Crack!
With a splintering sound, a great section of the ice wall collapsed.
A figure that had been frozen inside broke free.
Hum!
An overwhelming pressure erupted.
A fierce wind swept through the cave, setting everyone's clothes whipping!
"What terrifying power!"
Lingya's and Ling Mei's faces darkened.
"That's just one of them, yet it's already this powerful. Judging by that pressure alone, it must be at the Perfected Dao Foundation stage! If the other figures in the ice wall all break free..."
At the thought, not only Lingya and her fellow disciple Ling Mei but even Zhang Jingbei lost his smile and turned grave.
A sharp glint flashed in his eyes as his aura slowly drew inward, like a sword sliding back into its sheath!
Dianyunzi glanced sideways at him.
But soon, his gaze and everyone else's fell on the roaring figure!
The figure had roughly human contours and wore armor, but its exposed face was withered, and where its eyes should have been, only two empty sockets remained!
Most striking of all, a huge fish tail protruded from its back!
"It really is a monster! Just as I thought!" Ling Mei cried, raising her guard. "Watch out for something that acts on instinct alone. It could suddenly lunge! That would be—"
She had barely taken her stance when the Armored Monster roared and lunged straight at her!
Ling Mei's face went pale.
But a figure flashed into its path!
Zhang Jingbei rushed in front of Ling Mei. A sharp light flashed in his hand as his True Qi formed a shield and blocked the monster. Then he brought his hands together and fanned out sheets of Talisman Paper like playing cards before flinging them!
"You certainly know how to pick the softest persimmon!"
The Talisman Paper flew out. Some