Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 488 Let Nature Take Its Course

Looking at the smiling Snow Empress, Ice Empress felt a surge of disbelief. The Snow Empress...? Could she have fallen for Ji Lin? How could that be? Impossible! This is impossible! The Snow Empress is a goddess of ice and snow, a spirit of heaven and earth. How could she possibly fall for a human? But her expression now...?

Snow Empress glanced at Ice Empress and said meaningfully, "Ice'er, don't overthink it, just let things take their natural course."

Hyotei remained silent.

Because the far north ice plains are so suitable for ice-attribute soul masters to cultivate, Ji Lin unknowingly fell into deep meditation. His whole body was like an ice sculpture, merging with the ice mountain beneath him, deeply feeling the true meaning of ice and snow, becoming part of the ice and snow.

When Ji Lin opened his eyes, he was surrounded by a group of Titan Snow Demons who stood like ice pillars.

Titan Snow Demon King stood at the very front, behind him was his race, the Titan Snow Demon race.

"You're awake. This meditation was very effective," Xue Di said with a smile, standing beside Ji Lin.

Looking at the smile on her face, both Titan Snow Demon King and Ice Emperor couldn't help but be a little stunned.

The Snow Empress smiled? When did she start smiling so much? Was it for this human in front of her?

Titan Snow Demon King was filled with doubts, but dared not ask them easily.

Ji Lin stood up, nodded to the Snow Emperor, and said, "As expected of the far north ice plains, I can easily enter deep meditation here and experience more of the power of ice and snow. This feeling is really good."

Xue Di smiled even more happily. How could she not be happy when Ji Lin praised her hometown?

"When you need to break through a bottleneck, you can come to the far north ice plains to train. The environment here makes it easier for you to break through the bottleneck."

"Okay." Ji Lin readily agreed. It would not only help him cultivate, but also alleviate the homesickness of the Snow Emperor, Ice Emperor, and Ice Bear King Xiaobai. Why not come to the far north ice plains a few more times?

Xue Di said, "We have to wait a little longer before we can leave. Xiao Bai has also gone back to its clan. Let's wait for it a bit longer."

Ji Lin nodded. It's only natural for Xiao Bai to want to spend more time with his family after being separated for so long. Ji Lin isn't some heartless boss, so he wouldn't deny Xiao Bai even this little bit of time.

"Hyotei, aren't you going back to check on your clan?"

Ji Lin looked at the Ice Emperor beside him and asked curiously.

Hyotei shook her head and said, "When I left last time, I had already said everything that needed to be said. The Ice Jade Scorpions already have a new king, so I won't disturb their peaceful lives."

Ji Lin shook his head. It was better not to see each other, so as to avoid adding to the sadness when they parted again.

Little White didn't keep them waiting for long. In less than an hour, it turned into a beam of white light and returned. However, Little White didn't say anything and directly merged into Ji Lin's body, returning to the Sacred Mark Space and disappearing. The separation from its clansmen clearly made it feel a little down, and it even ignored its nemesis, Titan Snow Demon King.

When Titan Snow Demon King and his people saw Ice Bear King Xiaobai merge into Ji Lin's body, they stared wide-eyed, completely bewildered as to what had just happened.

Xue Di said calmly, "Alright, let's set off."

As she spoke, she pulled Ji Lin up, leaped into the air, and landed directly on the broad shoulders of the Titan Snow Demon King.

With the Snow Empress leading the way, the Titan Snow Demon King did not refuse Ji Lin's request to stand on its shoulder. After all, it is now the Lord of the Far North Ice Plains!

Ice Emperor didn't stand on ceremony either, and floated onto Titan Snow Demon King's shoulder. Poor Titan Snow Demon King, the dignified lord of the far north ice plains, had actually been reduced to a mount.

However, the Titan Snow Demon King seemed to be enjoying himself, showing none of the domineering aura befitting the lord of the far north.

Ji Lin turned to look at Xue Di and said, "I have to thank you this time, Xue Nu. Without you, I wouldn't have been able to find anyone else to help me."

The Snow Emperor shook her head and said, "We are one, there is no need for such formalities. Moreover, those humans from the Sun and Moon Empire dared to invade the territory of my Arctic Ice Plains, so they are our enemies to begin with. For us, this is just our duty."

Ji Lin smiled slightly and gazed at Xue Di with gentle eyes. Xue Di turned her head away uncomfortably, avoiding Ji Lin's gaze.

Looking at her stunning profile, Ji Lin couldn't help but stare for a while longer until Xue Di blushed and he felt the strange look in Bing Di's eyes. Only then did Ji Lin look away.

The three of them fell silent, sitting quietly on the shoulders of the Titan Snow Demon King.

The Titan Snow Demon King is 100 meters tall and runs at an astonishing speed. From a distance, it looks like a small mountain running through the snow.

More than a hundred elite Titan Snow Demons also began to run wildly in this far north. Although they were not as tall as the Titan Snow Demon King, they could still cover dozens of meters with each stride. Their speed on the ground was no less than that of a Soul Master flying in the air.

This is the immense power of the far north. No wonder the far north ice plains were able to establish a paradise in one place; it is absolutely related to their own powerful strength.

Ji Lin, Xue Di, and Bing Di sat on the Titan Snow Demon King and returned to their target area in almost a shorter time than when they arrived.

The momentum of the hundreds of Titan Snow Demons was so powerful that when they were about a hundred miles away from the Sun and Moon Empire's army, the Snow Emperor ordered them to stop.

"Ji Lin, from now on, they are under your command. You can decide what to do with them. Bing'er and I are going back." As she spoke, the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress's branch transformed into a white light and a green light, merging into Ji Lin's body and disappearing.

While on the road, the Snow Empress had already told the Titan Snow Demon King about her current relationship with the Ice Empress and Ji Lin, and also instructed the Titan Snow Demon King to obey Ji Lin's orders.

Normally, the Titan Snow Demon King doesn't care much for humans, but Ji Lin is different. He is a human recognized by the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, so the Titan Snow Demon King doesn't dare to neglect Ji Lin.

"Atai, thank you for your help. We'll be facing a human army soon."

Ji Lin looked at the group of enormous creatures in front of him and said in a deep voice.

Titan Snow Demon King nodded and said, "Since the Snow Empress has said that we should listen to you, then you can make the arrangements."

Ji Lin nodded and said, "Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony."

The Sun Moon Empire's camp has been extremely busy for the past two weeks. Since setting up camp here, they have been working intensively. The initial investment obviously takes the most time, including the installation of various mechanical equipment, the exploration of the specific locations of various mineral veins, and mining, etc.

Only after all the ore has been mined can we talk about purification, collection, and transportation.

After about ten days of basic construction, with the full support of the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Team, the infrastructure was finally almost complete. Next, the mining work began.

Eleven mineral veins were discovered here. These veins are interwoven and vary in reserves, but without exception, they all contain rare metals of very high quality. Among them, two veins produce rare metals that are particularly precious.

In this situation, the entire mining process needs to be expedited. Moreover, according to their exploration, six of the eleven veins extend all the way to the Douling Empire. In other words, they will eventually have to enter the Douling Empire to compete for control of more rare metal veins.

A few days ago, the Sun Moon Empire's reinforcements arrived. This reinforcement force had no combat capability, but it was the Sun Moon Empire's most elite rare metal mining team, consisting of more than 5,000 people and carrying a large amount of equipment. After arriving, they immediately set up camp. The Fire Phoenix Soul Master Corps and 20,000 soldiers cooperated with this professional team to continuously expand the scale of infrastructure and officially begin mining.

A few days later, rare metal ores have begun to be mined in a steady stream and are entering the purification process. A total of twenty-four openings have been made in the ore vein for full-scale mining, and no effort is being spared to save time.

The Sun Moon Empire was well aware that with the powerful role that Soul Tools had demonstrated in the war, the three kingdoms that originally belonged to the Douluo Continent would inevitably strengthen their control and acquisition of rare metals. If they knew that there was such a huge super-large metal mine within the Heavenly Soul Empire's territory, they would definitely come to seize it at all costs.

Therefore, Orange, who was in charge of this mining mission, ordered that, without alerting the Douling Empire or letting the Douling Empire discover any clues, they should spare no expense and mine this super-large metal vein as quickly as possible, even if there was some waste.

The large machinery that was brought in this time used nearly three thousand storage soul guides. If these machines were operating normally, they would be able to mine all the mineral veins in a short period of time.

Only the Sun Moon Empire has such professional mining machinery and mining teams. In contrast, the original Douluo Three Kingdoms could only use simple manual mining, which was far inferior to the Sun Moon Empire in terms of both safety and efficiency.

The entire mining process was proceeding at a rapid pace, while the high-altitude detection soul guides were strictly monitoring everything around them, especially the Douling Empire. If any situation was detected, the Fire Phoenix Soul Guide Corps would be able to react in the shortest possible time. With the combat power of the Fire Phoenix Soul Guide Corps, even if the Douling Empire sent 100,000 troops, they could hold their ground for a long time, not to mention that they also had 20,000 troops to cooperate with them.

Soul tool positions have now been set up on the ground, and a large-scale deployment of soul tools has been completed, sufficient to cope with a prolonged war.

At the same time, Orange also issued an order to the Sun Moon Empire's army to send another army to reinforce them. This was not because Orange was being overly worried, but because this mine contained too many rare metals, and they were too precious. They were scarce resources that the Sun Moon Empire urgently needed, so Orange had to increase the defenses just in case.

(End of this chapter)