Meng Qianji spoke while observing Xue Cheya's reaction. He saw the girl nod, and she slightly inclined her head: "The path ahead is dangerous. It would be wise for you all to retreat now. Since that's the case, I won't keep you any longer." Xue Cheya said softly, escorting them to the edge of the town and watching them leave.
Ming Tian followed behind Meng Qianji, and the three of them headed back the way they came. However, Ming Tian knew this was impossible; they were only pretending to return. Meng Qianji's words definitely held deeper meaning.
"Master, we're not just going to turn back like this, are we? Have you come up with a plan?"
"Yes. Last night's events were strange. After we returned to Xue Cheya's house, I sent out a Dream Demon again. We discovered that the little girl's corpse, killed by the Puppet傀儡, had disappeared. In just a few seconds, the corpse and blood of a little girl were cleaned up completely. This is too strange; there must be something wrong here."
"So, you mean..."
"Let's hide nearby first, and go back tonight..."
Meng Qianji turned his head to finish speaking when a tremendous sound came from afar. In their direction, a massive ice-blue glacier was moving across the frozen plains!
What a scene! The ice-blue ridge was covered in snow, slowly moving across the ground. Ice chips constantly fell, dragging long trails on the ground, stretching for thousands of meters!
Inside the ice-blue glacier, there seemed to be a blue Soul Beast. The Soul Beast opened its mouth wide, with no distinct features or form, only a mouth and semi-circular eyes, and two blue, ice-like hands. Its size seemed to match the glacier's, and the roar it emitted from within the glacier could be heard throughout the area!
"Ooooh!!!! Ooooh!!!"
"This, this is..."
"A Glacial Ridge Beast! One of the largest Soul Beasts in the world!"
"People attribute the movement of glaciers to the Soul Beasts. It is rumored that a giant Soul Beast lives within the glacier. It moves once a year, freezing everything in its path within the glacier. Then the glacier expands, and the beast's body grows larger. This kind of beast often appears in the Extreme North, devouring all the mountains and giant stones in its path!"
"I didn't expect to witness the spectacle of a Glacial Ridge Beast moving so soon after arriving in the Extreme North. Judging by its length, it must have cultivated for ten thousand years."
"Everyone, take cover! Although the Glacial Ridge Beast moves slowly, its body is enormous. We won't be able to avoid it once it gets close."
Meng Qianji protected Ming Tian and Yan Qingwan behind him, his expression extremely grave.
"Master, this Glacial Ridge Beast doesn't seem to be heading in our direction. Its target seems to be..."
"Ula Tu Town!" Yan Qingwan exclaimed, covering her mouth.
As they got closer, they could see a village frozen inside the glacier, as tall as a mountain, along with living humans. They were probably caught in the glacier's movement and couldn't escape, becoming nourishment for the expanding glacier.
"The Glacial Ridge Beast loves human villages the most, using them to expand its body. It only moves once a year. When it has moved far enough and devoured a large enough village, it will fall into a slumber again. When it wakes up again, it will be the next year."
"We can't! We must quickly notify the people in the town to evacuate!"
The Glacial Ridge Beast passed them, emitting an excited roar, and moved towards Ula Tu Town. In its eyes, this was its food, to freeze Ula Tu Town and make it part of its body. It could then become a larger iceberg, and possibly evolve into an Immortal Ridge Ice Beast, becoming an even larger mountain ridge!
"Hey! Run!!!"
"Run! Everyone! The Glacial Ridge Beast is here!!!"
Meng Qianji and the others hurriedly returned to the town to notify the people, but the people in the town seemed to have heard nothing, still going about their business with blank expressions.
"Huh? What's going on? It seems like I heard someone shouting. Did those three people come back?"
Xue Cheya walked out of her room, carrying a basket, preparing to buy some fruits and vegetables.
As she opened the door, she saw a glacier moving nearby, and the ice-blue Soul Beast inside the glacier emitted an excited roar.
The basket in her hand immediately fell to the ground.
"Ah! This is..."
"Miss Xue Cheya! Quickly notify the people to evacuate! Otherwise, the town will..."
"Ooooh!!!! Boom!!!"
"Be destroyed by the Glacial Ridge Beast."
The Glacial Ridge Beast had arrived at the entrance of the town. It was excited, raising its arm within the glacier, and a mountain-sized ice block fell. Meng Qianji could almost foresee the people, still acting like the walking dead, being killed by this blow, with blood flowing like a river.
"Crack!!!"
But to everyone's surprise, the people killed by the Glacial Ridge Beast didn't die. Instead, they scattered on the ground like broken puppets, devoid of life.
More and more people were destroyed; they turned into broken puppets. Beneath the surface of the human skin was a Puppet傀儡 made of wood!!!
Everyone in the town was a Puppet傀儡 made of human skin.
Meng Qianji and the others, who had arrived, were shocked by this scene.
"Everyone, no, everyone..."
"Why?! Why hurt the people in the town! I have already lost them all, why must you slaughter them and break this peace! Ah ah ah ah ah!"
Xue Cheya looked at the scene before her with a breakdown, her whole being not good. She grabbed her face with both hands, tears flowing. Six Soul Rings, two yellow, two purple, one black, and one blue, appeared behind her, and a larger Puppet傀儡 emerged. Threads flew from her body, as if she was being controlled by this Puppet傀儡!!
"Master, this is..."
"My god, it really is her, the one who attacked us last night, but what exactly is going on..."
The Puppet傀儡 behind Xue Cheya clacked and laughed, the Puppet傀儡 was entirely blue, with round eyes, inside which were circles within circles. All its joints were made of wood, and a few threads connected it to Xue Cheya.
This was Xue Cheya's Martial Soul, Soul-Control Puppet!
Xue Cheya raised her head, her eyes turning cold, and looked at the Glacial Ridge Beast wreaking havoc and devouring everything at the edge of the town, and the first Soul Ring lit up.
The Puppet傀儡-made villagers who had fallen to the ground came back to life, their eyes empty, their movements stiff, but they all had threads, all originating from Xue Cheya's Soul-Control Puppet.
A large number of Puppet傀儡s charged towards the Glacial Ridge Beast, like an army. Xue Cheya's first Soul Skill, Soul-Control Puppet!
Next, Xue Cheya's second, third, and fourth Soul Rings flashed alternately. The puppets' hands turned into sharp spikes, and their feet also turned into sharp spikes. Countless threads flew from the Soul-Control Puppet behind Xue Cheya and wrapped around the Glacial Ridge Beast.
The Glacial Ridge Beast was clearly enraged, some mere puppet minions, daring to oppose it?
The glacier, which was originally seamless, opened its mouth wide and inhaled, and those Puppet傀儡s were sucked into the glacier and frozen, then exhaled, spewing out a blizzard mixed with ice and snow, blowing towards Xue Cheya.
"Sixth Soul Skill! Threads of Destiny!"
Xue Cheya's blue Soul Ring lit up, the same move she used to deal with Meng Qianji and Ming Tian last night. As her blue Soul Ring lit up, a shuttle fell into her hand, and threads flew out of the shuttle, pulling at the Glacial Ridge Beast. The Glacial Ridge Beast felt a great threat, and those threads couldn't be cut, just like the threads of fate, they penetrated the glacier, extending inside, and directly bound the Glacial Ridge Beast within, no matter how the Glacial Ridge Beast struggled, it couldn't break free.
"What kind of Soul Skill is this? Fortunately, Master, you used the Dream Vortex to devour these threads last night; if we had resisted it directly, we would probably have the same fate as this Glacial Ridge Beast."
Ming Tian swallowed, and then they saw Xue Cheya's eyes were cold, and the shuttle in her hand was pulled outwards, and the Glacial Ridge Beast was about to be pulled out of the glacier. The Glacial Ridge Beast struggled backwards, trying to break free from these threads of fate.
"Since you don't want to come out, then you can die inside."
Xue Cheya's eyes were cold, her pupils lit up with blue light, and the Glacial Ridge Beast wrapped in those threads was cut into countless pieces, and finally died in a painful howl. A black Soul Ring lit up inside the glacier, and the originally continuous glacier began to melt, and the things frozen inside the glacier all melted and fell to the ground.
After dealing with the Glacial Ridge Beast, the Soul-Control Puppet behind Xue Cheya disappeared, and she regained consciousness, looking at the mess before her, and cried softly.
"Miss Xue Cheya, don't be sad, can you tell us what exactly happened..."
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