Chapter 3238: Trifold Attack!

With the flick of the Elder’s wrist, several drakes appeared behind him, their bodies rippling with power. Then, in a burst of blue light, they vanished.

"Cattaleya, Daoist Chu, Monk Hushu—you three, East," Lin Mu continued. "The terrain there is layered with frozen mist. Use it."

Daoist Chu pressed his palms together, activating a set of runic chants that covered the tree, providing them protection against cold. "We’ll make sure none of them get away."

Cattaleya grinned, her black greatsword materializing in her hands. "Good. I was getting bored."

With another flash of light, the trio disappeared.

Finally, Lin Mu turned to Elyon. "You know the plan."

Elyon’s expression didn’t change. "Shadow and space. Swift and silent."

"Exactly," Lin Mu replied, his tone calm. "North is ours."

The two stepped forward, and the array beneath them blazed to life.

The last thing visible before the flash consumed them was the orange, white, and black dots moving rapidly toward their respective regions. Little Shrubby, Xiao Yin, and Xiao Yang were already in motion.

SHUA.

The sound of displacement echoed through the mountains as waves of spiritual light flared across the southern glacial range.

The battle had begun!

The Ephemera Sect’s forces had just entered the outer ring of the southern nest, their boots crunching softly on the ice-covered ground. The terrain glimmered eerily under the pale light of the muffled sun above. For a moment, all was still.

Then the world erupted!

BOOM!!!

A thunderous roar split the air as the ground beneath them trembled violently. Streams of blue light burst out from beneath the snow, forming massive sigils that encircled the entire group.

ROAR!!!!

The next instant, icy breaths colder than death itself poured down from the sky.

The leading cultivators barely had time to raise their defenses before the frost breath hit them. Their shields froze in an instant, shattering like glass under the weight of the pressure.

And then came the Elder Ice Drake.

He appeared like a mountain given life, his eyes burning with pale blue fire.

HUAP

With a single deep breath, he gathered the surrounding cold into his lungs, and when he exhaled, the air turned into a tidal wave of crystallized frost.

WOOSH

The wave condensed into a colossal glacier high above the sky, shimmering with devastating energy.

"Fall," the Elder intoned.

The glacier dropped.

CRASH!!!

The resulting impact sent a shockwave so powerful it flattened everything within kilometers.

Nearly half the southern group was crushed before they could even scream, their bodies crushed, their remains entombed in frozen stone. The rest struggled desperately, their energies flaring in panic as they tried to resist the encroaching cold.

But unfortunately for them, they were already doomed.

Far to the east, another roar echoed. The Ephemera Sect forces there had been moving cautiously through the misty ridges, unaware that they were already surrounded.

The first Ice Drake’s attack came like a storm. Multiple beams of frost breath converged on the sect’s formation, forcing the cultivators to scatter.

Cattaleya appeared in that instant, her Duskthorn Sword gleaming black and red in the fog. Her figure blurred as she slashed forward, each swing leaving afterimages that twisted the light around her.

"Duskthorn Style: Great Cleave!"

CLANGGGGG!

Her sword met the weapon of a Seventh Tribulation Peak Immortal, the resulting shockwave scattering the mist entirely. Sparks and frost exploded as the two clashed, their blades locked in raw power.

While Cattaleya dueled the leader, Daoist Chu and Monk Hushu moved in perfect tandem.

Daoist Chu raised his hands, calling forth a wall of crystalline formations empowered by the chilling cold and rich ice qi of the region, trapping over fifty enemies within a giant ring. Monk Hushu’s prayer beads blazed golden as he unleashed a torrent of spiritual flames, purifying the trapped enemies in an instant.

KACHA

"May your souls find rest," he murmured as the ice cracked and bodies turned to ash.

In the north, the situation was different.

The terrain here was brutal, cliffs of sharp ice and deep crevices that swallowed light. The Ephemera Sect’s northern force advanced cautiously, wary of an ambush. But their caution did not save them.

Without warning, the world darkened.

HUALA

Elyon’s shadows erupted from the ground, snaking through the air like living tendrils. Dozens of cultivators were seized before they could react, their throats cut by deadly claws of darkness. At the same time, Lin Mu appeared in the midst of their ranks, his form flickering between space and light.

SHING SHING SHING

Each time he blinked, another Ephemera Sect member fell, their bodies cut by blinding sword slashes.

"Don’t let them scatter," Elyon’s voice whispered through the shadows.

"They won’t," Lin Mu replied, his tone steady.

Together, they moved like phantoms. Lin Mu created walls of solidified space with Meld to redirect attacks, while Elyon used the shadows to stab through those trying to flee.

The Ice Drakes supporting them unleashed their frost breath from afar, blanketing the entire battlefield in a blinding storm. Within the chaos, Lin Mu’s Immortal sense guided his every move. He blinked from one shadow to another, striking precisely where the enemy was weakest.

Screams filled the cold air.

In barely a minute, over a hundred enemies had fallen, their corpses frozen in grotesque statues of ice, some complete some in pieces or shreds. When the storm of frost finally cleared, only half of the northern group remained standing.

The survivors looked around in horror at the field of corpses surrounding them, their faces pale. They had expected to hunt drakes. Instead, they had walked straight into the jaws of death.

Lin Mu straightened, his voice cold and commanding as he turned toward the remaining foes. "You came seeking prey. You found your end."

ROARRRRRRRR!!!

The Ice Drakes behind him roared in unison, shaking the mountains with their cries. The battle for the glacial range had begun in earnest, and for the first time in centuries, the Ephemera Sect’s arrogance was being answered with overwhelming fury.

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