Douluo: The Peerless King of Beast Tamers

Chapter 345 Special Soul Spirit, Ice Emperor Reborn

The night was as dark as ink, and Mingdu was quiet and peaceful under the moonlight.

After Zhou Sichen bid farewell to Long Xiaoyao and left, he saw Long Xiaoyao's figure suddenly tremble violently, and his soul power surged.

In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a majestic black dragon, letting out a long roar to the sky.

Then, like a dragon soaring into the heavens, it rose into the sky with immense pressure, and vanished into the vast night in an instant, its whereabouts unknown.

Zhou Sichen hurried back to the academy, her expression solemn yet filled with anticipation.

Instead of going to Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu for cultivation as usual, he went straight back to his room.

Upon entering the room, he took out his soul tool and set up layers of defensive barriers and restrictions around the room, completely isolating it from the outside world. No amount of divine sense could penetrate these layers of restrictions.

After doing all this, Zhou Sichen chanted an incantation, and a gate to the undead opened. He flashed and disappeared from the spot, entering the undead demiplane.

Within Zhou Sichen's vast spiritual sea, a gentle light flowed slowly.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Ice Emperor had been waiting for a long time, and their eyes were now gleaming with an irrepressible light.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm emitted a shimmering blue halo, its plump body wriggling excitedly, its smile almost filling its entire head.

He exclaimed excitedly, "Sichen, is it finally going to begin? I've been waiting for this soul transformation for so long, I'm so impatient! I've been looking forward to this day for ages, and it's finally here!"

Hyotei, on the other hand, was much more composed, exuding a cool and aloof aura, like an ice queen.

While both Hyotei and Tenmu Ice Silkworm were looking forward to the upcoming transformation, Hyotei's expectations were not as exaggerated.

A faint joy graced her pretty face as she softly asked, "Sichen, according to your plan, now that I've transformed into a soul spirit, can I really travel across the continent using the Ice Emperor Armor?"

"It won't be a brief appearance like before, but rather the freedom to go wherever one wants?"

Zhou Sichen looked at his two partners and nodded seriously, his eyes full of confidence: "Of course, even if you don't believe me, you should believe Elder Yi."

"Don't you believe in Elder Yi's abilities? He has profound knowledge of the art of soul transformation. The plan he has carefully devised for us will definitely be without problems."

Hyotei's talk of traveling the continent was of extraordinary significance.

What she longed for was not the fleeting, limited manifestation of her spiritual essence as she had in the past. Rather, she longed to truly possess the independent freedom she had in life, to be free from Zhou Sichen's constraints, to pursue the life she desired (Xue Di), and to do what she wanted to do (Xue Di).

Hyotei's mind is filled with Yuki-tei...

This idea is quite similar to the contract effect of Zhou Sichen's Book of Contracts martial soul, but there is an extremely demanding requirement to achieve this.

The objects that carry their souls must fit perfectly.

However, for Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Ice Emperor, this demanding requirement was not difficult.

Two-thirds of the incredibly precious million-year-old remains of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm are still intact.

The Ice Emperor Armor, forged from the Ice Emperor's shell, was now resting quietly on Zhou Sichen's body.

This armor was forged from Hyotei's own shell, and there is a natural connection between it and Hyotei.

These two items are the perfect vessel for them, because they originated from the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Emperor themselves.

After understanding the key point, Hyotei's excitement intensified. She nodded slightly, a smile unconsciously spreading across her lips.
"That way, I won't have to stay with this guy anymore, and I can go find Xue Di."

At this point, Hyotei's tone even carried a sense of impending liberation.

She had no problem with Zhou Sichen, she just disliked Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.

Upon hearing Bingdi's pointed remark, Tianmeng Bingcan immediately drooped her head, her previously excited expression vanishing instantly, replaced by a look of sullenness.

It said aggrievedly, "Three years! Do you know how I've spent these three years?"

For the past three years, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Ice Emperor have been living together in the same space.

It was thought that time would eventually win over Hyotei, but the result was the opposite. Not only did it fail to win Hyotei's favor, it was instead increasingly disliked.

During these days of living and working together, Hyotei truly saw through the true nature of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

In her eyes, apart from its enviable cultivation level and powerful spiritual origin, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was utterly unappealing inside and out.

Ice Emperor even felt that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was not as good as the Titan Snow Demon King.

Although the Titan Snow Demon King is honest and sometimes seems a bit simple-minded, he is at least upright and a gentleman of integrity.

And what about the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm?

They're always thinking about taking advantage of others, but when it comes to actually doing something, they're completely incompetent.

Since following Zhou Sichen, not only have I not learned any good skills, but I have also naturally picked up those bad habits and copied and pasted them over.

Although Zhou Sichen was not a gentleman in the traditional sense, he was bold and decisive, which contrasted sharply with Tianmeng Bingcan.

Thinking of all this, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm immediately put on a mournful face, looked at Ice Emperor with pitiful eyes, and said in a tearful voice:

"Hyotei, please don't leave me! How can I live without you? Without you, I'll be all alone, how lonely I'll be!"

Hyotei glared fiercely at Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and said in an icy tone, "Live if you can, die if you can't!"

Then, she quickly turned her gaze to Zhou Sichen, her eyes filled with urgency: "Sichen, please help me complete the soul transformation first, so I can run away quickly, otherwise this guy will be like a leech that I can't shake off."

Zhou Sichen watched the interaction between the two lovable characters and couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.

He shrugged and said helplessly, "I'm fine with anything, so Hyotei, you go first. That way you won't have to keep thinking about getting rid of Tenmu."

Upon hearing this, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm completely deflated, lying listlessly on the ground of the Sea of ​​Spirit, muttering to herself:

"I'm so heartbroken... Why am I always the one who gets hurt..."

Meanwhile, Hyotei was overjoyed and already envisioned the wonderful scene of finding Yuki-tei and starting a new life after the successful transformation.

Just as Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Ice Emperor were bickering, the Sea of ​​Spirit suddenly rippled like glass.

A semi-transparent figure materialized from the void. The newcomer had white hair like frost and a silver robe that shimmered with starlight. It was none other than Ilex, who was hailed as the Holy God of the Undead.

His deep gaze swept over Hyotei, his deep voice seeming to echo with the passage of time: "Are you ready?"

Hyotei immediately dropped his joking expression, his icy aura condensing into ice crystals that floated beside him, and nodded solemnly: "Ready, Elder Yi, let's begin."

Although her voice was cold, it couldn't hide the expectation hidden within it—the excitement of crossing life and death and about to be reborn.

Electrolux and Zhou Sichen exchanged a glance, and simultaneously, a dark blue light rose around them.

Under the resonance of their third martial soul—the Necromancer Saint God—their spiritual power began to merge and intertwine like two galaxies, and their originally independent consciousnesses gradually blurred their boundaries in the strange resonance.

As they spoke at the same time, obscure incantations flowed from their lips.

These syllables, formed from special needs, stirred up ripples in the sea of ​​spirit, calming the turbulent vortex of soul power and transforming it into a tranquil lake.

Hyotei slowly closed his eyes, hovering in the center of the Sea of ​​Spirit.

Her body began to glow with a faint, shimmering light, every inch of her spiritual essence rearranging and recombining under the influence of the incantation. As mysterious runes fell upon her like snowflakes, the figure of this former overlord of the far north shrank continuously. The illusory image of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, which was originally only 1.5 meters tall, gradually condensed into a small ball of light.

But during this contraction, the aura she exuded became increasingly solid, as if compressing a vast river into a crystal droplet, with every bit of power transforming into a purer form.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm watched all of this with bated breath, even though he and Ice Emperor had witnessed countless soul transformations.

But now, watching Hyotei's spiritual essence being reshaped under the carving of runes, he finally understood how exquisite Electrolux's improved Soul Technique was.

Those seemingly random falling runes actually contain a profound understanding of the essence of life, and each ray of light is repairing the original source damaged when it became a soul ring.

As the transformation reached its climax, Zhou Sichen suddenly felt a burning sensation on his back.

The patterns on the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion emerged from beneath its skin as if they were alive, and layers of emerald green scales grew, instantly coalescing into a majestic suit of armor behind it.

This armor is completely different from ordinary soul-guided armor. Every piece of armor flows with the luster of life. The scorpion pincer patterns carved on the shoulder armor seem to be ready to bite at any moment, and the tail stinger extending from the waist glows with a faint blue light.

As Hyotei's figure completely transformed into a ball of emerald green light, Zhou Sichen formed hand seals and his incantation suddenly accelerated.

The Ice Emperor Armor detached from his back under his control and hovered behind him.

The light source, like a migratory bird returning to its nest, flew out of the sea of ​​consciousness and instantly disappeared into the diamond-shaped groove between the eyebrows of the armor.

A wondrous change then occurred: the originally angular, masculine armor began to twist and reshape itself, the shoulder armor shrank, the waist became slender, and icicle-like patterns appeared on the surface of the armor.

In just a few breaths, a set of heroic female armor stood before everyone, the icy blue light faintly shining through the gaps in the mask resembling the radiant eyes of a beautiful woman.

The next moment, the phantom of Zhou Sichen's third martial soul—the Necromancer Saint God—slowly appeared behind him.

The necromancer holding the staff had golden eyes that flashed. As Zhou Sichen chanted, countless brilliant golden runes burst from the tip of the staff, binding the Ice Emperor Armor like chains.

The moment the rune made contact with the armor, a roar like glaciers collapsing echoed through the space, and the temperature of the entire undead demiplane began to drop drastically, with ice crystal patterns forming on the ground, walls, and even the air.

Time passed in tense silence. As the last rune sank into the chest of the armor, the previously empty mask suddenly lit up with a crystal-yellow light.

The light grew brighter and brighter, as if the sleeping sun was awakening, and finally transformed into a pair of majestic vertical pupils.

The overwhelming aura of the ferocious beast swept through the entire space like a tsunami. The pressure of its 400,000 years of cultivation caused the three undead bone dragons, who were secretly watching from a distance and were comparable to titled Douluo, to unconsciously take a half step back.

The once Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion has been reborn in a brand new spirit form!

The Ice Emperor Armor slowly stretched its joints, and every movement of its two-meter-tall body carried a mechanical beauty and a rhythm of life.

She raised her hand and lightly touched the ground with her fingertips. Immediately, ice pillars tens of meters high grew from the spot she touched, with hexagonal ice crystal flowers blooming at the top.

“Success…” Ilex, who had transformed into a martial soul, rarely showed a relieved smile.

Zhou Sichen also breathed a sigh of relief, his forehead covered in fine sweat.

This transformation that transcends life and death requires not only precise control of soul power, but also the construction of a completely new life contract on a spiritual level.

"This...this is rebirth?" Hyotei's voice came from beneath the armor mask, filled with barely suppressed surprise.

Suddenly, a dazzling emerald light erupted from her body, and within the light, her armor began to reshape and transform.

A moment later, a 1.5-meter-long Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion appeared before everyone.

The crystal-clear carapace shimmered with light, the icy poison condensed on the tail stinger flickered with an eerie blue, and each movement of the six appendages left afterimages.

Most remarkably, this scorpion-shaped armor is not cold metal, but rather full of life, as if blood is flowing beneath the armor plates.

"Elder Yi, Si Chen, you have created a miracle." The Ice Emperor's true form slowly crawled around the two of them, and its tail spikes lightly touched the ground, causing ice lotuses to bloom.

"The same body, but the power has increased several times, and... I can feel a special connection with Si Chen!"

Excitedly, she raised her scorpion pincers, and terrifying soul power transformed into tangible ice blades that slashed towards the distance. The three undead bone dragons that had been secretly peeking were sent flying, howling in pain.

This soul transformation not only freed her but also elevated her original power to a whole new level, truly achieving a perfect fusion of the ferocious beast and the armor.

When Ice Emperor stood proudly in the undead demiplane in his new spirit form, the icy aura surrounding him even distorted space. Only then did Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Golden Tortoise truly see the astonishing nature of this improved spirit technique.

Unlike the traditional way in which spirits depend on a host for their existence, Hyotei used the shell she shed herself in her previous life as a vessel to complete a legendary rebirth through fire.

The crystal-clear Ice Emperor Armor shimmered with an emerald-like luster, and every line silently told the story of her transformation through life and death.

This special soul contract is the culmination of Electrolux's life's wisdom, and its brilliance lies in the perfect integration of the characteristics of the Book of Contracts.

The connection between Hyotei and the Ice Emperor Armor is like an invisible yet resilient spiritual bond.

As long as Zhou Sichen has a thought, no matter where Bingdi is on the continent, she can break through the spatial boundaries in an instant and return to his side as a spirit.

This bond, seemingly connected by blood, stems from the fact that Hyotei is essentially still Zhou Sichen's soul. Their spiritual origins have long been integrated, forming a special connection that transcends ordinary contracts.

After his rebirth, Hyotei's strength increased dramatically, and his cultivation level stabilized at the 400,000-year level.

Even more astonishing is that this new body grants her several times the strength she once possessed.

The already incredibly powerful Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul displayed even more terrifying power in its Soul Spirit form.

This power gave her the confidence to compete with Limit Douluo, and she has already secured a place among the strongest in the Douluo Continent.

Compared to the other spirits under Zhou Sichen's command, Ice Emperor's new form exhibits unique advantages.

Taking the golden tortoise shell as an example, although it is also a spirit, it is limited by the contract rules. Not only is its range of activities limited, but every time it leaves the body, it consumes a lot of Zhou Sichen's soul power and mental power, making it like a puppet that cannot be truly free.

The Ice Emperor, on the other hand, is completely different; her Ice Emperor Armor is like a perfect body.

Not only can it distance itself from its host at will, but it can also recover its soul power through autonomous cultivation, just like those soul beasts that signed contracts with Zhou Sichen.

Hyotei was able to be self-sufficient with this body, truly achieving dual freedom of movement and power.

Of course, this near-perfect transformation did not come without a price.

Due to the unique nature of her spirit form, Ice Emperor's path to power enhancement was brought to a halt, as she could not break through bottlenecks through conventional training like ordinary spirit beasts or spirit masters.

However, her close relationship with Zhou Sichen opened up another path for her to grow in strength.

As Zhou Sichen's own strength increases, Ice Emperor, as a soul spirit, can also benefit from it and gain a certain degree of power boost.

Although this improvement is far less than the bonus that the Book of Contracts provides to contracted soul beasts.

However, with Hyotei's current level of strength, they are enough to dominate the continent and have few rivals.

For this former overlord of the far north, the restriction of not being able to cultivate independently was a negligible flaw compared to the joy of regaining freedom and great power.

Hyotei gently stroked the runes flowing on the Ice Emperor Armor, her eyes gleaming with confidence.

She was finally able to pursue her own path with a completely new attitude and find her former partner, Xue Di.

This freedom is the best gift she can receive in her rebirth.

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