Chapter 337: Labyrinth Relocation

【Target person Xie Yan, Awakening Value reached -28.】

The youth seemed to sense something; the girl in a white cloak was staring at him, yet he did not glance aside. At that moment, the lake of his heart in his chest seemed struck by a small stone, sending out rippling waves.

【Target person Xie Yan, Awakening Value reached -27.】

【Target person Xie Yan, Awakening Value reached -26.】

【Target person Xie Yan, Awakening Value reached -25.】

"It's you!" Cang Li clearly recognized the ghost-faced youth, because he had previously seen Xie Yan in the Wuduan Mijing and the Seven Spirit Pavilion of the Heaven and Earth Domain.

Ying Wuji blocked an attack from a small snow beast, staggered a few steps after the shock, then looked up toward the ghost-faced youth not far away.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

At this moment, the small snow beast's attention was also drawn by a sentence from Xie Yan; it turned its head, and its golden pupils narrowed sharply.

In the next instant, countless snow beasts, as if receiving a command, surged toward the youth atop the snow‑mountain summit.

The ghost-faced youth lifted his left hand, a long sword settled in his palm, and he swung it fiercely!

Boom——

A deafening blast rang out, and dozens of snow beasts nearest the youth were sliced cleanly at the waist.

Fresh blood spattered, adding an intense crimson hue to the midnight snowfield.

The fifth‑tier pinnacle snow beast, seeing this, erupted in fury; it flashed forward to the ghost-faced youth, extended its massive claw and pounced on the youth.

In that instant, a white sword light surged and flashed by.

Bang!

With a tremendous crash, the massive fifth‑tier pinnacle snow beast was flipped onto the ground, one of its horns sheared off, and a flood of blood gushed from its mouth.

The other snow beasts showed wary expressions and began to retreat slowly.

"I'm going!" Cang Li was stunned by the scene.

Who on earth is this person?

So strong...?!

He suddenly recalled that Yuan Yao had kicked him earlier.

The small snow beast is the Mountain King of the Heaven‑Snow Mountain Range, and also the most powerful spirit beast of that range.

Its size is smaller than all other snow beasts.

The Mountain King realized the opponent was charging at it; its golden pupils hardened instantly, and it let out a fierce roar.

Then the snow mountain on which the ghost-faced youth stood suddenly collapsed and shattered, followed by countless flying snowstorms that, in an instant, began to warp the spatial airflow and crack the ground.

Ying Wuji saw the situation, his complexion slightly changing, and he immediately headed toward Yuan Yao and Cang Li.

"Yuan Yao! Third Senior Brother!"

Yuan Yao also sensed danger and quickly moved toward Ying Wuji.

But at that moment—

Severely wounded Cang Li could not withstand the forced compression of the spatial airflow and was blasted outward.

"Third Senior Brother!" Yuan Yao shouted, and immediately chased after Cang Li.

Ying Wuji swung a sword, cutting a rift through the opponent's spatial power; as he moved and grasped Cang Li—

His complexion suddenly changed.

He turned his head, and a gale of sudden snow created a blinding white expanse, like an ultimate white space, and Yuan Yao's figure had already vanished.

"Yuan Yao!"

Cang Li, whose arm was seized by Ying Wuji, also realized Yuan Yao had disappeared; his complexion turned deathly pale, and he couldn't help shouting, "Yuan Yao!"

The shout was drowned out by the howling wind.

Faintly, they could still hear Yuan Yao's call, but now they could no longer discern which direction she was in.

Cang Li, deeply worried, asked urgently, "What on earth is happening?"

Ying Wuji's crimson phoenix eyes narrowed, clearly showing a hint of malice, "It's the Mountain King's technique, the Labyrinth Relocation Formation!"

Cang Li furrowed his brows, "So that means Yuan Yao is no longer in the same location as us?"

Ying Wuji fell silent.

"If that Mountain King intends to act against Yuan Yao..." Cang Li's expression shifted, then he added, "We must go find her!"

"Let's go!" Ying Wuji, thinking of the Mountain King and the hidden dangers of the Heaven‑Snow Mountain Range, felt his heart weighed down by a massive stone, making it hard to breathe.

And also... that ghost-faced youth...

Cang Li sensed his mood shift, turned his head toward him, stared briefly, then said, "Wuji, you've changed."

Ying Wuji was stunned.

Cang Li gazed at him, saying, "You've become more composed, your thoughts deeper. You seem increasingly concerned about our situation, making your actions somewhat cautious."

"Wuji, I don't understand why you are like this, but you needn't live so tightly."

Ying Wuji met his gaze, and his heart suddenly trembled.

He lowered his head and said gravely, "Third Senior Brother, you talk too much."

…

Elsewhere.

Yuan Yao intended to head toward Cang Li, but midway a powerful spatial flow suddenly struck, pushing her aside.

When she fixed her gaze, there were no other figures around.

Not even a trace of snow beasts could be seen.

"Third Senior Brother!"

"Youngest Senior Brother!"

Yuan Yao looked around, shouted a few times, but received no response.

The howling of wind and snow carried a hint of bleakness.

The cold pierced to the bone.

She faced the wind and snow, leapt swiftly onto a snow mountain; as she rose, the gale nearly blew her away, but she steadied herself and began scanning everything around.

She shouted a few more times.

Yet, there was still no response.

She released her spiritual power outward, spreading it around to search for her Third Senior Brother and Youngest Senior Brother.

After a quarter of an hour, within the area covered by her spiritual power, no trace of living breath was found.

Only dozens of snow beasts lay on the snow like statues, sleeping.

Yuan Yao realized that the formation the Mountain King had just used must contain a spatial translocation technique.

Even spirit beasts can use formations?

Did it learn on its own? Or was it taught by someone?

This blizzard lasted for a long time.

Yuan Yao descended the snow mountain and set up a formation barrier in a slightly wind‑sheltered spot to fend off the storm's assault.

She used spiritual energy to dry her clothes, yet her hands, feet, and face still felt like being plunged into an ice cellar, the cold biting to the bone.

Yuan Yao crouched in the snow and suddenly felt a bit lonely.

In recent days, senior brothers and sisters had kept her company, so she was not afraid at all, nor lonely.

Now that the seniors are absent, she must trek alone for several days through this Snow Mountain Range.

She suddenly recalled something and took a deep breath.

She cannot be passive!

Since she cannot travel now, she must cultivate!

Moreover, the spiritual energy density in this Snow Mountain Range is high, so her cultivation speed should improve.

Thinking of that, she no longer feels discouraged.

She sat cross‑legged and then began to cultivate.

The surrounding spiritual energy was absorbed by her, then tempered and refined into spiritual power.

As time passed.

A night passed, and the wind and snow still did not cease.

And Yuan Yao cultivated to a self‑forgetting state, her body ravenously drawing in the surrounding spiritual energy.

If anyone were there now, they would be shocked into a stunned silence.

Because the spiritual energy in this area surged wildly toward Yuan Yao's location.