Crossing Douluo: I Battle White Ice Wolves in the Far North

Wind and snow, laden with shards of ice, hammered against the frozen earth on the outskirts of the Far North.

In the vast, white expanse, there was nothing but the howling wind and the low, guttural growls of beasts.

"Awoo!!!"

The five-meter-long White Ice Wolf arched its back, its bared fangs coated in jagged ice.

Most of its snow-white fur was now scorched black by flames.

Several wounds, deep enough to reveal bone, crisscrossed its torso.

Fury surged within its blood-red eyes.

A youth stood opposite it, his breathing slightly uneven, yet his presence as steady as a rock.

Su Hui kept his gaze locked on every movement of the White Ice Wolf.

The White Ice Wolf moved first!

Its chest heaved violently as a condensed blade of ice tore through the air, carrying the frigid chill of the Far North straight toward Su Hui's face.

"Is that all you've got?"

"Clang!"

A series of fine, crisp cracks echoed from the bones of Su Hui's right arm as the flesh surged and transformed into a dragon claw covered in silver-white scales.

The sharp, pointed claws glinted with a cold light.

Dense, silver-white scales spread from his right arm to his shoulder and neck, each one refracting the faint light amidst the wind and snow.

At the same time, two purple spirit rings circled his dragon claw.

With a mere wave of his hand, a thick wall of ice solidified before him.

The ice blade slammed into the ice wall.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

It shattered into a sky full of ice shards.

Simultaneously, the wall suddenly disintegrated, transforming into dozens of sharp ice spikes that swept toward the White Ice Wolf in a fan-shaped barrage.

"Sshhh!"

"Awoooo!"

The wolf's howl was exceptionally shrill.

The ice spikes pierced through the White Ice Wolf's limbs and torso one after another, pinning its body firmly to the frozen earth behind it.

"Awoooo...!"

The White Ice Wolf let out successive, painful roars.

A thick layer of ice armor belatedly condensed over its entire body.

It thrashed its limbs, attempting to break free from the restraint of the ice spikes.

"Still trying to struggle even like this?"

Su Hui sighed.

He tapped his toes against the ground and leaped upward.

"Boom!"

Blazing flames suddenly erupted from the dragon claw.

The scorching heat waves melted and evaporated the surrounding wind and snow, the crimson firelight illuminating half of the snowy mist.

"My Ultimate Fire happens to be the perfect counter to that ice armor of yours."

Su Hui's voice pierced through the wind and snow as he brought the Crimson Flame Dragon Claw down decisively.

"Boom!"

The firelight exploded!

"Snap!"

The ice armor on the White Ice Wolf's body shattered upon impact.

Its entire body was sent flying by the immense force, crashing heavily into a snowdrift dozens of meters away and kicking up a cloud of snow.

Su Hui landed back on the ground.

With a flip of his palm, he gripped the Silver Dragon Spear in its staff form.

Elemental Fusion—Ice and Fire Dual Heavens!

Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire surged from the shaft of the spear.

The two diametrically opposed elements did not annihilate each other; instead, they formed a highly destructive energy vortex.

Su Hui swung the Silver Dragon Spear forward.

"This is the true power of the Silver Dragon Spear."

This is a powerful Self-Created Soul Skill achieved through elemental fusion!

The fused ice and fire elemental storm swept outward with crushing force; wherever it passed, the frozen earth was plowed open and the wind and snow were shredded to pieces.

The White Ice Wolf could not even let out a scream before its entire body was completely torn apart within the elemental storm.

As the storm of ice and fire gradually subsided.

A soul ring radiating a rich purple light rose from the location of the White Ice Wolf's fragmented remains.

Su Hui evened his breathing, his tense shoulders and back finally relaxing.

"Finally managed to take down this thousand-year White Ice Wolf."

As of now, a full year had passed since he awakened his Silver Dragon King Martial Soul.

A year ago, he had just officially obtained his first soul ring and become a Soul Master.

Yet now, he was already a two-ring Soul Grand Master, capable of hunting a soul beast with a cultivation nearing thirteen hundred years all by himself.

The key to this growth came from his Silver Dragon Spear.

His first soul ring came from the Infernal Delicate Apricot absorbed by the Fire Element Orb, with a limit of three thousand years.

His second soul ring came from the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass absorbed by the Water Element Orb, also with a limit of three thousand years.

This soul ring was condensed by the Silver Dragon Spear in the same manner as the first when his soul power broke through level 20.

On the Douluo Continent, the limit for a Soul Grand Master's second soul ring was no more than seven hundred and sixty-four years.

Yet both of his soul rings far exceeded this limit.

His second soul skill was, unsurprisingly, named Ice Element Manipulation.

His soul power had now reached level twenty-seven.

More importantly, his control over the elements of ice and fire had reached the point of moving at his whim.

No chanting was required, and no charging was necessary.

He could unleash elemental attacks comparable to soul skills with a casual wave of his hand.

With the Silver Dragon Spear as a medium, he could even launch elemental fusion attacks capable of tearing apart thousand-year soul beasts.

He was now worlds apart from the boy who had first entered the path of a Soul Master a year ago.

However, if someone were to have both a first and second soul ring at three thousand years, there would surely be those who felt pity that the second soul ring was only three thousand years.

Su Hui, however, never cared.

Because after breaking through level 20, he discovered a new characteristic of the Silver Dragon Spear.

Each elemental orb on the Silver Dragon Spear possessed one opportunity for soul ring refinement.

In other words, his first and second soul rings could be refined and re-absorbed at any time.

Of course, Su Hui's venture into the outskirts of the Far North this time was naturally not to hunt for a soul ring to absorb.

He had no interest in this thousand-year White Ice Wolf soul ring.

In the future, he would at least be able to replace it with a top-tier ten-thousand-year or even hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

His true purpose was to test his Martial Soul—the Anywhere Door.

The Far North was known as a forbidden zone for humanity.

The bitter wind and snow were enough to stagnate the soul power circulation of ordinary Soul Masters.

But Su Hui, possessing the Silver Dragon King Martial Soul and mastery over the ultimate ice element, was not only unaffected but felt right at home in this snowy wilderness.

Su Hui stood still before the White Ice Wolf's thousand-year soul ring.

He summoned his Anywhere Door Martial Soul.

A pink door appeared before him.

"This is the third one."

Su Hui's fingertips brushed over the flowing patterns on the door.

"I have always speculated that the trigger conditions for the Anywhere Door's time-related abilities are directly related to the age and quality of the soul rings."

"The two hundred-year soul beasts I hunted previously didn't even cause a ripple after their soul rings were absorbed by the Anywhere Door."

"This time it is a thousand-year soul ring; I wonder if there will be any changes."

Filled with anticipation, he used his soul power to guide the purple thousand-year soul ring in mid-air toward the pink Anywhere Door.

The thousand-year soul ring slowly approached the door, instantly enveloped by the pink halo released by the Anywhere Door.

The rich purple light surged into the door along with the halo, lighting up the door frame and causing it to shimmer with a strange luster amidst the wind and snow.

A moment later, a sudden mutation occurred.

A golden phantom of a clock slowly emerged in the very center of the Anywhere Door.

"Beep, beep, beep!!!"

The hour hand of the clock spun rapidly clockwise, circling round and round, stirring up fine ripples in space-time.

"Click!"

A soft sound echoed.

The hour hand stopped at an unknown mark.

"Clack!"

The door of the Time Anywhere Door swung inward automatically, revealing a swirling vortex of blue-purple light behind it.

"!!!"

Su Hui's eyelashes trembled, his breathing hitching for a beat.

The function of the Time Anywhere Door had truly activated on its own once again!

As long as he stepped through this space-time tunnel, he could arrive at another point in time and another coordinate in the Douluo world, just like the first time he arrived in Tang Wulin's era.

A helpless curve tugged at the corner of Su Hui's mouth.

"The ability of this Time Anywhere Door is great in every way, except that it's completely impossible to control autonomously."

"I can't even determine which point in time or which location lies behind the door."

Furthermore, once the door opened, it could never be closed again.

Recalling his previous experience with the crossing, he couldn't help but curse under his breath.

"Last time, I was dragged straight into Tang Wulin's era, and the moment I landed, I had to take a blade for someone, nearly dying right there."

The risks were real and tangible.

Yet, Su Hui did not take a single step back.

He knew all too well what astonishing opportunities were hidden behind this ability.

His last crossing had been a brush with death.

He had obtained the Blood of the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings, awakened the Silver Dragon King Martial Soul, and even acquired the Silver Dragon Spear.

This had allowed him to make a massive leap from nothing to something.

"If I just cultivated step by step, I would at most be a talented Spirit Master."

"But the space-time behind the Anywhere Door holds all the opportunities that could allow me to stand at the pinnacle of the world."

Weighing the pros and cons took only a single thought.

Su Hui took a deep breath and stepped toward the space-time vortex.

"I don't care what era it is, and I don't care where it leads."

He pulled a smile onto his face: "With opportunities waiting inside, am I supposed to just stand outside the door?"

Wind and snow churned behind him, but the frigid winds of the Far North could not shake his stride in the slightest.

His figure was completely swallowed by the space-time vortex behind the door.

The door slowly closed, and the golden phantom of the clock dissipated.

The snowy plains returned to the howling wind and snow, as if nothing had ever happened.

Only Su Hui remained missing from the vast, boundless snowfield.