Witch, I'm really not the Deep Sea Ancient God!

Huff, huff——

The temperature around continued to drop.

Chen Qi, holding the lantern, saw layers of ice crystals forming on his hands as soon as he stepped onto the stairs.

Drip, drip!

Following Fen, he quickly arrived at the bottom layer of the Witch's Coffin.

The moment they descended the stairs, an unimaginable extreme cold filled the entire space.

Even, Chen Qi felt that even speaking had become extremely slow.

[You have fallen into a 'Frozen' state. If you remain in this state for an extended period, you will contract Ice Sculpture Syndrome and may permanently become a statue in the Sea Coffin.]

Chen Qi operated his Body Forging Skill and Qi Power, striving to raise his own body temperature.

The coldness in the Witch's Coffin exceeded his imagination.

Chen Qi estimated that, even with his mastery of Rift Slash, he could only stay in the Witch's Coffin for a maximum of twenty minutes.

The only upside was that the blizzard had stopped, allowing him and Fen to communicate normally.

Chen Qi turned his head and looked upward, towards the end of the staircase.

Fen took a sip of hot water to warm her throat and, with a hoarse voice, said:

"What's... wrong, Qi?"

Chen Qi pricked up his ears.

At the entrance, he could faintly hear the sound of a giant elephant stomping on the ground, the battle cries of the Tentacle Merchant and the Blue Beast, and the wailing of the Tentacle Merchant.

After emerging from the Witch's Coffin, they were very likely to encounter an ambush by the Black Whale Group.

Chen Qi spoke in a deep voice:

"We may be ambushed upon exiting."

Fen fell silent for a moment, then divided the relics of the Witch of the Lamp and the Cup Witch between her and Chen Qi. The Ice Witch could regain strength by absorbing the relics.

After distributing the items, Fen whispered:

"Qi, we need to speed up now..."

A pale white blossom grew above Fen's head, a sign that she was running out of strength.

Chen Qi nodded and looked around, asking:

"What's our next move?"

The entire Witch's Coffin was shrouded in darkness, as if they were in an empty ice field.

Fen reached out her finger and pointed to one side:

"I'm also here for the first time and am unclear about the teacher's exact location.

We can only check one by one."

"Qi, we'll each check from the left and right sides, search for the teacher along the way, then meet at the central position after twenty minutes."

Parting ways... Chen Qi nodded, understanding that the situation in the Witch's Coffin indeed did not support them moving together.

Chen Qi nodded, moved next to Fen, took her lantern, and with a hook of his finger, increased the flame in Fen's lantern.

In this bottomless darkness, the only light was from the lanterns in their hands.

Chen Qi handed the lantern to Fen:

"Uh..."

Under the light of the fire, a blush appeared on Fen's pale face, and she nodded:

"Be careful, and stay alert for any living creatures nearby, even if it's just a tiny insect."

As a 'Witch,' the Flower Witch had greater mobility inside the Witch's Coffin than Chen Qi.

The likelihood of Chen Qi being attacked by monsters was also higher.

Fen had heard from her teacher that all the living beings in the Witch's Coffin are monsters without exception.

And each of these monsters could cause a terrifying natural disaster if placed above the Witch Sea.

Without further words, they parted ways and ventured deeper into the Witch's Coffin to search for the Ice Witch.

Chen Qi cautiously carried the Day Lantern and proceeded deeper.

The deeper he walked, the lower the temperature around him got.

Chen Qi held his lantern, treading carefully.

The Witch's Coffin is indeed one of the deeper layers of the Sea Coffin, and its monsters are even more threatening and terrifying.

"Hopefully, my luck isn't too bad..."

Chen Qi stepped on the crunching broken ice, each step weighing heavily, his breath condensing into a white mist in the cold air before dissipating into nothingness.

The surrounding silence was terrifying, with nothing but the echo of his own footsteps and the occasional sound of cracking ice indicating any sign of life.

Just then, an untimely anomaly shattered this silence.

Chen Qi looked into the distance, where a giant coffin was suspended in mid-air, lonely and floating without ropes or supports, as if held aloft by some supernatural force.

The surface of the coffin was covered with a thin layer of frost, reflecting the faint light around it, emitting a dim blue glow that added a sinister and terrifying atmosphere.

The Ice Witch's coffin? Chen Qi took a step forward.

However, the moment he took this step, the suspended coffin mysteriously began to move, making creaking sounds.

What a haunted place... Chen Qi took a deep breath and cautiously walked over, then drew his knife.

Both he and Fen could not ascertain the exact location of the Ice Witch, so upon encountering a coffin symbolizing 'cold,' they had to try.

Simply put, it was like opening a blind box!

If they found the Ice Witch, they could declare the end of their journey!

Chen Qi grabbed his long knife and walked over, then aimed the knife at the gap of the coffin.

Fortunately, after so many adventures, his courage had far exceeded that of an ordinary person.

"Excuse the disturbance..."

Chen Qi forcefully levered with the knife, flipping open the coffin lid.

Bang! Instantly, cold mist billowed from the coffin.

Chen Qi couldn't help but shiver, covering his face from the mist and peering inside.

Even with the lantern's light, the interior of the coffin was still extremely dim.

Come on out, Ice Witch! Chen Qi prayed in his heart.

Gradually, his vision revealed a female figure about one meter eighty tall.