Chapter 20: Are You Going to Start a Beast Tide?
"Young Master, it's the Ice Demon Titan Clan!"
"And a bunch of Ice Jade Scorpions."
Lying on the ice, Elder Xue looked with a heavy face at the Ice Demon Titans and Ice Jade Scorpions searching in a fan-shaped pattern behind them.
Dugu Han frowned.
These two top-tier Soul Beast clans had always been like kings who wouldn't meet, so how could there be so many Ice Demon Titans and Ice Jade Scorpions appearing at the same time?
Wait!
He suddenly realized something.
Could it be that they are searching for him and Elder Xue?
Before Dugu Han could finish his thought, the sky above suddenly changed!
It turned into a transparent green color, rapidly spreading forward.
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In the next moment, a green figure flew swiftly from a height of ten thousand meters above the ground.
"Gulp!"
Seeing the figure soaring away, Elder Xue swallowed nervously.
"Young… Young Master, that seems to be… the figure of the Ice Empress."
"Not seems. It is the Ice Empress!"
Although Dugu Han couldn't see the figure, in the entire Extreme North, only the Ice Empress's movements would cause such a strange phenomenon.
This time, it seems like he's playing it too big!
Dugu Han's expression was grave; he didn't expect even the Ice Empress to be alarmed!
No need to think, it must have been his words to the Ice Jade Scorpion King when he asked it to stop the Ten Thousand Year Ice Demon Titan that angered the Ice Empress.
"Trouble."
Dugu Han frowned.
With the Ice Empress ahead and the Ice Demon Titan and Ice Jade Scorpion behind, they were in a difficult situation.
The Ice Jade Scorpion Clan wasn't good at mental power, so they wouldn't be able to find them, but the Ice Demon Titan Clan's mental power was extremely strong, and there was also a 90,000-year Ice Demon Titan among them. As long as they got close, they would see through their concealment.
Dugu Han's expression darkened.
"How about…"
"Go find the Ice Empress!"
"The Ice Empress seems to be not far from undergoing the 400,000-year Heavenly Tribulation, and when she underwent the 300,000-year Heavenly Tribulation, her origin was damaged. She doesn't have the confidence to pass the 400,000-year Heavenly Tribulation, otherwise, she wouldn't have become Huo Yuhao's second martial soul in the original story."
A crazy idea suddenly flashed through Dugu Han's mind.
The Snow Empress was elusive, and he didn't know when he could find her.
But the Ice Empress had just passed by him!
Moreover, the Ice Empress admired Snow Empress—whether for herself or for Snow Empress—she would want to know the location of the Manifold Mysterious Ice Cavern
As long as he didn't reveal the location of the Manifold Mysterious Ice Cavern
before obtaining Snow Empress's promise, she wouldn't hurt him!
Thinking of this, Dugu Han immediately said to Elder Xue, "Elder Xue, shall we go find the Ice Empress?"
"Ah?"
Elder Xue was stunned, "Find the Ice Empress?"
"Find the Ice Empress!"
Dugu Han's voice was firm. "There's a 90,000-year-old Ice Demon Titan behind us. As soon as it catches up, it will find us. Our only chance is to find the Ice Empress!"
"Alright, since it's something Young Master has decided, this old servant will fully support it!"
Elder Xue took a deep breath, glanced at the approaching group of Ice Demon Titans and Ice Jade Scorpions behind him, and immediately grabbed Dugu Han and chased in the direction the Ice Empress had flown.
"Roar——"
The Ice Demon Titans and Ice Jade Scorpions behind them roared excitedly upon seeing Dugu Han and Elder Xue suddenly appear, transmitting the message that they had found the young and old humans to their clansmen.
Soon, all the Ice Demon Titans and Ice Jade Scorpion tribes that had scattered resumed pursuit.
The first to respond was the Ice Jade Scorpion King and the 100,000-year-old Ice Demon Titan.
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Outskirts of the Extreme North!
Ling Luochen had just absorbed her fourth soul ring, and several people were preparing to leave.
Suddenly, a transparent green light radiated from the core area of the Extreme North outward.
"What is this?"
Zhang Lexuan and the others looked at the strange scene curiously.
Then, they saw a green figure flying rapidly from over 10,000 meters above.
Zhang Lexuan and the others looked serious. They hurriedly pulled Ling Luochen, who knew little, to hide.
"Sister Lexuan, what was that just now?" Ling Luochen asked in confusion.
She had just become a Soul Ancestor, much weaker than Zhang Lexuan and the others, who had already become Soul Saints, so she couldn't see clearly what the figure was.
"Ice Empress!"
"The Ice Jade Scorpion Empress, which ranks second among the three heavenly kings of the Extreme North and seventh among the top ten fierce beasts, has a cultivation of over 300,000 years."
Zhang Lexuan's expression was very solemn. She never thought they would be so lucky as to see the Ice Empress in the Extreme North.
"Ah!"
Ling Luochen exclaimed. "The Ice Empress has always been in the core area of the Extreme North. How could she appear in the periphery?"
"I don't know," Zhang Lexuan shook her head, also puzzled.
Shrek Academy's records about the three heavenly kings of the Extreme North included:
1)The Snow Empress was elusive!
2)The Ice Empress only operated in the core area of Extreme North.
3)Only the Ice Demon Titan King would occasionally appear and wander around in the outer region of the Extreme North.
The Ice Empress hadn't noticed their presence.
Han Ruoruo frowned. "She seems in a hurry to find something—or some soul beast."
Wu Ming, usually cheerful, also grew serious.
"No matter what she's doing, we need to leave quickly."
Zhang Lexuan took out the map of the Extreme North, pondered for a moment, and resolutely led Han Ruoruo and the other three to change direction and leave.
There is more than one way to enter and exit the Extreme North, but Dragon City is the closest city—most hunters prefer to exit through there.
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Meanwhile, the Ice Empress found the Ice Demon Titan King on the outskirts of the Extreme North and descended from a height of ten thousand meters.
"Ice Empress?"
The Ice Demon Titan King said in a muffled voice, "Why are you looking for me?"
"Call all the soul beasts on the outskirts," the Ice Empress ordered coldly.
The lord of the entire Extreme North was the Snow Empress. When she was absent, the outer tribes obeyed the Ice Demon Titan King, who possessed the blood of the Ice God.
"Call all the outer tribes?"
The Ice Demon Titan King was surprised. "Are you planning to launch a beast tide?"
"No, no!"
"If we launch a beast tide without the Snow Empress's command, we risk attracting strong human fighters, and we won't be able to defeat them."
The Ice Demon Titan King shook his head in refusal.
But the next moment, the Ice Empress suddenly jumped up, her delicate claws dunking the Ice Demon Titan King.
"Idiot, when did I say I would start a beast tide?"
"Then why do you want me to summon all the outer tribes?"
"Find two humans—one old, one young—for me in the Extreme North."
"Okay," the Ice Demon Titan King agreed, curious. "How did those two humans offend you?"
"Stop with the nonsense," the Ice Empress snapped. "Just do as I say."
The Ice Demon Titan King trotted seriously for a few steps, then leaped into the air, his roar echoing through the region:
"Roar——"
The sound wave spread instantly throughout the outer regions of the Extreme North.
All the soul beasts outside the region, hearing the call from the Ice Demon Titan King, emerged from caves, snow piles, glaciers, and canyons.
They came from everywhere.
"Looking for humans!"
"Searching for humans!"
The outer tribes followed the order, beginning their search for the two humans—an old one and a young one.
Most soul beasts outside the Extreme North were under 30,000 years old and not very intelligent, so they simply regarded the order as a trace of human presence.
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{Note:
When the Snow Empress was absent, the outer tribes obeyed the Ice Demon Titan King, based on these reasons:
1. The Ice Demon Titan King had the blood of the Ice God.
2. In the original story, only he was known to wander in the periphery of the Extreme North.
3. The Snow Empress never handed over the Extreme North to the Ice Bear King but kept it under the Ice Demon Titan King's control.}
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(End of this chapter)