"..."

Mo Yan knew exactly what the boy wanted to say to shut her up, and instinctively wanted to say something sarcastic. But as soon as she opened her mouth, a metallic taste rose in her throat, and she pressed her lips tightly together, refusing to cough up blood in front of the boy.

The wind howled across the snowfield, and her vision gradually darkened. Only the boy's heartbeat pounded in her ears, rapid and frantic.

Seriously... that stubborn, incorrigible older brother...

She thought groggily, but a slight smile curved her lips, as if she were at ease, or perhaps resigned to her fate.

When the Netherfire Curse took effect, Mo Yan's body became like a fireball, burning Shen Yunhao with a dull ache. The little fox also consciously shrank back into her clothes, not wanting to cause Shen Yunhao any trouble.

Fortunately, the remaining journey was not far, and soon, Shen Yunhao saw the huge rift valley that appeared on the ice field.

According to what Wei Lan said before, this rift valley should be the very center of the entire Polar Star Valley!

"Hey little sis, hang in there! We're almost there!"

Only by reaching the very center can the chill completely suppress the Bright Flame Curse; if one is a step too late, Mo Yan will be in greater danger.

The rift valley doesn't look very big; at a glance, its width is only a few meters to tens of meters.

Shen Yunhao quickly carried the girl to the edge of the rift valley and peered down.

"Great! It's still shallow. If we jump down and follow the crack, we should be able to reach the center!"

However, just as Shen Yunhao was about to jump in, he immediately heard Bai Xiaoruo's panicked scream.

"Idiot! Don't jump!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yunhao abruptly stopped in his tracks, frowning as he asked, "What's wrong?"

"This is a trap!"

Immediately afterwards, a fox tail peeked out from the collar.

"You'll see when you catch my tail!"

The tail of a nine-tailed fox has the power to dispel illusions!

Without hesitation, Shen Yunhao immediately freed one hand, grabbed the tail, and then his expression suddenly changed!

Suddenly, a completely different scene appeared before my eyes!

The rift valley still stretches across the snowfield, like a hideous wound cleaved open by a giant axe.

And below—

The ice layer that was originally only a dozen meters deep below the surface had vanished without a trace, leaving only a bottomless, pitch-black maw, like the gaping maw of a monster, waiting to devour anything that fell in!

A cold wind howled out, emitting a low, mournful wail.

Shen Yunhao stood at the edge and looked down. He felt a bone-chilling coldness almost penetrate the dragon python armor and the immortal flame feathers, shooting straight up his spine from the soles of his feet!

Clearly, the coldness in one's heart cannot be blocked by physical means!

The darkness was so pure that it seemed to suck in even your gaze, from which you could never escape. Occasionally, tiny shards of ice would flake off from the edge and fall into the abyss, but not a single echo could be heard.

"This...this is...the source of all the cold?"

"This should be the place, but... but how do we break the curse? Should we just throw her in there?"

Shen Yunhao immediately shook his head.

"It's too eerie inside. My little sister has no cultivation to protect her, so it's definitely not safe for her to go down there... Moreover, if we don't use a spirit array to dispel the Netherfire Curse, no matter how strong the cold air is, it won't help!"

"So what do we do now?"

"It seems... we have no choice but to move forward... As long as the cold energy can suppress the Netherfire Curse, we can set up the spirit array!"

As he spoke, he carried Mo Yan toward a wider rift valley.

At this moment, Zi Teng had lost all of her previous arrogance and was just curled up in Shen Yunhao's arms, emitting weak and painful moans, her consciousness not very clear.

After running forward for a while, the width of the rift had increased from a few meters to more than ten meters. It was pitch black below, like a small abyss.

Shen Yunhao even suspected that there might be some connection between the Dark Abyss in the center of the continent and the Dark Abyss.

"Look ahead!"

At this moment, the little fox's voice rang out again, and Shen Yunhao looked in that direction and suddenly froze.

Not far ahead, an ice bridge appeared, spanning the rift valley!

The ice bridge looks very thick, about four or five meters wide, and stretches across the rift valley from one side to the other, about ten meters long.

"this……"

Shen Yunhao squeezed the fox's tail hard, but the scene in front of him did not change.

Is this true?

"It's true! Please be gentle with your pinch, or you'll never get out!"

After hesitating for a moment, looking at Mo Yan's increasingly pale face, Shen Yunhao gritted his teeth and ran directly onto the ice bridge.

"Wait! What are you doing? What if this ice bridge collapses? We'll die!"

"We can't worry about that now! Every second that goes by increases the danger for both of us!"

Not only Mo Yan, but once the Undying Flame Feather is exhausted, this vast glacier will become Shen Yunhao's burial ground!

Fortunately, Shen Yunhao made the right bet.

The moment she stepped onto the ice bridge, the redness on Mo Yan's face visibly faded!

"The cold here... is several times stronger than on the ice!"

The little fox gasped, her voice trembling, "I feel the power of the Undying Flame Feather is being consumed at an alarming rate. At this rate, it might only last for an hour!"

"Enough!"

Shen Yunhao's expression remained unchanged, and he quickly carried the girl to the center of the ice bridge.

Upon reaching this point, the Netherfire Curse within Mo Yan's body was finally completely suppressed, and she slowly opened her eyes, revealing a hint of clarity.

"Stinky...Stinky brother...Are we...have we arrived yet...?"

"arrive!"

Shen Yunhao breathed a heavy sigh of relief, then put the girl down and began to take out the materials for setting up the formation.

The ice bridge is wide enough to accommodate all these materials.

During this time, Shen Yunhao lowered his head and said in a heavy tone, "Once the formation is activated... the Netherfire Curse will be in a dying struggle! At that time, the pain you suffer will be ten times, or even a hundred times, greater than before..."

"Okay! You're so long-winded!"

Mo Yan waved her hand dismissively, "I'm not a child, why would I be afraid of pain..."

However, the next second, the boy's strong arms pulled her into his arms and held her tightly.

"..."

The girl froze on the spot, her brows revealing a sense of helplessness.

"Um...you...you don't need it..."

"Once this is over, and we get out of here safely... stay with me forever, my little brat..."

"..."

Even though the Netherfire Curse had been completely suppressed, Shen Yunhao's sudden words, laced with possessiveness, still made the girl's ears burn and her heart pound so hard it felt like it would burst out of her chest...

She knew that what the boy wanted wasn't the so-called "stinky little sister," but rather... her, the "stinky little sister"!

She knew that once this was over, she would no longer have any excuse to escape the boy's passionate heart.

The girl's body gradually softened, and she finally sighed, turned around in his arms, and looked at Shen Yunhao with tender eyes for a long time.

"Sigh...it's tough being a younger sister these days!"

After they finished speaking, their lips met.

Above this icy abyss.