Deep within the ice cave stood a single, solitary stalk of bamboo.
Bamboo normally grew in clusters, but this stalk was different. There was no other bamboo anywhere around it; it stood there all alone, ice-blue from top to bottom and radiating a freezing chill.
"Is... is that Ice Crystal Lone Bamboo?"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice rang out in Huo Yuhao's mind, filled with shock and disbelief.
"Ice Crystal Lone Bamboo? What kind of soul beast is that?"
Although Huo Yuhao had already studied at Shrek Academy for a semester, there were still some soul beasts he knew little about. He had, however, heard of lone bamboo soul beasts.
"Ice Crystal Lone Bamboo is an extremely unusual type of bamboo. Essentially, it belongs to the Lone Bamboo family. Ordinary Lone Bamboo usually has only one distinguishing trait—toughness. Ice Crystal Lone Bamboo is different.
"Not only does it possess the toughness of ordinary Lone Bamboo, it also has a powerful ice attribute. Normally, once Ice Crystal Lone Bamboo reaches a hundred thousand years of age, its ice can approach quasi-ultimate ice."
At this point, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm paused before continuing in an earnest tone.
"Legend has it that a long, long time ago, in an age so distant that no records remain, there was a human Spirit Master whose martial soul was Ice Crystal Lone Bamboo. Through diligent cultivation, he eventually reached Level 90, then absorbed a Lone Bamboo's spirit ring and obtained a divine skill. With that divine skill, he ascended to the Divine Realm without even breaking through to Level 100—he was still only in the nineties. And that soul skill was called Lone Bamboo Pole Vault!"
"Wow, really? Brother Sky Dream, is this Ice Crystal Lone Bamboo that powerful?"
Huo Yuhao's voice brimmed with