"Pfft!"
After a soft sound, an arm suddenly thrust out from beneath the thick snow. Then Huo Yuhao's completely naked body slowly climbed out.
His muscles were not particularly bulky, but their contours were smooth. Once he emerged from the ice and snow, his skin, white as luminous jade, gave off a peculiar sheen.
Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes. Two colors flashed through them in an instant-first icy white, then emerald green-before finally settling into the multicolored radiance of his body martial soul's second awakening.
A strange sight appeared. As the falling snowflakes came within three feet of him, they began swirling around his body, as though forming a small tornado of ice and snow.
Huo Yuhao clenched his fist and punched fiercely forward. A tremendous burst of compressed air instantly swept up the snow on the ground ahead.
A blood-red soul ring, glittering with dazzling radiance, rose from beneath his feet. Four golden patterns flickered faintly upon it.
Red and gold mingled, brilliantly eye-catching against the snow-covered ice plains. An ancient, primeval aura spilled outward, spreading in all directions.
"We finally did it, Yuhao! All your big brother's painstaking efforts weren't wasted!" Brother Sky Dream said joyfully.
"But Yuhao, your cultivation is still low. Although your body has been strengthened far beyond your cultivation level, you still can't wield the power of the Ice Empress's soul ring and soul bone. As your cultivation keeps improving, though, the abilities she's given you will definitely surprise you."
Huo Yuhao's soul power cultivation had now reached rank twenty-eight, and he was only a step away from rank twenty-nine. His physical strength, however, had already reached that of a high-rank Soul Ancestor, and might even rival that of a Soul King.
By ordinary standards, Huo Yuhao was a severely lopsided cultivator. The