Chapter 44

In the Extreme North, amidst the vast blizzard, an uninvited guest suddenly appeared.

He was an old man in a wheelchair, appearing to have little time left, yet he moved leisurely through this rarely visited Extreme North, a faint golden light shimmering on his body.

You should know this is the core region of the Extreme North, a rare life‑forbidden zone on the Douluo Continent, where the temperature drops to a terrifying degree that even an Honored Douluo‑level powerhouse cannot remain here for long.

Moreover, the most powerful ice‑snow attribute soul beasts of the Extreme North mostly gather here; these already immensely powerful beasts become even more terrifying in the harsh environment, widening the combat gap between humans and soul beasts to an exaggerated extent—without Super Douluo‑level cultivation, coming here is suicide.

Just then, the old man suddenly raised his head and asked softly:

"Are you the Ice Sky Snow Girl?"

His voice was instantly swallowed by the endless blizzard, like a needle dropped into a sea, hardly reaching anyone's ears.

Yet a voice responded to his question.

"Human, what are you doing here? This is not a place for you."

That voice was exceptionally melodious, accompanied by the howling cold wind, like a heavenly deity possessing supreme dignity.

The speaker was none other than the Ice Sky Snow Girl the old man mentioned—the Snow Empress, leader of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North.

The old man said:

"Honorable Snow Empress, I mean no harm; I only wish to ask you a few questions."

Obviously, this old man is Mu En, who came to the Extreme North to ask the Snow Empress some things.

"Oh?"

The Snow Empress's voice held a hint of doubt, and the next second her apparition appeared not far before Mu En.

At the instant her apparition appeared, the previously howling blizzard ceased abruptly; the shift from extreme motion to extreme stillness, under her control, seemed utterly natural.

"What questions do you have that require you to come here specifically to ask me?"

Unlike Mu En's aged, withered appearance, the Snow Empress had smooth, delicate skin, a full figure and noble bearing, her white hair flowing softly in the wind, looking as if she were in the prime of a woman's life.

At this moment she regarded Mu En warily, awaiting his reply.

She could discern Mu En's cultivation; even though he was severely wounded, with perhaps less than a tenth of his former strength, he remained a Limit Douluo, far beyond ordinary humans.

Logically, a human of that caliber should hold an exalted status in human society; to learn something, he could simply send subordinates to gather information—there was no need for him to risk his life coming to the Extreme North to confront the Snow Empress.

Mu En said solemnly: "I am the current Sea God Pavilion Master of Shilake Academy; one of our students has been acting strangely, and I suspect you might know something about her."

Then Mu En recounted how Huo Yutong defeated Ma Xiaotao with a single finger, and her odd behavior at that time.

After hearing this, the Snow Empress suddenly understood.

"Do you suspect she is a human‑formed hundred‑thousand‑year soul beast from our region?"

"I cannot rule out that possibility," Mu En shrugged, "but I don't think it's likely; I merely feel she is somehow connected to your soul beasts."

Due to climatic reasons, the continent's top ice‑attribute soul beasts are basically all located in the Extreme North.

Although the Star Dou Great Forest is not devoid of ice‑attribute soul beasts, neither their number nor their quality can compare to those of the Extreme North.

Thus, upon seeing Huo Yutong's performance, Mu En's first thought was the Extreme North.

"..."

The Snow Empress pondered for a moment, then told Mu En: "Wait here for a while; I'll go investigate." She had recently been considering re‑cultivating a human form, and if the Extreme North truly possessed a hundred‑thousand‑year soul beast that had taken human form, she could also ask that being about its experience.

After all, for the vast majority of soul beasts, upon reaching a hundred thousand years they do not choose to become human but instead continue living as they are.

Soul beasts that have become human are rare among the rare among hundred‑thousand‑year soul beasts; even the Snow Empress has seen only a few, and those she has seen have long since turned to dust, unable to offer her advice.

This has forced her to study human‑formation knowledge on her own during this period, which is highly inconvenient.

Now there might be a senior who understands this knowledge appearing, and the Snow Empress is naturally very interested.

Having said that, she vanished as silently as she had come.

Watching the Snow Empress depart, Mu En sighed and lay back in his wheelchair.

He had a premonition that this trip might end in futility.

Yet besides the Extreme North, where else could soul beasts possess that ancient profound ice‑like chill? He pondered somewhat gloomily.

Less than a day later, the Snow Empress returned.

As expected, she frowned and told Mu En: "I asked A Tai and Bing Er; there should be no hundred‑thousand‑year soul beast that has taken human form in the Extreme North these past few years."

"Is that so."

Mu En was not particularly surprised, and he asked the Snow Empress:

"Do you know where else a hundred‑thousand‑year‑level ice‑attribute soul beast might arise?"

"There are many such places—the Star Dou Great Forest, the Ice Sea, and the peaks of some snow mountains could all give birth to new hundred‑thousand‑year soul beasts." The Snow Empress declared: "But to produce ice‑attribute soul beasts of the quality you described, I think it's impossible."

"Well, thank you for the trouble."

Mu En let out a light sigh, bowed slightly to the Snow Empress, then maneuvered his wheelchair to turn and leave.

It seems Huo Yutong's secret will not be solved anytime soon.

In Mu En's view, the oddities on Huo Yutong's person far exceed those of Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King bloodline is indeed unbelievable, but it is the only aspect that defies reason; by contrast, Huo Yutong exudes eeriness everywhere.

The white soul ring capable of using two soul skills simultaneously, her overbearing ice‑attribute power, and another hidden presence within her body… up to now Mu En has had no plausible hypothesis to explain all the phenomena occurring on her.

Therefore, Mu En actually trusts Huo Yutong less than he does Tang Wulin.

He wishes to cultivate Shilake Academy's future successor, and he cannot afford to be careless.

Watching Mu En's stooped silhouette gradually fade from view, the Snow Empress narrowed her eyes.

"Lately, let Bing Er help with the investigation more."

Whether the Snow Empress can succeed in her re‑cultivation concerns the fate of the entire Extreme North; if any method can increase her chances of success even slightly, she will devote herself fully to it.

The Snow Empress's silhouette vanished from this place once more, and after she disappeared the blizzard rose again, covering all traces of the two having been here.

By the way, it is well known that even without Lao Huo, three of the Extreme North's Four Great Ferocious Beasts face an insurmountable calamity.

Their circumstances are so alike, their timing so uniform, that one cannot help but smile.

Titan Snow Demon King: WhatcanIsay?

(End of Chapter)