Ice Jade Empress Scorpion!

He wasn't afraid of the cold, but the food was another matter!

No matter what kind of dry rations he took out of his Storage Soul Tool, they immediately turned into lumps of ice.

Forget eating them—chewing was hard enough. Qin Yun could only scrape them with his teeth.

Water was even worse. The water he'd brought was completely undrinkable. The moment he took it out, it froze solid, making it impossible to pour from the water skin.

So Qin Yun could only eat the snow on the ground, not knowing how long it had been frozen.

One bite was enough to send a chill from his mouth straight to his heart.

The Sky Dream Molt protected the outside of his body, but there was no protection on the inside.

After eating a mouthful of snow, he shivered for a long time before he could recover.

Under these conditions, Qin Yun could only eat and drink as little as possible. But trudging through the snow consumed a tremendous amount of energy, and without enough nourishment, his body was starting to give out.

"Sky Dream, this can't go on!

If I really run out of strength, then even if we find the Soul Beast you're looking for, how will I have the strength to kill it and fuse with its Soul Ring?

Even if we succeed, I'm afraid I won't have the strength to make it back out."

"Big brother, just hold on a little longer. We're almost there.

This should be about the right place. All we need to do now is wait for the rabbit to come to us."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said, "Rest for a while first, then do as I tell you."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice rang in his mind. The hammy showman sounded unusually serious this time.

"Big brother, I want to ask you something. You have to answer honestly.

In this freezing cold, how long do you think you could last without my molt protecting you?"

Qin Yun froze for a moment, then thought it over.

"If I drive my Soul Power to its limit, I could probably last half an hour, but definitely no longer than an hour."

As with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Extreme North's assault on Soul Masters had never been as simple as low temperatures.

If his physical constitution hadn't improved after killing Tang Hao, and if he hadn't absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, he wouldn't even have lasted half an hour.

Without Soul Power to protect them, even a Titled Douluo would be shivering in this place if they relied on physical strength alone.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said, "To lure that fellow here, I have to release my aura.

Then whether it can become your core Soul Ring will depend on this molt of mine.

So after I lure it here, big brother, you'll have to go unprotected for a while.

During that time, we'll not only have to keep it trapped, but I'll also have to negotiate with it. You have to hold on, or everything we've worked for will be for nothing!"

Choosing Qin Yun had its advantages and disadvantages.

Compared with Huo Yuhao, Qin Yun was indeed more talented, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would have an easier time fooling—no, persuading Ice Jade Empress Scorpion.

But at the same time, it still wasn't ten thousand years in the future.

There were still ten thousand years before Ice Jade Empress Scorpion would face its fourth heavenly tribulation.

Without enough pressure, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm couldn't be sure the other party wouldn't have other ideas.

If the tribulation were only ten years away, or even just one, the negotiations would naturally be much easier.

"I'm about to begin.

Big brother, there are three hurdles you have to clear for us to succeed this time.

The first is enduring the cold for this brief period.

Then there's luck—whether I'll be lucky enough to defeat our enemy.

Finally, it'll depend on your willpower.

You're the one I chose. If we fail, we'll both be done for.

But if we succeed, Douluo Continent will belong to us!"

By the time he finished, there was a hint of madness in Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice.

The glowing white ring slowly changed color, turning from white to pale gold, then to bright gold.

Unlike its previous disguise, this was the true color of a one-of-a-kind Million-Year Soul Ring on Douluo Continent!

It was also the first time Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had let its true colors shine before the world.

After taking back the molt, Qin Yun hid behind a windbreak of solid ice to resist the biting cold. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, having briefly recovered its strength, began its fishing plan.

Nine balls of golden light descended slowly from the sky. The first landed directly on the snow, and the second came down on top of it.

One after another, the balls piled up. Their combined size gradually shrank, but the gold grew ever more concentrated.

The nine balls of golden light slowly took shape together, unexpectedly forming a golden figure.

To Qin Yun's dismay, the golden figure looked exactly like him.

It seemed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm really did like making figurines. It hadn't just done this with Huo Yuhao; it had done the same with him.

Still, never underestimate a Million-Year Soul Beast just because it looks like a wimp.

It might usually act timid, but this mental power, capable of stirring up changes in the heavens, was beyond what an ordinary Soul Beast could match.

The moment Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual body took form, a powerful intent spread out.

"Ice Empress, I know you've sensed my presence. I, Sky Dream, have returned for revenge. Do you dare face me?"

At that moment, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm unleashed all its mental power, covering an enormous area—almost all the ground it wanted to reach.

At least a third of the Extreme North's core region lay within the reach of its mental probing.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm might seem carefree on the surface, but what it was doing now was no simple feat.

The mental power it released didn't carry its own aura. At least, any Soul Beast unfamiliar with it would never guess that someone without a single offensive skill could do this.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used its terrifying mental power to simulate an aura that none of the Soul Beasts in the Extreme North would even dare to resist.

It was the aura of the Snow Empress, the leader of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North, who possessed fifty thousand years of cultivation and a noble bloodline!

At this time, the Snow Empress had yet to be imprisoned in the God Sealing Platform.

Given her fearsome reputation in the Extreme North, the other Soul Beasts naturally wouldn't dare come and join the commotion after sensing the Snow Empress's aura.

They were afraid that one careless move would earn them a full combo from the Snow Empress.

Besides simulating the Snow Empress's aura, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had also avoided her territory, so it wouldn't accidentally lure the real one over.

Fooling one Ice Empress was already hard enough. If the Snow Empress got involved too, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would probably catch an Emperor Sword the moment it showed its face!

At the same time, the Ice Empress, the second-ranked member of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North and Sky Dream's intended target, was also within the reach of its mental power.

The Ice Empress had known it for a long time, so she naturally wouldn't mistake its aura. Besides, she'd also heard its brazen challenge.

Knowing the Ice Empress as well as he did, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was sure that she would come.

No Soul Beast could resist the temptation of a huge source of nourishment like Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

That went double for the Ice Empress, whose cultivation exceeded three hundred thousand years but who was certain to be unable to break through the four-hundred-thousand-year bottleneck.

And sure enough!

The dark clouds suddenly rippled violently. Then, from the distant northern horizon, a layer of emerald light swept over in an instant.

The black sky turned emerald in the blink of an eye, the clear, alluring green like a colossal emerald gemstone replacing the heavens above.

The oppressive feeling in the air vanished without a trace!

"Sky Dream, you're actually still alive.

You really are the longest-lived fellow in the entire Extreme North!"