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

Chapter 48 Avalanche

It felt something tiny and sharp burrowing deep into its mouth, and then a sharp pain shot through it!

It felt as if countless red-hot needles were frantically churning and tearing deep inside my throat, tongue, and palate!

The pain was so intense it went deep into its bones, causing its entire head to spasm!

"Awooo—!"

The ice dragon let out a mournful howl that sounded different from its original tone, and its massive body tumbled and struggled violently in the air!

It frantically shook its head, trying to spit out the foreign object in its mouth, but the dragon whisker needles were already deeply embedded in its flesh. The more it struggled, the more the curled needles tore at it!

It's now!

A cold glint flashed in Jiang Bai's eyes. He made a fist with his right hand, and his blazing fire-attribute soul power gathered wildly, condensing into a giant crimson-gold flame sword!

"cut!"

He stomped his feet hard on the ground, and his whole body shot into the sky like a cannonball!

The flaming greatsword was raised high above his head, whistling as it tore through the air, and slashed down fiercely at the ice dragon, which had lost its balance due to intense pain!

The ice dragon tried to defend itself, but the intense pain in its mouth slowed its reaction by several beats.

It barely managed to raise its dragon claw and hastily conjured an ice shield.

"Snap—!"

The flaming greatsword struck the ice shield, and the ice shield shattered instantly!

The sword's momentum remained undiminished, striking heavily at the base of the ice dragon's left wing!

"Pfft—!"

Dragon scales shattered, flesh and blood ripped apart!

"roar-!!!"

The ice dragon let out a mournful cry, its left wing drooped limply, it lost its balance completely, and its massive body plummeted toward the ice!

"boom!!!"

The ice dragon crashed heavily into the forest of ice pillars at the edge of the frozen lake, breaking seven or eight huge ice pillars before finally coming to a stop. It collapsed amidst ice shards and broken ice, its left wing twisted at an unnatural angle. Blood mixed with ice fragments continuously spilled from its mouth, and its eyes were filled with pain, anger, and—a trace of incredulous horror.

It couldn't understand why this seemingly tiny human could possess such terrifying power.

And what exactly are those tiny golden needles that burrowed into its mouth?

Jiang Bai landed slowly, and the flaming giant sword dissipated.

He walked up to the ice dragon and looked down at the enormous creature that lay paralyzed on the ground.

The state of being possessed by three dragons gradually dissipated.

Crimson, earthy yellow, and cyan light flew out from his body, landed on the ground, and transformed back into a three-headed dragon beast, forming a triangle that surrounded the ice dragon in the middle.

The ice dragon struggled to raise its head, looking at the human before it, then at the three-headed dragon beasts surrounding it, a hint of doubt flashing in its eyes.

It sensed the presence of its kind from these three dragon beasts, but it was also somewhat different.

Jiang Bai spoke directly, his voice calm and clear: "Offer yourself to me. You can retain your soul, continue to live, and even—be able to cultivate faster than you are now."

The ice dragon let out a low, painful roar.

I am a noble ice dragon, a pure-blooded dragon! How could I possibly submit to—

You have no choice.

Jiang Bai's voice turned cold.

"Either you sacrifice yourself now, or I'll pierce your heart with my sword. Sacrifice yourself, at least you'll be spared the pain of dying."

The ice dragon fell silent.

The dragon's eyes flickered with struggle and resentment, but even more so—the fear of death.

Just then, the three-headed dragon beasts simultaneously let out low growls, using their mental power to transmit information to the ice dragon.

Ice Dragon's eyes gradually shifted from initial resistance to surprise and doubt, and finally—a hint of wavering appeared.

But then again—

If—if what those three-headed dragons said is true—

The sacrifice does not result in true death; it merely transforms the body's existence into a different form. One can continue cultivating, and may even break through the ten-thousand-year barrier more quickly.

It sounds like—it's not entirely unacceptable?

After all, compared to actual death, this is the best possible outcome.

Ice Dragon's gaze shifted back and forth between Jiang Bai and the three-headed dragon beast, struggling for a long time.

Finally, it closed its eyes and let out a long, sigh-like dragon roar.

I've accepted my fate.

It opened its eyes and looked at Jiang Bai. The dragon's eyes no longer held any resentment or anger, only a calm acceptance of its fate.

Then, it slowly mobilized all the remaining soul power and life force within its body.

The sacrifice begins.

The ice dragon's massive body began to emit a soft, icy blue light.

The light grew brighter and purer, until finally, the entire dragon body transformed into countless points of light, like a sky full of icy blue stars, slowly drifting and rising.

Where the dragon's body had completely dissipated, a deep purple soul ring slowly rose.

The spirit ring floated to Jiang Bai's front, slowly fell, and was placed on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, becoming his fourth spirit ring.

Jiang Bai immediately sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to absorb the nutrients with all his might.

The absorption process went more smoothly than expected.

The ice dragon sacrificed itself voluntarily, its soul essence actively merging into the ring, and its soul ring energy was extremely docile.

In addition, Jiang Bai's powerful physique, forged through ten thousand years of whale glue tempering, allowed for almost no obstacles in the entire absorption process.

Two and a half hours later.

Jiang Bai slowly opened his eyes.

A fleeting glimpse of icy blue light flashed deep within his pupils.

Successful.

He raised his right hand, a thought forming in his mind.

A crystal-clear seven-jeweled glazed pagoda appeared in the palm of my hand.

The tower has four stories. The first three stories are illuminated by three colors: crimson, earth yellow, and cyan, respectively, while the fourth story is currently radiating a pure ice-blue glow.

"Come out."

Jiang Bai said softly.

The fourth floor of the tower shone brightly, and a stream of icy blue light flew out from it and landed on the ground.

The light receded, revealing the figure of the ice dragon, exactly the same as before. The dragon's icy blue eyes no longer held the previous ferocity and pain, but instead possessed a touch of intelligence and—curiosity?

It looked down at its own body, then looked up at Jiang Bai, and let out a tentative growl.

"See? I didn't lie to you, did I?" Jiang Bai said with a smile.

Ice Dragon nodded.

It could sense that it had indeed retained all its memories and intelligence, and its body had returned to its best condition.

Moreover—the rich, cultivation-friendly energy environment inside the tower gave it a vague premonition that it might not be long before it could break through the nine thousand years mark and challenge the ten thousand years barrier!

"From now on, you'll be the fourth one," Jiang Bai gave it a simple nickname.

Ice Dragon tilted his head, seemingly not quite satisfied with the name, but ultimately nodded and accepted it.

It seemed somewhat "shy," or rather, not quite comfortable with this state of equal communication with humans.

After all, in its perception, dragons are arrogant and humans are insignificant.

Now it has suddenly become a human's "Soul Ring," and is being given such a casual name—

The ice dragon flicked its tail, transforming into a streak of ice-blue light, and returned to the tower's inner space. It needed time to adapt to its new identity and environment.

Seeing this, the Earth Dragon and Wind Dragon also looked at the Fire Dragon and exchanged a glance, as if to say, "Good luck, this is up to you!"

Then it transformed into a stream of light and returned to the space inside the tower.

They simply couldn't withstand the extreme cold.

Fire Dragon:

It's cold too!

But its owner is still outside, it can't very well run back, can it?

Jiang Bai noticed the fire dragon's embarrassment and smiled as he touched its somewhat dull scales: "Thank you for your hard work, boss."

"After a while, we'll go somewhere that will guarantee a huge boost to your cultivation level, at least enough to break through ten thousand years, and if you're lucky, even a hundred thousand years isn't impossible."

The dragon's eyes lit up instantly, and the fatigue and discomfort it had felt earlier seemed to have lessened considerably.

It nuzzled against Jiang Bai's hand and let out a whine of anticipation.

"Let's go, let's get out of here first."

Jiang Bai flipped himself onto the fire dragon's back. "The far north is not a safe place to stay for long, in case we attract even more troublesome creatures—"

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Before the words had even finished—

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

In the distance, deep within the Snow Spirit Mountains, a muffled rumble, as if the earth were splitting open, suddenly resounded!

Immediately afterwards, the entire ice field began to tremble violently!

Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the ice beneath Jiang Bai's feet, and large chunks of snow and ice rocks began to peel off and slide off the distant ice peaks!

"What's going on?!"

Jiang Bai's expression changed.

The fire dragon also raised its head alertly, its crimson-gold dragon eyes looking in the direction from which the sound came.

Then, they witnessed a scene they would never forget!

At the summit of Xueling Peak, which is 1,000 meters above sea level, the thick snow layer that has accumulated over many years began to slowly slide down as if it had been pushed by an invisible giant hand!

At first, only fine snowflakes rolled down, but in an instant, the collapsed snow layer was like a white torrent that had burst its banks, converging into snow waves several meters high that blotted out the sky!

The snow waves, carrying ice rocks the size of millstones, broken ancient trees that would take several people to encircle, and countless uprooted ice pillars, were crushing towards their direction!

avalanche!

One of the most devastating natural disasters in the far north!

And judging by its scale, it was definitely a massive avalanche!

Wherever it goes, even soul beasts will probably be completely buried!

"Boss! Take off now—!!!"

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