Douluo: The Dragon King - I Planted the Divine Tree in Douluo.

Chapter 170 First Clues

Looking at Hyotei's concerned face, Yuki felt an unprecedented sense of guilt.

Now, Xue Di was beginning to regret overhearing Huo Yuhao and Tianmeng's conversation.

"It's nothing!"

Xue Di quickly shook her head, indicating that she had no problem.

"All right!"

Although Hyotei was full of doubts, what else could she say after Yuki-tei had already said that? She turned her head and continued to observe the movements in the distance.

About fifteen minutes later, there was still no movement in the distance.

"Why is there still no movement?"

Hyotei frowned, her tone revealing impatience.

"These guys, I think they're asking for trouble again."

Not seeing the overwhelming, stampeding of her people that she had envisioned, Hyotei was so angry she jumped up and down, and sent another telepathic message.

"These heartless bastards! I'm just going on a trip, and they all dare to ignore me?"

"I'll give you guys another 15 minutes. If you still don't come after 15 minutes, don't blame me for being ruthless."

After saying that, Hyotei stomped his foot hard on the ground.

"boom--!"

The ground trembled violently, and the nearby snow cascaded down like a waterfall.

Before anyone could react, a huge metal arm encased in ice emerged from the snowdrift, its cold metal gleaming brightly in the sunlight.

"……Um?"

Hyotei paused, a look of surprise flashing across his face, as he stared at the exposed metal arm.

She knows this stuff all too well.

During the years she spent with Huo Yuhao, she saw all sorts of soul tools.

Hyotei's expression hardened, and he flicked his finger lightly.

"Bang—!"

An invisible shockwave instantly spread out, sweeping away the surrounding snow.

A soul-guided mech, equipped with several heavy soul-guided cannons and standing several meters tall, appeared before everyone.

The mech's surface was covered with claw marks and bloodstains, the cockpit was dented, and some of the cannons were severely deformed.

Clearly, this soul-guided mech had experienced an extremely fierce battle in the far north.

Looking at the completely destroyed mecha, Hyotei frowned subconsciously but didn't think much of it.

They assumed it was just another unlucky guy who came to the core area in a mech to hunt soul beasts, only to lose his life here.

Half an hour passed, and there was still no movement in the distance.

Looking at the core area, which had been deathly silent since their arrival, Hyotei's heart skipped a beat, and a faint sense of foreboding rose within her.

As the patriarch of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan, Ice Emperor knew all too well what kind of people his clansmen were.

Faced with her threat, these guys couldn't possibly be so tough as not a single one of them showing up to see her.

Ice Emperor pursed his lips, forcibly suppressing the unease in his heart, and quickly manifested his true form, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.

Looking at the Ice Emperor manifesting his true form, Su Mo raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Hyotei's true form was much smaller than he had imagined.

With a body length of only about 1.5 meters, it can almost be described as "petite" among all the ferocious beasts.

But its aura was in no way inferior to that of Di Tian.

Hyotei's body is crystal clear, as if it were carved from a piece of extremely cold jade, with a faint emerald-colored glow flowing across its surface.

As sunlight pierced through her body, it refracted countless tiny golden streaks, resembling ice feathers fluttering in the sky.

Hyotei ignored Su Mo's gaze and directly raised his enormous scorpion claws, rhythmically opening and closing them.

"Click~"

"Click-clack~"

"..."

Upon seeing this, Su Mo immediately understood that the Ice Emperor was trying to contact his clansmen.

Because the far north is often covered by blizzards and has extremely low visibility, the creatures living in the far north have evolved extremely powerful hearing.

The Ice Jade Scorpion, the overlord of the far north, is a master in this regard. Its powerful hearing allows the Ice Jade Scorpion clan to hear the footsteps of its prey from thousands of meters away.

Therefore, the Ice Jade Scorpion clan usually uses the clicking sound made by opening and closing its scorpion claws to contact its members.

Su Mo was able to know all this thanks to the Spirit Transmission Tower.

In order to wipe out the Ice Jade Scorpions living in the core area, the Tang Sect and the Spirit Pagoda sent many powerful experts to infiltrate the far north to observe the habits of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan.

They even published a book specifically about the Ice Jade Scorpion.

Time ticked by, and Hyotei, visibly panicking at the lack of response, grew increasingly anxious.

The frequency of the scorpion's pincers opening and closing became increasingly rapid, and the "clicking" sound became as dense as raindrops.

However, to Hyotei's despair, no one responded to her.

"No, that's impossible!"

Having received no response, Hyotei let out a strange cry and then charged away into the distance as if possessed.

Watching Hyotei's departing figure, Su Mo revealed a relaxed smile.

The real show is about to begin!

Just as Su Mo summoned his soul-guided flying device to give chase, Xue Di suddenly reached out and stopped him.

"Su Mo, what exactly is your purpose?"

"You clearly knew about the extermination of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan long ago, so why did you bring Bing'er here?"

Xue Di's face was cold, and her eyes were filled with murderous intent as she looked at Su Mo.

Now, Xue Di could easily understand that all of this was Su Mo's plan.

Su Mo already knew about the extermination of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan, but in order to stir up the Ice Emperor's emotions to the greatest extent, Su Mo did not tell the Ice Emperor directly.

Instead, they guided Hyotei to the far north, allowing her to discover this cruel truth for herself.

Seeing the murderous glare in Xue Di's eyes, Su Mo snorted coldly and mocked without any politeness, "Instead of wasting your time, you should be thinking about how to explain things to Bing Di later!"

Xue Di's face suddenly stiffened, and she staggered back a step.

"No--"

As Su Mo and Xue Di confronted each other, Bing Di's heart-wrenching screams rang out from afar.

Upon hearing this, the Snow Empress's expression changed drastically, and she didn't have time to pay attention to Su Mo. She quickly got up and flew towards the location of the Ice Empress.

Watching Xue Di disappear in a streak of light, Su Mo jumped onto his flying soul tool and calmly gave chase.

(End of this chapter)