"Dinglingling..."
Although the Soul-Supressing Bell is primarily a magic treasure aimed at attacking the soul, due to its special nature, when combined with the secret technique of soul purification, it can achieve effects similar to transcendence.
A melody of Soul Soothing Melody ended.
The soul bodies of those dragon human lost souls, who were once solid and had venomous gaze, gradually became transparent. The venomous gleam in their eyes dissipated, and then, starting from their feet, they transformed into tiny specks of light and began to vanish.
The Little Ice Silkworm saw this and, with eyes full of sadness and reluctance, whimpered a few times, as if bidding farewell.
Finally, all these dragon human lost souls were transcended and sent away by Mu Jinyu using the Soul Soothing Melody, no longer lingering in the human world.
A terrifying battle ended peacefully in this way; both Mu Jinyu and the Barbarian King felt fortunate.
Mu Jinyu put away the Soul-Supressing Bell and was about to inquire more about this tearful little creature's origins.
But just then, a wild wind suddenly rose. From the depths of the tunnel outside, a frigid cold wind started whirling, ice and snow surged out like waves, sweeping into the cave and causing the temperature to drop again and again until Mu Jinyu and the Barbarian King found it unbearable.
"We must leave now, and visit you on another day when we have time."
Mu Jinyu saw the Extremely Cold Hell undergoing changes for unknown reasons, with cold waves arriving. Realizing they could no longer stay, he feared that if they lingered too long, their fate would be like those creatures sealed within chunks of ice outside, freezing to death here.
Thus, Mu Jinyu bid farewell to the Little Ice Silkworm and prepared to leave the Extremely Cold Hell with the Barbarian King.
The Little Ice Silkworm also sensed something amiss. Seeing the cold wave reappear, even though it wanted to stay longer in the Dragon Nest, perhaps it had just come out of the ice seal and did not want to be frozen again. So with a swoosh, it was the first to rush out of the cave, flying outside.
Mu Jinyu and the Barbarian King saw this, exchanged glances, and hurriedly departed from this place.
"Whoo whoo..."
The cold waves surged fiercely from behind. Mu Jinyu observed with his Divine Sense at the rear and found that besides the few dragon human who remained untouched by the surging cold tides, most of the ice chunks sealing various creatures shattered with a boom as the cold tides rolled in.
Mu Jinyu and the Barbarian King felt a chill in their hearts seeing this scene.
The cold waves were so terrifying. Had they lingered a little longer, they might have met a violent death here?
It took half an hour.
Finally, the two and the silkworm managed to escape the Extremely Cold Hell just as the cold waves reached the entrance.
Standing atop the Snow Mountain, they looked down at the swirling cold wind and snow within the Ice Cave. Mu Jinyu worried the cold waves might surge upward, shouted to the Barbarian King and Little Ice Silkworm to retreat further.
Upon retreating several hundred miles, observing that the ancient trees on the Snow Mountain didn't shatter when the cold wind swept, Mu Jinyu knew everything should be fine, finally paused and gazed distantly at the Great Snow Mountain.
"What on earth are those cold waves? So terrifying that even a Hedao Realm expert probably couldn't hold out for long in front of them."
Spoke Mu Jinyu with lingering fear.
The Barbarian King said, "Could it be that every once in a while, the Extremely Cold Hell erupts such a deadly wind? If so, then we're truly lucky not entering the Extremely Cold Hell when the cold waves attacked, otherwise even ten lives wouldn't suffice."
Thinking of the piece of Hanchi Dragon Tail acquired earlier, he pondered that perhaps their ancestral Guardian God unknowingly entered when the cold waves surged. Despite its unmatched power, ultimately couldn't endure long, leaving behind a broken tail as it escaped the Extremely Cold Hell, only to freeze to death soon after.
"Doesn't quite seem so. It didn't come earlier or later, but right after we transcended those lost souls, the cold waves appeared..." Mu Jinyu shook his head, then speculated, "Could there be some relation?"
The Barbarian King nodded, saying, "It's possible, but is it due to those dragon human lost souls or your Soul Soothing Melody?!"
The Barbarian King wondered if perhaps, deeper within the Extremely Cold Hell, where they hadn't ventured, there exists some horrifying creature, maybe it was the real Hell Ghost, disturbed by his Soul Soothing Melody causing the cold waves to attack?
Mu Jinyu thought of this too but dared not confirm if that was the case. He slightly shook his head and stopped pondering further.
Then he turned to look at the sorrowful Little Ice Silkworm lying in the snow nearby, thinking that this little creature's origins were extraordinary. How wonderful it would be if he could have it follow him.
But then he shook his head, deciding against it as he felt he couldn't afford to feed the creature with its sizable appetite.
"Let's go."
Mu Jinyu and the Barbarian King called out, then addressed the Little Ice Silkworm, "Little one, we'll part ways here, may we meet again."
With that, he turned spiritedly away with the Barbarian King.
The Little Ice Silkworm heard Mu Jinyu's words, looked at their backs with sad and confused eyes, then blinked a few times, fixating on the Bi Fang Cauldron inside Mu Jinyu's Dantian, got up and floated, silently following behind them.
The little creature's origins were extraordinary, and its escape skill mystical, managed to tail Mu Jinyu and the others without being noticed.
...
It took most of the day.
Mu Jinyu and the Barbarian King finally approached the Hanchi Tribe.
From afar, they noticed something amiss; a group of arrogant cavalry, riding various barbarian beasts amid the blizzard, blocking the entrance to Hanchi Tribe under a Hedao Realm expert's command, launching an attack.
Meanwhile, the Barbarians of the Hanchi Tribe stood atop the city walls, shooting arrows and throwing spears, struggling to resist the invading foes.
If not for the spirits' setting up a simple Defensive Formation around the tribe, it would have been breached.
"Hmm?!"
The Barbarian King saw this, his face immediately darkened, the good mood from being gifted a Hedao Fruit by Mu Jinyu vanished instantly.
"They're at it again, daring to attack my tribe while I'm away, truly courting death!"
The Barbarian King snorted coldly, then charged forward.
With his mid Hedao Realm power charging into the fray, even though the invading Barbarian Tribe was formidable and bold, they had only a Second Layer Hedao Realm expert leading, no match for the Barbarian King. Hence, once the enemy saw the Barbarian King appear, they were startled and immediately tried to retreat.
Mu Jinyu saw this, realized the invading Barbarian Tribe at Hanchi Tribe should be their arch-rival, the Kui Dragon Tribe.
And the Barbarian King helped him much on this journey, seeing the Hanchi Tribe in trouble, he couldn't stand by idly and also joined the fight, targeting the Second Layer Hedao Realm expert attempting to withdraw, preventing departure.
Seeing this, the Barbarian King was overjoyed, striking fiercely and swiftly killing several Divinity Transformation Realm invading Barbarians.
Originally, upon seeing that Second Layer Hedao person attempting to flee, the Barbarian King knew he couldn't leave, hence had no intention of targeting him, only planned to keep those Divinity Transformation Realm and Fanxu Realm Barbarians.
Now, with Mu Jinyu assisting, not only would the regular Barbarians be kept today, but even this second leader of the always bothersome Kui Dragon Tribe must remain.