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"Shui Wuya!" Octagon shouted anxiously, emitting an ice-blue light from her body.
The power sealed within her soul rings was activated by Octagon, forming a soul power rope that quickly grabbed onto Shui Wuya's body.
With Octagon's efforts, the pulling force and the suction from the depths of the cave barely balanced out, allowing Shui Wuya to once again stand firmly on the ground.
Before Shui Wuya could even exhale in relief, a cold snort came from the depths, and he immediately lost consciousness. The suction force from the depths suddenly increased, and even Octagon couldn't hold onto Shui Wuya anymore.
Darkness swallowed Shui Wuya's body, and no matter how hard Octagon tried, it was in vain. Instead, because of her connection with Shui Wuya, Octagon's own body suddenly dispersed and returned to Shui Wu Ya's spiritual world.
"My head hurts..." Shui Wuya rubbed his head and opened his eyes.
He remembered being attracted by the suction force from the depths of the cave and hearing a woman's voice.
The next moment, the scene before him startled him awake. He was now in a huge underground cavern.
Beneath him was a solid layer of ice, and he couldn't see whether there were rocks below the ice layer. Looking up, he could see many gigantic ice-blue stalactites hanging about twenty to thirty meters above him.
These stalactites emitted a faint blue light, illuminating the entire underground cavern.
Shui Wuya saw a pitch-black giant cave entrance behind him, obviously the direction he had come from.
"The one destined by fate, I've been waiting for you for a long time," a female voice directly appeared in Shui Wuya's mind.
Inside the cavern, two bright gems lit up.
Shui Wuya looked closely and was surprised. They weren't gems but the eyes of a huge soul beast.
It was a very beautiful scorpion. At first glance, Shui Wuya recognized its identity.
The Ice Emperor Scorpion, also one of the Extreme North's Three Heavenly Kings, the Ice Emperor.
But how was this possible? According to reason, at this time, the Ice Emperor Scorpion should have become Huo Yuhao's second martial soul!
"It seems you recognize me. Indeed, you are the one chosen by the Ice God," the Ice Emperor sensed Shui Wuya's emotional fluctuations and understood that Shui Wuya had recognized her identity.
Since the Ice God said I could ascend to godhood alongside you, it seems she didn't deceive me. The Ice Emperor couldn't help but feel excited; ascension to godhood was within reach.
Shui Wuya quickly understood the current situation.
He came here because of the Ice God, also known as Shui Bing'er's arrangement. Shui Bing'er was very cautious, so it wouldn't be a situation where the place where things were left behind was found by the Ice Emperor.
In other words, Shui Bing'er's map was meant for him to find the Ice Emperor.
Listening to the Ice Emperor's words, using the term "chosen" instead of "selected" made Shui Wuya feel a bit more assured.
Most likely, like Octagon, the Ice Emperor was entrusted with something by Shui Bing'er.
"It was indeed the Ice God who sent me here, but I'm not clear about what I'm supposed to do here," Shui Wuya speculated that there was some kind of agreement between the Ice Emperor and Shui Bing'er and said tentatively.
At the same time, he observed the huge soul beast before him.
However, it was too difficult to discern anything from the Ice Emperor Scorpion's gaze.
"The Ice God didn't tell you? So be it. I can sense the Ice God's aura from you. You are definitely the person she mentioned, without a doubt."
"Since you don't know, let me tell you. Spirit souls, do you know about them? When you just entered the cave, I discovered that you already have a spirit soul."
Shui Wuya nodded. The Ice Emperor had noticed Octagon, which didn't surprise him. Octagon had indeed exerted effort to resist the initial attraction.
"Millions of years ago, someone inherited the position of the Ancient Ice God and became the new Ice God. And she has a method that can turn soul beasts into spirit souls, allowing them to ascend to godhood alongside her."
The Ice Emperor began to tell Shui Wuya a story.
"In other words, I just want to ascend to godhood together. I don't want to die yet. At that time, she hadn't become a god yet, and I still had more than three hundred thousand years left. Becoming her soul ring would have been a win-win situation, but she refused."
Shui Wuya understood what the Ice Emperor meant by not wanting to die.
During the calamity of three hundred thousand years, the Ice Emperor was injured in her origin, and at that time, she knew that she wouldn't be able to withstand the calamity of four hundred thousand years.
"Let me guess, she said that you would become my spirit soul ten thousand years later?" Shui Wuya speculated.
"That's our agreement. I waited for ten thousand years for you to appear. She made a promise, and by then, I will ascend to godhood with you."
"The cause and effect, you should already understand. Let's begin," the Ice Emperor's voice disappeared from Shui Wuya's mind, and in the cavern, the light emitted by the ice-blue stalactites overhead was suddenly covered by the dazzling light emanating from the Ice Emperor.
The Ice Emperor was clearly initiating some kind of ceremony.
"Wait a moment, my soul power level is still not enough. I can't obtain a new soul ring yet," Shui Wuya hastily spoke up, wanting to stop the Ice Emperor's actions.
"Don't worry, I don't intend to become your soul ring. Instead, I want to become your second martial soul. I'll make you into an extremely rare twin martial soul."
"Human, praise the greatness of the Ice God. Your future has long been arranged by the Ice God," the Ice Emperor's voice was calm and composed, but the implications were astonishing to Shui Wuya.
Second martial soul?! Huo Yuhao was able to make the Ice Emperor Scorpion his second martial soul because the Tianmeng Iceworm first granted Huo Yuhao a second martial soul. Later, using the Ice Emperor Scorpion, he transformed the second martial soul into the Ice Emperor Scorpion martial soul.
But for Shui Wuya, it was different. He didn't have a second attribute in his body.
Martial souls couldn't simply be obtained by sacrificing soul beasts.
"Wait, what exactly is going on?" Shui Wuya couldn't figure it out.
The Ice Emperor wouldn't stop her actions just because Shui Wuya was confused.
The ceremony had already begun, and if it were interrupted at this point, she would lose everything.
So, this was also a gamble.
She was gambling with everything she had for the promise made by the Ice God.
"You should at least tell me what to do, right?" Shui Wuya pleaded.
The Ice Emperor's voice appeared again in Shui Wuya's mind. "Keep your mind calm. Your talent is excellent, and your physique is good enough to withstand the changes to your body caused by my power."
Sacrificing herself and turning herself into Shui Wuya's second martial soul was originally a very dangerous thing to do.
The Ice Emperor was prepared for accidents. Even the location where she and the Ice God had agreed to meet in this cavern was chosen because there was a large amount of millennium ice marrow here. If something went wrong, she could still use the power of the millennium ice marrow to sacrifice her own strength to ensure the success of the ceremony.
To her surprise, Shui Wuya could completely withstand the power she sealed within him.
Her attribute was the extreme ice, and even human soul masters of the same attribute couldn't completely resist the effects of the attribute. But Shui Wu Ya was different.
"As expected, the one chosen by the Ice God is indeed extraordinary," the Ice Emperor restrained her excitement and focused her thoughts.
Since Shui Wuya could withstand it, she could let go. Outside, her body turned into specks of starlight, dissipating in the cavern.
All the starlight entered Shui Wuya's body.
On Shui Wuya's back, the pattern of the Ice Emperor Scorpion slowly emerged. The Ice Emperor's power was sealed within it.
(End of Chapter)