svetikya Chapter 25 The Hyotei's Torso Bones
Chapter 25 The Hyotei's Torso Bones
Jiang Che looked at the Ice Emperor who had transformed into human form, a look of amazement flashing in his eyes.
The girl was petite, yet she possessed the aloof arrogance of the ruler of the far north. Her long, emerald-green hair cascaded over her shoulders, with fine wisps of icy mist swirling around it. The small, icy-blue crown atop her head was a symbol of her status.
Those iconic yellow diamond eyes had lost the ferocity of their beast form and gained a touch of human agility, but the coldness and arrogance deep within them remained undiminished.
"Rest assured, I never make empty promises." Jiang Che withdrew his gaze, his tone calm yet resolute. "From this day forward, we are interdependent, sharing both prosperity and adversity!"
Ice Emperor snorted softly. Although she still felt a little unwilling, the heavenly tribulation had dissipated, and she had completely escaped the fate of being scattered and reborn. This opportunity was something she had never dared to hope for in her nearly 400,000 years of cultivation.
[Congratulations, host, on completing the mission and successfully signing an advanced Soul Contract with Hyotei!]
[Mission rewards have been issued: Soul Power Level +1, Soul Ring Age increased by 10,000 years, World Blocker x1!]
[The World Blocker has been automatically activated, permanently blocking all detection by deities in the divine realm. The host's subsequent actions will be completely out of the divine realm's sight!]
The system notification sounded in his mind, and Jiang Che immediately felt relieved, as if a huge weight had been lifted from his shoulders.
With this world shield, he no longer needs to fear the secret watchful eyes of that God King surnamed Tang. From now on, he can do whatever he wants in the Douluo Continent without any constraints!
At the same time, he could clearly feel his soul power surging, and his original level 92 cultivation level was directly stabilized at level 93.
"My strength has increased again." Jiang Che clenched his fists, feeling the surging power within him, and a joyful smile appeared on his lips.
With two ultimate martial souls, a level 93 titled Douluo, top-tier soul rings over 500,000 years old, and the Ice Emperor, the ruler of the far north, as his soul spirit, he is now capable of fighting against a level 98 Super Douluo even without using his trump cards. He is already a top-tier powerhouse on the Douluo Continent!
As Bingdi watched Jiang Che's surging soul power aura, a hint of surprise flashed in Huang Zuan's eyes.
She could sense that the human in front of her had made a significant breakthrough in strength. Originally, she felt somewhat wronged to have condescended to become a spirit, but now she felt more and more that her choice might not have been wrong.
"Hey, human, what are you planning to do next?" Hyotei spoke, her clear voice carrying a hint of coldness, breaking the silence on the ice peak.
"Hmm...why don't you want to go and explain to your clan?" Jiang Che then remembered that the Ice Emperor in front of him also had an Ice Jade Scorpion clan.
Upon hearing this, Huang Zuan's eyes flickered slightly, and his gaze unconsciously turned to the depths of the far north ice plains, the territory where the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion clan had lived for generations.
She was, after all, the leader of her tribe. Even though she had always been a loner, the bonds of blood remained. For nearly 400,000 years, her tribe had been the root of her life in the far north. Now that she was about to leave completely, a barely perceptible ripple stirred in her heart, and she actually had the thought of going back to settle things once and for all.
But in an instant, the icy mist swirling around her fingertips suddenly solidified, and the hesitation in her eyes was quickly replaced by aloofness and arrogance.
She is the supreme ruler of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion clan, one of the three great kings of the far north. Now, in order to be reborn, she has humbled herself to become a human soul. If she were to return to face her clan now, it would only cause more trouble.
She was never one to drag things out. Once she had made her choice, there was no need to look back or make pointless farewells, which would only cause her worry and tarnish her dignity as the ruler.
With a slight pursing of her lips, Hyotei withdrew her gaze from the distance and looked back at Jiang Che, her tone returning to its usual indifference, carrying an undeniable resolve: "Forget it, there's no need to go back."
"Our race has always been one where the strong prey on the weak, and we have our own laws of survival. Even without me, we can continue to exist peacefully." She raised her head slightly, the icy blue crown on her head gleaming coldly, exuding arrogance. "Now that I have signed a soul contract with you, all the past disputes between our races are severed. There is no need to explain further and cause unnecessary trouble."
As she finished speaking, a swirling mist of ice enveloped her, severing the fleeting attachment in her heart. She looked up at Jiang Che and said, "Don't mention the clan anymore. Just tell me where we're going next."
"Alright, let's go back to Shrek Academy then. We can also take a look at the Heavenly Soul Empire." Jiang Che didn't really know where to go, so he decided to just go back to Shrek.
"Go to Shrek Academy? Are you sure no one will find me?" Hyotei still hadn't changed her mind, subconsciously still believing herself to be a soul beast.
"Of course, you can also feel it for yourself. Where is the aura of a soul beast left on your body now?"
Upon hearing this, Ice Emperor actually tried to sense it himself and found that apart from not having a spirit ring, his other characteristics were the same as those of a normal spirit master.
After seeing that Hyotei had finished the test, Jiang Che turned to leave.
"Wait!" Before Jiang Che could turn around, Hyotei called out to him.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Che paused, his figure about to turn around and take a step suddenly stopping. He looked at Hyotei beside him with some surprise.
The girl, dressed in an ice-green dress, stood on the snow-covered ground. Her petite figure still carried the aloof and proud air of the ruler of the far north. Her emerald green hair was slightly ruffled by the cold wind, and her diamond-like eyes showed no reluctance, but rather a decisive and resolute determination.
She gently raised her hand, and a wisp of warm, icy-green soul power swirled around her fingertips. A body, entirely interwoven with pure white and emerald green, slowly appeared above her palm—her original form as the Icy-Green Emperor Scorpion.
Even without its soul and life force, this body still exudes a dense, extreme chill, and the diamond-shaped protrusions on its carapace gleam brightly, radiating the heavy pressure unique to a ferocious beast that has just broken through 400,000 years of age.
With a light tap of her jade finger, the enormous scorpion body slowly shrank, eventually transforming into a stream of light. A smooth, icy-green torso bone floated slowly between the two of them.
"Hyotei, what are you doing?" Jiang Che asked. He knew it was Hyotei's torso, but he didn't understand why she took it out.
"This is my torso bone, you can absorb it!" Hyotei's tone was very soft, but Jiang Che knew that this was one of Hyotei's escape routes.
"Are you sure?" Jiang Che looked at Hyotei in front of him with doubt.
"Why are you looking at me with such a strange look! Don't you believe what I say?" Seeing that Jiang Che didn't believe her, Ice Empress frowned slightly and asked Jiang Che angrily.
"Cough! That's not true. How could I not believe you? You and I have a symbiotic relationship!" Jiang Che comforted Hyotei first.
Then he voiced his doubts, "But Hyotei, if you leave your old body behind, wouldn't you have a way out if something really happens to me in the future?"