As soon as the Snow Empress finished speaking, Lu Yi felt the ground tremble as though an earthquake had struck.
To the northwest, a humanoid creature was racing toward them.
It looked only a few hundred meters away, but that was merely an illusion.
The pine forests growing on the icefield barely reached its waist. The rolling gullies across the white snowfield were deep enough to hide a person, yet to that creature, they were no more than muddy ground underfoot.
Lu Yi swallowed. Even though he had braced himself, the creature's size still stunned him.
There was no need to guess: this humanoid creature had to be a Titan Snow Demon, and in all likelihood, it was the ruler of the Titan Snow Demon Clan—the Titan Snow Demon King, third among the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North.
At the same time, movement stirred to the northeast. An Ice Bear was charging toward them as well.
Compared with the Titan Snow Demon, this Ice Bear was much smaller, though only in relative terms.
The dozens of miles took them only a short while to cross. The two Soul Beasts arrived almost one after the other, their enormous bodies blotting out the sky.
When they stopped, the ground ceased trembling. Even the wind around them fell still.
The Titan Snow Demon stood at least a hundred meters tall, while the Ice Bear was no less than twenty meters. The two Ferocious Beasts loomed on either side like mountains. Even a hundred meters from Lu Yi, they exerted immense pressure.
They paid no attention to the inconspicuous Lu Yi. Both fixed their gazes on the Snow Empress in her maiden form.
From her aura, the Titan Snow Demon King was certain she was the Snow Empress.
But he could