Douluo: The Throne of Ice

Chapter 87 Hunting the Void Predators, the Origin of the Star Crown Martial Soul

The wind and snow howled as the Snow Empress flew high in the sky with Shu Yan and the other person, while the Ice Empress below was not flying at a very high altitude.

The two of them quickly and thoroughly scanned their surroundings with their mental energy, their expressions very serious. Facing a top-tier soul beast whose spatial attributes were almost at their peak, if they were not careful, the beast might escape again.

Xue Di glanced around, then said softly:

"This Void Predator's activity range is limited to this area. This soul beast is very clever; it only moves within the mixed circle and doesn't dare to step into the core circle at all. It is precisely because of its caution that Bing'er and I have been helpless."

Shu Yan was silent for a moment, then said softly:

"It's alright. With you two working together, Sister Xue, it probably won't cause any trouble."

Xue Di nodded, but did not deny it.

With her and Hyotei working together, once the opponent is locked on, there is absolutely no chance of survival. Of course, that is only if the opponent doesn't desperately try to make the human area run away; otherwise, things will become complicated in an instant.

Just then, Hyotei's voice transmission rang in my ear:

"I sensed a faint aura in the west. I'll go investigate first. Xue'er, you and Shu Yan stay behind and wait for the right opportunity to strike. I refuse to believe that this guy can escape death again."

After saying that, Hyotei's petite figure transformed into a streak of emerald light and flew westward, the thick clouds along the way being dispersed by the gale she brought, forming a clear trail.

"Let's go take a look too."

Snow Empress narrowed her eyes slightly, then led the two of them to follow the trail left by Ice Empress.

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More than ten kilometers away, a strangely shaped soul beast was devouring the essence of a ten-thousand-year-old ice silkworm. In the distance, a bright green dot seemed to flash in the sky, and a powerful and terrifying aura swept in with the cold wind.

Almost subconsciously, this Void Predator, whose cultivation was approaching 110,000 years, suddenly raised its head. A stream of light seemed to flash across its bright silver shell, and its hollow eyes slowly regained their luster. Its forelegs, which gleamed with a cold light like sharp blades, moved slightly, cutting through the oncoming wind and snow. The next moment, a flash of silver light, and its figure instantly disappeared from the spot, leaving only the half-eaten ice silkworm corpse on the ground.

In mid-air, sensing the familiar aura, the Ice Emperor's face revealed a bloodthirsty smile. Her emerald green ultimate ice soul power slowly condensed, and the next moment, her figure suddenly disappeared. She threw a punch above the clouds, and the terrifying fist wind formed a huge ice tornado. Layer upon layer of air waves piled up, and the next moment, silver light flashed again, and a silver figure rushed out of the clouds at high speed. At the same time, dozens of silver slashes followed.

Hyotei clenched his fist, and a wave of emerald green soul power rippled out, freezing all the silver slashes almost instantly.

The Snow Empress suddenly appeared beside them with the two of them. Her gaze was fixed on the distance, and then she said:

"Shu Yan, protect Jiu Jiu for now. Bing'er and I will work together to cut off this guy's escape route."

Hyotei raised his fist, chuckled, and then said:

"This guy fled in such a hurry that he didn't even realize that a trace of my soul power remained on him. No matter how outstanding his spatial abilities are, today he can only become your sixth soul ring..."

After saying that, the Ice Emperor charged out again. The Snow Emperor left a trace of her soul power on the two of them to intimidate the other extreme northern soul beasts. Then, her figure flashed and she disappeared from the spot in an instant.

Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu landed safely on a snow slope. Xu Jiujiu looked in the direction the two had left and said with a sigh:

"This is the first time I've witnessed a Super Douluo-level expert in action. The earth-shattering power they exude with every move is truly mesmerizing..."

Shu Yan casually conjured a blue barrier, isolating himself from the wind and snow. He then leisurely lay down on the snow and said:

"Hehe... No rush. Sooner or later, we will all possess such power. Acquiring power is also a gradual process. Only in this way can we deepen our understanding of power to the greatest extent. I'm wondering now, Jiu Jiu, what kind of form will your martial soul take if it successfully evolves...?"

After a long while, she took out a blanket and spread it out beside Shu Yan, then sat down gracefully. After thinking for a moment, she said:

"This... I don't know either. After all, in the ten thousand years of my Star Crown Sect's heritage, there have been quite a few precedents of mutated martial souls. For example, there is the Ice Crown, which is extremely good at attack and control, and the Earth-attribute defensive martial soul, the Thick Earth Crown. But almost without exception, although these mutated martial souls are powerful, they are almost no different from the pure Star Crown martial soul itself. If I really want to talk about what the evolved Star Crown martial soul looks like, I actually prefer an ancient record within the sect."

Shu Yan became interested. He got up and lay down on Xu Jiujiu's soft, warm lap, and then said:

"Tell me about it?"

After a long pause, she lowered her head and pinched Shu Yan's nose, her fingers tracing the lines of his cheek. She thought for a moment before saying:

"This is a legend from the sect's ancient history about the origin of our Star Crown Martial Soul."

"Legend has it that more than 10,000 years ago, when the two great empires of Xingluo and Tiandou were still in a period of relatively balanced combat power, in a village in northern Xingluo, a girl whose family's martial soul was the Hunting Bow suddenly awakened a completely different auxiliary martial soul - the Crown. At the same time, her innate soul power also reached the rare level eight."

"During that period, the cultivation of support-type Soul Masters was considered the most difficult among all Soul Masters. The girl made arduous progress on the rugged path of Soul Masters. She joined a relatively powerful sect within the Star Luo Empire at the time, received good training, and broke through to the Soul Saint level at around the age of sixty."

At this point, Xu Jiujiu smiled softly, and after a moment, she continued:

"Breaking through to the Soul Saint realm at around sixty years old might indeed be considered quite good for an ordinary person, but it also means that if she doesn't have any great opportunities in the second half of her life, she will almost certainly never reach the Title Douluo realm."

"But the turning point came when she was sixty-seven."

"That year, the northern part of Xingluo was hit by a rare and large-scale beast tide. Amidst the devastation, our ancestor chose to join the so-called savior team. In an accident, she was bitten by a soul beast and became separated from the team. In the end, she fainted in a canyon called Juxing Valley."

"But the seemingly certain death turned around here. The Crown Martial Soul had a subtle reaction with the large amount of starlight power accumulated in the Star Gathering Valley, and gradually merged into her body during the time she was unconscious. It washed away and replaced the light attribute in her original Crown Martial Soul, making her Martial Soul leap into a top-level weapon Martial Soul with starlight power."

"Before she was separated from the team, her cultivation level was 75. But when she reappeared before the world, her cultivation level had reached 94, and she was only one step away from becoming a Super Douluo. At that time, seven years had passed since she disappeared..."

"The power and rarity of a Title Douluo in that era are unimaginable, but she had no desire to fight for power or status. She established a sect in the original Gathering Star Valley, and later chose to marry a man with whom she had a connection during the Beast Tide. Their children all inherited their mother's Star Crown Martial Soul..."

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(End of this chapter)