The Ice Empress was still trying to break free from Skydream’s restraints, but the prison had been formed from Skydream Ice Worm’s shed shell.
None of the Ice Empress’s attacks had any effect on it.
“To think that I, the Ice Empress, would spend my entire life building my reputation only to be captured by you, Skydream, and this weak little human!”
“You’ve gotten your revenge, Skydream!
But I’m curious.
How exactly do you plan to kill me?
With those Spiritual Skills of yours, or with that human?”
“…”
Skydream was suddenly at a loss for words.
Come to think of it, she really did not have any lethal moves.
Even trapping the Ice Empress had relied entirely on her shed shell, and all it could do was restrain her.
Inside the Spirit Sea Realm, Skydream quietly leaned closer to Huo Yuhao and whispered, “Yuhao, did your Master teach you any killer moves?
Show me something so I can scare Bing Bing a little.”
Huo Yuhao’s left eye instantly turned purple, carrying a trace of destructive aura as he looked at Skydream.
“A killer move?
Does this count?”
“Absolutely!”
The Ice Empress looked at Huo Yuhao standing motionless outside and assumed she had struck a nerve.
But in the next instant, his aura suddenly surged.
When Huo Yuhao turned his gaze toward her, the look in his eyes made it seem as though he were staring down at an ant crawling across the ground.
“Bing Bing, do you still remember everything that happened between us?”
“Everything that happened…
happened…
I don’t remember!”
The Ice Empress had a very clear feeling.
If that move struck her, she would die.
She would definitely die!
But she was still one of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North.
She possessed the pride of an emperor, so there was no chance she would surrender to Skydream.
Filled with regret, she closed her eyes and spoke coldly.
“I have nothing more to say.
Get it over with!”
“…”
“Sister Skydream, did we take this a little too far?”
“Uh…”
…
“You know just as well as I do how terrifying it is for us Soul Beasts when our Life Limit approaches.
I don’t want to die, and I believe you feel the same way.
I can sense how anxious you’ve become because of it.”
“We’ve already lived for so long.
Are you really willing to let everything disappear into nothing in the end?
That’s why I came up with the best possible solution!”
The Ice Empress was clearly intrigued.
Her voice grew solemn as she asked, “What solution?”
“Create a god!”
“Create a god?
With a useless thing like you?”
Skydream nearly burst into tears.
“…Uh, Bing Bing, do you really have to be that cruel?
Just let me explain properly first…”
After hearing Skydream’s entire plan, the Ice Empress stopped mocking her and instead turned toward Huo Yuhao.
“Human, I can indeed provide you with a Second Martial Soul.
But what makes you so certain that you can bring us all to godhood?”
“Senior Ice Empress, there’s something I’d like you to see.”
“Oh?”
Huo Yuhao moved closer to the golden sphere and opened his Spirit Sea Realm to her.
In an instant, three spheres of light, gray, green, and purple, were revealed.
The powerful auras emanating from them caused the Ice Empress to freeze in surprise.
“…Gods?
Hahahaha!
No wonder Skydream dared make such bold promises to me.”
After seeing Huo Yuhao’s trump cards, the Ice Empress no longer hesitated and immediately released her spiritual body.
With a flash of emerald light, she appeared directly within Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Sea Realm.
The Ice Empress’s human form was that of a girl around the same age as Skydream.
She had extremely long twin ponytails of deep green with a bluish emerald tint, their ends shimmering with the luster of ice crystals.
On top of her head was a pair of golden, scorpion-shaped ice crystal ornaments.
Her eyes were pure gold, sharp and haughty.
Her presence was completely different from Skydream’s, giving her the air of a cold, striking beauty with an aloof and prideful temperament.
“Waaah~ Bing Bing, you’re so beautiful!”
The moment Skydream saw the Ice Empress’s human form, a lecherous grin appeared on her face and she immediately rushed over.
The Ice Empress frowned slightly and kicked Skydream away with one foot before moving closer to Huo Yuhao.
“Um…
hello, Ice Empress.
I’m Huo Yuhao.”
Huo Yuhao grew somewhat nervous when he saw her approach, so he merely introduced himself.
The Ice Empress hesitated briefly before replying, “Hello.
Since you’ve been chosen by Gods, I naturally believe you have what it takes to keep going.”
“According to Skydream’s plan, I will directly become your Martial Soul.
To make the fusion between us smoother, you should absorb my Torso Bone first.
It may hurt a little during the process, so endure it.”
“Okay.
I’m ready!”
“Then there’s no reason to delay.”
…
A bitter wind swept across the ice fields as thick snow blanketed the ground.
Suddenly, a hand thrust out from beneath the snow.
Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes.
Two different colors flashed through his deep-blue irises in quick succession, first gold, then emerald green.
He clenched both fists and immediately felt that his strength had risen another level.
His skin had become even more lustrous and jade-like than before, while the proportions of his body had grown more balanced as well.
…
“Wait…
where are my Martial Soul and Soul Bone?”
After the fusion ended, Huo Yuhao had intended to try activating his Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul, but nothing happened.
Even after fusing with the Ice Empress’s Torso Bone, all he could feel was a slight improvement in his physical constitution.
So all he seemed to have gained was a 400,000-year Soul Ring, and he did not even know which Martial Soul it belonged to.
Skydream was equally dumbfounded.
She looked at the silent Ice Empress, then at Huo Yuhao, who still had his eyes closed while repeatedly trying to activate his Martial Soul.
“That’s strange.
There shouldn’t be anything wrong with my plan.
Bing Bing, are you holding something back?”
“You’re the one holding something back!
Why don’t you start by figuring out which Martial Soul that Soul Ring belongs to?”
“Oh, right.”
Just as the two of them were at a complete loss, Huo Yuhao spoke.
“It seems…
to be my heart?”
“Your heart?”
Huo Yuhao could feel an extraordinarily powerful Ice-attribute Soul Power concentrated around his heart.
If that was the case…
He closed his eyes, focused on the sensation, and threw a straight punch.
In an instant, snow exploded through the air.
The Ice-attribute Soul Power contained within that strike was actually even stronger than Ultimate Ice!
“This…”
“Why do I suddenly feel like my entire life as a beast has been meaningless?
No Ice Explosion Technique.
My Martial Soul didn’t work either, and what he awakened on his own is even better than mine.
Everything I’ve ever…”
The Ice Empress looked utterly defeated.
What was even the point of her joining them if it turned out like this?
Seeing the Ice Empress lower her head and begin questioning her entire existence as a beast, Huo Yuhao walked over.
Remembering what Sister Nan’nan had done before, he simply reached out and patted the Ice Empress on the head.
“It’s okay, Ice Empress.
Besides, it was because of you that I awakened this Martial Soul and improved my physical constitution.
I really am grateful that you were willing to trust me!”
Skydream nearly blacked out on the spot.
Yuhao, why did you just put your hand on her head?!
That’s the Ice Empress, not some little girl!
Even I wouldn’t dare casually touch her like that!
Yet the Ice Empress did not seem particularly resistant.
In fact, she even found Huo Yuhao’s head pats rather pleasant.
She turned her face slightly aside and said, “All right, all right.
This Empress understands how you feel.”
Skydream stared at the slightly bashful Ice Empress in utter disbelief.
Wait, Bing Bing.
What is this?
Could it be…
What if?
Skydream quietly moved closer to the Ice Empress.
“That’s right, that’s right!
My Bing Bing is the best!”
As she spoke, she slowly reached a hand toward the Ice Empress’s head.
In an instant, the Ice Empress spun around and kicked Skydream away.
“Get your filthy hand away from me, Skydream!”
“No!
Bing Bing!
You can’t do this!
That’s blatant favoritism!”
“I do what I want!”