After several days of travel, the barbarians halted at the border of the Eighth Region, where a small settlement unexpectedly stood.
Lady Chen and the others were stunned—none of them had believed it was possible for anyone to survive White Hell's extreme environment long enough to build a home there.
Shortly after arriving, the barbarians gathered them together and stood around them in silence.
After several long minutes of silence, Gu Ruyan finally gathered the courage to ask, "What are you going to do to us?"
The barbarians turned their gazes on him, and the sheer weight of their eyes made him tremble with fear.
"What do you think we're going to do?" a calm voice suddenly replied.
Gu Ruyan and the others turned toward the sound, where a tall figure stepped out from one of the nearby buildings.
She was a tall, muscular woman, her frame radiating dominance. From her surged an overwhelming aura—the unmistakable might of an expert at the Seventh Level of God Ascension.
