Douluo: The Throne of Ice

Chapter 20: The Silent Shu Yan Encounters Jiu Bao (Please Read On!!)

As dawn broke, the bright and gentle sunlight once again dispelled the darkness. Shu Yan woke up from his sleep, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he heard suppressed laughter coming from beside his bed.

Shu Yan sat up helplessly, looking at Hyotei, who was sitting on the chair by the bed, swinging his short legs, speechless.

"It's not really appropriate to just casually barge into a boy's room, my dear Hyotei sister—"

Hyotei looked at Shu Yan with a grin, clicked his tongue twice, and then said:

"You're getting shy now? I'm only doing you face. Do you know that if it were anyone else, even if they knelt and begged me, I wouldn't even give them a second glance..."

Shu Yan's lips twitched, and he said softly:

"Can't you learn from Xue Di? You're a girl, after all. This kind of behavior..."

Before Shu Yan could finish speaking, a clear, cold voice suddenly came from the balcony:

"What's wrong with me?"

Yes, this balcony belongs to Shu Yan's room.

Shu Yan watched Xue Di walk confidently out of her room's balcony, remained silent for a moment, and then said:

"It's nothing, let's go have breakfast. We have nothing to do today, so let's travel at full speed and get a proper rest when we get to Xingluo City."

The Snow Empress had no objections. Seeing the Snow Empress nod, the Ice Empress hesitated for a moment before nodding as well.

After Shu Yan finished washing up, the two of them went downstairs together for a simple breakfast. After leaving the city, they hurriedly headed south again, continuing their journey at a brisk pace until sunset.

At the speed of the Ice and Snow Emperors, if they could just hold on for another night, the three of them would probably be able to enter the Star Luo Empire's territory by tomorrow morning. Long-term flight would undoubtedly be extremely taxing on a Soul Master, but the Ice and Snow Emperors are both top-tier powerhouses, so they would naturally not care about this amount of Soul Power consumption. If a Super Douluo-level powerhouse wanted to, flying for three or four days in a row would be very easy. As for Limit Douluo, no one has personally tested this yet, but it is presumably definitely stronger than Super Douluo.

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A soft, icy blue halo enveloped Shu Yan's body. He took out an exquisite map of the continent from his soul tool and, by the moonlight, roughly determined the approximate location of the three of them.

Since the two continents merged, the continent's area has doubled. The locations of the original iconic mega-cities have remained largely unchanged, but the locations of many sects and forces have changed as a result. The most representative examples are the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

The location the three of them were passing through now happened to be not far from the current residence of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School; in fact, it could be said that the three of them flew right over their heads.

Shu Yan had a strange bad feeling, but considering the strength of the two people beside him, well, the ones with bad feelings should be those guys from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School...

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The night was as still as water, and below had somehow transformed into a lush forest. The once endless rice paddies had vanished, and the low growls of various spirit beasts filled the air. Wherever the stream flowed, swarms of fireflies flew low, like elves of the night, both adorable and mysterious.

The three of them were not flying very high, only about ten meters above the forest canopy at high speed. Xue Di was slightly behind with Shu Yan, while Bing Di was flying ahead alone.

As the night drew to a close, the three remained wide awake. After flying over a lake that shone like a mirror in the moonlight, the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress frowned simultaneously. They then looked up at each other, and the Snow Empress spoke softly:

"We can detect the aura of a human Title Douluo about five kilometers ahead, along with two Soul Saints. The auras of the others are very weak, almost all below the Soul King realm. Should we go around them?"

Before Shu Yan could reply, Hyotei gave a soft snort and said:

"Who cares? Judging from his aura, that guy is at most around level 93. A human titled Douluo of this level, and with fire attribute, if he dares to disturb my good mood, I can slap him to death."

Shu Yan rubbed his temples, ignoring the Ice Emperor, and whispered to the Snow Emperor:

"Try to avoid them. They haven't offended us, and it's not a good thing to cause trouble for no reason."

Snow Empress nodded, and then a surge of icy blue soul power swept out. Ice Emperor, who was rushing ahead eager to try, lost control of his body in the next moment and was carried to the side by Snow Empress.

Hyotei was somewhat annoyed, but dared not defy Yuki-tei, and could only sulk in silence.

In the far north, apart from the Snow Empress, there were practically no other opponents who could rival her. She had been itching for a fight for a long time, but unfortunately, she just couldn't find a suitable punching bag. Now that she had finally found one who had delivered himself to her doorstep, Shu Yan had to interrupt her. The Ice Empress thought bitterly that she would definitely get her revenge next time...

As for Xue Di? Don't be ridiculous. How could she bear to wrongly accuse the kind, lovely, and fairy-like Xue'er? It was all caused by that despicable Shu Yan!

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Unbeknownst to the three, at the very moment they chose to take a detour, a group of people in the nearby forest were staring intently at the night sky, only daring to slightly move their stiff bodies after a long while, fearing that they would be beheaded at any moment...

The leading red-robed elder had neat short red hair and an aged face with a hint of majesty. Just by standing there, the fire attribute energy in the surrounding space seemed to become more active. Clearly, he was the fire attribute titled Douluo that the Ice Emperor had mentioned, and also the unlucky guy who had narrowly escaped death.

At this moment, sensing that the two terrifying auras were gradually fading away, the red-haired old man barely managed to swallow a mouthful of saliva, his dry throat slowly moving, before letting out a heavy sigh of relief.

The stagnant aura surrounding him began to dissipate slowly. He then turned his head, forcing a slightly stiff smile, and said:

"Miss, it's alright now..."

As the old man finished speaking, the group of boys and girls who had been gathered together behind him slowly dispersed. A beautiful blonde girl with delicate features and a noble demeanor walked out surrounded by the crowd. Beside the blonde girl, a spirited girl with short red hair couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking at the quiet, still night, Ning Tian's wildly beating heart finally found some peace.

The hint of battle intent that Ice Emperor had inadvertently released earlier had almost scared the group out of their wits. The younger children even collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down their faces. Even the Red Dragon Douluo Wu Lao, who was leading this Soul Hunting Operation, was so overwhelmed by that aura that he almost couldn't breathe. He was even prepared to fight to the death to cover Ning Tian's retreat...

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P.S.: I've noticed that many readers don't like Ning Tian and Wu Feng, but I don't have time to change this part of the plot because I wrote it around the 20th of last month, and now I've saved almost 50 chapters of it.

Whether or not she's the female lead is easy to say. If people don't like it, we can just not write her as the female lead. What follows is more likely to be a transaction of interests, heading towards taking over the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. Even if there's a connection, does the velvet ball count (?)?

P.S.: Thank you everyone for adding to your favorites, reading, and voting!

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