Chapter 143 Departure in Haste
The energy wave violently impacted Xiaobai's palm, while at the same time, a series of snowballs that Xiaobai spat out continuously consumed the energy wave's attack.
Xiaobai is a full 200,000 years old, making it no weaker than the Titan Ape.
Even with Qin Mu's powerful attacks, he couldn't budge Xiaobai in the slightest.
Before long, Qin Mu's energy wave ran out of steam and gradually weakened.
Xiaobai didn't say anything more. After sensing that Qin Mu's attack had weakened, she stopped spitting out snowballs.
After deflecting all of Qin Mu's attacks, the slight disdain on Xiaobai's face disappeared, replaced by a look of seriousness.
This clash wasn't as exciting as the previous one with the Snow Woman, but everyone still managed to glean quite a bit from it.
For example, this attack, although its explosive power is obviously insufficient compared to the Titan's Hammer, is not much weaker in overall power.
The main problem is that Qin Mu's strength is still too low, and he is simply not strong enough to fully unleash the power of a 100,000-year-old soul skill.
Take Titan Skybreaker as an example. If Qin Mu were at the Title Douluo level, he wouldn't even need to use Titan Tremor. As long as he could hit Xiaobai, Xiaobai would definitely be injured!
Xiaobai didn't know much about Qin Mu.
However, with Xiaobai's abilities, he was still able to discern Qin Mu's approximate strength at a glance.
He had just seen the 100,000-year soul ring on Qin Mu's body.
After careful consideration, Xiaobai realized that if Qin Mu continued to develop at this pace, even if he had just entered the Title Douluo level, Xiaobai would definitely not be his match!
Thinking of this, Xiaobai began to value Qin Mu much more.
Seeing that a large part of the white palm had collapsed due to the collision, although this injury was nothing to them at their level, and would be enough to recover after two days of rest.
But Qin Mu still felt a little guilty, so he took two steps forward without much hesitation and spoke.
"Little White... um."
Qin Mu was about to call him Brother Xiaobai again, but a cold, emotionless look from the Snow Maiden made him swallow the last word.
"You've worked hard. This snow lotus might still be of some use to you."
Qin Mu directly took out a ten-thousand-year-old snow lotus from his Ruyi Treasure Pouch.
Snow lotuses weren't particularly useful to Qin Mu, and he still had several thousand-year-old snow lotuses in his magic pouch.
These were also picked by Qin Mu in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, but even the ten-thousand-year-old snow lotus was not considered a very valuable medicinal material in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and could only grow on the very edge of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
However, snow lotus is still very useful for ice-attribute soul beasts like Xiaobai.
Xiaobai initially wanted to refuse, but considering the effects of the snow lotus, especially since it was a ten-thousand-year-old snow lotus, she finally turned her gaze to the Snow Maiden.
"Why are you looking at me? If your Uncle Qin gave it to you, just take it!"
The Snow Maiden nodded with great satisfaction, then turned her gaze to Qin Mu with satisfaction.
Surprisingly, this little guy is quite savvy.
"Qin Mu, aren't you being a little too biased?"
"If Little White helps you with your skills, you'll give it a Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus in return."
"I'll help you with your moves, and you won't give me anything in return?"
Qin Mu had just handed the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus to Xiaobai when he heard the Snow Maiden's words and almost stumbled and fell.
"Big sister, don't you know why I won't give it to you?"
"With your strength, you probably only have eyes for a 100,000-year-old snow lotus, right?"
"The snow lotus is probably not as valuable to you as that bottle of spring water, is it?"
Although the ten-thousand-year-old snow lotus can be considered a rare and precious material, its value is still somewhat lower compared to the Snow Maiden, a being formed from the purest ice-attribute elemental energy of heaven and earth.
Even the millennia-old cold marrow could only barely be used by the Snow Maiden for cultivation.
Only things like the Extreme Cold Yin Spring can have a slightly stronger effect on the Snow Woman.
Xue Nu remained noncommittal regarding Qin Mu's words.
After all that effort, Qin Mu was exhausted.
Using a 100,000-year-old soul skill several times in a row would have been a huge mistake if Qin Mu's own strength hadn't been solid, and his body was far stronger than that of an ordinary Soul Emperor.
Otherwise, Qin Mu would have collapsed to the ground long ago due to excessive consumption of soul power.
Under the Snow Woman's arrangement, Xiaobai easily erased the traces of the battle, making it seem as if nothing had happened.
Afterwards, Xiaobai chased away the ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts that were watching the commotion.
Soul beasts of this level already possess some intelligence of their own, making them very valuable for beginners to observe in combat.
After that, Xiaobai created an ice castle on the spot, big enough to fit his over ten-meter-tall frame inside.
The group sat in the ice castle to rest for a while, while the Snow Maiden was still thinking about taking another look at the soul skill of Qin Mu's newly acquired right arm bone.
However, Qin Mu shook his head with a wry smile at this request.
It's not that I don't want to show you, nor that I'm afraid you'll get hurt.
"However, with my current strength, even if I use up all my soul power, it is not enough to support the attack techniques of this soul bone."
Everyone was astonished by Qin Mu's answer!
I've never heard of a Soul Master being unable to use Soul Bone Skills after absorbing a Soul Bone.
Qin Mu was also helpless about this, because what he said was true. In order to unleash the soul bone skill of this soul bone, Qin Mu would have to wait until he reached the seventh ring before he could use it.
Otherwise, Qin Mu's body would be the first to succumb!
Having said all she could say, the Snow Woman did not press the matter further.
After chatting for a while, Xue Nu originally planned to let Qin Mu and the others rest for a few days, and even let Qin Mu cultivate here until he reached level 70.
However, Qin Mu politely declined Xue Nu's offer.
After resting for a while, Qin Mu took Ling Yuan and Yue Guan and bid farewell to Xue Nu.
Ling Yuan and Yue Guan were somewhat puzzled by Qin Mu's hasty actions, but they did not voice their doubts.
Watching Qin Mu and the others leave, Xue Nu rested her chin on her hand until their figures disappeared into the snowstorm. Only then did she turn to Xiaobai beside her and ask a question.
"So? What do you think of Qin Mu?"
Xiaobai naturally wouldn't hold back when it came to Yuki-onna.
Xiaobai lifted the Snow Woman up with both hands and placed her on his shoulders before speaking.
"He is very strong. He may not be the strongest human I have ever seen, but he is the most talented."
"Given time, it won't be difficult for him to surpass me."
Xiaobai's evaluation was already very high. In his opinion, among all the humans he had ever met, there was none who could compare to him.
Even in this far north, only the Snow Maiden on his shoulder and the Titan Snow Demon King next door are stronger than him.
Although she already knew that Xiaobai's evaluation was already very high, Xue Nu still slowly shook her head in the end.
"Perhaps, in the end, his strength will even surpass mine."
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