chsdbacks Chapter 54 Events from Two Years Ago
Chapter 54 Events from Two Years Ago
A year ago, Xiao Yan, who had just reached the bottleneck of thirty, wanted to try his luck in the far north to see if he could encounter the Mirror Beast, which had existed for thousands of years.
To everyone's surprise, a mercenary group was seen dragging a Titan Snow Demon Ape, which was nearly ten meters tall, along the snowy road with great difficulty. The beast was completely at the mercy of the humans and did not move at all, clearly having been knocked unconscious by some kind of spell.
Logically speaking, spirit beasts are extremely proud and would rather explode and die than allow humans to keep them as pets.
Moreover, the spirit beasts of the major clans in the far north are all exceptionally united, with elder brothers who have been around for hundreds of thousands of years. It's unclear what methods this mercenary group, obsessed with money, used.
Out of curiosity, he followed them all the way, and then, as expected, something unexpected happened. Who knew that the Snow Demon Ape would unleash the berserk power within its bloodline, and then slaughter the group of mercenaries, crushing several passing Ice Jade Scorpions in the process.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan sincerely praised that it was indeed worthy of having the bloodline of the Ice God, having such strength in just a thousand years.
While he was watching from the sidelines, he didn't know how the Snow Demon Ape sensed Xiao Yan. Helpless, Xiao Yan could only use the enhanced Extreme Flame of his first soul skill to kill it.
Looking at the human remains on the ground, which were a bloody mess, along with two purple and a few yellow soul rings, Xiao Yan sighed and decided to make a hasty retreat.
But at that moment, Hyotei appeared, or more accurately, Hyotei's spiritual form. Hyotei looked at the corpse of Ice Jade Scorpion and frowned.
At first, Xiao Yan didn't recognize her; he just thought the woman dressed in such revealing clothes was a bit strange.
So, through the Purple Demon Eye, it was discovered that the other party had no physical form at all.
He was about to say something when he realized that he and Agumon had been sealed inside a block of ice.
Fortunately, Xiao Yan was cautious. When he saw the woman with her long, white legs exposed, he secretly activated his soul skill. The moment she was enveloped in ice, he also signaled Agumon to use a small flame.
Thus, the human and the beast survived what the opponent thought was an invincible killing move. The ice block not only failed to freeze them to death, but also melted into water the moment it came into contact with Agumon's flames.
Although he survived by sheer luck, the biting cold that suddenly struck Xiao Yan made him realize who the other person really was.
A ferocious beast with a lifespan of 390,000 years! How could I possibly talk my way out of it? If it were the Snow Empress, that would be one thing, but the Ice Empress has such a fiery temper...
Even if it's a 400,000-year tribulation, there are still 10,000 years left. Obviously, I can't influence the other party's decision with this mental block. Right now, I can't beat Agumon anyway, so I can only admit defeat.
However, upon seeing the person and beast emerge from the ice, Hyotei made no further move beyond a surprised exclamation.
However, Xiao Yan remained cautious and wary, knowing that the other party intended to kill him without uttering a word.
Seeing that they were burying the barely recognizable remains of the Jade Ice Scorpion, Xiao Yan understood that the other party must know what had happened at the scene.
I need to strike first.
"Sister, sister..."
Before she could finish speaking, she saw Hyotei's green eyes looking at her in a rather unfriendly way. It seemed that pretending to be young and calling her "older sister" wouldn't work anymore.
"Sir, are you a Title Douluo?"
This greeting actually made Hyotei laugh, something Xiao Yan himself hadn't expected. However, although he was very tall, the other party could judge his age from other places, so speaking like this shouldn't be inappropriate.
"Did you do this Titan Snow Demon Ape?" Hyotei asked coldly, looking at the charred corpse.
So Xiao Yan vividly recounted the events that had occurred along the way, embellishing them with exaggerated details. Among them was the scene where the injustice-stricken Bi Bingxie intervened, only to be mercilessly crushed by the Snow Demon Ape.
Even Agumon, standing nearby, was starting to doubt whether his memory was faulty.
"To be able to burn the Snow Demon Ape like this and withstand my ice, your martial soul possesses ultimate fire?"
Seeing the excitement in her eyes, Xiao Yan knew things were going badly; she clearly wanted to have a showdown.
Although you say you'll suppress your cultivation to be the same as mine, you're level 30 and have a domain, who can beat you?
Xiao Yan had no choice but to make an excuse, saying that he was at a bottleneck stage and needed to absorb a soul ring first.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the Ice Emperor directly guided the Snow Demon Ape's soul ring to his front.
"What, you don't want to absorb it?"
Xiao Yan still remembers the other party's cold tone. If he had refused, he might have been removed from Douluo Continent a year ago.
Left with no other choice, Xiao Yan could only absorb the Snow Demon Ape, whose compatibility with him was currently terrible. The pain of absorbing it was even more unbearable than that of his first spirit ring.
His mind raced through his thoughts. Xiao Yan's physique was capable of absorbing spirit rings of a higher age, but the 2500-year age limit combined with the attribute conflict almost killed him.
Unexpectedly, Agumon evolved on its own without any control after absorbing the energy.
It wasn't the yellowish-brown skin I remembered, but rather a bluish-gray appearance.
The evolved Tyrannosaurus Rex was completely unresponsive to his words; this was the first time Xiao Yan had felt that his Martial Soul was out of his control.
When Hyotei saw that Xiao Yan had survived after absorbing the nutrients, she seemed somewhat disappointed, as if she had hoped from the beginning that Xiao Yan would not be able to withstand it and would explode and die.
She simply pointed at the Tyrannomon, and ice adhered to its body. Although the Tyrannomon's body temperature was not low, it could not withstand the overwhelming cold.
Xiao Yan also sensed that the Tyrannosaurus Beast was somewhat out of control, so he kept his mind focused to prevent his soul ring from flying towards the Tyrannosaurus Beast.
Just kidding, if this Buddha were to unleash a soul skill right now, I'd be drained dry.
Fortunately, Hyotei's moves were mainly aimed at attrition, not at killing Greymon.
Xiao Yan secretly rejoiced, realizing that it was the right decision not to reveal the other party's identity. If he had been one of the three Heavenly Kings of the Far North and hadn't killed any humans, he would have had no chance of survival today.
Finally, Greymon exhausted its strength and degenerated into Agumon.
"Your martial spirit is truly interesting." Ice Emperor laughed for no reason. "It seems you can't even control it properly. I'll give you a year. Fight me again in a year."
After speaking, the other person disappeared into the vast snowfield.
To Xiao Yan, these words were tantamount to congratulating him on surviving.
Hyotei is a proud and stubborn person who doesn't easily change her mind once she's made a decision. Since the other party has said so, she feels safe no matter how she looks at it.
"Big sister, who would be stupid enough to stay here in this polar ice field and wait for you? Today, I'm making a run for the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy."
The far north is not a suitable place for cultivation, not to mention the attributes of Xiao Yan's martial soul. Of course, he is extremely unwilling right now.
So he carried the unconscious Rolling Beast and quickly headed towards the exit of the North.
But just as he stepped out and was about to cross the border, an ice crystal grazed his neck.
A faint voice echoed in his mind:
"I have left my consciousness in you. You will not be able to escape this year. If you want to die early, I will not stop you."
Xiao Yan, still shaken, retracted his raised foot...
Not far away, a creature that was entirely green, half-human and half-scorpion, withdrew its spirit and looked at the human boy with great interest.