Within seconds, their vitality was drained. Then, just as in all the other cases, a foul mass began to form where their blood had pooled. Lin Mu destroyed it with a combination of sword intent and Buddhist aura, reducing it to ash.
By the time they reached The Misty Foothills in the third month, they had grown used to the pattern.
But here, the cause was different. No robed man appeared in the memories Elyon extracted. Instead, the blizzards themselves seemed alive. From the darkness, they saw faint outlines of the missing people being caught in the storm, their bodies stiffening before fading away as if devoured by the snow itself.
Cattaleya struck the ground, revealing another buried blood mass, this one so massive that it seemed to pulse in rhythm with the wind. Once destroyed, the blizzards ceased immediately, and the skies cleared, proving that the storm had been directly linked to it.
