Night.
Yang Fan sat cross-legged beneath a large tree not far from the campfire.
Heaven as his blanket, earth as his bed!
This was the simplest and most rustic life for soul masters in the spirit beast forest.
"Master."
"Do you think what Ye Lingling said is reliable?"
After breaking through to Soul Douluo, Yang Fan's soul power had been greatly strengthened. He now felt he had the opportunity to begin attempting sixth-grade pills.
And at this level, he could also use his soul power to communicate with Yao Lao on a mental level.
This process completely required no spoken words!
"The Bone Spirit Fruit is indeed a medicinal herb that grows in cold regions."
Yang Fan understood.
Go!
He had come out this time precisely to make himself stronger through training, so where he went didn't matter to him. What was important was the process of training.
However...
He knew very little about the Frozen Forest.
Apart from ice-attribute soul masters, normal soul masters simply wouldn't go to that freezing cold place to obtain soul rings.
At this moment…
Ye Lingling walked over with two baked flatbreads that had been roasted in the team.
"Here!"
After completing the task of delivering flatbreads, Ye Lingling didn't plan to leave just like that, but chose to crouch and sit beside Yang Fan.
The corners of her mouth rose in the evening wind, her smile seeming to carry a healing effect.
"Are you preparing to go to the Frozen Forest?"
"No!"
Yang Fan didn't reveal his upcoming itinerary.
Because this wasn't good for either of them!
...
Seven days later.
Yang Fan was already at the northernmost part of the Douluo Continent.
The Frozen Forest!
What grew here were coniferous forests suitable for cold zones.
Rarely visited by people!
The temperature had already reached over fifty degrees below zero.
Fortunately, Yang Fan was an explosive fire-attribute soul master. The two Heavenly Flames within his body could keep the biting cold three meters away from him. Otherwise, his dick would be frozen stiff by now.
"Master."
"How do we find it?"
His knowledge of the precious medicinal herb Bone Spirit Fruit was limited to his own soul-drawn artwork.
Beyond that, nothing else!
However, he did think his artwork was quite accurate. Otherwise, Ye Lingling wouldn't have recognized it the moment she saw it.
"Look for mountains!"
Steep cliff faces were the most likely places.
Not that precious medicinal herbs liked to grow in special places to display their nobility, but rather because growing where soul masters and spirit beasts were unwilling to go allowed them to live longer.
...
For half a month straight.
Yang Fan climbed several mountain peaks in the Frozen Forest, unknowingly entering the depths of the Frozen Forest.
No results!
This outcome wasn't unexpected for him.
So many experienced soul masters on the Douluo Continent didn't know about the Bone Spirit Fruit, which was sufficient proof of how rare this thing was.
For this, he had also prepared himself mentally for a long-term battle.
Searching while cultivating!
He first wrapped his two Heavenly Flames—Hellfire and Ice-Fire Dragon Flame—with Dou Qi, not allowing the flames' heat to contend with the Frozen Forest's cold.
Let the Frozen Forest's external air continuously consume his internal Dou Qi, then let the Dou Qi mass continuously produce.
In this process of generation and consumption, accelerate the flow of Dou Qi to improve his cultivation speed.
He only hoped he could reach Dou Wang as soon as possible!
Dou Qi forming wings!
At the very least, it could make him look less foolish when climbing snow mountains.
"Wait!"
Yao Lao's serious voice made Yang Fan's foot, which had just stepped forward, hang in mid-air.
The next second!
His soul power began to release.
Using the biting cold wind as cover, it began spreading toward the surroundings.
Not long after...
His soul power gave him the most detailed feedback.
"Felt it?"
Yang Fan nodded.
Several thousand meters from his current position, on a snow mountain, intense fighting was occurring.
From the degree of air distortion and energy fluctuations, he could determine that whoever was on the opposite snow mountain was definitely no weakling.
"Go take a look!"
Yang Fan made his decision following the principle of 'the bold get fed to death.'
Since he was idle anyway!
Perhaps he could pick up some leaks when he got there.
If there were soul bones or something, wouldn't that be a windfall.
Several thousand meters was just a few breaths' time for him now. When he arrived at the foot of the snow mountain, the fighting sounds from above had already become particularly clear.
It could be determined as a battle between soul masters and spirit beasts.
"Titled Douluo?"
The Soul power aura in the air made him sniff out something unusual.
And not a low level at that?
It could be seen that this was definitely a renowned figure on the Douluo Continent.
Say it and do it!
Yang Fan displayed his quasi-Titled Douluo strength and rapidly moved toward the snow mountain peak. He wanted to see just who this guy appearing on the snow mountain was...
He wasn't panicking at all now!
After his strength rose to Level 89, he dared to face Titled Douluo head-on now.
If he couldn't win, that was fine too!
Behind him was the demigod-level Yao Lao backing him up.
He arrived at the mountain peak...
Through the dancing heavy snow, he saw a scarlet-red giant hammer, and then a scruffy-looking fellow gnawing on raw spirit beast meat.
Tang Hao?!
The fellow human appearing in the rarely visited depths of the Frozen Forest was indeed no one else.
Yang Fan's brows furrowed slightly...
He had previously heard from Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall was searching for the whereabouts of the Tang Hao father and son.
But even so, this guy shouldn't have fallen into such a miserable state after just a few days.
Yang Fan couldn't care about that much anymore...
He had already silently released his Soul Breaking Spear.
Take him down!
Back then, Tang Hao, this bastard, had gone to Blazing Academy to cause trouble for him after Tang San was beaten.
Now thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river...
It was time to collect everything back from Tang Hao.
Instantly…
A gust of fierce wind swept through, blowing all the snowflakes on the mountain peak into the air.
Yang Fan rapidly moved toward Tang Hao using the heavy snow as cover. When the distance between the two was less than thirty meters, the sixth soul ring beneath his feet suddenly flashed.
Tang Hao, who was eating raw spirit beast meat, sensed something abnormal and swung his hammer toward the sky.
Majestic and powerful!
The collision of hammer and spear burst forth countless sparks in mid-air, like fireworks in the snow-flying sky, dazzling to the eye.
In the ear-piercing explosion, Tang Hao's body slid several dozen meters on the snow before barely stopping.
"It's you?!"
Tang Hao was very surprised.
Obviously, he hadn't expected to encounter Yang Fan in the depths of the Frozen Forest.
"Didn't expect it, right?"
Yang Fan's icy expression carried some confusion.
Where was Tang San?
The Heavenly Flames of Slaughter City had already been pulled out from under the pot by him, losing their original function of obtaining the Killing God Domain.
Logically speaking, while being pursued by Spirit Hall, this father and son pair should be together.
Yang Fan guessed that Tang San might have been hidden away by Tang Hao. Otherwise, as a father, he wouldn't be eating raw meat with his son.
But he couldn't guess where Tang Hao had hidden Tang San now.
"You want to kill me?"
Tang Hao asked coldly.
"Shouldn't you die?"
When enemies meet, their eyes turn red!
No matter from which level, he had the determination to take down Tang Hao.
Today...
Only one of them could survive.
When enemies meet, no need for words!
Tang Hao's turbid eyes suddenly brightened. Taking one step forward, the scarlet-red Killing God Domain instantly spread toward the front.
Tang Hao had developed the habit of releasing his domain before battle began.
But he seemed to have forgotten that Yang Fan also had the Killing God Domain!
The same scarlet-red Killing God Domain burst forth from Yang Fan's body.
The difference was that Yang Fan's Killing God Domain was obtained after absorbing Heavenly Flames, while Tang Hao's Killing God Domain was normally obtained through the Hell Road.
Both of their Killing God Domains had evolved, but Tang Hao's Killing God Domain was a twenty percent increase and a twenty percent weakening of opponents.
Yang Fan's was thirty percent!
With one rising and one falling, it was equivalent to Yang Fan having one more initial Killing God Domain effect than Tang Hao.
Tang Hao was depressed!
Because this was the first time since passing through the Hell Road that he felt the Killing God Domain having a negative effect on him.
"Old dog, take my spear!"
Yang Fan launched a lightning-fast spear strike toward Tang Hao with the momentum of thunder. His left arm burst forth with infinite power in an instant.
Although Tang Hao had released his first soul skill, he was still sent flying a hundred meters by Yang Fan's spear strike.
His hand ached!
Both hands holding the Hao Tian Hammer showed slight trembling.
"Soul bone!"
The ease on Tang Hao's face just now completely disappeared, replaced by unprecedented gravity.
He couldn't understand!
The last time he saw Yang Fan was during the elimination stage of the Soul Master Tournament, only about three months ago.
Why had this kid become so strong?
"With just this ability, you want to keep me here?"
Tang Hao snorted coldly.
The giant Hao Tian Hammer in his hand began to swing in an extremely exaggerated manner.
Although Yang Fan hadn't seen it before, he knew this was precisely the Hao Tian Clan's exclusive secret technique.
Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique!
Yang Fan stepped forward, and the eighth soul ring on his body began to flash with dazzling red light.
The first hundred-thousand-year soul skill of the Sky Azure Bull Python soul ring—Slowing Domain.
This skill had only one function: everything within a certain range would become slow.
The howling cold wind slowed down, the falling snowflakes seemed to stagnate in mid-air...
Most obvious was that the speed at which Tang Hao swung his Hao Tian Hammer became visible to the naked eye.
Then…
Yang Fan executed the second hundred-thousand-year soul skill of his eighth soul ring—Annihilation Thunder Flame Spear.
Flames rose on the pitch-black Soul Breaking Spear body, mixed with thunderous roaring.
The heat of fire, the explosiveness of thunder!
Even Tang Hao, who was already a Super Douluo, couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.
The Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique, which increased its own momentum through continuous stacking, most relied on one's speed.
However, under the effect of the Slowing Domain now, Yang Fan's lightning attack forced Tang Hao to abandon the stacking of the Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique.
He suddenly turned around!
Using the drive of his waist and abdomen, he forcefully swung out the giant Hao Tian Hammer.
At the same time...
The first three soul rings beneath Tang Hao's feet exploded in an instant, and the Hao Tian Hammer burst forth with incomparably powerful terrifying force.
Clang—
The collision of spear and hammer on the snow mountain stirred up mountain-and-sea-like air waves.
The snowflakes suspended in mid-air seemed to have the Slowing Domain's effect removed at this moment.
Wild winds danced!
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