The Martial Soul Skeleton, in Douluo Continent's Bone-Changing Susanoo

Chapter 28 Underground Ice Cave

Xia Liang stared at the three colored compartments of the tricolor ring with curiosity in his eyes. He knew from the original work that there were soul tools for storing living things, but this was the first time he had ever heard of a soul tool that could store food-type soul skills.

The three-color ring has small squares in three different colors: red, green, and yellow.

Does the fact that food is stored uniformly in small green compartments mean that only storage spaces in small green compartments can effectively preserve food for a long time?

Do the remaining red and yellow squares also have different space storage effects?

"Hehehe." Gastly suddenly let out a sinister and eerie cry, as if to say that in addition to the tricolor ring, the other three Gastly had also found an extremely hidden ice cave somewhere in the ice field.

A hundred feet below the ice cave, there were piles of strangely shaped ice crystals.

This is very likely some kind of special ice-attribute forging material; selling it to the Blacksmith Guild would definitely make a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Xia Liang took out the silver bracelet that he had hidden at the bottom of the boulder and put it back on his left wrist. Then he transferred the piece of left arm bone he had just received into the three-colored ring and hid the three-colored ring in his cotton coat.

The silver bracelet and the three-colored ring, one in the light and one in the dark, meant that even if the Shui family searched for the silver bracelet, they wouldn't have to worry about exposing the existence of the left arm bone.

"Hehehe."

With two strange cries, Gastly flew towards a vast expanse of white snow ahead.

Xia Liang followed closely behind.

About half an hour later.

Led by Gastly, he arrived at the location of the ice cave.

However, what first catches the eye is a glacier that is hundreds of feet high.

At a height of 30 meters above the glacier, there is a vertical crack in the ice.

Soul beasts are all enormous and cannot pass through this narrow ice crevice, but Gastly has the Ghost ability and has no physical form. It is not only immune to most physical attacks, but can also pass through any kind of obstacle at will.

That's how it learned that there was an ice cave hidden inside the ice crevice.

If you can't pass through ice crevices like Gastly, how can you get into an ice cave?

After thinking for a moment, Xia Liang decided to destroy the ice crevice and turn it into a big hole so he could go in.

The Skeleton Martial Soul was released, and the first and second Soul Rings on his body lit up simultaneously.

Xia Liang jumped five meters, then slammed the ten-meter-long skeletal arm onto the ground, using the force of the impact to propel himself up to a height of thirty meters.

At the same time, the skeletal arm that was pressed to the ground disappeared, and then a new skeletal arm grew back on the right side of the rib.

With the enhancement of the second soul skill Iron Bones, the skeletal arm was wrapped with countless blood and qi iron wires, transforming into a giant skeletal hand. The fist, like an iron claw, was unleashed with all its might, slamming heavily into the ice crevice in front of it.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

He continued jumping while simultaneously manipulating the giant skeletal hand to unleash devastating attacks.

It wasn't until the tenth bombardment that the ice fissure, located thirty meters high, shattered, collapsing into a two-meter-wide hole amidst the deafening roar.

A blast of icy wind rushed out from inside the large hole, blowing Xia Liang away.

The four Gastlys simultaneously bit Xia Liang's clothes on the back, which stabilized him in mid-air.

It was only the very next second after the ice crevice collapsed into a large hole that Xia Liang realized the crevice was over a meter thick.

It should be noted that ice formed from the frigid air of the far north is much harder than that of ordinary ice-attribute soul masters.

If it weren't for the 100% power boost from the first soul skill, Netherworld Transformation, and the enhanced hardness from the second soul skill, Iron Bones, the skeletal giant hand might not have been able to shatter the ice fissure that was over a meter thick with just ten strikes.

Judging from this, the enhancement effect of the second soul skill, Iron Bones, is really quite good.

Upon receiving the instruction, the four Gastlys simultaneously floated forward, carrying Xia Liang into the howling, cold cave.

We arrived inside the large cave.

When Xia Liang looked up into the distance against the cold wind, the scene that came into view could only be described as magnificent.

Ahead lay sheer cliffs, with snow swirling in the wind, giving the impression of being at the far north.

The four Gastly placed Xia Liang on the edge of the cliff, and then they all flew down into the bottomless abyss.

Much later.

Several rhythmic, strange cries came from below the cliff; this was Gastly sending a safety message.

It seems there are no spirit beasts lurking below the cliff, and the cold air below cannot kill Gastly, which also means it cannot kill itself.

At this moment, a chilling sensation penetrates to the bone.

Xia Liang found his body gradually stiffening and his brain beginning to go numb, signs of the invasion of cold.

Has the effect of hot milk gone?

Anxiously taking out the jade-shaped container from the silver bracelet, Xia Liang drank three mouthfuls of hot milk. The feeling of his internal organs being frozen suddenly dissipated, replaced by warmth.

The warm milk drink rekindled the blood in my body, and the frozen flesh on my face quickly returned to normal.

Xia Liang gasped for breath as if he had escaped death.

The stronger the ice-attribute energy contained in the cold air, the greater the consumption of hot milk drinks. It seems that the effects of hot milk drinks are not fixed within six hours.

If you don't calculate the effective time for drinking hot milk properly, your flesh and blood will be frozen into ice by the surrounding cold air, and your life will come to an end.

There's still a third of the hot milk left, which should last until we finish exploring the ice cave below the cliff.

After making up his mind, Xia Liang jumped off the cliff in front of him. He didn't see the ground below the cliff until he had fallen 300 meters.

Skeleton Martial Soul Released.

Just as he was about to hit the ground, Xia Liang's body was covered by dark purple ribs. All the impact force generated by the fall was offset by the dark purple ribs, and after rolling several times on the ground, he got up unharmed.

After walking forward 100 meters, the complete ice cave finally came into view.

Xia Liang could clearly see that the four rock walls had frozen into ice, and there were several large holes under the left and right rock walls, which should lead to other areas.

Near the large cave in the left rock wall, there are piles of ice crystals of varying sizes.

These ice crystals all emitted a pale blue light, illuminating the ice cave.

Led by four Gastlys, they passed through a large hole in the left rock wall and appeared in front of Xia Liang a clearing of ice with a diameter of 100 meters.

Below the right rock wall, there is another opening of the same size as the previous one.

Judging from the appearance, the entrance to the cave was dug out by some kind of spirit beast.

The cave entrance is two meters high and four meters wide, which should be the size of the spirit beast.

"Hehehe."

With two strange cries, the four Gastly flew towards the cave entrance on the right. They had already thoroughly searched the area, and if there were any spirit beasts present, they would have discovered them long ago.

However, the gloomy and cold surroundings always gave people a creepy feeling.

For safety's sake, we still need to take precautions.

Xia Liang released his Skeleton Martial Soul, his entire body covered in dark purple ribs. Only after being on high alert did he cautiously step into the cave entrance on the right.

About ten minutes later.

I don't know how many cave entrances we passed through; this underground ice cave is like a huge maze with no end in sight.

Fortunately, before passing through each cave entrance, we could leave a few wisps of dark purple will-o'-the-wisp as markers; otherwise, we really wouldn't dare to venture deeper.

Arriving at the center of an ice field inside the ice cave, Xia Liang looked ahead, his breath suddenly caught in his throat, and his pupils involuntarily dilated.

There is a large hole in the rock wall ahead, ten meters in diameter and five meters high. It may have been formed by the collapse of a melting glacier, or it may have been the work of a soul beast.

The biting cold wind blew in from the ten-meter-wide hole, creating the scene of ice and snow and swirling snow inside the ice cave.

Standing in front of the cave entrance, Xia Liang discovered that outside the cave was an endless expanse of blue sea.

(End of this chapter)