Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Chapter 258 Gale
As night fell and the presence of other soul beasts could no longer be sensed, Lin Xiao stepped out of the Snow Emperor's ice house and glanced up at the sky.

With a light tap of his feet, his body quickly rose into the air. There seemed to be an invisible boundary in the air. As soon as he crossed it, Lin Xiao felt a series of sharp, blade-like forces slicing through his body.

His cloak was torn to shreds almost instantly, and the cold wind not only took away his body heat, but also seemed to be taking away his soul power.

As they continued to rise, the surrounding gales grew increasingly fierce. Lin Xiao remained silent, his brows furrowed tightly. His skin, which had been baptized several times by the Gold of Life and was far stronger than that of other Soul Masters, was also scratched with numerous cracks.

The power of the living metal within his body spread out, but before the wound could heal, the blood that had seeped out of the wound had already frozen into ice shards that stuck to his skin.

Lin Xiao had been to the Ice Sea before, and the underwater world was also icy cold, but the environment there was far less harsh than here.

Xue Di's suggestion was indeed effective. During the process of continuous damage and repair in the body, the newly generated flesh and blood were more resilient than before.

However, to significantly improve physical strength using this method is probably beyond the capacity of ordinary people.

"how?"

Lin Xiao had already shielded the Soul-Locking Technique against his chest, but even he wasn't sure if the Technique's strength could withstand the fierce wind.

Upon hearing Xue Di's voice, he shook his head slightly. "Not enough."

With the life-giving metal within him, he is not afraid of physical damage, but he is still a little short of achieving his goal as soon as possible.

"Then let's keep going up."

Lin Xiao looked up slightly, but in the cold wind, she couldn't see anything in the sky at all; there was only a layer of mist overhead.

"Ah."

Lin Xiao didn't say much, and his figure rose higher and higher until he could hear nothing but the howling wind. Only then did he gradually stop rising.

With a flick of his wrist, a hazy mist appeared in his palm. It looked like a thin layer of mist, yet it was completely unaffected by the surrounding gale, simply curling up in Lin Xiao's palm and wriggling slightly.

Without further hesitation, he raised his hand to his lips, took a gentle inhale, and the mist entered Lin Xiao's mouth.

Those were snow worms collected from the Snow Emperor's residence. They had no taste when they entered the mouth, as bland as water, with only a slight coolness that hit the inside of the mouth before falling into the stomach and quickly spreading throughout the body.

The strong wind blew past his ears, leaving several more wounds on Lin Xiao's skin, but Lin Xiao felt no pain at all; he just shivered involuntarily.

The fierce winds of the far north already carried extreme cold, and when the snow worms fell into his stomach, an even greater chill came from the inside out. With the combination of internal and external cold, Lin Xiao felt his hands and feet go numb, as if he could no longer feel their presence.

Only the warm currents generated by the power of the living metal flowing within the body were particularly clear in this cold place.

Lin Xiao slowly closed his eyes, suppressing the flow of soul power within his body, relying more on the strength of his body to withstand the trials here.

His brows furrowed without any sign of relaxation, and his lips twitched slightly. He felt as if his body was being pierced by countless steel needles, and the cold wind from high above blew through the holes pierced by these needles, constantly taking away his flesh and blood.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Xiao finally opened his eyes. He could no longer feel any residual power of the snow worms within his body. As if it were an illusion, the gale around him had lessened slightly.

But Lin Xiao knew this wasn't an illusion. For Lin Xiao, the snow worms born alongside the Snow Empress couldn't change his martial soul attribute like they could with other ice-attribute soul masters, but they could enhance his resistance to extreme cold.

Without needing anyone to remind him, Lin Xiao's figure rose again, and with a flick of his wrist, another wisp of mist appeared in his palm. Time continued to pass, and the sun rose as usual over the snow-covered plains of the far north, but it did not bring a comfortable temperature.

The courtyard where Xue Di once lived was quiet, as if she had never returned.

Just then, a dark shadow suddenly appeared in the courtyard, as if something had fallen from the sky. Looking up, one could see a figure getting closer and closer, and then it landed straight in the courtyard with a "thump".

It looked as if a huge block of ice had fallen to the ground, sending countless ice shards flying up and hitting the low courtyard walls around them, leaving small, shallow pits as they disappeared into the snow on the top of the walls.

"cough--"

Lin Xiao coughed lightly and slowly stood up. The ice shards that covered his body fell off with his movement, and it was as if a light snow had fallen under his feet.

Lin Xiao disregarded everything else, raised his hand and clenched his fist slightly. He quickly felt a new power coursing through his body. He couldn't clearly feel the change in his physical strength, but just by the increase in power, he knew that his body had undergone a significant change in just one night.

Perhaps this is also related to the fact that he has just started and has absorbed some snow worms, but without a doubt, he is one step closer to his goal.

"Thank you." Lin Xiao picked up the Soul-Snatching Handkerchief from her arms and said softly. Without waiting for Xue Di's reply, she went back into her room.

Since the Snow Emperor is unable to cultivate now, Lin Xiao simply stayed here to meditate. The abundant spiritual energy here is indeed a good place for cultivation.

Lin Xiao placed the Soul-Locking Hand on the table so that the Snow Emperor could see the scenery outside, and then sat down on the ice bed next to her.

Although he didn't possess an ice-attribute martial soul, the ice bed had little effect on him, but it didn't do him any harm either; on the contrary, it helped him adapt to the cold. He didn't stand on ceremony and slowly closed his eyes.

"how do you feel?"

"teacher?"

Lin Xiao had just closed his eyes and hadn't even entered meditation when he heard Electrolux's voice.

"It took the Snow Emperor hundreds of thousands of years to achieve the ability to move freely in the gale. You have just come into contact with this method of cultivation, so there is no need to rush. In any case, your soul power level is still some distance away from level ninety."

“I think this is somewhat similar to your meditation. It’s not that you can see obvious changes in yourself, but rather it’s a gradual process.”

"I understand, teacher."

Lin Xiao nodded, "I'm not in a hurry, I just want to make the most of every bit of progress I make."

"Haha, that's good then." Electrox chuckled upon hearing this. "You know your body better than I do, so take your time and build it up."

"Ah."

Lin Xiao silently agreed and gradually entered a meditative state amidst the omnipresent chill.

He understood Electrolux's thoughts and knew that haste makes waste; physical training certainly couldn't be accomplished overnight.

What he didn't expect was that this accumulation would last for a full two years.

(End of this chapter)