When Huo Yuhao opened his eyes, he saw the stunning figure keeping watch beside him.
"Awake?"
"Mm." Huo Yuhao lightly shook his head and looked at Snow Empress. "How long was I asleep?"
Performing a Soul Spirit Ritual with a Ferocious Beast of Ice Empress's caliber had nearly drained all his Spiritual Power. Once the ritual ended, he had passed out on the spot.
"Ten days."
"That long?"
Hearing Snow Empress's answer, Huo Yuhao froze for a moment and instinctively looked at her. "Have you been guarding me here the whole time?"
Snow Empress shook her head and raised her hand, revealing an icy blue lotus in her palm.
"I set up a restriction to protect you before leaving for a while. I went to find the Hundred Thousand Year Snow Lotus you mentioned."
Before Huo Yuhao could react, the lotus was held out before him, and her cool voice rang out again.
"Can't you still absorb one more soul ring? Absorb it."
They had discussed this long before he formed the Soul Spirit Contract with Ice Empress. Unlike the Spirit Eye Martial Soul, for which Brother Skydream could provide multiple soul rings, the ever-evolving Ice Attribute Martial Soul was clearly meant to follow an entirely different path.
That was to acquire the power of as many Soul Beasts as possible and use it to continuously evolve the martial soul. Though getting beaten up could also absorb power, the efficiency was simply too low. Not to mention someone like Snow Empress—if he took a beating from her now, he might die before his martial soul evolved...
Thus, every soul ring slot of his Second Martial Soul was exceptionally important. Unless absolutely necessary, Huo Yuhao did not intend to have a Soul Spirit provide a second soul ring.
"But isn't this