Chapter 5: Talent Domain Completely Awakened, Bloodline Echo

The wind and snow across the sky became more and more violent as time passed. The vast snow curtain greatly affected the three people's exploration of the outside situation. Xu Jiujiu, who had the weakest cultivation, even with the protection of the ice crystal given by Shu Yan, was still blown so that she couldn't open her eyes, and only relied on the protection provided by the Star Cloud Douluo to preserve herself.

The Shattering Star Douluo stood in the wind and snow completely unaffected. Looking at this magnificent scene that could not be described in words, he sincerely sighed: "In a ghost place like the Extreme North Land, except for those thick-skinned soul beasts, I'm afraid only humans with strong strength or whose martial soul attributes are suitable can stay here for a long time. Forbidden zone for humans, it really lives up to its name."

"A blizzard of this scale, even for a Soul King, is very easy to get lost in without sufficient preparation, not to mention that there are countless soul beasts eyeing them in the wind and snow. This time, it's fate. This wind and snow across the sky is not only affecting us, but also helping us."

The Star Cloud Douluo, while protecting Xu Jiujiu, also had a smile on her somewhat old face, and nodded along.

"Yes, this wind and snow greatly affects the perception of humans and even soul beasts in this vicinity, which can be considered a natural barrier."

Xu Jiujiu gasped slightly. The temperature was dropping rapidly. Even with the ice crystal protecting her body, she still felt a severe cold. Looking at Shu Yan, who was completely unaffected on the side, Xu Jiujiu had to admire the unique strength and adaptability of the Ice Sky Snow Maiden martial soul in the Extreme North Land.

The Ice Sky Snow Maiden is a creature condensed from the purest ice-attribute heaven and earth energy in the core area of the Extreme North Land. It is a pure spirit of heaven and earth. In other words, the Ice Sky Snow Maiden is the daughter of the Extreme North Land's heaven and earth. In the Extreme North Land, it has even reached the point where it can mobilize the power of heaven and earth for its own use. Of course, this point is currently limited to the Snow Emperor.

Just as she was thinking, an ice-blue soul power fluctuation suddenly spread out like a sea wave toward the surroundings. The eyes of the three looked at Shu Yan together. On the basis of his original three purple soul rings, a pitch-black ten-thousand-year soul ring had already fallen steadily into the position of the fourth soul ring. Obviously, this absorption had ended.

The three waited for a moment again, but Shu Yan didn't open his eyes for a long time. Just when the three were a bit confused, an ice-blue soul power suddenly erupted from Shu Yan's body, followed by a terrifying aura. Countless fine ice patterns crawled onto Shu Yan's exposed skin, and his entire aura also became extremely unstable in an instant, as if something was about to break through his body. Cold ice began to spread from under Shu Yan's body, and in a short time, it actually froze the wind and snow in the surrounding space in mid-air.

The Star Cloud Douluo and Xu Jiujiu's pupils shrank sharply at the same time, and then they suddenly thought of a possibility.

One of them watched Shu Yan grow up, and the other grew up with Shu Yan. They can be considered the people who know Shu Yan best. This scene appeared once during the ceremony when Shu Yan awakened his martial soul five years ago.

Now, there are very few living people who know what exactly happened at that martial soul awakening ceremony, but it just so happens that two of the few remaining insiders are here now.

The Star Cloud Douluo's expression was solemn, and then she said in a deep voice: "This is a sign that the talent domain is completely awakened. When young Shu awakened his martial soul, he already possessed the prototype of a domain. Only a few of us know about this. In this situation, I'm afraid young Shu's talent domain is about to be completely awakened."

The astonishment in the Shattering Star Douluo's eyes was also undisguised.

He had many contacts with Shu Yan, but he never knew that Shu Yan hid such a secret. Thinking about it now, His Majesty must have taken great pains to protect the news related to Shu Yan, otherwise he, a true old minister of the Star Luo Empire, would not have been able to detect even a trace of clues.

The importance of a domain to a soul master is no less than a hundred-thousand-year soul ring or soul bone. A domain that matches one's own martial soul and even attributes can greatly enhance one's own strength. When a soul master possesses a sufficiently powerful domain, the enhancement it brings is even enough to support a soul master to fight across levels. But looking at the history of the Douluo Continent, those who possess a domain are all talented and brilliant people. When one's own understanding is insufficient, even if one reaches the Limit Douluo level of being invincible in the world, one still cannot awaken one's own domain.

And the talent domain is also the most special type among all domains. To possess a talent domain, one's martial soul must be extremely special or extremely powerful. At the same time, this also puts a great test on the soul master's own character and even understanding.

Let's put it this way: any soul master who can awaken a talent domain before becoming a Titled Douluo, as long as they don't die young, will definitely be a super powerhouse who can suppress one side of the continent in the future. Of course, Tang Yuehua from ten thousand years ago doesn't count.

Thoughts returned to reality. The Shattering Star Douluo looked at the increasingly violent heaven and earth energy around Shu Yan, and then waved his hand vigilantly, saying: "All back off, don't affect young Shu. The soul power in his body is all on the verge of erupting. If you are not careful, you will fall short. Whether he can carry it through depends on himself. If we intervene at will, I'm afraid we won't be able to help young Shu, but will harm him instead."

In any case, at least at this critical point in time, nothing can be allowed to disturb Shu Yan. This is the Shattering Star Douluo's most basic judgment.

Xu Jiujiu and the Star Cloud Douluo also sensibly retreated some distance. At this time, even if they were worried about Shu Yan's safety, they could only wait for Shu Yan to wake up by himself. Otherwise, if they were not careful and did something counterproductive, that would really harm Shu Yan.

As time passed, the temperature in the space around Shu Yan had dropped to an extremely terrifying level. Faint frost crawled onto Shu Yan's skin, and wisps of cold air kept bursting out of him. In the origin of his body, a powerful aura was constantly erupting, as if it was impacting the final barrier.

The next moment, an ice-blue thin film suddenly spread out with Shu Yan's body as the center, instantly covering a range of more than fifty meters. Extreme low temperature descended, wind and snow drifted, and the ice crystal in Xu Jiujiu's hand exploded without warning. The next moment, a bone-chilling cold appeared in her perception. Just for a moment, the temperature of her body began to drop sharply. She wanted to move, but felt her limbs were extremely stiff. The next moment, she fell forward without warning.

The Star Cloud Douluo's face changed slightly, and just as she wanted to reach out to support her, a figure was one step faster than her and caught the falling Xu Jiujiu.

The ice-blue domain slowly dissipated. Xu Jiujiu coughed twice before slowly opening her eyes.

Looking at this familiar yet strange face in front of her, Xu Jiujiu was slightly stunned, then tentatively said:

"A-A-Yan?"

Shu Yan nodded gently, then his expression changed slightly, and his beautiful brows frowned together, as if he had some concerns, and there was a hint of urgency in his voice.

"The awakening of the martial soul origin has caused some changes in my appearance, but now is not the time to talk about this."

Shu Yan stood up holding Xu Jiujiu, and then said quickly: "When the talent domain was completely awakened just now, the Ice Sky Snow Maiden bloodline in my body was also briefly awakened. The awakening of the bloodline is not a big deal, but it just so happens that this is the Extreme North Land. I'm afraid that one has already sensed this aura. This place is no longer a place to stay. Senior Shattering Star, I'll leave it to you. Take us away from here at full speed."

The Shattering Star Douluo was stunned for a moment, then a deep fear flashed in his eyes. After looking toward the deep part of the Extreme North Land, his nine soul rings appeared under his feet again, and the Shattering Star Light erupted with a brilliant purple light. The next moment, a deep purple vortex appeared in front of the four. The Shattering Star Douluo came to the front first, and then said: "Let's leave this place first. If it is really as you said, then this trip of ours has caused a big trouble."

After saying that, the Shattering Star Douluo stepped into the purple vortex first. Shu Yan's expression darkened. After a final glance back, he quickly took Xu Jiujiu and jumped into it, and the Star Cloud Douluo followed closely behind.

After the figures of the four completely disappeared, the purple vortex also dissipated instantly. The human aura lingering around was soon completely buried by the wind and snow, leaving only those three broken soul beast corpses to indicate everything that had happened here...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 6 =====