"Young Lord, this is bad! Qing Mao Mountain has been frozen by an unknown cold Qi. What should we do?" Tie San ran to Tie Aotian, the fourth Young Lord and leader of the Tie family's reinforcements, his face full of anxiety, and reported breathlessly.
Tie San was a member of the Tie family's squad of deadmen. His cultivation had already reached the Peak of Second Rank, and his strength was quite formidable. With his strength, coupled with the cooperation of a team of Two-Cycle Gu Masters, he could even fight against a Three-Cycle Gu Master.
This time, Tie Aotian received the mission to support the Divine Catcher. He decisively brought all his trusted subordinates. He knew that as long as everyone cooperated tacitly, even a Rank 4 Gu Master would never escape their grasp. This was the source of his confidence!
However, when he heard Tie San's report, his expression instantly became solemn: "What? The entire Qing Mao Mountain has been frozen by cold Qi?"
Tie Aotian, after all, came from the Tie family and was well-traveled, but such an eerie power still made him feel a sense of fear.
Without time to think, he quickly activated the movement Gu in his body, his figure darting away like lightning. In the blink of an eye, he landed steadily on a nearby vantage point, like a flying bird.
Standing on this vantage point, Tie Aotian gazed into the distance and saw the icy mountain emitting chilling cold Qi.
"Everyone, speed up! The situation has changed. Immediately head to Qing Mao Mountain. Reconnaissance Gu Masters, advance in shifts. Report immediately if you find anything!" Tie Aotian roared with a solemn expression.
His voice echoed through the crowd, and everyone could feel his urgency and tension. Faced with the sudden situation, Tie Aotian had only one thought: speed up and quickly rendezvous with Tie Xueleng. Only then would his mission have a chance of being completed.
"Yes!" The Tie family Gu Master squad responded in unison, their voices neat and powerful.
Upon receiving the order, the squad members unhesitatingly activated their movement Gu. These Gu instantly erupted with powerful energy, carrying their masters away like lightning. The speed of the entire team instantly doubled, like an arrow shot from a bowstring, rushing straight towards Qing Mao Mountain.
However, despite the increased speed, Tie Aotian did not relax his vigilance in the slightest. He knew that in this dangerous environment, any oversight could lead to fatal consequences. Therefore, he strictly adhered to the Tie family's rules of engagement, dispatching reconnaissance Gu Masters to scout ahead.
These reconnaissance Gu Masters were like a group of agile scouts, quickly moving along the path ahead, carefully observing their surroundings. Their mission was to ensure the team did not blunder into an enemy trap.
Just as the team was rapidly advancing, the leading reconnaissance Gu Master suddenly sent back an exciting message: "Young Lord, we found Young Miss Tie Ruo Nan!"
This news brought a surge of joy to Tie Aotian's heart, but at the same time, his brows furrowed tightly. He immediately ordered the team to halt, and he himself rushed over with a few trusted subordinates.
Tie Aotian, anxious, arrived at the place where Tie Ruo Nan was found and immediately saw her distraught appearance. She was like a statue, staring intently at the frozen Qing Mao Mountain, as if the mountain had frozen her Soul as well.
Beside Tie Ruo Nan, a pool of dark red blood remained on the ground, the remnants of the Bronze Puppet Gu. This pool of blood seemed to tell of a fierce battle that had just occurred.
"Ruo Nan, Ruo Nan!" Tie Aotian stepped forward quickly, shaking Tie Ruo Nan's body and calling out anxiously, "What happened? Where is Divine Catcher Tie Xue Leng?"
Tie Ruo Nan's body finally reacted slightly to Tie Aotian's shaking. She slowly turned her head, looking at Tie Aotian with a bewildered gaze. It took her a while to regain her senses.
"It... it's Gu Yue Yi Dai. He's a Blood Path Gu Master." Tie Ruo Nan's voice trembled slightly as she recounted the information she had gathered over the past few days. As she spoke, an ominous feeling arose in her heart.
"My father was fighting him, but just then, a group of Bronze Puppet Gu suddenly appeared. They... they took me out of Qing Mao Mountain. By the time I regained consciousness, Qing Mao Mountain was already frozen by cold Qi."
After saying this, Tie Ruo Nan immediately turned and shouted to the Tie family's Gu Master team: "Follow me!"
However, before she could finish her sentence, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of her neck, then her vision went black, and she lost consciousness.
It turned out that Tie Aotian had taken Tie Ruo Nan by surprise and knocked her out.
"Take Young Miss Ruo Nan back to the Tie family." Tie Aotian ordered the Gu Master beside him expressionlessly, then turned to the others, "The rest of you, continue forward with me!"
Clearly, Tie Aotian did not want anyone to steal his credit, nor did he want anyone to challenge his command within the squad.
"What's that sound!" Tie Aotian's heart tightened. His hearing was exceptionally sharp, and even without the assistance of reconnaissance Gu Masters, he could detect the series of violent noises. The sound was as if some colossal creature was rushing towards them, and at an extremely fast speed.
"Young Lord, a giant wolf spider is charging towards us from the southeast!" The Tie family's reconnaissance Gu Master reported to Tie Aotian with a solemn expression.
"Wolf spider?" Tie Aotian's heart sank upon hearing this. He immediately looked into the distance, and indeed, on the southeastern horizon, a giant wolf spider was galloping at an astonishing speed. The wolf spider's body was enormous, dozens of feet long, and its eight thick legs were like steel drills, each step causing the ground to shake.
"Thousand Li Earth Wolf Spider!" Tie Aotian's expression became very ugly. He recognized this Gu at a glance.
However, when Tie Aotian looked closely, he was surprised to find that on the back of the Thousand Li Earth Wolf Spider, a person was standing—it was none other than Divine Catcher Tie Xue Leng, whom they had been searching for!
"Everyone, spread out and be vigilant! Divine Catcher Tie Xue Leng is back." Tie Aotian shouted with a solemn expression, his voice echoing in the empty wilderness. Although he recognized the figure as Tie Xueleng at a glance, he calmly directed the Gu Master squad to quickly disperse and maintain high alert.
He himself stood steadily in place, his gaze fixed on the approaching Tie Xueleng and the stranger beside him.
As the footsteps of the Thousand Li Earth Wolf Spider grew closer, Tie Aotian's heartbeat involuntarily quickened. Finally, Tie Xueleng and the stranger arrived before him.