Snow Region, on the road from Shadow Pavilion to Clear River Sect.
Lu Feng and Qiong Hua sped along at full tilt, gradually slowing after several li.
It was not from exhaustion, but because they had sensed an incongruous aura of formations along the way.
Had it been only a single formation, Lu Feng might not have taken it to heart. But this formation aura shared the same origin as the one he had sensed outside Shadow Pavilion's mountain gate earlier; they belonged to the same lineage of formations. That inevitably drew his attention.
With his experience comprehending the Eternal Night Wheel and Burning Heaven Wheel, Lu Feng almost instantly realized that some formidable formation master had likely laid down a linked chain formation, each ring locking into the next.
No sooner had he finished reporting what he sensed to Qiong Hua than the formation suddenly changed.
The snow all around them stirred without wind, scattering in a vast, sky-filling sweep. Within the hazy snow mist, several enormous beastly shadows lunged viciously at them.
"Snow Spirit Valley's Ice Plains Tiger-Wolves?"
Startled, Qiong Hua instinctively unleashed her Lotus Flower Sword Palm. Palm shadows like clear lotuses blooming after rain met the beastly phantoms head-on.
She had thought it would take some effort to block them, yet the instant her palm force struck out, it effortlessly blasted all the incoming shadows into drifting snow.
Qiong Hua came to her senses and said in astonishment, "They were merely formation phantoms? Since when did Snow Spirit Valley start playing such petty tricks?"
Lu Feng gazed deeply toward Mount Houhua ahead. "I'm afraid Snow Spirit Valley isn't the one pulling strings behind this."
Qiong Hua was startled, then immediately understood. "Someone wants to lure us into dealing with Snow Spirit Valley? Something this abnormal must