boyutpedia 4. The Frost Dragon's Fall from the Sky!
4. The Frost Dragon's Fall from the Sky!
Everyone in the entire Ice City clearly heard the dragon's roar, and the older generation of Ice City soldiers were extremely familiar with the sound.
"It's the old commander's Frost Soul Chain Dragon Spear." An old soldier living in the south of the city couldn't help but shed tears. He used his only remaining thin right arm to pat his chest in the direction from which the dragon's roar came, and gave a salute to the Extreme Ice Army.
But for Zhao Tong, it was not as simple as just hearing a dragon's roar.
Beside Ling Bingtian, "Ling San" suddenly turned bronze, his face quickly became younger, and his previously atrophied muscles rapidly expanded, making him look like a strong middle-aged man standing there.
However, the nine spirit rings surrounding him proved his identity: a top expert on the Douluo Continent, a figure standing at the pinnacle of the spirit master world.
Title Douluo!
A long, ice-blue spear also appeared beside Ling San. The spear was made entirely of ice crystals and looked crystal clear. A lifelike five-clawed dragon was also engraved on the spear.
The dragon on the gun body faintly resembled a roar, as if it might fly out of the gun at any moment, roaring and spreading its dragon might throughout the world.
At the same time, a chain, also composed of ice crystals, grew out from the end of the spear, extending to the right arm of this titled Douluo, and wrapped around it several times.
The other end of the chain, like a snake, floated on the right arm of the Title Douluo, also shaped like a spearhead, aimed at Zhao Tong not far away.
Without a doubt, this is the Ling family's inherited martial spirit—the Frost Soul Chain Dragon Spear!
This seemingly young "youth" is certainly not a real youth. He is at least several times older than his youthful appearance suggests.
This is because, apart from a very few exceptional geniuses like the first generation of Shrek Seven Devils ten thousand years ago, every Title Douluo-level powerhouse must undergo at least several decades or even hundreds of years of cultivation before they can stand at the pinnacle of the Soul Master world.
But none of these things frighten Zhao Tong. With his strange martial soul ability and peak Soul Douluo cultivation, even a regular Title Douluo might not be able to defeat him completely.
What truly terrified him, even filled him with awe, was the terrifying spirit ring located in the ninth position of this titled Douluo.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!
A 100,000-year spirit ring! The number one treasure on the list that every spirit master in the world dreams of!
That magnificent crimson color, which Zhao Tong usually found eerie and beautiful, especially when it splattered from other people, brought him an indescribable sense of pleasure from the depths of his soul.
But to Zhao Tong at this moment, the magnificent blood red color only filled him with immense terror, and a chill seemed to rush from the base of his spine into his brain.
This was because the magnificent, blood-red spirit ring was radiating an extremely bright light. And the dragon's roar that resounded throughout the heavens and earth was emitted precisely when this spirit ring lit up.
The Ninth Soul Skill of the Frosty Soul Chain Dragon Spear!
The Frosty Soul Ice Dragon Falls from the Sky!
At the very moment the dragon roar occurred, the entire plaza seemed to freeze in time.
The panicked crowds, the screaming, terrified children, the nobles preparing to attack the blood children, and Zhao Tong trying to escape.
Everything seemed to have been frozen in time by a powerful energy.
In the entire square, the only two people who could move were the titled Douluo wielding the Frost Soul Chain Dragon Spear and Ling Bingtian, whom he had deliberately protected.
"Xiao Tian, watch closely. This is the reason why our family has been able to stand tall in this Ice City for thousands of years."
An aged voice came from the titled Douluo, filled with a nonchalant and indulgent tone.
"Yes, Grandpa," Ling Bingtian replied respectfully.
His words also proved the old man's true identity. He was none other than Ling Yongsheng, the former patriarch of the Ling family, the previous city lord of Extreme Ice City, who was over 200 years old and had a soul power level of 98.
"Hmm." Ling Yongsheng said no more and activated the soul core in his body. The powerful soul force surged out from Ling Yongsheng's body and merged into the blood-red soul ring again.
In an instant, a dragon's might, filled with domineering power and chilling cold, descended from the sky, covering the entire Ice City. Strangely, although this dragon's might instilled immense fear in all the people of Ice City from the depths of their blood, it did not oppress their bodies. Only a few people with extremely weak mental fortitude were frightened and fell to the ground.
But everyone still in the Ice City reacted in the same way: they looked in the direction from which the dragon's might was coming, towards the central square where a thick layer of dark clouds had gathered.
What followed was a scene that everyone who looked in the direction from which the dragon's might came would never forget!
Everyone saw a creature with antlers like a deer, head like a camel, eyes like a rabbit, neck like a snake, belly like a clam, claws like an eagle, paws like a tiger, and ears like a cow emerge from the thick dark clouds. Its body, hundreds of meters long, made people feel for a moment that even the sky was being obscured by its long body.
Its serpentine body was covered with ice crystal scales that reflected a sharp glint. Five claws extended from its belly, also formed of ice crystals and reflecting a sharp glint. The sharp light made those who looked at its claws close their eyes to avoid its sharpness.
Those vertical pupils, filled with indifference, looked down from the sky at Zhao Tong, who was not far from Ling Yongsheng and Ling Bingtian, as if looking at a dead object.
dragon!
Moreover, it is not an ordinary sub-dragon, nor is it a land-dwelling dragon like the famous Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex. Instead, it is similar to the Evil-Slaying Dragon that was sealed in the Panlong Staff ten thousand years later, both being extremely special dragon species.
They are a dragon race born of nature, not even bound by the dragon gods of heaven. However, unlike the Demon-Slaying Dragon, which was formed from the righteous energy of heaven and earth, the dragon summoned by Ling Yongsheng is the Frost Soul Ice Dragon attached to the Frost Soul Chain Dragon Spear, a dragon race naturally nurtured in this far north for millions of years since its formation. In a sense, they are similar to the Snow Empress's true form, both being beings naturally born in this far north.
The Frost Dragon race often roams the far north in a form that is almost like a soul, only occasionally transforming into a physical form. However, to this day, no one knows the purpose of their physical transformation.
However, what people know is that whenever someone sees the Frost Soul Ice Dragon in its physical form, an extremely powerful ice-attribute Soul Master will appear in the northern part of the continent. Because of this, in ancient times, the people of the northern Douluo Continent regarded the Frost Soul Ice Dragon as an auspicious omen, speculating that someone's talent had alarmed the heavens, thus sending the Frost Soul Ice Dragon to warn the world.
The last recorded sighting of the Frost Soul Ice Dragon was thousands of years ago, before the appearance of the first Ice Duke. People in the northern part of the continent generally believe that the Frost Soul Ice Dragon appeared because the first Ice Duke's talent had alarmed the heavens.
Especially after the Frost Soul Chain Dragon Spear appeared in the martial soul of the descendants of the Ice Duke and was passed down, this legend was almost confirmed and spread widely throughout the northern part of the continent.
In the square, besides the Ling family grandfather and grandson, there was another person who, although unable to move, was not mentally frozen by Ling Yongsheng's powerful ninth soul skill.
This person is Zhao Tong. With his powerful level 89 soul power cultivation and the souls attached to him when he absorbed the blood of others, his spiritual power is actually far superior to that of other soul masters of the same level.
But under the current circumstances, Zhao Tong would rather not retain any mental clarity at all.
Because he couldn't even fathom the depth of this Title Douluo's cultivation level, he racked his brains but couldn't figure out how to escape.
Zhao Tong also wanted to try to mobilize the soul power in his body, but what used to be as simple as drinking water was now as difficult as climbing to the sky.
Just as Zhao Tong was still frantically thinking, the Frost Soul Ice Dragon condensed by Ling Yongsheng's ninth soul skill in the sky gave him no more chance to think.
The dragon head, exuding domineering power and majesty, stretched straight down, its beautiful yet dangerous body, composed of ice crystals, unfolding towards Zhao Tong's direction.
"roar--"
The majestic dragon roar resounded through the heavens and earth once again, and the immense pressure descended from the sky, shaking the entire Ice City once more as it heavily pressed down on Zhao Tong.
Zhao Tong, who was already unable to move, could not resist the pressure and knelt down on the marble slab with a thud.
What's astonishing is that the oppressive aura that was enough to make Zhao Tong, whose soul power cultivation was as high as level 89, kneel down was perfectly controlled by Ling Yongsheng on Zhao Tong alone, without affecting the people or environment around him in the slightest.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone in the entire Ice City, the Frost Soul Ice Dragon swooped down!
The already thick, dark clouds appeared even more gloomy, making the descending ice-blue dragon seem even more terrifying. Those outside the central plaza watched the enormous ice-blue dragon roar as it descended from the sky, and for a moment felt as if the sky itself were about to collapse. An indescribable fear and awe welled up in their hearts—a feeling that would stay with them for life, eventually transforming into reverence for the Ling family.
Those far away felt this way, let alone Zhao Tong, who was being stared at and roared at by the Frost Soul Ice Dragon. Zhao Tong felt as if countless heavy hammers were pounding on every corner of his body, and the biting cold seeped into his very being from every part of the space. For a moment, Zhao Tong's mind seemed to freeze; the last image in his mind was an ever-growing dragon head and its gaping maw.
"No—" Zhao Tong, having racked his brains but unable to think of a way to escape, could only let out a final, helpless roar in his heart, venting the last resentment and pain in his heart. Even at the last moment of his life, he had no thoughts of repentance; the influence of the Blood Child Martial Soul on him had long been deeply ingrained in his bones.
"Boom—" The head of the Frost Soul Ice Dragon, carrying the weight of the falling sky and the immense ice-attribute soul power it contained, slammed straight into Zhao Tong's body. It continued to bombard him for nearly a minute before the Frost Soul Ice Dragon's long body disappeared from head to tail, and the power it released was transformed into the natural spiritual energy of heaven and earth and dissipated.
Ling Bingtian looked further ahead, but Zhao Tong was nowhere to be seen.
Under Ling Yongsheng's powerful ninth soul skill, Zhao Tong's existence was completely erased from time. The blood children he summoned also drifted away with Zhao Tong's death, their distorted expressions seemingly calming down just before dissipating, showing neither surprise nor joy, only a hint of relief.
The blood mist that emanated from Zhao Tong's body was also reduced to nothingness under the powerful energy impact of the Frost Soul Ice Dragon's Heavenly Fall.
Ling Bingtian breathed a sigh of relief; that damned evil spirit master had finally been tricked out.
Nearly a year and a half ago, the Ling family received a message from a member of the Shrek Academy's surveillance team. This Zhao Tong, who specializes in targeting child prodigies, had infiltrated the jurisdiction of Extreme Ice City, most likely intending to harm the Ling family's prodigy.
Zhao Tong's ability to repeatedly escape capture by the authorities and the Shrek Academy's supervisory group, despite his youthful appearance and formidable strength, demonstrates his exceptional capabilities.
Left with no other option, the Ling family began to cover up information about Ling Bingtian. But how could information spread over several years be so easily concealed? No one could guarantee that Zhao Tong wouldn't launch a surprise attack one day when Ling Bingtian's defenses were insufficient.
But in this world, there's only the principle of being a thief for a thousand days, not the principle of guarding against thieves for a thousand days.
Therefore, some members of the Ling family strongly suggested taking the initiative to lure the enemy out and resolve the problem once and for all.
Fortunately, the Ling family was blessed. Ling Yongsheng, who had been in seclusion in a secret place outside the family for twenty years, broke through and returned, reaching the level of Super Douluo at level 98. He was only one step away from becoming the strongest human at level 99 Limit Douluo.
Most importantly, Ling Yongsheng is different from the current patriarch and chief elder of the Ling family. They are all titled Douluo who have achieved their status in recent decades and have a well-known reputation that cannot be hidden.
Ling Yongsheng became a Title Douluo over a hundred years ago, and due to twenty years of seclusion, he hadn't appeared in Extreme Ice City for many years. Many elders in Extreme Ice City believed he had passed away. Therefore, the Ling family was quite confident that Zhao Tong was unaware of Ling Yongsheng's existence.
According to intelligence, the Ling family discovered that Zhao Tong likely had an accomplice who was a Soul Douluo or Title Douluo level evil Soul Master. Therefore, after careful planning, taking advantage of this information gap, the current patriarch and chief elder of the Ling family took the initiative to strike. They pretended to be lured away by Zhao Tong's accomplice, and then had Ling Yongsheng impersonate Ling San to lure Zhao Tong out and kill him in one fell swoop.
It now appears that the Ling family has achieved the desired effect.
Ling Bingtian finally shed the shadow that had been hanging over him. Ever since Zhao Tong appeared within the territory of Extreme Ice City, his family had strictly controlled his diet and daily life, fearing that Zhao Tong would seize an opportunity.
But now, Ling Bingtian looked at the sunlight shining down as the dark clouds dispersed and gently closed his eyes.
Everything that came before is over. Now, it's time to start a new chapter!
The warm sunlight shone on his already handsome face, adding even more color to his already striking features. A radiant glow, a sign of new life, shone brightly in the sunlight on the boy's face.
Future historians recorded that from this moment on, a brand new chapter, unimaginable to anyone at the time, was about to begin on the long-silent continent!