The Far North.
This was a place known as a forbidden zone for humans; not only was the environment here bone-chillingly cold, but the soul beasts were also extremely fierce.
Almost no humans were willing to come here, and it was hardly likely that anyone lived here.
Therefore, practically no humans could be found here—only soul beasts lived in this domain. Moreover, the quality of these soul beasts was exceptional. Some self-important soul masters who considered their own strength formidable would come to this place to hunt powerful soul beasts in order to acquire potent soul rings and soul skills.
Yet those lacking strength would truly be reduced to fodder for the soul beasts.
To humanity, this was a terrifying world.
Oscar, back in his day as the legendary Food God and one of the Shrek Seven Devils of the first generation, had once come to this world to hunt. If they had successfully hunted down fierce soul beasts, it was first because they possessed a powerful team, second because of the hidden weapons given by Tang San, and most importantly, because they had good luck and had not run into true overlords.
Had they encountered genuinely formidable soul beasts, they would have died long ago.
Thus, to humans, this was a terrifying world.
"Brother Sky Dream!" Huo Yuhao arrived in this frozen wasteland dressed in very thick clothes. Fortunately he was a soul master; otherwise, an ordinary person would have frozen straight to death.
"Brother Sky Dream, I don't quite understand. Is there really a way here to help me? Seriously, is it really okay for our current strength to be here? Will we really not get eaten by soul beasts?"
After watching battles between so many soul beasts, Huo Yuhao was truly terrified. The battles between soul beasts here were genuinely fierce; basically, the strong ruled everything, and the weak could only become fodder.
"Listen to me, I'm doing this for your good too. If you want to acquire a formidable martial soul and obtain a powerful soul ring, you can only go find that person. That is an old friend of mine, and she is amazing—one of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North. You've heard of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts, right? The Three Heavenly Kings take up two spots."
"The Ten Great Fierce Beasts? The Three Heavenly Kings? I haven't heard of these. Can you explain them?"
Huo Yuhao truly did not understand the Ten Great Fierce Beasts and the Three Heavenly Kings. After all, he had only just arrived at Shrek Academy not long ago, and vacation had started shortly after.
To come into contact with information on soul beasts of these tiers, one had to be in a higher grade at the very least, and mature a bit more.
"These Ten Great Fierce Beasts are a ranking given by humans of the four great empires of Douluo to the top ten strongest soul beasts on the mainland. It doesn't include sea soul beasts, such as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King killed by the Sea God Tang San ten thousand years ago, or the legendary Sea Princess and so on.
As well as land soul beast powerhouses that humans have never discovered.
Additionally, the ranking basis for the Ten Great Fierce Beasts is their years of cultivation, with the lowest among them having over 300,000 years.
Meanwhile, a cultivation reaching 200,000 years can be called a super soul beast. Therefore, some super soul beasts known to humans are not on the list because their cultivation cannot rank them in the top ten, such as the Titan Snow Demon King."
"Oh my god, how impressive!" Huo Yuhao listened to Tian Meng's explanation and said in astonishment.
"The Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North refers to the three strongest super soul beasts in the Far North: the Heavenly Snow Woman, Snow Empress; the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, Ice Empress; and the Titan Snow Demon King, A-Tai.
I basically know all three of them, and I've lived longer than them because I'm a million-year soul beast, after all.
The Snow Empress possesses 700,000 years of cultivation and ranks third among the Ten Great Fierce Beasts. She is a living being condensed from the ice-attribute heaven and earth elemental energy in the core circle of the Far North.
The Ice Empress is a soul beast with 400,000 years of cultivation, and her combat strength is also extremely fierce, ranking second here.
The Titan Snow Demon King stands over a hundred meters tall and is the descendant of the ancient Ice God and a Titan Giant.
However, the one thing I don't understand is why A-Tai, as the descendant of the ancient Ice God and a Titan Giant Ape, has strength that is just so-so?"
When Tian Meng spoke of the Titan Snow Demon King at this moment, on the surface he acted as though he looked down upon the Titan Snow Demon King, but in truth he knew his own strength really could not defeat the Titan Snow Demon King, and any soul beast with a bit of capability could defeat him.
After all, although the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was a million-year soul beast, it had become a million-year soul beast by sleeping.
At most he could pull off some small mental tricks like hypnosis, but when it came to true combat effectiveness, he was really quite useless.
"Why do you say that? It sounds pretty impressive, huh? This is still the offspring of a child born to a god and a Titan Giant, and it sounds awesome. Furthermore, in this cruel world, being able to rank third—doesn't that prove he has plenty of capability?"
Huo Yuhao did not understand Tian Meng's meaning and merely felt that the Titan Snow Demon King was also quite amazing, and that being able to squeeze into the top three was extremely awesome.
"Huo Yuhao, it looks like you really need to cram some soul master knowledge. When you reach the level of gods and touch upon the word 'god', how could they possibly be weak? But the problem is, as the descendant of the ancient Ice God and a Titan Giant, why is the Titan Snow Demon King's combat strength even inferior to the Snow Empress? You must know that the word 'god' rises above everything in this world.
The Snow Woman is a daughter of heaven and earth, and even if she is very formidable, she is ultimately mortal combat strength; but the problem is that the Titan Giant Ape is a descendant of gods, and furthermore a descendant of the ancient Titan Giant clan. This gap is really a bit beyond my understanding.
Even the second-ranked Ice Empress, and even the Ten Great Fierce Beasts, didn't make the cut."
When Tian Meng explained his meaning so clearly this time, even if Huo Yuhao wasn't smart and didn't know much about soul master knowledge, he roughly understood. To put it simply, it was just like iron and wood; no matter how formidable wood was, and no matter how well or how much it was carved, it could never be compared to iron.
Even the mightiest tree, when encountering an axe forged from iron, would be easily chopped down. It was the same logic.
Tian Meng's meaning was that since the Titan Snow Demon King was the descendant of the Ice God and a Titan Giant, he certainly wasn't one to be trifled with—how could he possibly lose to the Heavenly Snow Woman?
He couldn't even beat the second-ranked Ice Empress, and the gap in strength was somewhat large; he hadn't even made the list of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts.
"So there's no need to say much more about these things. The person I'm taking you to find is the second-ranked Ice Empress."
"Ice Empress? She's one of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts and also the second-ranked of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North, but the problem is, would she be willing to help us? Are you sure she won't finish us off?"
After hearing Tian Meng say this, Huo Yuhao also began to grow scared.
"Rest assured, with me here, I'll communicate properly with her. After all, this is also for the sake of becoming a god, and for her own sake as well. Besides, with me here, I can definitely protect your safety.
Without absolute certainty, would I dare bring you over? You and I are grasshoppers on the same boat now; I certainly won't bring you here to throw away your life for nothing. If I don't have preparations, I'm going to be finished too, alright?"
Tian Meng guaranteed this at that moment. Huo Yuhao found it hard to say anything else; after all, his ability to continue staying at Shrek Academy relied entirely on Tian Meng.
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