chsdbacks Chapter 8: The Shocking Humanoid Soul Beast! The Ice and Snow Maiden!
Chapter 8: The Shocking Humanoid Soul Beast! The Ice and Snow Maiden!
The curtain of light in the sky weaves together new names.
[Sixth Place on the Douluo Continent Power Ranking]
The light solidified, and two words were imprinted on the sky.
【Snow Emperor】
This name is as unfamiliar as if it came from another world to the vast majority of human soul masters.
"Who is this?"
"Never heard of this Soul Master?"
"Do you know?"
"Whose old monster has resurfaced?"
However, this sense of unfamiliarity was overwhelmed by shock when the screen began to display its details!
[True Form: Ice and Snow Maiden (Elemental Ultimate Ice Soul Beast)]
[Cultivation Period: 690,000 years]
[Current Form: Complete Humanoid (Reaching the pinnacle of perfection, indistinguishable from a human)]
[Habitat: The core of the far north, the permafrost throne]
[Reason for inclusion: Possesses the coldest power in the world, making him virtually invincible in the far north.]
[This ice is no ordinary ice; it is formed from a wisp of primordial cold energy at the beginning of time, capable of freezing the soul and solidifying time.]
A fully human form signifies ultimate control over one's own power and life form, far surpassing the capabilities of ordinary ferocious beasts. Its very existence is a manifestation of the laws of ice and snow.
[Rewards: One copy of the Essence of Xuanming Cold Qi, One Fragment of the Understanding of the Law of Ice]
[Reward Description: The essence of Xuanming Frost Qi can be refined and strengthened to enhance its core ice power, potentially allowing it to touch the million-year barrier; the fragments of the Law of Ice contain deeper mysteries of ice and snow rules, helping it perfect its own domain and take a solid step towards becoming an elemental deity.]
Accompanying the message was a short but powerful video:
In the heart of an eternally frozen wasteland, a woman sat quietly to one side.
She wore a magnificent long dress woven from ice crystals and snowflakes, the hem of which flowed to the ground, transforming into spreading icicles.
Her skin was as white as snow, and her long, icy blue hair cascaded down like a waterfall.
Her face was exquisitely beautiful, yet cold and devoid of any earthly warmth.
She simply sat there quietly, and the raging wind and snow around her gently transformed into a veil of gauze, as if the entire far north was paying homage to her.
Dead silence.
A more complete and bewildering deathly silence than when seeing Poseidon's past.
For a full ten seconds, the entire human world of Douluo Continent was as if it had been collectively silenced.
Everyone's brains were frantically processing that incredible information, yet they kept crashing.
"Six... six hundred and ninety thousand years?" The dean of a Soul Master Academy in Heaven Dou City dropped his teacup, shattering it, his lips trembling.
"A 100,000-year-old soul beast...isn't that the legendary, top-tier existence with the highest lifespan? 690,000...how...how is this possible?!"
"Is this still the world I know?"
"Ice and Snow Maiden? Elemental Soul Beast?"
"Completely humanoid? Indistinguishable from humans?!" In a research room of the Spirit Hall, a group of scholars studying spirit beasts rushed to the window like madmen.
"Record it! Quickly, write it down! A completely new, unimaginable form of soul beast! This overturns all theories about soul beasts!"
"The far north... such a monster is actually hiding there?!" The general on the border of the Star Luo Empire turned pale. The thought that such a terrifying being might be sleeping in the vast, bitterly cold land beyond the northern border of the empire sent chills down his spine.
"This is a threat! A huge threat! It must be reported to His Majesty immediately!"
After the initial shock came a violent outburst of various emotions.
"Soul Beasts! Soul Beasts can actually make the list!"
"Humanoid... My God, she looks exactly like a human beauty!"
No, she's more beautiful than all the beautiful women in the world combined! But her eyes are so cold.
"Quickly! Make a rubbing of the image!"
This is a groundbreaking discovery! A humanoid soul beast!
What does this mean? It means that the evolutionary path of soul beasts may be far further and more terrifying than we imagine!
"If she were to walk into the human world, who would recognize her? That's terrifying!"
"Six hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation...that must be how many soul rings and soul bones?"
Her strength is probably truly immeasurable.
"Invincible in the far north? No wonder human footprints are so rare there..."
At the Shrek Academy.
Yu Xiaogang was struck as if by lightning, and staggered backward.
If Flander and Liu Erlong hadn't caught him, he would have almost collapsed to the ground.
But the next moment, a flush rose on his pale cheeks.
His whole body began to tremble violently and uncontrollably!
"Yes...yes! Just as I suspected! My guess was right! My theoretical direction was correct!"
He suddenly grabbed Flander's arm.
"The evolutionary path of a soul beast is by no means limited to 100,000 years!"
One hundred thousand years is just a key point, the starting point of a qualitative change in wisdom and power!
There will surely be an even longer and more mysterious evolutionary path to follow!
This Snow Emperor is living proof!
My "Ten Guesses on Soul Beast Evolution" have been proven true! Hahaha!
He looked up at the figure on the screen, his eyes flashing with a terrifying light.
"The history of soul beast research in Douluo Continent will be rewritten today! And my name, Yu Xiaogang, will once again be etched into it!"
On the other side, Xiao Wu's face turned deathly pale the moment the image of Xue Di appeared.
She instinctively gripped Tang San's hand tightly, her body trembling slightly.
"Six hundred and ninety thousand years... a complete human form..." she murmured, her eyes filled with disbelief and shock.
As a 100,000-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit, she had already reached the pinnacle of ordinary soul beasts and was well aware of the difficulty and danger of taking another step forward.
"They are far stronger than Da Ming and Er Ming; they are not even in the same league."
Starry Sky Forest, the core of the Lake of Life.
"The Snow Empress has been discovered." A deep, majestic voice, like muffled thunder, rang out, belonging to the Beast God Di Tian.
"For 690,000 years, the monarch of the far north... even she could not escape the spying of this so-called 'celestial canopy'."
"Humanity must have gone mad by now," another sharp and menacing voice chimed in. "They thought 100,000 years was our limit. Ha! Now, they should rethink how to understand this world."
"Our lord is still asleep. To expose ourselves now is not a good thing," an ancient voice said with worry. "Humans are greedy and fearful of the unknown. Once they know our true strength, they will likely unite and launch an unprecedented purge. Especially those humans at the pinnacle; they crave even stronger spirit rings and spirit bones..."
"What's there to be afraid of?" a violent voice sneered. "Let them come! I've been silent for too long; my claws are itching! Top human experts? Let them think they're worthy!"
"Calm down." Di Tian's voice suppressed the agitation. "The exposure of the sky is a crisis, but it may also be an opportunity."
It showed humanity our power, but it also showed us each other.
The Snow Empress will receive a reward and become even stronger.
We also need to speed things up.
The order was given: all soul beasts in the core area that are over ten thousand years old should increase their vigilance and conceal their presence.
Until the Lord awakens or the situation becomes clear, avoid direct confrontation, but be prepared to fight at any time.
The far north.
Snow Emperor lowered her eyes and stared at the two creations in her palm.
Without the slightest hesitation, she parted her icy blue lips and took a gentle breath.
At the moment when the Snow Empress absorbed the reward and her aura soared into the sky, the surrounding desolate ice field was not empty.
Beneath the thick layer of ice, powerful and ancient auras awakened one after another.
They come in various shapes and sizes.
There are giant bears with bodies as large as mountains, covered in armor of ice that has never melted for thousands of years;
The Scorpion King has a tail as clear as jade and crystal, radiating a dangerous chill;
There are strange lotus flowers that take root in the ice, yet their petals are as translucent as snow and jade...
These are all powerful soul beasts that inhabit the core area of the far north and have followed the Snow Emperor for a long time.
At this moment, without exception, they all turned their gaze toward the throne.
"That light belongs to His Majesty!"
"This chill, so pure and ancient, far surpasses anything I've felt before!"
"And the resonance of those laws..."
"It's a reward from that sky!"
"Your Majesty has been stuck at the bottleneck of 690,000 years for tens of thousands of years, and these two things have arrived just in time!"
They clearly sensed that the Snow Emperor's aura was undergoing a qualitative transformation.
"The seventh... His Majesty's seventh Great Heavenly Tribulation is about to begin." Xue Dilian's voice was filled with awe.
"Your Majesty will surely overcome this seventh tribulation in one fell swoop and advance your cultivation to a new level!" The Ice Jade Scorpion King's mental fluctuations were resolute.
"We await Your Majesty's arrival!" the Ice Bear King roared, his voice echoing across the icy plains.