A Hero Saves the Beauty, Gu Yuejin and Meng Hongchen

"In your dreams!"

"You want me, the dignified Ice Jade Scorpion, to serve as a spirit ring for a human? Not even as a second spirit ring, let alone anything else!"

The Ice Empress flicked her emerald tail-hook behind her, her face clearly broadcasting, "Don't touch me."

"And you, you useless ice silkworm, stop acting so self-important."

"Just looking at your face makes me sick!"

With her tsundere nature in full swing, the Ice Empress's combat prowess was in no way inferior to her Extreme Ice, leaving Skydream huddled in a corner, drawing circles on the ground.

"It seems gentle persuasion is useless."

Gu Yuejin sighed, stepped forward, and blocked the path of the Ice Empress, who was preparing to continue her verbal assault.

His originally gentle aura instantly turned sharp, like a blade unsheathed.

"Ice Empress, get a grip on the situation."

"The Snow Empress has already made her choice. If you refuse, she will be left to face eternity in solitude within a few days."

"And you, you will be reduced to ashes in your upcoming heavenly tribulation."

"Is this your so-called sisterly love? Leaving her to struggle on alone in this world?"

These words were like a sharp knife, piercing precisely into the Ice Empress's softest spot.

She looked at the aura of the Snow Empress sleeping within Huo Yuhao, and the arrogance in her eyes crumbled bit by bit, replaced by deep conflict and reluctance.

A long silence passed.

"Hmph... I just don't want Xue'er to be lonely, that's all."

The Ice Empress turned her head away, her voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz. "This human brat is getting a bargain."

Done.

Gu Yuejin's lips curled upward. As expected, when dealing with a tsundere, you have to use reverse psychology.

The Extreme North, outskirts of the mixed zone.

At this moment, because he had fused with the Snow Empress's origin and the Ice Empress, Huo Yuhao looked like a walking, human-shaped lightbulb.

The bitter cold of the Extreme North felt like a sauna to him now.

Kimoji.

His entire body radiated an extreme chill; soul beasts within a hundred-meter radius could smell that scent of the "Ruler of the Extreme North" from far away.

It was too conspicuous.

"I must disguise myself."

Gu Yuejin frowned. "We need a Simulation soul skill that can mask our aura."

It wasn't just to hide his aura, but also because of the two Fierce Beast Soul Rings belonging to his Second Martial Soul.

After all, Gu Yuejin understood the principle that an innocent man is guilty of a crime if he carries a treasure.

After fusing with the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, besides obtaining two Fierce Beast Soul Rings, he had also received the most powerful torso and head soul bones that could be bestowed upon a human.

"That's easy!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm immediately raised his hand to speak, a smile of sacrificing his own kin for the greater good plastered on his face.

"I know there's a nest of Thousand Year Ice Silkworms nearby; they're my descendants. Borrowing their rings is simply perfect!"

Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched. "Brother Tianmeng, aren't those your own kin?"

"Oh, for the great cause of creating a god, sacrificing the minority for the majority is only right!"

Under the guidance of this "traitor," the three of them quickly locked onto an unlucky Thousand Year Ice Silkworm.

However, right in the middle of their journey.

Gu Yuejin suddenly stopped in his tracks, his gaze falling upon the snow ahead.

There, a clear trail of footprints lay.

They did not belong to a soul beast, but were the boot prints of a human.

"Interesting."

Gu Yuejin narrowed his eyes and suppressed his aura. "In the vast Extreme North, I usually don't even see a ghost, yet it's so lively today."

I just sent off a Rank 9 Soul Master, and now another group has arrived?

"Let's go take a look."

Crossing over an ice hill.

The sounds of intense combat drifted over on the cold wind.

In the snow-covered valley below, a silver-haired girl was wielding a pair of thin swords, locked in a fierce struggle with a soul beast over ten meters in length.

The soul beast was deep blue, possessed a single horn, and was wreathed in black ice mist.

Thousand Year Magic Ice Flood Dragon.

Although it was only at the thousand-year level, this type of soul beast was extremely cunning and highly venomous, making it no less troublesome than an ordinary Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.

As for the girl, she looked to be no more than fourteen or fifteen years old.

Her short silver hair danced in the snowstorm, her skin was as fair as snow, and her wine-red eyes, in particular, held a touch of stubbornness amidst their liveliness.

She wore a sleek white combat suit, and the Flight Soul Tool on her back emitted a blue glow. From time to time, she fired several Soul Tool Rays from her hands to restrict the movements of the Magic Ice Flood Dragon.

"Her cultivation is decent, but her combat experience is too green."

Gu Yuejin stood on the high ground, offering his critique.

As expected.

Relying on the suppressive firepower of her Soul Tool, the girl gradually gained the upper hand, and a smug smile couldn't help but appear on her face.

"Big worm, watch how this young lady finishes you off!"

She let out a sharp cry, the light on her thin swords flared, and she lunged forward, intending to land a killing blow.

However, a flash of human-like cunning suddenly crossed the eyes of the Magic Ice Flood Dragon, which had been feigning weakness and retreating.

Just as the girl closed in.

ROAR—!

The Magic Ice Flood Dragon suddenly opened its maw, and a jet of pitch-black poisonous mist surged out. At the same time, its thick tail whipped through the air like an iron lash, whistling as it slammed toward the girl's waist.

An ambush!

This was a fatal strike that the Magic Ice Flood Dragon had been planning for a long time!

If it connected, the consequences would be unthinkable!

"Oh no!"

The girl's expression changed drastically; she wanted to dodge, but it was already too late.

Suspended in mid-air with no leverage, she could only watch helplessly as the scale-covered tail grew larger in her pupils.

I was careless!

Am I going to die?

The young girl closed her eyes, unwilling to accept her fate.

However, the excruciating pain she expected never came.

Instead, she fell into a warm, sturdy embrace.

Whoosh—

The sound of the wind beside her ears seemed to come to a standstill.

The girl's eyelashes fluttered, and she cautiously opened her eyes.

What came into view was a profile so handsome it was breathtaking.

His black hair was like ink, and his golden eyes were like the sun.

There was no panic in those eyes, only a composure and indifference that seemed to command everything.

Gu Yuejin held her slender waist with one arm, his figure hovering in mid-air like a god descending.

"So... so handsome..."

The girl's brain instantly short-circuited. Her previously pale, pretty face was suddenly flushed with two red clouds, and her heart skipped a beat.

Is this the legendary... hero saving the damsel?

"Roar?!"

The Magic Ice Flood Dragon below had missed its strike and was about to fly into a rage, but it suddenly sensed the terrifying aura emanating from the man above.

That suppression, coming from the depths of its soul, made every scale on its body stand on end.

Run!

Must run!

The Magic Ice Flood Dragon turned its head, desperate to burrow into the snow.

"Want to leave now?"

"Too late!"

Gu Yuejin didn't even glance at it; he simply raised his right hand casually and clenched it in the void.

Hum.

Space solidified.

The massive Magic Ice Flood Dragon, as if gripped by an invisible giant hand at its throat, hung stiffly in mid-air, unable to move an inch.

Then.

Bang!

With a casual flick, the Magic Ice Flood Dragon was slammed heavily onto the snow in front of the young girl, its eyes rolling back as it fainted.

The entire process took less than three seconds.

One-hit kill.

Gu Yuejin finally released his grip, setting down the girl who had been watching in a daze, and said in a flat tone:

"Don't get distracted during a fight next time. It won't show you mercy just because you're pretty."

The girl finally snapped back to reality, feeling her cheeks burning hot. She hurriedly straightened her disheveled collar and bowed deeply to Gu Yuejin.

"Th-thank you for saving me!"

She lifted her head, her wine-red eyes sparkling, her voice carrying a hint of imperceptible shyness and excitement.

"Um... my name is Meng Hongchen."

"Could you tell me your name?"