For the next few days, the big fellow and I carefully hurried through the dense forest and snow-covered plains! I had no idea if Mo Luo Yinfeng and the others had given up tracking me; we encountered no pursuers along the way, not even sensing their presence!
Finally, after eight days, a city wall appeared on the distant horizon. Standing starkly against the vast snowfield, it looked somewhat bleak and desolate, like an ancient ruin from a data pack expansion.
According to the map, that was the ancestral city of the Frost Clan, the true Throne City! And the Frost Throne lay at the very end of the continent, north of the Throne City!
I didn't know how far that was, but according to Sui Yun, even at full speed, an Ice Wolf would take a full month to get there! However, the big fellow was much faster than an Ice Wolf, but even so, it would still take us at least twenty days!
Subconsciously, I surveyed this ancestral city, the birthplace of the Frost Tribe; apart from its antiquity and desolation, nothing seemed particularly special. Even so, I was quite keen on this ancient settlement.
But I also knew this was not the time to indulge my curiosity! This forced me to abandon the idea of entering the Throne City.
From afar, I could see quite a few patrol squads milling about. Even from this distance, I could sense the pervasive tension.
It seemed the people inside the city must already know what had transpired earlier! Long before arriving here, I had learned from Sui Yun’s introduction.
The Frost Clan was divided into two groups: north and south. One was the southern faction led by the great chief Yue Che, and the other was the northern clan that remained guarding the ancestral land!
Their leader was said to be a person named Bing Chi! Since Bing Chi rarely ventured to the southern continent, few people knew of him.
However, according to Sui Yun's description, this Bing Chi was from the same generation as her great-grandfather! He must be at least two hundred and seventy years old by now!
I couldn't fathom how anyone could live for over two hundred and seventy years! If such a person truly existed, they would probably have become a monster by now!
It was said that at least two others of his generation were still alive: You Quan of the Han Ling Clan, and Feng Xiao of the White Mist Clan! As for his strength, no one knew, because no one among the younger generation had ever seen them fight, so it was impossible to speculate on their power.
But in my view, if such people could live so long, I had every reason to believe they shouldn't be considered human, but rather demons. In fact, I instinctively felt they were the truly terrifying masters of this continent.
This was the real reason I dared not approach the ancestral Throne City lightly. Carefully bypassing the Throne City!
The big fellow and I continued pushing north at full speed. The journey passed in the big fellow's lightning-fast gallop!
Finally, twenty-one days later, the big fellow and I arrived in a vast snowfield plain. According to the map, this was the legendary Throne of Silent Frost!
An endless expanse of snow! The fierce cold wind was like steel knives scraping the bone!
Even with our extraordinary cultivation, the big fellow and I shivered under the biting cold. And permeating this chilling wind was an aura of sinister, desolate killing intent!
Moving through it brought an indescribable sense of loneliness and bleakness! It was as if only the big fellow and I existed between heaven and earth.
The Throne of Silent Frost. I never understood what "Silent" meant in the past.
But now, I somewhat grasped it. The so-called silence was a solitary stillness!
If the big fellow wasn't by my side, perhaps I too would have been tormented severely by this lifeless, cold world! The journey repeated itself between sunrise and sunset!
We traveled by day and made camp in a sheltered spot at night! Roar!
At night! The big fellow's uneasy growl startled me awake from my slumber!
I instinctively released my spiritual sense! I felt something was approaching us!
Not one, but many, coming from all directions! Unknowingly, the big fellow and I were surrounded!
This was simply unbelievable! Even while asleep, any disturbance in the surroundings could not escape the notice of the big fellow and me.
My spiritual sense could detect every subtle movement within a fifteen-mile radius, yet these strange creatures were less than five miles away when we detected them! Though I hadn't seen them yet!
I clearly felt that we were completely encircled at this moment! After a while, those auras grew clearer and clearer!
Finally, under the dim moonlight, streaks of bizarre indistinct shapes appeared! Looking into the distance, the surroundings had turned into a hazy gray expanse!
At this moment, I had absolutely no escape route! Of course, I didn't plan to flee either; instead, I cautiously observed these approaching entities!
Soon, the gray masses surrounding us from all sides rushed to within a hundred meters of me! Then, in the hazy moonlight, I finally saw clearly what these things were!
Although I was mentally prepared, I couldn't help but gasp when I took in the scene before me! Good heavens, how tall and large!
What kind of creatures were these! They possessed bodies shaped like humans, but their height and bulk were terrifying, easily over three meters tall, and their massive frames showed no sign of being clumsy or heavy; instead, they possessed an unusual sense of power and aesthetic beauty!
Moreover, the skin surface of their bodies had a strange luster, akin to metallic reflection! This clearly indicated they possessed astonishing strength and hardness.
This led me to deduce that besides immense power, these creatures also had incredible defenses. The most striking feature was their bizarre, large heads adorned with a pair of long, sharp horns—quite reminiscent of a goat.
However, their pairs of scarlet eyes were filled with a brutal, bloody aura, making it hard to associate them with docile sheep! Tall bodies, and goat-like heads!
A sudden realization struck me! Could these be the legendary Snow Domain Goat-Men!
In my mind, recollections of the various creatures described by Sui Yun from the Snow Domain flashed rapidly! Snow Domain Goat-Men—in the vast snowfields of the Snow Domain Continent, all sorts of terrifying creatures roam.
[Insert Placeholder] The Snow Domain Goat-Men are one of them; they possess hard hides, robust bodies, and a pair of bloodthirsty scarlet eyes. These creatures are savage and exceptionally cunning, skilled in group combat, often using ambushes to capture prey!
No one knows for sure, but many suspect these beings possess intelligence and civilization akin to humans! This is because the weapons they use are club-like maces carved from ice spikes.
These maces are astonishing in both size and weight, and in combat, they furiously attack enemies with them until death—never yielding. Both their weaponry and their sophisticated group tactics indicate they are intelligent and thinking beings, making them terrifying assassins within the Throne of Silent Frost that people dare not mention lightly.
For a long time, many brave warriors attempting to train in the Throne of Silent Frost have perished at their hands! Unexpectedly, the first opponents I encountered upon entering the Throne of Silent Frost were not Mo Luo Yinfeng and his crew, but these natives of the Throne of Silent Frost!
A series of strange roars, mixed with dull, dense rumbling, announced the oncoming tide of Snow Domain Goat-Men, surging forward like an avalanche! It wasn't that we didn't want to avoid them; there was simply nowhere to hide!
It seemed the only option was to charge straight through! "Big fellow," I said, feeling a bit tense, "can we break through?" "Roar." The big fellow seemed quite displeased by my questioning!
With a fierce roar, its thick, radiant Beast King Battle Qi suddenly flared up! Then, like a cannonball, it charged toward the approaching swarm of Goat-Men head-on!
Good heavens! Did you have to get so agitated just because I questioned you once!
I was rendered speechless by the big fellow's impulsive charge! But I had complete confidence in its abilities.
Of course, I wasn't idle; the Dragon Shadow Spear was already filled with energy, poised for action! The five Dragon Shadows swiftly flew out, hovering and spiraling around me!
Since the battle at the ferry crossing, I had become utterly captivated by the terrifying power of the Dragon Shadow in group combat! I cannot describe what that feeling is like.
Since the Dragon Shadow returned to my possession, I clearly feel that the Dragon Shadow Spear is completely different from before. It’s as if even the nine Dragon Shadows attached to it have gained a life of their own.
I don't even need to consciously activate the Dragon Shadow Mantra; the nine shadows seem to sense my intent and materialize in the exact positions they should occupy. This level of effortless control was unimaginable to me in the past.
Even Master Jian Li might not have achieved this level! It can be said that having these nine mutated Dragon Shadows has greatly enhanced my ability in group fights and melees.
The current situation, while surprising, was only surprising; it wasn't enough to make me feel panicked! Subconsciously, I sensed no truly terrifying danger present.
Even with these grimacing swarms of Snow Domain Goat-Men roaring and yelling! The five small dragons moved like five nimble and bizarre streaks of lightning, forming a swirling, colorful vortex around my body!
The big fellow's momentum surged even greater, and with a ferocious roar, its powerful frame reached within fifty meters of the Goat-Men swarm in the blink of an eye! Roar!
Roar! Seemingly unprepared for how fierce and formidable the big fellow and I were!
Urgent tiger-like roars immediately erupted from within the Snow Domain Goat-Men ranks! And countless maces flew toward us like whistling projectiles!
They were throwing their maces from a distance! For a moment, the sky rained down maces like a fierce storm!
But the big fellow’s speed was astonishing! Its snow-white body zipped through the dense barrage of maces with incredible velocity, weaving left and right, easily evading the deluge of weapons.
Then, with a sudden burst of acceleration. Whoosh!
It crashed straight into the dense ranks of the Goat-Men! Rumble!
Streams of light flashed, screams echoed, and flesh flew! The sheer intensity of the big fellow's Battle Qi, combined with the devastating power of the Dragon Shadow Vortex, meant that every Goat-Man struck, or even those merely close enough to be caught in the powerful air currents and the razor edges of the swirling Dragon Shadows, were shredded into fragments.
As for the maces that struck its Battle Qi shield, every single one was shattered into pieces! In the blink of an eye, the dense formation of Goat-Men was violently torn open by the big fellow, creating a massive bloody gash, and then it burst through the encirclement!
From start to finish, I didn't even get a chance to swing the Dragon Shadow Spear once. I could only stare blankly at the gray formation rapidly receding behind us like lightning!
I hadn't expected that a single charge could so easily breach their defenses! "These Snow Domain Goat-Men seem rather overrated!" I couldn't help but mutter to myself, "They aren't that strong." Roar!
But this drew a dissatisfied roar from the big fellow! Only then did I realize my mistake!
"Hehe, I know, I know," I quickly said, "It's not that they are too weak, hehe, it's that you are too powerful." Undeniably, the Snow Domain Goat-Men were strong, but that was relative! They were simply unlucky to run into the big fellow!
Roar~! "Glad you know!" The big fellow was very proud, extremely proud!
And very conceited! It gave me a look that said, 'Glad you know what's up!' Satisfied, it let out a booming roar, its speed increased once more, and in an instant, the dense crowd of Goat-Men behind us vanished from sight!