Following Zhao Zhen's instructions, Dark Nightmare Ghost King swept out a hand. A stream of pure ghostly power pushed the Frost-Cooled Jade Liquid in the small pool aside, dividing it into two streams.
After roughly the time it took an incense stick to burn, spiritual energy surged through the seemingly unremarkable bottom of the pool. A whirlpool appeared out of thin air in the frozen floor. Dark Nightmare Ghost King and the others exchanged glances, then their gazes settled on the Silver-Threaded Rat Demon.
The Silver-Threaded Rat Demon stepped forward of his own accord. Of the four present, he was the weakest, so it was only right that a task like scouting the way fell to him.
The Silver-Threaded Rat Demon leaped into the whirlpool. Nothing unusual happened. Dark Nightmare Ghost King and the others followed, one after another.
"Who would have thought there was another passage inside this ice cavern? It seems the Zhao clan had been plotting this for a long time." A short while later, Lu Xiaotian and Xiang Qingcheng also passed through the whirlpool in the jade pool.
Across a boundless snowfield of rolling rises and dips, Dark Nightmare Ghost King and his group flew through the air. In this vast snowfield stood a black pool, its surface still while deep currents flowed beneath. Far below, they could just make out a white horse frozen inside a block of ice. The ice lay at the bottom of the lake.
"This is the place." Held in check by Dark Nightmare Ghost King and the others, Zhao Zhen looked extremely weak.
"Kui Spring Heaven-Eroding Water!" Dark Nightmare Ghost King and the others changed expression at the sight of the black pool.
"That's right. The horse frozen in that block of ice is Dragon Essence." Zhao Zhen said, "But