Several days earlier.
The ice city built by the Lesser Extreme Palace stood in the northern part of the North Nether Peninsula. Restrictions blanketed an area of a hundred thousand li around it, preventing Low-level Cultivators from flying.
Moreover, the climate was frigid, with fierce winds and blizzards occurring frequently. Low-level Cultivators had to use their abilities and cultivation to protect themselves, lest they freeze to death here.
Therefore, any low-level cultivator who could cross these hundred thousand li of frozen land on foot would be accepted by the Lesser Extreme Palace as an outer palace disciple.
But to the demon army led by the Ice Phoenix and the Green-backed Grey Wolf, this hundred-thousand-li stretch of frozen land was the first line of defense they had to breach.
Because of the demon army's arrival, the Lesser Extreme Palace cultivators had long since activated the restrictions across the frozen land, making the cold and snowstorms even more severe.
The Demon Beasts from Myriad Demon Valley shivered at the sight of the howling winds and goose-feather-sized snowflakes not far ahead, before they had even entered.
Yet for the Ice Sea Demonic Race, the wind and snow not only failed to stop them, but instead made them more alert and excited.
"Island Master Feng, there is something in this frozen land that disrupts divine sense. I fear the Lesser Extreme Palace cultivators may have set an ambush within. Should we send some subordinates ahead to clear it out first?"
Although the Shapeshifted Demon Cultivators led by the Green-backed Grey Wolf numbered twice as many as the Ice Phoenix's forces, and should have held the stronger position, he was currently acting entirely willing to follow orders.
First, the Ice Phoenix had more experience when it came to attacking the Lesser Extreme Palace.
Second, he