Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 172 Zhu Ziyang: I'm so excited about winning!

"Snow Emperor, is that you?" Ice Emperor asked, looking around at her surroundings with a puzzled expression. Finally, her eyes fell on a snow-white egg in front of her.

The Snow Empress inside the Soul Egg can only respond to the Ice Empress by shaking the egg.

"Hyotei, hello, I am Zhu Ziyang." Zhu Ziyang entered the sea of ​​consciousness and appeared in front of Hyotei with Ilex, a faint smile on his face, and said.

"You're human?" Hyotei shuddered upon seeing Zhu Ziyang and Ilex, then asked, "Is this your Sea of ​​Spirit? Are you the owner of that giant hand? What did you do to Snow Empress? Why has Snow Empress turned into an egg?"

"Don't rush, listen to me slowly." Zhu Ziyang smiled, ignoring Hyotei's questioning. Hyotei, who only had her soul and life essence left, couldn't cause any trouble in front of Electrolux.

Zhu Ziyang explained the whole story to Bingdi. After listening, Bingdi fell silent, but looking at the soul egg that Xuedi had become, she had no choice but to believe it. She murmured, "Xuedi, is this your choice?"

Within the Sea of ​​Spirit, Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux calmly watched Hyotei, awaiting her choice. Snow Empress was also somewhat anxious, but she could only communicate with Zhu Ziyang and couldn't speak to anyone else.

"Zhu Ziyang, may I become your spirit?" After a long silence, Hyotei finally made her decision and asked in a clear, melodious voice.

"Well..." Zhu Ziyang stroked his chin, a hesitant expression on his face. His expression tugged at the nerves of the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress. The two Northern Heavenly Kings had never imagined that one day they would be controlled by a human.

"Theoretically, you can become a spirit." As Zhu Ziyang hesitated, Electrolux spoke up. "Your soul is intact, and your life essence is mostly preserved, which meets the conditions for the birth of a spirit, but..."

Initially, both Hyotei and Yukiteru showed excitement upon hearing Electrolux's words, but the shift in tone at the end of Electrolux's sentence made their hearts leap again, and they looked at Electrolux nervously. Hyotei said, "But what? Is there anything I can do? I will do my best!"

Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with laughter. Electrolux said, "However, Ziyang doesn't have a spirit ring slot for you, so you'll have to share a spirit ring slot with Xue Di."

"This..." Upon hearing this, Ice Empress hesitated, her previously confident attitude wavering, because she was unsure whether sharing a soul ring with Snow Empress would have a negative impact on Snow Empress, so she could not rashly agree.

But the Snow Empress couldn't care less about that. She shook the Soul Egg, expressing her opinion. The three of them, seeing the Soul Egg shaking so violently, understood the Snow Empress's meaning. Zhu Ziyang felt a pang of guilt, but it vanished in an instant.

"Well, have you made up your mind?" Zhu Ziyang urged.

"Come, let me become your spirit ring!" Ice Empress had already understood Snow Empress's feelings. In order to be with Snow Empress forever, she was willing to give up everything, even becoming a human's pet!

After receiving Hyotei's consent, Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux both smiled, their smiles tinged with the joy of their plan's success. Without hesitation, Zhu Ziyang immediately signed a soul contract with Hyotei.

This time, Electrolux didn't need to intervene, because the Soul Spirit Contract had already been imprinted on the world's rules, and the birth of a Soul Spirit no longer required the previous cumbersome steps. A Soul Master with a vacant Soul Ring, a Soul Beast determined to become a Soul Ring, and a Soul Spirit Contract were all it took to form a Soul Spirit.

Watching the Ice Emperor's soul merge into the Ice Pill, watching the Ice Pill release the Ice Emperor's essence, watching the Ice Pill gradually form a bright green soul egg, and watching the Ice Emperor's essence gradually merge into his body, Zhu Ziyang entered a meditative state with great satisfaction and began to absorb and refine this unexpected gift.

About two or three hours later, Zhu Ziyang woke up. After feeling his own gains, a satisfied smile appeared on his face. Then he glanced at the two soul eggs, one white and one green, in his sea of ​​consciousness, and his smile became even wider.

"How is it?" Electrolux floated out from between his eyebrows and asked.

"Yes, very successful, Teacher!" Zhu Ziyang said with a smile. "As expected, the Snow Empress, as the first Soul Spirit, is a special existence. The authority possessed by the Ice Empress Soul Spirit is completely inferior to that of the Snow Empress Soul Spirit, and moreover, those four Soul Spirit Rings no longer need to worry about the Snow Empress's threat!"

"Excellent, that's more like it!" Electrox smiled with great satisfaction upon hearing this, saying, "That wicked heaven wants to get something for nothing, its plan is quite shrewd. Trying to steal the fruits of our labor, master and disciple, is a gross underestimation of me!"

It turns out that having Ice Empress and Snow Empress share a spirit ring was a deliberate act by Zhu Ziyang and Ilex. Zhu Ziyang clearly had a vacancy for his sixth spirit ring, but he didn't leave it to Ice Empress for a simple reason: they wanted to use Ice Empress to counterbalance Snow Empress's control over her four crimson-gold spirit rings.

As the world's first spirit spirit, Xue Di was undoubtedly special. Her specialness lay in her control over her spirit rings and spirit skills, and the fact that she retained nearly 80% of her original strength. In fact, the remaining strength of Xue Di was actually a good thing for Zhu Ziyang, as it also counted as part of his combat power. What truly bothered Zhu Ziyang was Xue Di's control over her four crimson-gold spirit rings.

The purpose of having Ice Empress and Snow Empress share a spirit ring was to give Ice Empress half of Snow Empress's control over the spirit ring. After all, as a spirit, it's natural for her to have some control over the spirit ring. However, as an outsider and a spirit, Ice Empress couldn't possibly take away control of the spirit ring from her master, Zhu Ziyang. Therefore, if she wanted to stay in the spirit ring, she could only do so through Snow Empress. Since Snow Empress agreed to share her spirit ring, it was only natural for Ice Empress to take half of her control over the spirit ring.

Therefore, the control of the four soul rings is now distributed in a 70/20/10 ratio, with Zhu Ziyang holding 70% and having absolute dominance, followed by Xue Di with 20% and Bing Di with 10%.

Zhu Ziyang really won big this time. He not only quietly resolved the hidden danger of the soul ring, but also gained the gratitude of the Snow Empress. He gained a ferocious beast-level fighter for nothing, and also obtained a soul spirit and three soul skills. He really won big.

Yes, after fusing with the Ice Emperor's essence, the second, third, and fourth soul rings, which previously only had one soul skill, all generated another soul skill.

The second soul ring and second soul skill, Frost Wolf Claw Fang, can be used by Zhu Ziyang or Ice Emperor to unleash extreme ice, instantly creating countless giant icebergs shaped like wolf fangs and pincers, which can easily freeze enemies, especially those that are moving around. The maximum range of the spell is a circular area with a radius of 600 meters!

The third soul ring and second soul skill, Heavenly Frost Emperor's Wrath, allows Zhu Ziyang or the Ice Emperor to gather a giant energy wave containing extreme ice, which indiscriminately attacks enemies along a designated path. The cold air emitted by the energy wave slows down surrounding enemies.

The fourth spirit ring, second spirit skill, Heavenly Frost Frozen Domain, is similar to Snow Empress's Snow Dance Radiant Sun, belonging to the domain-type spirit skill category. However, its effect is not an amplification, but a weakening. Within the Heavenly Frost Frozen Domain, all enemies' ice attribute resistance is reduced by 50%, and their speed is slowed by 50%. This spirit skill originates from Ice Empress's ultimate technique, Frozen Domain.

Furthermore, after obtaining the Ice Emperor's soul spirit, Zhu Ziyang also understood how deep the bond was between the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor, as the two could actually fuse their soul skills.

The Snow Empress's Snow Dance Shining Sun and the Ice Empress's Frozen Domain, also known as the Heavenly Frost Frozen Domain, can be fused into a fusion soul skill called the Ice and Snow Rapid Freezing Domain. This soul skill, which combines the ultimate techniques of the two ferocious beasts, the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, is extremely powerful. According to Zhu Ziyang's current strength, if he were to unleash it at full power, he should be able to instantly freeze a Soul Douluo-level powerhouse.

Although this move is extremely costly, it is a very good choice as a trump card.

Behind Zhu Ziyang, five red spirit rings fluttered. The four spirit rings of Xue Di and Bing Di were each adorned with three golden patterns. These patterns represented the age of the spirit rings as 100,000 years. Two of them came from Xue Di and one from Bing Di, which was quite consistent with their control over the spirit rings!

Zhu Ziyang was in a very good mood. His gaze fell on Huo Yuhao in the distance. At this moment, Huo Yuhao's condition had stabilized a lot, and a large cocoon of martial spirit had once again condensed behind him.

Within Zhu Ziyang's spiritual sea, the two soul eggs leaned against each other, and the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress could now communicate freely.

Hyotei: "Yukitei, I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to have such a big impact on you!"

Snow Empress: "Bingbing, it's alright. Losing control of the spirit ring is actually a good thing for both of us! From what I've observed, Zhu Ziyang isn't the kind of person who would abandon someone after they've served their purpose."

Hyotei: "You think highly of him?"

Snow Empress: "We're already tied to him. So what if we don't think he's a good match? Besides, his talent is truly immense, far surpassing the person chosen by that big bug Tianmeng. Don't you think so?"

Hyotei: "That's true!"

Snow Empress: "What's more, there's that old guy named Electrolux!"

(End of this chapter)