Douluo Continent: Martial Soul - Ice and Snow Maiden, Calls Snow Empress "Mom"

Half an hour later, at the edge of the far north core circle, at the bottom of an abyss shrouded in extreme cold storms all year round.

"This is it."

Snow Emperor landed lightly on the ground, pointing to a strange entity not far ahead.

Xue Bingchen looked closely and saw a ball of ice-blue light, as transparent as crystal, constantly changing shape, floating on the ice rocks at the deepest part of the abyss.

It has no physical form, and is entirely condensed from the purest extreme cold ice elements. The surrounding air is visibly distorted by the cold it emits.

"This is... a Polar Ice Spirit?!"

Hyotei gasped, exclaiming in surprise, "This is a pure ice elemental life form born from heaven and earth! It's truly perfect!"

The Snow Emperor smiled faintly: "For Chen'er's sake, everything in the far north is at your disposal."

Then, Xue Di turned to look at Xue Bingchen, her expression becoming somewhat solemn:

"Chen'er, this polar ice spirit has a cultivation level of exactly 1,400 years."

Its ice element is extremely pure, but also extremely violent.

Are you... sure you want to choose this?

"Fourteen hundred years?!"

Upon hearing the year, Hyotei's previously smug expression instantly changed color.

She suddenly grabbed Xue Bingchen's arm and anxiously advised:

"Little Ice Dust, this is no joke! Fourteen hundred years—that's more than three times the limit for a normal human's first spirit ring! And the soul vibrations of elemental spirit beasts are extremely terrifying! How about... how about we find another one? Let's look around some more, maybe an eight or nine hundred year old one!"

However, Xue Bingchen's gaze was fixed on the ball of polar ice spirit. His eyes, which alternated between gold and red, showed no fear at all, but instead burned with an extremely intense desire!

He could clearly feel that the dormant "body martial soul" within his body was roaring wildly, as if a strong man who had been starving for three days and three nights had seen an unparalleled delicacy, urging him frantically!

"No, Aunt Hyotei, you don't need to change!"

Xue Bingchen took a deep breath, his tone resolute:

"This is it! I can feel that my body is perfectly capable of consuming it!"

Seeing that Xue Bingchen had made up her mind, Xue Di stopped talking nonsense.

A sharp, cold glint flashed in her icy blue eyes, and the terrifying pressure of being the ruler of the far north descended instantly.

The Snow Empress slowly raised her right hand, her slender index finger pointing towards the trembling polar ice spirit.

"Certainly."

A cold, clear syllable was uttered.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor any dazzling soul skill effects.

With just this one finger, the polar ice spirit, which had a cultivation of 1,400 years and was enough to make even ordinary human soul saints feel troubled, was instantly frozen by an irresistible absolute zero!

The violent elements within its body were instantly suppressed, and its life force plummeted to rock bottom in the blink of an eye, plunging it into a near-death state.

The power of a 700,000-year-old ferocious beast is terrifying!

"Chen'er, do it." Xue Di withdrew her finger and said calmly.

Xue Bingchen nodded and quickly stepped forward to finish off the enemy.

"Pop—"

With a soft sound, the pure life force of the polar ice spirit completely dissipated.

Immediately afterwards, countless icy blue light spots rose from its remains, rapidly converging and compressing in mid-air, eventually transforming into a soul ring radiating a deep purple light!

A thousand-year-old soul ring! A purple ring!

Looking at the purple soul ring that was quietly floating in mid-air, Xue Bingchen suppressed his excitement and sat down cross-legged on the ice rock.

He closed his eyes, and with a thought, the aura of the Ice and Snow Maiden Martial Soul within his body was instantly released, drawing the purple millennium soul ring in mid-air and slowly encircling his body.

"boom--!!!"

The moment the spirit ring entered his body, an extremely violent and bone-chillingly large amount of energy, like a wild horse that had broken free, exploded within Xue Bingchen's body!

"Hmm!"

Xue Bingchen let out a muffled groan, her delicate, porcelain-like face instantly turning deathly pale, her brows furrowed tightly together.

The energy of a soul ring that has lasted for 1,400 years is simply enormous!

That violent, icy power seemed to tear his meridians apart instantly and freeze his internal organs completely!

However, just as this power was about to wreak havoc, Xue Bingchen's hidden "original martial soul" appeared.

His powerful body, tempered by countless rare and precious materials, finally revealed its terrifying potential!

His originally pale skin suddenly burst forth with a rich, radiant glow of blood and qi, a mixture of brilliant gold and dark red.

Time passed by, second by second.

The absorption process is extremely difficult.

Gradually, in the frigid environment of the far north, where temperatures are tens of degrees below zero, an incredibly unbelievable scene unfolded.

A fine layer of sweat had appeared on Xue Bingchen's forehead!

The sweat that had just appeared was frozen into tiny ice crystals by the surrounding extreme cold, clinging to his eyelashes and white hair.

Upon seeing this scene, the two Ice and Snow Emperors, who were standing guard to the side, instantly became extremely nervous!

"I'm sweating! I'm actually sweating in this godforsaken place! How much internal pressure must I be under?!"

Hyotei was so anxious that he jumped up and down, his hands clenched into fists so tightly that he didn't even notice his nails digging into his flesh.

Xue Di's face was ashen, her beautiful eyes fixed on Xue Bingchen, her seven hundred thousand years of soul power on the verge of exploding at any moment.

As soon as Xue Bingchen showed the slightest sign of collapse, she would immediately take action and forcibly shatter that thousand-year soul ring!

"Chen'er, hold on..." Xue Di prayed silently in her heart.

A quarter of an hour... half an hour... an hour...

For the two Ice and Snow Emperors, this period of time felt longer than ten thousand years.

Finally, as the golden-red aura on Xue Bingchen's body gradually subsided, his tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed.

"call--"

Xue Bingchen suddenly opened his mouth and exhaled a long, stuffy breath mixed with some dark impurities.

He slowly opened his eyes, and a deep purple light flashed in his originally clear, ice-blue pupils!

It worked!

"Buzz—!"

The moment he opened his eyes, a stunningly beautiful figure quietly appeared behind him.

That was a lifelike, divinely inspired Ice and Snow Maiden martial spirit!

Beneath the illusory feet of the Ice and Snow Maiden, a deep, noble, and terrifyingly powerful purple soul ring was quietly floating up and down!

First Soul Ring, Thousand Years! Purple Ring!

"It's a success! Hahaha, it really is a success!" Hyotei excitedly hugged Yukitei next to her, jumping and skipping.

Xue Di also let out a long sigh of relief, and a smile of gratification, which could topple kingdoms, bloomed on her taut and beautiful face.

Xue Bingchen stood up from the ground, clenched his fist, and felt the earth-shaking changes within his body. His little face was full of ecstasy.

"Not only did it successfully absorb it, but also..."

Xue Bingchen closed her eyes and carefully sensed her surroundings. Suddenly, she opened them and exclaimed in surprise, "Mom, Aunt Bingdi! My soul power... my soul power has surged to level fifteen!"

Level 15!

This is due to the accumulation of various factors, such as the effects of six years of consuming rare and precious herbs on the body.

He jumped five levels by simply absorbing the first spirit ring!

Upon hearing this number, the two Ice and Snow Emperors gasped again.