He and Yi Yi arrived at the southeastern side of the Far North. A few more kilometers east lay the sea.
The Mutated Water Qilin possessed Ice and Water dual attributes. When obtaining a Soul Ring, searching for Soul Beasts where the icefield met the sea was undoubtedly the best choice.
It would naturally be best if they encountered a top-tier Soul Beast with both ice and water attributes. If not, a top-tier Ice Attribute or water-attribute Soul Beast would do as well.
For his first Soul Ring, he hoped to obtain it from an assault-type Soul Beast, though he had no particular requirements regarding its species.
After all, finding Soul Beasts depended entirely on luck. It was not as though he could find whatever Soul Beast he wanted just because he went looking for it.
He could not spend too much time searching for one specific Soul Beast. What if he failed to find it after ten days or half a month? Was he supposed to keep searching forever?
Jing Chen looked at the boundless white icefield in the distance, took a deep breath, and stepped toward the Far North Icefield, known as a forbidden zone for humans.
After stepping onto the icefield, Jing Chen felt not coldness, but warmth. The sensation was especially strange.
It was as though what drifted through the air was not cold but heat, making his body feel comfortable and causing the Soul Power within him to circulate much faster.
Here, Jing Chen felt like a fish in water. If he released his Martial Soul, his combat power would be at least fifty percent greater than in a normal environment.
"Yip yip! (A little cold.)" The little tiger, Yi Yi, felt somewhat uncomfortable. He did not possess an ice attribute, so he could not resist the cold like Jing Chen could.
Although he was not cold enough to shiver, the change in temperature still made him somewhat unaccustomed to it.
Jing Chen stopped, lifted Yi Yi down from his head, and held him in his arms. Circulating his Soul Power, he tried to help Yi Yi absorb the cold around them.
"Yip yip! (Comfortable.)" The feeling of cold vanished. Yi Yi narrowed his little eyes contentedly and affectionately rubbed against Jing Chen's chest.
Jing Chen smiled. His Soul Power was truly useful—it could ease Yi Yi's cold by absorbing the chill.
He continued onward at an unhurried pace, walking carefully and remaining vigilant at all times.
The Far North was called a forbidden zone for humans because countless lives had been buried there.
If he let his guard down, he too might perish here. For now, his Extreme Ice Martial Soul could only protect him from the cold; it had not granted him the combat power to fear no Soul Beast.
To reduce his presence as much as possible and avoid attracting attention, all the clothes he wore were pure white, and he had even brought a white hat.
The color resembled the surroundings and was less likely to draw notice. If he lay flat in the snow, it would also be easier to conceal himself.
Jing Chen headed northeast, intending to move a little closer to the sea. That would make it easier to encounter a suitable Soul Beast.
There were few Soul Beasts at the edge of the Far North. After walking nearly a thousand meters, Jing Chen had encountered only three Soul Beasts, all relatively weak Ten-Year Soul Beasts.
He chose to go around or avoid all of them. There was no need to hunt them.
After walking another thousand meters or so, Jing Chen began encountering more Soul Beasts, most of them Hundred-Year Soul Beasts.
Whenever he encountered an unsuitable Soul Beast, Jing Chen avoided it if he could. If he truly could not, he had Yi Yi deal with it.
"Yip yip! (Hundred-Year Soul Beasts are boring.)" After killing an Ice Rock Pig over three hundred years old, Yi Yi returned to Jing Chen's arms and complained.
Yi Yi's cultivation had already reached over two thousand three hundred years. Devouring these Hundred-Year Soul Beasts now produced such a tiny energy conversion rate that it could practically be ignored.
More than three hundred years of cultivation could not even raise his cultivation by a single year, so it was no wonder he found it boring.
The strength of Yi Yi, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's devouring ability depended on the strength of what he devoured.
If the devoured Soul Beast had a higher cultivation than him, the increase in cultivation he gained would be greater. For example, the Azure Nether Turtle he had devoured last time, which had over four thousand years of cultivation, had increased his cultivation by nearly a hundred years.
If he were to devour a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast now, the increase might reach over three hundred years. Even over four hundred years was not impossible.
However, devouring Soul Beasts weaker than himself provided a relatively small increase. Soul Beasts below a thousand years no longer helped Yi Yi much in increasing his strength.
"I'll find you more interesting Soul Beasts later," Jing Chen comforted him. After putting away the Ice Rock Pig's corpse, he continued onward.
More than four hours later, Jing Chen had encountered quite a few Soul Beasts, but not one of them was suitable for him.
"If only I could develop a Soul Beast detector. Then I wouldn't have to rely on luck and search aimlessly."
Jing Chen muttered to himself. Once he returned, he truly needed to think carefully about whether he could develop such a device.
Relying entirely on luck to find Soul Beasts was far too time-consuming and exhausting, and the Soul Ring he obtained in the end might not even be the ideal one.
He only considered it briefly before setting the idea aside for the time being. In the dangerous Far North, losing focus was practically suicide.
"Yip yip! (There's something a little stronger ahead.)" After they traveled a little farther, Yi Yi, who had been lazily lying in Jing Chen's arms, suddenly perked up.
"Hm?" Jing Chen halted and warily looked ahead. For Yi Yi to say that, this Soul Beast was likely no ordinary one.
"Can you handle it?" Jing Chen looked at Yi Yi in his arms. Whether they went to take a look or took a detour to avoid it depended on whether Yi Yi could deal with it.
"Yip yip! (Definitely no problem.)" Yi Yi waved his little paw and raised his tiny head, indicating that it would be no problem.
Jing Chen smiled and rubbed Yi Yi's head. "Since it's no problem, then let's go take a look."
Hearing Yi Yi say so, Jing Chen felt more confident. He continued forward, and after walking six or seven hundred meters, he began to slow down.
Over two hundred meters ahead stood a huge creature. It looked humanoid, with two arms and two legs.
If not for its enormous size and the white fur covering its body, Jing Chen truly would have thought it was a human.
The huge creature currently had its back to him, holding something in both hands and gnawing on it.
Jing Chen did not even need to see clearly to guess that it was eating Soul Beast meat, because a purple Soul Ring floated before it.
"Its aura is powerful, yet it hasn't reached the energy level of a Thousand-Year Soul Beast. This Soul Beast's bloodline grade is rather high."
Jing Chen muttered. Over the past five years, he had dealt with Soul Beasts frequently and had encountered Ten-Year, Hundred-Year, and Thousand-Year Soul Beasts alike.
Having seen so many, he had become familiar with their energy fluctuations. He could judge what level of Soul Beast they were from the intensity of their energy.
The Soul Beast ahead had not reached the Thousand-Year level of energy. It was at the Hundred-Year level, though its exact age was unknown.
Although this Soul Beast had not reached a thousand years, its energy intensity was in no way inferior to that of a Thousand-Year Soul Beast. It could not be judged by ordinary standards.
Looking at this Soul Beast, Jing Chen began to consider it. Judging by its appearance, it should be an assault-type Soul Beast, right?
As Jing Chen watched the Soul Beast, it too sensed something and turned to look behind it.
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