Zhang Lie suddenly sensed a disturbance and frowned. "Who's there?"

The forces that accompanied Zhang Lie now gathered behind him, eyes alert, ready for a battle to break out at any moment.

Zhang Lie shouted, "Show yourself! Don't force me to act!"

Light glinted. A throwing knife imbued with frost shot toward Zhang Lie from behind a boulder.

Snow poured from the air. The temperature in the air suddenly dipped, as though it was suddenly the deep of winter. The throwing knife froze everything it passed through, leaving a thick layer of ice along its path.

"You must have a death wish!" Zhang Lie called out. Water-attuned genetic energy gathered...