Chapter 1603: Sealing Device

Chapter 1603 -69: Sealing Device

Iceberg, at 2480 meters.

Crack!

A hand filled with ice crystals pierced into the ice layer. A few minutes ago, the howling cold wind had stopped, leaving only sporadic snowflakes floating in the air.

Su Xiao exhaled a breath of cold air, and fine ice crystals condensed in the white mist, falling toward the bottom of the iceberg.

At this altitude, Su Xiao leaned sideways to look back; below was an endless snowfield. The hazy sunlight hung at the horizon, making the snow scene incredibly beautiful, perhaps one of the amazing sights on the path to becoming stronger.

Su Xiao looked up towards the top of the iceberg, still stretching limitlessly upwards. Strangely enough, the temperature had slightly risen at this altitude, estimated at below minus 200°.

The temperature remained cold but no longer unbearably so that it threatened to freeze Su Xiao to death at any moment, allowing him to accelerate his pace climbing upwards.

2600 meters, 2700 meters, 2800 meters, 2900 meters.

With a crackling sound, the solid ice in Su Xiao’s hand shattered, and his other hand immediately pierced into the ice layer, halting his falling body.

Wisps of white mist rose from Su Xiao’s garments. By the time he had climbed to around 3000 meters, the temperature had risen to about minus 150°, making Su Xiao ponder that perhaps the cold of the Permafrost Sea wasn’t naturally formed but caused by certain things or terrains beneath the sea.

When Su Xiao climbed to 4000 meters, he took a deep breath; here, there was already thin oxygen, indicating that the temperature had risen to above minus 110°, undoubtedly good news.

As Su Xiao was about to continue climbing, he noticed a thin mist above the iceberg. After climbing over a hundred meters in height, he reached beneath this thin mist and attempted to reach his hand into it.

[Warning! The Hunter is eroded by the Frost Mist.]

[Erosion in progress… The Hunter will lose 420 Life Value per minute. With your curse resistance at 78.9%, the actual loss is 88 Life Value per minute.]

[Absolute Demon Physique Lv.MAX ability activated, immunizing 40% magical damage. The final Life Value loss is 53 per minute.]

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A stinging sensation spread from Su Xiao’s body; seeing his gradually decreasing Life Value, he continued to climb. Although the loss of 53 Life Value per minute seemed considerable, for his total Life Value, it wasn’t a problem for a couple of hours, and with the use of healing items, it wouldn’t be an issue for five to six hours.

As Su Xiao climbed, A Mu also entered the range of the Frost Mist. To Su Xiao’s surprise, A Mu not only didn’t lose Life Value, but it also increased the recovery speed of its ‘Ice Armor’ ability. ℯℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Ice Armor (Ultimate Ability Lv.13·Passive): Due to the pseudo-bio-circulatory system formed by the ice energy within the Winter Minotaur’s body, when taking any damage, 40% of the lost Life Value will be substituted by ice energy (for example, if A Mu takes 10 points of damage, it will lose 6 points of Life Value + 4 points of ice energy).

After confirming there were no issues, Su Xiao continued climbing the mountain. After climbing a few hundred meters in height, the iceberg seemed to finally reach its end, though not yet truly within reach.

A few minutes later.

A hand grasped the edge of the iceberg. With the exertion of Su Xiao’s body, he climbed onto a protruding ice ridge, once again feeling the solid ground underfoot. He had successfully reached the summit.

Surveying the scene before him, Su Xiao tightly clenched his fist as he saw an ice monument carved with a circular mark, a symbol of the Annihilator.

Below the mark was a string of small words in this world’s language.

‘Foreigner, you will regret today’s decision. The Mo Yi Family will be your eternal enemy.’

Seeing this string of words, Su Xiao chuckled. Only a family like the Mo Yi Family, who doesn’t understand the Shadow of Annihilation, would dare to carve such words on the monument of the Annihilator. Even the spellcasting overlords of the Void would not leave their marks on the monument of the Annihilator, not out of fear, but because it invites disaster. The spellcasters have learned painfully from past lessons, with origins even connecting to the alliance between the Annihilator and the Demon Clan.

Climbing this iceberg symbolized becoming an eternal enemy of the Mo Yi Family. However, Su Xiao didn’t care. If there weren’t a time restraint, even the sole surviving heir of the Mo Yi Family, Misfortune, would have perished by his hands.

Su Xiao walked past the inscribed monument. The terrain at the top of the iceberg was relatively flat, with a smooth outer ice surface. Continuing forward was a massive solid ice block, covering over 70% of the mountaintop area.

On the solid ice was a circular metal door. Su Xiao and A Mu arrived before the metal door, discovering it had no mechanisms nor could it be opened. Rather than a proper door, it resembled a metal valve. Judging by the craftsmanship, it was undoubtedly built by the witches, as Annihilators wouldn’t leave elemental array maps on it.

Click, click.

The metal door emitted a grinding sound as a gigantic face appeared on it.

“Foreigner, prohibit…”

The face on the metal door began to speak, but before it could finish, Su Xiao had already drawn the long knife from his waist.

Silver slash marks appeared as Su Xiao slashed a few times, then kicked the metal door, shattering it with a boom; this thing originally needed the Mo Yi Family’s heirloom to open.

Entering through the empty doorway, Su Xiao arrived at a natural ice cave. The space here was considerable, around 300 square meters, resembling a natural cavern.

The ice cave wasn’t dark, with the ceiling full of sharp icicles seemingly ready to pierce down at any moment.

Surveying the situation inside the ice cave, Su Xiao found the ground covered in elemental array maps. At the center was a large device forged from unknown materials, roughly five meters in diameter and three meters high, resembling closed metal rods.

Seeing this device, Su Xiao was certain it was the Demon Blade Energy Sealing Device, and the chaotic array maps, crystal stones around it were clearly the work of the Mo Yi Family.

Upon initial inspection, Su Xiao discovered the ‘Demon Blade Energy Sealing Device’ hadn’t been activated in a long time, with signs of prying and hammering on it. Clearly, the ancestors of the Mo Yi Family had attempted to open the device, but in vain.

Of course, they couldn’t open it; the Demon Blade Energy Sealing Device required Blue Steel Shadow energy to activate, otherwise, it functioned as a consciousness transducer to extract one’s consciousness.

The purpose of the array maps around the Demon Blade Energy Sealing Device was unclear, but the Mo Yi Family seemed to have discovered some ‘special opening method’ to enhance their strength using this device.

Su Xiao destroyed the crystals, array maps around the ‘Demon Blade Energy Sealing Device’, and not far from the device was a giant purple crystal floating in mid-air from which the Frost Mist spread.

Su Xiao ignored the giant crystal. Its contained energy was terrifying. Attempting to detonate it might blow half of the iceberg away.

After ensuring there were no abnormalities in the surroundings, Su Xiao placed a hand on the Demon Blade Energy Sealing Device.

Ding, ding, ding…

The Demon Blade Energy Sealing Device was instantly activated, metal pillars sprang open like a blooming Iron Flower.

With a sizzling sound, electrical arcs coursed between the Iron Flower’s metal rods, linking them together.

Seeing this, Su Xiao stepped towards the Demon Blade Energy Sealing Device. As the arc swept past, the Blue Steel Shadow energy on his body surface isolated the arc from reaching him.

The arcs jumped, and a black hole appeared in the space, clearly indicating that the Demon Blade Energy Sealing Device wasn’t for everyone to use. If the Mo Yi Family had truly activated this thing, everyone entering would likely be doomed.