"The White-Scaled Bears are unique exotic beasts of Dragon-Phoenix Haven. They were formed from the fusion of the residual Essence Blood of fallen True Dragons and True Phoenixes with some of the bones in the Bone Mountains," Long Qingyue explained quickly in a lowered voice.
"The layer of black scales on their palms and claws contains an extremely faint trace of dragon-scale power. Ordinary spiritual energy defenses are practically useless before them. Moreover, these creatures are extremely vengeful by nature. Once they identify an enemy, they will pursue them relentlessly as eternal enemies. They are notoriously troublesome creatures in Dragon-Phoenix Haven."
Zi Yan's purple-gold dragon eyes watched the White-Scaled Bears slaughtering survivors across the Bone Mountain. Her delicate brows lifted slightly, but, unusually, she said nothing more.
These White-Scaled Bears did have some tricks, but only some.
What truly concerned her was the peak of that Bone Mountain. Amid the commotion of the White-Scaled Bears' frenzied hunt for intruders, she had keenly caught a stronger, deeper aura slowly awakening from the mountain's summit.
White-Scaled Bears filled the sky like a white tide, circling and wheeling above the Bone Mountain, sealing off the towering mountain as tightly as an iron barrel.
The howling wind produced by their flapping bone wings intertwined with the deep roars from their throats, forming a deathly symphony that made one's scalp tingle.
The young experts fortunate enough to escape the Bone Mountain retreated far beyond the safe distance. Their faces were pale as paper, their chests heaving violently, and lingering terror remained in their eyes.
In those few short dozen breaths, nearly half their companions had been left forever on that mountain of bones. The severed limbs and splattered blood would become nightmares they could not erase for hundreds of years.
"The Essence Blood of those