Chapter 384: Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Bear?

Chapter 384: Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Bear?

The Titan Snow Demons were one of the soul beast species inhabiting the Extreme North.

The Titan Snow Demon King was even one of the three great sovereigns of the Extreme North.

Of course, there were other beings with power rivaling the Titan Snow Demon King, but due to deference to their "mother," they had no desire to compete for dominance—thus remaining largely unknown.

At this moment, the Titan Snow Demon clan had already left. They were patrolling their territory and searching for food.

The soul beasts they considered food naturally couldn't be small—otherwise, they wouldn't even fill a gap between their teeth, let alone satisfy hunger.

Creatures like Tang San, mere "ants," weren't even worth their notice. Not as snacks—not even as crumbs.

Titan Snow Demons possessed a trace of Titan bloodline. That was why their bodies were so incredibly massive.

The Titans were once among the largest lifeforms on the entire Douluo Continent.

Now, Tang San had regained consciousness. His condition was dire. If he didn't recover soon, he might die here in the Extreme North.

"This kind of soul beast species shouldn't exist at all. If I ever get the chance, I'll wipe them out completely!"

Tang San was furious. Never had he imagined he would one day be trampled by soul beasts—nearly dying in the process.

It was simply outrageous.

Sitting cross-legged, he began circulating Xuan Tian Gong to heal himself.

Fortunately, back in the Frozen Forest, he had absorbed the bloodline power of numerous ice-attributed soul beasts. That was the only reason he didn't find the Extreme North unbearably cold.

Now, that bloodline power finally came into play. By running Xuan Tian Gong, he could draw upon that power to heal his injuries.

Though doing so would leave him weakened for a while, there was no better option.

If he didn't, he would likely die here.

Time passed, and no one knew how long.

Wind and snow had completely buried Tang San. He vanished into the snowdrift, and only after recovering most of his injuries did he stop circulating his technique.

With a shudder, Tang San broke through the snow encasing him and stood up.

"I have to keep hunting soul beasts."

The Extreme North was vast. While it had no shortage of soul beasts, they were sparsely distributed. Since arriving, Tang San hadn't absorbed many at all.

It wasn't that he pitied them—it was simply hard to find them.

After searching for half a day, Tang San finally discovered a ten-thousand-year-level Ice Bear.

With his current Soul Douluo-level strength, even with a few ten-year soul rings mixed in, handling a freshly ten-thousand-year Ice Bear should've been easy.

"Hm? Something's wrong."

Suddenly, Tang San frowned.

Why was this Ice Bear only roaring at him and releasing pressure—yet refusing to approach?

He wasn't currently releasing Soul Douluo-level pressure, nor had he activated his martial soul. And yet, the Ice Bear only tried to drive him off through intimidation, taking no direct action.

Immediately, Tang San sensed something was off.

As the disciple of a pseudo-master, he was still well-versed in soul beast behavior.

Especially bear-type soul beasts—they were notorious for their aggression. Drive off an intruder?

Impossible!

This was food walking right up to it!

Without hesitation, Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer martial soul.

Purple, purple, purple, purple, black, white, white, white—eight soul rings appeared around him.

The "Ice Bear" paused when it saw this. The human in front of it was powerful—but what was going on with his soul rings?

This type of soul beast had naturally strong spiritual power. Compared to ordinary soul beasts, they were far more intelligent.

High spiritual power didn't automatically mean wisdom, but all soul beasts with powerful spiritual strength had certainly developed sentience.

No matter how strange this human's soul rings were, it knew—it couldn't defeat him.

The pressure coming from this human far surpassed that of most soul beasts.

Run!

The "Ice Bear" turned to flee immediately.

Tang San, gripping his hammer and stepping into Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, chased after it.

After all, this was the Extreme North. Most people couldn't even walk straight here without using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

Fortunately, he was Tang San—so he hadn't slipped yet.

The "Ice Bear" wasn't fast. Before long, Tang San caught up to it. Without saying a word, he raised the Clear Sky Hammer and smashed it down toward the beast's head.

What happened next surprised him even more.

When the hammer struck the Ice Bear's head, it felt like it hit empty air...

"Purple Demon Eye!"

"Ugh…"

Activating his Purple Demon Eye, Tang San finally saw the truth.

This wasn't a ten-thousand-year Ice Bear at all—it was just a slightly over two-thousand-year-old Ice Silkworm.

"..."

Tang San's eyelids twitched violently. His grip on the Clear Sky Hammer trembled.

He had thought he'd found a proper target—only to realize he'd been tricked!

"Argh!"

Eyes bloodshot, Tang San didn't hesitate. He swung down the hammer again, smashing it into the Ice Silkworm.

"Splurt—" With a wet sound, the Ice Silkworm burst apart. Due to the extreme cold, its fluids froze instantly into shards and scattered to the ground.

"To dare deceive me, Ice Silkworm… you brought this upon yourself."

Muttering coldly, Tang San glanced at the shattered remains. After a brief pause, he began absorbing and refining it.

Though the Ice Silkworm's cultivation level was unimpressive, it could still provide him some nourishment. Not much—but he wouldn't waste anything.

Within moments, he had finished refining the Ice Silkworm and resumed searching for his next target.

Among the Ice Silkworm race, surviving past a thousand years was already considered "apex." They were far too weak. Aside from Tian Meng, very few among them ever reached ten thousand years.

In the Extreme North, Ice Silkworms were one of the weakest species and served as food for many predators.

Despite their weakness, Ice Silkworms were extremely nourishing. Many powerful species enjoyed feeding on them.

For instance, the Ice Jade Scorpion clan was particularly fond of Ice Silkworms.

The Ice Jade Scorpion was one of the most powerful soul beast clans in the Extreme North.

These soul beasts were born with the attribute of Ultimate Ice—absolute rulers among all ice types. Only the Ice Sky Snow Lady was above them.

But since there was only one Ice Sky Snow Lady, the Ice Jade Scorpion clan stood at the top as the strongest.

It was rare to see an Ice Jade Scorpion alone. They were social soul beasts, all possessing Ultimate Ice. With the Ice Empress, who had cultivated over three hundred thousand years, leading them, no other soul beast in the Extreme North dared to provoke them.

Their clan also had multiple hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpions. The Ice Empress was simply the most powerful among them.

At this point, Tang San still didn't know exactly where he was.

Compared to before, this place was much harsher. He suspected he had entered the very core of the Extreme North.

Why?

Because here—he had just discovered an Ice Bear over fifty thousand years old.

Facing such a powerful beast, Tang San wasn't confident in defeating it—unless he used every trump card he had.

But he didn't dare.

Those trump cards were reserved for Gui Mei...

[End of Chapter]

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