That was a giant Western dragon, like those seen in movies from his previous life. Its tightly shut eyes and broken body clearly indicated it had lost its life.
Ning Bei couldn't help but recall the information about Death Canyon. Legend had it that this was a battlefield for powerful individuals in ancient times, and it seemed that was indeed the case.
He wondered if the giant dragon before him was an opponent or a mount of those powerful individuals. Walking up to the ice wall, he touched it for a moment, and a thought immediately struck Ning Bei. He then activated his Eternal Frozen Domain and began melting the ice around the dragon.
Even the long-accumulated ice layers couldn't withstand Ning Bei's domain. After dozens of seconds, the dragon's body was exposed from the ice and began to sway precariously. With the sound of a heavy object hitting the ground, the giant dragon crashed onto the ice surface, fully revealing its true form.
"It's actually an Ice Dragon. Could this cave have been formed because of it?"
Ning Bei frowned and walked around the dragon's corpse, but quickly dismissed the idea. He was certain that the throbbing in his heart wasn't caused by this Ice Dragon. There must be other, more terrifying existences within this cave.
After thoroughly examining the cold corpse, Ning Bei raised an eyebrow slightly. He had actually found a Soul Bone in the dragon's head.
"Is this an appetizer? Even if there are no bigger surprises later, it's still been worth the trip, right?"
Putting the Soul Bone and the dragon's corpse into his Soul Tool, Ning Bei continued exploring further east, hoping to find more surprises.
To his disappointment, he reached the end of the ice cave, blocked by an ice wall, and found nothing else that interested him. Helpless, he could only return the way he came to see if the other three had found anything.
Returning to the entrance of the ice cave, Ice Emperor had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Ning Bei arrive, she said with a depressed expression:
"There's nothing to the west, just ice walls and ice cones."
"I found the corpse of an Ice Dragon over there, but it shouldn't be the purpose of our trip."
"Ice Dragon?"
A hint of curiosity clearly appeared on the Green-haired Loli's face. Ning Bei chuckled and directly pulled the giant dragon's corpse out of his Soul Tool, dropping it in front of her.
"Hiss, this giant dragon must have had at least 500,000 years of cultivation when it was alive, right? How strong must its opponent have been?"
"How should I put it? I think this giant dragon was very likely a mount of some powerful individual. As for its opponent, it was likely at the God level."
"This..."
The little loli's face was full of shock. Such a powerful existence was just a mount? I, one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, am not even worthy of being a mount for someone?
"It shouldn't be our target for this trip. Let's wait for Tian Meng and Snow Emperor to return."
Speak of the devil, and he shall appear. As soon as Ning Bei finished speaking, a fat silkworm rapidly wriggled towards the two from the north.
"Brother Ning Bei, I found the corpse of an Ice Phoenix over there. Come with me quickly."
"Tch, what's so great about that? Ice God also found the corpse of an Ice Dragon, look."
Ice Emperor pointed disdainfully at the huge Ice Dragon beside her, which made the recovering Tian Meng realize that there was a giant creature here.
"Holy crap, you even brought it back?"
"Yeah, I figured I might as well take it. An existence of this level is full of treasures for Soul Masters, and my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect also knows a little about forging."
"Alright, you greedy fellow. Are we really not going to see that Ice Phoenix?"
Ning Bei shook his head. The Ice Phoenix wouldn't run away, and besides, it definitely wasn't their target for this trip. It was better to wait until Snow Emperor returned.
Tian Meng immediately looked a bit dejected. It was like a child showing off a beloved toy to an adult only to be ignored, which made him depressed.
Time passed minute by minute, and the expressions of the three gradually solidified.
"Why hasn't Snow'er returned yet? Is there some special treasure to the south?"
Ice Emperor shook her twin tails, looking a little anxious, while Ning Bei also slightly furrowed his brows.
"Let's go take a look. With Snow Emperor's personality, even if she found something unusual, she would definitely come back to find us first. I'm afraid she's encountered an unexpected situation. Let's go."
"Okay."
Hearing this, both Tian Meng and Ice Emperor's hearts tightened. Even though the current Snow Woman was in a soul state, she wasn't someone that ordinary people could provoke. This meant there was an extremely terrifying existence in this cave.
"Then... then I think maybe I should go back to the Sea of Consciousness first?"
Tian Meng, who instinctively wanted to hide when encountering difficulties, looked at Ning Bei with pleading eyes, as if the silkworm baby would burst into tears if he said no.
Ice Emperor on the side gave Tian Meng a look of disdain, the meaning clear: truly useless.
Ning Bei didn't pay much attention to Tian Meng's cowardice. He nodded and directly put him back into his Sea of Consciousness. Anyway, he didn't expect this guy to be of any help if they encountered difficulties.
Only Ice Emperor remained with him. The two didn't communicate much along the way, both worried about what had happened to Snow Emperor.
After walking several kilometers, the Green-haired Loli's eyes lit up, and she happily shouted, pointing ahead.
"Snow'er, why are you just standing here..."
As she ran up to Snow Emperor, Ice Emperor immediately covered her small mouth in surprise, looking back at Ning Bei with an incredulous expression.
"Ice God... come quickly... come and see!"
Without Ice Emperor needing to say more, Ning Bei, who had arrived with a deep frown, already knew what had happened. The current Snow Emperor had actually turned into an ice sculpture and was standing still.
If it were just an ice sculpture, there would be nothing particularly strange. Hadn't Qian Renxue often turned into an ice sculpture before? But if Snow Emperor, the ancestor of playing with ice, was frozen by someone, it was extremely alarming.
Moreover, this wasn't the most terrifying part. One had to know that even though the current Snow Emperor could temporarily solidify her main body, she was still in a soul state. This meant that the opponent could directly freeze someone's soul, something Ning Bei couldn't do at the moment.
"Ice God, quickly release Snow'er."
Hearing Ice Emperor's pleading voice, Ning Bei immediately nodded and came to the ice sculpture. He gently stroked Snow Emperor's face, which was frozen in excessive shock, and began to activate his Reverse Eternal Frozen Domain, trying to melt the ice. But after dozens of seconds, something surprising happened: his Eternal Frozen Domain couldn't melt the ice on Snow Emperor's soul.
"Ice God?"
Ice Emperor's tentative call pulled Ning Bei back to his senses. He turned around and shook his head at the Green-haired Loli.
"The enemy's mastery of ice elements is above mine."
"What?"
Ice Emperor's small mouth formed an 'o' shape. This was like someone showing off their swordsmanship in front of Guan Yu, and then Guan Yu telling the onlookers that he was inferior to this person.
"This... this... who exactly is this?"
Ning Bei ignored Ice Emperor and instead scanned the surroundings with a serious expression. Finally, he found something unusual not far away.
"Is something glowing over there?"
"It really is! Let's go take a look and see if it's related to Snow'er's condition."
Seeing Ice Emperor, who was about to rush towards the glowing spot, Ning Bei quickly grabbed her twin tails and lifted her up.
"Ice God, what are you doing?"
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