At the outer edge of the Pure White Mountains, in the White Steel Forest.
A group of Gaia Princes and the powerful Domain Lord-level attendants they had carefully chosen advanced across the ground of the White Steel Forest.
In the skies above the dangerous territory of the Pure White Mountains, there was an obscure, heavy pressure. Flying required a massive extra expenditure of energy, and for anyone exploring the dangerous territory, the cost was not worth it.
And flying through the air was not safe either. The Pure White Mountains had a type of airborne derivative monster called the "White Feather Iron Eagle." They were flying beasts, their feathers and bones almost entirely forged from white iron, and they were vicious beyond measure.
Advancing from the ground took more time, but they would not have to fight an aerial battle against flocks of White Feather Iron Eagles, making it easier to conserve their strength.
This time, almost all the Gaia Princes had joined the expedition through the small circle Feng Shenxiu and the other two had formed.
Their goal was not to pick up some lower-grade rare treasures around the outskirts.
At the very least, they had to obtain a few mid-grade rare treasures and raise the Heaven Mirror Palace Grotto-Heaven to mid-grade!
As long as this path proved feasible, their little circle would later head to other dangerous territories to gather mid-grade rare treasures of other attributes and raise the other Gaia Princes' grotto-heavens to mid-grade as well.
The group advanced through the White Steel Forest.
The white steel beech trees they saw along the way each looked as if they had been cast from steel. A light tap on the trunk produced a trembling ring of metal.
The entire ground also looked like white steel, reflecting a glare