Chen Guan stuffed both hands into his pockets and casually sized up the bare forest in front of him.
Snowflakes landed on his shoulders, and the only sound around was the whistling wind.
"After watching for so long, aren't you going to come out and stretch your muscles?"
Chen Guan shouted into the snow - covered forest that seemed empty.
His voice cut through the wind and snow and clearly reached the ears of every scout of the Bear Clan.
"Or," Chen Guan took his right hand out of his pocket and brushed the snowflakes from his palm, "are the bears in the North like ground - squirrels, only daring to hide in their burrows and watch the show?"
As the last word fell, Chen Guan raised his right hand and pressed it down towards the silent snow - covered forest ahead.
The black mark on his palm glowed with a dark golden sheen.
In the next moment, countless evil thoughts buried beneath the snow were instantly ignited.
Boom!
The snow about thirty meters ahead suddenly exploded. The snow and frozen earth were lifted into the air by a powerful force.
More than a dozen tall white figures shrieked as they were flung out of the snow pit, tumbling in the air and crashing hard into the thick tree trunks around.
Guan Jinyue stopped in her tracks.
She looked at the elite demon - clan members in front who had lost their combat ability.
This power was completely beyond her understanding.
There was no fluctuation of spiritual power in the air, and even the space she was most familiar with showed no ripples.
"What did you do to them?"
Following the principle of asking when she didn't understand, she opened her mouth to inquire.
Chen Guan withdrew his gaze from the front and looked at his right hand. The black mark on his palm was fading the dark golden sheen.
"A little borrowing of power,"
He stuffed his hand back into his pocket. "They had too strong a desire to kill me in their hearts."
"I just helped them materialize that thought and gave it back to them as a gift."
Guan Jinyue looked at the Bear - Clan scouts wailing in pain in the snow pit.
"You... use emotions as a weapon for attack,"
She said softly, having already seen through the matter.
"I'm just lucky,"
Chen Guan smiled and didn't deny it.
He stepped forward through the knee - deep snow. The soft snow made a rhythmic sound under his feet.
Chen Guan walked up to the largest Bear - Clan captain.
The bear was struggling in the snow, covering its broken ribs.
"Did you enjoy the greeting just now?"
Chen Guan looked down at him from above.
The Bear - Clan captain spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.
"You human scum who can use demon magic!"
He roared loudly.
"This is the territory of the North - border Ice - Soul Bear Clan!"
"You won't be able to leave this snowfield alive today!"
Chen Guan sighed.
"It seems that your way of hosting guests really needs improvement. Also, I'm human and don't know how to use demon magic."
He squatted down, and his right hand reached out of his pocket again. The black mark on his palm was aimed at the Bear - Clan captain on the ground.
"What are you going to do?"
The Bear - Clan captain instinctively shrank back.
"You're full of thoughts of tearing me apart right now,"
Chen Guan looked into his eyes. As his words fell, the black mark on his palm glowed with a strange sheen again, and an invisible pulling force directly locked onto the Bear - Clan captain's brain.
"What on earth are you doing to me!"
The Bear - Clan captain shouted in panic.
He found that the killing intent in his heart was disappearing out of thin air. It was as if a big hole had opened in his mind, and all the will that supported his fight was quickly leaking out.
What followed was an indescribable feeling of weakness and emptiness.
Chen Guan watched the mark on his palm getting brighter and brighter.
"I'm devouring your hostility,"
He patiently explained.
"This experience is really amazing."
"The more you hate me, the more power I can draw from you."
He heard Baal's laughter in his mind. The demon of fun finally couldn't just watch from the sidelines and didn't spare any praise.
"The speed at which you adapt to the demon power is simply a miracle,"
Regarding Baal's praise, Chen Guan didn't comment. The Bear - Clan captain in front of him had completely slumped in the snow. His once blood - shot eyes had become dull, and he didn't even have the strength to lift his paw.
Guan Jinyue walked up to Chen Guan.
"You drained his will to fight?"
She looked at the mess on the ground. A demon - clan member who had lost their will to fight was even worse than an ordinary wild animal.
Chen Guan stood up.
"They wanted my life. It's very reasonable for me to collect some interest as a toll."
He gave a kick to the Bear - Clan captain beside his foot.
"Where are your other two teams?"
He asked.
The Bear - Clan captain gasped for breath. Now he didn't even have the courage to look up at Chen Guan. His mind was filled with nothing but fear of this human.
"They ran away."
Guan Jinyue answered the question for him.
"I can't sense any movement in the other two directions."
Chen Guan nodded.
"Your companions are smarter than you."
"Since our presence has been exposed," Guan Jinyue began to analyze the situation, "the Bear King will definitely not let us wander around on his territory."
"Anyway, we should leave first."
Chen Guan looked at the bear on the ground, didn't deliver the finishing blow, and turned to leave.
Guan Jinyue silently followed. Not delivering the finishing blow was the right thing to do because it would only intensify the conflict.
The two continued to make their way through the howling wind and snow.
The commotion just now had obviously had enough of a deterrent effect. They didn't encounter any obstacles on the next few kilometers of the journey.
All the hidden eyes that had been watching had withdrawn, leaving only the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the snow.
Chen Guan glanced at the gray sky. The big snowflakes hitting his face carried a bone - chilling coldness.
As he walked, he examined the black mark on his palm. Although it was handy to use, Chen Guan always felt that things were not that simple.
"Baal,"
He called out deep in his consciousness.
"Does this skill have any side - effects?"
Baal yawned.
"Of course, there are side - effects."
"Even if you eat too much junk food, you'll have indigestion."
"If you absorb too many external negative emotions, your spiritual perception will also be irreversibly polluted."
"Although your spiritual barrier is as hard as a rock, if you're constantly exposed to such filthy things, there's no guarantee that you won't turn into something strange one day."
Chen Guan smiled silently in his consciousness.
"It's better to be a madman than a dead man."
He also had a skill called Regret. In a way, it was quite related to emotions.
He raised his head, and a huge ice - sculpted building appeared in front of his line of sight. Only a rough outline could be seen in the wind and snow.
"Is that the altar you mentioned?"
He pointed to the building ahead and asked.
Guan Jinyue followed his gaze.
"Yes,"
She nodded to confirm.
"That's the huge statue of the First Bear King. The real entrance to the altar is right below the base of the statue."
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