Douluo: Wuhun Longyuan Sword, I have become the scabbard

Chapter 104 Ice Jade Scorpion

The Frozen Forest is covered in ice and snow for thousands of miles, and is home to many powerful soul beasts. However, Ding Quan and his companions can enter it with considerable ease.

With the current strength of Ding Quan and his companions, few of the soul beasts in this frozen forest can pose a threat to them.

As they ventured deeper, Ding Quan discovered that the number of soul beasts was rapidly decreasing. He did encounter quite a few high-age soul beasts, though. They were still in the Frozen Forest, but the trees growing on the ice plains were becoming increasingly sparse.

"The age of the soul beasts here is actually not as high as the ones we just encountered." Wei'er looked at a soul beast at her feet that resembled a snow rabbit, munching on some kind of moss. This soul beast was only about a thousand years old.

"We're almost out of the Frozen Forest, but we didn't expect it to be so different from the far north." Ling Yilu kept an eye on the soul beasts he encountered along the way, hoping to find one that would suit him, but he hadn't found any yet.

"The temperature here is no longer suitable for plant growth, and it is difficult for tall plants to grow in the far north."

The trees here have almost disappeared, with only some scattered shrub-like grasses and the moss vegetation in front of us.

Looking up at the sun in the sky, it had completely lost its warmth here; this area was nothing but extreme cold.

The exhaled air turned into ice shards and fell to the ground under their watchful eyes. The group wore extremely warm clothing made from the remains of ice silkworms, which had cost a considerable amount of gold soul coins, yet they still felt the bitter cold here.

“Although the soul beasts here aren’t very old, their ice attributes are much stronger than the 60,000-year-old soul beasts we encountered before.” Ling looked at the snow rabbit soul beast, whose ice attribute was very strong.

"Next, we will officially enter the far north. We've arrived at a good time, right in the middle of summer, so the temperature isn't at its coldest yet." It's precisely because it's summer that this place is covered in moss.

"However, summer here only lasts for a little over a month, and I don't know if I can find a suitable soul beast in that time."

"At this point, we can only search slowly. Let's go."

"it is good."

Ding Quan carried Ling toward the interior of the far north, but they were forced to stop after flying for only a short time.

A terrifying whistling sound came from afar, and a chilling aura rushed towards Ding Quan and his companions.

"Such a terrifying storm!"

In their view, the snow and ice, driven by the gale, formed a giant tornado, slowly disappearing from their sight along with the snow and ice.

"It seems we need to be careful; the weather here is a bit strange."

Ding Quan poked his head out from the snowdrift. No wonder no Soul Masters ventured into this far north. Once caught up in such an environment, the odds were against them.

As Ding Quan stood up, he felt an even stronger chill; even the ice and snow on the ground felt warmer than the weather here.

"It seems we'll have to walk the rest of the way." Although the snowstorm has passed, the gale-force winds here haven't stopped.

"The storm we just experienced wasn't necessarily a bad thing."

“Indeed.” After the storm passed, the group stood up. There was now obvious movement on the snow-covered ground, where there had been no movement before.

Even though these movements were not obvious, they were still quite noticeable against the backdrop of white snow.

"The soul beasts here are very well hidden, many of them are under this snow, and even my Xuanhuo Eyes cannot see through them. We must remain vigilant from now on."

"Is that an Ice Silkworm?" Ling watched as a huge fleshy worm wriggled on the snow, then disappeared silently into the snow, clearly having used a simulation skill.

"It's almost ten thousand years old." As a soul beast at the bottom of the food chain, although this ice silkworm is very old, its strength is probably not enough to deal with a soul beast that is only a hundred years old.

"Let's go, the soul beasts here don't meet the requirements."

The environment in the far north was even harsher than Ding Quan had imagined. Moreover, being close to the polar regions, it was almost polar day there. In the past ten days or so, Ding Quan had not seen the sky truly darken.

In such an environment, even time becomes difficult to grasp.

The group has now fully entered the extremely cold region. To resist the cold, they must constantly circulate their soul power, but even then, they can still feel the cold.

Fortunately, Ling's martial soul has an extremely high ice attribute, and the ice house he creates can block the extremely cold spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and can even absorb it for cultivation.

As they ventured deeper into the far north, their location was no longer an ice field, but rather layers of icebergs. These icebergs even resembled the storms they had seen before, clearly formed when they were frozen by some terrifying force.

Looking at the strangely shaped icebergs, Ding Quan realized that the group had probably arrived in the central region of this far north.

It's no wonder that few Soul Masters venture into this far north. It's rare to see any signs of life here. Even though his Xuanhuo Eyes have been constantly open, he hasn't discovered a single Soul Beast today.

Now that such a strange iceberg has been discovered, it seems that I have trespassed into the territory of an extremely terrifying creature.

Ling and Wei'er also noticed the iceberg that resembled a storm. The group completely withdrew their soul power and did not emit a single aura.

The ability to freeze a raging storm is something only a soul beast could do in such a place.

Ding Quan's golden-red eyes lit up as he looked up at the sky.

"Titan Snow Demon?"

Ding Quan murmured to himself. Under the gaze of Xuanhuo Tong, the soul energy that appeared in the sky above Ding Quan transformed into a giant soul beast.

This is a soul beast that looks similar to the Titan Ape, except that it is entirely white.

But the size of the soul beast that appeared in Ding Quan's eyes was incomparable to that of the Titan Giant Ape. It was a giant monster with a height of over 100 meters. In this far north, there was only one kind of soul beast with such a size.

Titan Snow Demon, another super soul beast from the far north. Ding Quan wasn't sure if this soul beast possessed ultimate ice, but with such a massive size, its strength and power were absolutely terrifying.

Legend has it that the Titan Blood Demon is a descendant of the ancient Ice God who slept with the Titan Giant, suggesting that this ancient Ice God was very likely a beast god.

"It is the Titan Blood Demon, one of the two super races in the far north that you mentioned, Quan."

"I didn't expect to encounter such a creature first. It seems we've already reached the central region of the far north. We can't go any further." Ding Quan withdrew his gaze. The Titan Blood Demons are one of the most powerful races in the far north. Although their overall strength is slightly inferior to the Ice Jade Scorpions, their strength is still extremely formidable.

One of the three great kings of the far north, chosen ten thousand years later, the third is the patriarch of their clan, the Titan Blood Demon King, a soul beast with an age of over two hundred thousand years. Moreover, thanks to its enormous size, if they were of the same age, the Titan Blood Demon King's strength might not be inferior to the Ice Jade Scorpion, after all, this soul beast possesses the bloodline of the ancient Ice God.

"Quan, what do you mean by its age?"

"It's probably over 100,000 years old. In this kind of place, such a soul beast would definitely have the strength of a Super Douluo." Being able to freeze the ice and snow storm, even with the advantage of the terrain, its strength is definitely over 100,000 years old.

As one of the two super soul beast races in the far north, the Titan Blood Demon race has more than just the Titan Blood Demon King, who is over 100,000 years old. With the talent of super soul beasts, breaking through 100,000 years is not difficult for such beings.

"Ten thousand years!" Wei'er's eyes lit up. There are very few famous ten thousand-year-old soul beasts in the Douluo Continent now, and only a handful of people possess ten thousand-year-old soul rings. Yet, a ten thousand-year-old soul beast, which is rarely seen in the outside world, has appeared here.

“A 100,000-year-old soul beast is not something we can handle right now. We’ll have to deal with that later.” Ling pulled on Wei’er’s hand, but a hint of joy appeared on her face.

The Titan Blood Demon is a super soul beast, possessing ice attributes. More importantly, it has extremely rare mental attributes, which are perfectly suited to it.

Judging from his current strength and the age of his spirit ring, he will definitely have a 100,000-year spirit ring in the future, and this spirit beast may be one of his options.

What huge footprints!
As the group cautiously left the territory of the Titan Blood Demon, a huge snow pit appeared before them. Upon closer inspection, it resembled human footprints, only much larger.

After leaving the area, the group did not venture any further but instead began searching horizontally.

The Titan Blood Demon has existed in this area for 100,000 years, and it is too dangerous to venture further in as the soul beasts there are too dangerous.

Half a month passed quietly.

On an iceberg, Ding Quan and his companions hid in the snow.

dong dong!

A tremendous sound came from not far away, and a giant beast more than 80 meters tall slowly walked away from Ding Quan and his companions. This was a Titan Blood Demon that was nearly 100,000 years old. This was not the first time that Ding Quan and his companions had encountered a soul beast of this age.

A tremendous roar echoed through the valley where the Titan Blood Demon had passed. The snow on several nearby icebergs began to collapse in response to the noise, with several meters of snow falling towards the foot of the mountains, eventually bringing with it a gust of wind.

Fortunately, there was no snow on the iceberg where he was hiding, which meant that the mountain must have collapsed recently, thus saving him from disaster.

Watching the Titan Blood Demon depart, Ding Quan and the others stood up. These soul beasts made no attempt to conceal their auras, and they were able to sense some situations in advance using their spiritual power through the Xuanhuo Eye, thus avoiding the soul beasts that appeared here.

"Quan, look over there!" Just after the Titan Snow Demon Soul Beast left, Vera stood up and looked to the side with excitement on her face.

"Ice Jade Scorpion!?"

At the foot of an iceberg, several small, emerald-green dots appeared, standing out starkly against the backdrop of the all-white far north.

"I didn't expect an avalanche to shake them out." Ding Quan looked at that patch of turquoise. In this far north, the only soul beast with such a color is the Ice Jade Scorpion.

The Ice Jade Scorpion is indeed a social soul beast, and this group of Ice Jade Scorpions numbered about a dozen.

"Shall we go first?"

Now that they were closer, the appearance of the group of ice-green scorpions was fully revealed to them.

"So beautiful!" Ling exclaimed upon seeing the group of exquisitely beautiful ice-green scorpions. She had originally thought that scorpion soul beasts were ugly, but upon seeing these ice-green scorpions, she associated them with beauty.

This group is quite large compared to other scorpions, but among soul beasts, their size is rather small.

Their body length, including their tails, does not exceed one meter, and they have only two colors, or rather, only one color, on their bodies.

The color of ice and turquoise, and the fact that some parts of these ice scorpions are transparent, just like ice, and that the main parts of their bodies are covered with turquoise hexagonal scales, or rather, scales, are more appropriate.

These scales shimmered with a dazzling luster, almost completely covering the front half of their bodies. Under the sunlight, they shone like diamonds, their bodies acting as a source of light, refracting countless rays of light.

Only their mouthparts, two front claws, and barbs on their tails are ice-colored, appearing somewhat transparent, and look just like diamonds. Their eyes are more like yellow gemstones.

This Ice Jade Scorpion is truly as beautiful as a gemstone; no wonder Tianmeng Ice Silkworm has designs on Ice Emperor.

"But they seem a bit strong." Vera looked at the group of ice-green scorpions. Although they were not very big, the aura they exuded made Vera dare not underestimate them.

"How old are these springs?"

“They are all over 10,000 years old, and the oldest one is over 30,000 years old, while four others are over 20,000 years old.” A glint of fire flashed in Xuanhuo Tong, and Ding Quan’s expression became solemn as he spoke.

Although the oldest of these Ice Jade Scorpions is only a little over 30,000 years old, their true strength is definitely not as simple as their age suggests.

Judging from the fact that a super martial soul can fight across two soul rings, its strength can be comparable to a titled Douluo around 50,000 years old, which is the Soul Master/Soul Saint stage.

That Ice Jade Scorpion, which is over 30,000 years old, is probably strong enough to defeat an ordinary Soul Douluo.

As for those few beings that existed more than 20,000 years ago, their strength was also at the Soul Douluo level.

This is their natural home ground, where their strength will only increase. They possess a natural domain here, and as super soul beasts, some of them may have already awakened their innate domains.

If it were just one, Ding Quan would be confident he could take it down, but now that he was facing a group of Ice Jade Scorpions, it was a bit dangerous. These creatures, who lived in groups, were quite united. As one of the most powerful races in the far north, they were also quite arrogant.

If they cannot be hunted down in a short time, there may be an even more terrifying being among them that will come.

Sensing that its kin were being hunted, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, with its level 98 strength in the far north, could drive its kin out of the core area of ​​the far north in no time.

It will take time for the group to leave this far north. Once they are targeted, even if they have the ability to disguise themselves, it will probably be of no use. After all, the Ice Silkworm is the food of the Ice Jade Scorpion, and they will most likely be able to see through the disguise. As a super soul beast, mental power may not be their strength, but it is by no means something that ordinary mental attribute soul beasts can match.

This is also why Ding Quan did not intend to use mental attacks; every super soul beast has strong mental resistance.

Ding Quan touched the warm clothes he was wearing, as if he had thought of something.

(End of this chapter)