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A mere Soul Elder.
Me, the mighty head of Sun-Moon Hall, with my Spirit Douluo powers fully unleashed and on high alert—if you can still manage to pull off your little tricks without me noticing...
I swear—
"Hall Master, my Blue Silver Grass possesses the ultimate vitality. Even in this extreme northern land, it can bloom everywhere."
Su Yu kicked away the layer of snow beneath his feet.
It revealed a ground as hard as ice.
A small blade of grass stubbornly broke through the frozen, metal-hard earth.
"Your so-called ultimate vitality has such abilities?"
Su Yu explained, "This isn't the power of ultimate vitality, but rather a trait of the Blue Silver Grass itself. My Blue Silver Grass is so strong that it has the ability to dominate other Blue Silver Grass around it."
The extreme attribute merely awakens their life force.
Once the Blue Silver Grass sprouts, it no longer radiates any soul power.
"So, you've been awakening the surrounding Blue Silver Grass the whole time we've been traveling?"
In Jing Hongchen's mind, Su Yu's Blue Silver Grass had always seemed to contain a spiritual mutation.
So, using it to mark soul beasts with spiritual power seemed reasonable.
But—nonsense!
That doesn't make sense at all.
Yet, the truth was right in front of him, and Jing Hongchen had no choice but to accept this explanation.
He didn't know this wasn't Su Yu's real ability.
The Blue Silver Grass was just a cover.
Such a long distance, in such a harsh environment—even with ultimate vitality—it would be impossible for ordinary Blue Silver Grass to survive without emitting any energy.
But since the ultimate vitality belonged to Su Yu, Jing Hongchen had no way of knowing that.
In the end, Su Yu wasn't some spy, so Jing Hongchen couldn't be bothered to dig deeper.
Su Yu gave an explanation, so he chose to believe it.
As long as he provided a way out, there was no need to pursue the matter further.
"The Titan Snow Demon King is far enough away now."
Jing Hongchen expanded his spiritual senses to their maximum range, but could no longer detect the demon king's presence.
"Then let's go find the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad."
With that, Su Yu took the lead.
With Electrolux's guidance, he didn't even need to worry about any soul beast ambushes ahead.
Three hours later.
The three of them sensed a familiar presence.
"It's the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad, but they seem to be scattered."
Jing Hongchen only sensed the aura of three Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toads.
He carefully scanned the surroundings, confirming there were no others nearby.
"One is 30,000 years old, another just over 10,000, and the last one is only 3,000 years old."
For some reason, Su Yu felt that the 3,000-year-old toad had an almost childlike quality to it.
The Titan Snow Demon King is truly heartless!
"The sooner we absorb it, the sooner we can leave. This extreme north is more dangerous than we thought."
"Agreed!"
Meanwhile, the Ice Emperor, persuaded by Tianmeng Iceworm's promise of a godhood plan, backed by the threat of a 400,000-year heavenly tribulation, agreed to join the plan.
The Ice Emperor offered a sacrificial rite.
The heavens and earth changed color.
Tianmeng Iceworm worked hard to suppress the disturbances to ensure that Huo Yuhao could absorb the power in relative peace.
"Ugh...!"
Huo Yuhao's eyes turned blood red as his entire body burst with ruptured blood vessels, turning him into a man soaked in blood.
The terrifying and domineering soul power stormed through every cell of his body.
It forcibly tempered and transformed his physique.
The Ice Emperor's soul ring was the key to Huo Yuhao's rise. Only through this sacrificial process could he undergo a complete rebirth.
With incredible tenacity, Huo Yuhao kept reminding himself to hang on, refusing to give up.
Cracks began to appear in his spiritual sea.
Tianmeng Iceworm was about to intervene, but Huo Yuhao stopped him, determined to endure alone. His desire for revenge ignited, and the spiritual sea started to repair itself.
Deep within his spiritual sea, a ball of dark blue energy was completely depleted.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
The Titan Snow Demon King flew into a rage.
He could no longer sense even a trace of Skydream Ice Silkworm's presence.
Even the Ice Emperor seemed to vanish shortly after appearing.
"Damn you, Skydream! You couldn't even hold on for this short amount of time!"
Worthless worm! So much of the 10,000-year-old Cold Jade Marrow wasted on someone like him.
Damn it all!
The Titan Snow Demon King raged in the heart of the extreme north.
He decided to find the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toads again to vent his fury.
One day later...
"Roar!"
The Titan Snow Demon King bellowed in rage at the outer edges of the Extreme North.
For the next month, he rampaged across the entire region, venting his fury.
A Rank Nine Soul Engineer, who had been lying in wait deep within the Extreme North to carry out a grand plan, was startled and made an early escape.
"Thank goodness I acted fast; that Titan Snow Demon King actually came back," Jing Hongchen muttered in relief, grateful for his quick actions.
"Dream, how is the soul ring effect this time?"
"The talent of this Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad is extraordinary!" Meng Hongchen was brimming with excitement.
Though as she explained, she hesitated for a moment.
"This Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad seems..."
"Seems what?" Jing Hongchen pressed.
"It seems to have a trace of Titan Snow Demon blood."
"…"
Su Yu: 666.
It's even worse than being underage.
"Will it cause any problems?"
Jing Hongchen frowned.
The Titan Snow Demon King possessed a near-ultimate ice attribute. Such a pure and powerful ice attribute could potentially disrupt Meng Hongchen's balance between ice and fire.
Meng Hongchen shook her head.
"At least for now, there don't seem to be any negative effects.
That Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad only inherited a portion of the Titan Giant's bloodline."
Jing Hongchen sighed in relief. "That makes sense. If it had inherited the Ice God's bloodline, this toad wouldn't have been born at all."
"Since it's the Titan Giant's bloodline, there should be some benefits, right?" Su Yu asked.
Meng Hongchen nodded.
"My physique has improved significantly, and my martial soul has grown larger as well."
She summoned her martial soul, and it was clear that her Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad had grown even bigger.
"That's already quite good," Jing Hongchen remarked.
These were additional benefits. While not groundbreaking, they weren't drawbacks either.
For someone like Xiao Hongchen, whose power depended heavily on size and strength, this would have been a significant boost. But Meng Hongchen didn't rely as much on these factors.
"As for the soul skill, it's a single-target attack: the Icefire Venom Dragon Drill.
With the Titan Giant's bloodline, this soul skill not only deals ice and fire damage, but also adds toxic damage. And the power behind it is immense."
"Not bad."
The Titan Giant's bloodline significantly increased the skill's damage.
It might even become Meng Hongchen's strongest single-target attack in the future.
This soul skill, obtained from the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad, could be considered her signature skill. It had the potential to evolve with cultivation, and its power would grow as her soul power increased.
"Tianmeng, what's going on with that Titan Snow Demon King? He's stepped on me three times already!" Huo Yuhao complained.
Within his spiritual sea, the face of Skydream Ice Silkworm looked equally puzzled.
"Be careful, Yuhao. There's someone very powerful up ahead," Skydream Ice Silkworm warned.
Huo Yuhao instantly became alert.
"But don't worry, it seems like someone familiar," Skydream Ice Silkworm added with a surprised tone.
(End of chapter)