Almost as soon as Daniel's words fell, Chloe's perception reached the other side of the ice cave.
The person there was indeed Brut.
They seemed to have anticipated that Chloe would send her perception over, so they flipped the bird at them from afar.
Although Daniel couldn't see anything, as soon as Brut from the Military Academy made that gesture, his breathing became heavy:
"They must have made an insulting gesture at us! Damn it! I'm going to kill them!"
Chloe: "......"
She hesitated and looked at this enraged black wolf, wondering how he knew that?
Was this the unbreakable bond between the werewolf tribes?
At this moment, at the Brut Military Academy.
Kamen slowly put down the hand that was flipping them off: "Hmph, such a huge crevasse, let's see how they get over here."
One of the underlings timidly said: "I remember that the vampires and elves have wings..."
Kamen gave him a sidelong glance and let out a derisive snort.
He stepped hard on the edge of the ice cave:
"You think there's nothing down there? If you dare to fly over this ice cave, you'd better be prepared to face unknown species."
At this moment, Kamen was extremely glad that he had enrolled at the Brut Military Academy.
According to the teachers, this time, they had placed a ferocious prehistoric beast from billions of years ago under the ice sheet of the Frigid Planet. It was exceptionally fierce, and as for whether those from The No.1 Military Academy could get out safely...
Kamen nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand, and led his teammates away.
On this side of the ice cave, Daniel watched helplessly as those few tiny dots grew more and more distant from them, becoming even more agitated as his sharp claws scraped the ground.
Seeing this, Chloe promptly stopped his actions: "That's enough, don't be rash."
She sat on the wolf's back, using those dark red eyes to gaze into the distance, then said softly:
"It's not like we can't get across. We have wings, so we can fly across the ice cave, each carrying either Qin Huaibei or Daniel."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
Daniel immediately reverted to his human form, with a defiant, unrestrained face still burning with lingering anger.
Chloe glanced at Anderson, who immediately went over and carried Daniel into the air, spreading his wings.
Katherine was already waiting for them.
Not daring to delay any longer, Chloe picked up Qin Huaibei, also spreading her wings to take flight.
Seeing this, Qin Huaibei remained silent for a moment before finally saying: "Actually, Miss Chloe, you don't have to carry me in a princess hold."
"You're heavy," Chloe said. "This way is easier to exert force."
Qin Huaibei closed his mouth dryly: "Alright..."
The main thing was that he felt a bit embarrassed, having been so easily picked up like that.
But since Chloe said he was heavy, surely she must have felt some strain too?
Qin Huaibei looked at Chloe's steady, unwavering arms and deluded himself into thinking so.
They didn't say much more, simply spreading their wings to fly across the ice cave.
Chloe flew at the highest and farthest position, looking down at the pitch-black depths of the ice cave. For some reason, she felt a sense of unease.
She had felt this way before, when they were about to face the Rainforest Viper on the Rainforest Planet.
...Could there be something like that here too?
Chloe frowned deeply, then said in a low voice: "Speed up, fly forward, and higher."
"Got it."
Anderson and Katherine responded in unison.
Chloe had them fly in front, while she stayed behind with Qin Huaibei to observe more carefully.
Cold sweat dripped from her temples onto Qin Huaibei's arm.
He sensed something was off and looked up, his expression tense: "Did you sense something?"
Before he could finish, Chloe covered his mouth, whispering: "Shh, don't say anything for now."
Qin Huaibei blinked slowly, then nodded.
Chloe sped up, flying ahead.
She didn't know why, but this place gave her a stronger sense of danger than the day on the Rainforest Planet.
There was no mistake, there was definitely something here.
But the top priority was not to confront it head-on.
Since the monster hadn't appeared yet, they should hurry and leave this place.
Almost as soon as this thought crossed her mind, Anderson and Katherine had already reached the other side.
Chloe felt relieved and sped up again.
But before she could get close to the ice shore, a deafening roar erupted from the depths of the ice cave.
In the next instant, a tentacle covered in suction cups rapidly emerged from the bottom of the ice cave, heading straight for Chloe!
"Shit."
Chloe cursed under her breath and, before the tentacle could reach her, forcefully threw Qin Huaibei away!
From the impact, Qin Huaibei tumbled several times across the ice, hearing the other three's explosive shouts:
"Chloe!"
At that moment, the tentacle wrapped around Chloe's entire body, dragging her into the depths of the ice cave.
Qin Huaibei's eyes were bloodshot, his fingers blue and frostbitten from the ice.
He scrambled up from the ice and ran to the edge of the ice cave, leaping straight down without hesitation!
Katherine cried out in horror: "What are you doing?!"
But the descent was too rapid, and soon Qin Huaibei's figure disappeared into the depths of the ice cave.
Katherine couldn't help but curse, veins bulging on her forehead.
Before they could think of another way, the previously silent Daniel stood up.
Katherine instinctively shuddered: "...What are you going to do?"
Daniel stood at the edge of the ice cave, hands in his pockets, expression cold and distant as his tongue was bitten by his teeth.
Seeing Katherine's tense expression, he smiled faintly and said:
"Don't look like that. I just think that the two of them down there probably can't defeat that random octopus monster that suddenly appeared."
Katherine opened her mouth, wanting to persuade him further.
But in the next instant, Daniel also plunged down into the ice cave, without a sound.
He didn't even utter a curse, which was surprising.
Daniel and Katherine were quite close, so if Katherine wanted to, she could have pulled Daniel back.
But there was no need.
This ice cave was too deep and vast, and going down there would be extremely perilous.
Last time, Chloe had lured away the Spotted Leopard on her own, and they didn't say much then. This time, Chloe was risking herself again.
The others couldn't just stand idly by and wait.
Soon, the only ones left on the ice sheet were Katherine and Anderson.
She shuddered, turning to look at Anderson: "You..."
Anderson raised his eyelids and glanced at her impassively, saying nothing.
The young man appeared extraordinarily calm, as if completely unaffected by what had just happened.
But Katherine could sense that he was about to lose control of his human facade.
[...Three of the main cast went down, leaving only two above ground.]
[Crap, will the sister survive?]
[No idea, slim chance. What the hell was that monster just now?]
The stream chat was a flurry of messages, since Chloe, Qin Huaibei, and Daniel's figures were no longer visible, and the terminals responsible for recording them seemed to have malfunctioned.
Whether they were alive or dead, nobody knew.
Ariel stood up, her tone stern:
"Open the arena, assemble a team. I'm going to find them myself!"
