White Demon Possession-Did I Have Ultimate Ice Too?
Snow Empress controlled the towering White Demon to take a step forward.
The next moment, the two-meter-tall Demon Body suddenly dissipated into a ball of white light, which quickly spread along Gu Mingyuan's limbs and torso.
Pale armor adhered to the chest, abdomen, and arms. The layered battle skirt that originally hung down the White Demon's waist gathered inward, reforming into waist and leg armor to protect vitals.
The sides of my forehead felt slightly tight, and two short, curved, black horns pierced through my skin and grew out.
Gu Mingyuan's shoulders and back tensed, his bones cracking softly, and in the next instant he received the information:
[White Demon Racial Talent - Demon Body: During possession, physical strength is doubled, and physical regeneration is increased by two times.]
He raised his right hand, encased in pale gauntlets, and clenched it into a fist.
Even before the Golden Jade Body was activated, his basic physical attributes had already been enhanced solely by the enhancement provided by this demonic armor.
If he were to combine the attributes of the Golden Jade Body with the bonuses from his Soul Ring, he would be confident in his ability to fight even a Soul Saint head-on.
Gu Mingyuan looked down at the white armor he was wearing, and a smile gradually crept onto his lips.
But when his gaze swept over the lone, floating orange -Golden Soul Ring at his feet, he became somewhat puzzled:
In the original story, when Snow Empress transformed into Soul Spirit, she provided four Soul Ring. How come I only have one spirit ring under my feet when I use the Demon's Contract?
Thinking back to the strength that White Demon had displayed when he swung his sword, he quickly made up his mind.
A Demon Body capable of unleashing the power of a Level 95 Hyper Douluo wouldn't just appear out of thin air.
"Why are you standing still? Try mobilizing your Soul Power." The Snow Empress's clear, cold voice echoed in his mind.
"Relax and follow my guidance."
Gu Mingyuan regained his composure, released his deliberate control over his Soul Power, and circulated his Soul Power according to her instructions. Then he raised his right hand, his five fingers slightly spread.
The air above my Palm cooled rapidly. A crystal-clear, six-petaled snowflake slowly condensed in my palm, tiny ice crystals falling along the edge of the snowflake and landing on my gauntlet, disappearing for a moment.
He stared at the snowflake, a hint of surprise in his eyes. "Ultimate Ice?"
"Not bad." The Snow Empress was also carefully sensing the changes in the merging Soul Power between the two.
"Whether it was my Origin Source that merged with you through possession, or the effect of the Soul Ring itself, is probably unknown. But now, you can indeed manipulate the Ultimate Ice."
With a thought, Gu Mingyuan caused the six-petaled snowflake to scatter in his palm, the chill spreading along his five fingers and instantly condensing into a thin layer of dark blue ice on the surface of his Palm.
He tried to close his five fingers, and the ice immediately twisted and stretched according to his will, turning into a sharp ice spike about a foot long in the blink of an eye.
Having just mastered this level of cold energy for the first time, he was still a bit clumsy in manipulating it and needed to focus on controlling the output of his power. However, the chill emanating from the tip of the ice cone was enough for him to understand that this was the Ultimate Ice!
Within the Sea of Spirit, Ice Empress, who had been observing from the edge, could no longer remain seated.
Not only can Snow Empress use White Demon's body to move freely, but she can also gain the combat power of Titled Douluo?
Is this still Soul Skill from the Douluo Continent?
She took two steps forward and couldn't help but urge, "Xue'er, can you come back first? I want to try too."
Before the Snow Empress could answer, the Ice Empress hurriedly added, "You've tried both summoning and possession!"
The urgent voice of Ice Empress echoed in his mind. Gu Mingyuan found it amusing and dispersed the ice spikes from his palm.
"Don't rush, it's your turn now."
Ming Capital, the Underground Storage District of the Mingde Hall.
With Du Busi and Xuan Zi's group withdrawing one after another, the tense situation finally eased.
On the outer high ground, the Imperial Family Soul Engineer Corps taxi soldiers began to deactivate the Linked Array one by one, and the thick metal cannons slowly lowered.
Jing Hongchen stood in front of the Warehouse District, which had collapsed most of the way, with broken alloy plates and charred rocks under his feet.
A dozen or so guards from the Mingde Hall were searching through the ruins, covered in dust and dirt, carrying out wounded soldiers covered in blood on stretchers.
Some had severed arms, others had their chest armor completely pierced, and suppressed groans of pain echoed in the empty underground space. Several corpses covered with white sheets lay side by side at the entrance of the passage; they were the Level 9 Soul Engineer had died in battle that night.
Jing Hongchen watched his subordinates coming and going, his jaw clenched so tightly that, combined with his somewhat obese body, he looked rather comical.
But none of those present dared to make fun of it.
After a moment, he exhaled a breath of stale air, turned around, walked to Kong Deming's side, and bowed respectfully.
"Elder Kong, that 100,000-Year Embryo at the God-Sealing Platform..."
Kong Deming stood with his hands behind his back beneath a section of broken wall, his gaze sweeping over the wreckage of the overturned transport truck below, and slowly shook his head.
"I'm afraid it really wasn't those two who took it."
Jing Hongchen's lips moved, but she still couldn't swallow her anger. "Du Busi was after the Embryo from the start, and Xuan Zi was also causing trouble. If it weren't for them..."
"If Du Busi had succeeded, he wouldn't have stayed put until our army was pressing in before even thinking about retreating," Kong Deming interrupted him.
"As for Xuan Zi, before Du Busi shouted about breaking the Embryo, he didn't even know what you were guarding. If the Shrek people had taken something, they wouldn't have just been passively defending themselves at the exit."
Jing Hongchen was speechless for a moment. He understood this principle, but it was precisely because he understood it that he felt even more flustered.
He looked down at the Transport Manifest in his hand and said in a low voice, "But the items were right here, and the alloy gate outside was already locked. If it wasn't them, could it have been our own people who took them in the chaos?"
Kong Deming reached out and took the roster, glancing down at two pages. It detailed the names of all the Soul Engineer and Guards responsible for transferring the God-Sealing Platform that night.
"Continue the investigation." Kong Deming closed the page.
"Starting from the temporary change of route in the Outer City, everyone who handled the convoy and knew the whereabouts of the God-Sealing Platform, especially the escorts who entered the Warehouse District tonight, must be investigated without exception. Interrogate the living separately, and for the dead, check their Storage Soul Tool and belongings as well."
Jing Hongchen was silent for a moment, then said in a hoarse voice, "Then let's get back the compensation from the Body Sect and Shrek first. Most of the equipment in the Core Area is destroyed, and this place needs to be rebuilt as soon as possible."
With a deficit of hundreds of millions of Gold Soul Coin, coupled with the loss of manpower and Manufacturing Station, even if Mingde Hall managed to take a bite out of Du Busi and Shrek, it was still cripplingly damaged this time.
Just as Kong Deming was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of two figures approaching from the side. He immediately raised his hand, signaling Jing Hongchen to stop for the moment.
He turned around to greet Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling, who had withdrawn their Martial Soul, his expression returning to its polite manner:
"Many thanks to both of you for your help today, which prevented Du Busi and Xuan Zi from escaping easily. The Imperial Family will remember this favor and will send a gift of gratitude to your esteemed clan tomorrow."
Zhongli Wu put away the bone scepter, tucked his hands into the wide sleeves of his black robe, and waved with a smile:
"Why should Elder Kong be so formal? Now that the Holy Spirit Sect is the Chief of the Seven Sects and is cooperating with the Empire, how can we allow outsiders to act so presumptuously in the Ming Capital?"