Continental Collision, Prelude to Chaos!

Su Chen braced one hand against his knee and slowly straightened up from the shattered ice that reached past his ankles.

The blood at the corner of his mouth had yet to dry, but he had no intention of wiping it away.

He had no spare hand.

"Iron Wall, Ant King, full deployment."

His voice was not loud, yet it pierced through the wind and snow, carrying an unquestionable resolve.

"Protect everyone and withdraw south."

The order was given.

Two six-meter-tall Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bears let out deep roars. They were like two moving mountains of flesh and blood as they stepped onto the crumbling ice.

With every step, their terrifying weight compacted the drifting ice within a radius of thirty feet, forcibly stamping out a path of survival through the apocalyptic landscape.

Twenty Qian Jun Ant Kings followed close behind, their golden carapaces reflecting the only light beneath the bleak gray sky.

Qian Renxue's hand gripped Su Chen's arm tightly.

She could clearly feel the faint tremors that arm was desperately suppressing.

Yet this man's back remained straight, without the slightest bend.

It was as if he had ground all his weakness into dust and forced it deep into his bones through sheer will.

Qian Renxue did not let go.

"If you die here," her voice was like a sharp shard of ice amid the wind and snow, "who am I supposed to settle the score with?"

Her tone was deliberately maintained, bearing the absolute indifference of Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden.

But her knuckles, clenched so tightly they had turned white, betrayed her true feelings.

Su Chen did not turn around.

"The score can wait."

"Live first."

Qian Renxue said nothing more.

The howling wind and snow poured into the silence between them, yet it could not scatter that