After collecting the remaining four strange armors, the giant ape's body returned to normal, floating on the water that was still steadily rising.
Before long, Xu Yi's body rose with the surging water until he was carried straight to the mouth of the cave.
By then, the avalanche had long since stopped. Snow blanketed the surroundings, and Tie Dagang and the others stood outside the cave like statues, staring blankly at Xu Yi as he floated up.
Though they lacked keen senses, they had been attacking from several zhang away to seal the cave the whole time, so they had no idea what was happening inside.
But now all was calm, and the Iron Armored Beasts had stopped thrashing entirely. Even with their brains short-circuiting, the four of them knew the battle was over.
Yet this outcome was even more shocking than if the Iron Armored Beasts had escaped and slaughtered them all.
Those had been six ferocious Iron Armored White Beasts. Xu Yi's predicament had been no different from being locked in a cage with all six of them.
The four of them had given everything they had and nearly failed to stop the Iron Armored White Beasts from breaking out.
And now, all six Iron Armored White Beasts had died at Xu Yi's hands.
Such a shocking outcome was truly hard to accept.
After all, no matter how extraordinary Xu Yi was, he was still only at Spiritual Root Layer One.
Floating in the icy water, Xu Yi called to them, "I'm completely spent. Could you lend me a hand instead of watching me float here?"
At his plaintive request, all four sprang into action and hauled him up.
Suddenly, Jiang Fei threw himself face-first onto the snow. "From this day on, the dorm leader is my spiritual