Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 155 The Sea Princess's Changes

After experiencing that chill that seemed to penetrate to the very core of my being.

After an unknown amount of time, the sea princess slowly awoke from an indescribable weakness.

She tried to lift her head to observe her surroundings, feeling somewhat powerless, but found that her body seemed to be under some kind of lockdown.

Seven ice pillars of icy blue pierced through the vital parts of the sea princess's body and her enormous two-meter-long fish tail, pinning her firmly to the ground.

At this point, the sea princess could barely turn her head, and she found herself seemingly imprisoned in a room entirely made of ice.

Looking around, she couldn't see a single door or window, and without the support of a high concentration of water elemental power, she felt extremely uncomfortable.

However, apart from that, the Sea Princess felt as if all her life's cultivation had mysteriously vanished.

His mental energy was scattered, and he couldn't even enter his own mental sea.

His soul power vanished without a trace, and he couldn't even sense where his soul core was located.

Even her own body had lost sensation, but seeing the ice crystals spreading across her body, the sea princess couldn't help but panic.

You should know that her cultivation has been with her for hundreds of thousands of years and has long become her instinct.

Whether it's mental power or soul power, after losing the ability to sense them, it's as if she's lost her hands, feet, and body.

After the sea princess awoke, a human figure suddenly appeared in the area, looking down at her from above.

The sound of unhurried footsteps could be heard, as if they were observing something around the sea princess.

Because her body was restrained by the ice pillars, the sea princess could only barely look at the human as much as possible, but could not see his whole face.

Although they only exchanged a few glances, the sea princess could sense how this human was looking at her, as if she were a lamb to the slaughter.

"Who are you? What do you want?" the Sea Princess asked, her voice a mix of fierceness and restraint.

As the patriarch of the mermaid clan and a ferocious beast with 600,000 years of cultivation, when has the Sea Princess ever been so offended by a human?

In the eyes of the Sea Princess at this moment, Huo Yuhao's behavior was nothing short of contempt and provocation.

Huo Yuhao did not answer her question directly, but instead said to himself, "Well, the recovery is not bad. It is the fastest recovery among the sea soul beasts that are over 100,000 years old."

"Should I say it's because of the advantage in cultivation level? Apart from that, the injuries I suffered were moderate, not as strong as the Demon Soul Great White Shark King's resistance."

Although Huo Yuhao had already made ample preparations for how to control and contain the Sea Princess after bringing her to the Ice Palace, and had also checked the situation many times during this period.

However, after the sea princess woke up, in order to ensure that everything was in order to prevent any accidents, Huo Yuhao still came to check on her again in person.

Under the full influence of the power of absolute zero.

Since soul beasts that are over 100,000 years old have completed the energy transformation of their bodies to a certain extent, and at the same time condensed their soul cores by relying on their own soul power.

Therefore, it was barely possible after all the cells, energy, spirit, and even the soul of the whole body were frozen at absolute zero.

They barely managed to survive by being severely injured or on the verge of death, rather than dying directly in absolute zero like ordinary sea spirit beasts.

After all, absolute zero is, to some extent, the purification of ice elements, and everything touched by it will be forcibly endowed with irreversible ice elemental properties.

However, this is also related to Huo Yuhao's actions of not interfering too much after he controlled the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul to unleash the Absolute Zero Domain, and even intentionally controlling it.

After all, every 100,000-year-old soul beast contains enormous energy, so Huo Yuhao can certainly control the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul to completely reduce all soul beasts, including ferocious beasts, to absolute zero.

But killing them all directly would be a waste.

Although the soul bones and soul rings can still be used, and the energy after absolute zeroing can be used to benefit the far north, there is ultimately a lack of possibility for sustainable development.

However, even though Huo Yuhao controlled the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul and withdrew the power of absolute zero in time.

However, the effects of absolute zero also caused varying degrees of irreversible damage to these sea spirit beasts that were over 100,000 years old.

In other words, the Sea Princess relied on her profound cultivation to not feel much, only that her body surface was covered and transformed by ice crystals.

As for ordinary 100,000-year-old soul beasts under 200,000 years old, even the powerful Demon Soul Great White Shark with its innate physical strength is no match for absolute zero.

Almost instantly after reaching absolute zero, 70-80% of their flesh and blood tissue is frozen to death.

Fortunately, the soul beast will not suffer further damage.

As long as they have a breath left, even if they are severely injured and on the verge of death, they can at least continue to prolong their lives.

Seeing that Huo Yuhao remained unmoved by her question, the Sea Princess was both ashamed and angry. When had she, who held herself in such high esteem, ever suffered such humiliation?

"Where is the Snow Empress! Where is the Snow Empress! Bring her out here! Even if I lost, she shouldn't have sent a mere human to humiliate me!"

"?" Huo Yuhao looked at the sea princess with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot.

She then shook her head, letting the other person continue shouting, knowing she wouldn't be able to shout anymore soon anyway.

After inspection, the array pathways were found to be intact, the blockade formed by absolute zero energy was functioning normally, and all restrictions had not been damaged. Huo Yuhao prepared to proceed to the next step.

Huo Yuhao muttered some obscure and difficult-to-understand incantations.

At the same time, runes made of soul power appeared all over his body.

Immediately afterwards, these runes fell onto the sea princess who was pinned to the ground by ice pillars.

Because they did not draw upon the power of the Ice Dragon Spirit and the far north.

Therefore, if Huo Yuhao wanted to take action against a powerhouse like the Sea Princess, he would need a considerable amount of preparation time.

The response of natural elements is guided by chanting at specific frequencies, supplemented by runes to locate and determine the final effect.

By doing this, Huo Yuhao can maximize the effect of the magic array set up with the ice pillars formed at absolute zero as the base.

As the formation took effect, an indescribable pain interrupted the sea princess's rage.

This caused her to wail in agony, a pain that penetrated to the bone and pierced her soul, and seemed to stretch out time, making each second feel like an eternity to the sea princess.

At this moment, the Sea Princess clearly felt the spiritual power, soul power, and life force that she had been unable to activate before.

The good news is that they are still present in the body, although there has been some loss, but not much.

But the bad news is that something even more terrifying has happened to the Sea Princess, because her cultivation and power, which originally belonged to her, are getting out of control.

Just as she hadn't understood why the sea would exclude and resist her before.

The sea princess still doesn't understand why her cultivation is not operating according to her will.

On the sea princess's chest, a pearl with a gorgeous golden light flowing within its aquamarine hue gradually appeared and took shape.

Mermaid tears are the most precious pearls on Douluo Star, and they contain the purest spiritual energy from the mermaid race.

Although there are many different legends surrounding them, the essence is that the merfolk are very prone to dissipating their life force and spiritual energy from their bodies.

Even though the energy that has flowed out of the body can be recovered after extreme grief, this is still a flaw that the mermaid race cannot hide.

After all, the reason why the mermaid race can easily integrate their spiritual power into the sea and thus control the ocean currents and water elements is due to the derivation of this characteristic.

There are advantages and disadvantages, which led to the fact that the Sea Princess's racial weakness was now controlled by Huo Yuhao.

If the energy within other 100,000-year-old soul beasts is difficult to extract and utilize, then the merfolk can be considered an unlocked treasure trove.

As this mermaid's tear, imbued with the power and spiritual essence of the sea princess, took shape.

In a short period of time, the Sea Princess's cultivation level dropped by 100,000 years.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao stopped chanting the incantation, and the Sea Princess also felt that the extreme pain from the bottom of her heart finally subsided.

Upon seeing the golden pearl in Huo Yuhao's hand, despite her hatred and loathing, the Sea Princess could only tremble and stammer, "Despicable humans!"

"I suggest you don't talk to me like that, after all, I'm not some kind of devil."

Huo Yuhao placed several layers of restrictions on the golden pearl in his hand and put it away before speaking.

"I'm not a water-attribute soul master either. As you can see, my attribute is purely spiritual."

"If I were only after you were worth everything, I would only need to extract your spiritual essence, not your soul power cultivation."

"It's not difficult for me to do this."

Hearing Huo Yuhao's calm words, which showed no change in tone, the Sea Princess knew that what he said was true, but her fear only intensified.

"If it were Xue Di and the others, they should have already reached the depths of the icy sea. Without the help of ferocious beasts, and with only one-third of their main force remaining, the mermaid race cannot withstand the powerhouses of the far north."

"Our mermaid race has always maintained a peaceful coexistence with the far north. What are you trying to do?! Moreover, our race has worshipped the sea god for generations. Aren't you afraid of divine retribution?!" the sea princess said in disbelief.

She hadn't expected that the far north would be so determined to kill them all. Were they really not even willing to give her a chance to survive?

Even if the far north might have the help of the Ice God, does it really not care about the Sea God's feelings at all?

Looking at Huo Yuhao's calm, unwavering gaze, as if he hadn't been moved at all, the Sea Princess felt as if she had suddenly calmed down.

"For me, wiping out the entire mermaid race is not the best outcome. As long as you cooperate, there is still a way for you to survive. I have other plans for you."

"As for the portion of your cultivation that you lost, I'm going to use it to save your daughter, the mermaid princess who has around 110,000 years of cultivation."

"During the energy extraction process, you should have felt the damage to your body. Guess what will happen to the mermaid princess with only 110,000 energy?"

Upon hearing Huo Yuhao mention his daughter, the Sea Princess became agitated once again, but she managed to control herself and ponder the meaning behind Huo Yuhao's words.

Huo Yuhao was right. He himself was seriously injured, so the best outcome for his daughter would be near death.

If he could obtain a portion of his own source power to nourish his daughter, then at least his daughter wouldn't suffer any major aftereffects.

Thinking of this, the sea princess looked at Huo Yuhao with some confusion. From beginning to end, she seemed unable to keep up with this human's train of thought.

What is he going to do? What does he want to do? What will he do?

Huo Yuhao did not continue the conversation with her, but instead walked away from the place.

The ice pillar formation, composed of ice elements at absolute zero, subtly isolated the Sea Princess's soul power, life force, and spiritual power.

Moreover, once the amount she recovers on her own exceeds the threshold set by Huo Yuhao, the formation will extract the excess energy and transfer it to the Ice Dragon Spirit to strengthen the elemental tide.

This was just Huo Yuhao's initial arrangement for Princess Hai and the others.

As for the next step, we'll have to wait until the Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor take down the remaining mermaids in the Ice Sea.

In another frozen space beneath the Ice Palace, the Sea Princess's daughter, the Crowned Mermaid who had accompanied her to conquer the far north, was not in good condition.

As a race of mermaids who excel in mental power, their physical abilities are not strong enough, and their transformation into energy does not begin with the physical body.

Therefore, unlike the Sea Princess with her profound cultivation and other ten-thousand-year-old ferocious beasts with thick skin and flesh, she can be said to be the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast that was most seriously injured at absolute zero.

The fishtail, which was originally deep blue, was now covered in large patches of black, its skin had lost its former luster, and its aura was barely perceptible.

Unlike the restrictions placed to suppress the Sea Princess's recovery, Huo Yuhao did not exert much control over the crowned mermaid.

Given the extent of her injuries, her spiritual power, soul power, and life force could all be lost over time.

However, after Huo Yuhao appeared and threw the golden pearl from the sea princess at him.

The extremely serious injuries on the crowned mermaid's body were healed at an incredibly fast pace.

As she recovered, Huo Yuhao also began to change the magic array that had been maintaining her life force.

This formed a formation similar to that of the Sea Princess, although the level of restrictions was slightly lower, but the functions were exactly the same.

Before the other party could wake up, Huo Yuhao left the place, because at this time, other ferocious beasts and 100,000-year-old soul beasts began to show signs of awakening.

Huo Yuhao also needs to go to the site to monitor the situation in order to prevent any unexpected situations from occurring.

(End of this chapter)