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"Boom!"
A massive explosion echoed through the arena, creating a huge crater that even damaged the lower levels beneath the competition field.
Chrysanthemum Douluo gasped, trembling from head to toe. "This arena is supposed to be so tough that even a Soul Saint would have difficulty causing damage, but it was destroyed in one hit!"
"Incredible!"
"The power of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast's attack is terrifying, but what's more astonishing is that Tang San could reflect it back with such ease. It's unbelievable."
"His control over soul power is unparalleled."
Chrysanthemum Douluo began to speculate. He figured Tang San's ability to absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul ring wasn't because he got lucky and found an injured soul beast. Instead, he might have actually defeated a hundred-thousand-year soul beast outright.
Even a severely wounded hundred-thousand-year soul beast was equivalent to a Titled Douluo!
Tang San's power was frightening!
Chrysanthemum Douluo sensed that Tang San still had tricks up his sleeve, and this was merely the tip of the iceberg...
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"We can't do it, Huo Yuhao is too badly injured. If he dies, we'll die too. We need to think of something." Daydream Two sensed Huo Yuhao's fading life force and felt a surge of fear.
"There's only one option left," Said Dou Yi tianmeng with a serious expression. "Turn Huo Yuhao into a soul beast! A hundred-thousand-year soul beast can take on a human form, so we need to reverse that process—turn Huo Yuhao's human body into a soul beast form to save him."
"We've got the essence and soul bones of a ten-thousand-year soul beast."
"Huo Yuhao's body is riddled with wounds. If we don't take risks, he won't survive. With our combined million-year mental power, we can manage this reversal."
Dou Ertianmeng, asked, "Who should be the main form?"
"Of course, it should be Bing Bing," Dou Yi tianmeng retorted with a smirk, thinking Dou Ertianmeng must've gotten a little dull from the prolonged parasitism, "We're both Iceworms. If we successfully reverse the transformation, Huo Yuhao would just look like us, which is useless. There are plenty of Titled Douluos around, including a Level 98 and even a Level 99 elder. Turning him into an iceworm would be asking for death."
"Bing Bing, on the other hand, could release her 380,000-year cultivation if she becomes the main form. Even if some of it is lost during transformation, she'd still have over 300,000 years left."
"She might not be able to defeat them, but she can definitely escape."
"And we can use our skin to regenerate if we need to."
"But Bing Bing doesn't have that luxury."
The Ice Empress listened to Dou Yi tianmeng's analysis, her eyes narrowing with frustration. "You two idiots are the reason I'm in this mess. I should've sacrificed myself to Tang San. At least he knows how to play the game. In the original timeline, even the Silver Dragon King called his beloved friend. The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape? They got resurrected and became gods!"
"And here I am, dealing with you two brain-dead iceworms. Why did I choose this idiot Huo Yuhao? If I had just gone with Tang San, maybe I'd be revered by now. Huo Yuhao didn't even have any real grudge against Tang San; he just poked around with his mental power and refused to apologize. Now he's lying on the brink of death. All because of these annoying worms!"
Dou Yi tianmeng sighed. "I wish I could've gone with Tang San, but he wasn't the first person I encountered. Plus, Electrolux really screwed us over by sealing off our escape route."
"Spit it out! If I were Electrolux, I wouldn't want to be stuck in the same room with you two morons either!" The Ice Empress was furious but had no other choice but to follow the two iceworms' plan.
She wasn't a million-year soul beast. If Huo Yuhao died, these two iceworms had a way to come back, but she didn't—seriously, she must've been tricked into this by those worms...
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"Hiss—"
The ground shattered, and Tang San slowly descended from the sky. The icy tornado vanished just as quickly as it had appeared.
"Huh?"
Tang San felt a shiver and quickly retreated to the edge of the arena.
In the spot where he once stood, a blue scorpion materialized, its crystalline pincers and jointed tail standing out, along with eight slender legs. It was an Ice Jade Scorpion—no, it was the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion!
At this point, Tang San wondered if Huo Yuhao was even human or a transformed ten-thousand-year soul beast.
However, Tang San had his suspicions.
After all, Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form, indistinguishable from a real human except for her hundred-thousand-year soul beast essence, which allowed her to generate soul rings on her own.
Could the transformation process be reversed?
If soul beasts can seal their ten-thousand-year cultivation to transform into humans, could humans reverse that to transform into soul beasts?
Theoretically, Huo Yuhao had the resources: ten-thousand-year soul beast essence, soul bones, and a similar martial soul. If he knew how to transform, it might be possible to reverse the process and become a soul beast.
It's pretty remarkable.
Those two iceworms had some serious tricks up their sleeves, possibly from exploring Huo Yuhao's memories and developing this idea.
The Ice Empress, upon seeing Tang San, didn't continue her attack. Instead, she dashed toward the exit tunnel, hoping to flee.
"How dare you!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo stepped forward to block the escape route, but the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion's tail swatted him aside, sending him crashing into the arena's guardrail. Though he was a Level 95 Titled Douluo, he couldn't match the raw power of a ferocious beast with over 300,000 years of cultivation.
"You scoundrel!" Chrysanthemum Douluo got to his feet and shouted to the crowd, "Old Ghost! Help me stop this beast!"
"On my way!" Ghost Douluo rushed to Chrysanthemum Douluo's side, and together they performed their Martial Soul Fusion.
In an instant, golden and black lights flashed, freezing the entire arena's space. Everyone in the vicinity found themselves unable to move.
However, even within this Two Extremes Static Domain, the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion was still able to move, albeit slowly. This astonished the Title Douluos outside the domain.
"What kind of soul beast is this? It can move even when two Titled Douluos' fusion technique has frozen everyone else in place?"
"Does this mean it has more than 100,000 years of cultivation?"
At that moment, Bibi Dong rose from her seat, her Level 98 soul power pressing down on the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion. "This is Spirit Hall! You can't just come and go as you please!"
With those words, the scepter representing the power of the Pope shot out, instantly piercing through the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion's tail, pinning her to the ground.
"You brat!"
The Ice Jade Empress Scorpion roared, her voice filled with rage, and a burst of soul power shattered the fusion technique of Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
"Black Widow, let me go, or I'll explode! My 380,000 years of cultivation is equivalent to a Level 98 Titled Douluo. Even if I can't kill you, Spirit Hall will be left in ruins! Not even your Level 99 elder can stop me!"
The information she revealed stunned and terrified everyone. A soul beast with 380,000 years of cultivation! And the current Pope was a god's inheritor, suggesting she could become a god herself in the future!
Moreover, Spirit Hall had a Level 99 Titled Douluo!
Bibi Dong's expression darkened. She was astonished by the soul beast's level of cultivation. But she didn't expect it to recognize her as a god's inheritor.
Still, Bibi Dong was determined to slay this soul beast!
Even though its attributes didn't align with those of the Death Spider Emperor, the scorpion's similarity to a spider, another venomous creature, meant it could still be absorbed.
And with 380,000 years of cultivation, it was enough to compensate for the mismatch in attributes.
More importantly, the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion had called her a "Black Widow"...
This touched a nerve.
Absolutely unacceptable!
(End of Chapter)