A Haunting Presence

The first thing Zhang Tie thought of when he saw Eskil City was Karur. As the only city in the Ice and Snow Wilderness, Eskil could indeed be called a mighty city.

Eskil City was also an enormous city built against a mountain. Standing on the docks, Zhang Tie saw towering gray walls in the distance, shrouded in misty rain. A wild, primitive aura unique to the Ice and Snow Wilderness rushed straight at him.

Other than its sheer size, Eskil City gave Zhang Tie only one other impression: a ruggedness that radiated an unyielding toughness.

The Prospectors disembarking from the Aurora swiftly left the docks one after another. Business was booming for taxis and beast-drawn carriages, while several luxurious black sedans waited beside the gangway. The few seemingly important figures from the Aurora's VIP section climbed into the black cars the moment they stepped onto the docks. With a slight shudder, the cars slipped into the curtain of rain.

Zhang Tie narrowed his eyes as he watched the car carrying the Star-Moon Sword Saint Samaranch drive away. Could it be that fragments of the Star of God had truly appeared in the Underground World beneath the Hydra Glacier Rift in the southern Ice and Snow Wilderness? Otherwise, why would a figure like Samaranch travel thousands of miles to the Ice and Snow Wilderness at such a time?

Over the past few days aboard the Aurora, Samaranch's purpose in coming to the Ice and Snow Wilderness had been discussed everywhere. Everyone firmly believed that Samaranch had come for fragments of the Star of God, and Samaranch himself had not denied it. That made things all the more intriguing.

The hairs on Zhang Tie's neck sensed a disturbance in the airflow behind him, and his ears caught familiar footsteps. So Zhang