Ma Hongjun glanced disdainfully at Tianmeng.
This idiot, as expected, has been sleeping his way through life, inexperienced.
Already blushing.
Damn it, a million years old, a silkworm single for a million years.
What else is it but a baby?
Ma Hongjun instantly felt that Tianmeng, as his soul ring, was somewhat beneath him, incompatible with his style.
Think of Ma Hongjun, a man of great renown, a true man at nine years old.
And Tianmeng? A million years old, still a virgin.
Ma Hongjun used to think Xiao Wu, this virgin rabbit, was already amazing, but now it seems, the world of soul beasts cannot be judged by common sense.
They are not human!
Ma Hongjun dared not venture too deep, and after passing the Frost Forest, he began to descend.
Guided by Tianmeng, Ma Hongjun landed on an iceberg.
The aura of the far north was completely opposite to that of the Fire Domain.
Both places were extreme environments.
The environment of the Southern Fire Domain desert was already too harsh for ordinary Soul Masters to enter, and the aura of the Fire Domain was even more violent. Soul Masters without fire-attribute Martial Souls simply couldn't withstand the intense heat of the flames.
Similarly, the far north was a forbidden zone for humans.
Not to mention the powerful ice-attribute Soul Beasts there, the sub-zero temperatures were unbearable for most Soul Masters. Those
below the Soul Master level would find it difficult to survive.
However, for Ma Hongjun, it wasn't a major problem.
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm possessed both ice and mental attributes; although its primary attribute was mental, its ice attribute was also considerable.
Furthermore, Ma Hongjun had refined his Ice-Fire Spirit Body in the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well, giving him a strong immunity to ice.
Therefore, the far north didn't significantly affect Ma Hongjun's strength.
However, it did have a certain suppressive effect on his Fire Phoenix Martial Soul; at least, using the Fire Phoenix Martial Soul here would halve his strength.
Like the Fire Domain, the far north was vast and sparsely populated with beasts.
There were only a few hundred-year-old ice scorpions on this iceberg, which
were directly frightened away by the aura released by Ma Hongjun.
Strangely enough, back in the Southern Fire Domain desert, the main group of soul beasts was sand scorpions.
Now, in the far north, the commoner soul beasts are naturally the scorpion race.
This race is truly formidable.
In the Southern Fire Domain desert, they have the overlord of the Scorpion Dragon race, the Yellow Sand Dragon.
And in the far north,
the scorpion race also has an overlord:
the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion!
This is the second most powerful ferocious beast in the far north.
Ice Scorpion—Ice Jade Scorpion—Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion!
The scorpion race's reproductive ability is incredibly strong.
As for the overlord of the far north, it is an irreplaceable race:
the Ice Snow Maiden!
She is a being formed from the purest ice-attribute elemental energy of heaven and earth. She
is an ice and snow elf, the only humanoid soul beast on the Douluo Continent, unique and unparalleled.
She is also the only soul beast that Ma Hongjun wanted to have some kind of relationship with after eating Tang San and Xiao Wu's rabbit food.
However, at this time, Ma Hongjun dared not approach the Snow Empress.
The Snow Empress is currently the second most ferocious beast on the Douluo Continent after Di Tian, and she has seven hundred thousand years of cultivation.
The Vermilion Bird King also possesses 700,000 years of cultivation. Back in the Fire Domain, its ability to single-handedly tear through the barrier erected by the Fire God is proof enough of its strength.
The Fire God is a first-level god.
The Snow Empress, compared to the Vermilion Bird King, shouldn't be too far behind,
and might even be stronger.
Actually, Ma Hongjun subconsciously always treated the Fire Domain and Douluo Continent separately.
Because the Fire Domain is the realm of gods, it has almost no connection to this world, being completely isolated.
Ma Hongjun's original plan upon arriving in the far north was simply to add a 100,000-year-level ice-attribute soul ring to the Martial God Spear, thus balancing the powerful fire-attribute energy within him.
However, with the appearance of his third martial soul,
Ma Hongjun changed his mind. The Dragon Soul, as a spirit-attribute martial soul, is a special and unique martial soul.
The Dragon Soul itself belongs to the spirit-type martial soul, but it doesn't yet have other attribute positioning.
Ma Hongjun plans to develop the Dragon Soul into the ultimate ice martial soul.
At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Ma Hongjun refined two immortal-grade plants:
the Dragon Soul Ice Heart Lotus and the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower!
One is ice, and the other is fire.
The ice-attribute energy of the Dragon Soul Ice Lotus was almost entirely refined by the Dragon Soul.
Now, thanks to the successful transformation of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's soul spirit, the Dragon Soul has become a martial soul.
In this way, the Dragon Soul already possesses the foundation to become an Ice-attribute Martial Soul.
Furthermore, Ma Hongjun's first Martial Soul is already a multi-attribute Martial Soul. There's no need to develop another multi-attribute Martial Soul. The Fire Phoenix,
however, is an Ultimate Fire Martial Soul, and due to absorbing and returning a large number of high-level fire-type Soul Rings and Soul Bones recently, its fire energy has become uncontrollable.
Therefore, developing an Ultimate Ice Dragon Soul Martial Soul is imperative. Ice Dragon, Fire Phoenix. Balanced! Now, one problem arises: after the Dragon Soul becomes a Martial Soul, Ma Hongjun has another way to obtain Soul Rings. He can preserve the Soul Spirit without killing Soul Beasts through sacrifice. Therefore, he won't hesitate to attack familiar and friendly Soul Beasts in the future! While Ma Hongjun was pondering this, a powerful Soul Beast approached. It was very fast, clearly targeting him. After obtaining Tianmeng Baby's Soul Ring, Ma Hongjun gained four Soul Skills: Mental Detection, Mental Sharing, Mental Interference Domain, and Soul Impact! Mental Detection is a passive skill that enhances Ma Hongjun's spiritual sense, making his detection range larger and clearer. "Hmph, how dare they be so blind as to come over!" Ma Hongjun said angrily. Even with his overwhelming aura, a soul beast dared to provoke him; it was truly disrespectful. Soon, Ma Hongjun saw through his Fiery Eyes that it was a giant scorpion of ten thousand years, leading a group of ice scorpions of one hundred years. It seemed the ice scorpions he had scared away earlier had sent their backers. Indeed, scorpions from the far north were not to be trifled with. The leading ten-thousand-year scorpion seemed somewhat different from the other ice scorpions; ordinary ice scorpions were mainly white, while its color was more emerald green. "Ice Emperor!" Tianmeng's voice suddenly rang out, trembling slightly. Hearing "Ice Emperor," Ma Hongjun panicked and quickly used precise detection, finally confirming that this strange scorpion was indeed only ten thousand years old, which reassured him. Although Ma Hongjun wasn't afraid of the Ice Emperor, this was, after all, the Ice Emperor's territory. He might not be afraid, but he might still be outmatched. Ma Hongjun said irritably, "Damn it, Tianmeng, don't scare me! Look closely, it's just a ten-thousand-year-old scorpion." Tianmeng's eyes slowly cleared, and she looked slightly disappointed. Looking at the approaching emerald green figure, she said apologetically, "I mistook it for an Ice Jade Scorpion, but it really does look like one." Tianmeng was a little embarrassed, her chubby face looking uneasy. "Hey, you're a human, you don't even know the Ice Emperor, what are you afraid of?" Tianmeng asked suspiciously. Emperor Tian, Snow Emperor, Ice Emperor—these are all reclusive big shots in the soul beast world, and few humans can discover them. "A soul beast that can be called an emperor is not simple!" Ma Hongjun said calmly. "That's right, then this baby should be called the Heavenly Silkworm Emperor!" "With your potato-like figure, Heavenly Silkworm Potato is more like it." "You, you're going to make this baby angry!" Looking at the Ice Jade Scorpion again, it was indeed very beautiful, no wonder it had made Tianmeng so lost in thought. Although Ma Hongjun didn't understand the aesthetics of spirit beasts, judging solely from the appearance of this Ice Jade Scorpion, it was far more pleasing and beautiful than any other scorpion he had ever seen. Its body, over a meter long, was predominantly ice white and emerald green. The front half served as its head, with silver-white mouthparts that emitted a chilling light. The front half was covered by hexagonal protrusions, shimmering with an incomparably brilliant luster, like diamonds. These protrusions densely covered its front half and its six long, powerful legs. Reflected in the snowy light, they radiated unparalleled brilliance. Its two forepaws, nearly a meter long, were the most striking feature, exuding power. Its eyes were yellow, shimmering with a crystalline light. At the rear of its body, its long, upturned tail shone with an emerald green light, like jade or diamonds, and the stinger at the very end was also silver-white. Compared to the beautiful and noble Ice Jade Scorpion , the sand scorpions Ma Hongjun had seen in the Southern Fire Domain desert were nothing but a bunch of bumpkins. No wonder those sand scorpions can only live in the soil, while the ice-green scorpions live high in the snow-capped mountains. (End of Chapter)