Sure enough, when this state persisted for over ten seconds, he clearly felt the lack of momentum, the burning ceased, and his body gradually cooled down. Initially, it just dropped to normal temperature, but gradually, the cold increased, and he felt like he was turning into an iceberg, yet he didn't feel any cold at all.

The feeling throughout his entire being was one of clarity and transparency, like a bright moon hanging high, snow mountains standing alone, a vast starlit sky, and I remain composed.

Inside him, the cold ice meridian was running non-stop, and vaguely, it seemed to form a dammed lake somewhere.

Suddenly, with a thunderous boom, like an explosion in his ear, Wang Wu felt as if he was about to be blown away, and that dammed lake instantly flowed freely.

It was at this moment that he took the opportunity to open up a branch meridian and connect it with the previous meridians, enhancing the cultivation progress of the Basic Ice Spirit Root once more.

At this moment, Wang Wu felt that even the air he exhaled carried a chill of ice, a natural sensation, and that feeling of his whole body being transparent—it was indescribably wonderful!

Moreover, within his body's meridians, there was a sudden addition of 240 points of Ice Spiritual Qi!

Well, it seems they can transform into each other now!

With just a thought, a layer of chill mist, about ten centimeters thick, swiftly emerged around him.

But it wasn't like before, where the released cold would immediately dissipate and evaporate. Now it was genuine, solid, that wouldn't scatter or evaporate due to the warmth of the weather.

It was simply like having an air-conditioning constitution.

Not only that, Wang Wu found that controlling the Ninth-Grade Demon Technique—Deep Freeze—was significantly easier, without the need to consciously rely on Bear Mountain.

Even the array stone hidden in his mouth seemed to benefit greatly.

"This is the advantage of a systematic and supporting industrial chain. If I extracted something other than negative resistance, there would definitely not be such an effect."

Wang Wu was truly satisfied.

Afterwards, he opened the attribute bar and discovered that the original Ordinary Level Perfect Ice Resistance was gone.

In its place was a new bloodline branch talent description.

[Bloodline Branch Talent: Passive Frost Level 1]

[Talent Effect 1: Gain up to 40 points of ice burn immunity, increase ice burn recovery by up to 60%]

[Talent Effect 2: When possessing 1 point of Ice Spiritual Qi, any physical contact attack on hostile targets will inflict an additional 0.1 point of frost burn damage, and it won't consume Ice Spiritual Qi. This effect can stack up to 200 layers, meaning that with 200 points of Ice Spiritual Qi, it will deal a maximum of 20 points of frost burn damage to the target]

[Talent Effect 3: Increase cultivation speed of Ice Spirit Root by 50%]

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"Hahaha!"

Wang Wu's eyes lit up, his heart filled with joy. He had already endured through a winter and understood the terror of 20 points of frost burn damage, equivalent to inflicting a minimum of 150 points and up to 300 points of Life Value loss in nightmare damage.

Without Ice Resistance, you could be frozen to death in no time.

The most amazing thing was that this was additional damage and wouldn't consume Ice Spiritual Qi. Although Wang Wu found this somewhat against common sense, considering that Ice Spiritual Qi is a higher quality energy, perhaps this consumption doesn't really matter.

Not to mention, in the winter, extracting a bit of Ice Spiritual Qi was extremely difficult. Back then, with his 10 points of Ice Resistance, it took an entire day to acquire just one point of Ice Spiritual Qi.

So, this could only be considered a residual cooling effect, or rather, a residual cold effect.

Furthermore, the most delightful aspect of this Passive Frost was the ability to increase Ice Spirit Root's cultivation speed by 50%.

Now, this winter, he could finally transform from a slave of ice and snow to the master of ice and snow.

His aim was to fully cultivate the Basic Ice Spirit Root this winter.

Next, Wang Wu adjusted his mindset, gathered the surrounding chill mist, and transformed into a night assassin, hunting Little Demons everywhere. He now had a satiety limit of 900 points, consuming more, digesting faster.

Almost one night would be enough to consume it all.

Of course, the consequence was like hitting puberty overnight, his height increasing rapidly every day.

Although he couldn't measure it himself, growing a centimeter overnight, gaining three kilograms a day seemed achievable.

At this rate, by this time next year, he would no longer be a Little Xiong Xiong but a teenage Xiong Xiong, over four meters tall and at least three tons in weight.

Alas, how perplexing!

It's not the melancholy of lamenting spring and autumn, but the concern over how to walk a cautious path going forward.

Being small truly had too many advantages.

Coupled with Level 10 Passive Concealment, it was practically perfect.

But Wang Wu deeply suspected that with a body length of four or five meters and weighing at least three tons, even Level 15 Passive Concealment couldn't handle it.

Especially when this was not the end.

Don't forget his bloodline is that of an Ancient Giant Bear. The growth would continue, potentially extending through a hundred-year youth stage.

In other words, three tons a year, a hundred years, three hundred tons.

Wait, that doesn't seem that large!

Wang Wu subconsciously compared himself to those man-made gigantic machines back home on Earth. No need to compare to a tank; how about comparing to a strategic bomber or an aircraft carrier?

"It should be more than three hundred tons, right? In its ultimate form, it ought to reach a hundred thousand tons."

Wang Wu mused to himself, feeling quite content, although he had no idea what would actually happen.

However, he thought of another side effect.

"How much food would someone like that require every day? Wouldn't it collapse the surrounding ecosystem from overconsumption?"

"The title of Ancient Giant Bear sounds nice, but in reality, it might just be a misfit in the wrong time. My Bloodline Talent is overbearing, but the price to pay is equally significant."

"In this Cultivation Realm today, it's plainly the world of Human Race Cultivators. They will continue to expand, continue to squeeze and compress the space for the Demon Race. Thousand-Year Great Demons and Centuries-Old Old Demons are becoming fewer and fewer. As they decrease, my food supply does too. Am I supposed to start eating humans?"

"Not to mention that I definitely can't get past this hurdle mentally. Just look at how powerful Human Race Cultivators are—they can already suppress Demon Spirit Monsters effortlessly. If I end up becoming the villainous boss, subdued and sealed by humans, that would really be a joke."

"So I must prepare for the unexpected. I need to find a solution to this problem."

"Speaking of which, Bear Mother being relentlessly chased by a Celestial Realm Great Cultivator from the Human Race to the depths of the West Wilderness surely means she did something outrageous, right? Even if she didn't, she must have been a victim of her own success. Maybe she elevated her Spiritual Talent to the next stage, Level 15 or even 20?"

"And if it's Level 20 Spiritual Talent, even if it doesn't match the mysterious net of that Snow Mountain Great Ape King, it's definitely a Demon King Level effect."

Wang Wu couldn't help but think of that mysterious giant net that covered the sky every morning when golden particles descended.

If that was the Level 20 Spiritual Talent effect, that would really be a pain in the ass.

"I hope I'm wrong."

Wang Wu was overthinking it to the point where even the captured Little Demon felt tasteless.

"Maybe I can only opt for the path of Acquired Cultivation. The Innate Bloodline Talent can only serve as an assistance and shouldn't be overly relied upon. Only then can one preserve their little life in the face of drastic environmental changes outside."

"Sigh, it's really hard to stay alive!"

The night was very quiet, at least it was for Wang Wu.

But if seen from the perspective of the Little Demons in this area, it was the unspeakable arrival of a terrifying Great Demon King.

Friends and relatives gathered together, singing, dancing, having hot pot, and holding a happy little party—they just disappeared without a trace and without any warning, almost scaring a demon to death.

In the following days, Wang Wu continued to maintain his regular schedule.

He slept soundly during the day and acted as a rascal at night, bustling about just to fill his belly.

Absorbing the golden particles by basking in the sun didn't even cross his mind. Ever since knowing that the Gray Fox might be a demon spy cultivated by the Human Race, also learning that the King of Xijiang was ambushed by Human Race Cultivators, and knowing there was such a thing as the Celestial Observation Compass, the little sense of security he had managed to accumulate had been constantly decreasing.

He's afraid that those two Human Race Cultivators are still lurking somewhere in this area, secretly taking out the Celestial Observation Compass at dawn to find and record any promising Little Demons.

What the hell, Wang Wu now even wants to kill those two guys!

However, the other side is probably also on alert now, acting even more cautiously. Previously, they dared to participate in the Demon Race's underworld parties; now it's unlikely they'll have that chance.

So the only thing Wang Wu could do, besides maintaining his regular schedule, was to investigate the surrounding environment, the distribution of various Little Demons, wild fruits, berries, and a map of edible foods.

In addition, prepare to excavate a new cave for storing food in the winter.

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.

The weather was still hot, but during the mornings and evenings, the feeling of autumn was exceptionally palpable. "Clear and crisp autumn" was no longer just an abstract phrase.

That night, after Wang Wu was full and satisfied, he silently slipped into the Xijiang River, first happily spreading warmth among the West River Water Race, then went upstream for a wash and soak. This had become his routine.

And with the water race in the Xijiang River increasingly dwindling, there was no concern about encountering them.

Or what if he did encounter them?

But just then, while Wang Wu was soaking, he suddenly heard a faint splashing sound from the east side of the river, as if a fish had jumped out of the water.

At first, he didn't pay it much mind.

Then in the next second, he heard a much larger splash, as if a big fish was slamming its tail hard on the water surface.

What the hell?

Wang Wu jolted, and a suspicious image instantly surfaced in his mind.

Could it be that a Big Head Water Thief had appeared!

That's right, just the kind of creature rumored to have four legs, able to be amphibious, covering 300 miles a day on land and swimming 3,000 miles a day in water, a Big Head Water Thief.

Why is this thing still here? Wasn't it supposed to enjoy committing crimes and fleeing?

Wang Wu thought to himself, while his Level 10 Danger Perception firmly locked onto the Big Head Water Thief.

Who told it to be so noisy; if not lock onto it, then who else?

At the same time, he slowly swam over with the help of the water current.

In the past, encountering this Big Head Water Thief, he could only hope it wouldn't find him. Now, he wanted to change his menu.

Yes, after lying low for so long, he wanted to take the initiative once.

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