As the line of scaled beasts continued onward, they gradually ascended higher and higher in altitude, and only on the next morning did they finally reach the halfway point up the mountain.0

From there, the path ahead became narrower and even more arduous to traverse, to the point the scaled beast and the puppet at the forefront of the line had to eventually begin clearing out a path as they went, so progress was naturally very slow.0

Almost all of the Profound City cultivators had come out to stand on the backs of their scaled beasts with grim looks on their faces.0

All of a sudden, a burst of thunderous rumbling began ringing out from the valley beneath the mountain face, and everyone hurriedly looked down to discover a plume of white mist rising up rapidly from within the valley.0

Concealed beneath the white mist were clusters of formidable blades of wind that gave off a bone-chilling glacial aura.0

"Look out, here it comes again!" someone yelled, and profound acupoints lit up over everyone's bodies as they sprang into action.0

Duan Tong was standing...0