Four Great Soul Skills

Having made their decision, the Ice Empress could not help looking at the Snow Empress and asking, "Xue'er, what should I do next?"

Huo Yuhao's body was simply too frail. During the process of granting him a martial soul, if the Ice Empress leaked even the slightest bit of power, she might blow Huo Yuhao apart.

Without hesitation, the Snow Empress said, "In our previous life, Bing'er, you first gave Yuhao your Soul Bone, greatly strengthening his body. Then you granted him the martial soul, giving him the foundation to bear your Soul Ring, and finally attached the Soul Ring... Let's do the same this time. Bone first, then soul, and finally the ring."

After a pause, the Snow Empress continued, "Bing'er, your Soul Bone is most suitable as a spinal bone. It can replace Yuhao's spine, as well as part of his ribs and sternum. Not only will it grant Yuhao a torso bone, but it will also completely transform him. There's no need to change that. That is still the case for you now, isn't it?"

A spinal bone was a torso bone, the location where ordinary Soul Bones attached. As a super soul beast with nearly four hundred thousand years of cultivation, the Ice Empress's torso bone covered a wider area, encompassing almost most of the ribs and sternum.

The Ice Empress nodded. After the Snow Empress and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm finished explaining the key points, she looked at Huo Yuhao. "Little One, since Xue'er is willing to trust you, I will trust you as well. I hope you won't disappoint me."

While the three soul beasts had been talking, Huo Yuhao had also been recovering his strength and Soul Power, restoring himself to peak condition.

Now, Huo Yuhao had more or less recovered to his best state.

Huo Yuhao nodded and said, "Ice Empress, we can begin."

In his previous life, Huo Yuhao had possessed the Soul Bone of Mystic Arts, which could serve as a medium to assist in fusing with the Ice Empress's Soul Bone. Not only would the process be faster, but it would also lessen much of the pain.

But in this life, Huo Yuhao did not have such a thing.

Still, Huo Yuhao was not worried in the slightest. He was completely confident that he could endure even more intense pain!

Come, Ice Empress! My second Wisdom Soul Ring!

Buzz!

A powerful surge of spiritual power instantly drilled into Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea. At the same time, an extreme chill spread through both his body and mind. In almost an instant, Huo Yuhao's entire body went numb.

This numbness could lessen Huo Yuhao's pain.

The pain of bone replacement appeared once more. Huo Yuhao clenched his teeth tightly, desperately enduring the extreme agony.

In his previous life, he had been no more than a twelve-year-old child, yet he had endured such pain. Having lived another life, he could endure it even more!

Day passed, then night passed, and another day was about to end...

The pain in Huo Yuhao's body finally began to gradually fade.

Seeing that Huo Yuhao had completely endured the pain of bone replacement, the Ice Empress murmured, "Now I'm starting to believe that this little one really can become a god..."

The Snow Empress said gently, "Don't worry, Bing'er. Yuhao won't disappoint you."

The Ice Empress nodded, then transformed into a streak of light and entered Huo Yuhao's body.

The hardest hurdle had already passed. The fusion that followed would no longer be painful.

Not long afterward, Huo Yuhao suddenly opened his eyes, and the Ice Empress martial soul instantly possessed him!

The tattoo-like pattern of the Ice Empress Scorpion appeared on Huo Yuhao's back. Both of his arms were covered in a layer of diamond-like crystals, which shone brilliantly beneath the sunlight and carried a strange, bewitching beauty.

At the same time, a blood-red Soul Ring with four golden patterns rose beneath Huo Yuhao's feet!

The Ice Empress's Soul Ring had a lifespan of four hundred thousand years!

The instant the blood-red Soul Ring appeared, an ancient, savage aura suddenly erupted from Huo Yuhao's body. Every soul beast within ten miles was so frightened that it lay flat on the snow, not daring to move in the slightest.

After sensing it for a moment, Huo Yuhao found that it was basically no different from his previous life. Satisfied, he withdrew the Ice Empress martial soul.

Closing his eyes to sense his physical condition, Huo Yuhao discovered that his physical strength had increased by at least five times, while his endurance had also risen tremendously. He could now withstand Soul Rings with three thousand years of cultivation at the very least!

And Huo Yuhao had only just reached level twenty!

At level twenty, he could already withstand a Thousand-Year Soul Ring—and not an ordinary Thousand-Year Soul Ring, but a three-thousand-year Soul Ring!!

Not only that, Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea had nearly doubled in size. Had he cultivated normally, even as a spiritual-type soul master, he would have needed to break through three Soul Rings before his spiritual sea could possibly reach this scale.

Now that Huo Yuhao's two great cheats, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress, were in place, his terrifying strength immediately became apparent. His second Soul Ring could bear one at the three-thousand-year level, while his spiritual power utterly crushed Tang San's, despite Tang San having constantly cultivated the Purple Demon Eye. Forget opponents of the same rank—even four-ring Soul Ancestors two levels above Huo Yuhao might not be stronger than him now!

Furthermore, Huo Yuhao's first Soul Ring—the first Soul Ring bearing the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's wisdom—had also reached the five-thousand-year level. The range of his Mental Detection had reached as far as eighty meters, while its single-direction detection range was even more terrifying, exceeding two hundred meters!

Like the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, the Ice Empress had also granted Huo Yuhao four Soul Skills: two from the Soul Ring and two from the Soul Bone.

The two Soul Ring skills were Ice Empress's Claw and Ice Emperor's Protection.

Once Ice Empress's Claw was unleashed, his hands and forearms would become incomparably hard. Every diamond crystal upon them possessed powerful refractive abilities, and they could themselves be used as weapons to attack. It could also greatly increase his strength.

Ice Emperor's Protection covered the surface of the body with a layer of ice crystals for defense, granting extremely high defensive power.

The two Soul Bone skills were Eternal Frost Domain and Ice Emperor's Wrath.

Eternal Frost Domain was a domain-type Soul Skill that could rapidly freeze the area around Huo Yuhao's body.

Of the four Soul Skills the Ice Empress had granted Huo Yuhao, Ice Emperor's Wrath possessed the strongest attack power. It could release a jade-green beam of light containing the might of Extreme Ice, with immensely powerful freezing ability.

Ice Emperor's Wrath was extremely terrifying. As its price, it required powerful Soul Power to activate. Huo Yuhao would need to reach level fifty, becoming a Soul King, before he could unleash the complete Ice Emperor's Wrath.

As for an incomplete version, as long as the Ice Empress helped Huo Yuhao protect himself, he could release it.

The four Soul Skills granted to Huo Yuhao by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm gave him a ruler-like position in support and control, as well as unparalleled advantages in the creation and use of Soul Tools.

Meanwhile, the four Soul Skills granted to Huo Yuhao by the Ice Empress gave him incomparably powerful frontal combat ability. Now, let alone Xiao Wu alone, even if Xiao Wu and Tang San joined forces and used all of Huo Yuhao's various Soul Tools, they still would not be able to defeat Huo Yuhao as he was now!

The current Huo Yuhao could be described in one word: "strong"!

In two words, he was "abnormal"!

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm looked at Huo Yuhao as he was now and giggled foolishly.

It had originally thought that if Ice Empress refused to become Huo Yuhao's second Wisdom Soul Ring, Huo Yuhao's path to godhood would become much more difficult. It had even prepared itself for the two of them to struggle their way toward godhood together.

Unexpectedly, the situation took a dramatic turn. Ice Empress had not undergone a soul transmigration, but Snow Empress had!

This truly was an unexpected delight. After all those twists and turns, they had ultimately still achieved their goal.

Not only could Ice Empress become Huo Yuhao's second Wisdom Soul Ring and grant him a soul bone, soul ring, and martial soul, but Snow Empress would also become Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit.

At that thought, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Huo Yuhao looked toward Snow Empress at the same time.

Sensing Huo Yuhao's gaze, Snow Empress smiled faintly and said, "Yuhao, you've reached Rank 20 now, right?"

Huo Yuhao nodded.

Snow Empress said, "Bing'er has already become the first soul ring of your second martial soul. There is still one vacant soul ring slot on your second martial soul. I can become your Soul Spirit now. Do you still remember the incantation?"

Huo Yuhao nodded at first, then shook his head again. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Snow Empress, I do remember the incantation, but with my current strength, I'm afraid I have no way to turn you into a Soul Spirit. You're far too powerful..."

Creating a Soul Spirit consumed an enormous amount of spiritual power. Snow Empress was a peerless ferocious beast with seven hundred thousand years of cultivation. Even if Huo Yuhao were drained completely dry, he still would not succeed.

Snow Empress paused slightly, then seemed to realize something. "I forgot about that. It's fine. I'll remain in the Extreme North. Once your spiritual power is sufficient, you can come find me whenever you wish."

"Xue'er, you..." Ice Empress looked at Snow Empress with some reluctance.

Snow Empress said calmly, "Bing'er, even in the Extreme North, we rarely see each other anyway. Don't worry. Yuhao will come for me in three to five years at most. I've seen his cultivation speed in his previous life. It was very fast..."

Snow Empress then looked at Huo Yuhao and said, "All right, you should go now. Remember to cultivate diligently."

Huo Yuhao suddenly thought of something and asked, "Snow Empress, can you leave the Extreme North?"

If Snow Empress escorted and protected him, then he could go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Snow Empress understood what Huo Yuhao meant. She shook her head and said, "It would be best not to. Among humans are Rank 99 Limit Douluo, opponents I cannot defeat. To avoid any accidents, it would be best for me to wait for you in the Extreme North."

Huo Yuhao nodded. He was not disappointed; he would simply treat it as training.

Huo Yuhao turned around and, under Snow Empress's watchful gaze, walked into the distance.

Ice Empress was mentally exhausted after granting Huo Yuhao an additional martial soul and soul ring. After forcing herself to bid Snow Empress farewell, she burrowed deep into Huo Yuhao's sea of consciousness and fell asleep.

Only Sky Dream Ice Silkworm continued interacting with Huo Yuhao. Man and beast were searching for something.

After they had traveled some distance, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suddenly spoke. "Yuhao, stop. We found it!"

Huo Yuhao immediately halted, and even his breathing unconsciously became much lighter.

Following Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's guidance, Huo Yuhao saw a tiny figure almost completely buried beneath the snow and ice.

An ice silkworm!

What Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had been searching for was naturally an ice silkworm.

In his previous life, Huo Yuhao's second soul skill had been Simulate. Through spiritual fluctuations, it could distort space and use himself as the foundation to simulate various forms. It could also alter the color of soul rings.

It was an extremely practical soul skill. For the second soul ring of Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes martial soul, he still planned to attach an ice silkworm soul ring. He simply did not know whether he would be lucky enough to obtain the Simulate Soul Skill again.

Huo Yuhao stopped thirty meters away from the ice silkworm.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice rang out in Huo Yuhao's mind. "This ice silkworm has around three thousand years of cultivation, and it possesses the Simulate ability. Yuhao, there's a very high chance you can obtain the Simulate Soul Skill again!"

Huo Yuhao nodded. In his eyes, that spot was nothing but snow and ice, with nothing unusual about it.

Only through Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual power did Huo Yuhao discover that there was an ice silkworm there.