The instant Bright Pearl rose into the sky, Bai Zao saw a dense mass of dark shapes, but they moved too quickly for her Divine Sense to count them.
The snowfield chosen for this year's Dao Battle was an ancient battlefield where the Human Race had fought the Beast Tide. Human experts had swept it clean countless times; by rights, there should not have been any particularly powerful Snow Nation Monsters here.
She had thought the real danger would only come after they entered that black mountain range. Who could have imagined so many Snow-Foot Beasts lay hidden deep beneath the snow?
Moreover, these Snow-Foot Beasts were all of very high tiers. The one that had just attacked her had only three legs, yet could easily leap dozens of yards, swift as lightning.
Although Snow-Foot Beasts of this tier still lacked intelligence, their combat instincts were already extremely powerful and terrifying-that three-legged Snow-Foot Beast had emerged from underground and attacked her at an excellent moment, precisely when she had sent the Hanging Bell Sect disciple to support their companions and was preparing to set up a defensive formation.
In the end, she had killed that Snow-Foot Beast with a Law Treasure, but had paid the price of an injury.
Two other companions had also been injured at the very beginning.
Clear bell notes rang incessantly through the night, helping the wounded protect their Dao Hearts while constantly warning them where Snow-Foot Beasts were attacking from underground.
The Female Disciple of the Hanging Bell Sect sat cross-legged in the snow, her eyes tightly shut. The medicinal power of the pill she had just swallowed was already exhausted; there was no knowing how long her True Essence would hold out.
Following the bell's guidance, a streak of blue-green sword light darted out,