Sacrificial Fusion
However, as they flew, Tian Meng noticed that Ice Empress's flight path had completely deviated from her commands, and she immediately reminded her anxiously:
"Bing Bing, you're going the wrong way! Isn't this the Barren Icefield ahead? I meant this way!"
"Shut up, Tian Meng! You idiot, don't you know that our Soul Beast sacrifices will cause celestial phenomena? I'm not as lucky as you, no Soul Beast came knocking on my door after my sacrifice. You're really lucky, Tian Meng."
"Haha! Bing Bing, don't praise me like that, it makes me shy."
"... Tian Meng, how do you want to die!"
Huo Yuhao truly admired Tian Meng's reckless behavior. If Tian Meng didn't already have a physical body, would she dare to provoke Ice Empress like that? Wasn't she afraid of death? Don't forget that after Ice Empress's sacrifice, she will also remain in his own Sea of Consciousness. Huo Yuhao couldn't imagine how Tian Meng would beat Ice Empress up then. He didn't want to enter his Sea of Consciousness and find Chang Wei Laifu...
Uh! It's Ice Empress beating up Tian Meng. Hopefully, Teacher can keep things in check! But Huo Yuhao feels that his Teacher Yu Xiaogang seems to have a bit of a comedic personality! Huo Yuhao can only look at Tian Meng with pity, which leaves the clueless Tian Meng completely bewildered. Soon after, Ice Empress brings Huo Yuhao to an Icefield Sinkhole.
Surrounded by icebergs on all sides, with a relentless blizzard, this place is devoid of even a small Soul Beast, making it arguably the most desolate place in the Far North Land.
"Xiao Yuhao, this is where I used to cultivate my ice attribute. I'm not like some lazybones who eats and sleeps all day and becomes a million-year-old Soul Beast, not even reaching the Limit Ice, it's just a waste!"
"Hehe! It's just good luck."
Ice Empress watched as Tian Meng, who had reappeared from Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness and manifested as a physical projection, gritted her teeth in hatred, wishing she could beat this stupid bug to death.
Ice Empress sighed in despair, rubbing his Tian Meng. Why was the most powerful million-year-old Soul Beast in the Far North Land such an idiot? Oh well, he'd deal with Tian Meng properly once he completed his sacrifice and became Huo Yuhao's Wisdom Soul Ring! Otherwise, Ice Empress couldn't imagine how much trouble Tian Meng would cause him once he was in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.
"Xiao Yuhao, let's ignore Tian Meng. Are you ready? I'll first separate the torso bone Spirit Bone fuse them to increase the body's strength."
Ice Empress felt a pang of heartache looking at the tiny Huo Yuhao in front of her. She knew that forcibly fusing a 390,000-year-old Spirit Bone with a level 16 Soul Master was like stuffing a scorching hot iron into the body and stirring it around.
The pain involved was not easy to bear, and Huo Yuhao's delicate and pretty face aroused the Ice Empress's compassion.
"Xiao Yuhao, think carefully about whether you want to fuse with my Spirit Bone first? The pain inside is not something an ordinary person can endure. Once you start fusing, there is no turning back."
"Don't worry, Sister Bing Bing! It's nothing compared to what I've suffered before! I'm sure I can persevere!"
"Yes! Bing Bing Xiao Yuhao has incredibly strong Mental Power, and his willpower is the most tenacious I've ever seen among Human Soul Master, without a doubt!"
Ice Empress looked at Huo Yuhao, whose big eyes revealed a strong determination, and Tian Meng, abandoning her usual joking manner, showed a serious expression in affirmation.
"I'll start with the Tian Meng, and I'll leave the rest to you. If I perish in the sacrifice and fail to become Wisdom Soul Ring... then that's my fate, and it's only right!"
"Bing Bing! I, Tian Meng, promised that I would be with you, forever and never to be apart!"
"Then I'll trust you this once! Xiao Yuhao, I'm starting."
Ice Empress felt a slight stirring in his heart as he looked at the unfamiliar Tian Meng. Soul Beast were just so straightforward; they liked what they liked and disliked what they disliked, and once they made up their minds, they would not change them.
Tian Meng and Huo Yuhao began to prepare for battle, and Ice Empress also began to prepare for the sacrifice, Tian Meng, just in case, directly released her own source seal, Huo Yuhao's First Soul Ring appeared.
Originally, Tian Meng's original self-seal was only Yellow Soul Ring, but it turned blood red the moment the seal was broken. Ten golden patterns on it shone with dazzling brilliance, and rings of Soul Power began to surge around Huo Yuhao.
The aura of a million-year-old Soul Beast belonging to Tian Meng filled the entire ice plain, and Tian Meng's immense Mental Power covered a radius of a hundred miles, ensuring that the Ice Empress's sacrifice would be foolproof.
Moreover, unleashing his own power can increase Huo Yuhao's physical strength, making it easier for him to fuse with the Spirit Bone later.
"Truly worthy of being the most powerful Soul Beast in our Far North Land! That's why it has the might of a million-year-old Soul Beast! Since you've shown your true abilities, Tian Meng, I can't fall behind!"
Seeing that the Ice Empress was going to great Tian Meng for this sacrifice, her competitive spirit was aroused, and a beam of red light shot into the sky, dyeing the dark clouds over the horizon into the emerald green of the Ice Empress's Soul Power.
Tian Meng saw that Ice Empress had already begun the sacrifice, and her heart was in her throat. She hoped that everything would go smoothly, and Tian Meng wasn't afraid that anyone would try to sabotage it.
Huo Yuhao's strongest backer hasn't even appeared yet! Tian Meng believes that Huo Yuhao's teacher, Yu Xiaogang, is silently watching all of this from within the Sea of Consciousness.
After Tian Meng unleashed his power, Huo Yuhao had been enduring it. The surging Soul Power was surging through his meridians, and although his body had been strengthened, he was still suffering from the pain of his meridians swelling.
However, just as Huo Yuhao was getting used to it, Ice Empress began to shed her original form. A bright green ball of light floated out from her body, and Ice Empress, who was originally in human form, returned to her original form.
Ice Empress transformed back into human form using her original essence. She extended her slender finger and touched her body. The large, emerald-green scorpion immediately began to shimmer with light, and Ice Empress's original body flashed slightly, transforming into a complete human torso and skeleton.
The light shone with Emerald Green Soul Power and then transformed into a stream of green light that entered Huo Yuhao's body. In an instant, Huo Yuhao felt his bones groaning in pain.
The Spirit Bone produced by the Ice Empress are too powerful. As one of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North Land, they are not comparable to the Spirit Bone of ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. After all, the more complete the Spirit Bone form, the more powerful it is.
This is a complete human torso skeleton, and you can see how rich the essence of the Soul Beast is inside. But this is going to be tough on Huo Yuhao.
He felt his bones turning to dust one by one, as if someone were hammering their own torso with a small hammer, and then being overwhelmed by an incredibly cold energy.
Faced with this extreme cold, Huo Yuhao felt as if his soul was about to freeze, when a warm power emanated from his Sea of Consciousness.
To make Huo Yuhao feel a little more comfortable, Yu Xiaogang couldn't bear to see his disciple suffer, so he merged some of his power into Huo Yuhao's body to help him more thoroughly fuse the Ice Empress Spirit Bone and the Tian Meng External Soul Bone.
"Aaaaaaah!!!"
The emerald green light gradually devoured Huo Yuhao's original bones. When the last bit of white bone turned completely emerald green, the entire torso shone with a bright emerald green light.
Huo Yuhao could no longer bear it. He roared to the sky and unleashed a huge shockwave of Soul Power, completely leveling the uneven ice plain.