Douluo Continent: Starting by controlling the Holy Maiden of the Holy Spirit Cult

Chapter 96 Three External Soul Bones

In the far north, there is no day or night. Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged atop a snow-capped peak, his breath filled with boundless life energy.

With the healing of the Silver Dragon King, the ruler of all soul beasts, and the Emerald Swan, he recovered to his peak condition in just one day.

Yes, Bi Ji was summoned by the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena using the power of space. Accompanying her was none other than Di Tian, ​​the Beast God, the leader of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts of Douluo Continent.

Di Tian had a resolute and cold appearance, and his long black hair reached all the way to his heels, not a hair more or less. Among this full head of black hair, two strands of golden hair stood out, quietly hanging in front of him.

At this moment, he stood with the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena, and the two of them raised their right hands, making a grasping motion in the air.

An extremely terrifying aura suddenly erupted from the two, and that single grasping motion seemed to tear the sky apart. The entire far north trembled slightly, and the sky twisted violently.

Immediately, an invisible membrane rapidly formed in the sky above the far north, blocking all prying eyes from the upper realm.

Brigitte was an absolute beauty with long, flowing emerald-green hair and eyes that were also emerald green. She had a slender figure, and a long, light green dress perfectly accentuated her long, graceful body. Her arms were as white as lotus roots and exposed. Most remarkably, she had a pair of wings on her back, as if they were carved from gemstones.

Her wings were emerald green, each feather so dazzling and vibrant, the vivid green full of life, making her seem like a goddess of nature, captivating and breathtaking.

At this moment, Bi Ji withdrew the life force from Huo Yuhao and moved gracefully back to Di Tian's side.

Upon seeing the group of creatures who had imprisoned it for countless years again, an unnatural expression appeared on Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's face. In front of the Silver Dragon King and the Beast God, no matter how many tens of thousands of years it had lived, it was only fit to be slaughtered.

"My lord, with this divine-level anti-peeping energy membrane that we have built together, unless the God King of the God Realm personally descends to the mortal realm, no being can spy on our actions," Di Tian said confidently, bowing deeply to Gu Yuena.

Gu Yuena nodded, then turned her gaze to Huo Yuhao, who had finished healing.

Based on the description in the original work, Huo Yuhao recognized Di Tian and Bi Ji at a glance.

"Thank you, Senior Brigitte."

Huo Yuhao bowed to Biji. Without Biji's help, he would have no chance of recovering to his original state in a short time.

"Let's skip the human etiquette. We need to see hope in you. How to prove your worth is what my soul beast lineage wants to see." Di Tian snorted coldly, clearly dissatisfied with the huge price his side had to pay in the negotiations between Huo Yuhao and the soul beast lineage.

Huo Yuhao knew this great god's personality very well, so he just smiled slightly. At this moment, Ice Emperor and the Demon King were already standing behind him. Ice Emperor transformed into human form, and was a delicate and beautiful girl.

"Let's not delay, let's begin. Please both of you be on guard to prevent my presence from being detected by the gods," Huo Yuhao said.

Ice Emperor and Demon King exchanged a glance, their eyes showing no hesitation. The spiritual essence of the two ferocious beasts drifted out from their bodies and burrowed into Huo Yuhao's forehead.

Under the powerful mental control of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena, Huo Yuhao, who suddenly absorbed the essence of the two ferocious beasts, did not explode immediately, but he still showed a look of pain on his face.

The bodies of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and the Demon Eye Tree, stripped of their spiritual essence, crashed to the ground. Without the control of their spiritual source, their bodies instantly emitted an extremely terrifying ferocity. A layer of brownish-green light appeared in the sky, demonstrating just how terrifying the power of these two ferocious beasts was.

Huo Yuhao's second martial soul is blank. The original ice attribute has been completely replaced by the wood attribute. After the Ten Thousand Demon King merges with it, the Immortal Spirit Wood will become his second martial soul.

According to Tianmeng's plan, the Demon King will directly become his martial soul, completing the shaping of your wood attribute. Then, the power of the Demon Eye Tree itself will become Huo Yuhao's first soul ring. A 100,000-year-old soul beast will inevitably produce a soul bone, but the Demon King is an exception.

The Demon King can not only produce two identical, symmetrical soul bones, but these soul bones are also far more powerful than those produced by ordinary 100,000-year-old soul beasts. Furthermore, he can determine their form and what kind of soul bone they become for Huo Yuhao. Therefore, the Demon King decided to first help him complete the fusion of the soul bones, which would greatly improve Huo Yuhao's physique. Then, he would integrate the soul power of the Demon Eye Tree into his body. With the Demon Eye Tree's soul bone, the fusion would be much easier.

According to Bibi Dong's suggestion, neither the Demon King nor the Ice Emperor would condense the six soul bones commonly used by soul masters for him, but rather external soul bones with higher growth potential.

Because it was a voluntary act by both parties, the fusion of the external soul bones would not cause any problems. Under the control of the powerful figures, the power contained within the soul bones would not leak out. However, Huo Yuhao had to endure immense pain.

Huo Yuhao had already decided that, for him, the most suitable form for the Demon King's soul bone was his left and right palm bones, while the Ice Emperor's would condense wing bones. During the fusion, he would replace both of the Demon King's palm bones and connect the wing bones to his back. Because their soul bone power was too immense, Huo Yuhao's own skeleton had to be modified by both of their soul bones.

This process will be lengthy and extremely painful. Their power can protect Huo Yuhao's body, but it cannot protect his spirit. If Huo Yuhao cannot endure it and suffers a mental breakdown, then all their efforts will be in vain.

Huo Yuhao had gained considerable knowledge about soul bones from reading the original novel. Of the six great soul bones, the most precious were the head and torso soul bones, followed by the limb soul bones. The torso soul bones referred to here are actually the vertebrae, not all the bones in the torso. Bones like ribs and sternums, if fused with other soul bones, are called external soul bones, and their rarity rivals that of a 100,000-year soul ring, granting unique and powerful abilities.

"Gentlemen, I can endure it. No matter how painful it is, I can handle it." Huo Yuhao's voice was sincere; his formidable strength was not something that could be achieved through empty words. There's no gain without pain. Over the past two years, he had cultivated with almost 1000% of the effort others had put in to reach his current abilities. With the opportunity before him, no matter how intense the pain, Huo Yuhao would never back down.

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and the Demon Eye Tree asked in deep voices, "Are you ready?"

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and nodded vigorously: "Let's begin!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a chill instantly erupted in his mind's sea, causing Huo Yuhao to shiver as if he had fallen into an ice cave. This was different from the feeling he had experienced in the ice chamber in the core area of ​​the far north; this chill was now penetrating his very soul, as if his thoughts had been frozen.

Hyotei's voice rang out: "I will personally use cold to numb your pain and minimize your suffering. However, because your body is not yet fully developed, we must be very careful in fusing with your original skeleton, so the process will be lengthy. To achieve the best results, you cannot fall unconscious. Only while you remain conscious can we adjust based on your body's instinctive reactions."

Huo Yuhao was now unable to answer, and at this point, neither the Ice Emperor nor the Demon King had left him a way out, so naturally he couldn't change his mind.

Emerald green and brownish light shone brightly in Huo Yuhao's mind, and his spiritual eyes also changed to one side being emerald green and the other brownish. Tianmeng Ice Silkworm seemed to be completely silent, letting the Ice Emperor and the Demon King do as they pleased.

Two beams of light shot out from Huo Yuhao's eyes, landing precisely on the bodies of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and the Demon Eye Tree. Both bodies trembled violently.

The Ice Emperor's body emitted a strong emerald green light that pulsed wildly toward its tail hook. When the emerald green turned dark green, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's tail hook suddenly lashed out and pierced Huo Yuhao's spine, while the roots of the Demon Tree enveloped Huo Yuhao's palms.

Huo Yuhao's body trembled violently. He felt as if something had pierced through his spine and palm bones. That sharp and pointed object pierced through his skin, fascia, and flesh, and finally embedded itself deeply into his bones.

This excruciating pain, originating from the nerves, was something no normal human could control or endure. Huo Yuhao's mouth gaped open instantly, his eyes bulging as if they were about to pop out of their sockets. His body trembled violently.

The Demon King could have used its wood-attribute healing ability to harmonize the situation, which would have greatly reduced Huo Yuhao's pain. However, it did not do so because it wanted to test just how much this little human could endure.

The answer it received surprised it. Although Huo Yuhao's body reached the limit of pain tolerance in an instant, it could be felt from his body's reaction that this little human's body was actually very tough and strong, and there were almost no impurities in his body.

Especially his back bones. After a year of fierce battles with Ma Xiaotao and Mu Jin, Huo Yuhao's body has been trained to its strongest point: the explosive power of his back bones!

Most importantly, although his sea of ​​consciousness was fluctuating violently, it showed no signs of collapse. Even if the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm didn't intervene, he wouldn't be destroyed.

A hint of envy welled up in the hearts of Ice Emperor and the Demon King. Human talent and potential were indeed unmatched by any noble-blooded soul beast. Of course, it was only envy. If they were asked to trade places, they would absolutely refuse. Otherwise, upon reaching a cultivation level of 100,000 years, they wouldn't have chosen to break through their cultivation limit, but instead transformed into humans and began cultivating anew.

Huo Yuhao's naked body appeared quite robust, a testament to the arduous year of training he had spent in the academy. However, his skin was astonishingly white, almost indistinguishable from the snow and ice on the ground.

A wisp of emerald green slowly flowed down his spine and spread towards his back, while his hands were encased in the tangled tree roots, making it impossible to see anything.

The method of creating gods proposed by Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was unprecedented even in the Douluo Continent. It's important to know that Tianmeng Ice Silkworm spent a full 100,000 years to basically complete the preliminary preparations.

Although the fusion of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Huo Yuhao seemed easy, it had actually sealed and divided about half of its spiritual essence beforehand, a process that had been completed long ago, along with many other meticulous preparations. When it came to the fusion of Ice Emperor and the Demon King, it provided guidance and assistance throughout the process, using its powerful spiritual energy to support them.

Huo Yuhao's gaunt body trembled uncontrollably, a fine layer of icy beads—condensed sweat—covering his skin. Blood seeped from his seven orifices, and beneath the icy beads, the skin was completely red. The speed at which his blood circulated was terrifying. Anyone else would have exploded and died long ago. Yet, at this moment, Huo Yuhao's body was protected by the spiritual essence of four powerful figures: Bibi Dong, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Ice Emperor, and the Demon King.

The accelerated circulation of blood and qi is an inevitable consequence of absorbing and fusing with the soul bones. These bones protect Huo Yuhao's internal organs, meridians, flesh, and bones, essentially coating his body with a protective layer. No matter how fast the blood and qi circulates, it cannot break through their defenses.

The dense aura of blood, the pale skin, and the emerald green bones visible even from the outside, along with the entwined withered trees, painted a terrifying picture. Only Huo Yuhao's eyes remained golden. With Bibi Dong present, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, though not needing to assist him in guarding his Sea of ​​Spirit, was determined to protect his Martial Soul.

It can be said that Huo Yuhao in this life is basically the one who suffered the most intense pain in the history of human soul masters when fusing soul bones. One reason is that his cultivation level is not high, and the other reason is that the soul bones he fused with were of too high grade, too many, and too abnormal.

Even though Ice Emperor and Demon King are doing their best to control it, their soul bones are still nearly a million years old! Even if most of their power is sealed inside the soul bones and not released, it will still have a huge impact on Huo Yuhao, who is still in the development stage.

Huo Yuhao's small body convulsed and trembled violently, completely out of control. The intense pain caused his bones to crack and pop continuously, but he insisted on not making a sound.

Because in his heart, there was always a belief that he must save Zhongli Yu!

An hour of torment slowly passed, and the transition between emerald green and brown gradually stabilized. Finally, the color of Huo Yuhao's back settled on a deep emerald green, exactly the same color as the original Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's tail. The withered wood around his palms loosened, revealing a pair of brown hands, and Huo Yuhao's body underwent a dramatic transformation.

Under the nourishment of the powerful tonics, Huo Yuhao's bones had noticeably grown stronger, his shoulders had broadened, and he had grown taller. His muscles, tendons, fascia, blood vessels, and internal organs had all become many times more resilient than before. His skin even had a jade-like luster, exuding a noble aura even in this snow-covered world.

His eyes remained open, the emerald green and brown light slowly fading, and his purplish-red pupils becoming even deeper.

If one word could be used to describe Huo Yuhao at this moment, then the word "transformation" would be most fitting.

The cheat code is already in place. Don't ask me why I didn't give him the regular six soul bones; there are other plans for that.

(End of this chapter)