Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 130 The Dance of the Snow Empress

After surveying the territory of the Titan Snow Demon King, Huo Yuhao did not linger. Instead, he followed the Snow Emperor to the territory of the Ice Bear King, which was located further inland.

As one of the few ferocious beasts in the far north, whether it is the Titan Snow Demon King, the Ice Emperor, or the Ice Bear King, the territory they occupy is the second place in the far north with the highest concentration of ice elements, after the Snow Emperor's Ice God Lake.

Huo Yuhao had already searched the Ice Emperor's territory, but he hadn't found a place that suited his taste. After all, for the Ice Jade Scorpions, which don't have a social habit, they would only gather in groups of two or three at most.

Therefore, even including Hyotei's own residence and the other Ice Jade Scorpions' living locations, it was basically insufficient to meet Huo Yuhao's needs for the upcoming experiments.

After arriving in the territory of the Titan Snow Demon King, Huo Yuhao was even more disappointed. If the Ice Jade Scorpions at least chose to live in areas with a higher concentration of ice elements...

Although Titan Snow Demons are social spirit beasts, their habits are closer to hunting, often engaging in large-scale hunts after waking up from a nap.

Then, following the Titan Snow Demon King, they migrated to a place where they would not affect the reproduction of other soul beasts and entered a deep sleep again, waiting for the next feeding time.

"The territory of Xiaobai and his clan is located at the border between Atai and Bing'er's territories, in a place relatively close to the Ice God Lake."

"However, although the Ice Bear clan is not as cohesive as the Titan Snow Demons, it is still much better than the solitary Ice Jade Scorpions."

Compared to the simple, frigid environment of the Ice Emperor's territory, which is suitable for the life of the Ice Jade Scorpion, an extreme ice race, and the territory of the Titan Snow Demon, where heavy snow falls all the time.

Besides the extreme cold, the Ice Bear King's territory is also constantly swept by howling winds, which, mixed with the falling snowflakes, create a blizzard that never dissipates.

"Xiaobai and the others have a much larger territory than Bing'er and the others. Although it doesn't occupy as much as the Titan Snow Demons, the concentration of ice elements is correspondingly higher. After all, the Titan Snow Demons, which are not purely ice-attribute, don't need a particularly cold environment."

"Aside from Ice God Lake, this is probably the most likely location to have a suitable experimental area for you."

Along the way, Huo Yuhao naturally told Xue Di about the experiment he was going to conduct, and Xue Di naturally agreed with it.

After all, aside from producing the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave is a rare treasure for ice-attribute soul beasts, whether for cultivation or slumber.

However, if a suitable area cannot be found in the territory of the Ice Bear King, then Huo Yuhao can only conduct his experiments near the Ice God Lake.

However, as the core area of ​​the entire far north, the Ice God Lake also has the most concentrated ice element energy.

However, the elemental concentration here is also supplied by the overall environment of the far north.

If something happens here, it could have a minor impact on the environment of the entire far north, or even cause a significant change in the temperature of the entire far north.

That's why Huo Yuhao first looked for a suitable place in the territories of other ferocious beasts, so that even if something unexpected happened, it would only require the local soul beasts to migrate.

Although it may cause some short-term chaos, it will not cause any major problems in the long run.

"We've arrived." The blizzard couldn't hinder the Snow Empress and Huo Yuhao's senses. Compared to Huo Yuhao, who relied on his mental power to sense things, the blizzard was more like an extra touch for the Snow Empress, who was blessed by the far north.

A massive iceberg appeared before Huo Yuhao and Xue Di, and it was the most magnificent iceberg in the entire far north.

The ice mountain is filled with deep, dark caves inhabited by ice bears, a powerful group of spirit beasts even in the far north. The cave at the very top is the home of the Ice Bear King, Xiaobai.

Without disturbing the other ice bears, the Ice Bear King awoke from his slumber upon sensing the familiar aura emanating from the blizzard, leaving his cave and arriving before the Snow Empress.

Although its massive size is not as tall as the Titan Snow Demon King, which is 100 meters tall, it is still 15 meters tall when walking on all fours, and it can reach 50 meters tall if it stands upright.

Thick, shiny silver fur covered his body, and the thick layer of fat made him look more striking than the muscular Titan Snow Demon.

However, compared to his enormous size, he whimpered and prostrated himself upon seeing the Snow Emperor.

Then he brought his big head close to Xue Di's face, and Xue Di smiled and patted his big pink nose.

As for the Ice Bear King, Xue Di was clearly much closer to him than to the Titan Snow Demon King. Although Huo Yuhao already knew the reason, Xue Di still told him the story along the way.

Without saying much, the ice flower bracelet on Xue Di's wrist disintegrated again, and several ice flowers fell onto the Ice Bear King. As the Ice Bear King possessed pure ice attributes, its absorption efficiency was stronger than that of the Titan Snow Demon King.

It only took half a day to complete the absorption of the pure energy originating from the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, while Huo Yuhao had already left and had not yet returned.

Looking at the Ice Bear King before her, who had already cultivated to a powerful level and grown into the leader of his clan, the Snow Emperor patted his big head with a hint of affection in her eyes.

"Little White, carefully integrate this energy into your body, but remember not to use it to enhance your cultivation. Otherwise, according to my estimation, you probably won't be able to suppress the arrival of the next great calamity."

The Ice Bear King nodded repeatedly, stirring up a gust of wind as he said with some sorrow, "Yes, but Snow Empress, why do I sense that you seem to..."

The Snow Empress gave a helpless bitter smile, without directly revealing the reason, but simply put away the few remaining ice flower bracelets and then said.

"Come to Ice God Lake to find me in a month. I will have Ice Emperor protect you then. With the energy you have absorbed into your body, and the fact that you will be safe from your next great tribulation, you should be fine."

The Ice Bear King nodded vigorously: "Yes, I'll do whatever you say!"

Then, the Ice Bear King asked with some confusion, "But Snow Empress, who was that human who came with you before? Why can't I sense his presence?"

Unlike the era ten thousand years later, most ferocious beasts today, even if they are strong enough, do not like to transform into human form.

Apart from the Snow Empress, who was born with a certain human form due to her identity as the Ice and Snow Maiden, there are almost no ferocious beasts in the far north that would hide their true forms.

Unlike the Titan Snow Demon King, who possesses spiritual attributes, although Xiaobai could previously see Huo Yuhao with his eyes, in his perception, Huo Yuhao felt like a wisp of empty air, difficult to detect.

Snow Empress sighed. Huo Yuhao had not yet returned. She eventually told Ice Bear King about the deal she and Ice Empress had made with Huo Yuhao, as well as her fact that she had resumed her cultivation.

After hearing all this, and learning about the dangers Xue Di encountered during her retraining, Ice Bear King Xiaobai's eyes reddened: "Damn human soul masters! But Xue Di, why didn't you let me help you when you were retraining?"

The Snow Empress patted Little White's head and chuckled, "Firstly, with Bing'er here, that's enough to protect me."

"Secondly, your 300,000-year tribulation was also approaching at that time. If you didn't suppress it by sleeping, it was very likely that your tribulation would come ahead of time if you went all out."

"At that time, neither Bing'er nor I had the strength to help you, so if you directly undergo the tribulation, you would probably only have a 20% chance of success at most."

At this point, Xue Di's voice lowered slightly: "After all, I watched you grow up since you were a child. Although we are not related by blood, we still have the affection of a mother and son."

"Fortunately, you weren't there. Otherwise, given your personality, you would have recklessly used all your strength to kill that human soul master, and I wouldn't be able to help you plan your tribulation now."

Xiao Bai lowered her head and after a long while said, "I'll do whatever you say, Snow Empress. Whether it's signing a contract with that human or becoming your spirit ring, I'll listen to whatever you say!"

"Now that I have the aid of the Ten Thousand Years of Profound Ice Marrow, there are no longer any obstacles to my reconstruction," the Snow Emperor said with a smile.

This is why she didn't come to see Xiaobai immediately after rebuilding; otherwise, given the Ice Bear King's personality, he would have immediately offered himself as a sacrifice to the Snow Emperor.

Huo Yuhao returned at this moment, but there was no joy on his face. After seeing Xue Di, he slowly shook his head.

"The ice element concentration in the Ice Bears' territory is indeed higher than that in the Titan Snow Demons' territory, and the area where the ice element is concentrated is also much larger than that in the Ice Jade Scorpions' territory, but it is still not large enough."

"In that case, we can only try it near the Ice God Lake," the Snow Empress said helplessly.

Even so, Xue Di did not object, firstly because of the contract she had signed with Huo Yuhao, and secondly because of her inexplicable trust in Huo Yuhao.

For some reason, perhaps it was because of Huo Yuhao's incredibly powerful Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, perhaps it was because of the Emperor Beast's presence, or perhaps it was because he truly brought hope to himself, to the Ice Emperor, the Titan Snow Demon King, and the Ice Bear King.

Therefore, even though it might involve the collapse of the Ice God Lake in the far north, she still had great confidence in Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao then looked at the Ice Bear King in front of him, who spoke in a somewhat deep voice, "The Snow Emperor has already told me everything."

Then the Ice Bear King's massive head lay on the ground, allowing Huo Yuhao to do as he pleased: "I will never refuse the Snow Empress's command. Human, begin your contract."

With the Ice Bear King's autonomous cooperation, just like the previous contract with the Titan Snow Demon King, Huo Yuhao quickly completed a soul contract with the Ice Bear King.

Now, Huo Yuhao can be said to have completely controlled the power of this extremely dangerous place in the far north.

Although there may be other soul beasts with cultivation levels of 100,000 years lurking in the far north.

However, after the four most powerful ferocious beasts had become Huo Yuhao's contract partners, the other soul beasts, even if they were unwilling, would never dare to make any moves.

Although these powers seem formidable, with even the Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor being said to be able to rival the Beast God Emperor Tian in the far north, Huo Yuhao knows that he can only barely be considered to possess the power to contend with the Sun Moon Empire.

After all, the development of soul tool technology in the Sun Moon Empire has already deviated somewhat from the trajectory of the original work.

At the same time, because of the Snow Empress's reconstruction, although the Ice Empress successfully transcended her tribulation, the combined combat power of the two was indeed significantly reduced.

Now that the two have joined forces, they should be able to fight to a draw against Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao and Death God Douluo Ye Xishui without considering a life-or-death battle, thus delaying these two Limit Douluos.

However, the Sun Moon Empire has other powerful individuals and powerful soul tools, such as Kong Deming and the five major soul tool legions.

Fortunately, Poison Undying has now broken through to the level of Limit Douluo. Although it cannot be said that he can definitely defeat the Sun Moon Empire on the battlefield, it is definitely not a problem to force them to retreat.

After all, no matter how crazy the Sun Moon Empire's war plan is, it's impossible for them to be the initial targets of the war, given their three extreme combat levels.

"Time, time is everything. We must gain more time." Huo Yuhao thought to himself as he searched for a suitable experimental site near Ice God Lake.

After all, his goal is not only to defeat the Sun and Moon Empire, but the greatest threat to him comes from the God Realm.

The longer he can buy himself in the Douluo Continent, the more time he will have to develop.

Although the environment of Douluo Continent is not enough to support the emergence of god-level powerhouses, Huo Yuhao, who possesses the undead demiplane, has entirely new possibilities.

This pilot project in the far north can be considered his first attempt.

"Let's stop here." Huo Yuhao led Xue Di to a patch of ice not far from the Ice God Lake. "Xue Di, could you please guide the flow of ice elements in this area according to my wishes?"

The Snow Empress nodded. As a pure ice element spirit, the Ice and Snow Maiden's strength decreased after she was reborn as a human, but her control over the ice element remained undiminished.

Huo Yuhao took out the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow that he had frozen from his storage soul tool, and manipulated the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul to arrange it according to the array core of the magic array he had conceived in his mind.

However, the way the Snow Empress controls the direction of the ice element is quite unique. It is through a unique dance. As the Snow Empress dances, every move she makes is truly moving the heavens and earth of the far north.

The state of harmony between heaven and man, which human soul masters speak of, is like a toddler learning to walk in the face of Snow Empress's Dance.

Observing the Snow Empress's dance, Huo Yuhao gained a deeper understanding of elemental control.

Previously, Huo Yuhao's precise control over the elements was so good that even Electrolux couldn't find anything wrong with it.

However, after watching Xue Di's dance, Huo Yuhao realized that sometimes success is not only achieved through extreme precision.

Although the Snow Empress's Dance was driven by her instincts as an ice goddess, Huo Yuhao glimpsed a much broader realm through it.

"Does it start from a single point and expand outwards, driven by emotion and instinct, ultimately influencing and impacting the entire world?"

"Perhaps, while I cannot share the same feelings for the far north as the Snow Empress, I can use my control to initiate the initial push. However, compared to acting on instinct, this requires a much greater amount of mental energy to complete."

(End of this chapter)