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Boom—
The sound of the explosion could be heard even from this distance, echoing through the heavens and the earth as if the sky was collapsing.
She gazed towards the distant end, her deep eyes seemingly able to see everything happening over there.
"What exactly is happening?"
She felt somewhat regretful. As the ruler of the Extreme North, the monarch of this place, such intense commotion hadn't occurred for countless years.
From the wind blowing over from afar, she could sense two extremely powerful spirit fluctuations. One of them, she was quite familiar with—an old friend, so to speak.
But the other one was extremely unfamiliar.
Who could it be?
Could it be that another spirit beast had broken through the 10,000 year limit and started fighting for territory?
[Notes: For spirit beasts, next level after 10,000 year limit is 100,000 year. This is terms of cultivation base rank, not age.]
Or perhaps a foreign expert has invaded?
A human?
"Sister."
Behind the woman with blue hair, a soft and pleasant voice sounded.
She turned around and saw a petite and adorable girl dressed in a green dress standing in front of her.
"Bing'Er?"
The girl in the green dress approached and stood beside the woman in blue, her beautiful eyes shining like emeralds, gazing towards the distant end.
"Sister, did you also notice it?"
Hearing her words, the woman in blue nodded, then looked towards the girl beside her and asked, "Did you already know about this?"
"Hehe, months ago, a human intruded into the area ruled by that guy. That human possesses formidable strength, comparable to a 100,000 year cultivation in our terms. Moreover, he went on a rampage, slaughtering spirit beasts like a terrifying demon."
"So, you're only telling me now!" Upon hearing the girl's words, the woman with blue hair frowned and glared at her, clearly displeased.
"Oops."
The girl in green dress stuck her tongue out mischievously, then reached out to hold her sister's slender jade hand, rubbing her cheek against her body as she playfully apologized.
"Sorry, sister! That arrogant guy dared to disrespect you, so I just wanted to make him suffer a bit."
"But even if you're dissatisfied with him, you shouldn't let innocent spirit beasts die because of it! Don't forget, they are our people!" The woman with blue hair coldly rebuked.
"I'm sorry, sister, I was wrong!" Seeing her sister upset, the girl in green dress realized that her sister was truly angry this time, so she lowered her head guiltily.
"Sigh~"
Seeing her like this, the woman in blue couldn't say anything more. After all, the incident had already happened, and all they could do now was try to remedy the situation.
"Let's go take a look together."
"Yes, huh?"
The girl in green dress instinctively responded, then realized what was said and suddenly looked up, confused, at her sister.
"Do we still need to help that guy? He's so powerful that the human should be no match for him, right?" She was surprised that her sister cared about that guy's safety.
However, the woman with blue hair's gaze towards the distant end became somewhat solemn.
"I have a hunch that the human will be very dangerous! Tai'Er might be in serious danger!"
"How can that be? With that guy's strength, is he really in danger?" The girl in the green dress found it hard to believe.
While she disliked that arrogant guy, she still acknowledged his strength.
Furthermore, that guy's race possessed the bloodlines of the Ancient Devil Titan King. If he went mad, even she might not be his opponent!
For that human to possess such terrifying power!
"We should hurry over."
The woman in blue said with concern.
No human had set foot in the Extreme North for many years. Now, a human had entered this almost isolated world of ice and snow, and not just any human, but such a powerful one. She couldn't predict what kind of changes this would bring to the Extreme North.
However, she had a feeling that this long silent world was about to undergo a tremendous change!
A gust of freezing wind blew by, and the figures of the two women at the edge of the cliff disappeared.
Boom—
In the midst of the icy storm, two figures, one large and one small, were sent flying in opposite directions.
"Why did this damn guy bring such a powerful one to provoke me?"
Zeng Yi steadied himself on a large piece of shattered ice, patting his slightly aching head with his hand.
The demonic patterns on his face had faded, no longer fierce-looking, but rather appeared weathered and exhausted.
Zeng Yi looked towards the huge figure surrounded by the icy storm in front of him. Two sun-like monsters' eyes stared fiercely at him, causing a bitter smile to appear on his face.
It was hard for him to have a moment of clarity, and he encountered such a situation. He was truly unlucky!
Indeed, after that one time, Zeng Yi's main consciousness would occasionally regain clarity, otherwise, he wouldn't have ended up in such a desolate place.
That berserk state was now being controlled by another soul or ego, which seemed to have evolved into a separate entity.
It felt like there were two different souls within his body.
In other words, he had split his soul, giving birth to another personality—one that was cruel, insane, and only knew to kill—thus exhibiting symptoms of schizophrenia.
This made Zeng Yi feel dizzy.
How did he, as an ordinary person, suddenly become a mental patient? This was truly mind-blowing!
However, his spirit power seemed to have surged again.
Zeng Yi sensed his current spirit power level.
Rank 82!
This...
This made Zeng Yi feel like he was dreaming. Just six months ago, he was merely a Spirit King at the Rank 54. In the past few months, his spirit power had soared 28 ranks, advancing by three major realms.
From a Spirit King to a Spirit Douluo; this was simply too unbelievable!
Having such a strong power capable of protecting himself, even when facing a 100,000 year spirit beast, he wouldn't be at a disadvantage. This feeling was undoubtedly great, and this level of strength had always been Zeng Yi's aspiration.
But the speed at which his strength was increasing now terrified Zeng Yi. He was afraid because he knew that this method of strength improvement was wrong!
However, he had no way to stop it. When the other demonic personality took control of his consciousness, he would go on a frenzy, killing and absorbing the qi of living beings to quickly enhance his spirit power.
In just a few months, he had broken through from Rank 78 to Rank 82, rapidly advancing by three realms. At this rate, he would soon reach the terrifying realm above the Rank 90.
At that time, if he couldn't regain control of his body, Zeng Yi could hardly imagine what kind of disaster he would bring to the continent.
If his spirit power surpassed the Rank 90, would there be any Spirit Masters in this world capable of stopping him?
This wasn't Zeng Yi's self-confidence; even with his current Rank 82 spirit power, he was confident that he could defeat the giant beast before him.
He just glimpsed at the basic information of this spirit beast.
Ice Devil Titan King, a terrifying spirit beast with a cultivation base of 240,000 years, possessing the bloodline of the Ancient Titan King and extremely powerful strength.
This surprised Zeng Yi. A cultivation base exceeding 200,000 years for a spirit beast must be stronger than the Sky Azure Bull Python from Star Dou Forest, right?
He knew that there couldn't be just two spirit beasts in this world. There must be other even more powerful spirit beasts! Otherwise, Star Dou Forest would have long been tamed by human Spirit Masters.
In Zeng Yi's view, a spirit beast's cultivation base is equivalent to a Titled Douluo in terms of human Spirit Masters' realm.
This was something recognized by the public.
However, it wasn't precise. For spirit beasts above 100,000 years in cultivation, there are strong and weak individuals, just like there are strong and weak individuals among Titled Douluo.
That spirit beast, for example, had a cultivation base of around 240,000 years, which equated to a Rank 92 spirit power for a human.
But this was inaccurate because these spirit beasts had powerful physiques, huge bodies, and mysterious innate abilities. Therefore, compared to a Titled Douluo at the same level, a spirit beast would be slightly stronger.
Like the huge white ape before his eyes, with a cultivation base of 240,000 years, it was roughly equivalent to Rank 96 spirit power for a human.
However, this isn't precise either because this kind of spirit beast possesses a powerful physique, enormous body, and the added effect of favorable environments, enabling them to have the strength of a Rank 97 or Higher Super Douluo Realm!
Adding to this the unique environment of his emergence, it was possible to upgrade his strength another level, roughly that of a Rank 98 Super Douluo.
This level of strength was weaker than his master, Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
It wasn't that Zeng Yi was boasting, but he felt that with his current strength, he wouldn't be at a disadvantage in a fight against his master, Chen Xin.
Because this level of formidable spirit power had been operated by him personally, not by that insane split personality that only knew to slash around.
Although Zeng Yi disliked the power within him and considered it an ill omen, the blood-colored [Ronin Sword] in his hand was like a magic sword, especially when combined with his blackened state, second personality, madness, ferocity—all these factors...
It had to be said, this really struck at the heart of his chuuni spirit!
Zeng Yi felt that his dormant chuuni spirit had begun to burn fiercely!
Unleash the spirit power!
Zeng Yi's somewhat excited pitch-black eyes began to calm down. The terrifying spirit power surged out like a tide, oppressing the entire space.
The cold wind howled, carrying countless shards of ice as a storm surged, the sharp fragments of ice cutting through the space like countless blades.
Spirit rings appeared one after another under Zeng Yi's feet as his spirit power unfolded and rose.
Silver! Silver! Silver! Silver! Silver! Black Red! Black Red! Black Red!
Eight spirit rings rose successively—five of them were shining silver, while the other three had an exceptionally sinister Black Red color.
"Roar—" The Ice Devil Titan King's gigantic white figure roared angrily, its huge hands beating against its mountain-like chest, its ferocious eyes fixed on Zeng Yi, ready to strike.
Observing the huge white figure, Zeng Yi's mouth curled up, slightly contemptuous.
[Domain: Emptiness!]
In an instant, silence descended upon the world. The deafening howling of the icy wind disappeared, as if the entire space had frozen.