Chapter 442: Take Three Punches From Me, and I Will Sacrifice Myself!
The next moment, it saw the ice-blue sacrificial light spots in the center of the Ice Valley that had not yet completely dissipated, as well as the residual ice crystal shell that was once the massive body of Ice Bear King Xiao Bai on the ground.
That was not a real corpse.
After the sacrifice, Xiao Bai's flesh and blood, Origin, and spiritual consciousness had all merged into Tang Chuan's body, leaving behind only a shell like an ice sculpture, lying quietly on the snow.
But in the eyes of the Titan Snow Demon King, this was already dazzling enough.
Its pair of giant ice-blue pupils contracted sharply, and it said in disbelief: "Ice Bear King... sacrificed?"
The Titan Snow Demon King seemed to find it hard to believe.
After all, although Ice Bear King Xiao Bai was lazy on weekdays, acted like a child when seeing the Snow Empress, and was always bickering with the Ice Empress, it was, after all, the Ice Bear King in the Extreme North Land.
With over two hundred thousand years of cultivation, it was the leader of a clan.
Even though the Titan Snow Demon King always fought with it over territory on weekdays, calling it a lazy bear, a sleepy bear, and a useless bear, seeing Xiao Bai sacrifice itself, its heart was still severely shaken.
It never expected that the guy who was usually too lazy to even move its nest would actually take the initiative to sacrifice itself to a human.
The Titan Snow Demon King slowly raised its head, its ice-blue eyes fixed on Tang Chuan: "Human!!!"
"Did you trick it into sacrificing?"
Boom!
Immediately following this, a burst of extremely violent ice pressure erupted instantly.
The ice walls of the entire Ice Valley began to tremble violently, and countless hanging icicles cracked and shattered, falling one after another, only to be crushed into powder by the aura of the Titan Snow Demon King in mid-air.
Tang Chuan stood in place, his white clothes fluttering, and the fifth Soul Ring beneath his feet pulsed slowly.
He did not retreat, nor did he explain immediately.
Because he knew that in the eyes of the Soul Beasts of the Extreme North Land, it was too common for Soul Masters to hunt Soul Beasts. It was not surprising that the Titan Snow Demon King would be furious upon seeing this scene.
Just at this moment, the phantom of the Snow Empress slowly appeared behind Tang Chuan, and then she spoke indifferently: "A-Tai."
Hearing this voice, the massive body of the Titan Snow Demon King shook violently.
Its eyes, which were originally filled with anger, immediately looked at the Snow Empress.
"Snow Empress?"
Its voice carried astonishment.
"You... you really came back? I just sensed your aura and thought that the Ice Bear King guy was so sleepy that it transmitted its dream out."
Tang Chuan: "..."
The relationship between these Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North seemed even more subtle than he had imagined.
The Snow Empress said indifferently: "Xiao Bai was not killed."
The Titan Snow Demon King frowned, its face showing confusion.
"Then why did it sacrifice?"
The Snow Empress said: "It was voluntary."
The Titan Snow Demon King was silent for a moment, and then a deeper lack of understanding appeared in its huge eyes.
"Voluntary?"
"That guy Xiao Bai is usually too tired to even take a few extra steps, and you're telling me it actively sacrificed itself?"
"Snow Empress, are you sure this human didn't feed it some kind of love potion?"
Upon hearing this, in the spiritual sea, Ice Bear King Xiao Bai immediately bristled and roared: "You big idiot! Who are you calling lazy?"
The Titan Snow Demon King naturally could not hear it.
But Tang Chuan heard it clearly.
The Ice Empress said coldly: "He is talking about you."
Xiao Bai said angrily: "That's called conserving energy! What the hell does he know!"
The Ice Empress said: "Sleeping is just sleeping, don't make it sound so good."
Xiao Bai: "..."
Tang Chuan temporarily ignored the noise in the spiritual sea and looked at the Titan Snow Demon King, saying: "Although Xiao Bai has become my fifth Soul Ring, its spiritual consciousness is still there."
The Titan Snow Demon King narrowed its eyes, obviously a bit disbelieving.
"Became a Soul Ring? And still has spiritual consciousness?"
It suddenly looked at the blood-red fifth Soul Ring with ice-blue bear claw patterns at Tang Chuan's feet; the aura on it was indeed that of Ice Bear King Xiao Bai.
Moreover, there was no pain, and no resentment.
There were no lingering thoughts after being forcibly hunted.
There was only an extremely pure sacrificial Origin.
The Titan Snow Demon King's expression softened slightly, but its eyes remained cold and hard as it said: "Human, even if it sacrificed voluntarily, you must give me an explanation."
"Why is the Snow Empress with you?"
"Why did the Ice Bear King also sacrifice itself to you?"
"What on earth are you trying to do?"
Before Tang Chuan could speak, the Snow Empress briefly explained Tang San's situation.
Tang San fell into the Rakshasa, massacred cities, and devoured souls.
He refined the dead into undead, and then slaughtered the Star Dou Soul Beasts.
The Titan Snow Demon King only frowned while listening at first, but when it heard about Tang San devouring souls, massacring cities, and hunting for the Origin of Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beasts everywhere, its expression sank completely.
After the Snow Empress finished speaking, the Titan Snow Demon King was silent for a long time before slowly saying: "In other words, that human named Tang San not only kills people but also devours souls, and even treats the Origin of Soul Beasts as his nourishment?"
Tang Chuan nodded.
"That's right."
The Titan Snow Demon King sneered.
"It seems this guy is no longer a human."
"But a disaster wearing human skin."
It looked at Tang Chuan.
"So the Ice Bear King sacrificed itself to help you become a god as quickly as possible, and then go kill Tang San?"
Tang Chuan did not refute, saying: "Yes."
The Titan Snow Demon King said coldly:
"And what about you?"
"After you become a god, how will you treat the Extreme North Land?"
Tang Chuan said calmly:
"I will not treat the Extreme North Land as a hunting ground for Soul Rings."
"I need Soul Rings, but that does not mean I will forcibly take the lives of Soul Beasts."
"The Ice Bear King's sacrifice was its own choice."
"If you are unwilling, I will not force you either."
The Titan Snow Demon King laughed suddenly upon hearing this. The laughter was extremely low, causing the surrounding snow to tremble slightly.
"You won't force me? Human, do you know that it is ridiculous for you to stand in the Extreme North Land and say such things to me. You have the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and now the Ice Bear King with you."
"If you really wanted to attack, plus the Sea God Trident, I might not be able to stop you."
"Yet you say you won't force me."
Tang Chuan did not deny it.
"Being able to do it does not mean I will do it."
A strange look flashed in the eyes of the Titan Snow Demon King.
It seemed not to have expected to hear such words from a human Soul Master.
It is only natural for Soul Masters to hunt Soul Beasts.
This is a rule that has been formed for many years in the Douluo Continent.
But the person in front of it, who clearly already possessed enough power, did not take action immediately.
This made the Titan Snow Demon King a bit unsure for a moment.
Just then, the fifth Soul Ring at Tang Chuan's feet pulsed gently.
The voice of Ice Bear King Xiao Bai suddenly came through the Soul Ring.
"You big idiot, don't make a sour face as soon as you arrive."
The Titan Snow Demon King's body stiffened.
It widened its eyes and looked at the fifth Soul Ring at Tang Chuan's feet in disbelief.
"Ice Bear King?"
Xiao Bai's voice was very proud, saying:
"It's me."
"How about that, didn't expect it, right? I've moved!"
The Titan Snow Demon King: "..."
Moved?
It had lived for so many years, and this was the first time it had heard a Soul Beast refer to a sacrifice as moving.
The Titan Snow Demon King's mouth twitched, and it asked:
"Are you really voluntary?"
Xiao Bai said:
"Nonsense. Mom is here, and Dad is here too. If I don't follow them, should I just stay in the Ice Valley to sleep?"
The Titan Snow Demon King's eye twitched violently, and its face showed confusion:
"Dad?"
Xiao Bai said righteously:
"Yeah, Tang Chuan is my dad."
The Titan Snow Demon King slowly looked at Tang Chuan, its eyes gradually becoming strange.
Tang Chuan was expressionless, and the little bear spread its hands:
"It called me that itself; I didn't force it."
The Titan Snow Demon King was silent for a long time, and then it suddenly looked at the Snow Empress, saying:
"Snow Empress, aren't you going to discipline this guy?"
The Snow Empress said indifferently:
"I can't."
The Ice Empress's voice also came out.
"Its brain has always been not very good."
Xiao Bai immediately said angrily:
"Sister Ice Empress! I heard that!"
The Ice Empress sneered:
"I said it just for you to hear."
The Titan Snow Demon King: "..."
It suddenly felt that there was no sense of tragedy at all after the Ice Bear King's sacrifice.
It had even become noisier. However, it was precisely because Xiao Bai could still talk like this that the last bit of hostility in the Titan Snow Demon King's heart finally dissipated significantly.
It could feel that Xiao Bai's spiritual consciousness was complete and had not been refined into a Soul Ring without consciousness, which showed that Tang Chuan had indeed not deceived it.
The Titan Snow Demon King looked down at Tang Chuan and said:
"Since the Ice Bear King was willing to sacrifice itself, then I will not pursue this matter further."
"However, if you want me to sacrifice, it won't be that simple."
Tang Chuan's expression did not change, and he asked in confusion:
"You have conditions?"
The Titan Snow Demon King grinned, revealing its stark white teeth, and said: "That's right. I am not like that guy, the Ice Bear King, who sold itself out as soon as it heard it could follow the Snow Empress."
In the spiritual sea, Xiao Bai said angrily:
"Who are you saying sold out?"
The Titan Snow Demon King continued:
"I only believe in one thing—strength. If you want me to hand over the Origin of the Titan Snow Demon clan to you, then prove that you are qualified to bear it."
Tang Chuan looked at it and asked:
"How to prove it?"
The Titan Snow Demon King raised its huge fist and smashed it heavily against its own chest.
Boom!
With a muffled sound, the entire Ice Valley shook along with it.
"Take three punches from me."
"You are not allowed to use the Sea God Trident."
"You are not allowed to let the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, or the Ice Bear King take action for you."
"You can only use your first Martial Soul to take three punches from me."
"If you are still standing after three punches, I will acknowledge that you are qualified."
The Snow Empress frowned slightly and said in a deep voice:
"A-Tai, what do you mean by this?"
The Titan Snow Demon King looked at her, its voice deep:
"Snow Empress, I know you approve of him, but the Extreme North Land does not belong to you alone."
"The Ice Bear King's sacrifice was its own choice, and I will not stop it."
"But if I also sacrifice, then the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North will all become his Soul Rings."
"Such a thing cannot be decided by a word of righteousness."
"He must prove that he can bear the ability of the entire Extreme North Origin."
Tang Chuan raised his hand, signaling the Snow Empress not to say anything more, and nodded.
"Okay, then I will take your three punches."
The Snow Empress looked at Tang Chuan and reminded him in a deep voice: "The Titan Snow Demon King's strength is extremely powerful; its three punches are enough to severely injure a Super Douluo."
Tang Chuan nodded slightly.
"I know."
The Titan Snow Demon King said coldly:
"You know, and you still dare to take them?"
Tang Chuan slowly released his first Martial Soul.
In an instant, amidst the wind and snow, a blue-gold Blue Silver Grass slowly grew from his palm.
It did not have the fragility of ordinary Blue Silver Grass; its leaves were slender, and its patterns were like flowing veins of life. On every leaf, a faint golden halo flowed, like spring sunlight falling on ice and snow, gentle, yet carrying a vitality that could not be ignored.
The next second, nine Soul Rings rose in sequence at Tang Chuan's feet. Red, red, red, red, red, red, white-gold, red, gold. The moment the nine Soul Rings appeared simultaneously, even the Titan Snow Demon King's giant ice-blue pupils could not help but shrink slightly.
Although it was a Ferocious beast of the Extreme North, and had seen top-tier existences like the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, it was the first time it had seen such a terrifying Soul Ring configuration as Tang Chuan's. Especially the seventh white-gold Soul Ring and the ninth gold Soul Ring. That aura was simply not something an ordinary Soul Master could possess.
At this moment, although Tang Chuan was standing in the Extreme North ice field, it seemed as if a green-gold forest and a deep blue ocean appeared simultaneously behind him.
The Titan Snow Demon King stared at Tang Chuan and said in a deep voice:
"Are you really not using your Second Spirit?"
Tang Chuan said calmly:
"I promised you that I would only use my first Martial Soul."
The Titan Snow Demon King snorted coldly and said:
"I thought you would bargain."
Tang Chuan said:
"Since I have agreed, I will not change it."
A strange look flashed in the eyes of the Titan Snow Demon King.
It could see that Tang Chuan was not trying to be brave.
This human really intended to use the Blue Silver Emperor to take its three punches.
But the problem was, whether it was Blue Silver Grass or Blue Silver Emperor, in the impression of the Titan Snow Demon King, those were not Martial Souls that could be used to hard-receive strength.
Plant-type Martial Souls are good at life, recovery, and Domains.
But its fist was pure Extreme North giant strength.
A single punch could shatter mountains.
If Tang Chuan used the Snow Empress Martial Soul and borrowed the Ultimate Ice to resist the Extreme North strength, it might be justifiable.
But using the Blue Silver Emperor?
Thinking of this, the Titan Snow Demon King grinned, revealing its stark white teeth, and said:
"Human, let me remind you, my fist will not show mercy just because your Blue Silver Grass looks good."
Upon hearing this, Tang Chuan did not speak, and the seventh Soul Ring at his feet slowly lit up, the white-gold light spreading instantly, "Seventh Spirit Ability, Blue Silver True Body."
Boom— The blue-gold life aura soared into the sky. The Blue Silver Emperor behind Tang Chuan suddenly magnified, turning into a huge phantom of the Blue Silver Emperor tens of zhang high. Countless leaves fell like a green-gold river, and every leaf was not to bind the enemy, but to pierce into the ice, the earth, the wind and snow, and the veins of life further away.
Although there is little vegetation in the Extreme North Land, it is not devoid of life. Under the ice, there is dormant moss. On the edge of the snowfield, there is cold-resistant polar grass, and in the deeper ice crevices, there are countless tiny lives.
After the Blue Silver True Body unfolded, these life auras, which were so weak that almost no one could notice them, were all connected by Tang Chuan. Countless tiny green-gold rays of light spread under the ice, as if weaving the entire Ice Valley into a web of life.
Looking at this scene, the Titan Snow Demon King's eyes narrowed slightly.
It could feel that Tang Chuan was not just using the Blue Silver Emperor for simple defense. Instead, he was using the entire earth to disperse the force.
The Snow Empress stood behind Tang Chuan, a hint of approval appearing in her eyes, saying:
"He is not using the Blue Silver Emperor as a vine."
The Ice Empress said coldly:
"If he only wanted to bind the Titan Snow Demon King, that would be too stupid. The Titan Snow Demon King's strength would break any amount of ordinary Blue Silver vines."
In the spiritual sea, Xiao Bai immediately said:
"Dad is very smart!"
The Ice Empress said:
"You sure are calling him that smoothly now."
Xiao Bai said righteously:
"He is Dad, after all."
The Ice Empress snorted coldly and did not answer again.
Outside, the Titan Snow Demon King had slowly raised its right fist. When this fist was raised, the surrounding wind and snow instantly rolled backward. A massive amount of ice Soul Power gathered on its fist, and a layer of thick ice armor appeared on the surface of the fist. That ice armor was not like ordinary ice, but more like a crystal formed by compressing the ten-thousand-year glaciers of the Extreme North.
The Titan Snow Demon King said in a low voice:
"The first punch, Snow Demon Shakes the Earth."
As the words fell, it punched out. No frills, no technique. Only pure strength.
The moment that punch fell, it was as if a snow-capped mountain was smashing directly in front of Tang Chuan. The air was compressed into visible white shockwaves, the snow on the ground was instantly blown away, and the ice walls of the entire Ice Valley made cracking sounds under this punch.
Tang Chuan stood in place, the fourth Soul Ring at his feet lit up.
"Fourth Soul skills, Emerald Light Wave."
Immediately, the emerald-green life light wave spread out from the Blue Silver True Body. It did not directly heal injuries, but first merged into the roots of the Blue Silver Emperor that were pierced into the ground. Countless blue-gold Blue Silver Emperor plants broke through the ice from beneath, not to bind the Titan Snow Demon King, but to interweave layer by layer in front of Tang Chuan, forming a huge buffer net.