Not long after, Billy returned to the valley, where the two sides were still engaged in intense combat. However, Casey and his team had taken the upper hand. One of the two Ninth-rank Sovereigns on the enemy side had been cut into two pieces by Casey, and the other was on the verge of defeat. The remaining Eighth-rank Sovereigns, under the joint efforts of Harleen and Ivy, had reduced to only one struggling figure, and the battle would be over in less than a minute.
“The Master has been killed, run!” Suddenly, a man from the opposing side shouted when he saw Billy.
“Run!” Upon hearing his words, many people hesitated for a moment before immediately turning around and running towards the valley.
“Can you escape?” White Tiger and Vermilion Bird both raised their swords and chased after them.
Boom!
Just as the group had run about a hundred meters, they all fell to the ground at the same time, lifeless.
“Don’t kill me…”
A Fourth-rank Sovereign trembled all over and quickly knelt down. “I’m willing to disable my cultivation, please spare my life…”
In the midst of speaking, a burst of chi energy exploded inside his body, instantly tearing his Dantian apart, leaving him lifeless.
“I’m willing to disable my cultivation too!”
“So am I!”
“Me too!”
“…”
Except for those who were still fighting against Casey, the one or two hundred people left on the enemy side threw down their weapons and knelt down. Then, gritting their teeth, they directly disabled their cultivation.
“Get out of here!” Azure Dragon used his spiritual power to scan everyone’s cultivation level and waved his hand.
The one or two hundred people quickly got up and staggered away. Although they had lost their cultivation, at least they were still alive, and it was better than dying. As for whether these people could survive and leave this icy and snowy environment, that was another matter.
At the same time, all the Seventh-rank Sovereigns and stronger disciples on the enemy side fell to the ground, except for the old man who was a Ninth-rank Sovereign, none of them survived. Then, Stout extracted the location of Snowstorm Pavilion’s headquarters from the old man’s mouth. To everyone’s slight surprise, Snowstorm Pavilion’s headquarters were actually underground, and those ten ice caves could all lead to their main base.
When they arrived at their destination and looked around, they couldn’t help but exclaim. It was truly a hidden paradise. A vast space of three to four hundred thousand square meters with dozens of buildings of different styles, along with many rare green plants rarely seen in the polar snow region. Although the estate was underground, it had excellent lighting and was not much different from the surface. Then, led by the old man, they entered Snowstorm Pavilion’s treasury. Similar to the Frost Palace, a large number of spiritual fruits and spiritual stones appeared before their eyes.
“Casey, leave some high-grade spiritual stones for expenses, distribute all the other spiritual fruits and stones to everyone, and refine them on the spot!” Billy roughly examined the treasury and spoke.
“Alright!” Casey began distributing the treasures to everyone.
Soon, one by one, they entered a state of cultivation. After dealing with the old man, Billy found a secluded place to practice Heavenly Unity Sword Technique with Harleen’s sword.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, two to three hours had passed.
“Boss!” Casey led everyone out of the storage room one after another.
“Is it done?” Billy stopped his practice and smiled faintly. Afterward, he roughly examined everyone’s cultivation and was pleased with the results.
Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise had all broken through a level and reached the Seventh-rank Sovereign realm. Night Orchid and Frostblade had also reached the Sixth-rank Sovereign realm. Although the others hadn’t broken through, several of them were on the verge of stepping into the next level, just one opportunity away from a breakthrough.
Everyone nodded in unison.
“Great!” Billy smiled once again.
Half an hour later, everyone returned to the snow carriage.
“Boss, are we heading straight back to the city? Or do we want to go check out that Ink Pool?” Azure Dragon asked Billy.
“Casey, give the City Lord a call and find out how things are over there!” Billy thought for a moment, then turned to Casey. Last night, he had a phone call with James Reynolds and learned that the three legions of Glavale had stationed themselves near the cities of the three countries in Xidengia. They had agreed on a simultaneous attack on the three countries in the early hours of this morning. Now, approaching noon, the battle on that side should have concluded.
“Alright!” Casey responded and took out the satellite phone to make the call.
“Casey, how is it?” After a few minutes, when Casey hung up the phone, Billy asked, trying to assess the situation.
“It’s pretty much as you expected, boss!” Casey put away the phone and replied.
“According to Lord Reynolds, the cities of the three countries in Xidengia have been taken, and all the core members have been killed! Furthermore, aside from those who died in battle, the rest of them, just like what happened in Veridiania, had their cultivation disabled and were driven out of the cities.”
Billy nodded slightly and continued to ask, “What about the other countries?”
“It’s the same as you guessed, boss. As soon as our people showed up after hearing about the situation in Xidengia, the enemy abandoned their cities one after another,” Casey replied. “According to the information gathered by the Fourth Legion, they have all fled to the Western Polar Domain, most likely heading to the city of Northfortia! In addition, according to the reports from our people stationed near Oriana, their people also abandoned their city.”
“Very good!” Billy nodded again.
“Boss, you’re truly amazing. Everything went exactly as you anticipated!” Stout praised, trying to flatter Billy.
“Stout, stop flattering!” Soul Chaser retorted, then turned to Billy. “Boss, where do we go now?”
“Let’s go to Nordhaven City first and find someone to ask for directions to Ink Pool. If it’s not too far, we’ll go check it out.” Billy said after a brief thought.
“Understood.” Stout responded.
Then, the group headed towards Nordhaven City.
After about an hour, they arrived at the city. They asked a passerby and found out the location of Ink Pond, which was about three to four hundred kilometers away from Nordhaven City.
“Should we go take a look, Billy?” Harleen asked.
“Yes! Let’s go!” Billy nodded in response.
Then, the group continued their journey. After less than two hours, they arrived at the foot of a snowy mountain, which was where Ink Pool was located. After getting off the carriage, they looked ahead and saw a crowd of people gathered by the lakeside not far away.