When the eagle returned to perch on Chi Cheng's arm, the creature released a screech to report its findings. Up ahead, beyond the mountain pass, lay a snow field and dense forest.
The eagle also relayed sightings of hordes of Border Dwellers roaming the forest's terrain. Chi Cheng frowned, realising how problematic the situation proved to be.
With Han Xuelian unwell and undergoing the excruciating process of his dantian core manifesting as a Celestial core, that left only Chi Cheng as the strongest defence against the Border Dwellers.
And as of that moment, his Celestial Essence had been exhausted to the brink of draining his reserves completely.
Their only viable option was to camp in the pass under the risk of being buried alive by the snowfall or caught up in an avalanche.
They would have to wait till the morning sun had risen and dispersed those Border Dwellers.
