hotmtlnovel Chapter 44 The Arrival of Little White, the Ice Bear King in Desperate Situation
Chapter 44 The Arrival of Little White, the Ice Bear King in Desperate Situation
"When I became Empress, they had already vanished without a trace. I thought this race had perished like the Behemoths, but I never imagined they would still exist in the abyss!" The Snow Empress's tone was urgent and solemn. "Legend has it that the Abyss Ice Tigers inhabit the deep-sea ice abyss beneath the polar glaciers. The environment there is a thousand times harsher than on the surface, perpetually dark, covered by ice layers thousands of meters thick, almost completely isolated from the world. They are adept at stealthily hunting in dark ice tunnels and abyssal rifts; unless they actively reveal themselves, no one can detect their existence!"
"Their emergence from the ice this time must have been attracted by the pure, top-tier demonic beast aura emanating from your 'Golden罡 Exorcising Body' cultivation technique, which far surpasses your own level! To them, this might be a provocation, or it could be the extremely tempting scent of prey!"
"Youheng, the situation is extremely dire!" The Snow Emperor's voice deepened. "These two Abyss Ice Prison Tigers, the larger one exudes an aura as deep and impenetrable as an abyss, it has definitely broken through the 100,000-year mark! The smaller one, though a cub, still possesses at least 10,000 to 20,000 years of cultivation. Neither of them is someone you can currently contend with head-on!"
"Heh, this luck is really... terrible!" Dai Youheng thought bitterly, but his actions were without the slightest hesitation.
We definitely can't win by fighting, the only way out is to run!
He instantly increased his speed to the limit, frantically pouring his soul power into his legs, and like a wisp of green smoke flying close to the ground, he desperately rushed towards the complex ice valley area far away from the ice lake!
At the same time, he unhesitatingly activated the first soul skill of the Evil Shadow Tiger Martial Soul, "Demon Tiger Body," and the third soul skill, "Shadow Boiling." Black light swirled around him, and his speed, strength, and perception instantly received a massive boost, causing his escape speed to surge once again!
However, the Abyss Ice Tiger, which was a hundred thousand years old, let out a low, disdainful roar from behind.
Its four eerie eyes simultaneously lit up with a dark light, and a thick, inky black mist suddenly emanated from its body! The black mist spread at an astonishing speed, catching up with Dai Youheng in the blink of an eye and completely enveloping the entire vast ice valley!
As soon as he was enveloped by the black mist, Dai Youheng felt his body sink as if he were in a swamp. His speed and power, which had surged due to the enhancement of his soul skill, receded like the tide. Even his vision and hearing were greatly suppressed. The surroundings became dark and blurry, and he lost his sense of direction!
"Not good! This is the Abyss Ice Prison Tiger's innate domain soul skill, Dark Zone!" Snow Empress exclaimed in shock. "Within this domain, not only can it greatly weaken the opponent's various attributes and block their senses, but most terrifyingly, it can forcibly dispel all auxiliary buffs within its range. Your two amplification soul skills have failed!"
Without the boost from his soul skill, Dai Youheng's speed suddenly plummeted!
In that instant, a foul stench filled the air behind them, and the 20,000-year-old juvenile Ice Prison Tiger, relying on its natural adaptation to the dark environment, had caught up!
It let out a bloodthirsty roar, and its tiger claws, covered in icy scales and sharp armor, slammed down with terrifying force that could tear the air apart, aiming fiercely at Dai Youheng's back!
With no way to avoid it, Dai Youheng could only grit his teeth and forcefully turn around, crossing his arms to block in front of him. He activated the Golden Gang Evil-Repelling Body technique to its limit, and a faint golden light flashed rapidly on his body!
"boom--!!!"
With a muffled thud, despite Dai Youheng's physique being far superior to others of the same level, he was still no match for the absolute difference in strength! He felt as if he had been hit head-on by a high-speed moving iceberg, his arms were in excruciating pain, and he was sent flying like a kite with a broken string!
His body crashed uncontrollably through ice mound after ice mound, finally crashing heavily onto the relatively thin ice surface in the distance with a loud bang and a shower of ice shards!
"Crack... Boom!"
The already ravaged ice surface could not withstand the impact and collapsed completely in an instant!
Dai Youheng's vision went black as the icy lake water instantly swallowed him. The powerful water pressure and bone-chilling cold surged in from all directions. Severely injured, he was almost unable to move, and his body sank uncontrollably into the dark, cold abyss at the bottom of the lake.
His consciousness began to blur, and despair overwhelmed him like icy water.
At this critical moment, Xue Di suddenly sensed an extremely familiar aura.
She was overjoyed.
"Youheng, hold on, our helpers are here, they're nearby." Xue Di's anxious voice boomed like thunder in his fading consciousness!
The next moment, Xue Di did not hesitate to temporarily take control of Dai Youheng's body, risking a great depletion of her own mental energy, and forcibly opened a mental shield to protect Dai Youheng.
Then, at the last moment before Dai Youheng's body sank into the dark lake, she suddenly raised one hand out of the lake, and a pure and dazzling ice-blue light burst forth from her fingertip, breaking through the lake surface like a signal flare and shooting into the dim sky!
At the same time, the two Abyss Ice Tigers had already reached the edge of the frozen lake. Their cold eyes were locked on the figure sinking below the surface of the lake. Without hesitation, they were about to leap into the water. For them, who had lived under the ice abyss for many years, the underwater world was their more familiar home ground!
In that split second—
"roar--!!!"
A deafening, powerful, and furious howl of a bear exploded from the side like a thunderclap from a clear sky!
Immediately afterwards, an enormous, terrifying bear paw, carrying immense power capable of crushing everything and extreme cold that chills to the bone, slammed down like a mountain!
"Bang!!!"
Two heavy, muffled thuds sounded almost simultaneously.
The two incredibly powerful Abyss Ice Tigers were struck simultaneously by this sudden palm strike, flying backwards with mournful cries like two giant sandbags, crashing heavily onto the distant glacier, scattering ice shards everywhere!
Its other, equally enormous ice bear paw, with a gentleness and precision completely disproportionate to its size, instantly pierced the icy lake water, penetrated deep into the lake, and carefully lifted the sinking figure.
The icy bear paw retracted, revealing Dai Youheng, soaking wet, in its palm.
Because when Xue Di took over the body, she forcibly protected his soul with her enormous spiritual power. At this moment, Dai Youheng only had some superficial injuries and no internal injuries, and his spiritual sea was not disturbed.
He slowly opened his heavy eyelids.
As the blurry vision gradually focused, what came into view was a huge, furry white bear head, with a look that was both kind and deeply concerned and angry, and huge eyes as pure as sapphires, filled with worry.
Ice Bear King Xiaobai has finally appeared!
Half a minute ago, Little White was leisurely walking on the ice in another frozen lake area when its huge bear paws struck with precision, stunning the plump, cold fish beneath the ice, preparing to enjoy a delicious meal.
Its enormous body appeared endearing as it moved across the ice field, a stark contrast to its terrifying strength.
However, just as it broke through the ice again, preparing to catch the fish, a familiar aura, so familiar it was etched into its soul, suddenly pierced its senses!
That's the aura of its mother—the Snow Queen, the Ice and Snow Goddess!
Little White hadn't felt its mother's presence for a long time, but this presence was completely different from the usual vast, calm, and majestic feeling. It had become rapid, weak, and even carried a sense of pleading for help!
"Mother?" Little White's huge body trembled violently, and its sapphire-like bear eyes were instantly filled with shock and rage!
In this far north, who dares to harm its mother? Who dares to harm the true king of this icy world!