After running with the Ice Rabbit for a while, Chen Yue suddenly stopped, looking a bit stunned.

  At this moment, he was standing between two mountain peaks. Just dozens of meters ahead, where the wind and snow were swirling all over the sky, was the core area.

  "Why did it bring me here? Could it have discovered something inside?" Chen Yue hesitated. Although he had encountered many bodies lying in the snow along the way and had guessed in his heart that their goal must be the core area, Chen Yue didn't want to get involved in this unexpected trouble. For him, the most important thing was to break through to the second order. Everything else had to take a back seat.

  Unexpectedly, the Ice Rabbit still brought him here. Could there be something inside that attracted it?

  While he was hesitating, the Ice Rabbit had already run into the wind and snow and disappeared. After a while, realizing that Chen Yue hadn't followed, it ran out again, chirping softly to urge him.

  Scratching his head, Chen Yue looked a bit embarrassed. It wasn't that he didn't want to go in, but that he was worried that he couldn't bear the low temperature.

  Previously, the Ice Rabbit always liked to run towards the core area. Because he was worried that it might have an accident, Chen Yue had also gone in once. The result was rather miserable. He was pushed out by the Ice Rabbit, and his whole body was almost frozen stiff, which made him dare not try it easily again.

  However, it had been a long time since that attempt. Chen Yue thought that he wasn't without the capital to give it another try.

  Stimulated by the harsh cold environment, the cultivation of the "Health Cultivation Art" had advanced by leaps and bounds. In the past two months or so, Chen Yue had already cultivated to the 17th posture. Not only had he completed two of the three most difficult postures at the end of each level, but even for the 18th posture, there were also faint signs of a breakthrough. His physical strength and power were already extremely close to that of a fourth-order fighter. Coupled with a restorative ability far exceeding that of a fourth-order fighter...

  "Forget it. Let's give it another try." Looking at the somewhat urgent expression on the Ice Rabbit's face, Chen Yue gritted his teeth and turned around and rushed into the wind and snow.

  "Cold, so cold..." As soon as he stepped into the core area, he felt the bone-chilling cold hitting him head-on. Chen Yue's body couldn't help but tremble slightly. Fortunately, he could barely endure it, which made Chen Yue couldn't help showing a look of joy on his face.

  The environment in the core area was much more chaotic.

  Snowflakes were falling wildly, mixed with cold winds. Even he could only see the area within a dozen meters clearly. Fortunately, his compatibility with the Ice Rabbit was high enough. It would always stop and wait for Chen Yue. Otherwise, in such a heavy wind and snow, he would get lost as soon as he turned around.

  In this way, after running for about ten minutes and his body was almost frozen stiff, Chen Yue would stop to practice the "Health Cultivation Art". When he had recovered almost, he would continue on his way.

  In the chaotic wind and snow, there was no distinction between day and night, or directions. Chen Yue just followed the Ice Rabbit blindly. Feeling that the temperature didn't drop drastically anymore, he guessed that he was probably just walking around the edge of the core area. If he went deeper, Chen Yue wouldn't be able to get out straight.

  The core area of the Ace Mountains covered an area of more than ten kilometers. The great changes in temperature inside were also maddening. The outer part was okay, and Chen Yue could barely hold on. In the innermost core area, even if Chen Yue's body had gone through five transformations, there would be only one outcome: seeking death.

  The wind and snow around him were getting less and less. Later, they completely stopped. The sky was so clear and bright that it was hard to believe. The temperature also rose slightly, which made Chen Yue wonder if he had already left the core area.

  Turning around a small snow-capped mountain, the view suddenly opened up. Chen Yue, who saw the scene in front of him, couldn't help but take a sharp breath.

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  Finally, he understood why the Ice Rabbit had brought him into the core area.

  There was a lake. In this bone-chilling core area, there was actually a huge ice lake.

  Snowflakes were falling around the ice lake. It seemed as if there was a giant glass cover that completely covered the lake surface. There was no snow or ice on the vast lake surface at all. Compared with the chaotic world of ice and snow outside, this place was like a hidden paradise, extraordinarily beautiful and charming.

  He really didn't know how it had discovered this place.

  "Plop." The Ice Rabbit had already jumped into the lake first. Its small body sank and floated, and it was actually having a great time playing in the water.

  "I've never heard that rabbits like playing in the water." Chen Yue spread his hands helplessly.

  After playing for a while, the Ice Rabbit swam ashore, bit Chen Yue's trouser leg, and wanted him to go into the water too.

  Chen Yue knew that when a summoned beast took the initiative to invite, it was best to accept. It was very useful for improving compatibility. However, this water...

  Even though the temperature was relatively higher, after all, this was still the coldest core area...

  Bending down, he reached his hand into the water surface. Unexpectedly, it wasn't as freezing as he had imagined. It was just within the level he could bear. Chen Yue showed a relaxed look.

  However, he didn't rush into the water either. First, he practiced the "Health Cultivation Art" once. When a warm current flowed through his body, Chen Yue slowly entered the water. After a while, gradually getting used to the water temperature, he began to play with the Ice Rabbit.

  Lying on his back on the water surface and looking at the clean sky without a single impurity, Chen Yue felt his mind open up and gradually expand to the whole world.

  His mood gradually calmed down, just like this beautiful lake surface, without a ripple.

  Suddenly frowning, Chen Yue reached out with a bit of amusement to catch the naughty Ice Rabbit that was bumping around behind his back. His fingers stroked its wet and smooth fur, and the Ice Rabbit showed a very enjoyable expression and leaned against him affectionately. At this moment, Chen Yue seemed to be able to sense its thoughts, which was really wonderful.

  The next moment, everything went dark in front of his eyes. Chen Yue suddenly realized that he had unexpectedly entered the state of perceiving the origin space without any warning.

  In the vast starry sky, the life source emitted dazzling light. It seemed to be a little bigger than before. The moon, which had been hiding like a shadow behind it, suddenly lit up.

  Little by little, the moon, which was originally just an illusion, was slowly filled with silver-white color. Chen Yue also felt a bone-chilling taste gushing out from the moon.

  "Crack, crack." It seemed that he could hear the shackles confining the origin space constantly breaking. Chen Yue showed a smile.

  Finally, he was about to break through.

  When the moon was completely filled with silver-white color, the life source seemed to have a reaction too. Green flames shot up into the sky on its surface. At the same time, the moon also didn't show any weakness and emitted silver-white light.

  The green flames and the silver-white light collided, as if a chemical reaction had occurred. The life source suddenly vibrated, and more and more intense green flames burst out, surging madly in all directions like a torrent. Half of the shackles in the origin space were shattered by this surging green flame with one blow. Endless flames rushed towards the darkness that seemed to have existed since ancient times outside the origin space, instantly expanding the origin space by ten percent.

  On the other side, the moon was not at all inferior. Its silver-white light was like torrents of ice and snow, also breaking through the other half of the shackles. The light rushed towards the darkness, and wherever it rushed, the origin space expanded there.

  In the blink of an eye, the origin space had expanded by more than twenty percent. The green flames and the light still didn't stop, continuously gushing out from the life source and the moon as if there was no end.

  Chen Yue slowly exhaled.

  Finally, he had reached the second order.

  The changes in the origin space continued. Slowly, the silver-white light emitted by the moon was getting less and less, and its expansion on this side was also gradually slowing down. Soon, all the silver-white light was retracted. When it swallowed the last ray of light, the moon also calmed down and began to emit a stable light.

  At this time, the light seemed to have a wonderful change too. When it collided with the green flames, it actually produced a smoky substance, which was continuously poured into the life source.

  As soon as these smoky substances were poured in, the life source seemed to have taken an aphrodisiac, suddenly growing larger. More green flames were spat out like a volcanic eruption, and its volume also expanded rapidly like a balloon being inflated, and soon it became twice its original size.

  However, while the life source was getting bigger, the green color inside it became thinner.

  Seeing this scene, even though he was in a meditative state, Chen Yue still felt his hands and feet turn cold.