Although Snow Girl had long since been reborn and assumed human form, the memories of her past etched deep into her soul had never truly faded.
She had never harbored any intention of harming Beast God Di Tian, the leader revered by the entire Soul Beast Lineage. Precisely because of that, when Huo Yuhao asked her not to treat the trial as a fight to the death, she agreed readily, without a second thought.
Looking at the woman before him, who radiated the crisp chill of ice and snow, Huo Yuhao said with deep feeling, "No one understands me better than my Xue'er."
At his words, little ripples of a smile spread across Snow Girl's face. "Since when was empathy an ability exclusive to you humans?
"We Soul Beasts who have awakened our intelligence have weathered tens of thousands of years of frost and storms, life and death. We understand just as well how difficult it is for each other to live in this world."
She gazed into the distance, her voice gentle and clear. "Among us Soul Beasts, high-ranking beasts whose intelligence rivals that of humans generally don't provoke conflicts with one another lightly.
"Just as you humans don't slaughter one another for no reason."
"Don't keep imagining us as mindless wild beasts that survive only by the strong devouring the weak.
"When you humans built your first city-state and gained a foothold on this continent, the higher ranks of our Soul Beasts already stopped treating you as ignorant creatures fresh down from the treetops." Snow Girl's voice was quiet.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help laughing as he listened. He teased her, "Xue'er, you've already joined me and become human, yet you still unconsciously take the Soul Beasts' side whenever you speak?"
Snow Girl immediately glared at him, her reproach