Upon returning to the real world, a biting wind, carrying snow and ice, immediately hits you in the face.
Dongfang Jing subconsciously shrank his neck.
The low temperatures in the far north are truly terrifying.
Having already taken the Fiery Apricot and the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass, Dongfang Jing was able to endure for several days without a Title Douluo using their soul power to protect him from the cold, which was within an acceptable range.
No matter what, this place is a no-go zone for humans, it's not something to be taken lightly.
Dongfang Jing looked around and quickly found a natural cave not far away that was enough to shelter him from the wind and snow.
After confirming that it was safe, he carried the sleeping Snow Empress and Ice Empress and quickly walked inside.
He took out a soft cotton pad from his storage soul tool and laid it on the ground before gently placing the dark green scorpion egg and the ice-blue light sphere on it.
There's a reason why Dongfang Jing chose to come to the far north.
This environment is perfect for the two women, whether for sleeping or cultivating.
More importantly, he could almost foresee that the cultivation levels of the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor would definitely improve within a week.
At that time, it will be the same situation as Brigitte's back then.
The tribulation lightning belonging to the soul beasts is about to arrive.
Dongfang Jing had to manipulate things a bit to help them through the heavenly tribulation.
The lightning strikes are extremely destructive to the surrounding environment, and their impact is far too great to occur within the city.
This remote northern region is sparsely populated and is the perfect place to undergo tribulation.
Dongfang Jing sat down cross-legged, managed to light a fire, and quietly stood guard beside them.
Although he could have easily teleported back to the academy by himself.
However, this matter is of great importance and cannot be taken lightly or carelessly.
Fearing something might happen, Dongfang Jing decided to stay and keep them company.
...
Outside the cave, the wind and snow howled, but inside, all was peaceful.
Seven days is neither a long nor a short time.
On the sixth day at noon, Dongfang Jing put the letter he had written into Gemini Star and sent it to his younger sister who was far away at the academy, telling her that everything was fine and that she didn't need to worry.
At the same time, he took out the meal that Sister Yin had specially prepared for him, which he had asked Dongfang Yao to do on his behalf.
It has to be said that the ability to share storage space is very convenient.
After quickly finishing his lunch, Dongfang Jing walked deeper into the cave.
The half-person-high dark green scorpion egg and the ice-blue orb of light remained quietly on the soft cotton pad.
Although there was nothing special about it to the naked eye, he could clearly feel that the heartbeat coming from inside the egg and the ball of light was stronger and more steady than it had been a few days before.
The sisters are in great shape, seemingly gathering strength, ready to burst forth at any moment.
He withdrew his gaze, tightened his winter coat, and prepared to sit down and continue his meditation.
However, at that moment, a message suddenly came from one of his mirror images that he had deliberately separated to patrol the area.
That was a place twenty miles away from the cave where they were.
It appears there are two men and one woman being chased by a team of Soul Masters.
Their hurried steps kicked up large plumes of snow, making it difficult for Dongfang Jing to see their faces clearly.
'Tsk, what a hassle.'
Dongfang Jing cursed inwardly.
The area they are currently in is only on the edge of the core area; they have not actually entered it.
The far north is one of the three most famous habitats of soul beasts on the Douluo Continent.
Some special products that can only be born in such frigid environments, or ice and snow attribute soul beasts, can only appear here.
Even though the environment is harsh and extremely dangerous, and it is known as a forbidden zone for humans, there are still fearless soul masters who dare to wander here in search of opportunities.
To put it bluntly, they just wanted to take a gamble and turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.
At this moment, the group of people was about 20 li (approximately 10,000 meters) away from Dongfang Jing.
Unfortunately, the direction they fled in was exactly the cave where he was.
At this rate, we'll meet soon.
Dongfang Jing immediately stood up.
"Sister Xue'er and Sister Bing'er will wake up soon, we must not let them be disturbed by these guys."
The two women are currently in a state of extreme vulnerability, like infants in swaddling clothes, and cannot afford the slightest mishap.
With this thought in mind, a blue and pink butterfly-shaped light imprint quietly merged into the ground beneath his feet, setting up spatial coordinates.
Immediately afterwards, he instructed the mirror image clone that had detected the anomaly to also set coordinates in the same spot.
The next second, he vanished into thin air from the cave.
The original body and the clone instantly swapped positions.
A mirror image, with only half the strength of the original, appeared inside the cave and continued to guard the two sleeping women.
Dongfang Jing himself arrived directly at the chaotic chase scene, intending to intervene forcefully and resolve the problem quickly.
...
Meanwhile, in the wind and snow.
"Huff, huff."
Rapid breathing echoed among the three being chased, mingling with the biting cold wind.
"Boss, what do we do? They're too fast!" one of the younger-looking men asked anxiously, his face covered in sweat and helplessness, his lips turning purple from the cold.
"What else can we do? We can only use the terrain and environment here to find a chance to escape!"
The only woman among the three tried her best to keep her voice steady, but her violently heaving chest still revealed that she was also nearing her physical limit.
Her short, neat hair danced wildly in the wind, her face resolute, yet a weariness was hard to conceal between her brows.
However, at that moment, a scorching heat suddenly attacked from behind.
A fireball, trailing a long tail of flame, hurtled toward them at an astonishing speed.
"careful!"
The woman cried out, and the three of them quickly stopped their forward momentum, their feet leaving six deep marks on the thick snow.
boom!
A deafening explosion rang out.
The fireball slammed into the snow in front of the three people, melting and evaporating large areas of snow, and the scorching shockwave mixed with snow spray scattered everywhere.
After the explosion, a charred crater appeared on the ground, still emitting wisps of black smoke.
The three were forced to stop and quickly turn around.
They saw that more than ten Soul Masters who were chasing them had already surrounded them in a crescent shape.
The man in the lead looked quite refined, wearing a pair of round, thin-rimmed glasses.
He held a beautifully crafted book in his hands; the pages moved without wind, and as they turned, wisps of flame burned within them.
Around him, seven spirit rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black—quietly swirled, radiating a suffocating sense of oppression.
Clearly, he is a Soul Saint.
"Run! Why have you stopped running?"
The refined man adjusted his glasses, and his eyes behind the lenses gleamed with a playful, cat-and-mouse-like light.
"I thought you guys were planning to go straight into the inner circle, didn't you, Haote?"
A wicked smile curved his lips.
Looking at the three people surrounded, he saw the most burly middle-aged man.
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