Deep in Mount Dayan, a group of heavily armored soldiers escorted nine hunters through the mountain. As they walked, they glanced around as if searching for something. Their passage shook snow loose from the thorns, adding a few sounds to the silent mountain forest.
"Awwooo~~"
The occasional howls of wild wolves drifted from the distance, but they were mournful wails, sounding as if the wolves were being slaughtered.
"Those beasts are really suffering."
"What do wild animals amount to in front of the lords from Green Lake Island?"
The hunters chatted among themselves. The past few days had been calm, allowing them to shed the nervousness caused by being forcibly captured at the start. Quite a few "clever men" had even begun trying to curry favor with their captors.
Within Mount Dayan, aside from the twenty teams, each leading nine hunters, there were also several thousand Silver Dragon Army soldiers. They were scattered throughout Mount Dayan in teams of three or five, searching the area. Unfortunately, Mount Dayan was much larger than Flame Mountain. Without locals to guide them, searching blindly like this meant no one knew when they would finish.
Jade Cold Pool was a strange place on the outskirts of Mount Dayan, near Teng Village. The pool was extremely deep and cold.
"This pool is really cold. Winter is already cold enough, but this pool is even colder."
Several Silver Dragon Army soldiers searching caves and deep pools stood halfway up the mountain, looking at Jade Cold Pool. After testing the frigid water with their hands, not one of them dared to enter.
"Whoosh!"
A sharp cry rang across the sky.
The soldiers looked up.
"The assembly signal. Come on, stop searching and get over there."
The Silver Dragon Army soldiers immediately hurried over, but halfway there,