Falling into the Abyss Ice Crevasse, Xue Chen Cursed: "Which Idiot Brought the Avalanche?"

"Xiao Chen! Get behind me!"

Xiao Bai roared, his massive body bracing to shield Xue Chen from the impact of the avalanche.

He stared fixedly at the oncoming wave of snow, every muscle in his body coiled tight.

However, no response came from Xue Chen behind him.

Xiao Bai's heart skipped a beat, and he whipped his head around—the space behind him was completely empty.

Where could that boy Xue Chen have gone?!

Xiao Bai's enormous bear eyes went round as saucers, filled with immense confusion and bewilderment.

Xiao Bai: "???"

"Xiao Chen?! Xiao Chen—!!!"

The massive bear's roar sounded anxious and lost amidst the thunderous rumble of the avalanche.

His little brother, who had been jumping around on his back just moments ago, had vanished into thin air in the brief instant he had transformed to block the avalanche?!

Watching Xue Chen disappear right under his nose, potentially swallowed by this terrifying avalanche, a surge of fury and panic erupted within Xiao Bai's chest!

His gentle bear eyes instantly turned blood-red.

"ROAR-AWOOOO!!!"

Xiao Bai let out a roar toward the heavens, his gargantuan frame erupting with a powerful, ferocious aura.

He stood up on his hind legs, raising his front paws high as the immense, frigid soul power and blood energy within him gathered frantically into his palms!

"Demon Bear's Fury!"

"BOOM—!!!!!!"

The moment his paws struck the ground, the world seemed to fall silent for a heartbeat! Immediately following, a white shockwave erupted from Xiao Bai, expanding rapidly outward!

"Crack... BOOM!!!"

Wherever the ring passed, the leading waves of snow were forcibly compressed and piled high by the immense force, then... came to an abrupt halt!

They weren't just pushed aside; they were frozen in place by a more domineering power that struck at the very source and path of the avalanche!

The shockwave expanded rapidly, covering a radius of several thousand meters around Xiao Bai.

Within this area, the churning ice and snow could no longer move a single inch.

The terrifying power contained within the shockwave did not dissipate entirely, but continued to propagate into the distance!

"Rumble—!!!"

A continuous series of loud crashes echoed from afar as several massive peaks, already teetering from the avalanche, were directly struck and collapsed. Countless ice and rocks tumbled down, triggering secondary landslides that made the scene even more chaotic and horrifying.

Yet, Xiao Bai, who had caused all of this, paid it no mind.

His eyes remained fixed on the vast expanse of ice and snow behind him. "Xiao Chen! Where are you!!"

He had only one thought in his mind right now—find Xue Chen!

As for how much of a commotion he had caused or how far the landslides had spread, he didn't care in the slightest.

Soon, the ice and snow within several hundred meters around him were cleared away, revealing the cracked ice sheet beneath, but... there was absolutely no sign of Xue Chen.

Xiao Bai stopped his movements, his massive body standing in place as he turned his bear head in confusion, surveying the devastated ice plains and the distant, still-collapsing peaks.

As the anger receded, it left behind an even deeper sense of bewilderment and worry.

He reached up to scratch his giant head, letting out a confused hum:

"Strange... where did he go?

It's such a small area, where could he have fallen?

He couldn't have... been swept away by the avalanche, could he?"

He looked at the empty surroundings, his giant bear face etched with pure incomprehension.

After a brief pause, Xiao Bai began to move again, starting from the spot where Xue Chen had vanished and carefully searching the outer areas.

"Xiao Chen—! If you can hear me, answer!" His voice echoed across the empty Far North Ice Plains.

Xue Chen's disappearance made him feel a sense of panic.

The Far North Ice Plains appeared calm, yet they hid too many unknowns. Where on earth had Xue Chen gone?

On the other side, Xue Chen was having a streak of terrible luck.

The moment the avalanche struck, he felt the ground vanish beneath his feet. Before he could even hide behind Xiao Bai, his small body was instantly swept away by the snow wave, completely losing all control.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey...!"

As the world spun around him, he could only let out meaningless cries of alarm.

Just as he was being tossed about, dizzy and disoriented, the flow of snow beneath him suddenly vanished!

He had fallen straight into a hidden crevice and plummeted into the darkness!

"Ah—! Ugh—! Oh—!"

The interior of the ice crevice was rugged and uneven, covered in sharp icicles and jagged rocks.

Xue Chen collided and bounced against the vertical, steep ice walls as he plummeted, his screams of pain and helplessness echoing through the narrow gap.

He could only desperately shield his head and face, spreading his soul power across his entire body to withstand the impacts.

He didn't know how long he had been tumbling...

"BOOM--!!!"

With a dull, heavy thud, he finally stopped falling and slammed hard into the bottom of the crevice.

"Cough, cough... ptui, ptui, ptui...!"

Xue Chen struggled to crawl out of a human-shaped snow pit, spitting out the mixture of ice and snow from his mouth, feeling as though every bone in his body had been rattled apart.

He wiped his face and couldn't help but curse out loud:

"What the hell kind of rotten luck is this! Which idiot triggered an avalanche of this scale?!"

He had lived in the Far North for six years, and while he had seen his fair share of storms, this was the first time he had ever witnessed an avalanche so violent and widespread.

Grimacing in pain, he took a long while to recover before he could barely stand up, clutching his nearly broken waist.

"Hiss-- ah... my poor back..."

He rubbed his lower back, hissing as sharp pains shot through him.

Fortunately, thanks to the tempering from the lightning tribulation and the strengthening of his blood and energy after the seal shattered, his physical constitution far exceeded that of an ordinary person; otherwise, after rolling down from such a height, he would have been smashed to pieces long ago.

He lifted his head and looked upward.

He saw that the two sides above were nearly vertical, smooth as mirrors, and deep blue, with no end in sight, as if they led straight to the Nine Underworlds.

"Damn... it's this high?!"

Xue Chen gasped, the last shred of hope in his heart vanishing instantly.

"Good thing I'm built tough, or I'd really be done for here."

But after the relief came the reality of the problem.

"How the hell am I supposed to get out from this high up?"

He furrowed his brows and muttered to himself.

He couldn't fly, and his Thunder Dragon Emperor martial soul had not yet granted him the ability of flight.

The ice walls were incredibly smooth, offering almost no leverage for climbing. Was he destined to be trapped and die in the bottom of this sunless crevice?

Xue Chen sat slumped at the bottom of the crevice for a long while, rubbing his still-aching waist, back, and shoulders, his face twisted in discomfort.

After catching his breath, he refused to give up and tilted his head back, shouting upward with all his might:

"Xiao Bai!!! Xiao Bai! Can you hear me?! I'm down here!!!"

"Down here, down here!!!..."

The only response was the faint echo bouncing off the ice walls.

Beyond that, there was only dead silence.

The thick ice and snow above, combined with the immense distance, completely muffled his cries.

He shouted until his voice grew hoarse, but there was still no response.

Xue Chen finally gave up and plopped back down onto the cold, snowy ground, looking rather dejected.

"If I'm counting on Xiao Bai to find me, I'll probably starve to death down here first..."

He muttered to himself, rubbing his rumbling stomach.

Although his body was strong, he was still a mortal of flesh and blood and needed food to replenish his vitality.