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Chapter 74 The Far North, Soharuping
Chapter 74 The Far North, Soharuping
Douluo World.
Starry Sky Forest.
The Guzhu Luping tree is rooted in the outermost layer of the Xingdou Great Forest, about ten meters tall, with emerald green leaves that sway in the wind.
On the surface, it is just an ordinary bamboo, and even its size has shrunk through the change of "non-action transformation", so it looks nothing special.
In reality, its roots have spread across thousands of kilometers of land, and its soul fragments have split into countless pieces. As the "Transformation of Non-Action - Reflecting All Things" dances, it has penetrated into most of the territories of the Heavenly Dou and Star Luo Empires, watching over all things.
"Unfortunately, Douluo Star is constantly under the surveillance of the powerful beings of the God Realm, so I dare not expand recklessly like Zhou Huilu Ping—otherwise, it would be very troublesome to attract the appearance of a god at the level of a chief god."
Lu Ping of Guzhu remained calm, but thought to himself.
The restrictions placed on soul beasts in the Douluo God Realm began as early as the Douluo I era. Ferocious beasts like the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, which attempted to become gods and caused bloodshed, had their eyes pierced by Poseidon's halberd.
If he makes a huge commotion right away, it will easily attract the attention of the God of Douluo.
Although with his million techniques for survival, even a God King would not be able to completely kill him (unless the entire Douluo Star is destroyed).
However, if those guys target us, our actions will be hampered, creating unnecessary trouble.
In the early stages, the focus was on "developing covertly".
"It seems it's time to go and have a chat with those ferocious beasts that are hundreds of thousands of years old."
"7
The bamboo leaves fluttered and the bamboo stalks trembled slightly along the flat road, as if nothing had happened.
The far north, the core area.
In the deepest part of this icy and snowy land, a snowflake drifted gently, past many ancient soul beasts exuding terrifying auras, and drifted towards the deepest part of the core circle.
Snowflakes drifted past Titan Snow Demon, one of the three kings of the far north, but the giant, who was a hundred meters tall, was fast asleep and did not notice anything unusual. His snores echoed through the sky.
Snowflakes drifted past the "Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion," one of the Three Kings of the Far North. It was 1.5 meters long and had a mirror-like emerald green stinger on its tail. It twitched slightly, as if it had sensed something was wrong in the air, but it could not lock onto its target. It could only wander around restlessly, and the icy aura emanating from its body froze everything around it.
The snowflakes drifted and drifted, eventually reaching the deepest part of the far north, into a bottomless, icy cave.
A cold female voice, carrying a pure chill, came straight at them.
"Who is it?"
The chilling air instantly froze the air, as if the space itself were about to be frozen, instantly sealing the seemingly insignificant snowflake and the lifeless statue, making it impossible for it to revive.
however.
Under the sunlight, a figure reappeared, taking on a human form, and smiled slightly.
"As expected of the Snow Empress, among all the soul beasts in the far north, only you discovered my existence."
As the leader of the three kings of the far north and the third-ranked soul beast among the ten most ferocious beasts in Douluo Continent, Xue Di has a unique advantage in terms of "soul power".
Although Lu Ping's transformation into non-action was almost perfect, and his physical structure was almost identical to that of a snowflake or sunlight, even Limit Douluo could not distinguish the difference, Xue Di could still detect the abnormality of that soul power fluctuation.
"Human? No, I don't sense any human presence in you."
Looking at Lu Ping, who had transformed into human form, Xue Di frowned slightly, a thoughtful expression on her face, and did not make a move immediately.
She was sensing how many other "strange" presences were around her.
Ten, a hundred, a thousand —
The Snow Empress's expression gradually turned to surprise. For the first time, disbelief appeared on her fair face, which was composed entirely of ice-attribute elemental energy.
"What exactly are you?!"
That's right.
Xue Di could sense that tens of thousands of "Lu Ping" were gathering around her, and were splitting and multiplying at an alarming rate. These strange fluctuations were like microorganisms invisible to the naked eye, omnipresent and ubiquitous.
"For now, I should still consider it a soul beast. This is my true form."
Lu Ping snapped his fingers, and the next second, his appearance transformed into his true form, Gu Zhu, with its emerald green leaves fluttering in the cold wind, appearing exceptionally lonely.
"Guzhu?"
Xue Di's brows furrowed even deeper.
As one of the most common plant-type spirit beasts on the continent, the number of Guzhu is almost comparable to that of Lanyincao. Even she, who has been in seclusion in the far north for many years, knows the name of this common spirit beast.
How could a mere lone bamboo achieve such a feat?
"Yes, it's Guzhu."
Lu Ping explained softly, "However, it is not an ordinary solitary bamboo, but the ultimate form of the [Ultimate Myriad Phenomena Solitary Bamboo]. With the help of light and air, I can transform my leaves into countless forms and fly to all parts of the world. Each leaf is an avatar of mine, and I have tens of millions of such avatars."
This is a lie, but some of it is true.
In order to promote the "Soul Beast Evolution System" he created, Lu Ping's plan was to first disguise himself as the first Soul Beast in the Douluo World to evolve to the Ultimate level, so as to attract those Soul Beasts who were stuck in the bottleneck period to enter the small world he created.
Then, through subsequent battles and training, they are gradually guided to form a contract with humans, evolving and transforming through powerful emotions and souls.
Of all the soul beasts, the one most likely to be persuaded first is naturally the Snow Empress, whose attempt to achieve a Yin-Yang complementary soul core failed, severely damaging her origin and rendering her unable to break through the 700,000-year bottleneck.
In the original story, she was forced to try to transform and rebuild her cultivation, and was even captured and sealed by humans who ventured deep into the core of the far north. She almost became someone else's soul ring and soul bone.
This time, with Lu Ping as a ready-made "success story" in front of her, she had no reason not to give it a try.
"Ultimate form—what does that mean?"
As expected, after hearing Lu Ping's novel concept, Xue Di did not continue her attack. Instead, she showed a puzzled expression and asked a question.
Lu Ping guessed correctly.
She is currently in a bottleneck period of 690,000 years. Not long ago, she tried to condense a Yin-Yang complementary soul core, but the result was a failure.
With no hope for the future, she can only find a snow lotus that is nearly 100,000 years old in these last 10,000 years. With this as a guide, she can seal her original nature and transform herself before the end of her 700,000-year lifespan. Only then will she have a slight chance to defy fate and break through to become a god.
But the probability of that is extremely low. If there were other methods to choose from, Xue Di would rather spend some time trying them than take the path of human transformation.
Lu Ping's words struck a chord with her inner desires.
"The ultimate form is the pinnacle of a soul beast, the pinnacle of the evolutionary cultivation system, and also the most suitable method for our soul beasts to cultivate."
Lu Ping transformed back into human form, a fanatical and excited expression on his face, and spoke in a seductive voice.
"Don't you want to become a god with the body of a soul beast?"
Snow Emperor:! ! !
For her, a lifespan of hundreds of thousands of years has allowed her to see, experience, and feel everything.
The only remaining pursuit in his heart was to become a god.
It's just hateful.
The Douluo World is a dead zone for soul beasts, known as the "Severed Land Between Heaven and Earth".
As soul beasts, they not only have to endure heavenly tribulations every 100,000 years, with each tribulation being more severe than the last, but even after 990,000 years, no divine position will be passed on to them.
Furthermore, if they commit too many acts of killing, they may be severely injured by the gods, just like the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, who will not give them a way out.
Lu Ping's words seemed to imply that he had opened up a completely new path to godhood, bypassing the rule that soul beasts could not become gods, and allowing them to evolve into new life forms.
"Ha, what nonsense. Even if you have so many clones, so what? In terms of strength, you're probably only at the level of an ordinary 100,000-year-old being. That level of power is not enough to convince me."
Despite some inner turmoil, the Snow Empress maintained a cold expression and spoke indifferently.
She wanted Lu Ping to demonstrate more power. Only by showing her real "miracles" would she be willing to spend her remaining lifespan to accompany him on a high-stakes gamble with an unknown fate.
"Alright, then I will use the power of 'God' to persuade you."
Lu Ping's lips curled into a smile.
next moment.
I said, ice can burn.
The spell [Incantation] is activated.
boom.
The next second, the millennia-old ice that had been exuding an aura of extreme cold suddenly burst into flames, releasing an inextinguishable flame that was extremely rare to see in the far north.
I said, the sky can be folded into a flat surface.
Technique [Sky], activated.
Splash!
The next second, the azure sky within a kilometer radius was folded into a flat plane by Lu Ping, and the concept of three-dimensional space ceased to exist.
"I said that inanimate objects can have life, spirits can be resurrected and reborn, and consciousness can be constantly transferred."
Technique: [Unifying the World with Power]
The technique is called "Spirit Manipulation Technique".
Technique: Mask.
Countless miracles unfolded before the Snow Emperor in Lu Ping's hands, like a dream, like a divine spectacle.
Within ten minutes.
Lu Ping demonstrated to her various powers, including the power of words to become law, the power of creating things from nothing, the power of resurrection, the power of possession, the power of soul exchange, and the power of attribute fusion.
Each power shattered the native inhabitants' understanding of the world and reshaped the values of Xue Di, a 690,000-year-old homebody.
too----
It’s incredible!
For the first time, a look of childlike curiosity appeared on Xue Di's icy face, which had remained unchanged for ten thousand years. She even forgot about maintaining her composure, and with her bare, tender white feet, she wandered back and forth beside Lu Ping, as if trying to find some kind of mechanism or illusion.
Unfortunately, there were no mechanisms or illusions.
The burning ice was incredibly hot, much hotter than ordinary flames, and capable of injuring her body, which was that of a 690,000-year-old soul beast.
The items that appear out of thin air are all real and not some kind of mirage.
There are also ghosts that have come back to life (cursed spirits), dead things that have life (ice cubes), and zombies that have been resurrected (soul beast zombies)—all of them are real, none of them are fake.
Even the resurrected zombie soul beast was recognized by the Snow Empress. It was a 30,000-year-old soul beast that died outside her territory three years ago. Its corpse had not decomposed because it was frozen, and it remained in a basically intact state.
"Just by evolving into the Ultimate form, you can do all that you've done?!"
Xue Di blinked her eyes, her tone instantly changing from cold to expectant. She readily accepted Lu Ping's promise and began to fantasize about the future.
Even a god couldn't perform a miracle like Lu Ping.
In the Douluo world, the Sea God is in charge of the ocean, the Asura God is in charge of punishment, and all gods have their own corresponding divine duties. Even gods cannot do anything outside of their own divine duties.
The power that Lu Ping has demonstrated is omnipotent, more perfect than that of a god, and is definitely a more powerful path.
This Douluo God, it's better not to be one.
I want to evolve!
"able."
Lu Ping blinked, paused for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and said.
"Ultimate form is not the limit of the evolutionary system. When you evolve into the ultimate form, Super Ultimate, you will be able to do everything I have done, and you will be even stronger."
Theoretically speaking, as long as a soul beast gathers all the emotional power and evolves all its characteristics to the peak, it can become an omniscient and omnipotent ultimate life form.
This wasn't exactly deception. The evolutionary system does indeed have the potential for omnipotence, but the possibility is extremely slim. Apart from him, it's almost impossible for any other soul beast to succeed.
"Then I am willing to follow your path. Tell me, what do you need me to do?"
Xue Di quickly accepted Lu Ping's promise, and the process was so smooth and swift that Lu Ping was caught off guard.
Upon closer examination, it makes sense.
As a soul beast that has lived for hundreds of thousands of years, Xue Di was born before humans even appeared. She has seen almost all the scenery on this continent and experienced everything that ordinary people can experience.
The only remaining obsession in her heart was to cultivate into a god and to maintain her familial bond with the soul beasts of the far north.
If Lu Ping were human, Xue Di might have hesitated, worrying that it was a scam specifically designed to steal her soul bone and soul ring.
But Lu Ping is a soul beast, and a genuine Guzhu soul beast at that; what more needs to be said?
Even the ultimate form of Guzhu is like this.
Then my ultimate form of Ice and Snow Maiden can't take off, right?
"There's nothing particularly you need to do. You just need to spare a wisp of your soul and enter the ice realm I've created."
Lu Ping opened his right hand and activated the spell [Gensokyo]. A small world was projected into his palm, which could be instantly absorbed into the small world as long as one passed through the "door".
"By the way, let those Ice Jade Emperor Scorpions, Titan Snow Giants and the like outside also send a wisp of their souls into the Ice Realm. This path is suitable for all soul beasts."
"A wisp of soul? Is that enough?"
After hearing Lu Ping's words, Xue Di showed an incredulous expression and asked in surprise.
Isn't this price a bit too low?
In the world of Douluo Continent, great power often comes with a heavy price, such as sacrificing one's soul, blowing up one's spirit ring, or burning one's life force. In short, none of them end well.
The evolution system that Lu Ping mentioned only required her to give up a sliver of her soul, about one ten-thousandth of her original soul, and the loss of her cultivation was less than a hundred years. How could she possibly accept that?
"Yes, only a trace of the soul is needed; more would be detrimental."
Lu Ping nodded, a meaningful smile curving his lips as he spoke.
"Lady Snow Empress, you've probably never experienced what it's like to fight to the death, have you?"
As a being formed from the purest ice-attribute elemental energy of heaven and earth, the Snow Empress's bloodline is definitely top-tier in the Douluo world, second only to the Dragon King's bloodline.
In addition, she had not developed consciousness for many years before, so when Xue Di realized that she had become a soul beast, she already had nearly 100,000 years of cultivation.
With such strength and bloodline, coupled with the fact that she never sets foot in the far north, and that there are no conflicts of interest between her and beings stronger than her such as "Di Tian" and "Deep Sea Demon Whale King," it is almost impossible for Xue Di to encounter an enemy who would pose a life-or-death crisis to her in her lifetime.
Her life has been incredibly smooth.
"Hmm? A life-or-death battle, I wonder if transcending the Heavenly Tribulation counts? But what does this have to do with the evolutionary system you mentioned?"
Xue Di was slightly taken aback, wondering why Lu Ping would say such a thing at this time, and asked with a puzzled look.
"Of course it's related. Only in life-or-death battles can we awaken the true core of our soul beasts and unleash the most intense emotional power to reach a higher level of evolution."
Lu Ping explained with a smile.
"The reason I was able to evolve to my current level is because my starting point was too weak. Through battles that surpassed myself, I continued to evolve and became the ultimate form."
Although his words were a lie, the core theory he presented was not deceptive.
Through the research of "Lionmon Luping", he has initially mastered some of the idealistic methods of "evolution of emotional power".
Furthermore, since the core of a soul beast is its soul, it is even more influenced by the power of idealism and can evolve in different directions due to emotions and will.
In the original work, the "Dark Demon Evil God Tiger" with powerful evil power was originally just a white tiger with the attribute of light. It was only after being possessed by the soul of the evil god and influenced by his emotional power that it evolved into the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. This is the best example.
"That's why I had you split off one ten-thousandth of your soul, with power less than that of a hundred-year-old soul beast, to enter the Ice Realm, so that you could experience the feeling of a life-or-death battle."
"In the realm of ice, you will lose your memories and your powers, starting from scratch as a young Yuki-onna. Of course, all your characteristics, including your ultimate ice, will remain unchanged. Only in this way can you achieve true life evolution."
"6
Lu Ping smiled, and at the same time, he packed up the detailed information about the "evolution system" and the "ice realm" and threw it into Xue Di's mind in a way that was not of any use.
After reading through all the extra information that had appeared in my mind.
Xue Di frowned slightly at first, but soon a look of determination appeared on her face.
"Wow!"
"If I'm not even willing to take the risk of losing one ten-thousandth of my soul, and I'm too timid to do anything, then I shouldn't even talk about becoming a god. I might as well just get killed by the heavenly tribulation as soon as possible."
Snow Empress closed her eyes, her face regaining its previous coldness and aloofness, her voice ethereal, resounding throughout the core of the far north.
"All soul beasts over 100,000 years old from the far north, come to the core area immediately; there is an important matter to discuss."
Her words signified that her cooperation with Lu Ping was already established, and that she intended to bring her brothers and sisters from the far north into the game.
but.
The reason why Xue Di was able to make such a big decision was not only because Lu Ping's power was amazing enough, but also because the price he paid was too small.
One ten-thousandth of their soul—for soul beasts of their level, this amount of time is enough to recover in less than a hundred years; it's not even considered an injury.
Even if Lu Ping really had other desires, it would only cost him a little soul power. He could just give it to it. With its power, if it really wanted to deal with the soul beasts of the far north, it could create destruction a million times worse than this small cost.
After much consideration, Xue Di resolutely decided to lead the top-tier soul beasts of the entire far north to Soharuping!
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