Chapter 36: Another 100,000-Year Soul Beast

Lin Ye's next move was obvious.

Find a Soul Beast!

And obtain his Seventh Soul Ring.

But...

He searched the Frozen Forest for two whole months without finding a suitable Soul Beast.

He could not help growing restless.

"Don't worry."

"We'll find one soon."

Shui Bing'er had noticed the change in Lin Ye's mood.

For now, gentle words were all she could offer him.

That was how hunting for a Soul Ring went.

Some people found a suitable Soul Beast the moment they entered a forest. Others searched for days, even months.

In truth...

Lin Ye had already been lucky enough.

The man had Immortal-Grade Herbs, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and even an External Soul Bone.

Any one of those treasures was more than an ordinary Soul Master could hope to obtain in a lifetime.

"We can't keep this up."

"We need to head farther north."

At those words, Shui Bing'er sucked in a sharp breath.

"You want to go to the Far North?"

The Far North!

It was a Human Forbidden Zone.

No Soul Master who entered the Far North could hope to come out alive.

"Of course not."

"I'm not that stupid."

Even with his Ultimate Ice attribute, entering the Far North would leave him with slim odds of survival.

"Then what do you mean?"

Shui Bing'er looked utterly puzzled.

From where they stood, another half day's travel would bring them to the edge of the Far North.

If they weren't going into the Far North...

There was no point in continuing forward.

"Just follow me. What's with all the questions?"

Shui Bing'er pouted.

Hmph—

She had only asked.

Surely he could at least tell her what the plan was.

Half a day later.

Lin Ye reached the edge of the Far North.

There...

He took an Immortal-Grade Herb from his Storage Soul Tool.

"It's called Aromatic Silk Beauty."

"It's the bane of a hundred poisons!"

"It can't cure poison by itself, but it can neutralize any toxin."

"And!"

"The precious aura Aromatic Silk Beauty gives off is irresistible to Soul Beasts."

Seeing that Shui Bing'er was still confused, Lin Ye explained.

At those words...

Shui Bing'er understood at last.

Now!

She finally grasped what Lin Ye meant.

He planned to use Aromatic Silk Beauty to lure Soul Beasts out of the Far North.

After all...

The Far North was a far more dangerous version of the Frozen Forest.

The Soul Beasts living there had cultivation far beyond those in the Frozen Forest.

"Get ready!"

Even Lin Ye was a little nervous now.

He had no idea what kind of Soul Beast he might draw out of the Far North.

The next moment...

He lifted Aromatic Silk Beauty into the air.

The Immortal-Grade Herb's precious aura began drifting through the air.

To be fair!

Soul Beasts in the Far North were few and far between.

He waited half an hour without seeing a single one.

Just as he began to think the weather had kept the aura from reaching the Far North...

A heaven-shaking roar rang out!

Then...

The ground shook violently.

The ice beneath their feet cracked with a thunderous snap.

Fine fractures raced outward in every direction like a spiderweb.

An immense white figure suddenly loomed before them.

"A Titan Snow Demon?!"

Lin Ye and Shui Bing'er cried out almost together.

That was right!

It was a Titan Snow Demon.

The creature stood over fifty meters tall, its muscles bulging like boulders and its arms hanging almost to the ground.

"Gulp..."

Shui Bing'er swallowed reflexively.

Suppressing her shock, she said, "That Soul Beast must be a hundred thousand years old, right?"

Titan Snow Demons were no ordinary Soul Beasts.

According to legend...

They were descendants left behind when the Ancient Ice God lay with a Titan Giant.

A hundred-thousand-year-old Titan Snow Demon was already on the level of a Super Douluo.

"Mm."

Lin Ye nodded.

The Titan Snow Demon before them had at least a hundred thousand years of cultivation.

"What do we do?"

Shui Bing'er gave a helpless smile.

They had meant to lure a Soul Beast out of the Far North. Who could have imagined this behemoth would answer?

They probably couldn't beat it, could they?

Well...

Shui Bing'er felt "probably" was doing far too much work.

There was no way they could beat it!

By then...

Lin Ye had quietly put Aromatic Silk Beauty away.

Shui Bing'er thought he would slip away before the Titan Snow Demon noticed them.

Instead, she watched him take a different Immortal-Grade Herb from his Storage Soul Tool.

She was stunned!

And not because he had yet another Immortal-Grade Herb.

"What are you doing?"

To Shui Bing'er's astonishment, Lin Ye showed no intention of leaving.

Did he actually want to fight?

Come on!

That was a hundred-thousand-year-old Titan Snow Demon!

A Skywater Academy textbook had once put it this way: if you encountered a Titan Snow Demon, run. A single second's delay could cost you your life.

"I'm taking a gamble!"

What Lin Ye had taken out was Snow-White Swan Kiss.

This Immortal-Grade Herb could amplify a poison's effects hundreds or even thousands of times.

At the same time...

He took a bottle of poison pills from his Storage Soul Tool.

When he had treated Dugu Bo's poisoning, he had made the old man extract the toxins from his body. Lin Ye had solidified them into pills for just such an emergency.

"Dugu Bo!"

"I'm counting on you this time."

With that!

He wrapped the poison in Soul Power, blended dozens of Dragon Ganoderma Leaves around it, then sent it into the air alongside Snow-White Swan Kiss.

Now all he could do was hope for a miracle...

If it worked!

He would gain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

If it failed, he would lose an Immortal-Grade Herb.

Well...

It hardly counted as a loss!

Snow-White Swan Kiss was an herb that amplified poison.

No one dared eat it!

No one could guarantee their body was completely free of toxins.

"Run!"

Lin Ye needed to get Shui Bing'er away from this dangerous place as fast as possible.

Once the Titan Snow Demon swallowed the poison bomb he had prepared, things would get wild.

"..."

Shui Bing'er was bewildered.

She could see what Lin Ye had done, but she couldn't fathom the trick behind it.

And she dared not ask...

Speaking might let the Titan Snow Demon lock onto her presence.

Then...

Neither she nor Lin Ye would escape.

"Roar—"

The Titan Snow Demon threw back its head and roared.

It reached for the Snow-White Swan Kiss suspended in the air.

Then it opened its jaws and swallowed the herb in an instant.

To the creature, it was no more than a morsel.

It licked its lips...

It even wondered whether it had swallowed the Snow-White Swan Kiss at all.

"Look!"

"The dumbass actually ate it."

Excitement flashed across Lin Ye's face.

Of course...

He understood why the Titan Snow Demon had done it.

How would a Soul Beast that had spent a hundred thousand years in the Far North ever have seen a rare, high-grade herb like Snow-White Swan Kiss?

All it knew was that the herb was something good.

Eating it would surely give it a boost.

And so...

It swallowed it.