Xu An watched Li Yun's troubled expression. The wariness in his eyes faded completely, replaced by sympathy.
He sighed, his tone growing more sincere.
"My name is Xu An. My home is in Carter City, just ahead."
"You have nowhere to go, and you're all alone. The Icefield is bitterly cold at night, and countless Demon Beasts roam it. You can't stay out here."
"Why don't you come back to Carter City with me? You can settle in for now and decide what to do next."
Li Yun was delighted and was about to accept.
But at that very moment!
A rapid, savage chorus of wolf howls erupted beside them!
The ice beneath the snow shook violently.
Dozens of snow-white figures sprang from pits in the snow and surrounded them in an instant!
Ice Wolves again!
This pack was smaller than the wolf tide they had encountered earlier, but it still numbered thirty or forty.
Every one of them was at the Martial God Realm. Their fangs gleamed coldly, and an icy aura spread through the air.
At the front of the pack, an Ice Wolf leader far larger than the others stepped forward.
Its fur was white as crystal, its eyes cold and bloodthirsty. It made no attempt to conceal the aura of a Lower Sage.
That aura locked firmly onto Li Yun and Xu An.
Clearly, the two of them had become the pack's prey.
Xu An's face went deathly pale. He trembled all over, and his legs nearly gave way.
He was only an ordinary Martial God. At most, he could hunt common beasts, Ice Rabbits, or Ice Antelopes around the Icefield's outskirts.
Against a whole pack of Ice Wolves led by a Sage-level wolf, he had no power to resist. Running into them meant death!
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