Douluo Continent: Awakening the Original Martial Soul at the Start.

Chapter 107 Snow Emperor

Seeing Lan Ran's infatuated expression, Li Fei released his hand.

"Bang!"

Lan Ran landed heavily on the snow. The slight pain brought her back to her senses. She then lowered her head shyly and covered her face with her hands.

How embarrassing! I actually made that face in front of Li Fei.

But I was mostly angry. How could you be so disgusted when I, a beautiful woman, let you hug me? Are you even a man?

"Foolish woman, are you out of your mind? A Soul King bringing a child to the inner region of the far north, are you looking for death?"

Li Fei lightly kicked Lan Ran on the ground and said irritably.

"This is all because of you!" Upon hearing this, Lan Ran immediately jumped up and pointed at Li Fei angrily.

"What does this have to do with me?" Li Fei was completely dumbfounded.

"If it weren't for your advice, I would have taken Bing'er to hunt ice bears with powerful freezing abilities! Who knew that as soon as we found a suitable one, we would be chased by that group of ice bears."

Lan Ran said with lingering fear.

Li Fei was speechless. Even so, that's no reason for you to come to the inner area alone with a child!

"Sister Lan, who is this handsome guy?"

At this moment, the blue-haired little girl ran back and asked curiously. She had seen the interaction between the two and knew that they knew each other.

"Bing'er, this is Li Fei, the person I told you about."

"So you're the Li Fei that Sister Lan was talking about! The strongest genius on the continent! My name is Shui Bing'er. Thank you for saving us!"

Upon hearing Lan Ran's introduction, Shui Bing'er looked enlightened, extended her hand to Li Fei, and smiled.

"So you're the future captain of Tianshui!" Li Fei was somewhat surprised. He shook Shui Bing'er's small hand and smiled, "You're welcome!"

"By the way, Li Fei, what are you doing in the far north?" Lan Ran asked curiously.

"I need to go to the core area to find some ice-attribute materials."

Are you in a hurry?

"No rush!"

"That's great! Could you please help us hunt some soul beasts?!" Lan Ran said happily.

"Sure! What is your target spirit beast?" Li Fei nodded. He wasn't in a hurry anyway, so he was happy to help.

"Bing'er's martial soul is the top-tier beast martial soul, the Ice Phoenix. Based on your previous theory, I chose the following soul beasts for her: Ice Bear, Xuanbing Bird, Frost Tiger, Snow Demon Ape, and Ice Jade Scorpion."

Goodness, this has covered all the top races in the far north!

That's utterly nonsensical.

Li Fei glanced at Lan Ran with some admiration, then said, "Since it's an Ice Phoenix, forget about the Ice Jade Scorpion, let's have the Ice Bear from before!"

Li Fei gave up on the Ice Jade Scorpion not because he was afraid of the Ice Emperor, but because the Ice Jade Scorpion was not suitable for the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul.

If the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul is continuously combined with a pure ice-attribute soul beast, there is a high probability that it will be upgraded to Ultimate Ice.

Although the Ice Jade Scorpion and the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion are the same species, their attributes are different. The former has both ice and venom attributes, while the latter is pure, extreme ice, so they are not comparable at all.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Li Fei!" Shui Bing'er said with a smile.

Li Fei led the two of them in the direction the ice bear had gone.

Under Li Fei's extraordinary perception, the ice bear's tracks were impossible to miss.

In less than half an hour, the three of them caught up with the Ice Bear's group.

"There are over fifty ice bears! That's quite a large group!"

After roughly estimating the number of ice bears, including four that were over twenty meters tall and each comparable to a peak human Soul Douluo, Li Fei immediately realized that things were going to get complicated.

Such a large group was very likely led by the Ice Bear King himself. He was somewhat afraid that his fight with Little White would attract the attention of the Snow Emperor, the supreme ruler of the far north.

"Li Fei, should we leave?" Lan Ran asked hesitantly, looking at the four enormous white bears that exuded a terrifying aura.

She never imagined that the children of such a terrifying tribe she had wanted to hunt would die without even knowing how.

Shui Bing'er nodded in agreement.

"Alright, let's go! Let's check out other places!"

Li Fei nodded and led the two of them to walk in another direction.

After searching for almost another day, they arrived at the core area closer to the far north. Lan Ran and Shui Bing'er were freezing cold, their bodies covered in frost.

This shocked the two of them greatly. One of them had an Ice Crystal Martial Soul, and the other had an Ice Phoenix Martial Soul. They were extremely resistant to ice, yet they were now freezing cold.

Fortunately, they found a Xuanbing Bird suitable for Shui Bing'er's age. Li Fei reached out and captured the three-meter-long Xuanbing Bird, then slapped it unconscious.

"Absorb it! The Ice Bird contains the bloodline of the Ice Phoenix, and the bonus it brings you is no less than that of the Ice Bear."

Shui Bing'er nodded, and the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul instantly possessed her, condensing into an ice sword that ended the life of the Xuanbing Bird.

Then it began to be absorbed, and it took a full three hours to be fully absorbed.

"Second Soul Skill: Frozen Wind!"

A pair of phoenix wings appeared behind Shui Bing'er. With a gentle flap, a storm of cold air swept out and swept into the distance.

Unfortunately, in this icy and snowy landscape, it's impossible to see any effect; it only manages to swirl up a pile of snow.

"Not bad, the temperature is only five degrees higher than here. Ordinary soul masters simply cannot withstand this cold."

Li Fei nodded and praised, "You know, this is the core area near the far north, where the temperature is close to the extreme of ice."

Shui Bing'er was also very satisfied. This move not only had amazing crowd control, but also had excellent attack power.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a huge roar came from afar, followed by a shockwave carrying a chill.

Li Fei instantly appeared in front of the two women, reaching out to block the shockwave. The spilled shockwave scraped off a layer of the ground on both sides, revealing the permafrost underneath.

"Such immense power! What on earth happened in the core area?" Lan Ran and Shui Bing'er looked at the site of the impact in disbelief, only to see two enormous figures colliding repeatedly.

Wave after wave of impact swept in, and Li Fei activated his soul power, forming a huge protective shield that protected the two behind him.

At the same time, he used his Fiery Eyes to see a pure white gorilla that was fifty meters long. Its muscles were as if they were cast from cold iron, and there were two sharp spikes made of condensed ice on its shoulders, which constantly emitted a terrifying cold aura.

The remaining opponent it fought was equally formidable; it was a giant polar bear with a body length of over forty meters. Although smaller in size, its imposing presence and strength were by no means inferior.

"These are the Titan Snow Demon King and the Ice Bear King. Why are they fighting?"

Li Fei was filled with shock and confusion. He knew that the two disliked each other, but with Xue Di's presence, they would at most bump into each other a few times. How could they be fighting so fiercely now, with the soul beasts in the core area trembling and fleeing frantically?

With these questions in mind, Li Fei used his Fiery Eyes to observe his surroundings.

"What terrifying ice is this?! It can even freeze soul power."

Just as Li Fei was searching for the reason for the battle between the two beasts, Lan Ran exclaimed in surprise. It turned out that the protective shield that Li Fei had erected had been frozen into an ice shield, and it was getting thicker and thicker.

"This is the power of ice I told you about before - Ultimate Ice, a terrifying power that can even freeze soul power. The two soul beasts fighting in the distance both possess this power, which is why the soul power of Ultimate Ice has spread to this place more than 5,000 meters away," Li Fei explained with a solemn expression.

But his gaze lingered on the vicinity of the battlefield, and soon a huge ice pillar with a diameter of more than three meters and a height of ten meters, a hundred meters behind a Titan Snow Demon King, caught Li Fei's attention.

With his keen eyesight, Li Fei saw that the ice pillar was filled with a blue, jelly-like substance resembling bone marrow, and he was filled with surprise.

"This is ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow, and it's so big! No wonder those two were fighting!"

This massive ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow is enough to elevate the foundation of both beasts, saving them decades of cultivation time and giving them confidence to survive the two hundred thousand-year tribulation.

He immediately began to plan how to get his hands on this ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow.

Upon hearing Li Fei's words, Lan Ran and Shui Bing'er looked through the ice cover at the two beasts fighting each other in the distance, and saw the cold air that was frozen along with the snow.

Wherever the cold air passed, it left behind countless beautiful ice crystals, which shimmered with iridescent colors in the sunlight.

"It's too dangerous here. Let me take you two away!"

After saying that, he ignored the two women's objections, picked them up one in each arm, and flew towards the outer edge of the far north using the Moon Step technique.

All he wanted now was to get rid of these two burdens so he could go back and steal that enormous, ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing marrow.

Flying at full speed through the air, Li Fei even used the power of his blood and qi, reaching a speed close to Mach 2. In less than ten minutes, he arrived at the safe zone on the outskirts of the far north.

"You two can go back on your own. I have something to do, so I'll be going now."

After giving a brief instruction, he turned and flew towards the core area of ​​the far north.

The two women were left staring at each other, completely bewildered.

When Li Fei returned to his previous position, the battle between the two giant beasts had ended, or rather, been ended.

At this moment, the Titan Snow Demon King and the Ice Bear King were kneeling together, looking at the three-meter-tall figure flying above them with a wronged and pleading expression. The Ice Bear King, in particular, looked like a child who had made a mistake, obediently accepting his mother's punishment.

Her figure was human-like, with long, pure white hair that reached her feet, and pure white eyes that seemed to see through everything in the world. Her pale, snow-white body was slender and perfect, making her appear so noble and stunningly beautiful.

From afar, she appeared to be an unparalleled beauty, but upon closer inspection, she was revealed to be a soul beast resembling a snow demon. Although stunning, the chill emanating from her eyes could freeze everything in the world.

"This is the state of the Snow Empress, the Ice Goddess, and the Snow Maiden—it's terrifying!"

Li Fei immediately understood that the snow demon-like soul beast was the Snow Emperor, the spirit of this far northern land.

The Snow Empress stared coldly at the two beasts for a while, then waved her hand slightly. The enormous ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing marrow in the distance floated up and followed the Snow Empress toward the more central area.

After the Snow Emperor left, the two beasts roared at each other and grumbled as they headed toward their respective territories.

Li Fei didn't want to miss out on such a large piece of ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing marrow, which could save him a lot of cultivation time, so he quickly and secretly followed behind Xue Di.

The deeper they went, the lower the temperature became. In the end, Li Fei even felt that they had exceeded the realm of extreme ice and were approaching absolute zero.

"If it weren't for my special martial spirit and the power of my blood and qi, I might not be able to move around here."

He took a breath of cold air, but before it could fully enter his body, the coldness was neutralized by his fire-attribute soul power and blood energy, and he only absorbed pure oxygen to revitalize his body.

At this moment, Li Fei was extremely cautious, even suppressing his mental fluctuations to the minimum.

The core area of ​​the far north is not much safer than the Star Dou Great Forest. He vaguely remembered that there was a giant dragon here with the bloodline of the Ice Dragon King, whose cultivation had reached over 900,000 years, equivalent to the existence of a Limit Douluo.

As they ventured deeper, a palace made of ice and snow came into view, and the Snow Emperor entered directly with the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Li Fei used his Fiery Eyes of Truth to observe his surroundings and found no living beings. Apart from the Snow Emperor, there was no one else inside the palace.

"To think there's so much millennia-old Xuanbing marrow! The Snow Emperor's cultivation is truly extravagant!"

Although Li Fei didn't focus his attention on the Snow Empress for fear of being discovered, he used his X-ray vision to observe the situation inside the palace. He discovered that there were five or six pieces of ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow in the Snow Empress's cultivation area. Although they were not as huge as the one he had just seen, the considerable number of them was still a significant fortune.

Moreover, Li Fei discovered that the bed where the Snow Emperor rested was a huge piece of ancient cold jade. Recalling the effect of the cold jade bed in The Return of the Condor Heroes, he was tempted again.

However, since the Snow Empress is currently inside the palace, he cannot sneak in now; he can only wait until she leaves.

Not wanting to waste this opportunity, Li Fei began to reduce the flow of fire-attribute soul power within his body, slowly allowing his body to adapt to the environment.

Having entered a meditative state, I continuously adjusted my breathing to allow my body to adapt to the cold air. With each inhale, I exhaled the cold air through my mouth, allowing only oxygen to enter my lungs to prevent them from being damaged by the cold.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye. Li Fei looked at the distant palace with a sense of despair. It wasn't that he lacked patience, but the Snow Empress hadn't moved an inch in three months, making her even more of a homebody than a typical homebody!

"At least move a little! I've already gotten used to this cold environment, and even the mark of the Dark Demon God Tiger has been removed, and you're still sleeping there!"

"Or, I could just slip my hand in!"

Without hesitation, Li Fei completely internalized his soul power and spirit, and headed towards the Ice and Snow Palace. Three months of daily observation had made him very familiar with the place, and he easily found his way to the Snow Emperor's cultivation area.

There were no doors inside the palace; the passageway was open and unobstructed, and Li Fei quickly arrived at his destination.

(End of this chapter)