Ever since that dragon descended upon the easternmost part of the continent, the celestial phenomena had shifted with its slumbering breaths.
Dense, dark clouds, centered around the Dragon's Slumber Battlefield, began to spread relentlessly across the entirety of Great Yan.
In the first month after the world's ascension, these heavy clouds, carrying terrifying frost power, had already enveloped a tenth of Great Yan's territory.
And after that, the power of frost did not cease.
Merely by slumbering, the dragon’s naturally emanating power had conjured a cruel blizzard that stretched for ten thousand li.
When the apocalypse began, the entire Northern Hemisphere was still in the midst of a sweltering summer. Half a year later, Great Yan had also entered a state of winter.
The change in seasons had driven away the sun's power, allowing the cold winds to spread across the land.
Great Yan, having expanded its territory tenfold after the world's ascension, was now largely shrouded by these dense, dark clouds.
Blizzards and frost had painted the world in pure white.
The savage jungles, which had spread across Great Yan due to the world's ascension, were also enduring the constant onslaught of wind and snow.
Within these jungles resided monsters mutated by the world's ascension and the void's essence, as well as otherworldly creatures drawn in from the void by the ascension.
Their strength varied, but the weakest possessed the might of an elite Tier 1. Among them, the Beast King-level existences could even contend with the Purgatory realm.
Over the past six months, the greatest task for the combat teams in the two cities had been to battle these savage creatures, clearing paths and acquiring resources.
But with the arrival of the wind and snow, it was no longer just human warriors fighting these savage monsters.
"ROAR!!!"
A sky-shattering beast roar sent the accumulated snow from vast swathes of the savage jungle tumbling down.
Within the jungle, a large number of monsters fled in panic, as if something extremely terrifying lurked behind them.
Deep within the jungle, a ferocious tiger beast king, resembling a mountain, let out another roar.
However, its intimidation proved utterly useless against its current opponent.
The Purgatory-tier tiger beast king was covered in sharp wounds, with large amounts of scalding hot blood flowing down like a stream.
And opposite the tiger king, its adversary was beyond its comprehension.
It was a giant made of ice, its body covered in sharp, protruding ice formations.
And beneath the swirling snow, a massive crack on the giant's body was slowly healing.
Feeling the weakness in its body, and gazing at an enemy it couldn't kill no matter how hard it fought, a fierce glint flashed in the tiger king's eyes.
But before it could unleash its desperate skills,
Accompanied by heavy footsteps,
The savage forest trees were easily pushed aside, and beings identical to the ice giant, who knew when they had arrived, had already surrounded the beast king.
The giants, forged from ice, had their eyes flashing with a faint blue light.
The bleeding tiger let out its final roar.
"ROAR!!"
The beasts trembled, the snow churned, but after that, the savage forest fell silent.
Mountain-like ice giants, with the wind and snow, silently marched into the distance.
The defenders of the Imperial Capital watched the direction from which the beast roars originated with grave expressions.
The Imperial Capital was already covered in snow, but thanks to the substantial support of Chen Luo and Starfire City's resources, the capital was not suffering from a lack of supplies due to the cold.
However, compared to the weather, they faced even greater challenges.
Outside the Imperial Capital, within ten thousand meters, lay dense, savage forests.
After the world's ascension, under the dual influence of the void and world power, the natural forces in all areas not occupied by human territories had become terrifyingly potent.
Initially, the Imperial Capital had intended to reabsorb the areas outside the city under its control, but the regions beyond ten thousand meters from the city were rather peculiar.
Even if humans felled the trees, after just one night, new forests would regrow beyond the city's ten-thousand-meter radius.
After multiple experiments, the officials of the Imperial Capital had temporarily abandoned the idea of outward expansion.
Of course, this was also because Chen Luo had informed them that this situation might change after the territory was upgraded.
And now, under the vigilant gaze of the guarding soldiers,
The accumulated snow outside the savage jungle was violently dispersed by a large group of beasts that suddenly emerged.
These mutated beasts, with frenzied expressions, charged towards the Imperial Capital.
Seeing this, the guarding soldiers' expressions changed, and they quickly sounded the nearby alarm!
Dong! Dong! Dong!
"Enemy attack!!! The beast tide is here!!!"
Within the city, people calmly put down their work.
Soldiers silently donned their armor and orderly proceeded to the assembly points.
The rest of the people were equally calm, as if they had practiced countless times, heading towards the shelters.
Moments later, tens of thousands of armored soldiers had assembled outside the Imperial Capital, seemingly waiting for something.
Wei Dayong, with twin axes strapped to his back, appeared on the Imperial Capital's watchtower at some point.
He did not look at the overwhelming beast tide rushing towards them, as if it was not worth his attention.
Even the ice giants emerging from the forest after the beast tide did not capture his gaze.
With a casual wave of his hand, the prepared legion soldiers, wielding various weapons, charged towards the beast tide!
There was no earth-shattering collision.
Only a silent slaughter.
The legion soldiers, each possessing at least A-grade combat skills, could easily slaughter these panicked, fleeing beasts.
The surging beast tide was annihilated in mere moments.
The blood of the beasts stained the pure white ground crimson.
The warmth of the blood caused white steam to rise outside the Imperial Capital in the cold winter.
The smell of blood made the soldiers' eyes redden, but they all stopped simultaneously, gripping their weapons, and gazed at the equally silent ice giants.
Thump...
As the first ice giant stepped forward, the prepared soldiers, without hesitation, charged towards these Tier 1 Purgatory-level enemies.
A fierce clash ensued, but it was not a complete annihilation.
With their skilled combat techniques and the legion skill buffs left by Chen Luo, the legion soldiers now possessed the qualification to contend with Purgatory-level beings.
In this ascended world, battles between humans and frost occurred daily over the past six months.
On the watchtower, Wei Dayong withdrew his gaze from observing the battlefield.
"No Abyss-level Tier 1, nor any Tier 2 existences. It seems I won't need to make a move this time."
Having said that, Wei Dayong looked towards the south.
The towering watchtower granted him a broader field of vision.
However, in the direction he looked, there was only a blizzard that obscured the sky and earth:
"Army Commander..."