Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 126 The Mysterious Ice Cave

After hearing Huo Yuhao's additional request following her initial conditions, Xue Di thought for a moment and then agreed.

After all, for Huo Yuhao, since he was using the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave as a price, what he wanted to gain through this Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave was definitely the support of her and the Ice Emperor, who were the strongest fighters in the far north.

Although the Snow Empress has now been rebuilt, with her powerful attributes and three self-created ultimate techniques, her combat strength is in no way inferior to that of ordinary Super Douluo.

Moreover, if the battlefield were set in the far north, the Snow Empress, as the Ice and Snow Maiden, would even receive the protection and blessing of the far north, possessing the strength to fight against high-level Super Douluo.

If the Snow Empress can break through the shackles of level 90 by absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, then she will not encounter any bottlenecks before she reaches the limit level of level 99.

After all, for a ferocious beast of the Snow Empress's level, the process of rebuilding its soul power is more like regaining its original strength, and because it has already gone through it once before, it is even smoother.

After all, ordinary 100,000-year-old soul beasts, although they are also reborn as humans, only have enough experience to help them successfully cultivate to the level of a 95th-level Super Douluo by condensing their soul cores.

As for higher levels of cultivation, or the level of Limit Douluo, it depends on the level of the spirit beast's original spirit and its own talent after the spirit beast is rebuilt.

As one of the best among the ferocious beasts, the Snow Empress, favored by the far north, is undoubtedly talented and gifted. For her, becoming a Limit Douluo is merely equal to her former self.

That's why Huo Yuhao offered the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave as a price. After all, Huo Yuhao's second martial soul is also the Ice Dragon King, which represents the ultimate ice. The Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave is also a treasure for him.

Although Huo Yuhao's primary attribute is not ice, this does not mean that he cannot make use of the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Therefore, since Huo Yuhao was willing to offer this precious land as a condition and a sign of sincerity, Xue Di was naturally aware of the situation.

As for the idea of ​​forcing Huo Yuhao to reveal the location of the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave, the Ice Emperor did indeed consider it.

Unlike the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress's thinking was more direct and straightforward. Moreover, being on the verge of death made it even more difficult for her to calm down and consider the pros and cons.

However, besides not being able to see through Huo Yuhao's martial soul, the presence of the imperial auspicious beast beside her, and the terrifying soul power she instinctively sensed lingering around Huo Yuhao, also dispelled her thoughts.

Although with her cultivation level, she is not afraid of most Super Douluo in the far north, and even Limit Douluo is qualified to challenge her head-on, this is only under the circumstances of having no other choice.

For ferocious beasts of the Ice Emperor's caliber, unless absolutely necessary, they would never engage in a true head-on clash with an opponent of the same level. Otherwise, regardless of the outcome, they might be left with injuries that could never be healed.

As for the Ice Emperor, who is about to face another great calamity, her chances of going all out are even fewer. Putting aside the possibility that her hidden injuries might be aggravated by the methods of a powerful enemy, the mere fact that going all out in a battle could attract a lightning tribulation makes her hesitant to make a decision.

After calming down the somewhat agitated Ice Empress, since the Snow Empress was able to accept Huo Yuhao's additional conditions, it wouldn't be a big problem to add a soul contract after the oath to heaven and earth.

After the two Ice and Snow Emperors agreed, Huo Yuhao formed a soul contract with them, which was different from the soul contract he had previously formed with the Imperial Beast.

The soul contract that Huo Yuhao and Di Ruier formed bound them together in many ways.

If one of the souls is damaged or even dissipates, the other soul will also suffer considerable harm and backlash, and may even die.

However, at the same time, some of the core abilities or talents of both sides can also be used by the other side through the soul contract, greatly enhancing the effect of attribute attraction.

The soul contracts that Huo Yuhao formed with Bingdi and Xuedi were much more flexible in nature. They were basically based on contracts, with the souls of the three parties serving as the carriers.

Anyone who dares to violate the contract will suffer a backlash from the power of the contract on the soul level, which will not only deepen the influence of the oath made by heaven and earth.

Besides, it does not lead to a situation where everyone prospers or suffers together, nor does it have the effect of telepathy. However, Huo Yuhao added an extra function: it can use a soul contract as a medium to cast teleportation spells.

Unlike the Douluo Continent, where only powerhouses at the Limit Douluo level can access spatial techniques, the magicians on the Holy Demon Continent have conducted far more in-depth research into this area.

For Huo Yuhao, who has studied Electrolux magic, although he has not yet fully inherited the Electrolux undead demiplane, he is already able to use some spatial means such as teleportation.

After the contract was concluded, Huo Yuhao told the Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor the location of the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave, thus fulfilling half of his responsibilities under the contract.

Only after helping the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor to personally experience the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Mystic Ice Cave will Huo Yuhao's responsibilities under the contract be fully fulfilled.

Upon hearing this, Xue Di frowned slightly: "The human world? No wonder Bing'er and I have never found the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave in the far north again."

Hyotei retorted fiercely, "What human world? Wasn't that originally just the edge of our far north? Even more ancient times, it was even the inner region of our far north."

"However, in recent years, with the growth of human power, the living space of our spirit beasts in the far north has been constantly squeezed, and our land has been taken away!"

Huo Yuhao did not express any opinion on Bingdi's remarks. Compared to Xuedi, who was the ruler of the far north, she was much more composed. The far north had been a forbidden zone for humans for many years.

Because of the environment, the Ice Emperor has had even less contact with humans than the ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. As a result, the Ice Emperor's stance and understanding of humans have never been updated.

This also makes her personality and other aspects exceptionally easy to manipulate, because she has had very little exposure to the core area of ​​the far north.

Huo Yuhao didn't continue on this topic: "The Ice Emperor is not in good condition right now, it would be best if she rested in the Ice God Lake."

"Otherwise, given the way the Ice Emperor's energy occasionally surges, we'll probably attract the attention of the powerful figures in Dragon City before we even enter."

"As far as I know, although Dragon City is located on the edge of human society, it also has a titled powerhouse with the martial soul of Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex."

"Although that titled expert is now old and frail, if he is determined to escape, he can still get away after he notices you, Ice Emperor."

"If he manages to bring in more powerful individuals at the title level or above to assist him, the far north will likely be the one to suffer."

The Snow Empress nodded, while the Ice Empress seemed somewhat sullen. After all, in her view, reclaiming the land and treasures belonging to the far north was a matter of course, so why should she have to worry about this or that?

"The Snow Emperor has now been restored to human form, and her cultivation level is approaching the level ninety title mark. Even if she were to personally enter the human world, she would not fear being detected by human powerhouses."

Huo Yuhao then turned his gaze to Xue Di beside him: "The place we are going to this time is the Earth Dragon Gate in Dragon City. This sect does not have any titled experts; the strongest one is only a Soul Douluo."

"With my spiritual cultivation and methods, as long as the Snow Empress doesn't act rashly, I'm confident I can conceal our whereabouts."

"Due to the unique characteristics of the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave, although the Earth Dragon Gate discovered the wonders of this place, they were unable to delve into it due to their martial spirits. They could only utilize the negligible spiritual energy emanating from the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave."

"So our goal is simply to infiltrate the Eternal Ice Cave. Through the soul contract, I can use spatial summoning techniques to transfer the Ice Emperor from the far north to the Eternal Ice Cave. What does the Snow Empress think?"

After listening, Xue Di nodded, not dwelling on the issue too much: "There's no problem, let's proceed according to this plan."

Then, the Snow Empress released the little white fox from her arms and gently stroked the Ice Empress's diamond-like carapace, saying, "Bing'er, you should rest quietly in the Ice God Lake. With a soul contract and an oath to heaven and earth, and with the Emperor Beast as witness, there shouldn't be any problems."

The little white fox entered Huo Yuhao's body, its soul power returned to Huo Yuhao's body, and its consciousness entered Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea.

"Without further ado, auspicious beast, Huo Yuhao, let's set off now."

The aura that had connected the Snow Emperor with the icy world slowly dissipated and disappeared.

At this moment, apart from her stunning beauty, her aura was so subtle that even Huo Yuhao, who was standing right in front of her, could hardly detect it, as elusive as a wisp of snow.

Only through the eyes of truth could Huo Yuhao glimpse the terrifying power contained within the Snow Empress's body.

'It seems that although it's a reconstruction, Xue Di must have made other changes to the original design, but that makes sense.'

Huo Yuhao didn't dwell on it too much. Since Xue Di had said so, he took Xue Di and Di Rui'er and headed towards Dragon City in the far north.

However, Di Ruier remained silent the entire way, keeping her head down and letting Huo Yuhao hold her hand.

Compared to their previous arrival, the three of them left the far north much faster. With the Snow Empress present, they were unlikely to encounter any foolish soul beasts trying to stop them.

Moreover, compared to Huo Yuhao and Di Ruier, Xue Di was extremely familiar with every place in the far north, and directly led Huo Yuhao and the others away from the icy plains of the far north via the fastest shortcut.

Dragon City, underground at the Dragon Gate.

Although it is called the Earth Dragon Gate, it is not a sect that specializes in the power of the earth. Instead, it represents a sub-dragon with impure dragon blood, unlike the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus of the Heavenly Dragon Gate, which is a true dragon.

After arriving here, Huo Yuhao chose to do what the Body Sect used to do: dig tunnels.

With his ability to see the truth, after exploring the city alone for a while, he found his target location—the cave beneath the Dragon Gate Cold Spring—by looking through the buildings and the ground.

For Huo Yuhao, it was not difficult to find a soul skill that was good at digging holes from his vast reserve of soul skills. By concealing his mental power, he led Xue Di and Di Rui'er to the cave under the cold spring without anyone noticing.

Compared to the cold spring outside, this cave has clearly been modified by someone using the environment and special methods to create a completely dry environment without water.

"The chill and the quality of the spiritual energy here are already close to those of the Ice God Lake."

Looking at the dark cave in the distance, Xue Di was certain that this place was indeed a ten-thousand-year-old ice cave, and that it must contain a lot of ten-thousand-year-old ice marrow, otherwise it would not have such an exaggerated concentration of spiritual energy.

After all, the reason why Ice God Lake can have such a low temperature is because of a piece of life-giving gold in the center of the lake, which can be called the treasure at the core of the far north: the Heart of Ice God.

However, the existence of this Ice God's Heart is closely related to the far north, and it is still being nurtured and cannot be considered fully formed. Therefore, even if the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor face a great calamity, they cannot take it out and use it.

As Huo Yuhao activated the summoning array, the figure of the Ice Emperor appeared in the cave, and Huo Yuhao felt as if his soul had become lighter: "Alright, my mission is complete."

In contrast to Huo Yuhao's ease, both the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor felt as if an invisible shackle was shrouding their souls. Although it did not cause any pressure, it made them constantly remember to keep in mind.

However, compared to their worries about the future, the present moment excites them more.

Even the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm within Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea stopped its complaints: "Wow, Yuhao, I didn't expect you to actually know the location of a ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Cave!"

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm originally thought Huo Yuhao was just fooling the Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor, and was afraid that he would mess things up. After all, only he, who had actually been to the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave, knew what a treasure it was.

He had been following Huo Yuhao for quite some time, and he didn't know how Huo Yuhao had obtained this information, but his host did seem to have some skill.

In this way, her grand plan to create a god would be more hopeful. Although she had lost the possibility of living with the Ice Emperor, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm still comforted herself in this way.

After all, in the eyes of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, which evolved from a weak ice silkworm through being hunted and exploited, the most important thing is survival. Only by surviving can there be a future.

(End of this chapter)