Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 105 Octagonal Sacrifice

"I'm willing to believe you."

Following her heart's desire, and after being persuaded by Xiaobai, the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass no longer hesitated and spoke firmly to Huo Yuhao.

Upon hearing this, the other immortal herbs, though hesitant to openly oppose or mock the existence of the poison-free herb, all appeared extremely anxious.

Even the Fiery Apricot, the mortal enemy of the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass, is the same. Although it and the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass are incompatible due to ice and fire, they bicker constantly after gaining sentience and are true mortal enemies.

However, over the years, in this secluded place of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, only a few immortal herbs have been able to develop sentience. Having lived together for so long, they have developed a certain affection for each other.

Moreover, for soul beasts, the meaning of sacrifice is self-evident. Without having witnessed any special cases, it means complete annihilation, which naturally makes them anxious.

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao nodded, ignoring the other immortal herbs, and instead said to Du Busi beside him, "Master, please release the seal on the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass."

"My second spirit also needs to be fused with a spirit ring, and as a 100,000-year-old spirit beast, the sacrifice of the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass can bring me many benefits."

Du Bu Si's brows relaxed at this moment. As a Super Douluo, he naturally knew about the sacrifice of soul beasts, which was a situation that was entirely beneficial to soul masters.

Moreover, Du Bu Si was confident in his strength and naturally wasn't worried that the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass would do anything under his nose. In addition, he also had great faith in Huo Yuhao's judgment.

With the seal on the Poison Undying Soul Power being broken, Huo Yuhao also summoned his second Martial Soul, the Ice Dragon King!

Unlike ordinary beast spirits, which enhance the physical attributes of a soul master through spirit possession and alter the soul master's appearance and form, beast spirits are different.

Huo Yuhao's second martial soul, the Ice Dragon King, was different. After the Ice Dragon King martial soul was formed, Huo Yuhao also modified it to a certain extent through the Eye of Truth.

This allowed the second martial soul to completely detach from Huo Yuhao's body and move freely. Although this situation differed from the initial expectations, it was not without its advantages.

Huo Yuhao's initial vision for his second martial soul was that it could attach to his body and coexist with the Eye of Truth.

Furthermore, Huo Yuhao can use the power of the Eye of Truth to freely change the attributes of this ultimate ice, giving him an extreme affinity for each attribute.

However, they ultimately failed and had to settle for second best by separating the Ice Dragon King's martial spirit.

While Huo Yuhao's plan could be achieved, his current physical strength was insufficient to support a god-level martial soul; he could only do so when he possessed demigod-level strength.

Instead of wasting time like this, why not separate the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul first? After all, once Huo Yuhao's strength increases and he reaches the demigod level, are we afraid that we won't be able to merge them?

However, although the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul was separated and it possessed a certain degree of autonomous intelligence, it still required Huo Yuhao's will to control it.

Rather than possessing an absolutely autonomous will, this is because the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul was born from the remnant soul of the Ice Dragon King, and its own spirituality is incomplete, nor is it possible for it to give birth to a complete soul.

Autonomous will is based on the soul as a vessel. If the soul is incomplete, even if Huo Yuhao entrusts his spirit to the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, it is like water without roots and cannot be sustained for long.

Therefore, the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul is currently similar to a mimicry Martial Soul, but it is more powerful than a typical mimicry Martial Soul because its existence is not merely a false existence that separates the Martial Soul from the Soul Master.

However, for the time being, before fusing with the remnant soul of the Ice Dragon King and completing his spirituality, Huo Yuhao's soul power level and mental strength level are limited. Although he can release it externally, the Ice Dragon King's martial soul naturally cannot stray too far from Huo Yuhao.

However, since the Ice Dragon King's martial soul has left his body, there are naturally advantages to doing so. That is, Huo Yuhao's first martial soul, the Eye of Truth, will not conflict with it at all and can coexist with it.

Although Xiao Xiao had previously demonstrated the technique of using twin martial souls simultaneously, the reason she could control two martial souls at the same time was primarily because both of her martial souls were weapon martial souls.

Once a weapon spirit is summoned, it does not require the soul master to possess the spirit and thus modify or change the soul master's body.

In the case of two twin beast spirits, or a combination of a main spirit and a beast spirit, when both spirits simultaneously affect the spirit master's body.

Unless the two martial souls can complement each other and thus fuse to form a self-fused martial soul fusion skill, it is absolutely impossible for them to be used at the same time.

This would create conflict, as different martial souls modify the human body differently. For example, bird martial souls will grow wings, while turtle martial souls will grow turtle shells.

Although these are just some of the changes that a spirit master makes to their physical appearance, the actual transformation of a spirit master's body structure through spirit possession is far more complex and difficult to achieve.

Moreover, even if one possesses two weapon-type martial souls, there will be no conflict between them due to the martial souls being attached to the body. However, the mental and physical effort required to control two martial souls simultaneously is unimaginable.

However, Huo Yuhao's martial soul, the Eye of Truth, and the Ice Dragon King do not have these hidden dangers. Not only do they not require Huo Yuhao to put in extra effort, but he can also control them freely.

This is because the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul is different from ordinary beast Martial Souls and mimicry Martial Souls. It possesses powerful spirituality, but it is incomplete and therefore lacks intelligence.

But even this is enough to make him rely on Huo Yuhao's spirit and carry out all the tactical orders he gives.

With the appearance of the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, although its size is not large, only about two meters long.

However, compared to the remnant soul of the Ice Dragon King, which only possesses the dragon soul, Huo Yuhao's martial soul is undoubtedly more complete and imposing.

Standing tall before Huo Yuhao, he seemed to reign supreme, even Du Busi couldn't help but feel a sense of dread, an invisible pressure emanating from him.

Poison Undying's expression changed slightly, and he even began to doubt his own intuition: "Are you kidding me? What exactly is Yuhao's second martial soul? Just its appearance has brought me some pressure of death. Could my intuition be wrong? That shouldn't be the case."

Although the energy pressure of the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul was not strong, the extreme coldness spread in all directions when it was summoned by Huo Yuhao. It was not a soul skill, but an instinct.

A unique domain of instinct belonging to the Ice Dragon King naturally formed with his appearance, and the prototype of this world belonging to the Ice Dragon King was thus created.

The former Ice Dragon King was a terrifyingly powerful being at the God-King level, and he also controlled the complete laws of ice. Although Huo Yuhao is now affected by him, he only possesses a martial soul related to it.

However, even if it does not reach the god-level, it is still vastly different from ordinary martial souls.

This is because the Ice Dragon King's martial soul is of such a high level that even without soul skills, its 100% extreme ice attribute will have a terrifying impact on the surrounding environment.

Under the interference of ice of such extreme purity, surrounding alien elements will unconsciously avoid or be repelled.

This leaves only pure ice attributes within the domain, and the pure ice attributes will form ultimate ice. Although it is not yet complete due to Huo Yuhao's own strength, it is already enough to crush ordinary domain techniques.

Moreover, the range of this instinctive domain will gradually expand as the Ice Dragon King's martial soul grows stronger, eventually forming a complete world, or rather, a planet. The Ice Dragon King at his peak naturally also had his own fiefdom.

However, the ultimate ice domain that the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul can absolutely influence is only within a radius of ten meters. If it expands further outward, although the temperature will still be extremely low, it will be difficult to repel all elements.

However, apart from its instinctive influence on the external environment, the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul also perfectly inherited another characteristic of the Ice Dragon King himself, a characteristic that makes him capable of defeating or even killing a Limit Douluo.

That is absolute zero.

This is an innate ability brought about by the ultimate ice of 100% purity, which is the body of the Ice Dragon King known as Absolute Zero.

Logically speaking, this is an ability that can only be possessed at the god-level, but it appeared on Huo Yuhao's six-ring Soul Emperor martial soul, which is why Du Busi felt wary.

Absolute zero is just a theoretical concept, but here absolute zero is the lowest temperature that can theoretically occur on Douluo Star.

This also means that at this temperature, all other attributes, energies, and life forms below the god level on Douluo Star will enter a relatively static state after being affected by absolute zero.

This is why Huo Yuhao separated the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul from his body, because even after his body was tempered and strengthened by life energy, it was already capable of withstanding 99% purity of extreme ice attribute.

However, as long as Huo Yuhao has not yet transformed his body into a fully-fledged ice-attribute physique, then the absolute zero level remains an insurmountable obstacle for him at present.

It should be noted that if it were the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul, in the original work, even with the help of the four Soul Spirits and Huo Yuhao's Title-level cultivation, it would only be able to barely reach the level of absolute zero.

However, even so, it was only a brief burst of power. It allowed the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul to unleash a Soul Skill that approached absolute zero, but it was not that the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's own extreme ice attribute had reached that level.

The Ice Dragon King Martial Soul is different. The difference between gods and mortals exists precisely because of this. It is born with an ultimate ice domain and an absolute zero body, which shows how terrifying it is.

Simply put, as long as one comes into close contact with the Ice Dragon King's martial soul, even someone as powerful as a Limit Douluo could be killed on the spot if things go wrong.

At the same time, even the attacks of a Limit Douluo cannot break through the physical defense of the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, because all attacks will be 'frozen' the moment they come into contact with the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul itself.

Faced with the incomparably noble Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass was truly convinced and sincerely submitted.

Then, it was another scene that Huo Yuhao had experienced before: the sacrifice of a soul beast.

However, this sacrifice was far more extravagant than the previous sacrifice of the five-tailed spirit fox.

After all, the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass is a 100,000-year-old soul beast, and it also has remarkable attributes, and it is located in the treasure land of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

The sheer scale of the event left even Poison Undying, who was standing nearby, somewhat amazed, as it was the first time he had ever witnessed a 100,000-year-old soul beast making a voluntary sacrifice.

With the sacrifice of the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass, its entire energy gradually merged into the body of the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul.

Huo Yuhao kept his word and, as the sacrificial ceremony drew to a close, withdrew his Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, preserving the last bit of the Eight-Cornered Profound Ice Grass's soul along with its essence.

However, just like when he fused with the Five-Tailed Spirit Fox before, Huo Yuhao did not leave behind the soul bone of the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass, but instead sealed it within his body as its origin.

After all, Huo Yuhao already had his eye on the soul bones he needed, and soul bones themselves have a compatibility factor and are meant to be paired with divine equipment, so he couldn't just collect one from one place and another from another.

"Did it succeed?" Seeing that the sacrificial ceremony was over, Du Busi immediately came forward. After all, Huo Yuhao had just fused with the sixth 100,000-year soul ring not long ago, and he was a little worried that Huo Yuhao would not be able to withstand the benefits of another 100,000-year soul ring so quickly.

Opening his eyes, Huo Yuhao nodded and said, "Master, don't worry, of course I'm confident. Moreover, the sacrifice is different from the past. With the help of the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass, it went very smoothly."

As Huo Yuhao said, he used the sacrifice of the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass to seal most of the energy in his soul ring, waiting for himself to finish digesting the energy in his previous sixth soul ring before slowly absorbing it. Of course, there would be no situation where he was too weak to absorb the energy.

Huo Yuhao raised his right hand, and the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass appeared in his palm, swaying gently. Just as he had said before, he had preserved the spirit of the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass.

Seeing this, the group of immortal herbs breathed a sigh of relief, and their goodwill towards Huo Yuhao increased even more.

"Master, I've almost finished dealing with things here." Huo Yuhao paused and said, "Let's return to the sect as soon as possible. Perhaps with this opportunity, our Body Sect will also welcome a Limit Douluo."

Poison Immortal laughed loudly and said, "Hahaha, that's for sure! The rise of my Body Sect is unstoppable!"

(End of this chapter)