Douluo Continent: The Spirit-Eyed Detective Huo Yuhao

"How about this child? He's a 290,000-year-old Ice Bear King, about to undergo a 300,000-year lightning tribulation. Your aptitude is also very good. If he becomes your tamed beast, his success rate in passing this lightning tribulation will greatly increase, right?" The Snow Empress stroked Little White's head, and the huge Ice Bear King appeared incredibly obedient in her hands.

"It's so cute." Bai Zhen also reached out to touch it, and then Bing Xiongwang gave her a flattering smile.

It seemed to be saying, "Choose me now," revealing a mouthful of fierce, sharp teeth.

"This..." Bai Zhen quickly withdrew her hand, feeling that it wasn't so cute anymore.

"Ah..." The Ice Bear King immediately looked miserable.

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"You don't want this, you don't want that, so what kind do you want?" Huo Yuhao gently tapped Bai Zhen's head three times and sighed in a pretentious manner, just like a highly accomplished master.

"I want one that's cute and doesn't have sharp teeth," Bai Zhen said after looking at her little ice moth.

Chapter 169 What lies south of the Arctic?

"Something cute, without sharp teeth." Xue Di closed her eyes and thought carefully for a while, then looked at Bing Di, "Are there any 100,000-year-old soul beasts like this in the far north?"

"No way." Ice Empress shook her head; she couldn't think of anywhere that possessed such an ice-attribute soul beast.

"Well... how about we make a contract with Xiaobai?" Seeing that everyone was at a loss, Bai Zhen was too embarrassed to make a request.

"Hey, okay, okay!" Upon hearing this, the Ice Bear King looked up and laughed again.

"No way!" Huo Yuhao pressed down on the ice bear's head. "How can I compromise on what my disciple wants to contract with a soul beast?"

He's quite persistent in some ways.

"It's just an ice-attribute soul beast. If there aren't any in the far north, then let's go look for one in the south."

"South? Isn't it getting hotter and hotter further south from the far north? And there are ice-attribute soul beasts there?" Snow Empress asked curiously.

"Hahaha, it's even further south," Huo Yuhao said with a cryptic laugh.

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The southernmost region.

The portal opened, and Huo Yuhao led everyone out.

"If there's an Arctic, then of course there must be an Antarctic!" Huo Yuhao spread his arms to show everyone another icy and snowy land that resembled yet differed from the far north.

"There are actually places like this in this world..." Hyotei exclaimed as he looked around in amazement, everything so familiar yet so strange.

"New snow." The Snow Emperor seemed to have a sudden realization, carefully sensing the wind and snow of this place.

"Does Master mean that the kind of soul beast I mentioned is here?" Bai Zhen took a step forward and suddenly saw strange tracks on the ground extending into the distance.

"This is?"

"Looks like we've found it." Huo Yuhao led the group along the trail and then saw a magical sight.

It was a large group of adorable soul beasts with swaying gaits, marching in neat rows through the wind and snow.

Its body is black and white, but its beak and feet are orange-yellow, and it makes low-frequency calls when the procession moves.

"How cute!" Bai Zhen exclaimed in surprise. "And it really doesn't have any sharp teeth. Is it a bird?"

"What... what kind of soul beast is this?" Ice Emperor was dumbfounded. He had never seen such a strange soul beast in the far north.

"It's penguins." Huo Yuhao landed among the penguins, immediately causing chaos among them.

The younger penguins were so frightened that they quickly slid away with their bellies pressed against the snow, while those that were over 10,000 years old slid in unison to surround Huo Yuhao and the others.

"Humans? Why are there humans here? Tell me, what are you doing in my Emperor Penguin territory?" An Emperor Penguin with 400,000 years of cultivation waddled forward, wearing a bright red scarf around his neck. Clearly, he was the leader of the penguins and the ruler of this far southern land.

Just like the Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor in the far north.

However, his size is still that of a normal penguin. If it weren't for the dangerous, extreme cold he exudes, his ferocious appearance while speaking human language would probably be even more comical.

It's ridiculous now.

"Why do I have to wear a scarf..." Tianmeng Bingcan complained.

"I don't know, maybe penguins are afraid of the cold too," Huo Yuhao said nonchalantly.

"What business is it of yours if I wear a scarf? Look at you, you've scared my children half to death! State your purpose and hand over all your shiny things, and I might forgive you!" the penguin emperor shouted.

"I brought my apprentice here to find an ice-attribute soul beast to contract with," Huo Yuhao said with a smile, also exuding an aura that seemed to be surrounded by all things in heaven and earth, the aura of a master of a plane.

Hyotei and Yuki-tei also displayed the majesty of rulers of ice and snow.

"Soul Beasts? And you humans..." Penguin Emperor's eyes widened. It wasn't that he had never seen humans before. Although this place was very far from the Douluo Continent where humans lived, and there was no connecting land in between, there had been a few strong humans who loved to explore coming here over the past tens of thousands of years. Penguin Emperor learned about the outside world from those people.

"This is truly astonishing. Alright, give me something sparkly, and this emperor will introduce a few of your children who are willing to go out. But before that..." The Penguin Emperor opened his beak, and a cold light mixed with black and white patterns gathered the surrounding wind and snow, spraying it towards Huo Yuhao and the others.

"Try taking one of my moves first!"

"Are we suddenly going to fight?" Bai Zhen was startled and looked over.

"It's alright, just play to your usual strength," Huo Yuhao encouraged.

"I...I'll block it?" Bai Zhen panicked at first, then calmed down when she remembered that her master was still standing beside her. "That's right, with Master here, what's there to panic about? Master is..."

"You've always believed in me!"

With her palms together, facing outwards, a tiny ice moth landed on her head. Bai Zhen gathered all her soul power and summoned her ice-block martial soul.

Suddenly, a towering iceberg appeared out of thin air, blocking the Penguin Emperor's attack.

Faced with the thick iceberg, Penguin Emperor's ice-attribute cannon shot only increased the thickness of the iceberg, and it was quickly worn away.

Since the two sides were separated by the iceberg, Huo Yuhao opened another portal and passed through.

"How about it? My apprentice's skills aren't bad, are they?" Huo Yuhao patted Bai Zhen on the shoulder.

"She's really good. Even my mental energy was worn down by her attacks. Her mental energy level is also very high. It's worth it for my children to follow her." Penguin Emperor patted his round belly and pointed to a row of penguins next to him as he began to introduce her.

“These children are all skilled fighters in the tribe. See whichever one is willing to go with you and form a contract with him. Don’t try any tricks. Make sure you form the same contract as these two.” Penguin Emperor looked at Snow Emperor and Ice Emperor. “These are the emperors of the North. I probably would never have met them in my entire life.”

"Thank you." Huo Yuhao slipped a few gold soul coins and some metals and crystals used to make soul tools to Penguin Emperor.

Penguin Emperor's little eyes were immediately drawn to these shiny things. It wasn't that he was greedy, but rather that he liked these shiny gadgets, and his entire species seemed to have this preference.

On the other side, Bai Zhen had already started selecting the Emperor penguins she wanted to contract.

The penguins were all different. Some were picking up stones in the snow and quacking loudly, some were wearing sunglasses and big gold chains and doing rap, and there were even four of them pretending to be secret agents...

Finally, Bai Zhen used a bunch of gold soul coins to lure and contract a creature that looked very much like the Penguin Emperor, wore a pink bow on its head, and had more than 300,000 years of cultivation, second only to the Penguin Emperor.

"Coco, from now on I'll call you Coco." Bai Zhen gently hugged her little penguin, overjoyed.

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After returning to the far north,

"Waaaaah!!!" The Ice Bear King suddenly burst into tears and rushed in front of Huo Yuhao, his snot turning into two icicles in the cold wind.

"Why are you crying?" Huo Yuhao pushed him away in disgust.

"They've all made a contract, but I'm about to die! Grandpa, please save me! I don't want to be struck by lightning!" Little White cried and rolled around, its mountain-like body causing avalanches to erupt around it.

"I'm very useful; I can be used as a mount. It's fluffy and very comfortable to sit on..."

"This child..." Xue Di glanced at Huo Yuhao helplessly.

"Alright, I won't let you die." Huo Yuhao slapped the Beast Taming Contract on his forehead.

"Thank you, Grandpa! Thank you, Grandpa! Hehehehe..." Little White turned from crying to laughing, his aura suddenly soared, his cultivation level jumped to more than 300,000 years, and even his body size expanded, with some divine patterns containing the power of ice and snow appearing on his huge body.

Looking at the snow-white and round little white dog, Huo Yuhao suddenly felt like playing with it for no reason.

"Little White, cotton candy." He pointed to the Ice Bear King.

Upon hearing this, the Ice Bear King seemed to understand immediately and obediently curled up into a ball.

"Why?!" The Ice Bear King didn't understand why he was doing this.

Chapter 170 Ship

Making the Ice Bear King curl up into a ball, crouching and covering its head in defense, was certainly not just for fun.

Huo Yuhao looked up at the sky, where the lightning tribulation that the Ice Bear had undergone for 300,000 years had spread across the sky.

"Grandpa, will this posture really reduce the power of being struck by lightning?" Although it was enhanced by Huo Yuhao, the absolute suppression of the lightning tribulation on the soul beast still made Xiaobai feel uneasy.

"Probably," Huo Yuhao said calmly.

"Don't be so uncertain!" Xiao Bai had just shouted these words when the first bolt of tribulation lightning struck down.

"Aaaaaah!" Little White screamed in agony as its white fur turned charred black in the blink of an eye.

"Looks like it's not very useful," Huo Yuhao said.

However, this 300,000-year lightning tribulation was nothing to the strengthened Ice Bear King. Although it was covered in black marks on the surface, it was actually not injured at all.

If his chance of surviving the tribulation was only 30% before, it's now over 90%.

Including Huo Yuhao and the others next to him, it's 100%.

Huo Yuhao casually fanned himself, and the wind and snow in the far north seemed to receive a command, changing their original trajectory and swirling back into the sky, pouring into the clouds.

boom!

The Ice Explosion spell was activated, causing all the snow in the clouds to explode, shattering the lightning tribulation clouds into pieces, which then dissipated with the wind.

The far north was blessed with a clear blue sky, a sight rarely seen in millennia.

"Wow! Grandpa's skills are unparalleled!" Little White the Ice Bear exclaimed.

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Soon, the day of departure drew near.

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