The ice sheet shattered. Deep-blue solid ice that had not seen sunlight for who knew how many years emerged from beneath the snow, its cracks like abyssal maws waiting to devour their prey, as though they could swallow even the light whole.
Looking down from high above, one could see densely packed black fissures, like a spiderweb, spread across the white snowfield. Vague, enormous shadows could be glimpsed beneath them.
Countless Ice-blue Vines stretched out from the cracks, radiating a phosphorescent blue shimmer beneath the sun and forming a cage with almost no flaws. Even prey in the Seeking the Way Realm would meet a bitter end if it fell into this trap.
Time seemed to slow to an extreme at that moment.
The Demon Emperor raised his head and grinned. His teeth were sharp and pale, golden light like flames flowed through his pupils, and the iron rod that had been slung across his neck was somehow already in his hand. His small body radiated battle intent that shook the heavens.
Perhaps sensing the danger, a muffled roar came from beneath the ice. The entire ice field seemed to tremble faintly as countless snowflakes rose into the air, fluttering down and obscuring most of the view.
The shimmering cage formed from icy vines nearly solidified into substance. Blue radiance flickered and shifted like breathing, while forces of tearing and disintegration on the level of laws gradually gathered inside the cage.
Boom!
A muffled sound like a heartbeat suddenly rang out. The spherical cage, hundreds of meters in diameter, instantly became incomparably bright. Parts of it constantly bulged outward, as though something inside wanted to forcefully break through the barrier.
The roars carried a few more traces of fury, as though it was enraged that its prey could still resist.