Darkness surged in like a tide from the depths of the Ice Crevice.
Xiao Yun's body plunged rapidly through the narrow fissure. On either side, the ice walls refracted a deep blue light under the beam of his flashlight, like two enormous mirrors reflecting his blurred silhouette.
The patterns on the ice walls grew denser and denser, changing from fine lines at first into complex designs. Some looked like ancient writing, some like mysterious runes, and others like the fossils of some kind of creature, sealed in ice within the long river of time.
He fell quickly, but his posture remained steady. Spiritual energy formed a thin shield over the surface of his body, keeping the bone-piercing cold wind outside.
His Spiritual Sense stayed spread to its maximum range the entire time, catching every movement around him.
One hundred meters.
Two hundred meters.
Five hundred meters.
The Ice Crevice grew wider and wider, changing from a gap that could barely allow one person through into a massive rift several zhang across.
The ice walls on both sides drew back, and the space suddenly opened up. The fissure above his head had already become a long, narrow band of light. Faint daylight filtered down from there, casting a blurry patch of light on the ground.
Eight hundred meters.
One thousand meters.
The space beneath Xiao Yun's feet suddenly vanished.
The Ice Crevice had reached its end, and below was an enormous hollow.
He adjusted his body and drifted down lightly like a falling leaf, his feet landing on soft ground.
Then he froze.
This was an underground world.
Above his head was a thick layer of ice, embedded with countless glowing ores that gave off a gentle blue-white radiance, illuminating the entire space as if it were day. That light scattered