Douluo Continent: The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda? A Soul Beast Pagoda!

Chapter 46 The Far North

After five days of searching, most of the Frozen Forest had been explored.

There isn't a single purebred sub-dragon ice dragon.

However, deep in the forest, beneath an ice cliff, Jiang Bai discovered an ice dragon that was over eight thousand years old.

It was a powerful soul beast with a dragon's head and a lizard's body, capable of burrowing underground. Its bloodline purity was higher than any it had encountered before, almost pure blood.

But the earth dragon was not a flying dragon, not the ice dragon he had envisioned, one that could soar through the skies and control the ice.

Let's keep this Frost Dragon as an alternative.

On the evening of the fifth day, Jiang Bai summoned the three-headed dragon beast back and rested it in a sheltered ice cave.

The campfire roared, and the aroma of roasted meat filled the ice cave.

While roasting the snow rabbit he had hunted, Jiang Bai sorted out his catch over the past few days.

"Master, there are too few high-level soul beasts in this forest," the fire dragon said dejectedly, lying to one side. "We've searched almost every corner, but there isn't a single purebred one."

Tu Longdao said, "The Frozen Forest is not a large area to begin with, and it has been hunted by humans for so many years, so it is normal that there are few high-level soul beasts."

Fenglong nodded: "Perhaps the real ice dragon would prefer the colder and more expansive environment of the far north."

Jiang Bai listened in silence, then divided the roasted rabbit meat among the three dragons, tearing off a piece for himself and chewing slowly.

He actually had a premonition.

Although the Frozen Forest is named after "ice," it is ultimately just a transitional zone on the edge of the far north. The real ice dragons probably prefer to dwell in the more northerly, snowy kingdoms that are difficult for humans to reach.

"Tomorrow, we'll go to the far north," he said calmly, swallowing the last bite of rabbit meat.

All three dragons raised their heads, their eyes revealing a mixture of excitement and wariness.

The far north is a place ten or even a hundred times more dangerous than the frozen forest.

Going there to find the Ice Dragon means a real adventure, and also a real test of life and death.

The three dragons exchanged a glance and said nothing more.

They trust their owner's judgment.

On the morning of the sixth day, just as dawn was breaking, Jiang Bai packed his belongings and mounted the fire dragon.

In extremely cold environments, fire dragons can provide continuous warmth and protection.

"Set off."

The fire dragon spread its crimson wings, soared into the sky, and flew northwards towards that truly desolate land of ice and snow.

The frozen forest receded rapidly beneath my feet, transforming into a patch of silvery white.

Ahead, at the horizon, the world seemed to consist of nothing but pure, breathtaking white.

The cold wind was like a knife, and the ice and snow were like a curtain.

The far north is right before our eyes.

But the moment Jiang Bai stepped into the far north, he truly understood the meaning of the word "desolate land".

This place is completely different from the frozen forest.

If the frozen forest is the cold frontier, then the far north is a kingdom ruled by ice and snow.

The air was so cold it seemed to freeze. The breath you exhaled immediately froze into tiny ice shards as soon as it left your mouth and nose, pattering as it fell to the ground, or turning into sharp ice powder in the gale, pelting you in the face.

The sun was just a blurry, pale patch of light hanging in the low-hanging sky, sparingly casting down light that was barely warm.

The snowflakes did not fall gently, but were carried by the gale and attacked relentlessly from all directions.

The snow on the ground was knee-deep, and in some low-lying areas it could even bury a person completely.

The surface of the snow has a hard crust that makes a "crunching" sound when you step on it, but underneath is soft powdery snow that you can easily sink into if you're not careful.

In such an environment, even earth dragons and wind dragons are not suitable for prolonged outdoor activities.

Jiang Bai had no choice but to ride the fire dragon alone, struggling through this white hell.

Fire Dragon's condition isn't very good either.

As a fire-attribute dragon beast, the extremely cold environment is a natural suppression for it.

The search was more difficult than expected.

The vastness of the far north far surpasses that of the frozen forests.

As far as the eye can see, there are only boundless snowfields, continuous ice peaks, and bottomless ice rift valleys.

Blizzards swept in intermittently, reducing visibility to less than ten meters.

Searching for a specific soul beast in such an environment is like finding a needle in a haystack.

In the past two and a half days, Jiang Bai met the true inhabitants of the far north.

A group of pure white Titan Snow Demons, each over five meters tall, migrated across the snowfield, their heavy footsteps causing the ground to tremble.

These behemoths possess terrifying physical strength, capable of shattering solid ice with a mere flick of their wrists.

Jiang Bai kept a safe distance, so as not to disturb them.

Several crystal-clear, jade-like ice scorpions were hunting on the ice.

Snow Wolf, Frost Serpent, Frost Mammoth, Frost Griffin, Ice Bear —

But the ice dragon was still nowhere to be found.

On the afternoon of the third day, a sudden blizzard forced Jiang Bai to find shelter.

He rode a fire dragon through the ice peaks and finally found a naturally formed ice cave under a sheltered ice hill.

The ice cave wasn't large, but it was big enough to accommodate one person and one dragon.

Jiang Bai managed to start a small, burning campfire.

The orange flames flickered, finally bringing a long-lost warmth.

The fire dragon collapsed beside the fire, looking somewhat "depressed".

Its crimson scales had lost their former luster, its eyelids drooped, and its breathing was much heavier than usual.

As a fire-attribute soul beast, staying in this kind of environment for a long time is simply torture for it.

Jiang Bai stroked its head, and the fire dragon let out a low whimper.

"Hang in there a little longer," Jiang Bai said softly. "Once we find the Ice Dragon, we'll leave this place."

He was actually a little puzzled. Had his luck been so bad these past few days?

Logically, as the top predator in the far north, the ice dragon should have a considerable range of activity.

Moreover, dragon-type spirit beasts usually have a strong sense of territory and will leave obvious aura marks.

But in the past three days, he hasn't sensed even a trace of a pure-blooded dragon.

Do ice dragons live in the deeper core area?

However, the core area is the territory of the three Heavenly Kings of the far north; venturing in rashly would be far too risky.

After resting for an hour, the blizzard outside gradually subsided.

Jiang Bai extinguished the campfire and mounted the fire dragon again.

"Let's go check out the east side. We haven't thoroughly searched that area yet."

The fire dragon rallied its spirits, spread its wings, and burst out of the ice cave.

The terrain to the east is more complex.

The continuous ice peaks resemble the spine of a giant beast, undulating and winding.

The crisscrossing ice rifts are bottomless, and occasionally a chilling howling wind can be heard from the bottom of the valleys, like the earth groaning.

A thin layer of icy mist floated in the air, and visibility remained low.

Two and a half hours of aerial search yielded still nothing.

Jiang Bai's heart sank.

Do we really have to risk entering the inner circle?

Just when he was about to give up and prepare to move to another area.

A faint yet incredibly clear fluctuation pierced through the biting wind and the swirling snow, reaching his senses.

That is—Dragon's Might!

A pure, chilling aura belonging to the ice-attribute dragon race!

Jiang Bai perked up: "Boss, did you sense it?"

The fire dragon raised its head, a hint of wariness flashing in its crimson-gold eyes: "It's the aura of a dragon-type soul beast—and a very strong ice-attribute one at that!"

"Follow the scent!"

The fire dragon changed direction and flew swiftly towards the location from which the aura originated.

The further they flew, the more pronounced the dragon's might became.

After rounding a steep, knife-cut ice peak, the view suddenly opened up before us.

It was an ice lake hidden deep within the folds of the ice peaks.