novelraw Chapter 241 The Snow Empress Awakens, the Snow Maiden Martial Soul
Chapter 241 The Snow Empress Awakens, the Snow Maiden Martial Soul
Chapter 241 The Snow Empress Awakens, the Snow Maiden Martial Soul
"Yuhao".
Huo Yuhao, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, wholeheartedly controlling the pangolin to do his bidding, suddenly heard Tianmeng's voice and opened his eyes wide. What he saw was the constantly flashing cocoon of light.
"Is the Snow Empress about to wake up?"
As he spoke, Huo Yuhao manipulated the mental imprint to lure the pangolin over and then withdrew the mental imprint attached to the pangolin.
Three days had passed since Xue Di fell into a deep sleep. During this time, Huo Yuhao had mined thousands of cubic meters of ore, amounting to nearly tens of thousands of tons. Moreover, this ore itself was functional and did not require refining.
Although there are still many remaining ores buried underground, what Huo Yuhao has dug out is enough to squander. He has to leave some for the Silver Wolf Clan, right?
"Isn't that obvious? Why would I call you if there was nothing wrong?" Tianmeng said speechlessly, "The energy has been completely contained, and the mental fluctuations are becoming more and more frequent. It's obvious that Xue Di's consciousness is awakening."
Unlike Tianmeng's leisurely demeanor, Bingdi and Xiaobai were quite nervous, given the extraordinary nature of their relationship.
"Click~"
A soft cracking sound rang out, and a snow-white, tender lotus root emerged from the cocoon of light. Ice Emperor's pupils contracted sharply in surprise as she glanced at the cocoon of light, which was beginning to break, and then at Huo Yuhao.
The next second, Ice Emperor flashed behind Huo Yuhao, pushed Huo Yuhao's shoulder, and turned Huo Yuhao's back to the cocoon of light.
"Don't look! Don't look! And you, Xiaobai, close your eyes, don't peek!"
"Oh." Upon hearing this, even though Xiaobai was looking forward to meeting Xue Di, she could only obediently close her eyes and lower her head, refusing to look at Xue Di.
Hehe...
Sensing the movement behind him, Huo Yuhao's lips twitched, unsure of what to say.
Although he did want to see how beautiful the Snow Empress looked in her human form, he was a man of principle and had a bottom line. Huo Yuhao wouldn't have any strange thoughts about the Snow Empress, who was only a few years old after her transformation, even though he did want to see.
The Snow Empress, stepping out of the cocoon of light, immediately saw that familiar face and couldn't help but chuckle, "I'm back, Bing'er."
When facing Hyotei, Yuki-tei's voice was still cold, but it was noticeably gentler than when speaking to strangers.
But... for some reason, the atmosphere around them was strange. One person had their head down and the other had their back turned, both looking like they wanted to look over but didn't dare. Even Hyotei's expression was a bit odd.
Following the gaze of the Ice Emperor back to her own body, the Snow Empress realized the reason for the strange atmosphere. For a moment, even the usually aloof Snow Empress couldn't help but show a hint of embarrassment.
Snow Empress instinctively wanted to unleash her power and conjure a dress for herself, but the result made her frown.
Currently, the Snow Empress's soul power is not enough for her to condense a set of clothes sufficient to cover herself, but soon, the Snow Empress relaxed her furrowed brows.
With a slight bend of her fingertips, the fragments of the cocoon of light that had fallen to the ground gradually rose up, surrounded her, and slowly transformed into a dress.
Although Xue Di's current power is insufficient to condense a physical form, this cocoon of light is a physical form created from Xue Di's original power, so it is still easy to modify it slightly to make it look like clothes.
After composing herself, Xue Di coughed lightly to ease her embarrassment.
"Snow Emperor!"
Before Hyotei could make a move, Shiro was the first to rush forward, nuzzling her big head against Yuki-tei.
"Huff..." Xue Di's petite body couldn't withstand Xiao Bai's reckless attack and she was knocked to the ground.
The Snow Empress could only smile helplessly, gently patting Little White's fluffy head and whispering, "Little White, you've had a hard time these past few days."
"Always so reckless and lacking in self-control."
Hyotei stepped forward with disdain and pulled Shiro away, saying, "The Snow Empress is not what she used to be, be careful."
"Oh," Little White replied, head drooping.
Besides Xue Di, only Bing Di, who had an extremely good relationship with Xue Di, could discipline him like this.
Standing up and dusting herself off, Xue Di then turned to Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng, who were watching the scene unfold, and said, "This should be considered our first formal meeting. Let's get to know each other properly. My name is..."
At this point, Xue Di paused abruptly, and after a while continued, "I haven't decided yet. You can just call me by the title you humans gave me, Xue Di."
Although the Snow Empress had long harbored the idea of transforming into human form, she hadn't planned to do so so soon. After all, the chances of surviving the 800,000-year Heavenly Tribulation were still quite high for her. As a result, the Snow Empress had 100,000 years to wait for a 100,000-year Snow Lotus. The name she would have after transforming into human form was something she planned to discuss with the Ice Empress at that time.
Contrary to expectations, he took human form 100,000 years earlier than anticipated, and he didn't have the time or opportunity to come up with a name with Hyotei for walking among humans.
Huo Yuhao looked at the girl in front of him with some surprise.
At this moment, the Snow Empress's waist-length silver hair was casually draped behind her, yet it did not appear messy. She wore a white dress, on which one could see delicate and gorgeous ice and snow patterns. Her slightly childish face carried a faint smile, as if she was very interested in the person chosen by the Ice Empress.
To be honest, Huo Yuhao never expected that Xue Di would have such a lively personality.
However, considering Xue Di's behavior after transforming into a snow maiden spirit in the original work, and her continued calling Huo Gua "Dad" after regaining her memories, Xue Di seems to have a somewhat lively personality. It's just that most people only see the cold side.
Moreover, it seems that some people are still acting recklessly, even after learning about the information that Hyotei left in the far north, and they didn't even properly explore their own secluded place, allowing others to take advantage of the situation.
Speaking of this, it's speechless. Douluo's consciousness is really something. After learning that he had no intention of fusing with Xue Di, it actually made Xue Di appear in front of Huo Yuhao in the form of a bomb that could explode as soon as it was disassembled by chance.
The best way to save Xue Di would actually be to have her give up her violent power like in the story, and in the end, only retain her soul essence to merge into Huo Yuhao's body, providing Huo Yuhao with subsequent soul rings. However, what this outsider, Ilex, could do was beyond the expectations of the plane's consciousness.
If Douluo's will is still this stubborn, there won't be any more Snow Empress sacrifices in the future, right?
Seeing that Huo Yuhao hadn't made a move and that his gaze was becoming increasingly strange, Xue Di couldn't help but frown slightly.
I have a feeling this guy is thinking something bad.
Tianmeng quickly floated in front of Huo Yuhao and introduced herself: "Hello, Snow Empress, I am Tianmeng."
As she spoke, Tianmeng gently kicked Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao is a good kid in every way, except that he often gets lost in thought and doesn't consider what he's doing at all.
But perhaps this is also the reason why Huo Yuhao was able to make progress in cultivation?
"I'm sorry, Yukitei."
Startled awake by Tianmeng's actions, Huo Yuhao quickly explained, "I was just thinking about something."
Xue Di shook her head and said, "It's nothing. I'm the one who should apologize. I've caused you all trouble these past few days."
Even though the other party deliberately went to the core area of the far north, Xue Di still fell into their trap. Not only that, but just analyzing Xue Di's condition caused Ilex to consume the energy of the Heavenly Dream Seal. You should know that the energy of the Heavenly Dream Seal is more than the origin of a 100,000-year-old soul beast. Being indebted to such a huge favor made Xue Di feel quite embarrassed.
"Alright, just remember the favor you owe. What's the point of constantly apologizing?"
Ice Emperor leaned over and took Snow Emperor's hand, saying, "Quick, quick, let me see your martial spirit. You're the first person I've ever seen who has undergone a transformation and started cultivating again."
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao also looked at Xue Di with curiosity. Could it be that Xue Di's martial soul is an enlarged and ethereal version of Xue Di, who is the embodiment of the Ice and Snow Maiden?
"Let me see..." Feeling the gazes of those around her, Xue Di stopped worrying and instead closed her eyes to sense her martial soul.
"what?"
Suddenly, Xue Di let out a soft exclamation and abruptly opened her eyes.
At the same time, a strange figure appeared behind Xue Di.
"This is..." Hyotei stared blankly at the round figure behind Yuki-tei. "This... isn't this Yuki-ryu? No, it should be the Ice and Snow Maiden."
Snow Spirit...
Upon hearing the name, Huo Yuhao searched his mind for relevant information.
Snow Spirits are extremely rare, appearing in the core area of the far north. They are creatures blessed by heaven and earth, possessing extremely high ice attribute proficiency. There are no records of Soul Masters hunting Snow Spirits.
This is a record from the book that Elder Yu gave to Huo Yuhao. It is said that Elder Yu once went deep into the far north to search for traces of unknown soul beasts and was able to glimpse the true appearance of such creatures. Elder Yu tried to test Xue Ling's strength several times, but failed for various reasons. In the end, he had no choice but to withdraw because he could not withstand the extreme cold of the core area. Even these materials were written by Elder Yu by guessing and writing.
No way...
With some guesses in his mind, Huo Yuhao asked uncertainly, "Ice Emperor, what is the relationship between Xue Ling and the Snow Emperor?"
"Okay, let me explain."
The Snow Empress sighed helplessly and said softly, "Snow Spirits are ice elemental beings that have a certain probability of being born in environments rich in ice elements. They possess a certain level of intelligence and are mostly pure white, round snowballs in appearance, possessing very strong ice attribute power."
"As for the Ice and Snow Maiden, she is the rarest and most unique humanoid snow spirit among the snow spirits. She possesses extreme ice attribute power from birth and can be considered the king of the snow spirits. However, it is very difficult for humans to enter the core area to find traces of snow spirits. Most of them are intercepted by me and the Ice Emperor outside the core area. It is normal that there are no relevant records among you humans."
Huo Yuhao retorted in a low voice, "Although I've never seen a Snow Spirit Beast, there are some records of the Snow Spirit Martial Soul. It's an excellent ice-attribute Martial Soul."
"We weren't discussing your human records," Ice Emperor said, pouting in dissatisfaction. "Although Snow Spirit and Ice Fairy Snow Maiden belong to the same race, as martial souls, their differences are as vast as those between the Jade Serpent and the Jade Serpent Emperor—a world of difference, especially in the superior's suppression of the inferior."
"Huo Yuhao, you may not know this because you haven't used the Ice Wall Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul much, but in fact, once it encounters the ultimate ice you release, no matter how excellent other ice is, it can only submit and find it difficult to put up any resistance."
"I didn't expect there would still be an oversight." An old sigh suddenly rang out, and a small gray ball emerged from Huo Yuhao's vertical eye, floating in the air, vaguely revealing a gray figure.
"Elder Ilex." In an instant, all eyes were on Ilex.
"After I repaired the disordered laws of the Snow Emperor, I discovered that some of them were superfluous. However, I couldn't figure out the reason behind it. Seeing that the power of the laws was already functioning normally, I didn't interfere anymore. I didn't expect that problems would still arise."
amount……
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but twitch his lips. It turned out that the story about finding extra parts while repairing a car was true.
While there's a saying in my past life that if code can run, you shouldn't touch it, there's something wrong with this extra part that can't be fit into the code during the assembly process!
"I didn't expect her to be even more unreliable than me," Tianmeng said speechlessly. "So, Big Gray Bead, what are you going to do about Xue Di's current situation? Do you remember the extra part?"
Electrolux said helplessly, "Even if I remembered, I would be powerless to help. That part of the law is the most severely broken, and my understanding of the ice attribute law is not deep. In my current state, it would probably take at least ten years to deduce the complete state of that part, unless..."
Electrolux suddenly paused, not continuing his sentence.
"Unless what?" Tianmeng was flustered by Electrolux's sudden pause. It was really frustrating to be stopped at such a crucial moment.
"Unless there is a Snow Maiden or a Soul Master with a Snow Maiden Martial Soul for me to refer to, perhaps in half a year at most, I can re-examine the laws on the Snow Empress."
The two Ice and Snow Emperors fell silent. Even in the far north, there was only one Ice and Snow Maiden, the Snow Emperor. Moreover, the Ice and Snow Maiden Martial Soul was extremely rare. Huo Yuhao, the only one with the ultimate Ice Martial Soul, obtained it by sacrificing the Ice Emperor.
"Well, at least I've successfully taken human form and can begin my cultivation now."
The Snow Empress let out a soft sigh and said, "Even without the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, the power I've accumulated over seven hundred thousand years is still there, and my understanding of ice and snow is still there. I am still the Snow Empress. Once I have the ability to break through to the God level, all problems will be solved!"
During her time with Electrolux, Xue Di understood why her 700,000 years of cultivation had prevented her from reaching the realm of gods. With a clear direction, Xue Di believed that she could use her own power to re-evolve her martial soul into the Ice and Snow Maiden.
Only Huo Yuhao kept frowning, seemingly lost in thought.
Huo Yuhao vaguely remembered seeing other people with the Ice and Snow Maiden Martial Soul in the Douluo Continent II storyline, but he couldn't quite recall if it was from fan fiction. To confirm his memories, he was now meticulously reviewing his recollections of Douluo Continent II.
Finally, Huo Yuhao found a clue about another Ice and Snow Maiden martial soul possessor.
(End of this chapter)