Zhang Lexuan nodded and retracted the shield in a good manner, maintaining only its most basic Soul Power operation to withstand the severe cold.
Indeed, the purpose of her trip is not only to help Yin Chen hunt for Soul Ring, but also to detect the changes in Extreme North and look for clues that may be related to Nirvana Corpse. Soul Power can save money.
Since Yin Chen has the ability to protect herself, she will not say anything more.
The two set off again, trekking through the boundless snowfield.
The snow here has been accumulated for countless years. The lower layer has long been compacted into solid ice, and the surface is covered with newly fallen snow. Every step requires a lot of effort.
Except for the never-End of Limit howling wind, there was deathly silence all around, but beneath that silence there lurked a heart-stopping danger.
Sometimes, seemingly flat snow suddenly collapses, revealing bottomless crevasses.
Sometimes, the sharp knife-like Polar Gale will sweep from behind the ridge without warning, enough to cut off the fine iron in an instant.
On several occasions, predators adapted to extreme environments would swoop out from under the snow or from the shadow of ice cliffs - the snow-white Snow Shadow Marten, which is as fast as lightning, or the Cold Breath Python, which can spit frozen blood.
However, these Soul Beast, who are no more than a thousand years old, pose no threat at all in front of Zhang Lexuan, Inner Court Senior Sister.
Often when they show hostility, a cold moonlight flashes past, and they are knocked unconscious, unable to hinder their journey.
As the two of them headed north, the environment became increasingly harsh.
The sky is no longer pure gray, but presents a strange lavender halo that seems to be distorted by some force. It is Aurora Miasma unique to Extreme North. It not only interferes with the sense of direction, but its light itself also has the characteristics of disturbing the operation of Soul Power.
As they officially entered the central area of Extreme North and headed towards the edge of the more dangerous inner area, the aura of Soul Beast moving around them became obviously stronger.
The existence of people who have cultivated for ten thousand years is not uncommon here.
Just as they rounded an ice peak that thrust into the sky like a sharp sword, in a relatively open ice valley ahead, strange Soul Power fluctuations aroused Zhang Lexuan's vigilance.
She raised her hand to signal Yin Chen to stop, and cast her sharp eyes toward the center of the ice valley.
There, a huge creature was crawling.
It looks like a giant ape and is more than five meters tall. Its entire body seems to be condensed from dark blue ice that will last forever. Its muscle lines are clearly visible under the ice crystals, and it is full of explosive power.
The most peculiar thing is that its head is not an ape, but closer to a crocodile. Its snout is long and narrow, densely covered with staggered ice teeth, and its eyes are pure ice blue, without any emotion, only endless coldness and violence.
It just lay there sleeping, and the extreme coldness emanating from its body caused the air within hundreds of meters to condense into fine ice crystal snowflakes, forming an area of absolute low temperature.
"It's Wannian Ice Prison Ape-Crocodile."
Zhang Lexuan lowered his voice, with a hint of solemnity in his tone.
"This is an extremely rare top-level ice type Soul Beast, which combines strength, defense and extremely strong ice control. Judging from its size and coercion, its cultivation level is at least fifteen thousand years. Its defense is extremely strong, its power is terrifying, and it can also control a field-type ability called 'Ice Prison', which is extremely difficult to deal with."
Then she looked at Yin Chen and said, "I don't know much about your Martial Soul. Do you have a specific goal? How is it?"
Yin Chen stared at Ferocious Beast, who was exuding a heart-stopping cold air, nodded and said, "That's it, Senior Sister, please stand up for me."
The roar of the wind and snow seemed to completely wipe out all traces of life on this ice sheet.
Zhang Lexuan's cool voice with a hint of disbelief penetrated the howling wind and passed clearly into Yin Chen's ears:
"You want to hunt it yourself?"
She looked at Yin Chen with a scrutinizing gaze.
Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the target is the human Soul King, and the Ice Prison Ape-Crocodile in front of him is a top ice bloodline. Its ferocious power, ordinary Soul Emperor must be prepared for when seeing it.
What about Yin Chen? It's just a Quasi-Soul Ancestor that just broke through level 40 and hasn't even obtained the fourth Soul Ring yet.
This gap cannot be bridged by simple courage.
She was worried that this was Yin Chen's fatal arrogance born from a smooth past.
Yin Chen turned around and faced Zhang Lexuan's scrutinizing gaze.
The cold polar wind blew his white hair, but it couldn't blow away the confidence in his eyes.
He didn't rush to defend himself, he just raised his finger and pointed at himself, with a clean and penetrating smile on his lips, as if it could dispel the coldness in the sky.
"Senior Sister."
His voice was not high, but it carried a strange and reassuring power.
"Do you think I'm the kind of person who would make fun of my own life and not be able to see my own weight?"
The sunshine and confidence in that smile do not come from the fearlessness of the ignorant, but from the awareness of one's own abilities and a certain confidence that is deeply rooted in the bone marrow.
Zhang Lexuan was slightly startled, his mind instantly flashed to his stunning rule-level Soul Skill on Freshman Assessment, as well as his ease in controlling the airflow just now.
This young man always seems to be able to break the shackles of common sense.
She stared at him for a moment, and the solemnity in her eyes slowly disappeared, replaced by expectation.
She nodded gently, the moon-white Soul Power looming around her like an arrow on a string.
"Okay."
One word is as important as Qian Jun.
"Then be careful and remember, if the situation goes wrong, I will take action immediately."
This is her bottom line and also her protection for her juniors.
"Then thank you Senior Sister."
Yin Chen smiled unabated and accepted this heavy support calmly.
He turned around again and faced the deep ice valley.
His steps were steady and firm, without any hesitation.
The figure looked a little thin in the wind and snow, but it seemed like a sharp blade about to be unsheathed, facing alone the area guarded by Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and filled with extreme chill... his training ground.
Zhang Lexuan stood on the same spot, with the moonlight surrounding him, and his aura integrated with the surrounding environment. Only those beautiful eyes were tightly locked on the back of Yin Chen, and the Ice Prison Ape-Crocodile who was about to wake up.
She wanted to see how this young man would shake this thousand-year-old iceberg with his body of Soul Elder.
Yin Chen walked into the ice valley alone.
The footsteps landed on the solid ice that has not melted for thousands of years, making a slight but clear "crunch" sound.
This sound was infinitely amplified in the dead ice valley, like a stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly breaking a certain balance.
The smell of strange life, like the most pungent fishy smell, instantly rushed into Ice Prison Ape-Crocodile's perception.
The eyes that were originally closed suddenly opened.
There were no pupils, only a piece of ice blue that was so pure and heart-stopping that Yin Chen's tiny figure was reflected in it, and was immediately filled with extremely ferocious killing intent.