly.
As Zeke and the rest could not see the shadow, it seemed like the person from Eurasia was merely
talking to himself.
“What the f**k? It''s him?” eximed Sole Wolf.
Ares asked curiously, “Do you know him?”
Sole Wolf nodded. “Of course. He''s Aksel Lewis, the father-inw of Joseph, the current inspector of
the Ministry of Celestial Affairs. Aksel is also the previous inspector of the Ministry of Celestial Affairs.
Back then, that b*stard pocketed a lot of spiritual drugs that were supposed to be distributed to the
North Zone. I fought with him multiple times over that. It''s a pity that I wasn''t powerful enough at the
time to kill him.”
Alfred said, “He''s really in cahoots with the Netherworld! It was all part of the Netherworld''s n when
the Ministry of Celestial Affairs asked us for Summerbank!”
Sole Wolf cursed, “Killer Wolf and the rest are really useless! We sent them to capture Aksel, the
cunning thief, but he ended up escaping to the North.”
The shadow continued talking with Aksel for a short while before speeding toward the north.
Zeke heaved a sigh of relief.
“Looks like they haven''t discovered our existence. Let''s continue chasing after them!” he instructed.
Everyone set off.
The further north they ventured, the colder the climate became.
A thickyer of frost formed on their legs.
Meanwhile, Zeke was doing much better. As he was in the Ultimate ss, he could use his energy to
warm himself and melt theyer of frost away.
Sole Wolf''s legs were not covered in frost as well because he had been riding on Tiger Lord''s
shoulders and had not touched the ground.
On the other hand, Ares and Alfred were suffering.
Their legs could barely be seen under the thickyers of frost covering them.
Although they were still able to endure it, their energy had been severely depleted.
It was ufortable for them too, so it impacted the speed of their pursuit.
Zeke decided to transmit some energy to them and melt the frost away from their legs.
Their legs were finally freed from the frost, leaving behind two pairs of icy “shells” molded from the
shape of their legs.