Chapter 99 The Evil Soul Master Chased by Zhang Lexuan.
The next morning, after having breakfast, Kong Xuan and his companions officially embarked on their journey to the far north.
After leaving Outlet City, the surrounding scenery changed rapidly.
The dense coniferous forests gradually thinned out, replaced by an endless snowfield.
The cold wind howled, stirring up tiny ice crystals that shimmered like diamonds in the sunlight.
"The temperature has dropped to minus fifty degrees Celsius."
Huo Yuhao glanced at the soul tool on his wrist, and the white breath he exhaled instantly condensed into white frost.
"Without this equipment, an ordinary Soul Master probably wouldn't last more than half an hour here!"
Knowing that he was going to the far north, a place of extreme cold, Kong Deming naturally wouldn't be unprepared.
In just a few days, they created specially made cold-resistant soul guides tailored to the physiques of the individuals.
They were all wearing polar expedition suits made by the Hall of Worship, which were thin yet exceptionally warm, with embedded soul guidance circuits that could continuously release constant-temperature heat to resist the extreme cold.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's voice also rang in Huo Yuhao's mind at this moment: "Little Yuhao, the development of mankind is too fast. The far north should have been a forbidden land for mankind, but such a small soul tool can make people fearless of the cold. I would never have thought of this before."
Tianmeng Bingcan's voice was deep and tinged with emotion, and Huo Yuhao even detected a hint of fear in it.
Even though he had become Huo Yuhao's spirit ring, and even though he was imprisoned and devoured by those ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, he was still a spirit beast after all, and that was an undeniable fact.
At this moment when humans easily conquered the extreme cold of the far north, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm realized that what Kong Xuan had said earlier was not an exaggeration. Soul beasts were already at a disadvantage compared to humans, and the gap between the two would only widen.
If nothing changes, one day in the future, soul beasts may truly face extinction.
At this moment, he desperately hoped that the research on the soul that Kong Xuan had mentioned could be successful.
At that moment, his hostility towards Kong Xuan instantly dropped to its lowest level.
Kong Deming walked at the front, his soul power perception fully activated, vigilantly watching for any soul beasts that might appear around him: "The soul beasts in the far north are even more ferocious than those in the Star Dou Great Forest, especially the ice-attribute ones, who are extremely sensitive to temperature changes."
As they walked, Kong Deming didn't forget to share some knowledge about the spirit beasts of the far north with the group.
He knew that he and the three boys behind him would one day face this situation alone.
"Yuhao, which way should we go?"
After passing through a canyon, Kong Deming turned to look at Huo Yuhao behind him.
Even Kong Deming, a titled Douluo, had no way to find the Ice Emperor's trace in the vast land of the far north; they still had to rely on the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea.
"Teacher, turn right ahead. We're heading to the core area of the far north."
Huo Yuhao relayed Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's instructions, and the group, led by Kong Deming, turned right.
After crossing another snow ridge, a biting wind carrying ice and snow rushed towards us.
Kong Deming, who was walking at the front of the group, suddenly stopped and narrowed his sharp eyes slightly.
"There's a fight going on ahead."
He stated it calmly, but his voice showed little emotional fluctuation.
The three people behind him immediately stopped, and Huo Yuhao subconsciously released his mental detection.
However, his soul power cultivation was only level 20, and even with a straight-line detection range, it was only a little over 100 meters, so he couldn't find anything at all.
Then Huo Yuhao asked, "Teacher, should we take a detour?"
Kong Deming didn't even turn his head: "I don't know how much time we'll waste taking a detour."
A flash of silver light appeared in his hand, and a hint of fierceness appeared in his eyes: "Judging from the soul power fluctuations I can sense now, there shouldn't be any Title Douluo level experts. If someone is blind, then it's a good opportunity to test their skills."
"Keep going, ignore them."
Kong Deming strode forward, and the three people behind him quickly followed.
After crossing another snow slope, the cold wind carried the pungent smell of blood from afar.
Kong Xuan and his companions had never experienced a life-or-death battle before, and the smell of blood made them extremely uncomfortable. They couldn't help but frown and sniffle.
After smelling it, Kong Deming's brows relaxed: "It's the blood of a soul beast!"
"grandfather..."
Kong Ling was about to say something when he was interrupted by a sudden roar from afar.
A black and red beam of light, nearly a hundred meters in diameter, shot into the sky, and even from a great distance, they could still sense the evil aura emanating from it.
"It's an evil spirit master!"
Kong Xuan's tone was certain; having had close contact with Nightmare Douluo before, he was extremely sensitive to the aura of evil soul masters.
"good!"
Kong Deming nodded, his expression gradually becoming serious: "It seems that evil soul masters are using soul beasts to do something. However, such wanton slaughter of soul beasts can easily cause a beast tide."
Kong Deming, who had previously paid no attention to the battle ahead, now began to take notice.
Although he was a member of the Sun Moon Empire, he was caught in the middle of a situation where such a thing could threaten civilians on the border, and he would not stand idly by.
"Let's quicken our pace and go take a look ahead."
The cold had dispelled the effects of the snow, and the snow itself didn't significantly impact their speed. The group followed behind Kong Deming, and their pace gradually increased.
On the howling winds and snow of the far north ice plains, a blood-red figure was fleeing frantically, melting the ice and snow in its wake and sending up a foul-smelling mist of blood.
His black robe was tattered, and his exposed skin was covered in blood-red patterns. He unleashed the full pressure of an eight-ring Soul Douluo, attempting to intimidate anything that might obstruct his path.
He is an evil soul master named Blood Fiend, who can increase his soul power by consuming blood.
So, at just over twenty years old, he had already become a Soul Master.
At his age and with his level of cultivation, if he wasn't an evil soul master, then he was a genius sought after by countless forces.
However, if he weren't an evil soul master, his soul power wouldn't have increased so quickly.
He was a smart man and rarely committed murder in human society.
Unexpectedly, this time, while coming to such a remote place in the far north to kill soul beasts for cultivation, I actually ran into those people from the Shrek Academy Inspection Team.
That's right, this Blood Fiend was the target of Zhang Lexuan and her group.
Ling Luochen's control over ice attributes was greatly enhanced in the far north. Although Wu Ming was only a seventh-ring Soul Saint, the Golden Crow Sacred Flame had a restraining effect on evil soul masters.
The leader, Zhang Lexuan, was an eighth-ring cultivator, and her eighth soul ring was actually 100,000 years old.
Knowing he was no match for Blood Fiend, he had no choice but to detonate the Blood Fiend Array that he had set up in advance.
However, the opponent remained very vigilant throughout the fight, and Blood Fiend's counterattack did not achieve the desired effect, but only gave him a chance to escape.
He would never know that Zhang Lexuan's cautious nature was ingrained in her bones through a bloody lesson.
At this moment, several hundred meters behind Blood Fiend, a figure was rapidly chasing after him.
A bright moon hung above her head, and eight spirit rings swirled around her. She was none other than Zhang Lexuan, the senior disciple of Shrek Academy's inner court.
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