However, as a Golden Core cultivator who normally guarded the half of the Ice Snow Forest Territory belonging to the Zhao Clan, he had often dealt with Ling Chengyuan, the Ling Clan's Grand Elder.
Now, amidst the great chaos in the Northern Wilderness Cultivation World, he had personally sought out the Ling Clan's Grand Elder to hunt demons, yet Ling Chengyuan had refused and instead advocated defense. That was exceedingly strange.
"I wonder what that man is plotting."
Zhao Baidong was deeply puzzled.
At the same time.
Deep within the Frost Forest Territory, the Demon Race domain directly south of Ice Snow City.
In a hidden spot atop a barren mountain, two human cultivators sat cross-legged.
Upon closer inspection, one would discover that one of them was Ling Pengxing, the Ling Clan's ghost cultivator. Though his cultivation was only at the Golden Core Middle Stage, his strength rivaled that of the Golden Core Late Stage.
The other was Ling Lihao, the Ling Clan's Heavenly Spirit Root cultivator, who had only recently entered the Golden Core Realm and had even touched upon the opportunity to form a Water Attribute Golden Core during his breakthrough.
After an unknown period of time, Ling Pengxing, the ghost cultivator with the highest cultivation, suddenly opened his eyes. Several sharp glints flashed within them.
"They've finally come. I thought the Demon Race had no intention of assisting those Frost Centipedes in the Frost Forest to breach Ice Snow Marketplace."
With that, he awakened Ling Lihao, who was still meditating beside him.
Their figures vanished without a trace in the next instant.
Before long, five streaks of light appeared in the skies above the Frost Forest Territory, racing toward the Ice Snow Forest Territory shared by the Ling Clan and the Zhao Clan.
Yet before those five