As soon as the words fell, Yue'er began to cast a splitting spell on the Glacier Heart, which was suspended in mid-air and emanated a cold light.

"Boom!" At this moment, the ground of the ancient city had already begun to collapse toward the center, and billows of black smoke rose. Within that thick smoke, crimson flames flickered intermittently.

The heart of the Volcano King had revived by half, and scorching magma flowed out from within, devouring the center of the ancient city.

Had they not stopped it in time, the scope of this magma would have rapidly expanded with the gradual revival of the Volcano King's heart, swallowing the entire ancient city, and then half of the Polar Ice Land.

The snow that had accumulated for tens of thousands of years in the south of the Polar Ice Land would have melted, and the snowmelt would have flowed down the southern plains and plateaus, submerging the entire Netherworld!

Beneath the feet of Chen Hao and his companions, countless crisscrossing cracks had already spread.

Everyone's gaze was focused on Yue'er, waiting for her to split the Glacier Heart apart.

After a while, the collapsing area inside the ancient city had expanded by half, and the scorching magma inside began to activate; sparks and embers danced among the thick, high smoke covering the city, resembling fire dragons and flying fish leaping and swimming through a sea of fire.

Worried that the magma would soon spread outside the city, Ye Yuqiao turned to Chen Hao and said, "Chen Hao, I'll go absorb some of the magma!"

Chen Hao frowned slightly, expressing his concern, "Is that okay? This magma is flowing out from the heart of the Volcano King."

Ye Yuqiao nodded and said, "Don't worry, I have the blood of the Netherworld Azure Bird in me. At least I can last for a while without turning into ash."

Chen Hao held Ye Yuqiao tightly. "Then you must be careful, don't push yourself. We've come so far, you can't let anything happen to you."

Ye Yuqiao nodded and then leapt into the air. Then, a pair of fiery wings grew from her back, transforming her into a firebird that flew into the thick smoke above the ancient city.

After hovering over the ancient city, she began to release her summoning power, drawing the surging magma below toward her. Then, seven or eight streams of magma spurted into the air, all flowing into the body of the firebird she had transformed into.

Chen Hao's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and in his heart, he silently urged Yue'er to hurry.

After a long moment!

Finally, Yue'er opened her eyes! Almost at the same time, a chilling cold, strong enough to freeze everything in this world, spread through the surrounding air.

Originally, due to the influence of the magma inside the ancient city, the relentlessly hot temperature caused Chen Hao and the others to be covered in sweat. Suddenly, they were frozen stiff, shivering and losing all sensation in their bodies.

Then, they saw ten thousand rays of cold light spreading from the Glacier Heart, and the intact Glacier Heart slowly splitting into two halves.

"Make a pledge to the Glacier Heart," Yue'er urged Chen Hao anxiously, "pledge that you will safeguard this place and prevent the revival of the Volcano King's heart."

Chen Hao nodded, hesitated for a second, and then looked at Yue'er and asked, "Before I make the pledge, I have a question for you. Do you really know how to control the complete Glacier Heart?"

Yue'er's expression darkened. She hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly, hanging her head in shame, "Actually, I do know. This was all according to the elders' wishes. What that sister said earlier was right; we indeed need to borrow your strength to protect this place."

"Thank you for telling the truth," Chen Hao said with a cold smile, "I had guessed it just now that you knew this spell."

Yue'er looked puzzled. "How did you know?"

"The reason is simple," Chen Hao explained, "because if the Volcano King's heart were to fully recover, the first to perish would be your people from the Snow Mountain Tribe."

"Why then did you agree to my condition?" Yue'er asked.

Chen Hao smiled, then employed his Qinggong to leap into the air, right in front of the split Glacier Heart.

"To tell the truth, I'm really not used to being without the Nether King's Heart," Chen Hao said, looking down at Yue'er. His attachment was not to the Nether King's Power granted by the Nether King's Heart, but purely out of habit of sending secret messages to Ye Yuqiao through the Nether King's Heart.

It had once been their primary method of communication, allowing them to hear each other's voice and longing no matter the distance.

After saying this, Chen Hao looked towards the direction of the ancient city. Due to the thick fog and smoke, he could not see Ye Yuqiao, who was absorbing the magma at that moment.

Had it been before, when he had both the Glacier Heart and Nether King's Heart, he would have been able to witness everything Ye Yuqiao was experiencing.

Thus, he reached out his hand, grasped half of the Glacier Heart, then closed his eyes and silently made a vow to the Glacier Heart.

No sooner had he finished the vow than his entire being was engulfed by the Spiritual Power transmitted from the Glacier Heart, disappearing into the air.

Seeing this, Xiao Feng below was panic-stricken and yelled loudly at Yue'er, "Where is he? Where has Chen Hao gone?"

Yue'er, startled by Xiao Feng, then trembled and said, "Don't panic, he will reappear soon."

Xiao Feng glared at Yue'er, then his gaze returned to the Glacier Heart in the air. Not long after, under his watchful eye, he saw the originally pure Glacier Heart start to darken.

In an instant, that darkness filled the half of the Glacier Heart, releasing a dazzling luster.

Chen Hao's Yang Energy also gradually emanated from that half of the Glacier Heart, and soon his left eye, cheeks, neck, upper body, and lower body appeared.

"Chen Hao!"

Seeing Chen Hao appear, Xiao Feng felt extremely excited inside.

Chen Hao opened his eyes, with black and gold lights shooting out from his left and right eye respectively.

Since only a shadow man with Yang Spirit had fused with him, he was now a complete mortal; compared to before when he possessed the Nether King's Heart, he now relied on his own bodily Yang Spirit and the negative force of the Nether King's Heart, not Ye Yuqiao's Yang Spirit.

Chen Hao first gave Xiao Feng a slight smile, then while employing the Nether Vision Technique, he looked towards the ancient city and simultaneously sent a secret message to Ye Yuqiao, "Yuqiao, here I am, can you hear my secret message?"

"I hear...it!" Ye Yuqiao's weak and intermittent voice immediately responded.

At this moment, Chen Hao's vision had already pierced through the thick fog and black smoke; he saw Ye Yuqiao, who was absorbing the blazing flames, barely holding on, with many parts of her face and body already turned to ash.

So, he quickly scooped up the other half of the Nether King's Heart with his left hand, instantly appeared behind Ye Yuqiao, and infused her body with the Nether King's Power, neutralizing the uncontrollable flames scorching her blood.

Soon, the burnt parts of Ye Yuqiao's body recovered, she turned back to look at Chen Hao, gave him a slight smile, stopped absorbing the magma flames, and collapsed into Chen Hao's embrace.

Chen Hao wrapped his right arm around Ye Yuqiao's waist, then summoned the Nether Acupoint and pulled Ye Yuqiao into it.

As the Nether Acupoint disappeared into the air...

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