The Witch Hunter System

Chapter 937: Pure Moon Palace's Calamity (3)

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Grand Misty Serpent's Coil, Snowy Peaks

Due to the grand mist formation covering the entire Divine Serpent Empire, the snowy peaks of the mountains in the Grand Misty Serpent's Coils were particularly cold and windy.

The strong blizzards created poor visibility, making it easy for inexperienced people to lose their direction and get lost. All traces of living beings were also easily covered in seconds, making it difficult to be tracked.

Thanks to the Pure Moon Palace's familiarity with the cold terrains, the members of the Pure Moon Palace were able to evade and lose their pursuers after the initial confrontation.

However, that was also the limit of their abilities since their enemies caught them unprepared; they could not fully escape their predicament.

There were far too many enemies outside, and far more were arriving with each passing moment. The Pure Moon Palace's enemies didn't plan to rest until they were all slaughtered. Palace Mistress Celestia was fortunate enough to lead most of her sect members into a large icy cave and seal the entrance in ice and snow to cover its existence.

However, she had also been jointly attacked by five other Void Realm experts and suffered serious injuries beforehand. As such, even though she had been hiding in the cave with her sect members for the past week, her condition did not improve but deteriorated instead. Pfft-!

Palace Mistress Celestia suddenly coughed up a mouthful of icy-cold blood, which instantly froze upon contact with the cold ground.

"Palace Mistress!"

The surviving Moon Fairies and sect disciples all cried out in alarm, shock, and concern. The closest members quickly offered their hands for support.

However, Palace Mistress Celestia refused their help despite being on the verge of collapsing. "I'm alright. Don't worry about me, and just conserve your energy. Otherwise, you won't be able to last until help comes," Palace Mistress Celestia stated.

Unfortunately, her words did not offer her sect members any comfort. In fact, their mental states took an extra blow and dropped into the pits of despair and gloom.

"Will help really come? Who can help us? Who even knows we are here?" Third Fairy Ella asked pessimistically.

"You can't say that, Ella," Second Fairy Levia admonished before mentioning, "Don't forget that we did our best to create an opening for our youngest to escape the encirclement."

"Sue will definitely return with help. We just need to hold on until that time comes," Second Fairy Levia hoped as she tried to convince herself that it was true.

"And how much longer will that be, Levia?" Third Fairy Ella retorted with a question before saying, "With each passing day, our enemies outside are growing in numbers while our lives are slowly dimming in this cave."

"Without any food, we won't be able to last another month, even if we can produce water. More importantly, our Palace Mistress requires urgent medical care and medicine, or she won't last another few days."

"We don't even know if our youngest managed to escape the heavy encirclement in the end. It's already been a week since then, and we haven't heard anything," Third Fairy Ella stated.

Rather than clinging to life pathetically, it was probably better to make peace with their death. At the very least, they wouldn't be disappointed if help never came.

There couldn't be any disappointment if there were no expectations.

Palace Mistress Celestia glanced at the few hundred sect members remaining and sighed sadly. She didn't know if the rest of her sect members found safe refuge like they did, but their situation was unlikely any better, only worse.

"I have let you all down. If it weren't for my wish to return to the birthplace of our ancestors, our sect wouldn't have fallen into this state," Palace Mistress Celestia sighed sadly, burdened with guilt and remorse.

Perhaps before they all starved to death, their enemies outside would find them first. After all, there were only so many places to search on the snowy peaks.

"You can't be blamed for what happened, Palace Mistress! We have all agreed to move to the Black Rose Empire with you! We all wanted to return to the birthplace of our ancestors as well!" Sixth Fairy Darla defended.

"That's right, Palace Mistress!" Seventh Fairy Lula chimed in and said, "The fault lies with the Evermore Imperial Family! Who knew that they could be so ruthless? They actually teamed up with the three major forces to destroy us!"

"If I can survive this ordeal, I will definitely repay this debt of grievance a hundredfold once I acquire the power to do so!" Seventh Fairy Lula stated venomously with her fist clenched.

No one would believe such an innocent and pure-looking lady could reveal such malice if they didn't see it with their own eyes.

"The Evermore Imperial Family's ruthlessness is one thing, but their decisiveness is far more frightening," Fourth Fairy Charity frowned.

"To be able to mobilize the forces of the Martial Saint Hall, Medicine King Sect, and Heavenly Sword Manor and lay an ambush on the mountains beforehand, the Evermore Imperial Family would have required a lot of preparation time."

"I'm afraid the Evermore Imperial Family had already decided to eliminate us on the same day that the news of the Heavenreacher reached our empire," Fourth Fairy Clarity speculated.

The other Moon Fairies and sect disciples were immediately startled by Fourth Fairy Clarity's speculation.

"Does that mean the Evermore Imperial Family planned to eliminate our sect regardless of whether we intended to leave or not?"

"The Evermore Imperial Family wouldn't have planned such a large-scale operation for nothing. Even before they could find out about our sect's intention to migrate, they were already prepared to annihilate us."

"That means the Palace Mistress had actually saved us. Had we stayed in the sect, we would have faced certain death."

In a short time, Palace Mistress Celestia's position in the hearts of the sect members was raised to a new peak. They held profound respect for her leadership and wisdom.

Unfortunately, their moment of delight was short-lived.

The sudden impact on the sealed entrance was like a sledgehammer slamming into their hearts, shattering their hopes.

Bam!

"They've found us!" Palace Mistress Celestia's long eyelashes trembled.