Heart-wrenching screams echoed from within the ice house, sending shivers down Chen Yu’s spine.
Immediately after, a wave of cold air emanated from the room.
Curious, Chen Yu looked up and saw a phantom of a snow-white lion mastiff materialize behind Er Gou.
The phantom was both majestic and imposing, radiating an intense chill all around.
Then, the lion mastiff phantom merged into Er Gou’s body.
Instantly, Er Gou grew snow-white fur and a mane, his height increasing by a full meter, transforming him into a half-beast, half-human giant.
At the same time, sharp claws extended from Er Gou’s fingers, a faint trace of cold air swirling around them.
Soon after, ice began to form on one of the claws, turning it into a Frost Claw.
“First soul skill, Frost Claw!” Er Gou muttered under his breath, a flash of white light appearing at his feet.
Almost visibly, the Frost Claw grew even harder, reflecting a chilling gleam.
Seeing this, Chen Yu couldn’t help but gasp.
This soul skill was truly astonishing.
Even though it was only the first soul skill, derived from a mere ten-year Soul Ring, it still granted Er Gou formidable combat power.
In Chen Yu’s eyes, this skill even seemed counterintuitive.
The ice of the Frost Claw appeared harder than ordinary ice!
Could ice, a solid, become even harder?
Compression?
Increased density?
Chen Yu didn’t understand, but he was deeply intrigued.
He had considered publishing theories on Martial Souls, but such phenomena that defied the physical laws of his previous life left him puzzled.
Yet, his interest only grew stronger.
If it wasn’t a physical method increasing hardness and density, then it must be the effect of Soul Power.
Soul Power could increase the density of ice.
A smile unconsciously spread across Chen Yu’s lips.
His original plan was to become a defense-type battle soul master, following the path of the Infinite Shield.
Now, Er Gou’s soul skill revealed to him that ice density could be enhanced through Soul Power—meaning an Infinite Shield combined with a Super-thick Defensive Ice Shield.
With this, he could ensure his safety and, in the future, accomplish his grand ambitions.
Meanwhile, inside the room, Er Gou acted recklessly.
Without a second thought, he used the Frost Claw to perform a cesarean section.
Chen Yu was startled by Er Gou’s actions.
Could this reckless man really succeed in a cesarean section?
Would he not harm the child?
However, to Chen Yu’s surprise, the procedure went remarkably smoothly.
The cold air from the Frost Claw instantly calmed the woman, and she no longer cried out in pain.
Then, with the cry of a newborn, the room filled with joy.
Even Chen Yu couldn’t help but smile.
The birth of new life seemed to infect the emotions of everyone around.
“Mother and child are safe!” “Kid, we owe you this time.” After successfully completing the surgery, Er Gou immediately stepped out of the room to thank Chen Yu.
Without looking back, he then led Chen Yu away from the ice house.
“Come, I’ll take you to the treasure vault of our Snow Mastiff Tribe.” Er Gou’s expression was serious, gratitude evident in his eyes as he looked at Chen Yu, a wide smile still lingering on his lips.
This honest and simple Soul King powerhouse didn’t first think of caring for his own wife and children, but instead chose to keep his promise by taking Chen Yu to retrieve the treasure first.
Following behind, Chen Yu felt his desire to unify the continent grow even stronger.
People in this era still seemed quite simple and honest.
Thinking this, Chen Yu unknowingly entered the Snow Mastiff Tribe’s treasure vault.
Though called a treasure vault, it was actually just a small ice hut containing some food, fur coats, various special ores, and medicinal herbs.
Of course, the most important item was the corpse of a thousand-year Soul Beast.
Chen Yu’s attention had been focused on that thousand-year Soul Beast corpse all along.
The thousand-year Soul Beast’s body was a full five meters long, looking from afar like a giant snow wolf.
Seemingly noticing the desire in Chen Yu’s eyes, Er Gou began introducing it.
“This is a Soul Beast I hunted—the Ice Wolf King, which just happened to provide my fifth Soul Ring.
It’s nearly nine thousand years old, with excellent meat quality.
Eating it can even boost Soul Power.” Er Gou explained one by one that their Snow Mastiff Tribe had already consumed quite a bit of this Ice Wolf King.
But more than half of the body remained preserved.
After all, as Ice Attribute Soul Masters, they had the ability to keep food fresh.
Listening to the introduction, Chen Yu grew increasingly satisfied.
He was currently preparing to train his body, and now such high-quality meat had come his way—this was truly a huge gain.
“Huh?
What’s this?” Suddenly, Chen Yu discovered an irregular yellow sphere inside the Ice Wolf King’s body.
This irregular sphere seemed neither metal nor jade, didn’t resemble stone, and wasn’t bone either.
It appeared quite strangely in the Ice Wolf King’s stomach.
“Hmm?” Hearing Chen Yu’s confusion, Er Gou also stepped forward to look.
Sure enough, he too saw the golden sphere in the Ice Wolf King’s stomach.
Puzzled, Er Gou directly reached out to take the golden sphere.
As soon as he picked it up, a foul stench wafted over.
This golden sphere smelled even worse than Whale Glue.
In an ice hut, within a cold environment, it could still emit such a stench—enough to show just how foul it was.
“Hard, but also seems somewhat elastic.” Er Gou had never seen this thing before either, only feeling it might have some use.
Then, he actually reached out and handed it directly to Chen Yu.
Chen Yu stepped back repeatedly, nearly having his eyes stung by the smell.
“No, no, I don’t want this thing.” Chen Yu refused.
He had roughly figured out what this thing was.
But he didn’t dare say whether his judgment was correct.
This should be “dog treasure,” or rather “wolf treasure.” It was probably something this nine-thousand-year Ice Wolf King had eaten that couldn’t be digested in its stomach, forming a treasure.
It might be some kind of rare natural treasure, or it could just be an ordinary stomach stone.
But even if it were a rare treasure, he didn’t want this thing.
In his previous life, Chen Yu had heard of things like dog treasure and bezoar, but only heard of them.
He not only didn’t know how to use this thing but also didn’t know its specific benefits.
So he didn’t want it.
“I’ll take the Ice Wolf King’s meat instead!” Chen Yu finally pointed at the Ice Wolf King’s corpse, confirming his reward for this trip.
“Alright, then the Ice Wolf King’s meat it is.
I’ll bring it back to the Black Rhinoceros Tribe for you.” Er Gou revealed a simple and honest smile, then picked up the five-meter-long corpse of the Ice Wolf King and walked out of the ice house.
Chen Yu followed closely behind, unable to help but marvel inwardly.
When he had last seen this Er Gou, his face had been fierce and menacing, but now he appeared entirely simple and honest.
Moreover, this Er Gou’s strength was truly astonishing!
Chen Yu couldn’t help but wonder about the baseline combat stats of a Spirit Master.
It seemed that an ordinary Soul Warrior possessed strength far surpassing that of a typical adult.
A Spirit Master could shatter bricks with a full-force punch.
A Great Soul Master could shatter bricks to an extreme degree.
A soul venerable at full power should be able to demolish walls, but the lower limit was being unable to crush an egg—though this might have been because Dai Mubai didn’t use Soul Power to assist, relying purely on physical strength.
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And so, Chen Yu’s mind raced, calculating based on some of the original work’s depictions.