Chapter 685: Encirclement

The outline of Cold Moon City grew smaller and smaller behind us, and the halo of the Moon Shadow Array on the frozen lake gradually disappeared under the gray sky.

After flying for about fifty minutes, estimating that they had covered about four hundred kilometers, Balor suddenly slowed down and looked ahead for a moment.

"We'll go this way," he called out, turning first and flying towards the Winter Mountains.

The three began to climb, and the outline of the Frostwinter Mountains became clearer and clearer ahead.

The continuous snow-capped mountains stretch across the sky like a giant silver wall, with polar storms lingering on the ridges year-round, and a gray-white snow curtain enveloping the entire mountain range.

Without pausing, the three charged straight into the storm.

The wind was fierce, and the ice crystals were like knives, but to the body of an Apostle, it was merely a gentle breeze.

The snow obscured their vision, but it could not impede their perception.

The three walked through the storm, and after about ten minutes, their vision suddenly brightened.

The storm was left behind.

The glacier beneath our feet began to level out, and in the distance appeared large expanses of dark gray permafrost and sparse thorny forests.

The wind direction changed, shifting from westerly to easterly, carrying a faint smell of sulfur.

Balor landed on a low hill and took a deep breath: "The Eastern Region, we've arrived."

Snik landed, rubbing his hands together and looking around: "This place looks much more desolate than the Southern Region."

Lin Feng landed beside the two, his gaze sweeping across the frozen plain ahead and looking into the distance.

Xuanbing City is in that direction.

He withdrew his gaze and said, "Let's go. It's at least four thousand kilometers from here to Xuanbing City, and at our current speed, it will take us seven or eight hours."

Before the words were even finished, the three of them had already soared into the sky, heading straight for an altitude of 10,000 meters.

At this altitude, the air is thin and the temperature drops sharply, but the aftershocks of the polar storm weaken considerably, and the view becomes more open.

More importantly, the perception network of a Grandmaster of the Demonic Sect is unlikely to reach this height, and even if it is detected, the speed of the Apostle is enough to shake off most pursuers.

Lin Feng fully activated his superior apostle's perception, bringing everything within an eight-kilometer radius into his detection range.

Every patch of frozen soil, every ice crack, and every change in the wind on the ice field was clearly visualized in his mind.

We flew eastward for about thirty minutes, and everything was normal.

The three of them relaxed a little and slowed down slightly.

Snik sighed, his tone tinged with lingering sorrow: "I wonder how long this war with the Blood Demon Sect will last. Last time, it was said to have lasted a hundred years, almost draining all the territories dry."

Moreover, this star field only has Viscount Eternal Night as a lower-level god. If he can't hold out, and no one can stop him, we'll all be wiped out.

Balor, carrying the ground-crack stake, grinned and waved his hand dismissively: "Don't worry, Snik, you'll win."

Why do you think we were able to win a thousand years ago? It was all thanks to the Viscount's Undying City.

That thing isn't just a special sanctuary; it's also defensive in nature. Even if the Demonic Sect increased its forces by half again, it still couldn't conquer it.

Lin Feng was somewhat surprised that among Viscount Eternal Night's four Pure Lands, there was actually a special Pure Land.

He then asked, "Lord Balor, do you know how many special sanctuaries exist in the Eternal Night Plane? What types are they?"

Balor turned his head, a "you've come to the right person" expression on his rugged face: "How many more? Just one! Do you think special sacred lands are as common as cabbages?"

The Viscount's other two Pure Lands are said to be ordinary resource-rich Pure Lands, nothing special.

He thought for a moment, then added, "But the Pure Land of Undying City is truly formidable. I've heard from some long-lived apostles that the Demonic Sect besieged it for decades but couldn't take it, so they eventually withdrew."

Lin Feng wanted to press further, asking if even if Viscount Yongye had perished, the Earl wouldn't care?

But before he could speak, his senses suddenly picked up on something.

Eight kilometers ahead, above the ice field, ten figures were spreading out to both sides at an extremely fast speed, like a net being pulled open.

Those auras were deep and sharp, and each person was surrounded by the spatial distortion unique to the Shattered Void Realm.

The leader had the most restrained aura, but Lin Feng's superior apostle perception instantly discerned his true nature: the second level of the Shattered Void.

Lin Feng frowned sharply.

"Not good, there are a large number of demonic sect apostles ahead."

"The ten people are all at least at the first level of the Void Shattering Realm, and the leader is at the second level."

Without any hesitation, he turned and left, uttering only one word: "Withdraw."

Balor was stunned for a moment, not yet realizing what had happened.

He stood there with his mouth agape, carrying the Earth-Splitting Stake suspended in mid-air, watching as Lin Feng and Snik transformed into two streaks of light and sped off towards Cold Moon City.

Balor glanced down at the earth-shattering stake in his hand, then looked up at the two figures growing smaller and smaller. His voice suddenly rose: "Damn it, wait for me!"

He took two strong strides and chased after them, thumping as he stepped through the air.

Eight kilometers ahead, Shen Wuyai, who was preparing to close the net, immediately noticed the anomaly.

The three Nightmare Apostles they had targeted actually escaped.

Shen Wuyai frowned. He hovered in the air, holding his narrow-bladed longsword in his hand, and remained silent for a few seconds.

"Could it be that the other side also has equipment that increases their sensing range?"

Without a second thought, he reached into his pocket, pulled out the token, and quickly activated it.

A message was sent to the demonic sect experts in the other three directions, and according to the plan, they were to surround the area from all sides and tighten their grip.

Only after giving the notification did he order the pursuit.

"Chase."

Nine figures behind him moved simultaneously.

Nine experts at the first level of the Shattered Void Realm, along with Shen Wuyai himself, formed ten figures like ten streaks of blood-red lightning, chasing after the direction where Lin Feng and the other two had disappeared.

Shen Wuyai flew at the very front, his narrow-bladed longsword hanging diagonally at his side.

His expression didn't change much, and there was even a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.

They run fast, though.

But once the encirclement is tightened, where can you run to?

He withdrew his gaze and sped up to catch up.