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Chapter 392 Ruins Beneath the Ice God Mountains! [Please Subscribe! Please Vote!]

What is cognitive shielding?

It means that the existence of certain things is beyond your cognitive understanding, so without external intervention, you will never be able to understand even a little bit of those things through your own cognitive abilities.

To give a simple example, if the concept of "scorpion" in the Douluo Continent were blocked, then these Ice Jade Scorpions would become Ice Jade Beasts.

To put it simply, it's like the darkest place is under the lamp.

Since the super soul beast Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion could not comprehend the mysterious architectural ruins beneath the glacial fissures through its own power, the building naturally remained "invisible in its perception."

For example, Chen Hong developed a secret soul rune that can conceal one's aura. It can only be observed with the naked eye and not with the mind. This can be seen as a simple form of cognitive shielding.

"Stop. There's a barrier ahead. Ice-attribute soul beasts can't get through." From the dark bottom of the glacial crevice, the mysterious girl transmitted her voice to the Ice Jade Scorpion King beneath her feet.

The Ice Jade Scorpion King quickly reached the outermost edge of the mysterious building ruins and stopped. It could sense a transparent barrier in front of it, but it was very weak; it felt that it could easily break through it with a single pincer strike.

"Lord Hyotei, this barrier is not strong enough; you can force your way through," the Ice Jade Scorpion King transmitted telepathically to the mysterious girl.

As a super soul beast, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion has its own name: Ice Emperor.

This title currently circulates only among high-level soul beasts in the far north, but it will also spread to human society in the future.

"Are you questioning my judgment?" The mysterious girl, Ice Emperor, glanced silently at the Ice Jade Scorpion King at her feet, her eyes indifferent and devoid of any emotion.

Unlike the Blue Silver Emperor, whose clan can only have one emperor, a 100,000-year-old soul beast, the Ice Jade Scorpion clan's existence depends entirely on the whims of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, the Ice Jade Scorpion King, because the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's realm is far too powerful, far exceeding that of a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

When they are happy, the Ice Jade Scorpion King is allowed to exist.

When she's unhappy, even if the Ice Jade Scorpion King is very sensible, she's not allowed to exist.

"No! No! No!" The Ice Jade Scorpion King felt a chill run down his spine after being glanced at so casually by the Ice Emperor. He immediately prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to make a move.

Hyotei merely glanced at the Ice Jade Scorpion King, who lay prostrate on the ground, too afraid to utter a word. Her gaze was like the purest ice, instantly freezing the Ice Jade Scorpion King's soul and bringing his thoughts to a standstill. However, Hyotei did not continue to reprimand the Ice Jade Scorpion King, but instead turned her gaze back to the mysterious structure deep within the glacial crevice.

Unnoticed by Hyotei, the Ice Jade Scorpion King felt a sense of relief wash over it, a feeling of having survived a calamity spreading through its heart.

At that moment, the thought that serving a ruler is like serving a tiger actually arose in its mind.

Having broken through the 100,000-year realm under the Ice Emperor's oppressive aura to become the Ice Jade Scorpion King, it is naturally of a relatively weak character. Otherwise, it should have competed with the Ice Emperor for the title of Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion upon breaking through the 100,000-year realm, instead of settling for the subdued Ice Jade Scorpion King.

Now that Ice Emperor says they can't get past the transparent barrier in front of them, even if there were no barrier in front of them, Ice Jade Scorpion King would still imprison itself and would never take another step forward.

However, the Ice Jade Scorpion King clearly misunderstood the Ice Emperor's meaning. Her statement that ice-attribute soul beasts couldn't pass didn't mean the Ice Jade Scorpion King couldn't force its way in. Rather, the barrier's intent was so obvious: even the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, a super soul beast wielding ultimate ice, couldn't sense the existence of the rift ruins. Clearly, such a mysterious entity wasn't intended for ice-attribute soul beasts. The barrier appeared weak, but the Ice Emperor knew nothing about these rift ruins. Recklessly breaking through the barrier and triggering some restrictions would be something she didn't want to see.

Although Hyotei was confident in her abilities, she was not worried about her own safety, but rather about accidentally triggering a restriction that destroyed some crucial clues.

As a super soul beast, Ice Empress's intelligence surpasses that of ordinary 100,000-year-old soul beasts. This is evident from her ability to conceal her presence, leaving only the name Ice Jade Scorpion King outside. Level 99 Limit Douluos occasionally appear on this continent. While Ice Empress isn't afraid of those level 99 Limit Douluos within this glacier, she doesn't want to be constantly targeted by human soul masters from the outside world.

The best way to maintain stability is not to demonstrate your strength, but to remain hidden in the background, just like the situation in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Since none of the human Soul Masters know anything about you, it's natural that the Limit Douluo among them wouldn't have any thoughts about you.

Ice Emperor's approach allowed her to remain successful and peaceful for nearly ten thousand years, until several thousand years later, when a super genius emerged among human soul masters and slew her Ice Jade Scorpion King. Only then was her existence exposed. At that time, the fall of the Ice Jade Scorpion King can be seen as a turning point for human soul masters. The soul master cultivation system had evolved from the point where a Title Douluo couldn't defeat a 100,000-year-old soul beast to a point where a Title Douluo was equal to a 100,000-year-old soul beast, and a Super Douluo could easily defeat a 100,000-year-old soul beast. Against this backdrop, the Three Fiends of the Far North were exposed, the Star Dou Super Soul Beast Team was revealed, and the Sun Moon Continent appeared.

However, right now, Hyotei is staring blankly at the mysterious ruins in front of them.

The mysterious ruins weren't large, perhaps even smaller than her original form. What incredulously struck Hyotei was the presence of exquisitely carved ice pillars, untouched for tens of thousands of years, silently recounting their former glory. If Hyotei wasn't mistaken, those few crooked ice pillars on the ruins should be the legendary 100,000-year-old ice marrow?

Anyway, Hyotei had never seen 100,000-year-old ice marrow, but he had heard that disgusting worm had eaten it? Thinking of that big fat worm, a cold glint flashed in Hyotei's icy blue eyes.

Tianmeng? One day, you'll be a guest inside my belly!

Tianmeng (suddenly peeking out): One step to the stomach?

Hyotei (black guy with question mark): ? ? ?

Through the icy blue building ruins, Hyotei could still see through the cracks that two pale-faced human soul masters sat facing each other, palms together, silently recovering their soul power.

It is said that this glacial fissure was accidentally torn open because these two human soul masters used their soul fusion technique to kill one of their clan scorpions who was at the ten-thousand-year level.

Ice Emperor didn't believe that a Soul Emperor and a Soul King could be so strong, but she knew that these two humans were going to die.

This mysterious ruin can indeed keep other Ice Jade Scorpions away, but the harsh cold here will also slowly erode the little life force the two of them have left.

"Brother Ning, are we going to die?"

(End of this chapter)