Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 490 Ice and Snow Storm

The place where Atai was hiding was less than 20 kilometers away from the Sun Moon Empire's camp, which was also the limit of the detection soul guide device. The Titan Snow Demons, who did not have 100,000 years of cultivation, were unable to become human and were arranged to lie down in a more distant place, about 25 kilometers away, quietly waiting for orders.

Commanding these Titan Snow Demons is effortless; they absolutely obey the Titan Snow Demon King's orders. And with the Snow Empress present, the Titan Snow Demon King also absolutely obeys Ji Lin's orders.

At this moment, Ji Lin had approached the edge of the Sun Moon Empire's soul-guided probe. Ji Lin's ice wings flapped on his back, and his figure rapidly ascended upwards. The surrounding scenery flashed by, and the sky became increasingly quiet and cold.

The low temperature had no effect on him; he only began to slow down after soaring to an altitude of four thousand meters.

As Ji Lin floated high in the sky and looked down, he could only vaguely see scattered lights in the Sun Moon Empire's camp on the ground.

Only then did Ji Lin stop climbing.

"drink!"

Ji Lin let out a low shout, and immediately, icy blue light began to emerge from his body. A gigantic, thirty-meter-tall phantom of an Ice and Snow Maiden appeared behind him. The phantom of the Snow Maiden emitted an icy blue halo in the night sky, hovering behind Ji Lin. On her exquisitely beautiful face, identical to that of the Snow Emperor, her pupils emitted a ghostly blue light. A terrifying surge of soul power emanated from behind Ji Lin. The Snow Emperor manipulated the power of the Holy Mark, beginning to lend Ji Lin a helping hand.

Like a volcanic eruption, the soul power belonging to the Snow Empress surged out from the Sacred Mark Space. It was solid, cold, and profound. This was the Snow Empress's soul power, and its strength far surpassed that of Ji Lin.

With Ji Lin's current physical condition, he was already able to borrow the power of the Snow Empress. The icy blue soul power gushing out from the Sacred Mark Space began to swirl and rotate around the illusory image of the Ice and Snow Maiden behind Ji Lin.

Soul power continued to be output outwards, while the ice elements in the air also converged towards the snow maiden phantom behind Ji Lin at an astonishing speed.

Gradually, the giant snow woman cupped her hands around her heart, and a ball of icy blue light condensed in her palms. This ball of blue light was swirling in shape.

As the icy blue vortex spun, the concentration of ice elements in the air rose rapidly, and snowflakes gradually began to fall from the high altitude.

The clouds high in the sky transformed into countless snowflakes, swirling and dancing around Ji Lin and the illusory image of the Snow Emperor behind him.

As time went by, a huge vortex made of ice and snow gradually appeared in the sky. This vortex continued to spin rapidly, and what was even more terrifying was that it expanded at an astonishing speed. In just a short while, the area it controlled exceeded a kilometer in diameter.

In this far north, the combat power of any ice-attribute soul master and soul beast will be greatly enhanced, let alone the darling of the far north, the Ice and Snow Maiden.

If they were in an inland region where the air wasn't so cold, Ji Lin would need to expend at least 20% more soul power to achieve what he has now.

This enormous vortex of ice and snow is still expanding at an alarming rate: 1,500 meters, 2,000 meters, 2,500 meters, 3,000 meters. If it weren't for the dead of night and the fact that it was at an altitude of 4,500 meters, such a terrifying vortex of ice and snow would probably have been discovered long ago. Unfortunately, this altitude is beyond the range that the Sun Moon Empire's high-altitude detection soul guides can detect. An altitude of nearly 5,000 meters is also a forbidden zone for life!

Ji Lin's soul power output continued to increase, and the ice and snow vortex appeared to be boundless, rotating at a certain speed, with its diameter gradually reaching four thousand meters and five thousand meters.

This was the first time Ji Lin had cooperated with Xue Di to unleash his full power. He himself hadn't expected it to be so terrifying. Although this level of power was far from being comparable to natural disasters, it was still astonishing enough.

Ji Lin's white hair was dyed ice blue by the ice element, and the Snow Emperor's phantom was the same. Her originally white hair was dyed ice blue, like strands of crystal, and her powerful aura was rapidly rising.

However, after the icy blue vortex reached a diameter of five kilometers, its volume stopped changing; what changed was the speed at which it rotated.

Under Ji Lin's control, the rotation speed of the ice and snow vortex increased at an astonishing rate. Gradually, a chilling whistling sound and a piercing wind began to appear in the air. The intense sound waves seemed to be tearing the air apart completely. Moreover, the temperature around the ice and snow vortex began to drop sharply.

The once fluttering snowflakes gradually turned into sharp ice shards, which, under the influence of the gale, became the most terrifying weapons.

"call--"

A fierce wind howled, and the snow maiden phantom behind Ji Lin suddenly raised her pair of pure white, jade-like hands, then made a pressing motion downwards. A beam of icy blue light suddenly shone from the snow maiden's body, and then the huge icy vortex broke free from the snow maiden's control and slowly fell downwards. During the fall, because it lost the control of Ji Lin's snow maiden phantom, the originally shrinking vortex began to expand.

With a diameter of five kilometers, that was just the beginning; the icy vortex began to expand wildly as it fell.

A severe snowstorm.

As the icy vortex descended, it gradually expanded, transforming into a massive blizzard that blotted out the sky. The blizzard raged through the air, with biting winds and icy shards flying wildly. Soon, the area it covered became ten times larger than before. From high above, Ji Lin could clearly see that this blizzard had almost completely covered the Sun Moon Empire's camps below, and even most of the detection soul tools.

"I'm so strong!"

Ji Lin looked at the magnificent scene, his eyes shining with excitement. This was true power, the power he had been searching for, a power comparable to natural disasters. Although he couldn't do it now, he would one day destroy everything.

Ji Lin took a deep breath, and some of the raging ice elements in the air immediately gathered towards him, which he absorbed to replenish the soul power he had previously consumed.

Even Ji Lin's mental detection couldn't penetrate the raging blizzard below to reach the Sun Moon Empire's camp. The chaotic ice elements completely blocked Ji Lin's mental power. Now, it all depended on the Sun Moon Empire's luck.

The combined attack of Ji Lin and Xue Di on the ice and snow storm was already considered a small-scale natural disaster.

Ju Zi was handling official business in the command tent at the moment. She felt that the wind outside the tent seemed to have gotten stronger, and the howling wind gradually intensified. The soul-guided lamps in the room were also swaying slightly.

Is it windy outside again?

She grabbed the cloak from the chair, draped it over herself, and walked to the entrance of the commander's tent. As soon as she lifted the tent flap, a biting cold wind swept in.

"Whoa!"

Orange exclaimed in surprise, shivering. "It's so cold!"

The howling wind whistled and groaned, causing dents to appear on the surface of the tents. Snowflakes danced in the air and fell from the sky. Moreover, the wind and snow were intensifying at an alarming rate.

How could there be such a strong blizzard?

Since arriving here, Orange thought she had gradually adapted to the harsh environment, but tonight's blizzard seemed particularly fierce.

"Messenger!"

"Here!" A messenger from the Fire Phoenix Soul Master Corps quickly ran up to her and respectfully accepted the order.

Orange said in a deep voice, "Quickly, pass on my orders to all camps to be careful of the wind. If necessary, use heavier soul tools to weigh down the tents and make sure they are kept warm."

"Yes!" The messenger quickly left, but the cold wind in the air became even stronger.

Orange retreated into the commander's tent, and the tent flap was lowered. Her commander's tent was assisted by a soul tool, and the warmth inside made her breathe a slight sigh of relief. It was inevitable to feel relaxed when moving from a cold place to a warm place, but she still frowned.

The rare metal veins here are indeed quite abundant, but the environment is also extremely harsh.

The 20,000 troops that Orange brought this time were all soldiers who were very resistant to the cold and were drawn from the northern part of the Sun Moon Empire. They were also well prepared. However, after arriving here, many soldiers still suffered from frostbite.

Especially the more than 5,000 mining professionals who came later, these people had even worse cold resistance. Among them, the Soul Masters were better off because they had stronger physical fitness, but out of the more than 5,000 people, Soul Masters were only a very small minority. Most of them were ordinary people. They worked every day, and soon some of them could not hold on. Some of them even began to die in the cold, dark night because they could not withstand the harsh environment.

Tonight's blizzard is exceptionally heavy, and we don't know what will happen tomorrow. Given this severe weather, the progress of the storm will likely slow down further.

I wonder how many people will have to die before this vein is completely mined.

Orange felt a little anxious. She had tried her best to prepare for the cold, but people were still dying. If it were a battlefield, she wouldn't be so anxious no matter how many people died, but this was not a battlefield. Her soldiers were dying here, and it pained her to see them die.

Now, all Orange wants is to finish mining the vein as soon as possible and leave this hellhole with his men.

"Whoosh, whoosh..." The biting cold wind howled, and the piercing sound was like the wailing of a vengeful spirit. The soul-guiding lamps inside the command tent flickered even more violently, and dents began to appear around the command tent.

Has the blizzard intensified again?

"Sizzle—" Strange sounds suddenly came from around the command tent. Ju Zi's eyes narrowed instantly, as if she had thought of something. She quickly rushed to the entrance of the command tent, lifted the tent flap, and immediately saw countless ice shards flying into the tent. These ice shards carried a chilling coldness and sharpness. Ju Zi subconsciously raised her hand and output her soul power to form a protective layer on her body.

(End of this chapter)