In an instant, the earth shook violently, and the entire ice cavern began to tremble.
Countless icicles on the ceiling snapped with piercing cracks and poured down toward the ground.
Zephirin raised both hands, icy-blue ripples of magic spreading from her fingertips.
More than a hundred snow wolves trapped on the ceiling fell at once, only to be steadily caught by the ice vines under her control and set down on the ground.
At the same time, dozens of thick ice vines burst from the earth, smashing the falling icicles to pieces as shattered ice crystals drifted through the air.
Velin tacitly raised a golden barrier, enveloping the entire planting area.
The icicles burst into brilliant light against the barrier, yet failed to shake it in the slightest.
The upheaval lasted for a full half hour.
When the last tremor subsided, Velin slowly withdrew his power, and the golden barrier gradually dispersed.
Inside the ice cavern, beyond the barrier, the once orderly cluster of Ice Houses had been reduced to ruins. Thousands of exquisite Ice Statues lay shattered, their fragments gleaming with bleak light beneath the cavern's dim blue glow.
Outside the cavern, tens of thousands of Ice Magical Beasts lay prostrate across the ice plain, their crimson eyes all fixed on the sky.
A white-haired girl stood barefoot in the air, her snow-white dress snapping in the frigid wind.
Beneath her feet, an Ice Giant thirty meters long lay prone on the ground, serving as her footrest.
"Disperse."
The white-haired girl's crimson lips parted slightly, her clear, cold voice carrying an icy chill.
Vast magical power surged forth, instantly tearing apart the ice mist shrouding the cliff face and revealing the entrance to the ice cavern.
Inside the cavern, feeling that overwhelming presence, Zephirin felt like a flower swaying