Douluo: The Dragon King - I Planted the Divine Tree in Douluo.

Chapter 171 The Hyotei Crazed

Although more than five thousand years have passed since the Spirit Pagoda and the Tang Clan's sweep of the far north.

But that battle was so brutal that the traces of it have not completely disappeared to this day.

"..."

Looking at the valley filled with craters, with most of the mountainside collapsed and filled with snow, Hyotei could hardly believe his eyes.

Her family is gone!

Her home, where she had lived for over 300,000 years, was gone.

Hyotei couldn't understand why things had turned out this way when she had only gone out temporarily.

Because the time flow rate between the God Realm and Douluo Continent is 1:365, ten thousand years have passed on Douluo Continent, while only twenty-odd years have passed on the God Realm.

Twenty years is just the time it takes for the Hyotei Emperor, who has lived for over 300,000 years, to take a nap.

In just a short while, she not only lost her home, but also couldn't find a single member of her clan.

Hyotei stared intently at the ruins before her, her petite body trembling uncontrollably, her mouth opening and closing repeatedly but unable to utter a sound in her sorrow.

"Bing'er..."

The Snow Empress, who arrived first, saw the Ice Empress, who was clearly overwhelmed with grief but was still suppressing her tears, and quickly stepped forward to pat the Ice Empress on the shoulder.

Despite Xue Di's words of comfort, Bing Di remained deaf to them, staring intently at the ruins before him.

Su Mo, who arrived late, hadn't even had time to stand properly when Hyotei grabbed her by the collar.

"Tell me what happened here? Where have all my people gone?"

Hyotei's voice was low and hoarse, yet it carried an extreme chill, much like the deathly silence before a blizzard.

"Don't you already have the answer in your heart?"

Su Mo's calm reply was like a steel knife piercing Hyotei's heart.

Hyotei was stunned for a moment, then seemed to have all his strength drained away, and staggered back a step.

"Liar...you liar!"

Hyotei roared at Su Mo, his voice trembling.

"This is the far north! It's impossible for anyone to have slaughtered all my people, impossible!"

Suddenly, Hyotei's eyes lit up, as if he had grasped the last glimmer of hope.

"Atai, I need to go find Atai!"

"Atai must have seen us come back and hid them!"

Looking at Hyotei, who are still deceiving themselves even at this point.

Su Mo finally sighed, her tone icy and almost cruel.

"If the Atai you're referring to is the Titan Snow Demon King, then you don't need to look for him."

Why?

Hyotei looked at Su Mo with a puzzled expression.

"Because the Titan Snow Demon race perished along with your people five thousand years ago."

When the Spirit Pagoda and the Tang Clan's army invaded the far north, the Titan Snow Demons were the first to resist.

At the call of the Titan Snow Demon King, all the soul beasts in the far north that were over ten thousand years old set aside their grudges and united.

However, given the absolute disparity in power, even if they had the advantage of favorable timing, location, and popular support, all that awaited them was the fate of being slaughtered.

Hyotei shook his head frantically, his voice weak and trembling.

"Impossible! When we left, Atai's cultivation had already exceeded 300,000 years."

"Located in the far north, even a Limit Douluo would be no match for Atai."

Seeing that the Ice Emperor was still persistent, Su Mo coldly retorted, "Then do you know how many powerful individuals humanity sent to the far north back then?"

Hyotei shook its head and fell silent.

Su Mo glanced at the silent Ice Emperor and continued, "Leaving aside the Soul Guidance Legion, there were two Quasi-Gods and about ten Limit Douluos who descended upon the far north. The number of Super Douluos and Title Douluos, scattered throughout, totaled more than a hundred."

"Do you think the forces of the far north can withstand their attack?"

These data were not fabricated by Su Mo; they came from the federal government.

Back when the Spirit Pagoda and the Tang Clan swept through the far north, the federal government, though not directly involved, did contribute significantly behind the scenes.

Without the permission of the federal government, how could the Tang Clan and the Spirit Pagoda dare to mobilize their private armed forces on a large scale?

Hyotei's fingers were clenched tightly, his long nails almost digging into his palms.

Although Hyotei wanted to refute it, if things were really as Su Mo said...

In the far north, Titan Snow Demon King alone has no chance of winning.

Hyotei's chest began to heave violently, and he stood frozen in place, even finding it difficult to breathe.

Su Mo lowered his eyes and said in a calm tone, "Your people may still be hoping for you to save them until the moment they die in battle."

Hyotei's body swayed slightly, as if he had been struck in a vital spot, and he staggered and fell to the ground.

Su Mo's words were sharper and crueler to Hyotei than any insult or punishment.

Hyotei wanted to cry, really wanted to have a good cry, but this impure body couldn't shed a tear.

Hyotei could only let out faint sobs, like the wind passing through ruins, shattering and heart-wrenching.

Hyotei was almost suffocating under the unprecedented pressure of guilt.

Hyotei huddled up, like a small animal with torn wings, lonely, helpless, and desperate.

Where was even a trace of her former pride?

Seeing that the time was ripe, Su Mo decided to deliver the final blow.

Su Mo pointed to the Snow Empress next to the Ice Empress, "If you still don't believe me, you can ask the one next to you."

"She probably knows just as much as I do about what happened in the far north back then."

Upon hearing this, Hyotei's pupils contracted slightly, and she slowly turned her head to look at Yuki-tei in disbelief.

"Xue'er?"

Hyotei's voice trembled as if it were being squeezed out of his throat.

At this moment, Hyotei desperately wanted Yuki to shake her head and deny it.

However, facing Hyotei's eyes filled with sorrow and expectation, Yuki-tei lowered her head in shame and whispered in a voice almost inaudible to others, "Hyotei, I'm sorry."

"sorry?"

Hyotei seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world.

The next second, she practically tumbled and crawled to Xue Di's side.

Hyotei grabbed Yuki-tei by the collar, her eyes bloodshot, her voice hoarse and almost broken, "Why? Yuki-tei, why didn't you tell me!"

"You knew about this, so why didn't you tell me?"

"Why should I just stand by and watch my people die out!"

"I believe I have wronged many people in my life, but I have a clear conscience when it comes to you, Snow Empress."

"Is this how you repay me?"

For Hyotei, she can tolerate anyone's betrayal.

She could forgive even Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng with gritted teeth.

But Xue Di is the only exception.

That was the person she trusted and relied on the most.