Half a month later.
Extreme North Land.
Located in the northernmost part of the Douluo Continent.
This place is recognized by all Soul Masters as one of the most dangerous forbidden zones!
Even a Titled Douluo at the nine-ring level would not dare to easily set foot here.
Due to its extremely remote location and extreme cold climate, among other factors,
this region
is uninhabited by any humans.
The ground, formed by solidified ice, was covered by layers of thick snow.
Whoosh—
Large, goose-feather-like snowflakes mixed with the biting cold wind,
falling from mid-air.
As far as the eye could see, everything was a vast expanse of white.
This extreme environment could be aptly described by the lines: 'The general's fox fur won't keep him warm, the guardian's precious saber is frozen and about to break.'
It's not an exaggeration!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A figure quickly swept past.
The fresh footprints left behind were re-covered by heavy snow within seconds.
"Fortunately, I didn't let Lingling come along."
"Otherwise, she would definitely be frozen into an ice pop."
"Even I, a Spirit Douluo who has absorbed a million-year spirit bone from the Ice and Fire Dragon King, feel the severe cold."
"The Extreme North Land truly lives up to its reputation."
Though his words spoke of the Extreme North Land's extremely cold climate,
in reality,
his tone revealed a sense of ease.
The person who arrived was none other than
Jin Mian, who had just led the Hall of Worship Team to victory in the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament half a month prior.
He was dressed lightly.
Standing on a large tree.
There was nothing he could do about it.
The million-year spirit bones of the Ice and Fire Dragon King were no joke.
With these two Spirit Bones, he was impervious to both heat and cold.
On the day the competition ended,
Jin Mian told his Grandfather
that he wanted to go out and train for a while.
Jin E naturally agreed with his grandson's idea.
If a Soul Master truly wished to become a powerhouse,
they couldn't always stay in a comfortable environment; they needed constant tempering.
So he immediately agreed to Jin Mian's idea of going out to train.
And so,
after giving various instructions,
Jin Mian left Spirit City alone.
The first stop
was naturally the check-in mission given by the system — the Extreme North Land!
At the same time,
he came here
to find one of the top-tier materials for forging his Battle Armor.
Along the way,
he had been contemplating what his Battle Armor should look like.
Should it be based on his first Martial Soul, the Golden Crocodile King, to create a set of Battle Armor that enhances the combat power of a Beast Soul Master?
Or should it be based on his second Martial Soul, Miris, to create a set of Battle Armor specifically enhancing light elements?
It could be said that when comparing the two, Jin Mian naturally favored the latter.
However, only enhancing a single light element felt too monotonous.
Suddenly,
he recalled a set of Five Elements Mutual Generation and Mutual Restriction armor from a certain special effects show he watched in his previous life.
Named: Emperor!
This armor possessed five attributes: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
Additionally, there was a most special and powerful attribute: the light element.
Its power could be summarized in one sentence: The strongest armor in the universe of light.
Of course, Jin Mian wasn't thinking of recreating this set of armor exactly as it was.
After all, the Douluo Continent he was currently in had too many limitations.
But if he used it as a template,
to create a set of Battle Armor similar to it,
then his combat power in the future would definitely increase by several levels!
After deciding what kind of Battle Armor to forge,
Jin Mian began to ponder what materials would be needed to forge it.
First, the basic common materials: Cold Heart Fine Iron, Deep Sea Sinking Silver, Tungsten Steel, Profound Iron, Rutilated Quartz, and Blue Pregnant Copper.
Next, advanced materials would require: high-grade metals above the Thousand Forging level, and ranked carving knives.
Carving knives were easy to talk about; he had the Life Watch Blade.
High-grade metals above the Thousand Forging level were a bit more difficult, because currently, the Douluo Continent had no concept of metal forging whatsoever.
So, obtaining them would be somewhat challenging.
But the problem wasn't too big; if worst came to worst, he'd just forge them himself.
Anyway, he had a hammer.
One word: Practice!
Coupled with the Spirit Alloy given by the check-in system previously,
the initial material problem wasn't significant.
Finally, there were the exclusive materials for the Battle Armor he intended to forge.
Materials containing the six elements: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and light.
Considering he was currently heading to the Extreme North Land,
he planned to first collect materials containing the water attribute.
ice extreme divine crystal!
The hardest and most precious metal in the Extreme North Land.
As the top-tier ice-attribute metal, it was most suitable to represent the water attribute among the five major attributes.
After walking another five hundred meters or so,
Jin Mian saw a wooden sign.
The sign read: 'Danger, Do Not Enter!'
After passing the wooden sign,
the system's voice rang out.
[Ding! Detected Host is currently in the Extreme North Land! Check-in successful!]
[Reward: Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow *10!]
[Next check-in mission: Please check in before the Snow Empress!]
"Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow? Good stuff," Jin Mian said excitedly.
This was a heavenly treasure of the ice attribute.
It greatly aided ice-attribute Soul Masters or Spirit Beasts in their cultivation.
For example, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was originally an ordinary ice silkworm in the Extreme North Land.
But it was precisely because it absorbed a large amount of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow that it eventually became a million-year Spirit Beast.
Of course,
Jin Mian's two Martial Souls had nothing to do with ice.
So, direct absorption would have absolutely no effect.
However, this item would be of great help to him in forging his Battle Armor.
At that time,
he could combine it with the ice extreme divine crystal to serve as water-attribute materials.
However, upon seeing the next check-in mission,
Jin Mian couldn't help but frown: "No way, checking in before the Snow Empress."
"This mission is a bit challenging."
First, he currently had no idea which mountain the Snow Empress was cultivating on.
As the head of the three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North Land and ranked third among the Ten Great Fierce Beasts,
her true form was a being condensed from the purest ice-attribute heaven and earth elemental energy in the core region of the Extreme North Land.
Then, after countless years of gestation, she became an intelligent creature.
Her strength was second only to the Beast God, Di Tian.
If compared to Soul Master realms, she belonged to the peak batch of Limit Douluo.
The system asking him to check in with her.
It seems this mission will last for a very long time... Night falls very quickly in the Extreme North Land.
At night,
without sunlight,
the cold seemed to be completely unleashed, and with the howling wind,
the temperature dropped even further.
It could be said that if an ordinary Titled Douluo were to arrive in the Extreme North Land at this moment,
it wouldn't take a few hours
before they were frozen into an ice pop.
Jin Mian found an inconspicuous cave.
He used his Fire Dragon King Spirit Bone to summon a ball of flame, preparing to spend the night.
The flame from the Fire Dragon King Spirit Bone was an Ultimate Fire, and even in this Extreme North Land, it would not easily extinguish.
After starting the fire,
Jin Mian found some things to seal the cave entrance,
to prevent Spirit Beasts outside from seeing the light and disturbing him...
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