Chapter 385: Divine Skill — Ice Explosion Technique!
Chapter 385: Divine Skill — Ice Explosion Technique!
A fifty-thousand-year-level Ice Bear—its strength was enough to leave even most Soul Douluo dumbfounded.
Tang San, among Soul Douluo, was considered the weakest.
His Spirit Avatar only had ten-year spirit rings, increasing his attributes by no more than five percent.
Normally, a Spirit Avatar would start with at least fifty percent boost to all attributes, with some single attributes reaching up to one hundred and fifty percent.
This is precisely why it's said that beneath Soul Saint, all are ants.
Tang San's five percent likely included some guaranteed minimum, otherwise it wouldn't even reach five percent!
Five percent was merely the lower bound of amplification, not Tang San's personal bottom line.
If he only used his martial spirit, then even though Tang San was over level eighty, his true combat power was at most at the Soul Saint level!
He might not even be a match for some slightly stronger Soul Saints.
There was nothing he could do about it. A soul master's strength was entirely reliant on the amplification from spirit rings, and his spirit rings were just so-so. Though he had eight more rings than others at his level, the combined years of his rings might not even surpass one of theirs.
The amplification he received from his spirit rings was nearly negligible.
This was also why he turned and fled the moment he saw a fifty-thousand-year soul beast.
Time passed. Wind and snow howled.
Suddenly, a gust of icy wind swept in. This wind was colder than the surrounding air, making Tang San shiver all over.
It wasn't fear—just pure cold.
Bone-chilling cold.
"What is this?"
Even the experienced Ghost Douluo was momentarily stunned.
Was this soul beast's ice attribute too strong?
Compared to other ice-type soul beasts, its ice attribute was simply terrifying!
"A scorpion?"
Ghost recalled some records he had read, but found no mention of such a scorpion.
Its body was jade green, its tail segmented into about seven sections, with the tail's end being the most prominent part of its body.
One must understand—he was a Titled Douluo! Yet this scorpion gave him the illusion of being a threat!
"Is it really just an illusion?"
Ghost had excellent instincts—otherwise he wouldn't have reached the Titled Douluo level.
The scorpion circled around Tang San once, then stopped.
Tang San also got a good look at it.
Even Ghost couldn't identify this soul beast—how could Tang San possibly recognize it?
For some reason, Tang San had a bad feeling. The scorpion clearly carried killing intent, so why was it retreating?
Could it be afraid of the killing aura on him?
Thinking this, Tang San relaxed slightly. Just as he was about to sigh in relief, he frowned sharply.
A loud "boom" erupted.
The ice around Tang San suddenly exploded. The blast of energy instantly tore his body apart, leaving him a bloody mess.
If Kong were here, he would be shocked—and would immediately recognize the creature!
This was an Ice Jade Scorpion that had just passed the ten-thousand-year mark—but it was far from ordinary!
It actually possessed the divine skill that even the Ice Empress coveted: Ice Explosion Technique!
To call the Ice Explosion Technique a divine skill was not an exaggeration.
Because this ability was terrifying beyond measure!
It could instantly detonate one's own ice-attributed soul power, or an already released soul skill, or even soul power injected into an opponent's body.
Moreover, the power of the Ice Explosion Technique was not fixed. It scaled with the amount of soul power infused.
Undoubtedly, it was a divine skill that allowed one to fight above their level!
According to the Ice Empress herself—if she, with over three hundred thousand years of cultivation, had possessed the Ice Explosion Technique, then she could have challenged the Snow Empress!
She might even have won!
Keep in mind—the Snow Empress had cultivated for several hundred thousand years more than the Ice Empress!
Very few Ice Jade Scorpions left their clans. This one relied on its divine skill, Ice Explosion Technique, to break away from the group.
Had Tang San not arrived, in ten thousand more years, it would have likely reached the fifty-thousand-year level, and then been killed by the Xingluo Empire…
"Hiss…"
Ghost sucked in a cold breath. That attack just now was utterly terrifying!
Even as a Titled Douluo, it made his scalp go numb!
He finally understood why such a soul beast, despite only being at the ten-thousand-year level, could pose a mortal threat to him.
If it weren't for that soul beast being "playful," and if it had injected even a bit of soul power before using that soul skill…
At the thought, Ghost quickly took out paper and pen and began recording information about this soul beast.
Even though the Spirit Hall was no more, this record was not useless. If submitted to a library, it could help many soul masters identify this soul beast.
Ghost not only sketched the Ice Jade Scorpion but also added many annotations.
In the end, he named this species "Ice Jade Scorpion."
Exceptional ice attribute.
Innate soul skill that detonates ice attributes!
Bingdi: "…"
Could it be that even among the Ice Jade Scorpion clan, very few actually possess the Ice Explosion Technique?
Precisely because of Ghost's record, the Ice Jade Scorpion would become even more mysterious and fearsome!
In the future, many powerful beings would avoid them upon sight, all because they feared the Ice Explosion Technique…
After the Ice Explosion Technique ended, Tang San collapsed stiffly into the snow. His eyes were blank, and his body was torn and bloody—an utterly wretched sight.
The ten-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion merely glanced at Tang San twice, a slightly arrogant, human-like expression on its face, then turned and left.
It was simply a passing Ice Jade Scorpion.
Only after the scorpion departed did Ghost begin to examine Tang San's condition.
He didn't quite know what to say.
It seemed like ever since Tang San entered the Extreme North, his luck had been terrible—just terrible!
First, he was trampled nearly to death by the Titan Snow Demon.
Just as he began to recover, he got blown up by a scorpion—his life or death now uncertain.
"Wait a minute…"
Ghost frowned. He had been observing Tang San for quite some time.
Ever since Tang San was in the fifties level range, Ghost had been watching him all the way till now.
Aside from Ghost himself being an "accident," Tang San had always had excellent luck.
He killed over a dozen ten-thousand-year soul beasts and got multiple soul bones out of it.
"Ever since he planned to poison the four subsidiary clans…"
"No, since he escaped from the Yu clan, his luck seems to have turned completely sour!"
"His attempt to devour soul beasts was discovered by that girl called Xiao Wu—she nearly beat him to death."
"Then in the Frozen Forest, he hunted so many ten-thousand-year soul beasts without getting a single soul bone."
"And now in the Extreme North, it's been pure misery…"
"Could it be that… this is divine retribution?"
Ghost couldn't figure it out. He glanced at Tang San again and noticed that he still had a faint breath left, but he was probably beyond saving.
After a brief moment of thought, Ghost finally appeared beside Tang San. With a wave of his hand, Tang San's Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges appeared in his grasp.
"After all, this is a soul tool. Leaving it to rot in the Extreme North would be a waste. And you're going to die anyway…"
"Don't worry, the money I get from selling the soul tool—I'll donate it to an orphanage."
After saying this, Ghost began gathering soul power in his hand…
[End of Chapter]
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