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"You're learning pretty fast, but unfortunately all you can do right now is start a fire. If you encounter something emotionless, all you can do with this hand is roast snow."

Chen Guan didn't stop walking: "I have other options besides warming myself by the fire."

For example, the skill borrowed from Baal, Flame of Fury.

Barr laughed even louder.

Guan Jinyue couldn't hear the conversation between the two in their minds, but that didn't stop her from communicating with Chen Guan.

"You adapted to this power too quickly."

"Is that a compliment?" Chen Guan asked her, tilting his head.

"Consider it a reminder." Guan Jinyue stepped across a patch of snow that had been smoothed by the wind, leaving a footprint.

"The power of the devil is never given away for free; it will alter your perceptions and your judgment."

"I know," Chen Guan replied softly.

"You don't seem to know," Guan Jinyue said, looking at him.

She had seen many contractors who lost themselves in the power, and those people ended up perishing in madness.

"Miss Guan, I know very well whose fire I'm borrowing to keep warm, but it's too cold on the road. It would be unwise not to use a fire when you have one."

Guan Jinyue withdrew his gaze: "As long as you remember that the fire will burn you, that's fine."

Having said all they needed to say, the two continued northward.

The mountainous terrain where the Ice Crystal Altar was located was left behind, the terrain became flat, and the wind pressed in from afar without any obstruction. Every snowflake with fine ice particles stung my face.

Two hours later, the surrounding trees completely disappeared, and at the end of the snowfield, a large area of ​​bare black rock covered with thick ice appeared.

Chen Guan looked at the increasingly dark sky ahead and asked, "What exactly is the Ice Sea?"

"The Ice Sea is the oldest forbidden zone in the North," Guan Jinyue replied after some thought. "My spatial abilities would be suppressed there."

After saying that, she demonstrated that the spatial rift showed signs of breaking as soon as it opened.

"Even your space is affected?" Chen Guan looked at the failed spatial rift.

Guan Jinyue pulled his hand back into his sleeve.

"The closer we get to the Ice Sea, the more chaotic the spatial laws become. Once we actually set foot on the shore, the abilities I can use will be greatly reduced. It is covered by giant ice all year round, and the temperature below is so low that it can freeze most high-level demon races to death, but the bottom of the Ice Sea does not freeze."

Because of her younger sister, Guan Jinyue had traveled back and forth across the icy sea several times, so she was quite familiar with it.

Chen Guan raised his eyebrows.

"It doesn't sound like this was formed naturally."

"Legend has it that beneath the ice cap lies an ancient ruin that belongs neither to the demon race nor to humans." Guan Jinyue's voice remained clear amidst the wind and snow.

"Several generations of bear kings in the North have sent demons to explore, but very few have returned alive, and they can't say what's down there."

"You can't explain what it means?" Chen Guan asked.

Guan Jinyue paused for a moment, then said uncertainly, "They will forget what they saw."

Chen Guan slowed his pace.

"Have your memories been erased?"

"It's also possible that their willpower couldn't withstand the environment there. The Bear King himself went to the vicinity of the entrance back then, but in the end, he didn't go deep inside." Guan Jinyue looked at the gray line that was gradually appearing in the distance.

"Even the Bear King won't go in, so wouldn't it be too adventurous for the two of us to run over there?" Chen Guan laughed.

"The Bear King wouldn't dare fight Baal, but you might not. So it's not unreasonable for you to dare go where the Bear King wouldn't."

Guan Jinyue gave him a deep look, clearly recalling unpleasant memories.

"Miss Guan, your way of comforting people is even more unique than mine." Chen Guan shook his head.

"I'm not trying to comfort you," Guan Jinyue replied earnestly.

Baal laughed out loud in the mental space.

"This girl has potential; every word she says is sharp and to the point."

He didn't mind being used as a comparison point at all.

It's good that it's interesting. Why didn't they travel together earlier?

The further we went, the stranger the wind and snow became.

The snow no longer falls from the sky, but rolls in from all directions, and is silently pushed away when it gets close to a certain area.

The sky was low and oppressive, and the gray lines in the distance gradually unfolded, revealing an endless expanse of icy white.

That is the Ice Sea.

There were no waves, no flocks of birds, and no sounds belonging to the coast.

A vast ice sheet stretched to the horizon, its surface covered with black cracks that reflected the somber color of the sea.

Chen Guan stood on the edge of the shore, gazing at the sloping black rock beach and the thick ice cap in front of him.

"This place is too quiet."

Chen Guan could feel the black mark on his right palm gradually cooling down.

This wasn't due to the cold causing a loss of temperature; it was because his emotional perception had completely vanished here.

There was no murderous intent, no fear, no anger, and no demons lurking beneath the snow.

Even Guan Jinyue's emotions suddenly became very indifferent, almost imperceptible.

Even though the person was right beside me, we were separated by this icy sea.

Chen Guan looked down at his palm, and this unusual movement quickly caught Guan Jinyue's attention.

"What did you find?" Guan Jinyue asked, looking at him.

"There is no emotion here." Chen Guan raised his eyes and glanced at the ice cap.

Guan Jinyue fell silent. This statement was more troublesome than having enemies; the most frightening thing was that there was no one around, which meant that no living being could survive.

"Baal," Chen Guan called out in his mind.

The wind blew in from the ice cap, carrying a bone-chilling cold.

"Baal didn't respond?"

Guan Jinyue had obviously asked Baer earlier, but had not received a response.

"Baal," Chen Guan called out again.

Baal's voice finally rang out, but it lacked some of its former frivolity.

"Kid, this isn't the right place. The signal is bad. This icy sea has some kind of rule that erases emotions."

Chen Guan looked at Guan Jinyue: "Baal said that the rules here are erasing emotions."

Guan Jinyue's expression turned cold: "It sounds like it clashes with your new ability."

After saying that, she pointed to the huge, neatly edged circular opening hundreds of meters away: "The entrance is there. It's covered by seawater all year round. Below it is the outer passage of the ruins. The currents over there are very complicated, so be careful."

Upon closer inspection, the circular opening appears much larger than it did from a distance, with the thick ice layer around its edges forming a neat arc.

Black Rock Beach slopes down to the wellhead. The rocks underfoot are smooth and shiny, polished by the sea breeze. In the depths, there are no waves or echoes, only circles of dark seawater swirling down the ice wall.

Chen Guan stood at the edge of the well: "Is this the entrance?"

Guan Jinyue squatted beside the ice, reached out and pressed the edge. As soon as her fingertip touched it, white frost crawled up her hand, and the cold wind blowing from the well made her long silver hair fly backward.

"This is no ordinary ice cave. Below it is a vertical sea well, with the outer layer consisting of millennia-old ice and deep-sea currents. The narrowest part of the entrance is about twenty meters wide, and it gets wider as you go down."

Looking down into the well, Chen Guan saw no signs of human excavation on the well wall, and the surface of the ice layer was unusually smooth and flat.

"Have you gone down from here before?"

Guan Jinyue withdrew his hand: "I've only been to the outer passage; I haven't actually entered the depths of the ruins."