31: Chapter 31 The Second Soul Spirit, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion! She is actually the ruler of all soul beasts! The Snow Empress appears!

"Eh?"

In the Spiritual Sea, Tianmeng Iceworm, who was preparing to cheer, froze, and a question mark slowly appeared above her head.

Trash?

Who are you calling trash?

Ice Empress's voice echoed in the empty ice cave, carrying a trace of unquestionable determination.

Huo Yuhao let out a long sigh of relief, his tense body completely relaxed, and a heartfelt smile appeared on his face.

It's done.

He looked at the stunningly beautiful woman standing before the throne, her back solitary and resolute, a surge of indescribable excitement rising in his heart.

This is the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, one of the three great kings of the Far North, a peerless fierce beast with four hundred thousand years of cultivation!

With her joining, his future path would undoubtedly be much smoother!

"Hey, human."

Ice Empress turned around and looked down at him, "Don't get happy too early. Although I have agreed to become your Soul Spirit, I must say the ugly things upfront."

"Senior, please speak," Huo Yuhao immediately said solemnly.

"First, I am not your vassal. We are in an equal contractual relationship; you cannot order me to do anything I am unwilling to do."

"That is natural," Huo Yuhao nodded.

"Second, you are not allowed to mention me in the same breath as that trash Tianmeng." As Ice Empress spoke, she specifically glanced at the light shadow beside Huo Yuhao that represented Sister Tianmeng.

"..."

Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched, and he could only bite the bullet and nod, "...Okay."

In the Spiritual Sea, Tianmeng Iceworm stomped her feet in anger: [Odious stinky Ice-Ice! Wait until this big sister recovers her strength, then I'll see how I deal with you!]

"Third, and it is the most important point."

Ice Empress's expression became extremely serious, "If I discover that you have any disrespect towards Snow Empress, or use her power to commit evil deeds..."

A murderous intent flashed across her eyes.

"I will spare no cost, even if it means my soul scatters, to completely freeze you beneath this ten-thousand-foot ice abyss of the Far North."

Huo Yuhao met her cold gaze without the slightest retreat, instead nodding solemnly.

"I promise you. I have only respect for Snow Empress and absolutely no intention of desecration."

Ice Empress stared at him for a long time, seemingly trying to distinguish the truth from the falsehood of his words.

Finally, she slowly nodded.

"Good, I will believe you for now."

She walked down from the throne and came to the center of the cave.

"Then, let us begin. I cannot wait to see what that legendary contract, which can break the shackles of Spirit Beasts, looks like."

Tianmeng Iceworm's figure emerged from the light cluster, and she urged Huo Yuhao: "Yuhao, get ready. Ice Empress's Ultimate Ice is no small matter. During the contract process, your body will endure tremendous pain. You must keep your mind clear and absolutely must not pass out!"

Gu Yuena also stepped forward and stood not far behind Huo Yuhao. An invisible and gentle force quietly dispersed, forming a force field that isolated external interference.

"Begin."

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes.

Ice Empress glanced at him and didn't say anything more.

She also closed her eyes.

The next moment, a vast and boundless emerald green light erupted from her body!

"Hum."

The entire ice cave began to shake violently!

The surrounding crystal ice walls made an unbearable "crack, crack" sound!

Under the gaze of Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Tianmeng, Ice Empress's graceful figure was swallowed by the endless emerald green light.

Within the light, a huge figure, so large it was suffocating, slowly emerged.

It was a scorpion.

A giant scorpion, a hundred meters long, with a body that looked like it was carved from the highest quality emerald!

Every part of its body seemed like a work of art, with smooth lines full of a sense of power.

Eight thick, articulated limbs steadily supported its massive body.

A pair of huge front pincers shimmered with a chilling light, as if they could easily shear through mountains.

And behind it, that segmented scorpion tail was raised high, the stinger at the tip like the scythe of the Grim Reaper, emitting a chilling, bone-piercing, dark green cold aura.

Ice Jade Empress Scorpion!

This was Ice Empress's true form!

Facing such a terrifying giant beast, Huo Yuhao's heart did not waver in the slightest.

He knew the contract had already begun.

Ice Empress's true form slowly lowered its massive head, a pair of huge compound eyes like two green suns.

Staring at Huo Yuhao, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, small as an ant.

It slowly extended its massive front pincer in front of Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao opened his eyes and extended his right hand without the slightest hesitation.

He gently pressed it onto that massive, emerald-like front pincer.

"Boom."

The moment they made contact, Huo Yuhao only felt a terrifyingly extreme cold air, like a dam-bursting flood, crazily surging into his body along his arm!

"Urgh!"

Even though he had already prepared himself mentally, he couldn't help but let out a painful muffled groan!

Too cold!

This was no longer just simple low temperature!

In just an instant, his entire right arm lost all sensation, and a thick layer of emerald green ice crystals, at a speed visible to the naked eye...

Starting from his arm, it rapidly spread toward his whole body!

His blood seemed to have been frozen into ice dregs at this moment, stopping its flow!

His bones were also unable to bear the burden in this extreme cold!

His consciousness began to blur, and the scene before his eyes began to distort and spin!

[Yuhao! Keep your mind clear!]

Tianmeng's anxious voice exploded in his Spiritual Sea, like a thunderbolt pulling his consciousness, which was about to dissipate, back!

Huo Yuhao bit the tip of his tongue hard, the intense pain making him instantly a bit clearer.

No! He couldn't just give up like this!

He crazily circulated the Soul Power in his body, attempting to resist the invasion of this cold current.

But his Soul Power, before this released Ultimate Ice, was as small as a lone boat in a stormy sea, instantly crushed!

The ice crystals had already spread to his chest!

His heartbeat began to slow and weaken, as if it would stop at any moment!

Just at this moment, the other Spirit in his body seemed to be drawn by this power of Ultimate Ice and began to circulate on its own!

That was the second Spirit belonging to his previous life that had been hidden in his body ever since he was reborn!

Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Spirit!

A power that was equally cold but carried a trace of the same origin surged out from the depths of his body, beginning to actively accept and fuse with that foreign, incomparably domineering Ultimate Ice!

The two forces, inside Huo Yuhao's body, waged a war without smoke!

If Ice Empress's Ultimate Ice was an invincible army that was well-trained and well-equipped.

Then the power of the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Spirit inside Huo Yuhao was an unruly local warlord.

Now that the royal army had arrived, this warlord faced only two choices. Either be completely annihilated, or accept being incorporated!

Under the guidance of Huo Yuhao's unyielding will, this "warlord" chose the latter without hesitation!

The fusion began!

Ice Empress's massive true form began to slowly become illusory, turning into streams of the purest emerald green energy, continuously surging into his body through Huo Yuhao's arm.

And Huo Yuhao's body also began to undergo earth-shaking changes!

The thick layer of ice crystals on his skin surface not only did not fade but became more solid and brilliant, as if he had been put on a suit of emerald crystal armor.

Behind him, a phantom of the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, identical to Ice Empress's true form but reduced countless times in size, slowly emerged.

As energy continuously surged in, this phantom became increasingly solid and clear!

Huo Yuhao's second Spirit was completely activated, reshaped, and even thoroughly formed at this moment!

Meanwhile, the spirit rings on his body also began to change.

The two spirit rings originally belonging to the Spirit Eyes Spirit quietly faded away.

Immediately afterward, two brand-new spirit rings slowly appeared around his body!

Those two spirit rings were not of any known color. They were orange!

Exuding an indescribable and powerful aura!

Each spirit ring emitted a terrifying pressure exceeding one hundred thousand years!

That was the spirit ring unique to a fierce beast with two hundred thousand years of cultivation!

One, and then another!

Two orange spirit rings just hung quietly around Huo Yuhao's body, making him look like a Divinity!

"Success!"

Tianmeng Iceworm cheered excitedly!

Beside them, Gu Yuena's deep purple eyes also revealed a hint of gratified smile.

Finally, the massive Ice Jade Empress Scorpion phantom was completely fused into Huo Yuhao's body.

The contract was complete!

The ice crystals on Huo Yuhao's body shattered inch by inch, turning into spots of light that dissipated into the air.

He slowly opened his eyes.

In those originally clear eyes, a flash of deep emerald green light flickered, and an aura of ruling the world flashed and vanished.

His Soul Power also soared in this rebirth-like transformation, directly breaking through the thirty-level barrier and steadily stopping at level thirty-five!

A three-ring Spirit Elder at only seven and a half years old!

If this were to spread, it would be enough to shock the entire continent!

"Hoo..."

Huo Yuhao let out a long breath of foul air, and that breath condensed into ice crystals the moment it left his lips.

Feeling the brand new and explosive power of Ultimate Ice within him, a joy he couldn't suppress appeared on his face.

"With the addition of Senior Ice Empress, my Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Spirit is truly complete. In the future, I will have more confidence to strive for the God Position!"

"That goes without saying."

A crisp yet slightly lazy voice rang out in his Spiritual Sea.

Immediately after, a green shadow flew out from his body, condensing into the image of a stunningly beautiful girl in front of him.

The girl looked to be no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a daringly cut emerald green short skirt that outlined her sizzling figure perfectly.

A head of emerald green long hair, like top-quality jade, was casually draped behind her.

Her appearance was seventy to eighty percent similar to Ice Empress's previous human form, but she lacked a bit of the cold arrogance that kept people at a distance, and had more liveliness and playfulness.

Especially under the corner of her left eye, there was a small tear mole, which added a bit of indescribable Charm to her.

She stretched a big stretch and let out a satisfied moan.

The exaggerated curves made Huo Yuhao blush, and he hurriedly averted his gaze.

"Tch, finally comfortable."

"Congratulations, congratulations! Warmly welcome Bingbing to join our big family! Yuhao has finally subdued his second Soul Spirit!"

Tianmeng Iceworm also crowded over, clapping enthusiastically.

Ice Empress glanced at her and said unceremoniously: "Shut up, you trash, you're noisy to death."

Tianmeng: "..."

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao hurriedly came out to smooth things over: "That... Senior Ice Empress..."

"Call me Ice Empress from now on, or Bingbing is fine too."

Ice Empress put her hands on her hips, looking like a big sister: "Calling me senior, senior, you're making me old."

"...Okay, Ice Empress," Huo Yuhao readily agreed.

"Less nonsense!"

Ice Empress waved her hand and said heroically: "From now on, you are under my protection! On this continent, whoever dares to bully you, report my name, Ice Empress! I guarantee to turn his whole family into ice sculptures!"

Huo Yuhao: "..."

Why does this sound so much like a mountain bandit king?

"Congratulations."

Just at this moment, Gu Yuena, who had been silent all along, spoke indifferently.

Huo Yuhao turned his head to look at her, a sincere gratitude appearing on his face.

"Nana... thank you. This trip, if you hadn't accompanied me, I..."

"Less nonsense," Gu Yuena interrupted him, but her slightly red ears exposed her inner lack of calm.

Only now did Ice Empress finally turn her attention to this silver-haired girl who had been exceptionally quiet from beginning to end, yet possessed an undeniable sense of presence.

Her entire focus before had been on Huo Yuhao and Tianmeng, and she hadn't carefully observed this follower-like little girl.

But now, she looked at Gu Yuena carefully and seriously.

Then, her expression gradually changed. From the initial casualness to doubt, then to seriousness. Finally, it turned into a shock like raging waves!

She... she couldn't see through her! She couldn't see through this silver-haired girl's depth at all!

She could feel that inside this girl's body, it seemed to hide a vast and boundless sea of stars!

The level of that power far exceeded her cognition! It was even stronger than... than Snow Empress's aura!

Before this aura, even the aura of that Beast God Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest, which she had once felt from afar, seemed... small!

A terrifying name that only existed in legends suddenly burst into her mind!

Ruler of Spirit Beasts!

The one who inherited the power of elemental control after the Dragon God split... Silver Dragon King!

Ice Empress's breathing completely stopped at this moment!

Her body uncontrollably trembled violently!

She never imagined that in her lifetime, she could actually see this legendary Sovereign with her own eyes!

And... and she had just been so rude to the Sovereign!

"Thump!"

Ice Empress did not hesitate, her knees softened, and she was about to kneel before Gu Yuena!

"Sovereign... Sovereign! I... Ice Empress did not know it was you who arrived, I have offended you just now, please, Sovereign..."

"Get up."

Gu Yuena's voice sounded indifferently.

A gentle yet irresistible force supported Ice Empress's kneeling knees, making it impossible for her to kneel down.

"No need to be so concerned."

Gu Yuena looked at her, her purple eyes showing no emotion.

"Since you have become his Soul Spirit, from now on, we are on the same boat."

She glanced at the bewildered Huo Yuhao beside her and continued: "He is the future hope of our Spirit Beast clan."

Ice Empress was shocked upon hearing this!

She finally understood why Tianmeng would make such a choice!

Why this human youth would possess the mark of the Child of the Plane!

So... behind all of this, it was actually the Sovereign's will!

She instantly understood everything, and her awe for Gu Yuena reached its peak.

"Yes! Ice Empress understands! I will strictly follow the Sovereign's orders!" She respectfully lowered her head.

"I've already said, no need to call me Sovereign."

Gu Yuena seemed a bit unaccustomed to this title, slightly frowning, "From now on, just call me Sister Nana."

"Ah?"

Ice Empress was stunned for a moment, then flattered, quickly nodding, "Yes! Yes! Sister Nana!"

Although she agreed, her posture was even more reserved than before.

Just kidding, this was the ancestor of their Spirit Beast clan! Let alone calling her "Sister," even if she were asked to call her "Great-Grandmother," she would be willing!

Beside them, Tianmeng Iceworm watched this dramatic scene, hugging her arms and letting out a standard "hehehe" laugh of a spectator eating melon.

Huo Yuhao looked at this one, then at that one, feeling his brain wasn't enough to process it.

Sister Nana? Ice Empress calling Gu Yuena... Sister Nana?

However, he keenly sensed that the internal relationship of his team seemed... more harmonious.

He cleared his throat, breaking this somewhat strange atmosphere: "Alright, since the contract is complete, it's time for us to leave. We've been delayed here for so long, I don't know about my mother..."

He hadn't finished speaking. Suddenly. A female voice, like spring breeze and rain, drifted over from the deeper part of the ice cave.

That voice was ethereal and melodious, as if carrying a strange power that could soothe the heart.

"Please stay, human."