114: It tastes good and is quite crispy, but it's a bit cold.

However, Captain Chen Feng slowly shook his head, a playful arc gracing the corner of his mouth.

"You guys are thinking too simply."

The young warrior beside him was stunned, looking at him confusedly: "Boss, what do you mean? Isn't it good that they surrender?"

"Good?" Chen Feng's gaze swept over the vast number of Iceborn Clan kneeling, his eyes deep,

"Have you forgotten that Lord Kraken's strength experienced a second explosive growth only after devouring many powerful experts from the Sea God Cult?"

He lowered his voice, speaking with an analytical tone:

"I suspect that the Lord's devouring ability has undergone some kind of qualitative change. Now, devouring powerful enemies not only grants Talent, but it's highly possible... that it can also directly plunder the opponent's 'basic attributes'!"

His gaze finally returned to Su Chen's massive figure:

"Do you think, when faced with such a large group of... 'moving attribute gift packages' averaging level 70... will the Lord choose to accept their vague loyalty... or choose... to more practically... 'eat them'?"

As if to confirm Chen Feng's guess—

Facing the tens of thousands of Iceborn Clan kneeling in surrender, Su Chen's massive compound eyes showed not the slightest emotion, but rather a cold sneer.

"Hehehe..."

A low laugh rumbled like muffled thunder across the ice plain.

"Compared to your cheap and uncertain loyalty... I think devouring all of you and transforming you into my tangible strength... would be of greater help for my upcoming battles."

The instant his words fell, the tentacle coiling around Enuoke lifted again, sending him towards the giant maw without hesitation!

The terrifying aura of death descended once more!

All the kneeling Iceborn Clan warriors instantly felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, immense fear choking their throats!

The Old Shaman's face instantly turned ashen at the sight.

He knew this was his last chance! He used all his strength to let out a hoarse, desperate cry:

"Lord, wait!!! Do you know why my Iceborn Clan can awaken Ice Talent as an entire race?!"

Su Chen's movement paused again.

His massive eyeball glanced at him, with a hint of impatience:

"Hmm? Isn't it because you're called the Iceborn Clan and are naturally cold-resistant?"

"No! Not at all, my Lord!"

The Old Shaman was so anxious that sweat beaded on his forehead, and he spoke at an extremely rapid pace: "It's because deep within this ice plain, there is an invaluable treasure—an eternal ice core!!"

"Our people, by constantly absorbing the faint cold air emanating from that eternal ice core, have been able to awaken Ice Talent and establish our home here! The ice core contains a vast and incredibly pure original Ice power, as boundless as the sea!!"

At this point, a great struggle and reluctance appeared on the Old Shaman's face,

But it ultimately turned into determination:

"We, the Iceborn Clan... are willing to offer this eternal ice core, our clan's treasure and the lifeline of our entire race... to you, Lord!! We only ask, Lord... to grant our clan a chance to pledge loyalty!!!"

"An eternal ice core?!"

Su Chen's massive compound eyes suddenly lit up with terrifying brilliance. "A supreme treasure of heaven and earth that can influence tens of thousands of people to awaken Talent?! There's such a good thing?!"

His tentacle unconsciously loosened... *thud*!

Bearman King Enuoke, who had almost been stuffed into the mouth, fell onto the ice like a dead fish.

The immense fear of surviving a catastrophe made him momentarily forget the intense pain,

Leaving only choked sobs and an instinctive, desperate wriggling with his still-movable limbs, bit by bit... trying to get away from the terrifying giant maw of the 'cub' behind him... It was too terrifying... This Kraken was too terrifying... Wuwuwu... Mama... It's too dangerous outside... I want to go back to the ruins... A moment later,

In the deepest part of that deep and icy ruin.

A massive crystal core, about the size of a house, exhibiting an ultimate dark blue hue, as if compressed and condensed from countless ice crystal stars, quietly floated above an ancient ice altar.

It did not emit dazzling light, but rather a restrained, profound, ultimate coldness that seemed capable of devouring all light and temperature.

Inside the crystal core, countless icy blue nebulae seemed to slowly rotate, forming and dispersing; merely approaching it made one feel as if their soul would freeze.

The surrounding air, unable to withstand the cold, continuously condensed into fine ice crystals that fell rustling. Space itself was slightly distorted by its presence.

Su Chen and Aria stood before the altar, gazing at this heart-stopping eternal ice core, both momentarily lost in thought.

"Big Guy..."

Aria's beautiful, dark purple eyes shimmered with disbelief, her voice tinged with awe,

"You... you really struck it rich this time... I truly didn't expect that on your Blue Star, a plane relatively barren of primal energy, such a... complete eternal ice core would be hidden!"

"Hiss..."

Su Chen's massive eyeballs reflected the ice core's dark blue glow, and he couldn't help but gasp,

"The energy contained within... is too terrifying! I feel like if I could completely devour and digest it... my strength might directly pierce through the sky?!"

"Devour?! Are you kidding me?!"

Aria's voice suddenly rose, filled with horror,

"This eternal ice core contains the most primordial extreme cold power! Its energy level is enough to completely freeze the entire Blue Star in an instant! And you're telling me you want to devour it?!"

The High Priest beside them also quickly bowed, speaking with reverence and admonition:

"Indeed, Great Lord Kraken! This is a supreme treasure of heaven and earth, containing boundless and incredibly violent power. With your peerless divine abilities, you might try to gradually guide and absorb a trace of its energy, which would be infinitely beneficial. You absolutely must not rashly... uh?!"

The High Priest's words of caution were not yet finished,

His eyes suddenly widened, his eyeballs almost bulging out of their sockets!

He saw one of Su Chen's tentacles had unceremoniously coiled around the house-sized eternal ice core,

Then... as if picking up a piece of fruit, it casually stuffed it towards his own giant, fanged maw!

Under the gazes of Aria and the High Priest, who looked as if they had seen a ghost—

"Crunch... *crackle crackle*..."

A teeth-grinding, crisp sound, as if chewing ten thousand-year-old ice, rang out.

Su Chen actually... in a few bites, chewed up and swallowed that eternal ice core, which emitted terrifying coldness!!!

He even smacked his lips and let out a burp thick with cold air:

"Burp~~~ Tastes good, quite crispy, just a bit cold."

Aria: "!!!"

High Priest: "!!!"

Both were completely petrified, their brains seemingly frozen by absolute zero, utterly unable to process the scene before them that transcended comprehension!

"L-L-Lord!!! You... you you you... you really... ate the eternal ice core?!"

The High Priest's jaw trembled uncontrollably, his speech completely incoherent, his face expressing as if he had personally witnessed the end of the universe.

Aria's beautiful eyes were also wide open, staring intently at Su Chen's unchanged abdomen, as if trying to see where the power capable of freezing a planet had been hidden!