“Paige, do you know what’s going on?” asked Harleen.
“I have no idea,” Paige Martin shook her head with a serious expression.
“Look, what are those animals?” Felicia exclaimed, pointing at a group of fierce beasts running down the left slope.
“There are some on the right too!” Rakshasa shouted at the same time.
Billy and the others looked and saw hundreds of strong and ferocious beasts rushing down both sides of the slope. They resembled cheetahs in appearance, but much larger in size, almost as big as polar bears, with black and white spots on their bodies.
“They are polar snow leopards!” Ocean Martin shouted. “They have a strong attacking power. A single polar snow leopard can contend against a War God-Emperor!”
“Damn!” Stout and the others exclaimed in surprise.
“Get out of the carriage!” Billy said in a deep voice before leading everyone to get off the snow carriage. At the same time, the carriage in front also stopped.
“Lord Dragon, they are polar snow leopards!” Ernest Shepherd led the others over, and many prodigies’ faces showed a hint of panic. A single polar snow leopard was not terrifying, but the terrifying part was that hundreds of them appeared at the same time.
Billy nodded slightly before speaking, “Everyone below the Sovereign Realm, get back in the carriage. Don’t get out without my permission.”
“Understood!” Over a dozen young men and women quickly got on the carriage.
“The rest of you, form a circle and don’t let them break through our defense!” Billy continued.
“Alright!”
Over thirty people responded and immediately took action, surrounding the two carriages in the middle. Meanwhile, the first wave of polar snow leopards had already rushed forward, opening their crimson mouths and pouncing towards the group.
“Attack!” Billy said, raising his hand and unleashing over ten fierce palm winds.
After the palm winds passed, seven or eight polar snow leopards that had pounced at him instantly exploded, forming clusters of blood mist in mid-air. Others also launched their attacks simultaneously. Although these polar snow leopards were fierce, they were still weaker when facing Sovereign Realm experts. In less than a few minutes, aside from the ones that had been blasted into blood mist, there were also seventy to eighty polar snow leopard corpses lying on the ground.
However, the remaining polar snow leopards showed no signs of satisfaction, completely undeterred and crazily charging towards the group. Moreover, it seemed that their numbers were still increasing, densely covering both sides of the slope.
“Elder Payne, do polar snow leopards often attack humans in groups?” Billy smashed out several palm strikes and then looked at one of the elderly men surnamed Payne.
“Many carnivorous animals in the Polar Domain do indeed have similar group behaviors.” Ricky Payne responded loudly. “But, having lived in here for decades, this is the first time I’ve encountered such a large-scale snow leopard attack.”
“Elder Shepherd, I leave this to you!” Billy slightly pondered after hearing the man’s words and then spoke. And he swiftly charged towards the right slope.
“Billy!”
“Billy!”
“Boss!”
“…”
Seeing his actions, everyone simultaneously shouted.
“I’m fine, don’t worry. You guys hold the line here!” Billy blew up several polar snow leopards with a palm strike and quickly rushed up the slope.
As Billy reached the hillside, he saw exactly what he had suspected – several hundred polar snow leopards charging down into the valley. Without wasting any time, he raised his hand, unleashing powerful gusts of wind, while also using his formidable spiritual power to scan the surroundings. With his current level of spiritual power, he could sense any abnormalities within a radius of ten kilometers.
“Just as I thought!”
After about two minutes, Billy’s eyes narrowed, and he quickly blew up several snow leopards before swiftly dashing towards a small hill not far away. At his level, a distance of twelve to twenty kilometers was just a matter of moments.
“Hmm?!” Just as he reached the hilltop, a surprised female voice came from behind a large rock in front of him.
In an instant, the woman didn’t hesitate and swiftly darted out from behind the rock, moving at an incredible speed. Almost as soon as she darted out, Billy swept a palm strike towards the large rock.
Boom! A loud explosion rang out as the rock was directly pulverized into dust, with debris flying everywhere. Startled by the commotion, the woman hesitated for a moment before quickly increasing her speed, dashing towards a snow carriage parked not far away.
“You think you can escape?” Billy’s eyes narrowed, and he chased after her like a shadow, closing the distance to a couple of hundred meters behind her in the blink of an eye.
“Give up!” In the next moment, Billy’s voice reached the woman’s ears. As his voice sounded, a powerful palm force surged towards the woman, accompanied by a piercing sound of breaking wind.
“Lord Barlow, help!” Sensing the approaching death, the woman shouted in desperation. Almost as she shouted, a wave of energy swept in from the side, barely blocking Billy’s attack.
“You’re from Northfortia?” After stabilizing himself, Billy looked at the two individuals in front of him.
The woman appeared to be in her forties, Caucasian, wearing a white martial outfit, and possessing the cultivation of a sixth-rank Sovereign. The person who had saved her was an old Caucasian man in his seventies or eighties, with sharp eyes and a steady aura, at the Half-Step Saint Realm.
“Who are you?” The old man looked at Billy and spoke. “Among the people from Glavale in the Polar Domain, someone of your age cannot possibly possess your level of strength!”
“Indeed, you are just the lowly scum of Northfortia!” Billy responded coldly. “After losing the Global Martial Arts Competition, you think you can stop Glavale’s prodigies from receiving the baptism of the Spirit Spring with these despicable means. People from Northfortia like you always resort to these underhanded tactics!”
Even before setting off today, Billy had already suspected that Northfortia wouldn’t let their group reach the Spirit Spring easily. He just didn’t know when they would make their move. But when he heard Ricky Payne’s words of in the valley earlier, the first thought that came to his mind was that those polar snow leopards were likely being controlled.
Such people had a special title – Beast Masters!
Although Beast Masters were not commonly seen, Billy had encountered several of them in Ether Mountain, and their were pretty strong. The level of a Beast Master determined the number of beasts they could control at once. A low-level Beast Master could only control a dozen or so beasts at a time, while it was said that top-tier Beast Masters could control tens of thousands of beasts at once. The woman in front of him, controlling nearly a thousand polar snow leopards at once, could only be considered a lower-mid-level Beast Master.
“The Spirit Spring was discovered by Northfortia. Why should we give it to Glavale?” The old man responded loudly.
“Why? Let me tell you!” Billy couldn’t be bothered to argue with him any longer. As his words fell, he drew the Bloodshadow Fury Blade from his body. Then, with a flick of his wrist, a blood-red blade energy slashed out directly.