Huo Yuhao was no longer the ignorant boy who had known nothing about the Soul Master World.
"That Ice Sky Douluo is a Titled Douluo!" Huo Yuhao's voice was grave. "And a Titled Douluo with ultimate ice at that. Even if he only obtained that ultimate attribute through a shortcut, his strength must still far surpass an ordinary Titled Douluo's. His actual combat power might not even fall far short of a Super Douluo's!"
Their dean, Yan Shaozhe, for instance, was a rank ninety-five Super Douluo, one of the figures who stood at the continent's summit.
In Huo Yuhao's heart, Dean Yan was an almost insurmountable peak.
Yet the oppressive presence of that Ice Sky Douluo, that pure, absolute cold and vastness, had made him subconsciously feel that even if Dean Yan came in person, he might not easily subdue someone who possessed ultimate ice.
"How could we possibly retrieve the Soul Bone from someone like that?" Huo Yuhao's tone carried the crushing weight of reality. "Acting rashly would only plunge us into a doom from which we could never recover."
"Are we supposed to just let this go?" The Ice Empress's thoughts brimmed with resentment and fury, but beneath that fury lurked a trace of helplessness, as though reality had doused its flames. Proud and hot-tempered as she was, she was not entirely incapable of weighing the costs and benefits.
A Titled Douluo, especially one with an ultimate attribute, was indeed someone the current Huo Yuhao could not afford to provoke.
"Of course we can't just let this go!" A glint of resolve flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes. "We will get that Soul Bone back! But not now, and not by smashing an egg against a rock."
He drew a deep breath and analyzed the situation calmly. "What we