Huo Yuhao: It Lost an Elder, So We Can't Let It Go!

Huo Yuhao had been right. The process of finding the Mutated Frost Centipede had been even easier and smoother than expected.

With the Qi Observation Technique working together with the Spirit Eye Martial Soul, it was as though Huo Yuhao had unlocked full-map vision.

Don't ask. If you asked, it was because it hadn't been turned off; if it hadn't been turned off, then it hadn't been turned on.

The Spirit Eye Martial Soul granted Huo Yuhao powerful visual abilities. As long as something lay within his sight, he could use the Qi Observation Technique to examine the Fortune within his field of vision.

This time, Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eye Martial Soul had been strengthened once more, enhancing his visual abilities and, in turn, improving his use of the Qi Observation Technique as well.

Huo Yuhao climbed to the summit of a relatively tall ice mountain. Standing atop it, the wind and snow could no longer obscure his vision, allowing him to see clearly into the distance.

Though he still could not make out many details, the more distinctive things were all plainly visible.

Sure enough, amid the Fortune of the Far North Land, Huo Yuhao spotted the phantom of a centipede. It was not too far from him, located somewhere within this Ice and Snow Mountain Range.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm confirmed that it was the Mutated Frost Centipede.

Speaking of this mountain range, Huo Yuhao had curiously asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about it. From the Fortune of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North Land, Huo Yuhao had noticed that this vast mountain range within the Core Region did not belong to any one of the Heavenly Kings.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm actually had an answer.

"Only Soul Beasts with something wrong with their heads would move into a place this harsh. Life in the Far North Land is already hard enough—why come here looking for excitement? Most of the Soul Beasts living here have inhabited this place for generations and long since adapted to its environment. Outside Soul Beasts can hardly survive here for long."

Huo Yuhao: "..."

Alright, that answer was too real. Huo Yuhao had nothing to say.

"Still, even though no outside Soul Beasts are willing to move in and settle here, some Soul Beasts seeking to grow stronger come here to train and search for opportunities. This place is considered a fairly well-known training ground and resource site in the Far North Land," Sky Dream Ice Silkworm added.

This reminded Huo Yuhao of the Bighorn Sheep Soul Beast killed by the Snow Empress, and he could not help sighing. "Looks like there really are plenty of opportunities here. Even the Three Great Heavenly Kings come here looking for them~"

For other Soul Beasts, coming here was training. But for the Three Great Heavenly Kings, no one could keep what they wanted from them.

There was really no need for them to go out of their way to occupy the place.

They only needed to come in regularly and sweep it clean.

Yet even the Three Great Heavenly Kings had not completely explored the entire mountain range.

Perhaps because of the harsh environment, although the mountain range was quite vast, the density of Soul Beasts living here was low. There were also almost no sizable Soul Beast populations. Instead, there were rather more Mutated Soul Beasts with unusual bloodlines living here.

It was probably because this place had little contact with the outside world, keeping both its environment and Soul Beasts relatively primitive and allowing most Mutated Soul Beasts to remain intact.

The Mutated Frost Centipede Huo Yuhao sought was among them.

Relying on the Qi Observation Technique, Huo Yuhao avoided danger and sought good fortune along the way. Then, using the Molted Skin to conceal his aura, he arrived near the Mutated Frost Centipede's territory without any real mishap.

Unexpectedly, the Mutated Frost Centipede lived inside an inconspicuous little ice mountain.

Above the small mountain floated the phantom of the Mutated Frost Centipede. Faint golden Fortune gathered toward the mountain's interior, indicating that the Mutated Frost Centipede was hiding within.

Huo Yuhao did not rashly climb the mountain.

"Brother Sky Dream, I'll leave it to you." Huo Yuhao hid outside the ice mountain and spoke to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

"Don't worry, leave it to me~" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm smiled confidently, drifting out of the Spiritual Sea and directly activating his Soul Skill.

Normally, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could activate Soul Skills originating from himself, such as Mental Detection, without going through Huo Yuhao. This would not reveal the Soul Ring, and both the detection range and effectiveness would surpass what Huo Yuhao could achieve using the Soul Skill alone.

However, if Huo Yuhao cooperated with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in using the Soul Skill, its effects could be enhanced even further.

This time, Huo Yuhao no longer concealed himself. He directly activated Martial Soul Possession, and a white First Soul Ring floated into view.

"First Soul Skill, Mental Detection!"

Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shouted softly in unison. Mental Detection pierced through the ice and snow, probing into the small mountain.

Very soon, Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm saw the scene inside the mountain.

The inside of the small mountain was actually hollow.

Within that hollow space, Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm saw a gigantic Mutated Frost Centipede over two hundred meters long!

Just as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had said, the Mutated Frost Centipede was snow-white from head to toe.

Only upon seeing the Mutated Frost Centipede in person did they realize how overwhelmingly imposing it looked. Its entire body was shrouded in a faint Aura. It had nineteen pairs of legs, and behind it was a pair of wings as thin as cicada wings.

"So big!" ×2

Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke in unison, unable to stop themselves from crying out in shock.

"A Mutated Frost Centipede this large must have a considerable cultivation age." After his initial amazement, Huo Yuhao frowned.

"Let's go, let's go~ Brother Hao, let's find the Thorn Snow Centipede first. Once we're stronger, we can come back and deal with this Mutated Frost Centipede, then devour its bloodline." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chose to flee.

But then Huo Yuhao noticed something was wrong.

"Brother Sky Dream, wait a moment. Don't you think there's something off about this Mutated Frost Centipede?"

"Huh?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm froze for a moment, then hurriedly examined the Mutated Frost Centipede more closely. To his surprise, he discovered that it had long since lost all signs of life.

"It's dead?"

"That's right, this Mutated Frost Centipede is dead..." Huo Yuhao nodded, his eyes filled with thought.

"Then didn't we come here for nothing?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm looked like he was about to cry.

"Brother Sky Dream, haven't you noticed? The phantom of the Mutated Frost Centipede above the little mountain is still there! If a soul beast dies, its phantom within Fortune will disappear as well." Huo Yuhao's eyes gleamed as the corner of his lips curled up.

"So that means... there's another Mutated Frost Centipede here?!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm finally caught on.

"That's right!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm immediately increased his spiritual output, attempting to use Mental Detection to locate the other Mutated Frost Centipede.

However, after scanning the mountain's interior, he found nothing. What he did confirm was that the cave inside the mountain had not formed naturally; it looked more like it had been dug out by the Mutated Frost Centipedes themselves.

"How strange..." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said in confusion.

"Brother Sky Dream, scan inside the Mutated Frost Centipede's body!" Huo Yuhao suggested.

"Alright!"

Mental Detection shifted directions and entered the Mutated Frost Centipede's body, searching inch by inch.

When it reached the Mutated Frost Centipede's abdomen, it finally found something.

A Mutated Frost Centipede over a meter long was hidden there. It had no wings behind it and only ten pairs of legs. At a glance, it was clearly a juvenile Mutated Frost Centipede!

In the Little Mutated Frost Centipede's embrace was a pure white pearl the size of an adult's fist. The Little Mutated Frost Centipede was slowly absorbing the power within it.

The instant he saw the pearl, Huo Yuhao suddenly thought of a special soul beast that had appeared in Douluo Dalu 1—the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.

Why had he thought of it?

Because the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent was also a mutant, and it possessed an Inner Core within its body!

"Could that be the Mutated Frost Centipede's Inner Core?!" Huo Yuhao's eyes immediately lit up.

The likely situation was that the adult Mutated Frost Centipede had died and left its Inner Core to the Little Mutated Frost Centipede to nurture it.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm also identified the Little Mutated Frost Centipede's age. "Brother Hao, that Little Mutated Frost Centipede is only around a hundred years old. It looks like it was born not long ago."

"Brother Sky Dream, that little fellow lost its elder and must be terribly lonely living alone. We can't let it go! Hurry and use Soul Impact to send it off to reunite with its elder!" Huo Yuhao said decisively.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: "Huh???"