The formation lines carved across the platform's surface pulsed with restrained energy, forming intricate spirals that seemed to twist infinitely, threading through each of the embedded jades.
The Ice Drake guard overseeing the array bowed deeply upon seeing them. The presence of both the Elder Ice and Lin Mu, their saviour, was more than enough to command reverence.
Lin Mu handed over the required activation token of the Imperial Court, and the teleportation formation began to hum with deep, rhythmic vibrations. A blinding light erupted from beneath their feet, and in the next moment, their surroundings vanished.
The chill of the north faded, replaced by the heavy humidity of the Northern frontier. When the light receded, the group stood upon another teleportation platform, this one located in the fortified city of Heiyun, known as the Last Barrier of the North before the Marshes..
