Across the desert.
Gu Qingshan darted forward at full speed, widening the distance between himself and the colossal creature behind him.
--It was a giant covered head to toe in frost.
Endless frost streamed from its body, spreading across the desert in every direction and freezing all things into a vast white wasteland, bleak and murderous.
The giant stood motionless, yet its head already touched the dome of the sky.
Its cold, impassive face and towering, imposing figure could be seen clearly even from the far end of the desert.
"How... how does it look exactly like the giant formed by the Curtain?" Gu Qingshan wondered, shaken.
He soon had no time to think about it.
Frost raced across the desert, turning everything in its path to ice.
A Heavy Armor Insectoid was just a little too slow. It was instantly frozen into a block of ice not far from Gu Qingshan.
The insectoid struggled desperately, but in the end, it couldn't get away.
Gu Qingshan glanced over and immediately picked up speed.
--No one knew just how powerful that frost was, or whether anyone caught in it could break free.
If he didn't hurry, the frost would freeze him in place in no time.
Even in flight, he had to avoid the cold spreading through the void, or he would be frozen all the same!
Gu Qingshan was practically drawing on every bit of Li Jiu's strength, and even "surpassing" it by a little, just to get clear of the frost racing over the ground.
Besides him, there were still a few lucky souls who hadn't made it into the oasis in time.
They were all running for their lives toward the distance.
Fortunately, the Extinguisher of All Things and All Beings hadn't noticed the ants scurrying across the