Wind? Where Did It Come From!

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What should he do?

His only choice was to keep climbing, rise above the ridge, and risk crossing over it!

But for safety's sake, he could scout the way first!

Beating his enormous red flame wings, Er Dongsheng gripped the vines in his claws and slowly pulled the hot-air balloon toward Snow Peak. He chose a spot and secured the balloon.

"You stay here. Don't move. I'll climb up and scout the way—see how high it goes!" Looking at the balloon hovering in place, Er Dongsheng managed a thin smile.

He had no idea what awaited him up there, good or bad. Only by going could he find out.

After giving everyone his instructions, Er Dongsheng climbed Snow Peak without looking back!

To conserve his strength, he chose not to transform and fly. Instead, he climbed one step at a time.

Thud!

His slightly pale claws stabbed deep into the thick snow. At this altitude, Snow Peak's snow was a permanent layer that never melted. Most of it had turned into thick ice, and in the bitter cold, that ice was nearly as hard as the rock of Death Volcano!

But that hardness posed little problem for his claws now.

He had concentrated most of the cells altered by the Pale Flame's last assault in his two claws. After becoming a Second-Level Demon, his vital energy surged like a pillar, and he could control the cells throughout his body with ease. Moving those altered cells into his claws had taken little effort.

Those cells, occupied first by the Ink Spirit Flame and then by the Pale Flame, were now very different from ordinary Ink Spirit Flame cells. They retained most of their former abilities and had gained the