Chapter 456

The Extreme North, one of the world-renowned human forbidden zones, not only hosts countless powerful Ice Attribute soul beasts, but also has a notoriously harsh climate said to be the worst in the world.

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And the core region of the far north is even more deadly than deadly; even a Honored Douluo‑level powerhouse must be extremely careful when coming here, or a moment's carelessness could cost them their life.

At this very moment, two figures appeared on the vast snowy plain of the far north.

Each had a long wooden board strapped to their feet, and they were speeding across the snow.

They were Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong.

After bidding farewell to Nan ShuiShui and her mother, they took less than half an hour to reach the far north.

Upon first entering the far north, things were fine—they could still fly freely in the sky.

But after entering the core region's range, the heavenly gale wind suddenly rose to a terrifying level, equivalent to a full‑power strike from a Soul Douluo‑level soul master; even a Honored Douluo, if caught off guard by such a gale, could easily be injured—and this is still the strength of the gale on the outskirts of the core region.

Although with their strength they could continue flying as long as they protected themselves, after entering the far north's core region they were already close to their destination, so they stopped the exhausting flight, landed on the ground, and proceeded on foot.

At that moment, Tang Wulin suddenly had a bright idea—a labor‑saving method: making a snowboard.

He said, done; using his Natural Son ability, he generated the needed materials, did a little processing, and successfully made it.

In this era ten thousand years ago, humanity had not yet invented skiing as a pastime, so this experience was extremely novel for Huo Yutong, and she quickly took to this way of traveling.

Her liking it was perfect, so Tang Wulin and she adopted this method and began swiftly heading toward their target.

Soon they reached the innermost core of the core region, where the temperature was low enough to instantly freeze an ordinary person to death, but for the two who had experienced the ultra‑cold of the ten‑millennium profound ice cave, it felt relatively mild.

After arriving here, the powerful soul beasts they encountered grew in number; previously, to avoid trouble, they had relied on Huo Yutong's spiritual detection to steer clear of impending soul beasts, but now they could no longer avoid them.

If their purpose were to infiltrate the far north, now would be the time for Huo Yutong to use simulation, but their intent is not that.

"Ao——"

A huge white bear smelled them from afar and came charging at them.

"Hmm… an ice bear, is its age over fifty thousand years?"

In the far north, the polar ice bears are to this region what the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bears are to the Star Dou Great Forest—a thousand‑year‑old ice bear can already rival an ordinary ten‑thousand‑year soul beast.

In terms of combat power they still cannot match the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bears, but few soul beasts dare provoke them.

And in the far north, this fifty‑thousand‑year‑old ice bear's combat strength already surpasses that of an ordinary Honored Douluo.

Unfortunately, it picked the wrong opponent.

Not long after, the ice bear arrived before Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, reared its huge claws, and brought one down.

Facing this, Tang Wulin neither dodged nor evaded; he simply raised his hand.

"Bang!"

A tremendous collision sound rang out, the huge shock even causing the snow beneath Tang Wulin's feet to sink and form a giant pit; yet Tang Wulin, the direct recipient of the ice bear's attack, suffered not a scratch.

He gave a light smile, seized the bear's claw with one hand, exerted force, and the ice bear's massive body was instantly swung up, flew out, and crashed heavily onto the snow.

Tang Wulin controlled his force perfectly—he managed not to injure the ice bear while flinging it about so badly that it could not get up for a while.

He clapped his hands and looked at Huo Yutong.

"Snow Empress, Ice Empress, let this ice bear serve as a messenger, shall we?"

"Mm, having it do that is just right."

As the clear, cold voice sounded, a white and a green figure appeared beside Huo Yutong.

The Snow Empress walked up to the ice bear's front and whispered something to it.

After the Snow Empress appeared, the ice bear's eyes went straight; upon hearing her command, it eagerly nodded and ran off into the distance.

Now Huo Yutong's next Ice Snow Girl Martial Soul spirit has a host.

According to the Snow Empress, although everyone outside knows the far north has the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, there is actually another soul beast whose strength is not inferior to that of the third‑ranked Titan Snow Devil King.

That is an ice bear she adopted years ago; it later grew into the Ice Snow Bear King, which she named Xiaobai, and it now possesses the strength of a ferocious beast, with an age of nearly three hundred thousand years.

The reason the outside world does not know of it is that it refuses to be mentioned alongside the Snow Empress, and because humanity's knowledge of the far north is scant, this ferocious beast has been overlooked.

According to the Snow Empress, Xiaobai's three‑hundred‑year calamity is approaching within these few years, and given its strength, the chance of surviving this tribulation is extremely slim; rather than die under the lightning tribulation, it would be better to become Huo Yutong's spirit, for the Snow Empress truly sees in Huo Yutong the hope of attaining godhood—following her, achieving godhood and eternal life is basically a certainty.

Everyone waited on the spot, chatting idly.

Not long after, the ground suddenly began to tremble.

Countless black dots appeared on the horizon; focusing one's gaze, one could see in astonishment that they were all soul beasts of the far north.

Without exception, they exuded a domineering aura, and not a single soul beast among them was under ten thousand years old.

The Snow Empress entrusted the ten‑thousand‑year ice bear with delivering the message, and its first recipients would naturally be the soul beasts of the far north's core region.

Originally, the core region already had few weak soul beasts; the first to arrive were the swiftest, naturally the highest‑cultivated beings of the entire far north.

The wave of soul beasts soon reached the people's vicinity, but they did not draw close; instead they halted several hundred meters from the Snow Empress and sat obediently in order of their age.

This sight left Tang Wulin stunned.

He had never before seen different species, different cultivation levels of soul beasts sitting together so harmoniously; before the Snow Empress, they set aside their species and now each is a part of the soul beasts under her command.

Seeing this, Tang Wulin suddenly had a thought: perhaps the unity of the far north's soul beasts could even surpass that of the world's largest soul beast gathering place—the Star Dou Great Forest.

(End of chapter)