A Bite of Douluo Continent

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When Qi Han realized the problem, he looked at a piece of bright green bone fragment not far from him with a pained expression.

The Ice Jade Scorpion's corpse was also blown to pieces, but unlike the Snowfield Ice Pheasant's flesh and blood, its hard exoskeleton, although blown into pieces, was not completely destroyed.

With a bitter kick, Qi Han stomped the broken bone fragment away and sighed softly.

You ungrateful scorpion, you're already dead, yet you still try to kill the other person with your explosives.

I was hoping to be a fisherman, but now all the fish are gone…

He darted away, quickly leaving the area.

The explosion was so loud that if any other Snowfield Pheasants noticed what was happening, they might come and investigate.

Let's leave this snowfield first and then make further plans.

...

Sitting lazily on a nearby snow-covered hillside, Qi Han stared blankly at the flat snowfield before him.

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't come up with any good ideas.

He also considered using bait to lure the Snowfield Ice Pheasant down from the sky, but after capturing several ten- or hundred-year-old soul beasts, as soon as he threw them into that hunting area, the soul beasts would frantically flee outwards.

There was nothing they could do. The spirit beasts weren't stupid; they already knew this was the territory of the Snowfield Ice Pheasant, and going in would just mean certain death. So why would they cooperate?

Using inanimate objects as bait won't work either.

The Snowfield Ice Pheasant is quite different from the previous Earth Fire Dragon Sturgeon. This guy is very picky, only eats live prey, and enjoys the hunting process.

It won't eat a lifeless corpse.

How can this be done?

"Meow~"

The cub in his arms wriggled twice and rubbed its head against Qi Han's neck, seemingly feeling guilty for not being able to help.

Qi Han reached out and patted its head, a smile on his face. "It's alright. The environment here is indeed a bit harsh, and you can't get out of my clothes. But once we get to the Star Dou Great Forest, you'll be able to help me a lot."

Unable to emerge from his clothes, Gulu's fighting power was indeed greatly reduced.

At most, it can only use its own fog teleportation in emergencies, but even this teleportation guru can't be used too many times, as it consumes much more energy than its own teleportation.

As for the mist clones…

and many more…

A clone?!

Qi Han's eyes suddenly lit up, and he stood up from the snow.

Oh right, how could I forget about Gulu's clone!

Using clones as bait not only allows them to act according to their own will, but even if they are destroyed, they will not cause any damage to the main body.

Gulu's Mist Clone is derived from the Mist Cloud Cat's own clone skill, but there are differences between the two.

The clone skill is actually a common skill for many speed-type soul beasts that focus on agility and attack. Its main purpose is to confuse the enemy by making it difficult for them to distinguish which one is the original body.

Such clones have no combat power and will dissipate with a single blow, like a mirage.

However, Gulu's mist clone is much more practical. The clone can not only take on a physical form, but also possess some of the original body's power, allowing it to assist the original body in battle. This is something that normal clone skills do not have.

Of course, the Mist Clone skill is not without its flaws; the soul power it consumes to create a clone is more than ten times that of a normal clone.

If the clone is not destroyed, after reuniting with the main body, the remaining soul power will feed back to the main body. In this case, the soul power consumption is not large, and a new clone can be summoned immediately.

However, if the clone is destroyed, Gulu's soul power will not be replenished, which will not only consume a lot of energy, but also require a considerable amount of time to resummon the clone.

With Gulu's clone destroyed, the problem of depleted soul power was not difficult to solve. Before this mission, Qi Han went to the Tang Sect again and bought a lot of healing and soul power replenishing pills just in case. Moreover, because the Qing Palace Wanfu Meat had solved the problem of drug poisoning in Yu Hua's body, Yu Hua took the initiative to give him a lot of good pills as thanks, which were much better than those sold outside.

What's there to fear about soul power consumption? We can just eat pills like candy!

"Gulu, let's do this..."

Qi Han's eyes suddenly filled with enthusiasm. He quickly patted Gulu's head and began to communicate with Gulu.

"Meow!"

As he listened, Gulu's eyes lit up.

Yay! This can help pet owners!

After the man and the cat finished communicating, Qi Han, with Gulu, tiptoed back to the edge of the Snowfield Ice Pheasant Hunting Area, then slowly squatted down and remained still.

In his arms, a flash of misty light appeared on Gulu's body, and a brand new Gulu instantly leaped out from his collar.

The clone naturally doesn't need to fear the extreme cold.

Under Gulu's control, Gulu No. 2 tiptoed into the hunting area, then slowly began to move around, eventually becoming bolder and occasionally jumping and frolicking.

Gulu's fur is a mix of dark silver and silver-gray, quite different from the white of the snowfield. If a snowfield pheasant were flying overhead, it would definitely be able to spot it.

It's perfect as bait.

Qi Han and Gulu dared not breathe, staring intently at the sky above Gulu No. 2.

So... will the Snowfield Ice Pheasant come over?

Soon, a slight whooshing sound seemed to be heard, and Qi Han's face showed a hint of excitement.

They're here! They're really here!

He had already seen the shadow slowly enlarging in the sky, and a snowfield pheasant swiftly descended, its sharp claws instantly grabbing at Gulu No. 2.

However, Qi Han's expression quickly fell.

This snowfield pheasant has a wingspan of nine meters, definitely a thousand-year-old species.

Gulu No. 2 was instantly destroyed by its claws, and at the same time, the mist on Gulu's body dissipated, leaving it somewhat listless.

Qi Han was prepared. He immediately took out a pill to restore soul power and stuffed it into Gu Lu's mouth. Gu Lu chewed and swallowed it, and his mental state immediately improved.

After grabbing the ice pheasant, it realized something was wrong, let out a frustrated screech, and looked around.

Its dynamic vision is strong, but its static vision is average. When Qi Han was wearing a windproof and cold-proof suit that blended into the surrounding environment and remained motionless, even the Snowfield Ice Pheasant could not find him hiding in the concealed place.

After a while, finding nothing unusual in the surroundings, the Snowfield Ice Pheasant rose up again, flew into the sky, and disappeared.

Only then did Qi Han let out a soft sigh of relief and relax.

To be honest, although he knew that as long as he didn't move, the other party would most likely not notice him, he was still quite nervous when the Snowfield Ice Pheasant's gaze swept over him.

About ten minutes later, the ten-thousand-year-old Snowfield Ice Pheasant was probably no longer in the area, and Gulu also called out softly, indicating that he could reassemble his clone.

Thus, the same tactic was employed once again.

Gulu No. 2 stumbled into the hunting area again, pretending to have wandered in by mistake. It started frolicking wildly on the snow. Not long after, a snow pheasant swooped down again, extending its claws to pounce on its prey.

Qi Han looked closely and was overjoyed.

The snowfield ice pheasant that flew down this time only had a wingspan of about five meters and had a cultivation of no more than three thousand years.

"Charge! Charge! Charge!" Qi Han couldn't sit still any longer and rushed forward with Gulu in his arms.

Gulu also knew the importance of this battle. With a flash of misty light on his body, he directly consumed a large amount of soul power to activate Mist Flash with Qi Han.

The Snowfield Ice Pheasant shattered its clone with a single claw attack. Before it could even react, Qi Han, who was already prepared, appeared from the side with his sword and slashed down at it.

Snowfield Ice Pheasant: Are you being polite?

Chapter 339 Fourth Soul Skill

Qi Han said, "I don't know if it's polite or not."

But this cut will be very cool.

After a hard-won success in the clone bait operation, Gulu, for his own sake, first destroyed the clones, consuming a lot of power, and then forcibly took himself along in the Mist Flash, all to catch the Snowfield Ice Pheasant off guard.

At this moment, most of its strength was instantly depleted, and its deep purple eyes dimmed. Qi Han could not let its efforts go to waste, so he naturally went all out and did not give the Snowfield Ice Pheasant any chance.

So when he slashed out, all three of Qi Han's spirit rings lit up at the same time.

This was the first time he had ever stacked three skills together. He couldn't have done this with his soul power before, and even with his current level 40 soul power, he could only use this move with the power of a single strike.

This strike is a guaranteed kill!

Countless fiery blades overlapped and converged in mid-air, eventually forming a blazing golden-red blade. Under the ultimate control of the power refined to the point of being as fine as silk, and with countless flames condensed, the temperature of this blade was infinitely close to that of extreme fire. Before it even struck, the surrounding air was already distorted by the high temperature, and every spark that flew out was enough to melt gold and refine iron.

Even the sub-zero temperatures of the far north snowfields, tens of degrees below zero, could not cool this strike in the slightest.

With a single slash, the snow pheasant before him had no time to react before it was cleanly and swiftly cleaved in two. The cut surface was pitch black, the organic matter instantly carbonized, then reached its ignition point and burst into flames. Only when the body fell to the ground did the flames slowly extinguish under the cooling of the ice and snow.

Even though the ice pheasant was dead, the blade's edge hadn't diminished at all. It sliced ​​across the flat snowfield like a hot knife cutting into butter, instantly melting large swaths of ice and snow and leaving a deep ravine fifty meters long.

Before the ice and snow could even melt into water, they sublimated into water vapor under such terrifying high temperatures. The rising water vapor then condensed back into ice mist in the snowstorm sweeping across the snowfield. From the tiny, invisible ice crystals within the ice mist, tiny ice flowers grew, drifting everywhere like willow catkins in the wind and snow, filling the entire field of vision.

In the east wind night, flowers and trees are bloomed, and the stars are like rain.

However, Qi Han had no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery. After grabbing the snowfield ice pheasant that had been split in two, he entered the training space without hesitation.

This strike consumed seventy percent of his soul power; if another Snowfield Ice Pheasant were to appear, he would be finished.

After entering the training space, Qi Han took out two pills to restore soul power, and each of them, one for himself and one for the cat, took one.

Feeling his soul power rapidly recovering under the effects of the pill, Qi Han finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After finishing cooking Dinghu Shangsu last night, Qi Han started practicing the three-star recipe: Jixi Yipin Guo, so the training space is still available.

"Submit the task."

The snowfield ice pheasant he was holding vanished the moment he finished speaking, and the mission interface that appeared in front of Qi Han also underwent a new change.

Limited-time task: Ingredient acquisition (Completed)

Task Rewards: System Soul Ring x1 (claimable), 3-Star Recipe: Egg White Chicken Slices (claimable).

Qi Han first received the hibiscus chicken slices, and then excitedly reached out to receive the system soul ring.

The cleaver spirit emerged, and three spirit rings—black, purple, and black—pulsed slowly on the cleaver.

Soon, strands of white light appeared on the blade of the cleaver. After circling around, the light gradually converged, forming a fourth ring after the existing three soul rings.