Chapter 582 A Strange Sight, The Snow Giant.
"Brother Mo, what should we do now?"
Xuan Mo and the others recalled being swept into the sea by the tsunami and then pulled themselves back to reality.
They then wandered around the area.
However, to their disappointment, Xuan Mo's guess seemed to be wrong; the place they had been swept up to was not the Sun Moon Continent.
And there was no record of it on the sea chart.
"We can only wander around for now."
In response to Mu Lin's question, Xuan Mo focused his gaze on the forest behind them. The front half of the forest was vibrant with life, while the back half was a frozen wasteland, looking quite peculiar.
However, Xuan Mo dared not relax in the face of this situation.
Because such a strange environment existed on the high seas, he didn't think there wouldn't be dangers present.
"Mu Lin, you're in charge of checking out the forest ahead, and I'll go check out the snowfield behind. But be very careful; my intuition tells me this place is not simple."
"Don't worry."
Mu Lin clenched his fist in his soul-guided arm and then rushed into the forest. Xuan Mo didn't even have time to stop him.
So he shook his head and headed off to another location.
This other part of the place, with its snow-capped mountains and icy rivers, was unsuitable for any vegetation and devoid of human habitation.
However, Xuan Mo had encountered many powerful spirit beasts along the way. The forest was teeming with diverse spirit masters, while the snow-covered land was filled with ice-type spirit beasts.
However, according to Xuan Mo's observation, the spirit beasts here, in terms of overall quality, were even a cut above those they had encountered in the ocean, and were in no way inferior to the elite-level spirit beasts of the Star Dou realm.
Moreover, as Xuan Mo ventured deeper into the snow-covered land, the ice spirit beasts he encountered were all over ten thousand years old.
As Xuan Mo ventured deeper, he was immediately met with resistance from the ten-thousand-year-old Ice Soul Beasts within. Initially, he merely unleashed his Martial Soul, obliterating the Ice Soul Beasts that came to ambush him.
However, every few minutes he would encounter a ten-thousand-year-old Ice Soul Beast, or even be surrounded by a group of them. This enraged Xuan Mo, who immediately activated his Domain and the "Gluttonous Divine Thunder Tribulation." Powerful, ferocious energy soared into the sky, and nine heavenly thunder dragons descended, suppressing and annihilating all the invading soul beasts. Although no more soul beasts harassed him, he had alerted the most powerful soul beast in the snowfield.
"Boom—"
"Roar—"
A beast, nineteen meters tall, broad and strong, with thick fur, a high-set jaw, and bloodthirsty red eyes, exuded a ferocious aura. Its two thick hind legs were deeply embedded in the snow, shattering the ice and snow and cracking the ground. Its two granite-like arms pounded its chest, producing muffled "thump thump" sounds. It looked down at Xuan Mo and let out a ferocious roar.
The man and the beast faced each other.
And that soul beast was none other than the Snow Giant!
Xuan Mo looked solemnly at the ferocious soul beast before him. He knew that this guy was no weaker than an ordinary Title Douluo. In the previous exchange of blows, Xuan Mo had not gained the upper hand.
However, at this moment, a scene that shocked Xuan Mo occurred.
"Human, your cultivation is hard-won. As long as you leave my territory, I will forgive everything!"
The snow giant, with less than 100,000 years of cultivation, spoke human language, warning Xuan Mo not to do anything foolish.
"How is this possible? Is it already 100,000 years old?"
Xuan Mo was astonished by its human-like speech.
Generally, a soul beast could only speak at a level equivalent to 100,000 years old.
And all the 10,000-year-old soul beasts he had seen only possessed intelligence equivalent to humans.
"This guy isn't 100,000 years old."
Just as Xuan Mo was filled with doubt, the Fire Dragon King's voice suddenly rang in his mind.
"This soul beast is a humanoid soul beast. Having approached the level of a 100,000-year-old soul beast, its intelligence has undoubtedly reached that level. Therefore, it can speak; you don't need to be too surprised."
Hearing the Fire Dragon King's explanation, Xuan Mo's anxiety subsided. After all, there's a vast chasm in strength between 100,000 years and nearly 100,000 years. If the previous exchange had been a case of the Snow Giant concealing its strength, Xuan Mo wasn't sure he could be its match in his current state.
Now, facing the Snow Giant's threat, while he didn't deny its power, he certainly wouldn't be intimidated by a single sentence.
Just then, a loud "boom" echoed from the distant forest.
Xuan Mo immediately turned to look. At the same time, the Snow Giant spoke, "Human, it seems you have a companion."
The Snow Giant's face was mocking. "Although that big cat is no match for me, it has managed to escape my grasp time and again and block our invasions, so its strength isn't too weak. It seems your companion is unlikely to survive."
"I return those words to you verbatim!"
Xuan Mo's expression immediately turned serious upon hearing this.
"Roar—"
"Since that's the case, then die!"
The mocking expression vanished, and the snow giant roared to the sky, its palm, like a banana leaf fan, slamming into the ground. Instantly, the ice and ground shattered, ice shards and snowflakes flew everywhere, and its blood-red eyes flashed rapidly, its ferocity increasing even more.
The snow giant suddenly lowered its head, then raised it again, a ball of chilling white light gathering above its mouth.
In the blink of an eye, a white ball of light, ten meters in diameter, formed above the snow giant's mouth.
The chilling aura emanating from the ball of light was so powerful that Xuan Mo knew it was incredibly potent even without getting close.
"Roar—buzz—"
The snow giant's cheeks puffed out and inhaled, and the enormous ball of light, like a snowball, was thrown towards Xuan Mo. The ball of light drew a faint trail of air in the air, as if the surroundings had been frozen.
Faced with the sudden appearance of the ball of light, Xuan Mo's pupils contracted slightly, his expression changed, and he thought to himself.
"We can't take this head-on!"
As the first and third spirit rings lit up, he slammed his hands into the ground.
"Rock Defense—Rashomon!"
A massive stone gate, carved with demonic faces, shot up from the ground, standing before Xuan Mo. A ten-meter-diameter white sphere of light crashed into the stone wall.
"Boom—"
A violent explosion resounded, violent and icy air currents raged, creating gusts of wind, and cracks appeared in the surrounding ground.
Then, the entire ground collapsed, forming a huge bottomless abyss.
To Xuan Mo's astonishment, the stone wall, which could withstand the ninth spirit skill of an ordinary Title Douluo, was now cracked, as if a shattered mirror had been glued back together.
(End of Chapter)