Clash
Half a day later, Ding Mao arrived before the Frost Star garrison's encampment. He glanced at the enormous dome ahead. He had originally intended to break straight through this shrouded barrier, charge inside, and learn of the situation here through the insider within.
But just as the spiritual power within him stirred, before he could advance, he seemed to sense something. Light flashed around him, and he swiftly retreated.
At the spot where he had just stood, talismans flickered into view one after another. Similar things rose and fell in response elsewhere as well, spanning an exceedingly vast area, before finally subsiding after quite some time.
This was clearly a defensive grand array that would only be activated in an emergency. He immediately realized that the situation within the encampment had already changed from what he had previously learned.
At this moment, Zhang Yu was reading in his quiet chamber, yet his senses rested upon every person in the encampment. The two garrison cultivators, Niu and Qi, were likewise under his watch.
Any slight disturbance from these people would be detected by him.
Yet at this moment, he suddenly felt the array token in his sleeve twitch faintly. It seemed the grand array had been touched.
He immediately turned his head and looked outward through layer upon layer of obstruction. There, he saw a figure standing amid the blizzard.
The encampment covered only thirty li in radius. To two cultivators, that was an extremely close distance. In that instant, their vital auras lightly collided.
The Daoist raised his head, and his eyes flickered. His figure abruptly withdrew, swiftly vanishing from Zhang Yu's senses.
Zhang Yu rose to his feet, left the quiet chamber, and came to the corridor. He looked out at the empty wilderness beneath the blizzard.
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