Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 220 An Encounter with the Titan Snow Demon (Daily Written Version)

The approaching figure stopped about a hundred meters away, followed by a series of acrid chewing sounds that made one's teeth ache, and the deep mooing of a musk ox.

Huo Yuhao didn't even bother to breathe at this moment. Although he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he vaguely guessed what kind of being it was.

The sounds of chewing and tearing, along with the scattering of the musk oxen, were particularly clear in the wind and snow. But soon, several more musk oxen were caught in the hands of the beings outside.

That guy must have a lot of saliva.

Huo Yuhao thought to himself.

The musk ox's vocal organs limit the loudness of its final cries, but it is precisely this low, desperate moo that sends chills down his spine.

Musk oxen are animals with a very strong sense of community. Even the packs of dire wolves on the ice fields have a hard time hunting their prey and having a meal among the musk oxen.

The one who could frighten the musk oxen into scattering in panic, leaving only the unlucky ones to be slaughtered, must have at least 100,000 years of cultivation, or even more.

After all, the lead musk ox in this herd is a full eight meters long, a symbol of cultivation over thirty thousand years, and there are no fewer than ten other musk oxen over ten thousand years old.

In this situation, even a spirit beast that is 50,000 years old would have a hard time getting the better of the enraged musk ox herd.

After some time, perhaps five minutes or perhaps half an hour, Huo Yuhao, under intense mental pressure, became somewhat insensitive to the passage of time.

Finally, the immense pressure disappeared, and the terrifying aura faded into the distance.

Even so, Huo Yuhao remained prostrate in the snow, quietly sensing the other party's departure. Only when the terrifying aura had completely disappeared did Huo Yuhao cautiously peek out.

When he stood up again, he saw a huge footprint not far from him.

Huo Yuhao finally understood why the lead musk ox had led the herd to scatter and flee.

This enormous footprint is more than five meters in diameter.

To put it in perspective, if the lead musk ox were to lead the herd in an attack, the enemy could easily trample them to death with a mere stomp of their feet.

Fortunately, it seemed that the other party was just having a snack on the way and had no intention of eating a full meal, otherwise the entire herd of musk oxen probably wouldn't be enough for him to swallow in a few bites.

I calculated the height using the length of my own foot. If the other party is a humanoid life form, the ratio of foot length to height would be approximately 1:7 to 1:7.5. In other words, the other party's height should be over 35 meters, and even 40 meters is not impossible.

Although Shrek Academy's textbooks often mention that the body length of most soul beasts reaches its peak at around 50,000 years and then gets smaller and smaller, this is not absolute.

After breaking through the 100,000-year mark, most soul beasts will experience a period of explosive growth in size again, with records of ferocious beasts that are tens of meters tall serving as the best evidence.

Of course, this is not an ironclad rule. In fact, after breaking through the 100,000-year barrier, the size of most soul beasts becomes uncontrollable. Some grow to be even larger, while others continue to shrink, highlighting a pattern that cannot be summarized.

"Was that the legendary Titan Snow Demon clan that just passed by?"

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm nodded: "That's right, this is the Titan Snow Demon Clan, one of the three major races in the far north. They are noble beings with the bloodline of the Ice God flowing in their veins. It is said that they are the descendants left behind by the ancient Ice God when he was with the Titan Giant."

Huo Yuhao was speechless upon hearing this; this ancient ice god.

Perhaps this is how the strong in the ancient and barbaric era chose their mates?

Although I had heard Tianmeng Ice Silkworm say before that, besides Titan Snow Demons, there seemed to be many other noble races in the far north who also had the blood of the Ice God flowing through their veins.

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It can only be said that the ancient ice god made an indelible contribution to the diversification of life among soul beasts in the far north.

However, perhaps this ancient ice god also possessed the ability to freely control the size of itself?

As the sky gradually darkened, Huo Yuhao decided not to continue and instead decided to rest on the spot.

Of course, setting up a tent is out of the question. This isn't the Starry Forest. Even in the Frozen Forest, setting up a tent would be somewhat feasible, but in the far north, this idea is simply unreliable.

In the far north, where everything is a vast expanse of white, setting up a tent is practically telling other spirit beasts in the vicinity that you're there and ready to eat, which is hardly a wise choice.

Moreover, Huo Yuhao had already experienced the biting cold of this place before. If his tent, along with his pots and pans, were blown away halfway through his sleep, he would really be left to pitifully eat snow to survive.

However, eating snow in the freezing cold would only exacerbate the consumption of body heat and force hypothermia to develop more quickly. Unless he had absolutely no other choice, Huo Yuhao would never choose to do this.

He took out a wooden-handled shovel from his storage soul tool. The shovel head was made of refined steel, and the wooden handle was made of millennium-grade iron birch. It was used to cut ice blocks and build an igloo from under the snow. It could provide both concealment and wind protection and insulation, making it an excellent choice.

But soon, Huo Yuhao realized a very real and troublesome problem.

In the far north, the ice beneath the snow layer is so hard that unless Huo Yuhao uses his soul power to unleash the Holy Flame Sword, it is extremely difficult to even break through the ice.

He used brute force to chisel a few times, and large pieces of ice shards burst open, but the ice layer was hardly affected at all.

Should we use a soul skill to forcibly perform the cutting?

Huo Yuhao hesitated. He could only use the ice house for two nights at most, and that was assuming he could still find it when he returned to the city.

If Huo Yuhao can't find the igloo when he comes back, he can only use it for one night at most. Is it really appropriate to expend so much soul power to make this igloo just for the comfort and enjoyment of one night?

Just as Huo Yuhao was hesitating and looked around, a faint mountain peak appeared in his field of vision.

There are snowy mountains!

A hint of excitement flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes. The presence of snow-capped mountains meant that there might be caves nearby. Although entering a cave was somewhat dangerous in the far north, with the remains of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and the Moon's Spirit Descent, the chances of Huo Yuhao being discovered were relatively small.

Let's go check out the snow mountain first. If there really are ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts inside, then it won't be too late to retreat.

(End of this chapter)