The Far North.
Amid the howling wind and snow, Jin Ruier's nose had turned red from the cold, and three Soul Rings-yellow, yellow, purple-shone around her.
While Huo Yuhao endured the Ice Empress's sacrifice, Jin Ruier had also finished condensing her third Soul Ring.
Jin Ruier did not need to hunt Soul Beasts and absorb their Soul Rings.
Or rather, she did not need to for now.
"Hehe, it's finally... over. Now Yuhao truly has the strength to protect himself!"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's excited voice rang out.
Bang!!!
The next instant, a fair, slender hand slowly emerged from the ice and snow.
"Huff! Huff!! Huff!!!"
His breathing went from long and steady to rapid.
Huo Yuhao's searing blood instantly coursed through his entire body. The skin of his bare upper body went from snowy white to rosy as blood flowed throughout him.
He was like a flawless piece of uncarved jade.
After the Life Exchange, his originally scrawny body had filled out as conditions in Holy Soul Village improved and the entire village fed him. His physique was lean and muscular, with eight clearly defined abdominal muscles.
A dazzling green light shone across his entire back, from his shoulders to his waist.
The next instant, an enormous Ice Jade Emperor Crab Martial Soul mark flickered faintly. Flowing Soul Power slowly lit up the scorpion's pincers, shone all the way to the tip of its tail, and then illuminated the entire Martial Soul mark.
"Urgh... argh... aaaaah!!!"
A roar of utter suppression and endurance burst from Huo Yuhao's mouth. The next instant, the entire Far North shook.
Below the Three Heavenly Kings, all the Soul Beasts fell to their knees in dense masses.
A terrifying Ferocious Beast pressure slowly emerged. An enormous scorpion's silhouette flickered behind Huo Yuhao, then