Sui Yi listened to the words of the two Green Forest heroes ahead, each wrapped tightly, and couldn’t help raising an eyebrow.

Weather changes?

"It seems to have been the case for half a month now. The snow in our Western Regions suddenly got heavier... Especially nearing Gana, it’s even more terrifying. It’s said that Snow Demons have appeared.."

"Don’t scare me, damn it, I don’t even know if I can get through this road!"

Carrying fear and anticipation, the long line moved slowly upward in fits and starts.. Midway, a few screams would occasionally ring out, dropping a few people or a few yaks, the number of deaths has become uncountable, and everyone felt heavy at heart.

It’s snowing.

The snow had just stopped in the morning, and by noon, it began again.

Sui Yi found it quite strange.

An hour later...

"Almost there!"

Some people who had been to Gana Grassland before shouted.

Everyone below was already exhausted, some frozen to the point they couldn’t speak, but perked up upon hearing this, looking up in unison...

Large snowflakes were flying.. one the size of a fist rolled down.

What on earth?

Pa!

A dazed man instinctively caught it.

Upon looking, his originally pale face turned green instantly.

"A head!"

The blood flowed between his fingers. The head, mixed with snow, was completely blood-red and terribly terrifying.

The man’s expression changed, and he threw the head away immediately..

The head was originally thrown towards the cliff, but strangely enough, as if caught by a gust of wind, it was directed straight towards the mountain path, eventually... ending up in Sui Yi’s hands.

Sui Yi took a glance.

"The ears are gone."

Sui Yi and Wu Xie both had a slight change of expression.

Thornbird?

Not good!

Just as both Sui Yi and Wu Xie thought to themselves that this was not good, painful screams indeed sounded from above, followed by a sharp, chiding voice: "Beast!"

Then the Inner Qi stirred from above, indicating that Dugu Mingyue and Dugu Sheng had opened up with lethal intent, with a loud boom, a big black figure was sliced and flew out directly from the mountaintop platform...

A terrifying creature, neither fully bird nor human, grabbed a person and flew off the platform, spiraling in the air, landing right in Sui Yi and the others’ sight.

Thornbird!

Its sharp beak was still clamped onto the ear of the person it carried, yet to exert force...

A streak of Sword Qi shot over directly from ten meters below, coming at an angle.

The Thornbird’s pupils, snake-like as they were human-like, gleamed.

It transformed into a trailing shadow and darted away, leaving the person to fall...

Sui Yi reached out, his palm grabbing as the wind aided the person’s approach...

Du Gourou.

Amidst the pain from his ear and panic, Du Gourou opened his eyes and saw the very person he dreamt of day and night standing perilously on the mountain path, gracefully "beckoning" him, and he flew over.

This must be divine guidance!

Definitely!

Du Gourou was caught by Sui Yi by the collar, placed aside just as the Thornbird, like a cannonball, shot back towards Sui Yi, ghostly quick!

The speed and force of its charge made it seem ready to explode at any moment.

But before it could collide with Sui Yi, it was struck directly by a sword.

The overpowering rainbow-like sword light.

Boom!!

The sword stood firm, forcing the Thornbird backward, realizing this swordsman was tough to handle, it turned to flee.

However, it forgot there was another person not to be trifled with.

The reason it managed to dodge Sui Yi’s sword earlier was because it held a hostage, leaving Sui Yi cautious not to unleash too potent Sword Qi for fear of harming the person, and with the ten-meter distance, the Sword Qi’s lethality diminished, allowing it to escape while Sui Yi rescued the person.

But now, it had no hostage.

Sui Yi...

Demon Que let out a loud call.

Sound Attack!

The Thornbird immediately got caught in the twisted sound waves, its feathers all fluffed up, letting out a shrill scream.

Retaliate?

Buzz!!!

Demon Que’s sword tip condensed a sinister, lethal red glow, aiming straight at the Thornbird’s head...

Bang!!

Its wings blocked.

The Thornbird shot backward at full speed, spiraled, and fell into the abyss below...

Sui Yi looked down upon this, Magnetic Sensation penetrating infinitely, combined with his terrifying eyesight, he could clearly see this Thornbird spreading its blood-stained wings, gazing back at him with eerie hatred... until it disappeared into the bottom of the abyss.

Sui Yi pursed his lips into a thin line, flipped his wrist, sheathing his long sword.

Wu Xie also sheathed his sword.

"Teacher... Tea,...", Du Gourou’s tender sentiment abruptly halted because one cold glance from Wu Xie sent a shiver down his spine.

Alright, Teacher always has one or two men! Women! to interrupt his tenderness!

Feeling frustrated.

Sui Yi genuinely did not remember Du Gourou much, so he did not notice any "affection" coming from the other, just glanced at his ear and reached his fingers out to tap lightly.

The bleeding stopped.

"Go up on your own now."

With a gentle push of her foot, she became several trailing shadows shooting upward.

Du Gourou was intoxicated, intoxicated, utterly intoxicated...

The ear no longer hurt either.

Teacher was truly gentle...

After Sui Yi went up, he saw a ground full of the dead, and the slightly injured Dugu Mingyue and Dugu Sheng, both astounded to see Sui Yi suddenly appear.

But Dugu Sheng was more seasoned, with a flicker in his eyes, he bowed towards Sui Yi: "Dugu Sheng pays respect to Teacher"

A Grandmaster Level Master rightfully meriting the title of Teacher, even the Dugu Family Clique was nothing in front of a Grandmaster.

After all, Sui Yi was recognized as a "peer" by both Song Que and Fu Cailin.

Sui Yi nodded slightly, his glance sweeping over the ground, pausing slightly, said: "One?"

"Yes, one was enough to make it hard for we two to cope. If it weren’t for Teacher’s prowess, the three of us would have likely perished here like these people."

He naturally assumed that with Sui Yi below, Du Gourou had probably been rescued.

At this moment, Wu Xie came up leisurely but looked toward this platform, observing for a while, he said: "Not just one."