"Your Highness, something dangerous seems to be approaching. We should leave at once."
Huo Yuhao looked at Vina with a grave expression.
"Hm? Is there danger?" Vina asked, a little puzzled.
Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection had picked up nothing unusual, which meant the danger was at least half a kilometer away.
Mo Feiyun carefully sensed the direction of the roar and tremors, then offered his assessment. "Soul Beasts must be fighting. Both should be at least ten-thousand-year beasts, but they're probably three or four kilometers away. That's still a long way from us, so we needn't worry too much for now."
Vina nodded. "Yes, but it never hurts to be careful. Let's move a little closer to the outskirts."
By then, an uproar had already broken out in the Sea of Consciousness.
Tian Meng was curled up on the snow, trembling all over as he rolled back and forth. "Yuhao, run... If she catches us, we're dead..."
Beside him, the Ice Empress said impatiently, "Enough! I've had it!"
She walked over, hauled Tian Meng up from the snow, and said coldly, "You were scared before we entered the Star Dou Great Forest, and you're still scared now that we're inside. What exactly are you afraid of? With me here, what do you have to fear?"
Tian Meng hesitated for a while before stammering, "I'm afraid... afraid... afraid of that one..."
"Which one? Those creatures that sucked away your primal energy?"
"N-no... Not them..."
"Then who?"
The Ice Empress raised her eyebrows, a bad feeling rising in her heart.
"I... I just sensed the Emperor Auspicious Beast's aura... She's only three kilometers away, and she keeps getting closer..."
"The Emperor Auspicious Beast? The Three-Eyed Golden Lion?" The Ice Empress froze. "Even so, surely there's no need to be this terrified? What