Chapter 69: Sealing Device
Iceberg, 2480 meters.
Crack!
A hand covered in ice crystals pierced into the ice layer. A few minutes prior, the howling wind had ceased, leaving only scattered snowflakes drifting in the air.
Su Xiao exhaled a breath of cold air. Fine ice crystals condensed within the white vapor, falling down toward the base of the iceberg.
Having climbed to this height, Su Xiao turned sideways to look down. Below was an endless expanse of snowfield, with hazy sunlight hanging at the edge of the sky, making the snowy landscape breathtakingly beautiful. This might be one of the sights along the path to becoming stronger.
Su Xiao looked up toward the top of the iceberg—still endless. Strangely, the temperature here had actually risen somewhat, conservatively estimated to be within minus 200 degrees Celsius.
The cold was still severe, but no longer at the level that could freeze Su Xiao to death at any moment. He quickened his climbing pace.
2600 meters, 2700 meters, 2800 meters, 2900 meters.
With a cracking sound, the ice in Su Xiao’s hand shattered. His other hand immediately pierced into the ice layer, halting his downward descent.
Wisps of white vapor rose from within Su Xiao’s clothing. By the time he climbed to around 3000 meters, the temperature had risen to about minus 150 degrees Celsius. This made Su Xiao wonder if the cold of the Eternal Frozen Sea wasn’t naturally formed, but rather caused by something beneath the sea or the terrain itself.
When Su Xiao reached 4000 meters, he took a deep breath. Thin oxygen was present here, indicating the temperature had risen above minus 110 degrees Celsius—undoubtedly good news.
Just as Su Xiao prepared to continue climbing upward, he noticed a thin mist above the iceberg. After climbing another hundred meters or so, he arrived beneath that mist and tentatively reached his hand into it.
[Warning! The Hunter is being eroded by the Cold Relic Mist.]
[Eroding… The Hunter will lose 420 Health Points per minute. Your Curse Resistance is 78.9%. Actual Health Points lost per minute: 88.]
[X Ability activated. Immune to 40% Magic Damage. Final Health Points lost per minute: 53.]
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A stinging sensation spread across Su Xiao’s body. Glancing at his gradually declining Health Points, he continued climbing. A loss of 53 Health Points per minute seemed significant, but given his total Health Pool, he could last two to three hours without issue. Using recovery items during that time, he could hold out for five to six hours.
As Su Xiao climbed, Amu also entered the range of the Cold Relic Mist. To Su Xiao’s surprise, Amu not only didn’t lose Health Points, but his ‘Ice Armor’ ability’s recovery rate actually increased.
Ice Armor (Ultimate Ability Lv.13·Passive): Due to the pseudo-biological circulatory system formed by the ice energy within the Fierce Winter Minotaur’s body, when taking any damage, 40% of the lost Health Points will be replaced by Ice Energy (e.g., if Amu takes 10 damage, 6 Health Points + 4 Ice Energy are deducted).
Confirming there was no problem, Su Xiao continued climbing. After ascending several hundred meters, the iceberg finally reached its peak—at least it was no longer so unattainably distant.
A few minutes later.
A hand grasped the edge of the iceberg. With a burst of strength, Su Xiao pulled himself onto a protruding ice ledge, once again feeling solid ground beneath his feet. He had successfully reached the summit.
Surveying the scene before him, Su Xiao clenched his fist. He saw an ice stele carved with a circular mark—this mark was… the symbol of the Law Destroyers.
Below the mark was a line of small text in the language of this world.
‘Outsider, you will regret today’s decision. The Moyi Family will be your eternal enemy.’
Seeing this line of text, Su Xiao smiled. Only a family like the Moyi Family, who didn’t understand the Shadow of Law Destruction, would dare carve words onto a Law Destroyer’s monument stele. Even the supreme Spellcasters of the void wouldn’t leave inscriptions on a Law Destroyer’s mark stele—not out of fear, but because it was easy to take the blame. In this regard, the Spellcasters had learned extremely painful lessons, with the origins tracing back to the alliance between the Law Destroyers and the Demon Race.
Ascending this iceberg meant becoming an eternal mortal enemy of the Moyi Family. Yet Su Xiao didn’t care. If time weren’t an issue, even the Moyi Family’s sole remaining descendant, Eyun, would have perished by his hand.
Su Xiao walked past the mark stele. The terrain atop the iceberg was relatively flat, with smooth ice surfaces on the outer edges. Continuing forward, he encountered a large mass of frozen ice, covering over 70% of the mountain peak.
Embedded in the ice was a circular metal door. Su Xiao and Amu approached the metal door, finding it had no mechanisms and couldn’t be opened. Rather than a door, it resembled a metal valve. Based on the craftsmanship, it was definitely built by witches—Law Destroyers wouldn’t leave elemental array diagrams on it.
Click. Click.
A harsh scraping sound came from the metal door. A massive face appeared on its surface.
“Outsider, forbidden…”
The face on the metal door began to speak, but before it could finish, Su Xiao had already drawn the longsword at his waist.
Streaks of silver slashes appeared. After a few cuts, Su Xiao kicked the metal door, which shattered with a crash. This thing was originally meant to be opened using the Moyi Family’s heirloom.
Entering through the empty doorway, Su Xiao arrived at a natural ice cave. The space was considerable, roughly over 300 square meters, resembling a karst cave.
The ice cave wasn’t dark. The ceiling was covered with sharp icicles, as if they might fall at any moment.
Surveying the cave’s interior, Su Xiao saw the ground covered in elemental array diagrams. At the center of the diagrams was a large device made of unknown materials. This thing was about five meters in diameter and three meters tall, resembling a cluster of closed metal rods.
Seeing this, Su Xiao confirmed it was the Blade Demon Energy Sealing Device. The surrounding chaotic array diagrams and crystals were clearly built by the Moyi Family.
Preliminary observation showed that the ‘Blade Demon Energy Sealing Device’ hadn’t been activated for a long time. There were even signs of prying and smashing, indicating the Moyi Family’s ancestors had tried to open it but failed.
Of course they couldn’t open it. The Blade Demon Energy Sealing Device required Azure Steel Shadow Energy to activate. Otherwise, it was merely a consciousness transfer device, capable of extracting one’s own consciousness.
Su Xiao didn’t know the purpose of the array diagrams around the Blade Demon Energy Sealing Device. The Moyi Family seemed to have found a ‘special way to open’ the device, using it to enhance their own power.
Su Xiao destroyed the crystals and array diagrams around the ‘Blade Demon Energy Sealing Device’. Not far from the device, a massive purple crystal floated in midair, with the Cold Relic Mist emanating from it.
Su Xiao ignored the massive crystal. The energy contained within it was terrifying—if he tried to detonate it, it could potentially blow off half the iceberg.
Confirming no abnormalities in the surroundings, Su Xiao placed one hand on the Blade Demon Energy Sealing Device.
Ding, ding, ding…
The Blade Demon Energy Sealing Device activated instantly. One by one, the metal rods sprang open, like an iron flower in full bloom.
With a crackling sound, arcs of electricity surged between the iron rods, linking them together.
Seeing this, Su Xiao stepped toward the Blade Demon Energy Sealing Device. As the arcs swept over him, the Azure Steel Shadow Energy within his body clung to his skin, isolating the electricity.
The arcs jumped, creating pitch-black holes in space. Clearly, the Blade Demon Energy Sealing Device wasn’t usable by just anyone. If the Moyi Family had truly activated it, however many people entered, that many would die.