"Let's find a suitable hiding place as soon as possible."
Seeing that Caelus had no objections and completely trusted her judgment, Zhang Lexuan felt a slight sense of relief in her heart.
She carefully observed the surrounding environment again, her mental force meticulously scanning every inch of the ice walls and snow mounds.
"Over there."
She quickly pointed towards an iceberg not far away that looked relatively stable, sheltered from the wind, and had several deep crevices.
"The mountain's structure looks quite solid, unlikely to collapse from the aftermath of the battle, and those ice crevices might provide us with shelter."
The two did not delay any longer, braving the increasingly fierce wind and snow, and cautiously moved towards that iceberg.
Along the way, they could still feel the earth trembling from time to time, as well as the alternating golden and ice-blue light flickering in the distant sky, causing their Souls to tremble.
Eventually, they stopped at an ice crevice that was relatively hidden, with enough internal space to accommodate several people, and blocked by huge ice shards at the entrance.
Zhang Lexuan carefully checked the interior, confirmed there were no traces of Soul Beast habitation, and that the structure was stable, before she finally felt slightly at ease.
She cleared out a clean area and took out some special fluorite that could provide faint heat and light from her spirit tool, arranging them around to disperse some of the cold and darkness.
"Let's rest here for now."
Zhang Lexuan's voice sounded somewhat low in the narrow space.
"We will take turns keeping watch and paying attention to the outside movements; if we notice anything wrong, we will evacuate immediately."
Caelus nodded in agreement, sat down near the entrance, and took the initiative to take the first watch.
Outside the ice crevice was the Extreme North Land storm sweeping across the world, the roars of Soul Beasts, and the collision of powerful fighters.
Inside the ice crevice was a brief tranquility and oppressive waiting.
Caelus's gaze pierced through the gaps in the ice, looking towards the center of the energy explosion; in his deep eyes, no one could know what he was thinking about.
As for Zhang Lexuan, she sat cross-legged further inside, attempting to restore her Soul Power and mental state through meditation, but the aftermath of the battle in the distance, striking her mind like a drum, made it difficult for her to fully calm down.
Waiting became their only choice at this moment.
And in this waiting, the gears of fate were silently turning in an unknown direction.
Just as the Snow Empress's Emperor's Palm, containing the will of the Extreme North Land, was about to completely end Qian Daoliu and turn that hideous Nirvana Corpse body into ice dust—
A change occurred without any warning.
Behind the Snow Empress, the originally stable space was fiercely torn open like a hideous wound by an invisible hand.
A deep, twisted spatial rift, exuding an ominous and deathly aura, suddenly appeared.
Inside the rift, it was not void, but churning with viscous, ink-like purple-black energy; the wails and curses of countless vengeful spirits seeped out, instantly polluting this pure Extreme North Land sky.
Immediately following, a tall, graceful purple figure, carrying a deadly dangerous aura, like a poisonous rose blooming in the dark night, stepped half her body out of the rift elegantly and swiftly.
In her hand, she held a huge, hideous-looking purple-black scythe, wrapped in endless resentment and evil aura—the Rakshasa Demonic Scythe.
There were no words, no warning, only a purple-black blade light that seemed capable of severing vitality and defiling the Soul, like lightning tearing through the firmament, slashing fiercely towards the Snow Empress's unguarded back.
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