Zhu Ziyang left the Extremely North Core Circle and entered the second layer of the Far North Ice Field area.
His speed was very fast. With the Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon possessing him, his aura was comparable to a 100,000-Year Soul Beast. Ordinary Spirit Beasts dared not approach him, so he had a smooth journey.
After the Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon Spirit had five spirit rings, Zhu Ziyang's dragonification degree had reached about fifty percent. Both of his arms had transformed into thick dragon claws, and his upper body was covered with a layer of hard, armor-like dragon scales, wrapping his chest, back, abdomen, and waist. At the same time, a thick and powerful dragon tail also extended from his coccyx. The dragon tail was very flexible, giving him a feeling of being able to control it as easily as his arm.
In his dragonified state, both his speed and strength received considerable enhancements. A single leap could easily cover a distance of fifty meters, and a single palm strike could kill a thousand-year Spirit Beast. Zhu Ziyang felt he was in excellent condition.
"What's that?" Zhu Ziyang was on his way, having just left the core circle, when he discovered a huge energy fluctuation appearing from his rear-side, instantly catching his attention. With confusion and surprise in his eyes, he murmured, "It seems something extraordinary has happened!"
He saw that at the location of the huge energy fluctuation, thick dark clouds blotted out the sky. Beneath the dark clouds, a sky-piercing pillar of light rose, and a terrifying emperor's aura spread out in all directions from the pillar of light. Even though Zhu Ziyang was more than ten li away from the pillar of light, he could still feel this might, which made his expression incredibly strange.
Snow Empress! The aura emanating from this pillar of light was clearly the Snow Empress's aura, but the Snow Empress was clearly on him right now. What was going on with this pillar of light?
Before Zhu Ziyang could figure out the reason, another anomaly occurred at the pillar of light. The pillar of light, which had originally been emitting the Snow Empress's aura, instantly disappeared. In its place was a brilliant green radiance that directly dispersed the dark clouds and overwhelmed the pillar of light that had been emitting the Snow Empress's aura. The brilliant green sky was filled with another incredibly powerful aura.
This aura directly caused the Soul Spirit egg in Zhu Ziyang's spiritual sea to tremble. The Snow Empress sensed that aura and was very anxious, but besides shaking the Soul Spirit egg, she could do nothing. Zhu Ziyang could feel the Snow Empress's anxious emotions and had a guess about that brilliant green aura in his heart.
"That's the Ice Empress, the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, isn't it?" Zhu Ziyang said.
The Soul Spirit egg's shaking lessened slightly, and the Snow Empress's emotions within it also eased a bit.
"You want me to go and see if the Ice Empress has encountered big trouble, don't you?" Zhu Ziyang continued, his expression solemn.
The Soul Spirit egg stopped shaking. Clearly, Zhu Ziyang had hit the mark.
"It seems your relationship with the Ice Empress is very good!" Zhu Ziyang thought of the half-petal of the Emperor-grade Snow Lotus and couldn't help but smile, saying, "I can fulfill your request, but I need to tell you in advance that I'm only going to take a look. Regardless of the situation, I will only interfere appropriately if I can guarantee my own safety."
The Snow Empress's gratitude came from his mind.
Zhu Ziyang didn't mind. His gaze fell upon the brilliant green sky, pondering in his heart. This matter was very strange; first a mysterious creature imitating the Snow Empress's aura, then the Ice Empress's arrival. Clearly, the other party intended to draw out the Ice Empress through the Snow Empress's aura, which meant the other party must know that the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress have a very good relationship!
It's quite possible this is a conspiracy targeting the Ice Empress. The location he is heading to is very likely to be the site of a battle between fierce beasts!
Two of the three Heavenly Kings of the Extremely North Land, the Ice Empress VS the Titan Snow Demon King!
While Zhu Ziyang's mood was solemn, a hint of anticipation couldn't help but arise within him.
Without hesitation, he immediately moved cautiously and carefully towards that location.
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Under the brilliant green sky, a scorpion, entirely brilliant green and resembling jade, lay prostrate in front of a simple ice house. On the ice house was a translucent snow silkworm. This was a pair of natural enemies.
Inside the ice house was a thinly dressed young man. The young man's face was ashen, with a hint of despair, as if he had been betrayed. His entire being exuded coldness and desolation. The young man was Huo Yuhao.
Outside the ice house, the confrontation between the Ice Scorpion and the Snow Silkworm had already determined a victor. The Ice Scorpion, the predator, was actually controlled by the Snow Silkworm, its prey. The Ice Scorpion's body was enveloped in a transparent film, and its pincers and body were bound, unable to move. The translucent Snow Silkworm let out a triumphant laugh and immediately returned to the ice house to inform Huo Yuhao of this good news.
The Snow Silkworm was the Tianmeng Iceworm, Brother Tianmeng, as Huo Yuhao called him. The Tianmeng Iceworm quickly persuaded the sulking Huo Yuhao and regained his trust. After all, compared to this Spirit Beast that had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, Huo Yuhao, who was only eleven or twelve years old, was truly too naive, so naive that he seemed to only be able to rely on it.
Huo Yuhao, with the Ice Empress, one of the three Heavenly Kings of the Extremely North Land, who had fallen into a trap, on his back, who was the Ice Scorpion bound by the Tianmeng Iceworm, then ran with all his might towards the outside of the Far North Ice Field. He seemed to understand what terrible consequences kidnapping the Ice Empress, one of the three Heavenly Kings of the Extremely North Land, would bring, so he was desperately fleeing.
And just as Huo Yuhao was desperately fleeing, behind him, on a nearby hill, Zhu Ziyang was silently watching all of this. Zhu Ziyang's eyes widened slightly, his mouth agape, revealing a shocked expression, "It's actually Huo Yuhao! Is this the Child of Destiny? A mere quasi-Spirit Grandmaster actually dares to target the Ice Empress! Also, the Ice Empress is too pathetic, to be caught by a Spirit Grandmaster, isn't that too shameful for one of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts?"
"I know, I know, I'll follow!" The Snow Empress in his spiritual sea was urging him. Zhu Ziyang said with some impatience, while his gaze deepened as he looked at Huo Yuhao's retreating back, a playful smile on his face. He then unfolded his body and quietly followed behind him.
Because of Tang Ya, Zhu Ziyang and Huo Yuhao's relationship was still good. At least, whenever Little Huo saw him, he would respectfully call him Brother Ziyang. And because Zhu Ziyang knew that Huo Yuhao was the Child of Destiny, he would consciously give him some help. Although these were all insignificant small favors, they accumulated over time, and subtly, small favors turned into a great benefactor!
Zhu Ziyang always maintained a distance of one thousand meters from Huo Yuhao, because he knew that Huo Yuhao possessed the Spirit Ability of Spiritual Detection Sharing, and he had personally experienced the effect of that Spirit Ability. It must be said that the Child of Destiny's Spirit Abilities, whether in terms of combat effectiveness or practicality, were top-tier.
To prevent being detected by Huo Yuhao, he needed to maintain his distance. He also wasn't afraid of losing track. If a mere Spirit Grandmaster could escape from under his nose, then he, a quasi-Spirit Emperor, might as well just die. Why even participate in the Elite Soul Master Competition?
After a day and a night, Huo Yuhao finally stopped running.
Zhu Ziyang couldn't help but look at Huo Yuhao with new respect. In twenty-eight hours, a Spirit Grandmaster with only twenty levels of spirit power actually traversed the second layer of the Extremely North Land, running from the edge of the Extremely North Core Circle to the edge of the Far North Ice Field, a distance of nearly a thousand li, stopping no more than twice along the way. Such perseverance was truly not something an ordinary person possessed!
Under Zhu Ziyang's gaze, after Huo Yuhao stopped, he immediately lay down, throwing the Ice Empress aside. At the same time, a large white worm emerged from his glabella. After some inexplicable operation, it actually extracted a ball of brilliant green light source directly from the Ice Empress's body. And after that light source left the Ice Empress's body, the Ice Empress's jade-like body immediately lost its vitality!
That brilliant green light source was actually the Ice Empress's soul!
"What kind of Spirit Beast is that big worm?" Zhu Ziyang looked at the big worm in confusion, subconsciously asking, "What is its relationship with Huo Yuhao? What does it want to do?"
In the spiritual sea, the Soul Spirit egg, which had just calmed down for a while, began to shake violently again. The Snow Empress within the Soul Spirit egg was extremely agitated. Zhu Ziyang could feel her anger and anxiety. Even when she herself was captured by Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux, she had never been so angry. Why was she so furious now?
It seemed he had still underestimated the Ice Empress's importance in the Snow Empress's heart!
"You're saying that big worm is the Tianmeng Snow Silkworm? A Snow Silkworm with hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation? It once confessed its love to the Ice Empress?" Zhu Ziyang's expression became lively. For a moment, he didn't know how to express his opinion on this matter, so he could only suppress his laughter and say, "Don't rush, let's observe first, then make plans!"
The Snow Empress was still very anxious.
"Alright, alright, don't worry, we'll definitely save your Ice Ice!" Zhu Ziyang said with a comforting smile.
However, although he verbally agreed to the Snow Empress's request, in action, he did not immediately move, but continued to observe. He wanted to know what Huo Yuhao and Tianmeng were planning.