In the land of the South Pole, high above the sky, the aurora flickered in and out of sight.
The ground was calm and peaceful.
However, at the summit of the South Pole, two figures finally stood up amidst the howling winds.
It was Chu Tian and Xiao Hei.
Standing there, Chu Tian gazed at the clouds beneath his feet, then looked up at the starry sky.
At this moment, he felt as if he had left Blue Star.
He was so close to the universe and the stars.
It was as if he could reach out and touch the glittering constellations.
"Boss, shall we go down now?"
Chu Tian surveyed his surroundings. The summit of the South Pole was actually a circular area.
Looking at this circular area, it wasn't very large.
This was the forbidden zone? So small?
Chu Tian said to Xiao Hei with a hint of doubt.
"Let's go down!"
As he spoke, he began to climb down.
"Climbing again?"
Xiao Hei's face crumpled. Chu Tian ignored him.
He had no choice but to follow, heading downwards.
The two climbed down at an extremely fast pace, passing through the clouds, they could see the scene below.
At this moment, Chu Tian was stunned. The ground was covered in lush greenery, with enormous trees of species he had never seen before.
This was the highest point in the Antarctic circle.
This so-called forbidden zone was completely different from the outside.
Moreover, upon reaching here, Chu Tian discovered that it was no longer a small circular valley as seen from above.
It stretched as far as the eye could see…
When he tried to release his divine sense to investigate, he found that he couldn't.
"Beep, beep... A large number of biological entities have been detected within the monitoring range!"
Suddenly, a voice came from his wrist, it was the system prompt from "Shattered Star".
However, the prompt emitted a crackling interference.
Chu Tian looked at the screen. There were over a hundred red dots appearing, and the screen was slightly shaking.
Even the ultra-strong signal transmitter of "Shattered Star" was affected here.
Looking down, the height was a good three to four thousand meters.
If they went all the way to the bottom of the valley, Chu Tian thought the signal might disappear completely.
At that point, he would also lose contact with "Shattered Star".
At this time, why did so many people suddenly enter the Antarctic circle?
Who could they be?
However, Chu Tian didn't have time to think too much. Since they were already here, they couldn't possibly climb back up, could they?
Across various locations in the Antarctic circle, more than a dozen teams were advancing.
These teams were the ones "Shattered Star" had just detected.
And outside the Antarctic circle, many more people were rushing towards this area.
These people were all wearing thin clothing. In the extremely cold region of the South Pole, ordinary people who came here might directly turn into popsicles.
And these people, despite carrying snow and ice on them, seemed to be little affected by the temperature.
This group of people consisted of martial artists, ability users, and mutants from various countries around the world.
Moreover, they were all powerful individuals.
They had only one purpose for coming here, and that was naturally Chu Tian.
Half a day ago, someone discovered a message on the dark web.
It was originally a very ordinary hunting mission, but after the first person checked it, they found something different.
That was the reward…
Those who accepted tasks on the dark web were all hired guns.
But this hunting mission did not offer money.
Instead, it offered… spirit energy crystals, perfectly absorbable spirit energy crystals.
With the current surge of spirit energy, everyone knew the benefits of spirit energy.
Especially those with strong cultivation, who were eager to plunder more spirit energy for their practice.
The spirit energy in the Heavenly Dao World was no longer enough to satisfy them.
Moreover, the Heavenly Dao World required a high amount of gold coins to purchase multiple spirit energy supplies.
More than a year had passed, and everyone had discovered that the spirit energy provided in the Heavenly Dao World greatly benefited ordinary people.
However, for those who were already in the Qi Nourishing stage, the improvement was not significant.
It was as if they were being rejected!
Later, a group of strange people appeared all over the world.
Then came the spirit energy spheres.
When these spirit energy spheres appeared, spirit energy gushed out.
This spirit energy could be perfectly absorbed and improved extremely rapidly.
But… the spirit energy spheres appeared in locations guarded by those strange people.
Outsiders were not allowed to approach at all.
Therefore, they could only absorb the diluted spirit energy that diffused outwards.
Now, upon seeing this hunting mission, everyone was tempted.
The dark web allowed this hunting information to be published, which meant that the dark web had already verified the goods internally.
This was a rule of the dark web: all those who posted information needed to pay the reward in advance, which would be held by the dark web.
Once the task was completed, the dark web would facilitate the exchange.
The client and the executor would never meet.
This time, the bounty target on the dark web was Chu Tian, with a reward of one kilogram of spirit energy crystals.
No one had ever seen spirit energy crystals before.
But the credibility of the dark web made everyone trust them immensely.
Furthermore, the mission provided Chu Tian's exact location, which was the Antarctic region, the summit of the South Pole.
If Chu Tian saw this, he would undoubtedly be astonished.
Who could pinpoint his location so accurately?
Could it be that there were informants among the people close to him?
Since this was a bounty mission, it meant that whoever killed this person named Chu Tian first would receive the bounty share.
Therefore, everyone was frantically rushing towards this place.
The number of people gathered here was immeasurable.
Those who arrived here had white beards and hair, frozen by the frost.
"This is too damn cold, I feel like I'm about to turn into a zombie."
A team of twelve walked on the snow, and a man with white hair in the middle rubbed his shoulders and grumbled.
"Charlie, stop complaining. Who isn't cold? Look at those people, they're all wearing so little. Whoever puts on clothes first loses now."
The blonde man walking in front looked back at him and said with a shiver.
"It's... it's just... Charlie, bear with it. Look, I haven't complained at all." A blonde woman also said, shivering.
"Damn, Charlie, you're wearing one more layer than me!"
The man called Charlie glanced at the woman's chest.
"Damn Charlie, do you believe I'll dig your eyes out?"
The blonde woman said angrily.
"Speak less, conserve your energy and body heat. Our team, ninth on the dark rankings, can't be outdone!"
The blonde man at the front spoke again.
This situation was occurring in all the dozen or so teams that had entered the Antarctic circle.
These teams ranked high on the dark rankings were now competing.
Whoever put on clothes first lost.
Following these nearly neck-and-neck first-tier teams,
There were even more people.
These were teams ranked lower on the dark rankings, and even some lone individuals.
This group of people didn't care about difficulty; they were all dressed like polar bears.
"Are those people ahead stupid?"
A team that was near the front looked at the group that had already entered the Antarctic circle!
Although the temperature here was cold, it didn't affect the vision of these experts.
However, just as he finished speaking, his teammate quickly pulled him.
"Don't talk nonsense! If those words reach their ears, you might not live to see tomorrow. Those are all big shots who kill without batting an eye, teams ranked in the top 15 on the dark rankings!"
The person whispered in his ear.