Lin Yi's voice was calm and resolute. His gaze pierced the howling snowstorm and fixed on the source of the energy fluctuations.
He could sense that either of those two auras far surpassed any Soul Beast he had hunted before—even Da Ming and Er Ming. They were more than a level stronger.
"Your Majesty, you mustn't!" Xiao Wu was the first to object. A rare look of alarm crossed her cool face. "Those two auras are far too powerful. If you go alone and something happens..."
"This is an order." Lin Yi raised a hand to stop her, then looked over the Shadow Guards. "Rest here and protect Xiao Wu. I'll be back shortly."
Xiao Wu parted her lips, wanting to say something, but when she saw Lin Yi's unquestionable gaze, she could only nod. "Be careful," she said softly.
Lin Yi's figure became a streak of icy blue light and vanished into the blizzard in an instant.
The closer he drew to the source of the energy fluctuations, the more intense the cold grew. This was no ordinary chill but an icy force containing an ultimate origin, as if it could freeze the soul. The Ice Dragon Martial Soul within Lin Yi let out an excited roar, as though it had encountered an evenly matched opponent.
He crossed a forest of ice crystals, and the sight before him made him pause.
A vast Ice Valley stretched before him. Countless naturally formed ice pillars stood within it, refracting a deep blue light. At its center, two figures hovered in the air, facing each other, their oppressive auras nearly suffocating.
One of them was not especially large, measuring about three meters long. Its entire body was covered in crystalline, translucent jade-green ice. Six slender scorpion legs gleamed like carved emerald, and