Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul, the Dragon Abyss Sword, has become its scabbard.

Chapter 54 Frozen Forest

With the guidance of the great soul master Yu Xiaogang, Tang San was able to suppress his original talent to the greatest extent possible and steer his Blue Silver Grass martial soul towards poison.

Now that the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin is also planted outside, if Tang San cannot awaken his martial soul a second time, then the upper limit of the Blue Silver Grass will be very low.

It might not be able to support Tang San's cultivation to the seventh ring.

At that point, he would have to switch to cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer, which would prevent Tang San from breaking through levels by absorbing high-age soul rings later on.

This is also why Ding Quan did not report Tang Hao and Tang San to the Spirit Hall. If Tang Hao had really guided Tang San's cultivation, Tang San might have become even stronger. Although Tang Hao was reckless, he was a Title Douluo, and his knowledge of cultivation was far superior to that of Yu Xiaogang.

But are the Shrek Seven Devils really planning to participate in the next Soul Master Competition?

If so, that would be perfect.

Ding Quan sensed that his soul power was almost at level fifty, and at this stage he was definitely ahead of Tang San.

Even with the Mysterious Heaven Skill, it would still take Tang San a considerable amount of time to reach level 50.

"Quan, shall we go back to Jinshi Village?" Ling asked, watching Ding Quan pack up his things.

"Yes, we should go back and take a look. After that, we'll head to the Northern Border." Ding Quan has been away from Jinshi Village for more than two years. Since it's so close, he should indeed go back and visit.

"Shall we set off now?"

Several months later, Ding Quan and his group headed towards the Frozen Forest.

After visiting the old village chief Ace, the group left again.

This time, one of their soul beasts is in the frozen forest in the north, and it won't be easy to find it.

Their strength is currently insufficient; otherwise, they could venture deep into the far north to hunt soul beasts possessing extreme ice.

For now, we can only suppress this idea.

The spirit beasts in the far north are not yet well known to the public. Ding Quan also searched for information but found no records of these spirit beasts. He also didn't know if the top forces on the continent had any records of them.

The far north is still an unknown land, with an extremely harsh environment, so it's normal that no one has ventured there.

Looking at the vast expanse of white before my eyes, the conifers were also covered with a layer of snow, obscuring the trees' original green color.

There was no moisture in the air, and hardly any wind was blowing; it was exceptionally quiet.

"Quan, the Mirror Beast is in this area." Ling possesses the Snow Lotus Martial Soul, so she is least affected here.

The group landed on the snow and found a relatively safe place to rest.

Ling's fifth soul ring target is the Mirror Shadow Beast. This is the soul beast information that Shui Bing'er gave him two years ago. There is a Mirror Shadow Beast that is 20,000 to 30,000 years old and active in this area.

Ding Quan and his companions inquired in the Soul Hunting Town outside, but they had not heard of anyone hunting this kind of soul beast.

While it's possible it's been hunted by others, it's more likely it's still in this area.

Mirror Beast possesses both Ice and Psychic attributes, and its skills are also extremely powerful.

It can mimic and replicate the opponent's attack methods to fight, which is somewhat uncanny.

In the original work, Oscar's sixth spirit ring came from this kind of spirit beast, and the skill he gained was "imitating a cat and drawing a tiger".

As long as you have someone else's blood, you can copy that person's martial soul and soul skills, but the strength of the skill will be weaker.

Later on, it was even able to replicate Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer and Chen Xin's Seven Kill Sword, and this was only a soul skill with a lifespan of about 20,000 years.

It also dropped a head soul bone, so this soul beast's spiritual attributes are quite strong.

However, many spirit-attribute spirit beasts possess very powerful abilities.

Mirror Beast's strength isn't top-tier among its peers, but its skills are absolutely top-tier.

Furthermore, the mental and ice attributes are very suitable for Ling.

"This area is very large, it seems we'll have to spend quite a bit of time here." There are already quite a few soul beasts here that are 20,000 to 30,000 years old, and even ordinary soul saints have to be careful when they come to this kind of place.

Ding Quan and his group currently only have one Soul King and two others at level 50. Their ability to venture into such a place is already a testament to their immense courage.

"That's true, there are very few soul beasts in this Frozen Forest, and Mirror Beasts are hard to find."

The Mirror Beast is a unique soul beast with scales all over its body. Each scale is like a mirror, reflecting the surrounding environment.

This is similar to the camouflage ability of the Ice Silkworm, but it is a physical camouflage.

This ability allows it to easily blend into its surroundings, making it difficult to spot.

However, once it appears in front of Ding Quan, it is difficult for it to hide its tracks, as the Xuanhuo Eye can see through its disguise.

"As long as it's still in this area, it's only a matter of time before we find it."

Ding Quan and his companions possess the ability to fly, allowing them to search from high above.

However, upon seeing an eagle-like soul beast in the sky, Ding Quan abandoned the idea, and the group only flew at low altitudes.

This is the Frozen Forest. There aren't many flying spirit beasts here, but they are all extremely powerful. Most of the spirit beasts here can disguise themselves, and the eagle on the head has the ability to see through their disguises.

Therefore, they can only fly into the sky at night to investigate, and search on the ground at other times.

The spirit beasts here are powerful, so the group didn't dare to act ostentatiously, which slowed them down.

Roar!

A roar came from afar!

"Is that the sound of a bear?" Vera looked in the direction from which the roar came.

"Someone is hunting soul beasts?" In addition to the bear's roar, there were also shouts from soul masters.

"It seems so." The soul beasts here are quite old, and the people who can hunt souls here are also quite powerful.

Judging from the age of the soul beasts here, they are basically all Soul Emperors or Soul Saints who come here.

"Hey, it's coming this way." Wei'er heard the sound getting closer and closer to them; a soul beast was approaching them.

"Let's hide for a bit." Ding Quan pulled the two to a secluded spot, lay down on the snow, and the group disappeared into the snow.

A moment later, a white bear-like spirit beast, over three meters tall, appeared before them, but it was not in good condition.

The blood flowing from the wound on its back stained its originally snow-white fur red, and left a bloodstain on the snow-white ground.

It's moving quite fast now, and it keeps looking back.

"An ice field bear, it looks to be over 30,000 years old. Has anyone here broken through to the Soul Saint realm?" Ding Quan could tell the age of this ice field bear at a glance.

Only a Soul Saint can absorb a lifespan of over 30,000 years.

A moment later, a Soul Hunting Squad also arrived. Ding Quan was somewhat surprised to see this, as this group was quite strong.

This is a six-person soul-hunting team, and judging from their martial souls, they are mostly strong attack and agility attack, with no support soul masters.

They are all quite old, and their cultivation levels are all above the sixth ring.

The leader was a burly man with seven spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and three black—making him a Spirit Saint with the best spirit ring configuration.

He looks to be in his forties, but he's probably older than that.

His martial soul is somewhat similar to that of the Icefield Bear; his martial soul is the Snow Soul Demon Bear, an extremely powerful bear-type spirit beast of the Frozen Forest.

He was followed by five teammates, all of whom were at the sixth level of cultivation.

With five Soul Emperors and one Soul Saint, they have more than enough to hunt down the Icefield Bear, a soul beast that has been around for over 30,000 years.

Moreover, one of the Soul Emperors also possessed a bear-type Martial Soul. Was it because he broke through to Soul Saint?

"It's injured and can't go far. We'll just follow it," the Snow Soul Demon Bear Soul Master said.

"Brother Haote is right, its sudden attack was really powerful!" A teammate had a bear claw mark on his arm, indicating that he had suffered a bit of a loss.

"We'll make our move when it's almost exhausted."

"We understand..."

"..."

The group then chased after the injured ice bear in the direction it had fled.

Only after seeing the group walk away did Ding Quan and the others get up.

Hohhot?

That person's martial spirit is the Snow Soul Demon Bear, and his name is Haote?

Is he the one who helped Oscar hunt the Mirror Beast in the original story?

According to the original story, it seems that he helped Oscar hunt for souls because Oscar saved him.

Furthermore, he was only saved by Oscar because of his teammates' betrayal.

Looking in the direction they left, could this be the last time I've been betrayed by my teammates?

According to the timeline, it does match.

The latest novel is first published here!

According to the original story, Shrek has now set a five-year agreement, and more than two years have passed, while Oscar and Hott have only known each other for a little over two years.

"Quan, should we go take a look?" Wei'er watched Ding Quan get up, her eyes fixed on the direction the group of people had left.

"Perhaps there's going to be a good show." Ding Quan also wanted to know why he was betrayed by his teammates. In this kind of place, Ding Quan couldn't think of anything other than the Soul Bone.

Soul bones are extremely rare, and few people can resist a soul bone with an age of over 30,000 years.

"What kind of show is this?" Ling knew that Ding Quan had always avoided such situations before, and he had been doing the same in this area these past few days.

"You'll find out when you get there, but be careful."

"Understood!" Upon hearing this, Ling used some soul power to enhance the second soul skill.

Ding Quan and his two companions also headed in the direction of this Soul Hunter team.

With a Soul Saint and five Soul Emperors, such strength certainly allows them to act boldly in this area.

When Ding Quan caught up with them, they were already fighting the wounded Icefield Bear.

The already injured Icefield Bear was completely weakened by the group's attack and kept roaring at them.

The Soul Hunter team did not let their guard down and continued to wear down the Icefield Bear's stamina.

"Bear! Let's do it!"

More than ten minutes later, the Icefield Bear collapsed to the ground, unable to stand up. Haote then spoke to the Bear Martial Soul Master beside him.

"Alright, thank you all for your help." The Bear Soul Master took out a longsword and plunged it into the neck of the Icefield Bear.

A black spirit ring appeared, and the bear spirit master immediately sat cross-legged and began to absorb the spirit ring.

Meanwhile, Haote and the others stood guard on the side.

"Quan? Looks like this isn't going to be a good show." Seeing that nothing unexpected happened in the battle of spirits among this group, Wei'er glanced at Ding Quan.

"The real show has only just begun!" Ding Quanjin's red eyes revealed a knowing look.

There were faint fluctuations of soul power on the ice bear, but they would become more and more obvious as the ice bear died.

Looking at the Ice Bear's right foreleg, it appears to be the right arm bone.

However, the Ice Bear is an Ice-type, which is not suitable for Vera, and Ling doesn't seem to be suitable either.

"It has a soul bone?" Ling guessed what it meant.

"That's right!"

"Will they start fighting?"

"Definitely. Look at their team, it's definitely a hastily assembled one. And a soul bone with a lifespan of over 30,000 years would be coveted even by a Title Douluo, let alone them."

"That's true." In this era, many Title Douluos don't even have a soul bone, including Super Douluos like Chen Xin and Yue Guan.

However, it's also possible that low-grade soul bones are of little use to them, or are simply useless to them.

Sure enough, more than ten minutes later, the soul power of the Icefield Bear gradually dissipated due to its death, and the aura of its soul bone became more and more obvious.

Several Soul Emperors had already noticed something was wrong with the Icefield Bear, and Hao Te's face was also gloomy. He saw the group of Soul Emperors exchanging glances.

As the person with the highest cultivation level present, he would be the main target of everyone's attacks.

However, as a Soul Saint, he was not the only one to make any rash moves, even though the other Soul Emperors exchanged glances.

No one wants to face a Soul Saint who possesses a Martial Soul True Body. If a Soul Saint were to unleash their power, suppressing a Soul Emperor would be quite easy.

Seeing that the Soul Emperors had quieted down, Haote also breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the Icefield Bear, I never expected that this kind of thing would appear in this Soul Hunt.

He then bent down and reached for the Icefield Bear's right arm. With a slight exertion, a soul bone emanating a chilling aura appeared in Haote's hand.

As soon as Wot stood up after taking the soul bone into his hand, the eyes of the four Soul Emperors revealed a greedy look.

Then!

"They actually started fighting!"

"I didn't expect that this Soul Saint would be the first to be injured," Ling said, looking at the situation in the distance.

"He is the strongest, everyone else knows that. If we don't deal with him first, the soul bone will definitely fall into his hands."

In the distance, four Soul Emperors attacked together. They were very close to each other, and none of them released their Martial Souls.

Even if Wot is a Soul Saint, his strength is not much higher than that of a Soul Emperor who has not released his Martial Soul.

However, he was a Soul Saint after all, and he had already released his Martial Soul when the group attacked him, thus managing to withstand their attacks.

However, before he could unleash his soul skill, he was still knocked away by the group. After landing, his face flushed red and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, indicating that he had been injured.

Then the group released their martial spirits and began to attack Walter.

The same methods the group used to deal with the Ice Bear were immediately applied to their teammates.

The bear soul master who absorbed the soul ring was even more unlucky; after the others released their martial souls, he was directly killed by a Soul Emperor.

Haote looked at the four Soul Emperors and immediately released his seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul True Body.

However, even after releasing his true martial soul, his condition was not good.

No wonder that after discovering the soul bone in the original story, Oscar immediately attacked the others; it turns out there was a precedent to follow.

Seeing that Walter was surrounded by enemies after releasing his true spirit, and that he was already injured at the beginning, although his spirit skill could repel four spirit emperors, it could not injure them.

A few minutes later, Ding Quan saw that Hao Te's aura had weakened, so he threw out the soul bone and then unleashed his soul power, breaking through the encirclement and leaving while the others were fighting over the soul bone.

The four Soul Emperors did not chase after Haote, but instead looked at the soul bone and then made their move.

The only agility-type Soul Master had several Soul Rings flashing on his body. He directly took the Soul Bone in his hand and then showed a happy expression.

The other three unleashed their soul skills at him, leaving bloodstains on the snow, yet he still managed to escape.

Seeing this, Ding Quan nodded to Ling and Wei'er, and the figures of the group disappeared from the spot.

(End of this chapter)