Death Train: SSS-level talent right from the start!

The battle inside the main hall continues.

The Frost Knights fell one after another. Some had their breastplates smashed by Shi Jian's fists, some had their faces pierced by Chen Ye's Dragon Scale Halberd, some were cleaved in two from shoulder to waist by Lu Qingchuan's giant axe, and some were dismembered by Gu Qinghuan's throwing knives.

But casualties were also accumulating at the same time. Passengers who were not qualified enough or who did not react quickly enough fell one after another under the impact of the Frost Knight.

An ice knight cut into the crowd from the flank, his longsword sweeping across and slicing three passengers who couldn't retreat in time in half.

Even after half of its chest cavity was shattered, the other Frost Knight did not stop its attack. Its movements slowed down, and its right arm could no longer be raised normally, but it gripped the ice crystal longsword with its left arm and finally pierced the chest of the passenger in front of it.

The moment the blade pierced through, the chill emanating from the sword spread throughout the passenger's body via the wound. Frost began to form on the passenger's body from the wound, and within seconds, a thin layer of ice covered his entire body before he fell backward.

The battle lasted for about twenty minutes.

After Lu Qingchuan's giant axe cleaved away an ice knight, the temperature inside the hall had already risen to zero degrees Celsius.

The remaining Frost Knights all stopped moving, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

The ice crystal greatswords in the hands of these frost knights began to melt, and then their bodies.

In less than a minute, the tall figures standing in the hall all disappeared, leaving only dozens of empty suits of armor on the ground.

On the ice wall in front of the main hall, a new door is slowly sliding inward, revealing an even deeper ice crystal passage behind it.

Chen Ye's gaze swept across the entire hall, where wreckage and corpses were scattered on the ground.

He roughly counted that a total of 12 passengers had died. These deaths accelerated the rise in temperature, which is why they passed the level without killing all the Frost Knights.

Lu Qingchuan walked over from the front of the group and stopped in front of Chen Ye.

He didn't rush to speak, but first glanced at the door of the new passage to make sure everything was normal before turning his gaze away: "Only twelve people died. This result is much better than sacrificing thirty people to pass the level."

Chen Ye nodded slightly, about to reply, when Zhao Hai behind him suddenly spoke up: "There are still more than eighty people left. According to the rules of this Ice Abyss Trial, we don't know how many people will be left when we reach the Ice Lord of Extreme Cold. I thought fewer people would die in this trial."

Chen Ye turned his head to look at him: "As long as it's a survival trial, people will inevitably die. The death game won't let us pass easily."

Cao Bing had already stopped in front of the new passageway door. He glanced at the passengers behind him who were gradually adjusting their state: "Let's go, let's continue. We don't know how many more checkpoints there are. Time waits for no one."

After saying this, he led his team into the passage without hesitation.

Chen Ye and Lu Qingchuan exchanged a glance, but neither of them spoke. They each led their teams and followed.

Passengers in the hall poured into the passageway, their footsteps echoing softly on the ice.

Just as Chen Ye had guessed, the rules in each of the halls were almost identical, forcing them to choose between killing monsters or sacrificing passengers.

The hall behind was getting colder and colder. Even though the passengers were physically stronger than ordinary people, they were already at their limit in this extremely cold environment.

Passengers with lower physical strength moved noticeably slower, and the frequency and power of their skills were reduced.

Some people's fingers were so frozen that they couldn't hold their weapons properly, and some people's lips had turned bluish-purple, making it difficult for them to speak.

The number of passengers decreases with each hall they pass through.

By the time they reached the eighth hall, the queue had shrunk to less than forty people.

Those who died in the battle were either fatally wounded by the Frost Knight's longsword or frozen in the extreme cold, becoming sluggish and then killed by monsters.

As the passage leading to the next level opened in the eighth hall, Gu Qinghuan suddenly spoke up, saying, "The Lord of Extreme Cold Ice is in the next hall."

Cao Bing, who was about to step into the passage, stopped in his tracks the moment he heard those words.

He turned his head, his gaze shifting towards Gu Qinghuan: "Are you sure?"

Gu Qinghuan didn't look at him; her gaze remained fixed on the depths of the ice wall: "I can sense its presence."

The hall was quiet for a moment.

Zhong Xiu stepped out from the back of the crowd and stopped about three or four meters in front of Chen Ye. Her gaze did not fall on Gu Qinghuan, but instead landed directly on Chen Ye's face: "Since the Ice Lord of Extreme Cold is right in front of us, there are some things that need to be made clear. Use your item now, otherwise everyone will not feel at ease to focus on killing the Ice Lord of Extreme Cold later."

Cao Bing retreated from the passage and led his team to Chen Ye: "Zhong Xiu is right. It's fine if you want to use that item to steal the right to kill the Ice Lord of Extreme Cold, but I'm afraid that if you mess things up, everyone will die at the hands of the Ice Lord of Extreme Cold."

He spoke in a soft tone, but his attitude was clear.

Other passengers who were unaware of the situation also gathered around. They didn't know exactly what kind of prop Chen Ye had, but it wasn't hard to tell from Zhong Xiu and Cao Bing's words that it was something that could affect everyone.

Chen Ye stood still, looking at the crowd that had gathered around him, and said in a calm tone: "Sorry, it can't be used now. Since you're so worried, my team can opt out of killing the Extreme Cold Ice Lord. Anyway, as long as you kill the Extreme Cold Ice Lord, we can still complete the trial mission."

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Qingchuan replied almost without hesitation: "If Chen Ye doesn't participate, my team won't participate in killing the Extreme Cold Ice Lord either."

Cao Bing frowned slightly. After the previous battles, he had a fairly clear understanding of the combat strength of Chen Ye's and Lu Qingchuan's teams.

If neither of these two teams participates in the kill, their available combat power will be reduced by half.

He looked at Chen Ye, remained silent for two seconds, and then spoke: "If you don't participate in killing the Extreme Cold Ice Lord, then we have failed. Your two teams alone cannot complete the kill, and you will still be eliminated by the rules. We are just letting you use that item that can imprison the entire field. As for the right to kill the Extreme Cold Ice Lord, everyone should rely on their own abilities. Is that too much to ask?"

Chen Ye's lips curled into a slight smile: "You know I have special items, but I don't know if you have any special items, especially you, Cao Bing. Your train participated in the most trials, how would I know if you have any special items or trump cards?"