Douluo, my martial soul is a mushroom

Chapter 77: Ice Scorpion, Bait
It’s not easy to walk in the snow forest.

The soft snow covered the ground, and you didn't know what you would step on when you stepped on it.

The skill required to walk without leaving a trace on the snow was not something Chi Ping could achieve at the moment, not to mention that he was carrying a small "compass". So Chi Ping and Mickey were not moving very fast in the frozen forest.

"Little Mickey, can you still determine your father's direction?"

Chi Ping held Mickey in front of him and used the mycelium to hold her in place. Chi Ping was 1.8 meters tall, and Mickey was less than 1 meter tall. They looked like a kangaroo holding a baby kangaroo in its pouch.

Mickey stuck his head and hands out of the "brood pouch", holding the spirit life pointer in his hand.

"Brother Chi Ping, in this direction."

On the way to find his father, Chi Ping did not always walk in the direction indicated by the pointer. Sometimes he would deliberately change direction and walk for a distance, and then ask Mickey for directions.

Mickey didn't understand, but didn't question it. She just faithfully pointed out the direction when Chi Ping asked.

After three seconds of mental arithmetic, Chi Ping murmured, "About twenty miles... We're almost out of the Frozen Forest..."

——What happened to Mickey’s father?
The straight lines intersect at one point, and Chi Ping is calculating Mi Lan's position.

Chi Ping walked steadily forward in his snow boots made of mycelium. A journey of a hundred miles begins with a single step. If he failed to find Mi Lan due to his haste, Chi Ping would feel guilty for a long time.

……

"Xiao Lin, haven't those scorpions left yet?"

In the cracks of the frozen soil under the snow, the man with an ice face whispered to a thin-faced, red-eyed man.

A faint fluctuation of soul power emanated from the thin-faced, red-eyed man, and his red eyes turned green. He looked at the icy-faced man and shook his head.

Hey!
Ice Face wanted to smash something to vent his anger, but he put his fist down before he could fully raise it.

Making a noise would attract the Ice Jade Scorpions and put our teammates in danger. We had already been trapped for nearly half a month and were exhausted. If we were discovered again, it would be tantamount to seeking death.

"We'll find a solution when we get back."

The two carefully returned to the team along an ice path.

……

The average body length is two meters, and the whole body is icy blue, as if carved from the finest ice jade. The two large claws are strong and powerful, with a mirror-like luster, and the segmented scorpion tail that occupies half of the body length swings left and right, which is very aggressive.

The Ice Jade Scorpion is a soul beast unique to the Far North and usually only appears in the depths of the Far North.

On the ice field outside the frozen forest, in a one-meter-long hut made of mycelium, Chi Ping looked at the thirteen ice scorpions patrolling back and forth a mile away with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Little Mickey, are you sure your dad is here?"

Mickey stared at the life pointer pointing underground, gritted her teeth and said nothing, just nodded.

She almost fainted after taking one look at the group of ice-blue scorpions.

There are tens of thousands of years old monsters in there, and she cannot bear even a hint of their fierceness.

"What should I do?" Chi Ping had a headache.

Trying to deal with the Ice Scorpion in the snow is like fighting a shark in the sea. It's not just courting death, but it's also asking for too much. Especially since he has Mickey, this "little burden", with him.

The cold wind is howling outside, and all hopes will be blown away.

"Brother, if... if there is no other way... you... you just go back..." Mickey sobbed softly, her voice intermittent.

Chi Ping patted her little head and said, "Brother just feels it's troublesome, there's nothing we can do about it."

Mi Qi buried her head in Chi Ping's arms, "It's...too dangerous..."

Chi Ping smiled and said, "Brother is very strong. He will definitely bring you and your father back."

……

A day later, Chi Ping took Mickey to the direction indicated by the compass and approached the group of ice scorpions.

Chi Ping held his breath and concentrated, while Mickey held him tightly in the pouch, not daring to make a sound.

Suddenly, a group of whistling arrows flew out from the opposite direction of Chi Ping, landing in the group of ice scorpions with a bang, and a flash of lightning flashed the moment it landed. This lightning was similar to tickling for the ice scorpions, but the sound was very loud and caused considerable damage to their hearing.

The already irritable group of ice scorpions were directly enraged, and they frantically released their soul skills in the direction where the arrows were shot. Ice blades, ice spears, icebergs, and all kinds of icy soul skills were freely used.

Chi Ping held Mickey in his arms and stood there motionless.

After a moment, the Ice Scorpion stopped moving.

Chi Ping's mind moved, and another lightning arrow shot towards him.

The group of ice-blue scorpions was in a commotion.

This repeated, after the fifth round of arrows came, the group of ice scorpions ran wildly in the direction of the arrows. There was a square formation of puppets arranged by Chi Ping, which was the same as the fighting puppets sent to Xue Qinghe. Compared with that, the puppets on the snowfield could do fewer and more rigid movements, but the control distance was much longer and they were not as dependent on mycelium.

It is very practical in the Far North where the ground is all frozen and mycelium has difficulty expanding.

Ikehira seized the opportunity and ran wildly in the snow.

When the Ice Scorpion destroyed the puppet phalanx that was shooting arrows, Chi Ping had already walked halfway. Another puppet phalanx was activated, shooting out a hail of flashing arrows.

The group of ice blue scorpions were attracted over again.

This time, Chi Ping and Mi Qi arrived at a location directly above Mi Lan.

The life pointer points directly downward.

"Hold tight."

Chi Ping said in a low voice.

Get into the snow and dive down with bated breath.

The mycelium left behind swept away traces on the snow surface, and then spontaneously dissolved without leaving a trace.

Under the snow was a layer of permafrost that was as hard as gold and iron. Chi Ping found a crack based on the information collected by the mycelium, and then drilled down without hesitation.

After diving ten meters, Chi Ping jumped into an empty crack in the ground.

With his left arm glowing, Chi Ping felt the composition of the air in the crack in the ground, and then patted the pouch on his chest.

"Come out and get some air."

Mickey obediently stuck her head out.

"Little Mickey, we have to wait here until your brother finds the way, then we can find your father. No matter what happens later, don't be afraid and don't make any sound."

Mickey nodded, "I understand, brother."

"Very good." Chi Ping praised with a smile, and then spread the fifth generation mycelium, using the power of the earth element to search downwards along the crack in the ground.

While searching for the crack in the ground, there were crackling sounds and the pressure from ferocious beasts overhead.

Mickey Xiao remembered Chi Ping's request and buried her head in her clothes, not allowing herself to make any sound no matter how scared she was.

Chi Ping accepted the information conveyed by the mycelium, and while tidying up the place, he touched Mickey's little head to comfort her.

——Frozen soil, stone wall, turn…dead end…dead end…left, right, bottom left…found it!

Chi Ping patted Mi Qi and whispered in her ear, "We found him. Don't move or make any sound. I'll take you to find your father."

……

This is a hole like an underground cave about a hundred meters below the snow.

There is a scepter in the center of the hole, and the cold light emitted by the scepter illuminates the hole.

The cold-faced man and the thin-faced, green-eyed man sat together, next to them was a blonde woman, a muscular man, and a long-haired woman in black.

Opposite them, Mi Lan curled up alone, leaning against the cold stone wall, squinting his eyes, and watching the five people vigilantly.

(End of this chapter)