“Where is she?
Where is she?”
“Xue’er, where on earth did you go?
It’s been over ten years since I last saw you.”
An Ice Jade Empress Scorpion paced back and forth anxiously, at one moment transforming into a green light to fly east, and the next searching in the west.
“Could she have been harmed by someone?”
“Impossible.
Xue’er is the leader of the Three Sovereigns of the Far North.
With her strength, if she were to fight for her life, there’s no way I wouldn’t sense it.”
Bingdi dismissed the idea that the Snow Empress had been harmed.
Suddenly, a flash of realization struck her.
“Could it be that the Heavenly Tribulation has arrived?”
Bingdi muttered to herself.
If the Lightning Tribulation that Spirit Beasts face every 100,000 years had truly arrived, then there was really nothing she could do.
Her own 400,000-year Lightning Tribulation was also fast approaching.
If she couldn’t cross the next Heavenly Tribulation, she would die too.
“Damn it!
That wretched worm.
If he hadn’t absorbed the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Pith, Xue’er and I would surely have been able to pass our next Heavenly Tribulations smoothly.”
“Damn it!
Damn it!”
The more Bingdi thought about it, the angrier she became.
The pressure of a Vicious Beast continuously radiated from her, leaving the Spirit Beasts within ten thousand miles in a state of panic.
*Buzz*
A familiar mental fluctuation was sensed by Bingdi.
“This is…”
Bingdi’s expression turned to one of shock, a feeling of regaining something lost surging in her heart.
“It’s him!”
Bingdi’s face lit up with wild joy.
“Prepare to die!”
Bingdi immediately transformed into a streak of emerald green light and soared into the sky.
Previously, she had let Tianmeng live so she could better absorb him.
This time, to avoid any complications and prevent Tianmeng from escaping again, Bingdi planned to kill him directly and then slowly absorb his Origin.
Because the Snow Empress’s disappearance had left her irritable, if she hadn’t sensed Tianmeng’s aura, Bingdi would have entered a deep sleep to conserve her strength and prepare to face the Heavenly Tribulation again, though the chances of success were slim. New chapters come out on novelping.com first.
This was why Bingdi was now charging in for the kill directly, unlike in the original novel where she spoke for a while half a year later…
The emerald green light was like a meteor streaking across.
Huo Yuhao watched as the light, which initially appeared the size of a stone in the sky, expanded into a sky-tearing meteor within a single breath.
Huo Yuhao’s pupils stung from the light, while his eardrums caught an even more terrifying sound—the sound of air friction, sounding like ten thousand blades scraping against glass.
But at this moment, Huo Yuhao couldn’t move.
He could only watch helplessly, unable even to blink.
Just as Huo Yuhao was about to be blown to pieces in the next instant…
*Buzz~*
A protective shield shimmering with blue starlight emerged.
The shield was inconspicuous, even very faint.
Yet, it was this faint shield of blue starlight that prevented the meteor-like light of Bingdi from advancing even a step further.
“Good, now’s the time!”
Seeing that Huo Yuhao was unharmed, Tianmeng’s Spirits lifted, and he reacted instantly.
Tianmeng’s Slough instantly transferred from Huo Yuhao’s body onto Bingdi.
Since Bingdi’s attention was on the shield, she didn’t notice Tianmeng’s Slough and was instantly restrained by him.
After the shield protected him, the pressure brought by Bingdi vanished instantly, leaving Huo Yuhao drenched in cold sweat.
This was the most dangerous moment Huo Yuhao had ever faced.
Facing the Blood Demon Mad Bear alone before had been dangerous enough, but he never expected this to be even more intense, leaving him completely unable to move.
Huo Yuhao gasped for air, as if trying to savor the happiness of breathing.
Huo Yuhao looked at the light shield before him: “Teacher, thank you.”
The Class 9 defensive spirit tool given by Elder Kong had saved him.
Previously, he had only thought about the benefits he could gain from becoming Elder Kong’s disciple, but now, he was sincerely grateful.
Looking at the restrained Bingdi, Tianmeng immediately used the rhetoric from the original novel to persuade her.
To be honest, when Huo Yuhao first read the original novel, he thought the original Huo Yuhao was quite foolish—clearly suffering terribly, yet easily swayed by a few words.
He really didn’t understand why back then; that level of IQ was just…
something else.
But after reaching adulthood and studying some psychology, reading the dialogue in the original novel again made it clear that Brother Tianmeng was using a routine to manipulate Bingdi.
Therefore, unlike in the original novel, Huo Yuhao did not feel a deep sense of betrayal in his heart.
Meanwhile, Elder Yi within the grey orb said in a voice Huo Yuhao couldn’t hear: “Is this child’s thinking so mature?
Hearing these words, he didn’t have any negative thoughts in his heart.”
“Perhaps choosing such a person to inherit Necromancy is the right choice.”
After his mood stabilized, the one-time Class 9 spirit tool, Star Guardian, disappeared.
Huo Yuhao’s attention shifted to Bingdi.
His first impression was that she was beautiful.
Even though she was just a Spirit Beast, it was no wonder the original Huo Yuhao was stunned.
It must be said, sometimes looks really are everything.
As Brother Tianmeng used his silver tongue to talk Bingdi into a daze, she finally agreed to fuse with Huo Yuhao and prepare to become his Intelligent spirit ring.
Perhaps Bingdi, like in the original novel, considered that she couldn’t survive the next Heavenly Tribulation and decided to take a desperate gamble.
As Bingdi’s tail stinger pierced into Huo Yuhao’s tailbone…
Huo Yuhao felt something pierce his skin, followed by a wave of pain that spread through his skin, fascia, muscles, and even his bone marrow.
Huo Yuhao knew it would be painful; after all, the original Huo Yuhao had almost collapsed several times.
Even with the mindset of an adult, he might not necessarily be able to endure it.
However, this was the beginning of becoming stronger, and he had already prepared himself mentally.
Yet, this kind of pain wasn’t something that wouldn’t hurt just because you were prepared—it was a pain that reached deep into the bone marrow.
In just an instant, Huo Yuhao’s eyes bulged and his mouth hung wide open, but he was already too pained to make a sound.
His body trembled violently with the pain, more severely than an epileptic seizure.
Then Brother Tianmeng acted, slowly soothing Huo Yuhao’s mind.
Then, just like in the original novel, it would feel a bit better only for the pain to return, in a continuous cycle.
Two days later, the Fusion of the torso bone was successful.
His physical fitness and Spirit were greatly enhanced.
The phrase “undergoing a complete transformation” perfectly fit the current Huo Yuhao.
Unlike in the original novel, because Huo Yuhao had received good physical conditioning before fusing with the torso bone…
Huo Yuhao had grown taller, his facial features were exceptionally sharp, his hair had turned ice blue, his features were handsome and well-defined, and his eyes were lake blue, giving off a sense of maturity that didn’t match his age.
In contrast, after the original Huo Yuhao entered Shrek, he had only taken a mysterious water pill for conditioning and frequently engaged in weighted running, which had actually made his physical condition slightly worse.
Those unfamiliar with Huo Yuhao would definitely not be able to recognize him.
According to the original novel, Huo Yuhao should have fallen into a deep sleep by now, but because his mind was that of an adult, his mental force was higher than the original Huo Yuhao’s.
After swallowing a soul-calming Medicinal Pill given by Elder Kong, he continued to fuse the spirit ring, rather than falling into a deep sleep and letting Bingdi and Tianmeng handle it as in the original novel.
Just as Huo Yuhao watched Tianmeng and Bingdi fuse the spirit ring with him…
Huo Yuhao’s second Spirit began to change.
According to the original novel, it should have transformed into the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion.
However, the second Spirit now appeared at one moment like a cloud and at the next in a human form.
As the spirit ring continued to integrate, Huo Yuhao instantly felt himself gain control over the Ultimate Ice.
In the next instant, the form of the second Spirit fixed into a human shape.
“What’s going on?
Shouldn’t the Spirit turn into the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion?”
Brother Tianmeng was confused.
However, seeing this scene, Huo Yuhao instantly thought of a conjecture from physics.