Chen Yan excitedly turned his head to look at Shun Long, before he said in a voice that couldn't hide his joy

''Brother Shun! That's the mountain of the 'snow apes'!''

Shun Long nodded his head, as his eyes stared at the gigantic mountain in the distance that was covered in snow.

Indeed, it had only taken 2 days for them to arrive here.

In these 2 days, their journey had also been relatively smooth, as less than a handful of middle rank 4 magic beasts ended up attacking them.

Of course, with Chen Yan as the scout leading the way, none of these magic beasts could last for more than 10 hits against the peak rank 9 Spirit realm cultivator.

Although Chen Yan was curious about Shun Long's actual strength, he knew that since they were going to count on Shun Long's poison to fight against the 'snow apes', it would be his job to deal with the magic beasts that attacked them on the way until they arrived.

Staring at the white mountain in the distance, Shun Long thought seriously for a moment, before he took out 3 bottles filled with the poison from the 'Soul Poisoning hell grass', and handed 2 of them to Liu Mei, and one of them to Chen Yan.

As for Chen Wuying, despite her cultivation being at the peak of rank 6, she was most likely be unable to help against a pair of rank 5 'snow apes'.

Shun Long had already taken the time during the past 2 days, to formulate a plan in his mind in order to deal with the 2 powerful 'snow apes'.

He couldn't just use brute strength to fight against 2 rank 5 magic beasts, who may have even reached the middle or even the peak of rank 5, unless he summoned Little Silver.

As for Little Black, he had no intentions of exposing the black dragon, and was content into leaving him to munch on the stalks of 'Dragonblood grass' inside the 'Stone of Time'.

Chen Wuying looked at Shun Long with an aggrieved expression on her face, when she noticed that he had handed 2 bottles filled with poison to Liu Mei and one to her brother, while completely ignoring her.

In her mind, it was completely normal to hand a bottle of poison to her brother since he was a powerful peak rank 9 Spirit realm expert, but giving 2 bottles to a middle rank 4 Spirit realm cultivator like Liu Mei and ignore her who was a powerful peak rank 6 Spirit realm expert didn't make sense.

Of course, Shun Long wasn't going to personally explain anything to Chen Wuying.

Instead, it was Chen An who shot her a look indicating for her to stay silent.

Shun Long barely threw a glance at the young woman in black robes, before he turned his eyes towards Liu Mei with a calm look on his face.

Liu Mei smiled gently behind her white veil, since Shun Long had already explained his plan to her yesterday.

Seeing that Liu Mei had understood his intentions, Shun Long smiled at her lightly before he turned his eyes towards Chen Yan.

Then, with a serious look on his face, he looked at the black-robed young man in front of him before he said

...''Let's go and confirm the situation first.''

Chen Yan had a solemn expression on his face now that they were ready to face 2 powerful rank 5 magic beasts.

After turning his head around and indicating to his sister to stay silent, he and Shun Long headed towards the white mountain in the distance.

Snow had filled the mountain, from its peak, all the way past the foot of the mountain, extending towards the forest where Shun Long's group were at.

Shun Long and Chen Yan cautiously walked forward, their feet leaving deep footprints in the snow as they slowly climbed the mountain.

At the same time, inside the 'Stone of Time', Little Black suddenly opened his eyes and stared at the distance ahead of Shun Long for a moment, before he closed them once again with a bored look on his face, as he continued munching on the stalks of 'Dragonblood grass' in front of him.

Half an hour quickly passed by, until Shun Long and Chen Yan arrived just a few hundred meters away from the mountain's peak.

With an excited expression on his face, Chen Yan turned his head to the side to look at Shun Long, before he pointed towards the peak of the mountain, at 2 light-blue colored stalks of grass that were protruding from the mountain's peak and said in a low voice

''Brother Shun, these are the stalks of the 'icicle soul grass'!''

Shun Long nodded his head while a bright light flashed through his eyes as he instantly recognized the 2 stalks of 'icicle soul grass' as well!

At the same time that Shun Long and Chen Yan had arrived at this place and were looking at the 2 crystal-like stalks of grass, a loud roar that shook the entire mountain came from the snow-white peak.

Roar!

The moment that he heard the loud roar, Shun Long immediately circulated the 'Monarch's Hourglass', as the invisible figure of an hourglass expanded from his body.

The color of his eyes instantly turned golden, as a new scene appeared in Shun Long's mind.

A large silhouette appeared from the mountain's peak, as it ran towards Shun Long's and Chen Yan's location, shaking the mountain beneath its feet in the process.

It was a large ape more than 7m(22.9ft) tall, with long limbs and a snow-white fur covering its body.

Shun Long's eyes instantly turned serious, and without any hesitation, a gust of wind appeared around his feet as he activated the 'Gale steps', before he jumped backwards and headed towards the foot of the snow mountain.

Chen Yan's face paled when he saw the powerful rank 5 'snow ape' running towards his and Shun Long's direction, but the peak rank 9 Spirit realm cultivator didn't lag behind Shun Long in the slightest, as he ran towards the foot of the mountain as well.

Shun Long had a serious look in his eyes as he turned his head around, and noticed that the gigantic 'snow ape' was still chasing after him.

At the same time, Shun Long instantly realized, that the aura coming from this 'snow ape' wasn't at the early rank 5, but at the middle of rank 5 instead!

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