Chapter 659: Chapter 657: Dragonspine Summit Conference Chapter 659: Chapter 657: Dragonspine Summit Conference “Welcome, His Majesty Russell, to the Thunder Shadow Kingdom.” Within the Thunderous Palace, King Gregory Firebane warmly greeted Russell and his entourage as they crossed the Thunderclap Volcano Domain to visit the palace of the Thunder Shadow Kingdom.

Located on the ancient land of the Ancient Whispering Forest, the Thunder Shadow Kingdom is one of the few realms in the Dragon Sleep Continent that boasted the ownership of three-headed dragons.

Pyro Lykin Kingdom, Ice Cyclone Barrier Kingdom, followed by the Thunder Shadow Kingdom.

They possessed the Skyfire Dragon, Thunderclap Dragon, and Shadow Dragon.

In the past, Russell believed that the Pyro Lykin Kingdom was the most powerful human nation, but now he realized that the Thunder Shadow Kingdom was even more formidable than the Pyro Lykin Kingdom.

In terms of population and territory, it exceeded the Pyro Lykin Kingdom.

Moreover.

The Thunder Shadow Kingdom had two Dragon Knights; King Gregory Firebane was a Dragon Knight who had bonded with the Skyfire Dragon, and his grandson, Duke Windsor Graeves Firebane, was also a Dragon Knight, bonded with the Shadow Dragon.

However, the location of the Thunderous Palace was beside the Thunderclap Volcano—the Thunder Shadow Kingdom had only developed the Thunderclap Volcano Domain.

“The reason for our visit to the Thunder Shadow Kingdom is to discuss the Amber Council seats for Your Majesty, the King, as well as for Duke Windsor,” stated Russell as he took the lead and strode towards the palace’s great hall.

“We are already familiar with the Amber Council, and in principle, we agree to join and discuss the grand strategy of human resistance against Frost Star,” said King Gregory. “However, the specifics need to be clarified by His Majesty Russell.”

“It is my duty as the chairman to do so,” spoke Russell calmly. “Only through the unity of all humankind can we overcome the Frost Snow Giants.”

They entered the grand hall of the palace and took their places as host and guests.

Soon they began negotiating the role of the Thunder Shadow Kingdom in the Amber Council, as well as the responsibilities and powers of the two Dragon Knights.

Meanwhile.

In the distant Ancient Dragon Ridge Mountains, the central and highest peak of the Dragon Sleep Continent, the Dragonspine Summit, a special meeting was being held amidst howling winds.

“This place is much like our Ga Liduo’s Holy Mountain on Frost Star. It was a fine choice to convene the Vanguard Officer meeting here,” a group of Frost Giants, over twenty meters tall, were sitting or coiling on the summit, waiting for the assembly to begin.

Soon enough, the entire clearing at the mountain’s peak was filled with Frost Giants.

“Let’s do a roll call, starting with the hunting grounds one by one,” a Frost Giant surveyed the crowd. “I’ll start. Vanguard Officer Gu, one of the ten Vanguard Officers of Meltingfire Lands. Other Vanguard Officers of Meltingfire Lands, report in order.”

“Vanguard Officer Te…”

“Vanguard Officer Hou…”

However, out of the ten Vanguard Officers, only seven Frost Giants stood up to announce themselves.

“Are the other three Vanguard Officers not coming?” A short, stocky Frost Giant asked with furrowed brows.

Frost Giant Gu rolled his eyes: “Are you an idiot? Those three useless beings died at the Bat Mountain, completely annihilated, not even a single Cold Frost Warrior escaped, and they even lost three FrostArtifacts!”

“That’s the incompetence of your Meltingfire Lands hunting grounds!”

“It’s none of my damn business!” Frost Giant Gu continued to roll his eyes. “Vanguard Officers are independent of each other, each managing their own hunting ground. The death of those three useless beings has nothing to do with me; it is a miscalculation by the Eternal Seven Elders.”

“We should have never hunted separately, giving bats and ants the chance to defeat us one by one!”

“It’s all because of the Eternal Seven Elders!”

“It’s illogical to blame the Eternal Seven Elders, we even shattered Frost Star itself to accumulate enough FrostArtifacts to anchor this planet. How could the two worlds overlap without evenly deploying the FrostArtifacts?”

“But we shouldn’t have split our forces!”

“It was all to reclaim the Snow Giants, our opportunity for evolution. If we want to conquer the Dragon Sleep Continent and plunder its resources, we need someone who can evolve into a Frost Giant to execute the Eternal Frost Star Plan!”

“If we had gathered our seventy-eight Vanguard Officers, we could have swept through the Dragon Sleep Continent in no time, then just wait for the Frost Titans to be born!”

“Everyone wants to get their hands on a Snow Giant, hence the Vanguard Officer came up with this compromise, the Frost Star Hundred Divisions, still unaware of the need to unite even when death is upon them!” another Frost Giant fumed angrily.

“Drop the rhetoric! Ha, the Eternal Frost Star Plan, which can only support a small portion of our people settling down, who in the Frost Star Hundred Divisions is willing to sacrifice themselves? Whoever captures a Snow Giant, whoever advances to become a Frost Titan, they will be the winner!”

“It is precisely because of this kind of thinking that we have ended up in such a dire situation, with the mightiest of beings born amidst the great bats!”

“None but a Frost Titan can contend!”

“Even if the Vanguard Officers band together, the outcome would be the same.” A frost giant with a wise gaze said coolly, “The will of Dragon Sleep Continent is resisting our invasion of the Frost Star; we should have foreseen this.”

“It’s all because the Eternal Seven Elders are already in their twilight years, their millennia of sleep have dulled their minds. The Frost Star environment grows increasingly harsh, the population thins out, yet they are the ones hiding in the Eternal Frost Star, sleeping for ten thousand years, living longer than anyone else!”

“What, you want to overthrow the rule of the Eternal Seven Elders?”

“Once I advance to become a Frost Titan, it is only a matter of time before I make the Eternal Seven Elders relinquish power!”

“Enough, gentlemen, remember what we are here for. The roll call isn’t even complete yet, what is there to argue about?” Frost Giant Gu shouted angrily, bringing the topic back and continuing the roll call.

Seventy-eight Vanguard Officers in total, but only seventy-two showed up.

“It seems we have lost six pieces of trash,” Frost Giant Gu remarked.

“The wise-eyed frost giant corrected lightly, “Five pieces of trash died, and one piece of trash deserted.”

“It’s Shuang Da!”

“Born from the Liǎo Zhé Tribe, the Eternal Seven Elders should have drowned all the giant trolls of the Liǎo Zhé Tribe in the Shattered Sea!”

“It also stole my sacred artifact of extreme ice!” Frost Giant Gu yelled furiously; it was he who had collaborated with Shuang Da, only to be betrayed and lose the sacred artifact of extreme ice and a large number of Cold Frost Warriors, suffering a heavy loss.

If it hadn’t been for the successful hunting of a Meltdown Dragon, he would not have been able to hold his head high among these Vanguard Officers.

“Find Shuang Da, we should dismember it!”

“It’s gone into hiding, it might have gone over to the great bats, and now no one can find its traces!”

“It’s pointless to talk about this now,” Frost Giant Gu interrupted, “This assembly needs to discuss the new mission from the Eternal Seven Elders. Dragon Balls are still insufficient, we have to continue dragon hunting!”

“Fourteen Dragon Balls are not enough?”

“Not enough, we need at least fifteen to completely anchor Dragon Sleep Continent and finish the final overlap of Heavenly Track,” explained Frost Giant Gu. “You all know the mission, the question now is, which giant bat we should hunt!”

The crowd of demons argued incessantly among themselves.

“None of them are easy to hunt. Bats, ants, they have mastered the teleportation gate. They can assemble for battle at any time!”

“We can assemble too and see who is stronger!”

“But the Snow Giants can’t be assembled; gather more than three Snow Giants, and it disrupts the anchoring effect!”

“What, without Snow Giants, you don’t know how to fight?”

“Humph, without Snow Giants, do you plan to grapple with the giant bats? Don’t forget, those three failures were completely wiped out, collectively dying on Bat Mountain.” The wise-eyed frost giant said, “We had better feint to the east and strike to the west!”

“Feinting east is not enough; it’s best to feint east, north, and south at the same time, keep the bats and ants spinning in circles, then strike west!” Frost Giant Gu clenched his fist and declared, “The Snowfield is a domain sculpted by our trolls with the sacred artifact of extreme ice; we need to make good use of it!”

After several hours of discussion.

The Frost Giant Vanguard Officers finally finalized their strategy, and each pledged their oath to the Frost Star in the sky.

“Faust!”

They then vanished from Dragonspine Summit, leaving only the eternal cold winds howling, sweeping over the icy peak.