With that, the Snow Empress floated into the air and flew toward the Core Zone of the Far North. The Ice Bear King followed her like a puppy, racing toward the Core Zone.
At the sight, the Titan Snow Demon King raised an arm and called out. The Soul Beast army scattered in every direction.
Yet the dozen or so Soul Beasts brought here were left behind. Several Soul Beasts dragged away the one that had died earlier.
Whatever humans did to Soul Beasts, Soul Beasts themselves still lived by nature's law: the weak were meat for the strong, and the fittest survived.
They had no obligation to care for the old, weak, sick, or injured. Those creatures were left to live or die on their own.
Some Soul Beasts had not gone far at all. They waited in the distance.
After all, the abandoned beasts were all at least ten thousand years old. It had been hard to sink their teeth in earlier, but once the main force dispersed, they would make rare prizes.
The old, weak, sick, and injured Soul Beasts that had given Lu Yi the cold shoulder were at a loss. They understood what awaited them.
Then they saw the spirit fox nestled in that human's arms, bright-eyed and seemingly born anew. It even flashed them a smug look on the sly, like a petty villain drunk on success.
That set their blood boiling. They wished they could take its place.
If they had known they truly could survive, who would have chosen to stay trapped in a broken body and wait for death?
Not that they needed to wait anymore. Predators already had their eyes on them.
The instinct to survive drove one or two Soul Beasts to lower their heads and stumble toward Lu