Chapter 243 - 106: Snowflake Ice Seal, Awakening Star Gold

The worst that could happen is failure.

It’s not a requirement, anyway.

If I don’t get first place, I’ll just worry about it later.

"Master, should I continue?" Sophie asked from the side, looking at Chen Yu.

"Keep going. A little harder."

Chen Yu lay on the sofa and closed his eyes.

——

’Still not enough... I’m just a little bit short...’

「The next day, early in the morning.」

Chen Yu woke up. His Celestial Destiny Skill still hadn’t broken through to the next level.

The higher the level, the harder it gets.

His progress had been incredibly swift, but with his current Skill consumption, the recovery provided by his Celestial Destiny Skill was starting to feel slow.

"Master, breakfast is ready," Sophie said, looking at Chen Yu from the bedroom doorway.

"Mm." Chen Yu nodded, then got out of bed.

After washing up, he began to enjoy his breakfast.

After breakfast, Chen Yu received a communication from Liu Mei.

They agreed on a time. After hanging up, Chen Yu went out.

’I still have to go to the South Sea Ninth Abyss!’

’This Abyss World might not be normal, but the greater the risk, the greater the reward!’

——

White clouds drifted leisurely.

The morning sun rose into the sky!

In the depths of the South Sea, on the island of the Ninth Abyss, Chen Yu descended from the sky, landing before the Space-Time Gate.

Liu Mei hadn’t arrived yet, so Chen Yu decided to wait.

He scanned the island, probing with his Force Field perception. In the deep sea, there were no powerful exotic beasts, only a few level-three or level-four ones.

They were lurking ten thousand meters deep in the sea.

Compared to the previous chaos in the South Sea, the waters were now completely tranquil.

Chen Yu actually hoped for another beast tide, but he knew that was just wishful thinking.

A beast tide was not something he could control.

The time and place of its appearance were always uncertain.

’If I could just catch a few members of the Heterodox Sect, I could probably make a huge haul...’

Chen Yu thought to himself as he gazed out at the deep sea.

The Heterodox Sect seemed to have that kind of power, but finding them wouldn’t be easy.

’It all comes down to luck!’

"SWOOSH—!"

From the horizon, the sound of something tearing through the air arrived. Chen Yu looked over, and a figure appeared in his line of sight.

It was Liu Mei.

Descending from the air, Liu Mei looked at Chen Yu in front of the Space-Time Gate. "You’re here so early?"

"The sooner we go, the sooner we get back," Chen Yu said lightly.

"This is for you!" Liu Mei said, looking at him as she took out a blue pill.

"?"

Looking at the blue pill, Chen Yu’s gaze shifted back to Liu Mei.

"This is a Bursting Qi Pill. After taking it, anyone below level nine can instantly recover their consumed Qi."

Liu Mei said.

"Where did you get this?" Chen Yu asked, looking at Liu Mei in surprise.

"It’s from my personal stock. I got it on the black market a while ago," Liu Mei replied.

"Can’t you redeem them through the Alliance?" Chen Yu asked her.

Liu Mei replied, "This Bursting Qi Pill has some side effects, so the Alliance doesn’t carry it."

Side effects?

Chen Yu looked at Liu Mei.

Liu Mei explained, "Although it can instantly restore Qi, you can’t use it consecutively. Otherwise, your Dantian will be violently shaken and damaged, causing irreversible harm."

"That serious? Are you sure it’s safe to take?" Chen Yu asked her.

Liu Mei said, "Taking one a day is fine, but any more than that isn’t. I wanted to add a layer of security. If something unexpected happens, this will give us a better chance."

Chen Yu nodded and put the Bursting Qi Pill away.

The ability to instantly restore Qi. This effect was quite good.

’With my level-three Icebound World, this means I can use my ultimate at least twice.’

"Let’s go." Chen Yu didn’t say much more and stepped into the Space-Time Gate, his figure immediately swallowed up.

Liu Mei followed closely behind, entering the Space-Time Gate after Chen Yu.

After a moment of world-spinning dizziness, the two of them reappeared on the giant Abyss island.

Gazing out at the endless ocean, Liu Mei looked at Chen Yu again. "Are we going back to the same place as yesterday?"

"Yeah, let’s go take a look first. We should finish investigating one area completely," Chen Yu said.

Liu Mei nodded. With a flash, the two of them shot through the air and vanished.

Soon, they once again arrived at the dividing point in the center of the island.

The land was scarred and devastated, a ruin of scorched earth.

The battle from yesterday was still fresh in their minds, the traces of it perfectly clear.

Without stopping, Chen Yu crossed the dividing line and entered the other half of the island.

It was still a vast, desolate Gobi. Nothing had changed.

A cool breeze blew, and the area seemed exceptionally quiet.

"SWOOSH—!"

Flying onward, the two headed toward the depths of the Gobi.

Here, the Force Field perception of their Biological Force Fields was still unusable. The suppression of the local rules made it even less effective than their naked eyes.

Venturing deep into the Gobi, the two soon arrived at yesterday’s location.

The castle was a field of ruins, completely visible from their vantage point in the sky.

After a quick glance, Chen Yu and Liu Mei continued deeper.

"BOOM—!!"

From deep within the Gobi, a huge explosion suddenly rang out. High in the sky, the pair heard the boom and immediately looked in the same direction.

"We’ve got a situation!"

The two were instantly on alert. Then, with a flash, they shot off toward the source of the sound.

Soon, they arrived at the source of the loud noise.

On the Gobi, a deep crater appeared, as if from a meteor impact.

Residual fluctuations still lingered in the air.

And in this massive, meteor-like crater, a desiccated corpse lay motionless.

"SWOOSH—!"

Their figures descended from the sky, and they landed in the crater in front of the corpse.

"All of his blood has been drained!" Liu Mei’s expression was grim as she looked at the corpse in the crater.

Chen Yu also looked at the human corpse. Not a single drop of blood remained in its body.

A truly miserable way to die!

To have one’s entire body drained of blood... this was the first time he had encountered such a thing.

’Could we have run into some kind of vampire-like beast?’

Looking at the corpse, several thoughts flashed through Chen Yu’s mind.

The appearance was very similar to a vampire-type beast.

But this was even more brutal!

Not only was the blood drained, but all the internal organs were gouged out, seemingly eaten clean by some creature.

When they entered this place yesterday, they hadn’t encountered a single exotic beast aside from the Undead Skeletons in the castle.

But today, the situation was completely different.

Of course, it could also be that the death of the guarding Lava Monster had allowed many exotic beasts to enter the area.