Electrolux had no idea what Lin Xiao was thinking.
His gaze fell upon the surrounding ice-blue scorpions.
Electrolux gently raised a hand, and a divine-like pressure descended from the heavens.
Boom!
Just one move, a single gesture!
With merely a raise and fall of Electrolux’s hand, swaths of ice-blue scorpions instantly transformed into spirit rings.
The once snowy-white expanse now shimmered with hues of yellow, interspersed with flashes of purple.
The ten-thousand-year-level ice-blue scorpion witnessing this scene was so terrified it scurried away in a flash, its speed reaching the absolute limit.
In its entire scorpion life, it had never run so fast.
Lying on the ground, Lin Xiao only saw a blur of yellow all around.
Clearly, his teacher had made a move.
Although he hadn’t seen how his teacher acted, he imagined it must have been incredibly powerful.
“Teacher, how are you so strong!”
Lin Xiao sighed, wondering when he would ever reach his teacher’s level.
“Old Yao, your soul power isn’t weak.”
Electrolux, however, had discerned it: Electrolux had employed soul power to silently and effortlessly eliminate those scorpions.
Their deaths were utterly natural.
“Heh, you’re not lacking either.”
Electrolux gave a faint smile, then unleashed his terrifying power to gather all the surrounding spirit rings into his ring.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Before Electrolux could depart, the ground began to tremble.
Lin Xiao was stunned, struggling to get up as the snow on the mountain started to loosen.
“Xiao Xiaozi, swallow that pill of yours.
Conserve your strength and run!”
Electrolux, assessing the speed of the impending avalanche, hurriedly warned.
Lin Xiao forced down the pill he had refined—a subpar recovery pill, somewhat bitter and unpleasant.
But at least it was a pill.
The moment it entered his stomach, Lin Xiao’s Soul Power recovered by thirty percent.
Channeling his Soul Power, Lin Xiao immediately fled.
“To the left, there’s a cave.
You can take shelter there.”
Following Electrolux’s directions, Lin Xiao dashed toward the cave.
In the nick of time, the avalanche thundered down, sweeping across the land.
Safely inside the cave, Lin Xiao let out a long sigh of relief and leaned against the wall to rest.
“Teacher, that was truly perilous.”
Lin Xiao’s heart still raced with fear.
He vowed never to be so reckless again.
Had he refined the pill inside this cave from the start, perhaps the earlier incident wouldn’t have occurred.
“Heh, cultivation is often like this.
A bit more caution, a bit more cunning, is never excessive.”
Electrolux’s voice emerged from the ring, offering guidance to Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao nodded deeply in agreement.
Simply put, his lack of worldly experience had made him overconfident.
After half a quarter-hour, the avalanche outside subsided.
Having recovered somewhat, Lin Xiao cleared the snow blocking the cave entrance and finally emerged.
A biting cold wind struck his face, causing Lin Xiao to shiver involuntarily.
It seemed the Far North had grown even colder now.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
The ground trembled once more.
“Xiao Xiaozi, this time, we’re in serious trouble.”
Electrolux’s voice was uncharacteristically grave.
He hadn’t been this solemn even when facing the horde of scorpions earlier.
Aside from the time they encountered Chi Wang, this was only the second instance Lin Xiao had heard such a serious tone from Electrolux.
“Teacher…”
Lin Xiao had just begun to speak when the ground split open.
A massive ice-blue pincer tore through the earth, emerging from the abyss.
Lin Xiao retreated two steps.
The next moment, an enormous ice-blue scorpion raised its head.
“Human, you possess immense audacity.”
“How dare you slaughter my subjects!”
The ice-blue scorpion spoke in human tongue, its voice deafening, filled with rage.
Its eyes bore intently into Lin Xiao.
Its dangerous, venomous tail swayed menacingly before Lin Xiao.
Before this colossal being, Lin Xiao seemed no more significant than an ant.
Lin Xiao instinctively gulped.
The Far North.
An ice-blue scorpion speaking human language.
A name that thrilled him quickly surfaced in Lin Xiao’s mind: Ice Jade Empress Scorpion: Ice Empress.
One of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North.
“Xiao Xiaozi, it seems I’ll need to enter slumber for over a month.”
Electrolux had already sensed the Ice Empress’s immense power.
That terrifying cold, while not matching his Bone Chilling Flame, was far beyond what Lin Xiao could currently handle.
Without his intervention, escape this time would be exceedingly difficult.
Hearing this, Lin Xiao forcefully suppressed his fear: “Teacher, teacher, don’t rush.
Let me try to negotiate first.”
Electrolux frowned tightly.
“Now is not the time for bravado.”
“Teacher, don’t panic.
This is likely the very purpose of my journey here.”
Lin Xiao calmed himself and spoke.
Electrolux paused, then seemed to realize something and did not refuse further.
“Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North: Ice Empress!”
Lin Xiao met the scorpion’s gaze, took a deep breath, and declared.
“Heh, a mere 15th-rank Spirit Master, yet you know of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North.”
“Human, your courage is indeed not small.”
The Ice Empress’s mere speech sent chills through Lin Xiao, making him shiver uncontrollably.
Ultimate Ice.
Even with excellent Warmth keeping measures (note: original text has ‘Excellent warmth retention’ – ‘protective measures against the cold were excellent’), Lin Xiao felt the intense cold.
“Ice Empress, I came here specifically to find you.”
“Slaughtering your kin was not my intention.
For that, I offer my apologies.”
After speaking, Lin Xiao, trembling, bowed in apology to the Ice Empress.
It was unbearably cold.
The Ice Empress was taken aback, not expecting such a response.
Initially, upon arriving, it had intended to kill the offender outright.
But upon seeing Lin Xiao, it realized he possessed only 15th-rank Soul Power.
With such strength, how could he possibly have slaughtered so many of its subjects?
Yet, the aura of the Ice Jade Scorpion clung to Lin Xiao, fueling the Ice Empress’s suspicion.
Uncertain, it had chosen to question first.
Those who live long are never simple.
The Ice Empress, too, exercised great caution.
If Lin Xiao had no powerful Titled Douluo backing him, killing him would be inconsequential.
Now, with Lin Xiao directly apologizing and stating his purpose, the Ice Empress’s interest was piqued.
What business could a 15th-rank Spirit Master possibly have with it?
Perhaps it was someone behind him seeking an audience.
Could it be…
for its spirit ring?
Heh, if that were the case, then today, I, the Ice Empress, shall unleash a slaughter.
As this thought formed, Lin Xiao’s voice reached the Ice Empress’s ears: “I have come to guide you to godhood!!”
Those words, once spoken, made the Ice Empress burst into laughter.
“HAHAHAHAHAHA!!”
Its two massive pincers repeatedly struck the ground.
Lin Xiao felt his body jolt violently, tumbling to sit on the ground.
“You cannot even withstand a single strike from my pincer.
Human, who gave you the courage to utter such arrogant words?”
“HAHAHAHA!”
The Ice Empress seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the World.
A 15th-rank Spirit Master, claiming he would guide it to godhood.
How hilarious.
Lin Xiao was speechless.
Indeed, given his current state, such a claim did sound rather laughable.
If he didn’t produce some proof, why would the other party ever believe him?
“Ice Empress, as I understand, you are soon to face your 400,000-year heavenly tribulation.”
“You!
Are you confident you will survive it!!”