Li Yunjing was just about to pursue when the ground suddenly shook violently.
That Tier 4 Ice Puppet had actually returned. Its enormous icy fist came crashing down!
"Husband, look out!"
Zhao Qi cried out, and the whip in her hand flashed. With a sharp crack, she lashed it at the Tier 4 Ice Puppet.
Their collision unleashed a shock wave that swept all the Barbarian Tribe warriors nearby off their feet.
"Don't get bogged down fighting! Let's go!"
Li Yunjing seized the opportunity to wrap an arm around the two women. The Yin Yang Five Elements Heaven Derivation Sword expanded to a hundred zhang, carrying the three of them as a streak of seven-colored light that tore through the encirclement.
"Activate the Sacred Mountain's restrictions!"
Behind them, the Old High Priest's furious roar rang out. "We absolutely cannot let them escape!"
A quarter of an hour later, an eerie blue light suddenly shone from more than a dozen snowcapped peaks stretching into the distance. Countless runes surfaced beneath the ice.
The sky abruptly darkened, and the goose-feather snow turned into razor-sharp blades of ice in an instant, sweeping toward them in a vast torrent.
"It's the Barbarian Tribe's Mountain Protection Array!"
Su Muqing's face turned deathly pale. "Its power is already close to the Nascent Soul Realm..."
"Even Nascent Soul-level power can't stop me!"
Li Yunjing snorted. The sword hummed and trembled, and its speed suddenly increased several times over, ripping a passage through the blizzard of ice blades.
Just as they were about to escape the snowy mountains, the space ahead suddenly warped. The Old High Priest appeared in their path in a flash!
"Leave the Mystic Ice Soul behind!"
The Old High Priest's face contorted. His flesh visibly withered at an astonishing speed; clearly, he was performing