The Titan Snow Demon King's Frustrating Death

On the Extreme North Ice Plain, an incomparably beautiful figure strolled through the wind and snow like a goddess amid the snowfall. Her true appearance could not be seen, yet even her silhouette possessed a breathtaking beauty that could make even women fall for her and go mad over her.

She raised her hand, and the wind and snow filling the sky gathered, erasing one of Gu Shenggo's Shadows of Time. The Shadow of Time turned into a mass of darkness and vanished before her, leaving a hint of surprise on Snow Empress's flawless face.

"Another fake."

This was already the ninth Shadow of Time Snow Empress had encountered. From the moment she found the first one, she had noticed that these Shadows of Time were unusual.

"A soul skill? It contains the power of time... what exactly is it?"

Snow Empress murmured to herself. Her voice was lovely and melodious, cool yet gentle. Thought flickered through her beautiful eyes as the wind and snow surged around her, and she vanished into the blizzard.

Elsewhere, Gu Shenggo was wrapped in Void Archive and concealed beneath the snow. Sensing that nine of his Shadows of Time had been eliminated by Snow Empress, he was deeply shocked.

That woman is targeting me.

This made Gu Shenggo somewhat worried, and he decided to hide for a while longer.

At the same time, he instructed the final seven Shadows of Time to continue searching for the whereabouts of the other two Kings of the Extreme North.

Half a month later—

The Extreme North was simply too vast. Gu Shenggo had spent more than half a month traveling and stopping along the way, yet aside from Snow Empress, he had not encountered either of the other two Kings of the Extreme North.

As he ventured deeper, he encountered fewer and fewer soul beasts, but each one was stronger than the last. Among them were no shortage of powerful soul beasts that were eighty or ninety thousand years old.

He could have killed one and used it as his ninth soul ring, but that did not meet his requirements.

His ninth soul ring had to be a hundred-thousand-year one.

Across the boundless snowy plains, Gu Shenggo trudged onward. The closer he got to the center of the Extreme North, the more intense the bone-piercing cold became. He could only use Void Archive to mimic a suit of golden armor. Not only was it warm, but it was also exceptionally hard.

Meanwhile, Ice Thorn Vine formed a layer of vine armor around the outside, providing double protection. Even if an Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion suddenly burst from the snow to ambush him, Gu Shenggo believed it would be able to block the attack.

More than half a month of searching had left Gu Shenggo numb. He had no idea where the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion was hiding.

According to what had been mentioned in the original work, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion was only one and a half meters long. Finding it in these vast, endless snowy plains was no different from searching for a needle in the ocean.

Snow Empress was far beyond his ability to defeat, and he could not find Ice Empress. The Titan Snow Demon King was his only option.

A few days ago, one of Gu Shenggo's Shadows of Time had discovered traces of the Titan Snow Demon King. It followed those traces all the way and found it within an icy forest.

However, the Titan Snow Demon King was asleep, and the Shadow of Time did not dare approach too closely.

Its enormous body, over a hundred meters long, lay sprawled across the ground like a snow-covered mountain, exuding an overwhelming pressure. Even a turn of its body could shake heaven and earth.

The icy forest surrounding the Titan Snow Demon King resembled a patch of saplings. It barely encircled that enormous body, appearing incomparably tiny.

"Forget it. I won't look for Ice Empress anymore."

Perhaps fate itself was preventing Gu Shenggo from finding the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion. Otherwise, how could he have searched for over half a month without even seeing a trace of it?

Following the connection with his Shadow of Time, Gu Shenggo turned and headed toward the Titan Snow Demon King's location. His mission was to hunt one of the Three Kings of the Extreme North; it did not specify which one.

As for the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's genes, he did not necessarily need to use theirs. There were so many soul beasts in the world. There were surely soul beasts stronger than it, and more suitable for him.

Gu Shenggo's figure flickered, and he swiftly vanished into the endless snowfield, leaving behind only a trail of footprints that showed he had once passed through.

Half an hour later—

Gu Shenggo teleported into the snowdrift where the Shadow of Time was hidden. The Shadow of Time returned to his shadow, and Gu Shenggo looked into the distance. Not far away stood a massive "snow mountain" stretching over a hundred meters.

"So this is the Titan Snow Demon King. It's really huge."

Looking at that enormous "snow mountain," Gu Shenggo muttered in admiration. Among the Three Kings of the Extreme North, the Titan Snow Demon King was the easiest to kill because it was so large.

Two flintlock pistols appeared in Gu Shenggo's hands. However, the enormous Golden Clock did not manifest behind him this time. He did not want to alert the enemy, since Kekeddi always emitted a dull toll whenever it appeared.

He aimed the flintlock pistols at the sleeping Titan Snow Demon King in the distance and pulled the trigger. A crisp, clear gunshot echoed across the wilderness as Bullet of Seven shot from the barrel, striking the Titan Snow Demon King directly without the slightest obstruction.

The Titan Snow Demon King, which had begun to stir at the sound of the gunshot, was instantly frozen in place.

Time stopped.

In that instant, the Soul Power contained within one of Gu Shenggo's ten-thousand-year soul rings dropped by more than half, and it continued to drain.

After all, the Titan Snow Demon King had already reached two hundred thousand years. Its enormous size meant the consumption was equally enormous.

I need to finish this quickly.

Mimic: Seven Thunders of Sin Cleansing.

A gorgeous golden sniper rifle appeared in Gu Shenggo's grip. He aimed its muzzle at the Titan Snow Demon King's head in the distance and pulled the trigger three times in succession.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The three electromagnetic bullets were unimaginably fast, piercing through space with sharp tearing sounds as they struck the Titan Snow Demon King's head.

The first bullet merely pierced its outer fur. The second tore through its flesh. The third was stopped by its incomparably hard skull.

Gu Shenggo stared at the torn wound through the sniper scope and kept pulling the trigger. A barrage of electromagnetic bullets poured from the sniper rifle's muzzle, as though the weapon in his hands was not a sniper rifle but a Gatling gun.

One electromagnetic bullet after another struck the same wound, forcibly blasting through the Titan Snow Demon's skull and turning its brain into mush.

The unfortunate Titan Snow Demon King, a mighty two-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast, did not even get the slightest chance to resist before Gu Shenggo shot through its head with a sniper rifle. Its death was utterly frustrating.

This was the power of technology.

Killing from a thousand miles away, without a trace—you would not even know how you died.

"All that size for nothing. You're just a living target."

As the Titan Snow Demon King died its frustrating death, the time stop was lifted. A bewitchingly scarlet soul ring and a snow-white soul bone slowly emerged from the enormous corpse.

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was guaranteed to drop a soul bone.

Gu Shenggo teleported onto the Titan Snow Demon King's corpse and looked at the bewitchingly scarlet hundred-thousand-year soul ring, marked with unusual soul patterns. He first put away the soul bone, then used Void Archive to envelop himself and the soul ring, quickly beginning the absorption to avoid any unforeseen complications.

A hundred-thousand-year soul ring was unlike a ten-thousand-year soul ring. The slightest mistake could result in one's mind being destroyed by the soul beast's soul contained within the ring.

"Human!! You actually ambushed this king! Roar!!"

The moment Gu Shenggo began absorbing the Titan Snow Demon King's soul ring, its furious roar rang out in his mind. Its enormous figure also appeared before Gu Shenggo's spiritual body.

Compared to the Titan Snow Demon King's massive body, Gu Shenggo appeared far too small—not even as large as one of its toes.

The Titan Snow Demon King was like a towering giant. It roared furiously, making the entire spiritual space unstable as cracks appeared one after another, as though it would shatter at any moment.

The Titan Snow Demon King raised its huge, snow-white furry palm and slammed it toward Gu Shenggo, intending to crush him.

(Once the protagonist's Ice Thorn Vine martial soul reaches Heaven Dou Imperial City, I plan to upgrade it.)