Chapter 312

Gu Xuan's procession to spread the teachings, under Ning Fengzhi's preparations, has already begun publicity; the purpose is to let everyone on the continent once again sing praises of Gu Xuan.

And as the protagonist, Gu Xuan is no longer in Mingdu at this time; he went alone to the Extreme North.

The Extreme North, as the bitterly cold land north of the continent, is a place where extremely few people can survive; thus the Extreme North is also, aside from the Star Dou Great Forest, one of only two havens for soul beasts.

Now the Extreme North is also the only place on the entire continent not completely unified by the Sun Moon Empire, because the Extreme North also possesses powerful fierce beasts that make Soul Masters hesitate to approach.

Gu Xuan's purpose in going to the Extreme North this time is singular: to recover the northern lands and let the continent be completely unified.

The reason he went alone is also simple: relying on his own strength, he can easily sweep away the fierce beasts of the Extreme North, and as long as he captures the king of the Extreme North, the subsequent matters become simple.

Gu Xuan, already at rank ninety-eight, with his physical quality and spiritual power having reached demigod level, merely needs to control spatial power, and his whole person has already vanished from Mingdu and arrived at the Extreme North.

The cold wind is like a knife, taking the earth as a cutting board and regarding all beings as meat. A myriad miles of flying snow, making the heavens a furnace, melting all things into silver.

Here, the vista is almost entirely silver-white; the average temperature is zero degrees, many places are ten or even several dozen degrees below zero, making it very hard for ordinary people to survive.

Only soul beasts, this special existence different from ordinary people, can take root and continue here.

Upon arriving at the Extreme North, Gu Xuan did not feel the so-called endless cold; with his current strength, this kind of physical change can already be ignored.

Extending his spiritual power, he locked onto a rough range; Gu Xuan's figure vanished directly from the spot, and the next moment he already appeared at the core position of the Extreme North.

The moment Gu Xuan appeared, a group of Titan Snow Devils here let out roars; Gu Xuan doesn't understand the soul beasts' language, but he could also hear a sense of fear from their howls.

Nothing else, because the aura emanating from Gu Xuan's body is too terrifying; even a Titled Douluo here would feel immense pressure.

This group of Titan Snow Devils possesses extremely strong strength, with cultivation ranging from fifty thousand to eighty thousand years, but facing Gu Xuan, their towering bodies over ten meters tall are pressed down and unable to stand.

Gu Xuan had no opportunity to deal with these little fellows, nor did he intend to do anything to them, after all these little fellows could someday be partners of Soul Masters.

Only seeing Gu Xuan's expression calm, yet he emitted a voice that struck the soul directly: "Sun Moon Empire, Gu Xuan has come."

Just eight words, the Titan Snow Devils that were already unable to straighten their bodies directly all collapsed to the ground and fainted.

"Roar!"

The next moment, a huge body over thirty meters in size descended from the sky, landing directly before Gu Xuan and letting out an angry roar.

And on the shoulders of this colossal beast, two stunningly beautiful figures each stood.

"Snow Emperor of the Extreme North." — "Ice Emperor of the Extreme North."

"We have seen the Sun Moon Great Emperor."

The two stunning figures stared at Gu Xuan with blazing gazes, and slightly bowed their bodies in salute to him.

Gu Xuan simply stood calmly atop a snow mound, gazing at the three heavenly kings of the Extreme North.

Snow Emperor, whose true form is the ice-and-snow maiden born and nurtured in the Extreme North, can be said to be a pure spirit of the Extreme North, also the existence with the highest talent, possessing a cultivation of a full seven hundred thousand years, with strength enough to match an Ultimate Douluo.

Ice Emperor, whose true form is the Ice Azure Emperor Scorpion, is one of the few super soul beasts in the Extreme North possessing ultimate ice attribute; its cultivation is nearly four hundred thousand years, and its strength is comparable to at least a rank ninety-seven Super Douluo, making it very powerful.

Titan Snow Devil King, whose true form is the Titan Snow Devil, is said to be the offspring of the Ice God and Titan giants, a super soul beast possessing divine bloodline; a Titan Snow Devil King with cultivation of nearly three hundred thousand years also possesses the strength of a previous Super Douluo.

The existence of these three makes the Extreme North also a terrifying place, capable of going toe-to-toe with the fierce beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Although the three heavenly kings have not left the Extreme North, they have also heard of major events on the continent, such as the Douluo Continent, which has undergone countless wars, being unified under the hand of this very Sun Moon Great Emperor before our eyes.

But they are puzzled as to why Gu Xuan would come to their Extreme North; to put it bluntly, this godforsaken place, aside from ice- or water-attribute Soul Masters needing soul rings to come, basically sees no human presence.

The arrival of the human race's great emperor perhaps bodes no good.

But the strength of the three heavenly kings is laid bare; even they cannot see through Gu Xuan's strength, and can only feel a terrifying pressure, which is enough to prove that Gu Xuan's individual strength already surpasses theirs.

Therefore they dare not act rashly; otherwise, a human openly intruding into the territory of these three heavenly kings would have long been crushed to death.

"We do not know what purpose the Great Emperor has in coming; if there is anything we need to cooperate on, the Extreme North can render service to the Great Emperor." Like an ice god descending, pure and untainted, the Snow Emperor made a respectful gesture befitting a human woman toward Gu Xuan and asked softly.

Gu Xuan glanced at the two women on the Titan Snow Devil King's shoulders, then calmly said: "I have come this time to grant you three great opportunities."

Upon hearing this, the Snow Emperor and Ice Emperor among the three heavenly kings exchanged a silent glance, as if Gu Xuan were not here to cause trouble.

Immediately, the Snow Emperor replied: "Great Emperor, you jest; our soul beast race has always had mutual grievances with you humans, yet today you say you will grant us great opportunities—isn't that a joke?"

Gu Xuan calmly replied: "That was the case before, but not anymore."

"The Extreme North, due to its remote geography, is unaware of the current state of the continent; therefore I have personally come to speak with you."

"After I finish speaking, if you still hold this view, then I may depart directly."

Upon hearing Gu Xuan say this, the three heavenly kings pondered; subsequently the Snow Emperor and Ice Emperor descended from the Titan Snow Devil King's shoulders and came before Gu Xuan.

"Please, Great Emperor, let us converse."

The three heavenly kings invited Gu Xuan to the Snow Emperor's palace, after all Gu Xuan is not here to cause trouble, and as the elders they must observe proper etiquette.

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City of Carnage.

Du Gu Yan's speed is very fast, and the distance to Tang San's position is getting ever closer, but precisely because of this, Du Gu Yan also noticed some clues.

Because the two of them have been moving at high speed all along, yet there is no trace of any aberrant soul beasts around, which in itself is an abnormal situation.

But Du Gu Yan is not afraid; with her current strength, even if Tang San possesses a twin martial soul, he could not stir up any waves—this is Du Gu Yan's confidence.

Although Tang San is fleeing for his life, his expression gradually becomes calm, because in his view the scales of victory are already tilting toward him.

Finally, Tang San stopped beneath a city wall of broken limbs and ruined ramparts, confidently staring at Du Gu Yan.

Du Gu Yan's approach speed did not slow, but when her poison mist was about to envelop Tang San, an anomaly occurred.

Only seen, within the ruined city wall behind Tang San, countless aberrant soul beasts surged out, their number reaching nearly a hundred.

Most importantly, after these aberrant soul beasts appeared, they came before Tang San forming a defensive wall; they did not attack Tang San, but instead fixed their bloodthirsty gaze on Du Gu Yan, drool already dripping from the corners of their mouths.

Seeing this, Du Gu Yan halted her action, stopping a hundred meters from Tang San; her poison mist's range is exactly a hundred-meter diameter centered on herself, so at this moment she is only fifty meters from Tang San.

"Is this your trump card?" Du Gu Yan chuckled lightly.

Tang San seemed to have gained confidence, calmly saying: "You are only one person, while I have so many aberrant soul beasts; from any angle, the advantage lies with me."

"Just with them?" Du Gu Yan chuckled lightly.

However Tang San did not answer Du Gu Yan; answering her was a charming voice: "And me."

Only seen, behind the ruined city wall, a voluptuous woman stepped out—it was Hu Liena.

Du Gu Yan knew Hu Liena; at the Soul Master tournament earlier, Hu Liena also displayed great strength and talent.

Seeing Hu Liena, Du Gu Yan's expression remained calm: "Hu Liena?"

"Did you team up with him?"

Hu Liena came to Tang San's side, linked her arm with his, and smiled faintly: "So what if it is?"

Seeing the intimate interaction between Hu Liena and Tang San, how could Du Gu Yan not understand that their relationship was not simple?

However, even so, Du Gu Yan was not afraid; after all, there were only three of them, so that little Soul Emperor of level sixty-three was naturally Hu Liena.

Tang San released the arm that Hu Liena had linked, and said softly: "No nonsense, let's join forces to take her down."

Hu Liena nodded, then six soul rings—two yellow, two purple, two black—rose from her body, the black sixth ring flashing, and all the variant spirit beasts charged straight at Du Gu Yan.

Du Gu Yan calmly watched as nearly a hundred variant spirit beasts charged at her; her snake tail swayed, not retreating but advancing.

At the same time, the black sixth soul ring on Du Gu Yan's body lit up, endless deadly poison swirled in the air, and actually condensed into countless poisonous snakes.

"Sixth soul skill: Dance of the Ten Thousand Snakes!"

As the soul skill was released, endless poisonous snakes spread wildly, and the range of Du Gu Yan's toxic mist rapidly expanded; since she had already found the other two inheritors, she had no intention of wasting time.

What Hu Liena and Tang San did not expect was that, after the variant beasts were struck by Du Gu Yan's poisonous snakes, under the effect of her first soul skill, none of them could last even a second before turning into nearly a hundred streams of energy that entered Du Gu Yan's body.

Her soul power replenished, Du Gu Yan's condition returned to its peak.

At this point, Tang San and Hu Liena were somewhat incredulous; they knew Du Gu Yan's power was terrifying, but this was totally cheating, right?

Clearly they had such a huge advantage, yet now they were actually giving Du Gu Yan energy?

Du Gu Yan's speed did not decrease; countless poisonous snakes wrapped toward Tang San and Hu Liena.

Tang San knew there was no retreat; his Haotian Hammer appeared again in his hand, the black sixth soul skill instantly lit, and he swung the Haotian Hammer down at the countless poisonous snakes.

"Sixth soul skill: Raging Sea Surge Hammer!"

As the soul skill was released, the Haotian Hammer burst forth with endless might; this blow actually scattered the poisonous snakes and momentarily blocked the spread of the toxic mist.

Only saw Tang San calmly say: "I want a fair fight with you; after this battle, the victor lives, the loser dies."

At this very moment, Tang San wanted to seek some opportunities for himself; if Du Gu Yan were overconfident, he would still have a chance.

But Du Gu Yan merely snorted: "A fair fight? When you just launched the variant beast siege, why didn't you say that then?"

As the words fell, Du Gu Yan's soul power surged on her body, and the toxic mist spread at a terrifying speed, instantly enveloping Tang San and Hu Liena.

Hu Liena lost the ability to resist the moment she inhaled the toxic mist, and collapsed softly to the ground.

However, Tang San did not give up resistance; only saw him wielding the Haotian Hammer, forming a one-meter-diameter vacuum zone around himself, and as he moved, the hammer's might continued to increase.

This is precisely one of the Haotian Hammer's supreme techniques, the Chaotic Flinging Hammer Method.

The Chaotic Flinging Hammer Method is one of the Clear Sky Sect's supreme techniques, and also the most basic of those supreme techniques, but now it became Tang San's last resort to protect himself from the toxic mist.

And he was also seeking an opportunity; as long as Du Gu Yan dared to approach now, he believed that in close combat she would absolutely not be his match.

The only reason Du Gu Yan is confident is because of her poison; close combat? That's something only a fool would do.

Du Gu Yan at this time merely watched Tang San's performance indifferently; when his Haotian Hammer reached the eighty-first strike, Du Gu Yan activated her fourth soul skill.

Two silver-white light pillars locked onto Tang San; this was Medusa's Gaze.

Tang San's heart was already trembling a little; Du Gu Yan did not approach him, leaving him with no chance at all; facing Du Gu Yan's fourth soul skill at this moment, he dropped his final hammer strike, sending out a black dragon-shaped energy stream that blocked her fourth soul skill.

Medusa's Gaze petrified Tang San's attack, but it did not actually hit Tang San.

But the next moment, Tang San lunged his whole body rapidly toward Du Gu Yan; since he could no longer dodge the toxic mist, he decided to go all out.

Seeing Tang San's move, Du Gu Yan activated her fourth soul skill again, and two more silver-white light pillars shot toward the charging Tang San.

Tang San held his breath at this moment; although this could not fully guard against Du Gu Yan's poison, it could slow the poison's entry into his body, and he wanted to seize this fleeting opportunity.

Tang San raised his hand; a cylindrical mechanism appeared in his hand, and he flung out a black steel needle.

This is precisely the strongest and most poisonous hidden weapon he has crafted so far—the Yan Wang's Post.

Because he lacked the Binghuo Liangyi Yan, the power of the Yan Wang's Post he crafted was far inferior to the original; and since the even more powerful hidden weapon Violent Rain Pear Blossom had not yet been made, he was forced to live a life on the run.

The Yan Wang's Post was petrified, Du Gu Yan's fourth soul skill was blocked again, and Tang San drew even closer to Du Gu Yan.

Only see his Haotian Hammer appear, the black fifth Soul Ring lights up, fifth soul skill: Evil Demon Tiger Whale Axe used, the Haotian Hammer again transforms into the "Haotian Axe", swinging towards Du Gu Yan.

Du Gu Yan sneered, fifth soul skill lit up, Titan Poison Whip lashed onto the Haotian Axe; although it did not block the Haotian Axe's attack, it nevertheless deflected its attack position.

Afterwards Du Gu Yan's first soul skill activated again, countless deadly poison enveloped Tang San, causing his skin to instantly fester; then she gently pinched with her jade hand, directly draining Tang San's life force and soul power, ending his life.

Although Tang San fell, his body was corroded bit by bit, leaving only three pieces of crystalline soul bones lying there.

Hu Liena also turned into white bones, but at the place where she died, a soul bone was left.

After the two died, a cold clear voice sounded in Du Gu Yan's mind: "Du Gu Yan, the sixth trial of the Asura God is completed. Reward: soul power increased by one level, all Soul Ring years increased by three thousand years."

Du Gu Yan stored the four soul bones into his Soul Tool, then looked up at the purple moon above the heavens.

The Asura God looked at Du Gu Yan's confident and icy gaze, and smiled satisfactorily.

ps: Typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)