After the Star Net quintet, who had fled in a panic, finally managed to escape the core circle of the Extreme North, the fear in their hearts gradually began to fade.
They were, after all, powerful experts of the Titled Douluo level. It was a stroke of luck and coincidence that Huo Yuhao had managed to scare them off, so they quickly came to their senses.
The attack just now simply didn't possess the destructive power that a soul beast of the Ice Emperor's level should have. Furthermore, given the "friendly" relationship between humans and soul beasts, how could the Ice Emperor possibly let them go?
It was a trick!
The Grade 8 Soul Mentor said somewhat unwillingly, "Your Excellency Fiend Star, are we just going to leave it at that!?"
The corners of Fiend Star Douluo Huang Jinxu's mouth twitched a few times. You brat ran faster than anyone earlier, and now you're regretting it?
Huang Jinxu retorted crossly, "What else can we do! We certainly can't go back to the core circle of the Extreme North. The Star Navigation of the Star Crown Sect pointed to the north, so let's head over to the Ice Sea and take a look."
...
On the Ice God Lake, the ice-white lotus flower floating above the lake had completely closed. The base of the lotus, however, was a pure emerald green, rippling with a dense aura of life.
With the protection of the Ice Bear King and the absorption of the life energy transmitted from Huo Yuhao, Snow Emperor's transformation had finally reached its final stage.
The giant lotus opened its petals extremely slowly, but to one's surprise, at its center was a little girl carved from pink jade.
She wore a simple little white dress, and her deep blue eyes were as clear as the sky. Her little face was exquisite and cute to the extreme, yet it carried an indescribable sense of nobility.
A sweet smile appeared on the cute girl's face, and then the emerald-green life aura beneath the lotus seat surged entirely into the girl's body.
The next moment, amidst an emerald-green halo, a figure like a fairy replaced the previously young child.
She was a girl who looked to be twelve or thirteen years old, incredibly beautiful. Though young, she possessed a cold and clear temperament like a plum blossom in the snow.
She wore a white gauze dress with an ice-crystal texture that did not cover her snowy-white shoulders. The skin exposed was even fairer than the dress, emitting a delicate, soft glow.
Her snow-white hair fell to her ankles, and she stood lightly on the snow lotus with a pair of jade-like feet as white as snow, as holy and elegant as a celestial being.
A satisfied smile appeared at the corner of the young girl's mouth as she lightly brushed the hair by her ear. Four black soul rings rose from beneath her feet. Strangely, her body did not show the state of a martial soul possession.
Because one of her martial souls was herself, the Ice Sky Snow Emperor—though it was unclear if it could be considered a Body Martial Soul...
Her beautiful eyes flickered, and Snow Emperor unconsciously looked toward a certain direction. Her bare jade feet lightly tapped the snow lotus beneath her, and she turned into a white stream of light, arriving at the snowdrift where Huo Yuhao lay prone.
Snow Emperor jumped down from the snow lotus, landing lightly on the ground.
Strangely, Snow Emperor's body seemed to have no weight; she didn't even leave a footprint on the snowdrift, standing there as light as a feather.
Lifting her jade hand, an invisible force lifted Huo Yuhao out of the snow.
Snow Emperor's eyes narrowed. It's him...
Although she had been in the middle of transforming, Snow Emperor could still feel that it was this reckless human boy who had saved her.
To actually dare to strike at five Titled Douluo, his courage was truly not small. Was he really not afraid they would turn around and slap him to death?
Thinking this, Snow Emperor gently supported Huo Yuhao, placing him steadily on the ground, then crossed her legs and sat down sideways.
The snow lotus in mid-air spun rapidly and landed in Snow Emperor's hand. Similarly, four black soul rings appeared beside this snow lotus.
A pure white light carrying a faint fragrance drifted out, falling onto Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao's tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed, the bloodstains at the corners of his eyes were gently brushed away, and his entire being completely relaxed.
Indeed, after Snow Emperor successfully transformed into a human with the help of the 100,000-year-old Snow Lotus, she didn't just have a single martial soul. She possessed twin martial souls: the Heavenly Snow Woman and the Snow Lotus!
Snow Emperor was born from the purest ice elements of the Extreme North. Strictly speaking, Snow Emperor was not a soul beast. According to Electrolux, she should be considered a kind of "elemental spirit" without a physical body.
This so-called use of the snow lotus to seal her origin for transformation was actually Snow Emperor injecting her spiritual consciousness into this mindless 100,000-year-old Snow Lotus and using its special effects to seal her massive origin power, transforming into human form as the "Snow Emperor version of the Snow Lotus"—a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast.
Having successfully transformed, Snow Emperor thus had the Snow Lotus and the Heavenly Snow Woman as her martial souls.
With Snow Emperor's massive origin power accumulated over 700,000 years of cultivation, it was enough to fully fill the soul rings for the Heavenly Snow Woman origin martial soul, but the Snow Lotus martial soul could not; it could at most provide six soul rings.
Looking at Huo Yuhao from such a close distance, a strange feeling suddenly welled up in Snow Emperor's heart.
An inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Is it an illusion? This human looks... somewhat like me...
In fact, this wasn't strange. Huo Yuhao's own bloodline mainly originated from Baili Du and the Dragon God, but the primary component was Baili Du's God King essence blood. In many senses, the two were actually one and the same.
But the one most closely related to Baili Du was the Soul Spirit Snow Emperor! The main reason Old Huo's appearance became more handsome later on was also due to the fusion with the origin power of the Soul Spirit Snow Emperor.
So naturally, Young Huo's appearance would share similarities with Snow Emperor in certain aspects.
As a naturally born Heavenly Snow Woman, Snow Emperor was certain she had no male kin of the same kind...
Snow Emperor didn't dwell on this question; it was better to get down to business first.
After a soul beast transforms, they need to come into contact with humans or even absorb human aura to cultivate. God knows how that rule came to be... if discovered, wouldn't that just be a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast gift pack delivered to the door?
Therefore, the Huo Yuhao before her was undoubtedly the best subject for Snow Emperor to contact. Moreover, since he had done her a favor, she felt even more compelled to repay him.
And she also had things she wanted to ask this human to clear up.
...
On the shores of the Ice Sea, leaning toward the Star Net Empire, the Star Net quintet had "hit the jackpot" expressions as they looked at the large shark struggling desperately on the shore.
As veteran powerful soul masters, they could naturally recognize that this was a Demon Soul Great White Shark. Its body was slender and streamlined; unlike the ferocious appearance of ordinary sharks, this shark actually looked quite beautiful.
Judging from the aura on its body, its cultivation should be over 50,000 years, and there were several wounds on its body that seemed to have been slashed by sharp blades.
This, of course, was the lover that Lan Xianyu constantly yearned for, the future Life Core of the Dragon-Horse Star System, and the princess of the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan, Bai Xiuxiu.
As for why she was stranded on the shore... leave the things that cannot be understood to fate.
"Help! Help! Save me..."
Unexpectedly, after seeing the Star Net quintet, this large shark actually spoke human tongue, and it was a quite clear and melodious young girl's voice.
"..."
The Star Net quintet looked at each other in silence for a moment.
"Haha... the Star Navigation really is good. Although it's not a transformed 100,000-year-old Soul Beast, capturing a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast is still a great achievement!"
Fiend Star Douluo Huang Jinxu laughed somewhat crazily. The Grade 8 Soul Mentor had already opened the God-Sealing Altar. Immediately, the four Titled Douluo exerted their strength simultaneously. A powerful soul power field pinned the shark down, rendering it unable to move or even make a sound.
Bai Xiuxiu: ???