Human Soul Engineer (Early Trial Period, Please Follow Along, Tap to Urge Updates)

After everything that had happened, Snow Emperor gradually let go of her worries about Ling Xiao.

As long as the little one did not leave the Extreme North, he would not encounter any other danger.

"Mom, I'm going out to train."

"Mm, go early and come back early."

"Got it."

Ling Xiao waved to Snow Emperor and jogged all the way out of the Ice Crystal Palace.

Watching his departing figure, Snow Emperor's lips curved into a faint smile.

The little one ran outside early every morning, and Snow Emperor had no idea what he was busy with.

Still, Snow Emperor did not pay it much mind.

The Extreme North was her territory. Ling Xiao was as safe there as if he were in his own backyard.

However, today, Ling Xiao encountered someone while he was out.

Someone who had appeared in the original story.

A desolate region of the Extreme North.

Ling Xiao descended from the sky. After breaking through the hundred-thousand-year mark, he could fly through the air as well.

His cultivation had reached one hundred and fifty thousand years, equivalent to a Titled Douluo among humans.

He had come out today to cultivate as usual, drawing heavenly lightning down in the open ice fields and increasing his cultivation by devouring it.

This had become his daily routine, and Ling Xiao had kept it up for quite some time.

However, just as he was about to draw down the lightning, he suddenly caught a trace of aura.

This was an extremely barren area. Why would a soul beast be staying here?

No, it was not a soul beast!

It was a human!

Ling Xiao frowned slightly, stopped in his tracks, and swiftly concealed himself.

Following that aura with his gaze—

He saw a figure struggling across the vast ice field in the distance.

It was a human soul master.

But not an ordinary human soul master.

The soul master was fully armed from head to toe. Even his face was covered, leaving only a pair of vigilant eyes exposed.

His equipment was not ordinary armor. It looked more like some kind of high-tech product.

Ling Xiao's first thought was that this human had come to the Extreme North to hunt soul beasts.

Although the Extreme North was perilous, humans came here to take risks every so often.

Some came for soul rings and soul bones, while others came to prove their strength.

Yet what puzzled Ling Xiao was that he could not detect the other party's cultivation at all.

A shield-like layer surrounded that soul master's body, completely concealing his aura.

When Ling Xiao's senses reached out, it was as though they had struck a wall. He could sense nothing.

Ling Xiao's frown deepened.

"A protective shield? Concealing aura?"

He searched through his memories, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

Soul tools.

Soul tools produced by the Sun-Moon Empire.

On the Douluo Continent, only the Sun-Moon Empire possessed such advanced soul tool technology.

The original three Douluo kingdoms also had soul tools, but they were nowhere near this level.

A soul tool capable of completely concealing one's aura had to be an advanced product of at least Rank 7.

"Soul master."

"Soul tools."

"Sun-Moon Empire."

"Concealing aura."

Several keywords surfaced in his mind, and Ling Xiao linked them together.

Then...

His expression changed instantly.

Because he remembered the current point in time: after Snow Emperor Mom had obtained the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus!

Ling Xiao understood everything at once.

In the original story, not long after Snow Emperor obtained the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, she chose to take human form.

When Snow Emperor entered the embryonic stage, a Rank 9 soul engineer used the God-Sealing Platform to seal her.

Ling Xiao's gaze grew colder and colder.

This human soul master before him might very well be the soul engineer who had captured Snow Emperor Mom.

Ling Xiao's heart began pounding violently, not from fear, but rage.

After transmigrating into this world, he had experienced warmth he had never known in his previous life.

Ling Xiao had always told himself that he had to change the fates of the Ice and Snow Emperors.

He would not allow Snow Emperor to be sealed within the God-Sealing Platform, nor would he allow Ice Empress to become Huo Yuhao's martial soul.

If this man was that Rank 9 soul engineer, Ling Xiao would kill him without hesitation.

His breathing became hurried.

He realized that he could no longer look at all this calmly, like an outsider.

Because he had long since formed deep bonds with the Ice and Snow Emperors.

He was not reading a novel. He was protecting Snow Emperor. He was protecting his mother.

However...

At the instant Ling Xiao's emotions surged, he accidentally leaked a trace of his aura.

An exceedingly faint ripple of soul power escaped from his body.

"Who's there!"

The soul master reacted with extreme speed.

In a dangerous place like the Extreme North, he had remained highly vigilant the entire time.

The moment he sensed that aura, he immediately locked onto Ling Xiao's location.

Then...

Without another word, he raised his hand and fired a soul cannon shell in that direction.

A Rank 6 soul cannon shell!

Wrapped in scorching energy, the shell hurtled toward Ling Xiao at an astonishing speed.

Ling Xiao's pupils contracted sharply.

"Whoosh~!"

His body turned into lightning, and he easily dodged the shell.

"Boom~!"

The shell struck the spot where he had just been, instantly blasting out a massive crater.

Shattered ice sprayed in every direction, waves of heat rolled outward, and a scorched smell filled the air.

"This is... a soul cannon shell?"

Ling Xiao looked at where he had been standing, his expression instantly turning grave.

He had not expected a single soul cannon shell to possess such tremendous power.

Technology really did change the world!

Once Ling Xiao revealed himself, the human soul master saw him as well.

"Hm?"

The other party swept his gaze over Ling Xiao.

"A Titled Douluo?"

"A hundred-thousand-year soul beast?"

Alongside vigilance, a trace of greedy curiosity rose in his eyes.

His voice came from behind the mask, sounding greedy and hoarse.

"A hundred-thousand-year soul beast this young? Looks like I'll have to change targets."

The other party possessed the cultivation of a Titled Douluo. Ling Xiao was certain that he was the soul engineer.

The soul engineer immediately raised his hand again.

"A hundred-thousand-year soul beast, is it? Get into the God-Sealing Platform obediently!"

This time, in order to capture Ling Xiao, the soul engineer directly switched to a Rank 7 soul cannon shell.

"Boom~!"

This shell was even more powerful. It blasted from the cannon barrel, carrying several times more energy than before as it screamed toward Ling Xiao.

A cold gleam flashed through Ling Xiao's eyes as a spear of lightning swiftly condensed in his palm.

Ling Xiao let out a low shout.

"Go!"

He hurled the lightning spear from his hand.

Carrying an aura that could annihilate everything, the lightning spear collided head-on with the Rank 7 soul cannon shell.

"Boom~!"

The two energies collided and exploded in midair, and a heat wave instantly swept across dozens of meters.

Even the ice surface was blasted apart.

Ling Xiao turned into lightning and retreated rapidly, swiftly opening a safe distance.

The aftermath of the explosion swept over him, making the hem of his clothes flap violently.

Ling Xiao was unharmed.

With lightning's inherent speed, how could he possibly be caught so easily?

However, the enemy gave him no chance to catch his breath. A series of soul tools locked onto Ling Xiao once more.