I'm invincible once I descend the mountain; the beautiful CEO is forcing me to get our marriage

The newly appeared passage was pitch black, like the maw of a giant beast ready to devour its prey.

A chilling aura, ten times stronger than the one in the cave, surged forth from it.

This chill is not simply a physical low temperature; it's more like a strange force that can directly affect the dantian (lower abdomen) and dantian qi sea (lower abdomen).

"Hiss... This... this chill is terrifying!"

"My inner energy... is about to freeze!"

Those martial artists who had just struggled back from the brink of death and were still kneeling on the ground felt their thoughts almost stop just from being swept by this cold wind.

The last trace of color drained from their faces, replaced by a fear that emanated from the depths of their souls.

What kind of hell lies behind this door?

No one dared to make a move.

Even though they knew that this passage might hold a true destiny of immortality, the chilling aura that could freeze their souls was like an insurmountable chasm, firmly blocking their steps in their quest.

Is it possible that one is ultimately too fragile before reaching the Celestial Realm?

However, Ye An seemed oblivious to all of this.

He glanced at the bottomless passage, and without the slightest hesitation, stepped inside. His figure was quickly swallowed up by the thick, impenetrable darkness.

Anya stood there, watching Ye An's disappearing figure, then glanced back at the group of martial artists behind her who were terrified and trembling in fear.

She gently bit her lip, took a deep breath, and used all her strength to resist the chilling cold before plunging into the darkness.

The very next second after she disappeared.

"Buzz—"

The light at the entrance to the dark passage suddenly distorted, like ripples on the surface of water, and slowly closed until it disappeared completely.

Where it stood, only a cold, hard rock wall remained, without any cracks.

"No! The road...the road is gone!"

Several warriors, finally emboldened by greed, rushed over, only to find themselves touching a cold stone wall.

"How could this happen!?"

"A predestined fate! Our predestined fate!"

Desperate cries echoed through the cave, but even more so, there was endless regret.

They watched as opportunity presented itself, and then watched as it vanished because of their own cowardice.

……

Inside the passage, it was pitch black.

Anya felt as if she had fallen into an ancient ice cave. Even though she had pushed her protective energy to its limit, the pervasive chill still made her body stiff and even slowed down her blood flow.

Just when she felt she was about to give up, the blurry figure in front of her suddenly stopped.

Ye An suddenly turned around, his eyes glowing with a pale golden light in the darkness, his gaze piercing through the shadows and locking onto Anya with precision.

"Why are you following me?"

This sudden question made Anya's tense nerves tremble.

She suppressed the panic in her heart, but a provocative smile curled at the corner of her lips: "Oh, now you're pretending not to know me? You weren't this indifferent when you hugged me at the Tongxian Hotel last time."

Upon hearing this, Ye An interrupted her indifferently, her expression as calm as still water: "Stop, Miss Officer."

"If I remember correctly, at the Tongxian Hotel, you were the one who carried me up to him."

These words were like a thunderbolt, striking Anya squarely on the head.

Her face flushed instantly, the heat rising from her cheeks to her ears.

He... he actually remembers?!

You remember it so clearly, and you even said it so bluntly!

Anya felt as if her heart was being gripped by an invisible hand, pounding wildly as if it were about to leap out of her throat.

She had prepared a whole host of arguments, but now they were all stuck in her throat, and she couldn't utter a single word.

Shame, embarrassment... and even a hint of secret joy that she herself was unaware of...

Countless emotions overwhelmed her thoughts in an instant, leaving her mind blank.

Ye An seemed to enjoy her embarrassed state, which was like she was about to burst into flames, and did not give her any chance to catch her breath.

He took a step forward, and the distance between them suddenly closed.

A refreshing masculine scent wafted over, causing Anya to instinctively hold her breath.

He looked down at her, continuing in a maddeningly calm tone, "Besides, I shielded you from the attack just now because I didn't want to see a police officer bursting with a sense of justice sacrifice himself here in vain."

"I saved you twice, officer," he stated the facts. "Not only do you not thank me, but you're also being quite aggressive."

He had barely finished speaking when he abruptly changed the subject, throwing out a question that caught her completely off guard:

"What's your name?"

This series of pressures, like waves crashing down, completely shattered Anya's already fragile mental defenses.

Under his intense gaze, she panicked and instinctively took a half step back, turning her head away in a disheveled manner, no longer daring to look into those golden eyes that seemed to see through everything.

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask!" she retorted stubbornly, but her voice trembled slightly.

To cover up her defeat, she immediately changed the subject, trying to regain some initiative: "I'm asking you! Why can't we see a single one of the first Celestial Realm experts who entered this place, or our official special forces team?"

Upon hearing this businesslike question, Ye An finally withdrew his extremely imposing gaze, as if he had instantly lost interest in her.

He turned around, took another step, and his figure quickly disappeared into the deep darkness ahead.

Only that indifferent and fleeting voice came from the depths of the darkness:

"Because I broke the outer formation, the spatial structure here may have changed."

"The path we're on now might not be the same one they took back then."