I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 633: Chapter 481: Frostglow Boundary Monument, Seeking Allies

As the information from the Ice Monument was gradually digested, the history of the Ice God Treasure Vault quietly emerged in Qin Tian’s mind.

Thousands of years ago, when the fortunes of their race were in decline, the Ice God Race sealed all the treasures that sustained their lineage into seven vaults, leaving behind the fire of resurgence for future generations.

The key to opening these vaults lay in the seven “keys” scattered across the ruins, and the Ice Monument resting in his palm was one of them, named the “Frost Glory Monument.”

Qin Tian’s fingertip gently touched the monument, feeling its bone-chilling coldness. A layer of frost which had remained unchanged for a millennium covered the surface. His fingertips could clearly feel the ancient, indented patterns on the monument’s surface, markings unique to the Ice God Race. Yet, after millennia of erosion, the patterns had long lost their former luster, and even the edges of the monument bore faint signs of wear.

“Even without anyone nurturing it, it can still seal Tier Seven demons for a thousand years. Such a treasure is truly formidable.” Qin Tian mused silently, slowly injecting his spiritual energy into the monument.

As spiritual energy was infused, the originally dim Frost Glory Monument firt started to tremble slightly, and then ice-blue light seeped out from the seams of the patterns.

Those symbols that had been dormant for millennia seemed awakened, swirling and flickering in the blue light. The monument, initially the size of a palm, expanded visibly at an astonishing speed. Ice crystals rapidly grew from its edges, stretching the surface patterns, transforming in an instant into a massive monument tens of meters wide. The airflow generated as its base floated blew away the surrounding snow, resembling a small ice-blue mountain suspended in mid-air.

Even more astonishing was that as the massive monument ascended, the wind and snow within a radius of tens of kilometers suddenly stopped.

Snowflakes hovered in the air, no longer falling, and the whistling cold wind seemed to be abruptly silenced by an invisible force. A pressure far surpassing that of Tier Seven demons descended like an ancient glacier, spreading cold along the ground, instantly solidifying the surface of the frozen earth with a thick layer of ice.

Qin Tian did not mobilize his spiritual energy to resist, but instead, willingly opened his senses to personally experience the power of the Frost Glory Monument.

The next moment, he felt as if a heavy ice peak had been placed on his back. The coldness did not invade from outside, but erupted directly from deep within his bloodline. His limbs and bones instantly felt stiff, and even the spiritual energy circulating within became sluggish. His soul seemed to tremble slightly from the cold.

“Such strong suppression!”

Qin Tian’s eyes narrowed sharply, immediately activating his qi and blood.

Boom!

A pillar of crimson-gold qi and blood surged skyward, intertwining with the ice-blue light of the monument in mid-air, with the surrounding chill retreating like tides.

Yet even so, he could still clearly feel his blood flow slowing, his joints faintly stiffening, and even the self-healing speed of his Immortal Sacred Body was reduced a few notches.

With his Tier Six, Six Stars physique and the power of three holy bloods, he was still suppressed to this extent. It was unimaginable for other spiritualists.

Qin Tian speculated that Tier Six spiritualists entering the Ice Monument Domain would find their spiritual energy operations severely sluggish, and even those with holy blood direct lineage would have their bloodline power suppressed, their strength diminished by at least thirty percent.

As for spiritualists with bloodlines below golden, they might be frozen and have their bloodlines stiffened upon entering the domain, directly losing half of their combat strength.

Based on the fragmented information remaining in the monument, Qin Tian understood the original purpose of the Frost Glory Monument.

The Ice God Race once stationed it at the head of the main city at the border, as a barrier of defense.

Within the Ice Monument Domain, members of the Ice God Race would not suffer any suppression. Instead, they could amplify their ice-based spiritual energy with the cold air from the monument to withstand snow beast tides and foreign invasions. The name “Frost Glory Monument” stems from this mission of guarding the border.

“Although its power was diminished due to suppressing demons for thousands of years, it’s not impossible to restore it.”

Qin Tian gazed up at the massive monument in the sky. His talent, [Divine Weapon Emperor], could directly enhance the core of divine weapons. Not only could it rapidly restore the Frost Glory Monument to its peak state, but it could also attach new powers to the monument through bloodline force, surpassing its former glory.

Raising his hand, Qin Tian summoned the massive monument in the sky, which gradually shrank until it fell into his palm, the size of a hand.

The ice-blue light receded, leaving only a faint halo at the patterns on the monument’s surface, likening it to a dormant glacier, quietly awaiting the moment of awakening again.

Qin Tian flapped the Demon King’s Wings and simultaneously entered a state of invisibility, concealing his breath. He became like a shadow merging with the darkness, swiftly heading towards the direction indicated by the Frost Glory Monument.

The scenes of ruins along the way were more tragic than he had imagined.

Piles upon piles of ice bones were scattered on the frozen ground, with even some bodies of Ice God Warriors not completely decayed still visible.

Some maintained a stance of wielding a blade, the ice blade still embedded in the nearby black monster remains; others were in a protective posture, as if safeguarding something even until their last moments. The ice crystals on the surface of their bodies hadn’t melted for a millennium, reflecting a dim light.

Qin Tian’s gaze swept over, his fingertips subtly moving, and several ice elements hidden in the crevices of the ice bones floated towards him.

He casually stored them in his space ring, and within just half an hour, he had collected hundreds of them.

Along the way, he also encountered many awakened monsters, as well as other spiritualists who had entered the ruins with him.

However, even with a distance of only a few hundred meters, these people still could not sense his presence.

Approximately ten minutes later, Qin Tian arrived at the location of the Ice God Treasure Vault.

The sight before him caused his pupils to shrink slightly. The ground was heaped with layers of ice bones and monster remains, piled up a meter high. The air was filled with a faint black miasma, lingering like a thin veil above the remains. Even after a thousand years, this dark energy still had not dissipated, emitting a chilling aura that made one’s heart tremble.

“It seems that the price paid by the Ice God Race to protect the vault was far beyond imagination back then.”