Chapter 472.1. The Snow Empress'' Dance


    Time passed day after day. From Ju Zis perspective, Huo Yuhao should be making his move soon. At least, he should make some kind of probing attack, and attempt to destroy some of their surveince soul tools on this side. His concealing abilities could be maximized only when there were fewer surveince soul tools.


    But what caught her a little off-guard was that she was waiting around as five days shed by. Huo Yuhao didnt appear in the end, and their n was sessfully carried out. They were starting to extract the metals from the mine.


    The roads were too far, and in addition to the terrible conditions in a cold and dreadful ce like the Extreme North, transport was very inconvenient. Therefore, Ju Zi had decided before they departed that they would extract, refine and process everything on the spot. They would only transport all the rare metals when refinement wasplete.


    Xu Tianran was the only person who knew that she was here in person, while all the rare metals that they would extract from this operation would all belong to the empires royal family, so that they could strengthen their control over the imperial family. Everything was arranged after she had a discussion with Xu Tianran.


    Has he really left? Thats not quite like his personality! He has always been the kind to be braver as pressure piles on, and he will never admit defeat. Even if I am his enemy, theres no reason for him to leave just like that, since he is so determined to oppose me.


    Ju Zi was as dejected as she was suspicious. Truthfully, she would rather sh with Huo Yuhao than receive news once more that she had lost him. In the end, she had absolute authority over the army here, and all she had to do was not hurt him, even if they faced each other on the battlefield. She didnt feel veryfortable that he would leave just like that. This was howplicated a womans emotions were.


    Of course, Huo Yuhao wouldnt give up. After travelling continuously for a long time, and three days after departing the Sun Moon empires great army, he was inside the Extreme Norths core region.


    Huo Yuhao didnt run into too much trouble as he flew forward. Typical soul beasts couldnt threaten him at all with his strength, and even those that were rtively stronger would immediately scamper away when he imitated the Ice Empress aura.


    The Ice Jade Empress Scorpion was one of the Extreme Norths Three Heavenly Kings. Most high-level soul beasts from the Extreme North were very familiar with the Ice Empress aura, and that was the reason why Huo Yuhaos imitation was almost always sessful.


    The temperature dropped even more as they entered the Extreme Norths core region. There were hurricanes and biting winds high up in the sky. Huo Yuhao didnt know how to fly when he wasst here, so he didnt feel how powerful these hurricanes were. This time, he immediately suffered a blow as soon as he flew into the Extreme Norths core region.


    A powerful gust of wind swept over, and Huo Yuhao couldnt resist at all as he was thrown higher into the sky. This terrifying gust was incredible, and contained vigorous explosiveness. If Huo Yuhaos body hadnt been sufficiently tough, and if he hadnt possessed an Ultimate Ice martial soul, he would have been torn to pieces.


    Huo Yuhao was barely able tond on the ground. He was ovee with fear  with his knowledge of powerful individuals, that gust of wind was probably equivalent to an eight-ringed Soul Douluos attack at full strength. He had just entered the Extreme Norths core region! Wouldnt it be even more terrifying if he went deeper in? No wonder he almost never saw any soul beasts flying in the sky here. It lived up to its name as a forbidden grounds for humans.


    The Extreme Norths core region shared a name with the Great Star Dou Forests ughtering Grounds. Even the Sun Moon Empires Evildemon Forest was far inferior.


    In the end, the Evildemon Forest got its reputation because of how powerful the Evileye Tyrant King was. The Great Star Dou Forests ughtering Grounds contained many savage beasts, and the threat in the Extreme Norths core region wasnt from its soul beasts  it was from its environment.


    In such an environment, even Titled Douluo couldnt survive for too long. The air was incredibly dry, while the chilly winds cut like des. Not a single stalk of grass could be seen, and the incredibly low temperatures could continuously burn down a soul masters soul power. It was almost impossible for them to live here.


    Furthermore, ice-type soul masters were a minority anyway. Therefore, very few soul masters came to this ce to hunt soul beasts. This was the reason why the overall strength of the Extreme Norths soul beasts had grown to such a formidable level over recent years. If not for the fact that this ce wasnt that suitable for soul beasts to live, it probably wouldnt take long for the Extreme Norths soul beasts to catch up with the strength of the Great Star Dou Forests soul beasts.


    Huo Yuhao no longer dared to fly in the sky with the lesson he had learned. He walked on the ground, and even though there were gusts of cold wind that cut through the air on the ground, they were much gentlerpared to the winds in the air.


    Huo Yuhao had the Skydream Iceworm to protect him thest time he was here, and only then could he resist the severe cold. He was back here many yearster now, and he felt a little strange.


    Back during the first time he was here, he was as weak as an antpared to the other beings in the Extreme North. Without the Skydream Iceworms help, just the environment here would have killed him countless times over.


    Ten yearster today, he had the ability to face this environments dreadful conditions by himself. Furthermore, two of the Extreme Norths Three Heavenly Kings were apanying him.


    Ten years ago, him doing this was something that he didnt even dare to think about!


    Huo Yuhao didnt ask the Ice Empress or the Snow Empress anything else as they continued forward. The Ice and the Snow Empress would tell him when they arrived.


    He moved forward very naturally as his eyes moved a little as he nced towards his left. There was life rippling from that ce, and those undtions were very intense.


    Whats that?


    Huo Yuhao immediately used Spiritual Detection and projected it into the distance. He quickly saw several soul beasts.


    There were several Extreme Northern Bears that were incredibly muscr. These bears were veryrge, at least seven to eight meters tall when they stood up, while their bodies were extremely thick and tough. These soul beasts had thick fur, and their strength was terrifying. Furthermore, their explosiveness was so vigorous that they could spring over short distances as quickly as agility-type soul beasts. They were high up in the food chain within the Extreme Norths icy ins.


    There were four bears here, and three of them were grown, while there was only one that was rtively smaller, only three meters tall. It looked like a baby bear.


    Full-grown Extreme Northern Bears had to have at least a thousand years of cultivation, but one couldnt underestimate their threat just because they were only thousand year soul beasts. The Extreme Northern Bears in this ce were like the Darkgolden Terrorw Bears in the Great Star Dou Forest. Thousand year Extreme Northern Bears could rival normal ten thousand year soul beasts, and even though their fighting strength still couldnt match up to that of the Darkgolden Terrorw Bears, very few soul beasts dared to provoke them.


    At this moment, these four Extreme Northern Bears were charging at Huo Yuhao at breakneck speed.


    Huo Yuhao instantly felt a little exasperated, because he remembered the Extreme Northern Bears characteristics. Powerful soul beasts like that in the Extreme North had very sensitive senses of smell, because the Extreme North always had a scarcity of food. Therefore, their sense of smell became very strong through their consistent evolution. They could smell other living beings from kilometers away, and it was clear that they had discovered him, and were treating him like prey.


    Huo Yuhao didnt run, because he remembered something else when he recalled some information about the Extreme Northern Bears. When he was undergoing training in the Ultimate Soldier n, his teacher that was teaching him about food told him that the Extreme Northern Bears paws were the most delicious amongst the other bears. That was because they were living in the Extreme North, and under continuous refining from the severe cold, their paws were especially fat and juicy. They could be cooked with certain special methods, and they would taste extremely delicious, while being extremely nutritious for humans. They were very beneficial to soul masters.


    However, nobody really dared to try to kill them, because they were naturally very ferocious and powerful. They lived in the Extreme Norths core region, and soul masters appetites were not enough for them to give their lives in this ce. Therefore, the Extreme Northern Bears paws were sold at extremely high prices in every empire on the continent.


    There are four Extreme Northern Bears! Since youre treating me like food, heh, then I will not give you a chance. Lets see who gets to eat who in the end.


    You cant hurt them! The Ice Empress and Snow Empress voices rang out in Huo Yuhaos spiritual sea at the same time.


    Huo Yuhaos mouth twitched as he attempted to resist them. Why? Only they can treat me like food, but Im not allowed to eat them? What kind for reasoning is that?


    The Ice Empress grunted coldly and said, If I say no, that means no. There arent many soul beasts in the Extreme North in the first ce, and these bears are considered one of the rarer species. If these bears can grow until they reach ten thousand years of cultivation, they will be the main fighting force of the Extreme Norths soul beasts.


    Are you saying that you want tounch a beast wave? Who are you going to target? Huo Yuhao said exasperatedly.


    The Ice Empress snapped, What do you think? Dont you want to deal with the Sun Moon Empires army? You think you can do that by yourself.


    What? You canmand those ice bears? Huo Yuhao answered in shock.


    The Ice Empressughed coldly. She said nothing, but the arrogance in her eyes was very evident.


    The four bears were charging very swiftly, and it didnt take long before they appeared in Huo Yuhaos vision.


    The Extreme Northern Bears were very muscr, while their limbs were very well-developed, but their brains werent that simple. The three grown bears swiftly dispersed, and the burliest one was in the middle as it dashed toward Huo Yuhao. The other two wrapped around towards the nks, while the smallest one followed behind. They were surrounding him.


    Huo Yuhao wasnt worried at all. The only thing he was thinking about was the bears paws  what a pity that they were so delicious!


    Thergest bear charged first. When it saw Huo Yuhao, who was standing there calmly, and the Ice and Snow Empress behind him, it was also momentarily stunned. It was the first time that it hade across humans that were so calm.