Frozen Town.
The town closest to the Far North.
It is also the last human supply station; there are no more towns further north.
“Yuhao, we’ve finally shaken off the human Soul Engineer who was tailing us.”
“He was naive to think we’d rest in Frozen Town for a few days before heading to the core of the Extreme North.
Little did he know we already prepared our supplies.”
Tianmeng mentioned that the human Soul Engineer was secretly arranged by Elder Kong.
Seven days ago, Huo Yuhao told Elder Kong that he was going to the core of the Extreme North to find a spirit ring.
It happened that the Empire had urgent matters requiring Elder Kong, preventing him from accompanying Huo Yuhao.
That was why the battle with the Blood Demon Raging Bear occurred six days ago.
He hoped Huo Yuhao would back down in the face of difficulty, but he didn’t expect Huo Yuhao to be such a Genius that he could defeat a 1200-year-old Blood Demon Raging Bear alone.
This forced Elder Kong to agree, but since he was his precious Disciple, he couldn’t truly feel at ease letting a mere Rank 20 Spirit Master go to a desolate place like the Far North.
He secretly arranged for that human Soul Engineer and instructed him not to get too close to avoid being discovered by Huo Yuhao.
Little did he know, when Huo Yuhao’s spirit power reached Rank 20, his detection range increased by another 30 meters.
After all, he couldn’t allow a stranger to be nearby for what he was about to do.
As for why he told Elder Kong instead of running away secretly…
Do you really think the Sun Moon Empire’s spirit tool technology is just for show?
The Sun Moon Empire is peaceful internally, but it is not at peace with the other three nations; they are still in an arms race.
Therefore, people’s movements are strictly restricted.
Leaving without permission, especially for a Soul Engineer, is treated as treason.
Huo Yuhao was just going to get a spirit ring, not leaving for good.
If he were found missing and returned a month later, it would be troublesome.
How would you explain having no news for a month?
Elder Kong required an assessment every week.
Another reason for telling Elder Kong was that he needed a flying spirit tool.
The distance from the Sun Moon Empire to the Far North is even further than from Shrek Academy.
If he really traveled on foot like the Huo Yuhao in the original novel, it would be far too late.
With the help of Brother Tianmeng’s shed skin, he didn’t feel the slightest bit of cold even when approaching the outskirts of the Extreme North’s core circle.
The bone-chilling ice elements felt like a cool autumn breeze blowing in a hot summer, extremely comfortable.
The only downside was that Huo Yuhao had to strip naked to put on the shed skin, which made the adult-minded but child-bodied Huo Yuhao very embarrassed.
On the way to the core of the Extreme North, Huo Yuhao recalled the plot of the original novel.
“Brother Tianmeng, I remember the Tai Tan Snow Devil King also possesses mental attributes.
Don’t be careless.”
In the original novel, Brother Tianmeng over-relied on his mental force and didn’t observe carefully enough, never expecting the Tai Tan Snow Devil King to have the ability to shield mental force.
If he hadn’t been very close, Huo Yuhao would have almost been discovered.
Let alone the current Rank 20 Huo Yuhao, even a Rank 80 Huo Yuhao might not necessarily win against the Tai Tan Snow Devil King.
Moreover, since he was heading to the core of the Extreme North half a year early, the original novel’s plot could be a reference, but he couldn’t trust it blindly.
As for why he didn’t wait another half a year before going to the core of the Extreme North…
As the saying goes, one step ahead, every step ahead.
To change fate, he had to be stronger, more ruthless, and more enduring than the Huo Yuhao in the original novel.
Furthermore, in the original novel, Huo Yuhao only began to truly excel after obtaining the spirit ring for his second Spirit.
Otherwise, even though his first Spirit, the Spirit Eyes, had a million-year spirit ring, the power he used most in subsequent battles was Ultimate Ice.
And once he possessed Ultimate Ice, he could conduct many dangerous but necessary research projects.
For example, whether nuclear fission could be added to Fixed Soul Tool Cannon Shells.
In Huaxia, even a middle schooler knows about nuclear fission theory, let alone someone like him, a Physics PhD.
If the Guanyin’s Tear from Douluo I could harm a First-Class God, nuclear fission would definitely give a certain unscrupulous God King a huge surprise.
Thinking of this, the corners of Huo Yuhao’s mouth curled up unconsciously.
However, this kind of research is extremely dangerous; one mistake and nothing would be left.
Ultimate Ice, though, could provide great safety.
“Yuhao, get ready.
We’re about to start.”
Just like in the original novel, his body was controlled by Tianmeng.
However, as Tianmeng’s mental force radiated outward, Huo Yuhao’s perception expanded, and nothing within a thousand-meter radius could escape his notice.
This feeling was incredible, just like a Heavenly Dao perspective, looking down upon all living beings.
As Tianmeng’s aura continued to radiate, ordinary people might not notice.
But there was one person—no, one Spirit Beast—who recognized Tianmeng’s aura.
Perhaps sensing Tianmeng’s exact location, the emerald light charged towards Huo Yuhao with fierce pressure, as if treating him like an enemy.
“What?”
“How could it attack directly?”
Huo Yuhao’s perception became even more sensitive along with Tianmeng’s mental force.
Clearly, the situation had changed.
In the original novel, after the Ice Empress appeared, she would talk with Tianmeng for a while before eventually being tricked by him.
But now the situation was completely different.
The Ice Empress didn’t say a word; without the slightest hesitation, she charged straight in to attack.
How could a Rank 20 Huo Yuhao resist the attack speed and pressure of a several-hundred-thousand-year-old Vicious Beast?
Even with an adult’s mind, if his physical fitness and strength couldn’t keep up, he was just a lamb to the slaughter, with zero chance of a successful resistance.
Against the backdrop of the cloud-covered sky, the emerald light was beautiful, yet beneath that beauty lay a fatal threat.
“Am I going to die?”
Huo Yuhao watched in despair as the light a thousand meters away charged like a meteor without a single pause.
Although it was a thousand meters away, at that speed, it would reach him in ten seconds.
What can one do in ten seconds?
Even if one committed suicide, ten seconds wouldn’t be enough to fully die.
Huo Yuhao’s despair caused the small gray orb in his mind to stir slightly.
A voice Huo Yuhao couldn’t hear muttered within the gray orb: “This child is just like I was back then, suddenly facing such certain-death despair.
Let’s see; only by experiencing the danger of certain death can his potential be truly stimulated.”
The small gray orb instantly went silent; no one knew it had ever moved.
The green light broke through Brother Tianmeng’s mental force and rushed toward Huo Yuhao, as if intent on destroying anything carrying the aura of the Tianmeng Ice Worm.
“Oh no, how can this be?”
Brother Tianmeng was in disbelief; the current situation was completely different from what he had imagined.
He was supposed to release his aura, attract the Ice Empress, secretly use mental force to control her, and then use his shed skin to surround and fully restrain her.
Now, the Ice Empress hadn’t said a word to him and was instead attacking directly.
What on earth was happening?
Brother Tianmeng’s pupils dilated in despair.