~SIGH~
Lin Mu stared at the crystal for a few seconds before letting out a sigh.
"Not now… we still have time." Lin Mu muttered as he stored it back into the ring.
He raised his head and gazed in the distance, sensing the two immortal ascension realm presences getting closer. But after a minute, Lin Mu realized something.
"One of them is slow?" Lin Mu said in confusion.
"One of them? THERES MORE?!" You Yi heard him and almost yelled.
"Yes, there are now two Immortal ascension realm cultivators approaching." Lin Mu replied. "And one of them is using an immortal tool which is restraining the communication jade slips." He added.
"DAMMIT! WHAT TOP SECTS! USELESS!" Patriarch You Yi couldn't hold back anymore and cursed.
With two more Immortal ascension realm cultivators approaching, Lin Mu knew that only the other two immortal ascension realm cultivators would be able to hold them back. And even if Jing Wei did join in, Lin Mu didn't know how much the immortal tool would be able to assist with it all.
Not to mention, the northern tribes had their own immortal tool as well, and they didn't know the difference in the grades either. If the sword made by Jing Wei was not adequate enough for it all, they might not be able to get through it all.
Time turned into a raging river and passed away quickly. Soon the first of the two immortal ascension realm cultivators could be seen on the horizon.
"Go! Kill them all!" A woman's voice was heard.
The second immortal ascension realm cultivator that had just appeared was an old woman that looked to be in her fifties. One could see from her appearance that she was certainly talented, as most other cultivators looked a lot older than her.
Perhaps only Lin Mu and Jiao Fang were younger looking than her, but they weren't at the Immortal ascension realm either.
But what caught Lin Mu's attention the most wasn't her appearance, but the fact that she had just given out orders.
~WHOOSH~ WHOOSH~ WHOOSH~
All of a sudden, several figures appeared in the sky out of thin air. Lin Mu's eyes narrowed as he could see that they had just been hiding behind a formation similar to what they had done with the hill earlier.
But the problematic fact was that these were all emitting the spirit Qi fluctuations at the Dao Treading realm!
"One… ten… twenty two!?" Lin Mu counted and was left stunned. "All Dao Treading realm… twenty two Dao Treading realm experts?"
His words were heard by Patriarch You Yi and he quickly shouted out to the others, informing them of the arrival of reinforcements by the northern tribes.
Lin Mu gritted his teeth and knew that he would now have to go all out.
"Little Shrubby!" Lin Mu called out in his mind. "We'll have to fight hard now."
~ROAR~
Little Shrubby's roar was heard from the distance as he just killed another Dao Treading realm, elder of the Northern tribes. He looked towards Lin Mu and then at the reinforcements.
"I'm ready!" Little Shrubby replied as massive spirit Qi waves rose form him.
The area around him heated up and the snow all melted into water. But even the water couldn't last long and turned into steam that quickly rose into the skies. Little Shrubby's body started to bulk up and swelled.
His aura continued to rise as a dominating pressure was exerted all around him.
"What is happening to the beast!?" The nearby northern tribes' members were scared.
~ROAR!!!~
Little Shrubby raised his head and let out an earthshaking roar. It was loud enough to forcefully pull the attention of everyone on the battlefield, including the newly arrived immortal ascension realm expert.
The woman stared at where Little Shrubby was and felt her skin prickle.
"What is that beast?" She could feel a great sense of danger from the beast.
Deciding to trust her instincts, she sent out an order. "Get rid of that beast first! It's too dangerous to be left alive."
"As you command, Master Cull Mountain!" The Dao Treading realm experts replied.
The woman was titled Master Cull Mountain and was one of the three Immortal Ascension realm experts of the Northern Tribes, along with Master White Mountain. Now there was only one of them left to arrive.
While the Dao Treading realm experts were approaching Little Shrubby, the beast had continued to change. Flames ignited all over his body and increased his size even more. The flames were also of different colors as well.
A major part of his body was filled with orange flames, but his claws were covered with red flames. On his head a pattern was formed with yellow colored flames mirroring the pattern that was naturally on his fur.
Lin Mu watching Little Shrubby increase in size, was impressed. Little Shrubby was now the same size as that of Xiaobao. The massive beast towered over the entire battlefield while scorching heat melted all the snow around.
The snow close by to him had directly evaporated, but the snow that was distant was now turning into streams and rivers that flowed to the south. It was possible that a flood might occur somewhere down south now.
The nearby northern tribes' members all died from the heat, while those that were strong were burned before they retreated in panic.
"Master Cull Mountain was right! The beast is too dangerous! Everyone surround it!" The Dao Treading realm experts spoke amongst themselves.
Despite being at varying stages of the Dao Treading realm, all of them felt pressured by the beast. While they could tell that Little Shrubby was also at the Dao Treading realm, the dominating aura coming from him was something that even their immortal ascension realm experts didn't have.
It was an entirely different feeling that could only come from a true predator that could extinguish their lives.
Little Shrubby on the other hand, felt no pressure despite twenty two Dao Treading realm experts rushing at him.
He only felt excited.
