The day after Yu Daoyun left, Huo Yuhao successfully reached the outskirts of the Core Circle and prepared to put their fishing plan into action.
They planned to trap the Ice Empress first, then force her to submit.
Huo Yuhao asked worriedly, "Brother Sky Dream, can we really pull this off? I have a bad feeling. I just can't shake the sense that we're in danger."
This instinct had helped him avoid quite a few crises in the past, and this time was no different.
Hearing this, Sky Dream thumped his chest and assured him, "Yuhao, don't worry. Your big brother might not always make a move, but when I do, I'll make sure it blows your eyes wide open. Get ready to receive your Second Martial Soul."
Huo Yuhao nodded and quietly hid himself.
Though he sensed danger, Huo Yuhao still believed Brother Sky Dream wouldn't harm him.
Once he obtained a Second Martial Soul, he'd be able to surpass Senior Yu, right?
Soon, Sky Dream released the aura of his own walking power bank and shouted toward the depths of the Far North, "Bingbing, my darling Bingbing! Haven't you always missed me? Well, I'm back now! Do you dare come out and face me?"
"Bingbing, I'm back. Tian Meng is back! Every time I think of your enchanting figure, I lie awake all night. If you want to see me, hurry over. I know you can feel my aura."
At those words, the Ice Empress had yet to appear, but Huo Yuhao couldn't help twitching the corner of his mouth.
How shameless!
Just then, the sky over the depths of the Far North suddenly changed. A layer of emerald-green light spread toward them, and the temperature plunged to the freezing point.
Huo Yuhao sucked in a sharp breath.
What a powerful Second Martial Soul.
The next moment, the Ice Empress's crisp voice rang out. "Tian Meng, I never thought you'd still be alive. I've missed you so much, I can hardly wait to eat you."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's tone suddenly turned tender. "Bingbing, I came back because I was afraid you'd die. Whenever I go to sleep, I think of your peerless beauty, and that full bosom of yours. I miss you so much. I can hardly wait to become your mate."
"Your next tribulation is approaching, isn't it? I calculated that you'd be in trouble within a hundred years, so I came back. Let's be together forever."
Hearing this made Huo Yuhao break out in goosebumps.
How shameless!
So Brother Sky Dream was actually a smooth-talker who could dish out one lewd line after another.
The Ice Empress's expression darkened, but a playful smile soon curled her lips.
Tian Meng was right: she was indeed facing her next tribulation. But she already had a solution—the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow that Little Yu had brought her.
Now that Tian Meng was back, she could absorb his origin power, making it much easier to overcome the tribulation.
At that moment.
Sky Dream sensed that something was wrong. The Ice Empress didn't seem the least bit flustered, and her heartbeat was calm. He couldn't help asking, "Ice Empress, could it be that you've found a way to break through your tribulation?"
"Guess."
The Ice Empress smiled and instantly reverted to her true form, the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion. Terrifying pressure and waves of Soul Power erupted, leaving even Tian Meng stunned.
Sky Dream's heart sank.
This was bad!
Something had gone wrong!
The Ice Empress had found a solution!
That meant he'd just delivered himself to her on a silver platter.
Sky Dream reacted at once. Before the Ice Empress could release a skill, he sent out his shed husk to trap her and shouted, "Yuhao, run! Something's gone wrong!"
Huo Yuhao was already running before Brother Sky Dream could even warn him.
But he was only a One-Ring Soul Master, and a three-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year-old super Ferocious Beast was right behind him.
Sky Dream was frantic. He directly seized control of Huo Yuhao's body and started burrowing underground to escape.
Behind them, the Ice Empress struggled for three seconds before breaking free of the shed husk. Then she chased after them, hounding Tian Meng in every direction.
Sky Dream's heart sank.
He'd thought of everything, but he hadn't expected the Ice Empress to find a way through her tribulation. He'd walked right up to her door and offered himself as a free meal.
Soon, the Far North was filled with the sight of the Ice Empress chasing Huo Yuhao everywhere. She drove him this way and that, but somehow never managed to kill him.
The three-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year-old Ice Empress seemed to have been cursed by the Plane Master, always reacting half a beat too late.
As a result, Huo Yuhao escaped one pursuit after another.
At that moment, the true Child of Destiny had become reality.
A One-Ring Soul Master was being hunted by the three-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, yet remained unharmed. It was like Ning Rongrong, a One-Ring Soul Master, using the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to withstand the ninth Soul Skill of a Level 99 Peak Douluo.
What did it mean to be a Child of Destiny? This was what it meant.
Only when Electrolux awakened ahead of schedule and used Tian Meng's origin power to unleash necromancy did Huo Yuhao finally escape the Far North.
At that moment.
The Ice Empress stood on the snowy ground of the Far North, doubting her own strength for the first time.
She was the seventh-ranked Ferocious Beast among the Ten Great Fierce Beasts, and she'd hunted a mere One-Ring Soul Master. In the end, not only had she failed to kill him, she'd let him get away.
A disgrace beyond measure. An utter humiliation.
The angrier the Ice Empress became, the more she wanted to take it out on someone. When she returned to the Far North, she caught several Ice Silkworms and had them for dinner.
Elsewhere, amid the icy snows of the Far North, Yu Daoyun flew through the sky, admiring the scenery along the way without fearing the Soul Beasts below.
With Snow Empress's imprint on him, these Ferocious Beasts would bow their heads in submission at a single glance.
In the Far North, Snow Empress was the undisputed overlord, with an even higher status than Di Tian held in Star Dou.
Yu Daoyun had naturally become the emperor of the Far North.
He'd heard the commotion just now, too. Looking deeply in the direction where Huo Yuhao had disappeared, he exclaimed, "The Child of Destiny is terrifying. Even the three-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year-old Ice Empress was cursed by the Plane Master. If it were me, I couldn't think of a single way to escape her clutches."
"This is an utter disgrace for the Ice Empress, on par with Qian Daoliu unleashing his ninth Soul Skill only for Ning Rongrong, a One-Ring Soul Master, to block it."
"But... could Huo Yuhao actually turn this disaster into a blessing? Could he escape and stumble upon a dying, top-tier Soul Beast, absorb it as a Martial Soul, and start another life of cheating his way to the top?"
"That might actually happen. After all, if the Child of Destiny didn't have destiny on his side, he wouldn't be called the Child of Destiny. Tang San might even find a way to give his dog a buff."
Thinking this, Yu Daoyun sighed, marveling at how lucky Huo Yuhao was.
Suddenly, Yu Daoyun looked up and spotted a group of human Soul Masters several kilometers away, venturing deep into the Far North. He frowned.
He wasn't in the Extreme North Core Circle, but even here the temperature was more than ordinary Soul Masters could withstand.
What had this group of Soul Masters come to the Far North for? He decided to go take a look.
Yu Daoyun sped up and concealed himself.
In the snowfield.
A group of black-robed Soul Masters were setting up Soul Tool traps around a valley inhabited by Soul Beasts. Once a large number of Soul Beasts appeared, the traps would be triggered.
Just then, one of the black-robed young men said, "Young Lord Yan Feng, are we really going to hunt this many ice-attribute Soul Beasts at once? I've heard the Soul Beasts of the Far North are all dangerous, and we might even provoke some powerful beings. Why not go to Star Dou Forest or Evil Demon Forest instead?"
This man was Tang Dai, a legitimate descendant of the Tang family. His Martial Soul was the Skeleton King, a rare top-tier Martial Soul.
Their mission this time was to hunt Soul Beasts and collect as many beast souls and blood as they could.
Just then, the black-clad young man at the front said, "It's the Cult Master's order. Why are you spouting so much nonsense? We just need to carry out the mission. Besides, those damn Shrek Supervisory Team disciples aren't here, so it'll be easier to get things done."
"You lot, make sure you hurry. We need to finish setting up the traps before nightfall, then wait for the Soul Beasts to return home."
This man was Yan Feng, the Holy Spirit Cult Cult Master's personal disciple. His Soul Power fluctuations had reached the Soul Emperor level, making him a genius on the same level as Ma Xiaotao.
At Yan Feng's command, the black-robed Soul Masters all sped up their trap-setting.
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