In the northern border region of the Heaven Dou Empire, far from Mingdu, the two people and one dog were flying through the air, speeding northward.
On this trip to the Far North, Cao Yu brought not only his Shadow Clone but also his Immoral Dog.
"The temperature is getting colder and colder."
The rising steam was clearly visible in the air, which is rare in the south.
"Master, I see it! There's another dog over there, and it looks like a female." With his chin agape, the Immoral Dog's eyes gleamed, and drool was practically dripping from his mouth.
He still looked a little angry.
He slapped it on the head. The Immoral Dog stared at him, bewildered, its blank eyes seemingly confused. It didn't understand what it had done wrong.
"That's a ten-thousand-year-old Ice Demon Mastiff. Be careful it doesn't freeze your very core."
Upon hearing Cao Yu's words, the Immoral Dog felt a chill run down his spine, as if he had truly been frozen.
Then, when it turned its gaze to the Ice Demon Mastiff in the distance, its gaping maw, sharp teeth, and the ice-attribute aura emanating from its body looked extremely dangerous.
But why do I like it more and more the more I look at it?
The Immoral Dog was a little confused, so it said ingratiatingly, "Master, actually I can keep not only human pets, but also animal pets. Why don't you keep this one?"
What do you want to do?
"I don't want to do anything." It still tilted its head, as if the cold northern air had finally awakened it, and it was even more active than usual.
As expected of a purebred husky!
"Okay, we'll find it for you when we get back."
Hearing Cao Yu say this, the Immoral Dog stopped making a fuss. If they continued forward, they could see traces of snow, and the surrounding vegetation began to thin out.
The low shrubs had lost their leaves, which were meant to adorn the ground, and were instead covered by a vast expanse of white snow.
" The Far North, a forbidden zone for humans. Soul Beast roam here! Danger! Danger! Danger!"
Cao Yu paused in front of the notice board for a moment, then said to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his sea of consciousness, " Tian Meng, the cherry blossoms in your hometown are blooming. Won't you come out and take a look?"
"It's still a long way off, don't bother me, I want to sleep."
Then Sky Dream Ice Silkworm turned over and decided to ignore him.
Cao Yu looked into the distance, where the plains stretched as far as the eye could see. The conspicuous warning sign did not deter them from their advance, and they soon left the sign behind.
Compared to the Star Dou Great Forest, the Far North Far North is much larger in area and scope, but the number of Soul Beast is not very large, making it difficult for them to gather together.
Therefore, you can only see a few Soul Beast scattered around in places that are quite far apart, but most of them are over a thousand years old.
As for those lower-level Soul Beast, they dare not show themselves freely, for fear of becoming food for higher-level Soul Beast.
"We've finally found a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!"
Cao Yu spent most of the day using his Spiritual Detection to filter out most of the low-level Soul Beast, which was a significant consideration for his mental strength.
However, perseverance pays off. About fifty meters deep beneath an ice crevice, a cavity appeared, where a Soul Beast with a disc-shaped body was staying.
Listening carefully, I could hear intermittent sounds coming from the crack; this guy was sleeping.
It was definitely a very enjoyable experience.
"But your good days are over!"
With a forceful clench of his right fist, he slammed it down, and with a "crack," the cracks on the surface widened, and the surrounding ice surface also split open.
The snoring inside abruptly stopped, clearly indicating that the Soul Beast had been alerted.
With a deep roar, a tremendous commotion came from the depths of the ice in no time, followed by a rolling behemoth bursting out of the crack.
Broken ice fragments flew everywhere, glittering in the sunlight, but Cao Yu had already hidden to the side, so he was not hit by the Soul Beast.
At this moment, the disc-shaped Soul Beast was still spinning in mid-air before finally crashing to the ground.
"Thump!"
It wasn't until the moment it stopped spinning that Cao Yu saw its head and feet emerge from its shell.
"So it's an Ice Soul Turtle."
"You wretched human, why did you disturb my rest? Damn it!"
This was the enraged Ice Soul Turtle, which had existed for 100,000 years. It then retracted its head and legs, and began to spin its shell, which was about five meters in diameter.
The extremely fast rotation speed even made a "whoosh~whoosh" sound in the air, and then a bunch of sharp ice spikes grew out of its shell.
In an instant, it hurtled toward Cao Yu like a rapidly crashing boulder.
But before it could rush very far, the Shadow Clone standing next to Cao Yu appeared in front of the Ice Soul Turtle at an even faster speed than him.
Nine red Soul Ring rose from beneath the Shadow Clone's feet, and its rapidly spinning tortoise shell was stopped by one of the Shadow Clone's hands.
"Boom!"
The enormous tortoise shell fell to the ground again, and the Ice Soul Turtle unleashed a breath of icy cold air. Just as it thought it had hit the person in front of it, it tried to stick its head out to take a look.
But to its utter surprise, the person before it was still unharmed, and there wasn't even a trace of ice on his body.
"How is this possible?" But when it saw the nine Soul Ring of the same color rising from beneath the Shadow Clone's feet, it immediately lost its composure.
But by the time it realized what was happening, it was too late. The Shadow Clone reached out and grabbed its neck with incredible speed.
The Ice Soul Turtle was pinned down and unable to move, unable to retreat back into its shell. It was now almost in despair.
How could there be such terrifying humans?
For the first time, fear appeared in the Ice Soul Turtle's eyes; this was the first time it had ever seen a human with such a powerful combination of Soul Ring.
A sense of panic welled up inside me.
From the exchange just now, it realized that it was no match for the person in front of it.
His attitude immediately changed, and he pleaded, "Respected powerful beings, please have mercy and let me go! I have more than a dozen children to support, and my wife can't live without me!"
The Shadow Clone's strength was increasing, even causing the Ice Soul Turtle to feel suffocated.
Cao Yu, standing not far away, smiled, picked up a sword, walked over, and brandished it a few times in front of its head, saying with a mocking look, "A 100,000-year-old ice-attribute Soul Ring, huh? Don't worry, I'll give you a quick death."
Just as the sharp sword was about to fall, the Ice Soul Turtle began to struggle violently with its thick limbs, but under the powerful Soul Power restraint of the Shadow Clone, it was completely ineffective.
This immediately dampened the spirits of the Ice Soul Turtle.
Finally, it could only struggle and shout, "I know where there are still 100,000-year-old ice-attribute Soul Beast. If you release them, I'll take you there!"
How many are there?
I know of at least seven!
"Alright, lead the way." The sharp sword that had been placed on its head was finally removed, and only then did the Ice Soul Turtle breathe a sigh of relief. Even its thick limbs, which were standing on the ice, were limp.
(End of this chapter)