Across the boundless snowfield, azure-blue and black intertwined.
The azure-blue was the Snow Demon Legion. Calling it a legion was a stretch; it was really just Snow Ghosts and Snow Demons clustering together, with no organization to speak of.
Their fighting consisted of charging in a swarm, wildly swinging axes, broadswords, and spears. They struck fiercely at the black-clad knights, but showed no mercy to their own kind either.
"Roar!"
A deep-blue Snow Demon, five meters tall and built like a Muscle-bound Snow Demon, brandished a massive Ice Crystal Nail Hammer in both hands.
Before the Knight Order had even charged within reach, it swung the Ice Crystal Nail Hammer, sweeping away a huge cluster of Snow Ghosts around it. The hammer's immense momentum shattered any Snow Ghost it struck and blew apart any Ghost Beast it touched.
When the Ice Crystal Nail Hammer hit the ground, it even crushed several Snow Ghosts' heads, causing Hail Beads to tumble out on their own.
"Charge!"
The Knight Order directly before the Muscle-bound Snow Demon advanced like a black torrent, crashing forward with steady, unyielding force. They bulldozed through every Snow Ghost in their path and finally reached the Muscle-bound Snow Demon.
Before its Ice Crystal Nail Hammer could come crashing down,
the Knight Order split into two, circling around from both sides. At the same time, countless sword lights wove into a great net, savagely slicing across the Snow Demon's body.
The Muscle-bound Snow Demon had thick hide and tough flesh. Sword lights capable of cutting Snow Ghosts apart were merely scratches to it, at most slicing open its skin.
But that was only the appetizer.
The knights behind them erupted with Battle Aura, driving Knight Captain's Spears into the Muscle-bound Snow Demon's joints one after another. They could not inflict