Douluo Continent: The Ice King's Resurrection

Chapter 87, Section 86: The Star Dou Great Forest

Beneath the stars, two figures moved swiftly through the forest, eventually landing outside a cave.

One of the middle-aged figures entered the cave first, and after a giant bear with a bruised and swollen face was knocked out, another figure followed.

"A three-thousand-year-old Earth Demon Bear, I'll spare its life since it's kept its little den fairly clean." The middle-aged figure stood in the cave, talking to the figure who entered later, while sticking torches into the cave wall to the side.

"Okay, Grandpa. Don't bother with torches, use this instead. It's more convenient and won't produce thick smoke." The figure who came in later ignored the first half of the middle-aged man's sentence. Instead, he watched the man put in the torches, sighed helplessly, and took out a simple glowing soul tool from his own storage soul tool. He then input soul power into it, and instantly, the darkness in the entire cave was dispelled by the incandescent disc.

As the light shone, their faces became clearly visible. Who else could they be but Ling Yongsheng and his grandson Ling Bingtian?

Unexpectedly, Ling Bingtian said that the great Ice God had issued a divine decree, ordering him to go to the Star Dou Great Forest in the southern part of the Heavenly Soul Empire to find his fourth soul ring, saying that there was a great opportunity there.

Upon hearing this, Ling Yongsheng immediately changed his mind. He bid farewell to Nan Shuishui with Ling Bingtian, and then instructed Wang Dayu and the other to go to Shrek Academy on their own. He then led Ling Bingtian on a wild run towards the Star Dou Great Forest, and finally landed in a cave on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Um, okay."

Looking at the glowing soul tool in Ling Bingtian's hand, Ling Yongsheng still felt somewhat uncomfortable. Even though soul tools had begun to circulate in the Ling family in the past two years, the dislike accumulated over thousands of years could not be changed overnight.

In many cases, Ling Yongsheng still prefers to solve problems in a more primitive way rather than using more convenient soul tools.

However, Ling Yongsheng has one strength: he is good at listening to correct opinions. With the Ice God's mission on his shoulders and Ling Bingtian's reminder, he goes with the flow and doesn't stubbornly stick to his own ideas.

In the cave illuminated by the soul tool, the grandfather and grandson each took out a comfortable chair, sat down, and began to discuss their next plan.

"Little Tian, ​​did the Ice God tell you the location of the great opportunity? Even just a general direction would be helpful!" Ling Yongsheng asked Ling Bingtian excitedly. This was the first time he felt he was effectively completing the task assigned by his faith, and he didn't want to mess it up at all.

"No, Lord Ice God only said that the opportunity lies in the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest. As for the specific location, Lord Ice God did not specify." Ling Bingtian "honestly" shook his head, uttering yet another lie.

That's right, how could Ling Bingtian, who had long since severed ties with the Ice God, possibly receive a message from him? All of this was a lie told to get Ling Yongsheng to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest.

As for the real reason for wanting to go to the Star Dou Great Forest, it was naturally to see if they could intercept Tianmeng Ice Silkworm or Electrolux.

After becoming familiar with Ma Xiaotao, Ling Bingtian deduced from her age that he and Huo Yuhao were probably the same age.

Since that's the case, before Shrek Academy starts, Ling Bingtian still wants to go to the Star Dou Great Forest to see if he can intercept the two greatest opportunities of the grilled fish man's life.

To be honest, Ling Bingtian was fairly certain about whether he could attract the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm; he probably didn't have much of a chance.

After all, he lacked one crucial element: a martial soul with spiritual attributes. Neither the Ice Crystal Phoenix martial soul nor his second martial soul possessed any spiritual attributes.

However, Electrolux's words are not entirely impossible...

Thinking of this, a few glints flashed in Ling Bingtian's eyes. As his soul power circulated within his body, several gray rays of light faintly appeared on the back of his left hand, outlining the shape of a long weapon.

"That's fine then, we'll see how things go. But what kind of spirit beast do you want for your fourth spirit ring? Have you thought about that?" Ling Yongsheng wasn't surprised by this reply.

After all, if the Ice God had arranged everything for Ling Bingtian, how could there be such a thing as the Divine Trial?

"Yes, Grandpa, I've made up my mind. My fourth spirit ring will be the Three-Eyed Ice Fox, and its age can be between 40,000 and 60,000 years."

Although breaking through the level 40 bottleneck so quickly was an accident, Ling Bingtian had actually already decided on the location of his fourth spirit ring.

Despite having "ice" in its name, the Three-Eyed Ice Fox is not actually a soul beast that lives in the far north.

Instead, their active area is the warm and comfortable Starry Sky Forest.

The Three-Eyed Ice Fox is essentially a high-level soul beast. Its strength lies in its two incredibly powerful innate soul skills.

One is a relatively common innate soul skill, namely Berserk, which can increase one's strength several times over in a short period of time, but the aftereffects are also relatively serious.

The other is the Mystic Ice Realm, created by its third eye and its inherent ice attribute.

Once the Three-Eyed Ice Fox unleashes this Enchanted Ice Realm, its opponents will see a mirage composed of ice mist.

If the opponent's mental strength is not as strong as the Three-Eyed Ice Fox that used the Bewitching Ice Realm on it, and it does not have any means to break through illusions, it will remain lost in the illusion until it is killed by the Three-Eyed Ice Fox.

Therefore, no matter which of the Three-Eyed Ice Fox's innate soul skills Ling Bingtian acquired, he wouldn't feel like he had lost out.

Berserk can effectively enhance one's ability to engage in direct combat.

The enigmatic ice realm is just as helpful in actual combat.

Ling Yongsheng nodded in agreement upon hearing Ling Bingtian's words. Throughout the Ling family's thousands of years of history, there have been several ancestors who chose the Three-Eyed Ice Fox as their soul ring.

The clan also has relatively comprehensive records of this kind of spirit beast.

"In that case, rest for tonight. Tomorrow, Xiao Tian, ​​try hunting a Three-Eyed Ice Fox yourself. I'll be there to support you," Ling Yongsheng said after thinking for a moment.

During his three years of training, Ling Bingtian's individual combat capabilities were fully honed.

Ling Yongsheng wanted to see the results of this hunt.

"yes!"

Ling Bingtian also became serious, gave Ling Yongsheng a military salute, and couldn't help but feel excited deep down.

Strictly speaking, this will be the first time he has hunted a soul beast on his own. After all, the Ice God or his family had taken care of his first three soul rings.

"I'm really looking forward to it." With a mix of anticipation and nervousness, Ling Bingtian slowly entered a state of cultivation and rest.

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