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As the audience jeered loudly, Huo Yuhao paid them no mind. His focus was entirely on the man standing in front of him: Tang San.
In terms of cultivation level, Huo Yuhao knew he was no match for Tang San. But Dou Yi Tianmeng, Dou Er tianmeng, and Ice Jade Empress Scorpion had analyzed that Tang San would probably play by the rules in the competition.
To Huo Yuhao, that just made him seem even more hypocritical.
Because of this, he could use all sorts of tricks, knowing that his opponent wouldn't really kill him. Fame had its benefits, but it also came with its downsides. If you did something outrageous, it would draw a lot of criticism, and you'd never be able to silence all the voices.
Whether it was before he crossed over into this world or after, Huo Yuhao was sure of one thing: there's a vast number of idiots in the world.
This was also Tang San's fault, who asked him and that Guang Ling to create things like the mother-child soul-guiding photography ball?
"I got this," came the voice of the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion in Huo Yuhao's mind. In an instant, she took control of his body, making him drop to the ground.
From Tang San's perspective, and that of the audience, Huo Yuhao appeared with a toothy grin, his hands transforming into icy pincers, while a scorpion tail emerged from his lower back, making him look like a genuine scorpion.
If it had just been the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, she wouldn't have been able to achieve this level of control. However, with the added mental power from the two Tianmeng Ice Worms, and a soul ring and soul bones that were 380,000 years old, Huo Yuhao's body reached a level of perfect harmony. It was as if he had truly become an Ice Jade Scorpion.
In Tang San's eyes, Huo Yuhao was no longer human; he had turned into a beast—a fully formed Ice Jade Scorpion, the kind that takes hundred thousand years to reach its current form.
Tang San grinned and thought to himself, "Too clever for his own good. Just because a creature lives for over three hundred thousand years or even a million years, it doesn't make it smart. If it doesn't interact with humans, there's only so much it can learn."
"When soul beasts make sacrifices, they should have seen Huo Yuhao's memories, right? But what's the point? When you judge someone based solely on personal preference, it's hard to get any valuable information from their memories."
Why did Tang San think Huo Yuhao was too clever for his own good? Because to the other soul sages and titled douluos in the arena, Huo Yuhao didn't look human anymore. He looked like a transformed Ice Jade Scorpion with a hundred thousand years pedigree.
Though it was unlikely for a transformed soul beast to have twin martial spirits, what if this one did?
Most of the soul sages and titled douluos had never seen a transformed soul beast, so they wouldn't know what it should look like.
From this moment on, whether Huo Yuhao was one or not, in their eyes, he was a hundred thousand years beast in human form.
Why? Because soul bones were extremely valuable.
However, everyone was holding back. They wanted to see how Tang San would handle a battle against a transformed ten-thousand-year soul beast.
In a flash, under the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion's control, Huo Yuhao lunged at Tang San like a scorpion, covering 40 meters in a second. This was far faster than a typical soul sage in the agility department.
Tang San's eyes flashed with purple light. He swiftly dodged to one side, but Huo Yuhao was able to turn at a 90-degree angle without losing speed—in fact, he even picked up more speed.
"Ice Empress, one of the three great kings of the Far North, has some real skill," Tang San thought to himself. His feet moved quickly, and his figure seemed to float like a deity, engaging in a high-speed battle with Huo Yuhao.
Everyone could see Tang San darting around like a gust of wind, narrowly avoiding Huo Yuhao's attacks each time.
Such precise control—
"Is this a self-created soul skill?" Bibi Dong thought. None of the major sects or clans had any such body technique.
So, had Tang San invented it himself? He moved with a graceful lightness, and even as he darted and jumped, he couldn't help but laugh, saying, "Can you go any faster?"
"Damn it! This is infuriating!" The Ice Jade Empress Scorpion shouted, speeding up even more, not caring whether Huo Yuhao's soul venerable body could handle it. She just wanted to teach this mocker a lesson.
Huo Yuhao's body had been completely taken over by her, and even though the two Tianmeng Ice Worms tried to dissuade her, she refused to listen.
The two Tianmeng Iceworms had no choice but to assist the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion.
They had little choice because they were both "henpecked."
Moreover, if they tried to stop the Ice Empress at this point, Huo Yuhao's body might suddenly stop, causing internal injuries that could be fatal.
"Realm of Eternal Frost!"
As Huo Yuhao dashed around, white streams of energy emanated from his body. He no longer pursued Tang San but instead ran in circles around him. The white energy streams quickly grew into a massive tornado of icy air, enveloping Tang San within it.
When it came to fields, the Ice Empress was far more adept than Huo Yuhao, with a broader array of abilities. This made the titled douluos even more convinced that Huo Yuhao was a transformed Ice Jade Scorpion.
Given Huo Yuhao's current form, he was undoubtedly revealing his true identity as a soul beast!
In the center of the swirling icy vortex, Tang San stood calmly, observing the dense white currents. He realized that the Ice Empress's Eternal Frost was on a completely different level compared to Huo Yuhao's version.
He could break through the ice tornado, but using his ultimate trump card against a single scorpion seemed excessive.
"Ice Emperor's Wrath!" Huo Yuhao's scorpion tail began to glow as he channeled the Ice Emperor's Wrath, sending a surge of energy into the icy vortex. This caused the icy tornado to grow even larger, with the added force of the swirling winds launching countless shards of ice toward Tang San at the center.
Facing the hail of icy shards, Tang San remained composed. His hands transformed into a jade-like texture with a hint of gold. As the first shard struck him, he began to move, stepping on the incoming ice crystals, using his technique of Controlling Crane and Capturing Dragon to deflect and redirect the shards.
The sound of the icy impacts wasn't a cacophony, but rather a harmonious melody. At first, it might seem like a noisy racket, but if you listened closely, it was like a graceful dance in a storm, with Tang San elegantly deflecting the icy rain.
What courage!
What confidence!
Ting!
With a final chime, Tang San had ascended beyond the ice vortex, standing over a hundred meters in the air, gazing down at the chaos below.
What does it mean to stand alone in the world?
At that moment, Tang San embodied the definition—he stood in the sky, overlooking everyone else, alone and invincible.
The entire audience fell silent.
Tang San didn't stop; he began to move his hands in a rhythmic pattern, matching the rotation of the ice vortex below. Using the principle of spirals, he aligned his soul power's speed with that of the vortex, then accelerated it even further.
At this point, the control of the ice tornado had shifted to Tang San.
Soul skills, once released, can sometimes be uncontrollable if their power is overwhelming. However, if someone understood the principles of force and had sufficient soul power, they could temporarily take control of another's soul skill.
"Rise!"
With a powerful shout, Tang San raised his hands, lifting the enormous vortex as if it were a ribbon, then swiftly brought it down.
Whoosh!
The massive ice vortex descended toward Huo Yuhao.
"What?!" The Ice Empress was stunned, trying to undo her own soul skill. However, once a soul skill is formed, it doesn't just consist of soul power—it also interacts with natural forces. The rotational inertia, amplified by Tang San's counterforce, had doubled in strength.
The Ice Empress could disperse the ice element, but the rotational inertia was beyond her control.
This world wasn't entirely without science!
"Run!" Dou Yi tianmeng and Dou Ertianmeng, were in a panic, urging the Ice Empress and Huo Yuhao to escape the arena.
But—
The descending vortex was swift. Within an instant, Huo Yuhao was struck by the icy tornado, his entire body drawn into its swirling force, where countless ice shards tore through his flesh, leaving him battered and riddled with wounds.