The Phoenix Clan Mysterious Immortal General named Chi Li was the nominal highest commander of the Stratagem Camp, but he had clearly received some sort of instruction before setting out and was quite courteous toward Lin Yan.
During the flight, he took the initiative to fly alongside Lin Yan and transmitted his voice, "Captain Lin, Elder Li Yan has gone ahead to search for and hold off the Ice Soul Demon Ape. You are familiar with the terrain of Northern Darkness. Once we arrive, we will have to rely heavily on your plans for exterminating the fierce beasts and establishing a camp. Before our departure, the marshal ordered that your opinions take priority in this operation."
"You overpraise me, General Chi Li. Lin will certainly give it his all," Lin Yan replied gravely, already calculating at high speed. Ice Ridge Bay... he vaguely remembered the place. Back when he had operated with the Ye Character Camp, he had been there before. It was a dangerous location near Star Shattering Sea, easy to defend and difficult to attack. He had not expected it to be occupied by fierce beasts now.
A distance of eight million li was not far for this elite force, but amid the bitter northern cold, the intermittent blizzards, and the interference of Ice Sha Gang Wind, the journey still took nearly a month.
That day, when a stretch of white ice ridges suddenly emerged on the distant horizon, protruding from the sea like the savage spine of some colossal beast, Lin Yan knew they had finally reached their destination.
Ice Ridge Bay truly lived up to its name. Several enormous ice ridges, each thousands of zhang tall and covered in ten-thousand-year black ice, extended into the bay's jagged floating ice like curved claws. Those claws enclosed a