The Pursuit
After realizing that her originally foolproof plan had completely failed, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm dared not linger there.
While Ice Empress was still loudly boasting about how powerful she was as the Ice God High Priest, Tian Meng immediately took control of Huo Yuhao's body and fled.
When the Ice Empress discovered this, she was furious—how dare they escape! If she let an insect like you get away, how could she face the Ice God who had given her the position of High Priestess? How could she face the Snow Empress had entrusted her with managing the Far North while she was away?
Thinking of this, Ice Empress immediately began to use the power granted to him by the Ice God to lock onto Tian Meng's location, completely disregarding how much harm this would cause him. Right now, Ice Empress just wanted to kill this stinking bug as soon as possible!
During this process, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried several times to use her omnipotent Simulation talent to shake off Ice Empress, but thanks to the ability given to Ice Empress by the Ice God, everything in the entire Far North could be her eyes, so no matter how Tian Meng hid, Ice Empress could find her.
The only drawback of this ability is that it depends on how long Ice Empress's Spiritual Power can sustain it. If it is overused, Ice Empress herself will suffer a backlash due to insufficient Spiritual Power.
Fortunately, Tian Meng is currently attached to Huo Yuhao and cannot unleash her full strength. At the same time, her original power is only half of what it was.
Therefore, finding the location of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm is at most a bit difficult.
Ice Empress quickly caught up with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and began to attack it. Seeing this, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had no choice but to painfully detonate a portion of its own essence and then take the opportunity to escape.
However, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm noticed something was wrong. Ice Empress was able to find her mostly because of the so-called power of the Ice God, but why was Ice Empress standing still in the same spot now?
Unbeknownst to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, the Ice Empress was currently embroiled in his own troubles.
During the Ice Empress's pursuit of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, the communicator assigned to him by the Spirit Contract Pagoda suddenly rang, and the person on the other end of the communicator was none other than the Snow Empress!
It turns out that after leaving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Snow Empress planned to return to the Far North to take a look. Then, she came to the entrance of the Soul Spirit Realm in the Far North through the Soul Spirit Realm entrance of the Heavenly Soul Empire's Spirit Contract Pagoda.
The Snow Empress has now returned to the Ice God Fort, where she is waiting for the Ice Empress, who wants to catch up with her. She has also taken some rare and precious ice-attribute treasures from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as gifts.
Her purpose in returning was not only to reminisce and give gifts, but also to plan to cultivate in the secret realm left behind by the Ice God during this period.
At this stage, only Ice Empress can open the cultivation secret realm. Of course, if she has something to do, she can wait for her.
At this moment, Ice Empress is caught in a dilemma. On one side is a bastard who wants to erase her mind under the guise of love, and on the other side is her best friend, whom she harbors feelings for but who already has a boyfriend.
If she truly wants to completely capture the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm Ice Empress, she will inevitably have to use the power of the Ice God extensively.
After all, the Spiritual Power of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm far surpasses that of the Ice Empress.
Therefore, if one is not careful, that guy will seize the opportunity to escape.
However, that would prevent her from opening the Ice God Secret Realm in a short period of time. Theoretically, as the successor established by the Ice God, the Snow Empress is also her superior. Therefore, the Ice Empress must do her best to fulfill the Snow Empress's request.
Of course, the main reason is that Ice Empress didn't particularly want to disappoint their opponent.
Although the other person already has someone they like, this does not mean that Ice Empress has given up on his feelings for Snow Empress.
She understood that Snow Empress at most saw her as a younger sister who needed to be taken care of, but she still liked her.
So after a brief period of hesitation, Ice Empress gave up on the idea of pursuing Tian Meng. Besides, Tenmu had already detonated part of her essence, so even if Hyotei did eat her, she wouldn't improve much.
However, this doesn't mean that Ice Empress will let that bastard Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who dared to attack them, get away with it!
Thinking of the gift he had left him, Ice Empress couldn't help but sneer as he imagined the other's miserable end.
Returning to the pair of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Huo Yuhao, Tian Meng finally breathed a sigh of relief after realizing that the Ice Empress had given up chasing them.
He also apologized to Huo Yuhao, saying, "I'm sorry, Yuhao. I really didn't expect that Ice Empress's strength would have advanced to such a powerful level in such a short time."
Huo Yuhao shook his head and said, "It's alright, Brother Sky Dream. After all, you said it yourself, this is an unexpected situation. Now let's think about what to do next."
"First, we need to leave the Core Circle of Far North. Although the Ice Empress spared us for some reason, it doesn't mean we're out of danger," Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said solemnly. "You should know that there are plenty of Soul Beast here that can crush you with a single kick."
"However, if you encounter any good Soul Beast during this process, you can choose them as your Second Martial Soul. As for the second ring of your First Martial Soul, I've already prepared for it. Hunting them down is relatively easy; even if you were to defeat them alone, it wouldn't be a problem."
"Brother Sky Dream, I'll listen to you."
However, at that Tian Meng suddenly noticed something. She saw a large group of Soul Beast running towards the two of them.
Could this be a pursuing army arranged by the Ice Empress? Has the Ice Empress, now the Ice God High Priest, gained the ability to command the Far North Soul Beast outside her own clan?
Realizing this, Tian Meng could only hurry up and continue to flee with Huo Yuhao, trying to use her Simulation talent to shake off these Soul Beast.
However, even though the two managed to shake off a group of Soul Beast along the way, another pack of beasts would come to hunt them down soon afterward. This phenomenon did not change even after they left the Core Circle.
If it weren't for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Simulation talent, the two of them would have died long ago in the pursuit of these Soul Beast. During this process, the two of them had no intention of hunting Soul Beast.
The root cause of this situation is that when Ice Empress was chasing the two, they left a snowflake mark on them.
Whenever the two approached the location of a certain Beast Clan, this mark would alert those Soul Beast Soul Beast, prompting them to hunt down Huo Yuhao and his companion.
Upon learning of this situation Sky Dream Ice Silkworm attempted to erase the mark. Although he had always wanted the Ice Empress to leave a mark that belonged only to him, this was not the mark he wanted!
Unfortunately, the main energy that constitutes this mark comes from the Divine Power bestowed by the Ice God, so Tian Meng alone has no way to erase it.
After accepting this fact, Huo Yuhao and his companion only wanted to leave the dangerous Far North as soon as possible, because only by preserving their lives could they have a chance to seize the future.
Finally, after being chased by countless Soul Beast Soul Beast Huo Yuhao accidentally fell into a cave during his escape and successfully evaded their pursuit.
It was here that Huo Yuhao's fate was completely changed. He, who originally had hope of walking towards that bright and brilliant path, took his first step towards that endless Abyss.