What a powerful Soul Skill!
That was the only thought in Shui Lanlan and Shui Bing'er's minds at that moment!
White snow for a cage, frost for a spear!
Beneath the freezing cold, even the ground thick with Blue Silver Grass had turned frost-white.
After using his Soul Skill, Lin Tian was entirely bathed in a layer of frost. From afar, he looked just like an ice immortal.
"Is this for real? A third Soul Skill can actually be this powerful? And this is only a thousand-year Soul Beast!"
Shui Lanlan was stunned once again. A thousand-year Soul Beast's Soul Skill had such terrifying destructive power—it was truly frightening.
"Kid, I never expected your third Soul Skill to have such a powerful effect. You really are an enviable genius Soul Master!"
Shui Lanlan clicked her tongue in amazement.
"If I fought you at the same rank, I'd probably have a hard time keeping you in check. Your third Soul Skill is powerful!"
"It's a pity your fate has been so turbulent. Hunting for Soul Rings all alone in the Star Dou Forest... If you run into a Soul Master team with ill intentions, I'm afraid you'll..."
Shui Lanlan stopped halfway, realizing that what she was saying sounded rather unpleasant, and fell silent.
As a Soul Master who had roamed the Douluo Continent for many years, she knew all too well how despicable some sects' Soul Masters could be. If they came across a lone genius who didn't belong to their sect, killing them had practically become an unwritten rule of the martial world.
Lin Tian understood what Teacher Shui Lanlan meant. It was precisely for that reason that he didn't want to reveal too much of his strength.
He turned to look at Shui Lanlan and Shui Bing'er.
"Teacher Shui, did you bring Bing'er here to the Star Dou Forest to look for an ice-attribute Soul Beast?"
Before Shui Lanlan could answer, Shui Bing'er beside her hurriedly spoke first.
"Little brother, you can just call me Bing'er."
"That's right. We'd already found a fifteen-hundred-year Ice Snow Phoenix, but it escaped while we were hunting it. It's infuriating!"
"We chased that Ice Snow Phoenix all the way here."
Lin Tian nodded slightly, a thoughtful look appearing on his face.
In a Soul Beast Forest like the Star Dou Forest, ice-attribute Soul Beasts were indeed rare. But as the largest primeval Soul Beast forest on the Douluo Continent, it was bound to have some.
Just like the Ice Demon Spider he'd hunted, they liked to dwell in cold, shadowy places near rivers and waterfalls.
Under normal circumstances, they weren't easy to find.
Lin Tian suddenly raised his head and asked softly:
"Teacher Shui, do you think an Extreme Cold Ice Eagle would make a suitable third Soul Ring for Bing'er?"
"An Extreme Cold Ice Eagle?"
Shui Lanlan furrowed her delicate brows. "That Soul Beast spreads its wings of frost and feeds on ice and snow. It would make a good third Soul Ring for Bing'er. But they usually build their nests on the tops of icy mountains, so finding one would be extremely difficult."
Hearing Teacher Shui Lanlan say this, Lin Tian spoke up.
"Teacher Shui, we can lure one here. We'll make a patch of frost-covered ground nearby and put out a few Soft Bone Rabbits frozen into ice sculptures. I think it'll come."
A look of astonishment appeared on Shui Lanlan's face. She even wondered if Lin Tian was talking nonsense.
But Shui Bing'er's eyes lit up beside her. She thought it sounded rather fun.
"Great!"
"Hunting sounds fun. Let's get started!"
The main reason Extreme Cold Ice Eagles were so difficult to catch was that their surroundings weren't suitable. They preferred frigid places blanketed in ice and snow.
There wasn't even a single snowflake here, so naturally no Extreme Cold Ice Eagle would appear.
If the environment wasn't right, then change the environment!
And so, Lin Tian began putting his plan into action.
"Brat, is your plan even going to work? My whole body's aching, and we still haven't seen an Extreme Cold Ice Eagle!"
Shui Lanlan's pretty face was flushed. The continuous output of Soul Power had turned her cheeks rosy, making her look especially alluring.
Lin Tian's plan was to create an environment that Extreme Cold Ice Eagles liked, then lure one over.
According to the records in the Spirit Hall Library, that silly eagle wasn't very smart and seemed easy to bait.
Somehow, the kid had talked Shui Bing'er into it, and even given the plan the name "Hunting the Silly Eagle."
As a result, Shui Lanlan had used her Soul Power to freeze a huge area in front of them. To make it even more tempting, she had frozen quite a few Soft Bone Rabbits and placed them on the ice.
But after waiting for a long time, they still hadn't seen so much as a feather of an Extreme Cold Ice Eagle.
She couldn't help cursing inwardly.
She'd worked so hard, and if they got nothing out of it, she'd lose face as the head instructor of Skywater Academy.
Lin Tian, however, remained calm.
"Teacher Shui, don't worry. Let's wait a little longer."
"Wait for what?"
"For the Extreme Cold Ice Eagle to fly over."
When Lin Tian had been in Spirit Hall, apart from ambushing the Pope's long legs, he'd spent his days studying Martial Soul knowledge in the Spirit Hall Library.
Yu Xiaogang, that idiot, had merely plagiarized a portion of Spirit Hall's books, yet people on the Douluo Continent respectfully called him Grandmaster.
Now that Lin Tian had the chance to study the books in Spirit Hall, he naturally intended to make the most of it. At the very least, he had to become better than that useless Yu Xiaogang!
The books recorded that Extreme Cold Ice Eagles were extremely sensitive to temperature. The lower it dropped, the more they liked it.
That was exactly why Lin Tian had asked Shui Lanlan to use her Soul Skill to freeze the surrounding area. The longer it stayed frozen, the better their chances.
"You'd better be right, kid!"
Shui Lanlan glanced at Lin Tian, then continued to increase her Soul Power output, cooling the area around them.
Meanwhile, on a mountaintop some distance away,
An Extreme Cold Ice Eagle nearly five meters long spread its wings and searched the sky for a suitable place to roost.
As one of the few ice-type Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Forest, it had extremely strict requirements for its habitat.
If the temperature wasn't cold enough, it would keep changing nests, just so it could get a better rest.
"Caw! Caw! Caw!"
The Extreme Cold Ice Eagle flying overhead seemed to have suddenly noticed something. It began to cry out, beating its wings much faster than before.
Not far away, Shui Bing'er scanned the area, looking a little bored. By now, she too was starting to wonder whether Lin Tian's plan could really work.
Teacher Shui Lanlan must already be close to her Soul Power limit. If they couldn't lure the Extreme Cold Ice Eagle over soon, all their efforts would be for nothing.
"Lin Tian, we—"
After thinking it over, Shui Bing'er had just begun to go ask Lin Tian when he took her little hand and ran over to Teacher Shui Lanlan.
"Bing'er, get ready. The Extreme Cold Ice Eagle is here!"
Shui Bing'er froze, then looked up at the sky. A white-winged bird of prey was hurtling toward the formation they'd set up.
It looked just like an Extreme Cold Ice Eagle!
But at that moment, Shui Bing'er couldn't bring herself to care about the incoming Extreme Cold Ice Eagle. Instead, she looked at Lin Tian, who was holding her hand, and a blush spread over her delicate face once more.
Oh no, a boy had held her hand!
Her mother had once told her that girls who let boys hold their hands could end up having babies!
W-what was she supposed to do?!
Shui Bing'er murmured anxiously.
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