The moment Yan Wuji charged into the beast tide, the entire battlefield seemed to ignite. Golden flames surged around him, their blazing radiance evaporating the windblown snow into rising white mist. With every step he took, the ice beneath his feet melted instantly, leaving steaming puddles behind. The hundred-zhang-tall Ice-Armored Giant Bear seemed to sense the threat at its back. It suddenly turned around, swinging its enormous paw at Yan Wuji with a howling gale. The paw was wrapped in a thick layer of frost, carving a white trail through the air as though even the wind had frozen solid.
Yan Wuji neither retreated nor dodged. He grinned, spun the crimson saber once in his hand, and the golden flames burning across its blade suddenly surged, transforming into a blazing Saber Aura dozens of zhang long. Facing the descending bear paw, he slashed out. The Saber Aura collided with the paw in an earth-shaking explosion. Ice shards and sparks sprayed in all directions. The Ice-Armored Giant Bear's paw had been struck by the blade aura, shattering its thick icy armor across the ground and exposing the gray-black skin beneath, already covered in charred marks from the flames. The giant bear let out a thunderous roar of fury, its enormous body staggering several steps back and stamping deep pits into the ice as cracks spread in every direction.
Shen Xiu had no intention of letting Yan Wuji claim all the spoils. He raised the Nine Heavens Thunder Spear, and purple-gold lightning condensed into a single point at its tip, like a miniature thunderstar spinning there. He locked onto a Snow Wolf King attempting to launch a sneak attack from the flank. The Snow Wolf King was over twenty zhang long, covered in silver-white fur, its eyes glowing with a dense gray