Douluo Continent: I can nurture soul beasts and even perform super evolution.

Chapter 103 Sacrifice? Tianmeng's trump card
In the far north, everything is covered in snow.

Everything in sight is pure white.

Outside Anyang City.

Many people, bundled up in thick cotton-padded coats, stared in astonishment at the man and two women emerging from the city. The young man was handsome and radiant, while the young woman was beautiful, dazzling like a pearl. Leaving those aside for now, their attire—as if they were tourists from the south, still in thin and light clothing—stood out starkly in contrast to their bundled-up appearance.

"Are you a Soul Master?"

"Probably. The snow in Anyang City can freeze people to death. Not far north is the far north. They must be disciples from some academy. Their teachers might be nearby..."

"A girl with gold and silver hair, are they twins? They're so pretty."

"..."

Mu Qiu'er stamped her feet, breathed out a breath, and excitedly ran through the snow-covered landscape.

"Nana, why is there no snow in the Star Dou Great Forest?" she asked with some curiosity.

"The Star Dou Great Forest is like spring all year round because of the Fountain of Life. If a snow season appears, it means that the Fountain of Life is about to dry up..." Gu Yuena said calmly.

"Oh..." Mu Qiu'er stuck out her tongue.

Fortunately, it didn't snow in the Starry Sky Forest.

She's gotten entangled with Su Wen again.

Seeing that the latter was looking at a map of the far north, he also went over, but found that he seemed to understand it at all. His golden eyes stared intently at Su Wen.

"Where are we going?"

"The core area of ​​the far north," Su Wen said calmly.

He pointed to the red dot marked on the map.

What is this red dot?

"The core area."

Mu Qiu'er: "..."

Watching the two talk, Gu Yuena stood gracefully to the side, her silver eyes observing Su Wen with a faint gaze. Since the incident in the Star Dou Great Forest eight months ago, she realized that even she herself had a slight fondness for this young man. As a silver dragon and the ruler of all soul beasts, this was a rare thing, so she called it the guidance of fate that brought her to Su Wen's side.

But in the eight months they'd spent together, she hadn't discovered many secrets about Su Wen. Aside from his exceptional talent, the young man didn't seem to have anything that attracted her, or any ability to find a solution to the problem of human-animal coexistence...

The novelty wears off.

This time, Mu Qiu'er dragged her along, and that's why she came.

"Who are we going to see this time?" Mu Qiu'er asked incessantly.

“Hyotei,” Su Wen said.

The two women fell silent instantly.

"What do you want with Ice Emperor?" Mu Qiu'er hesitated for a moment, then forced a smile. "You're not going to hunt it down and take its soul bone, are you?"

She had a very good impression of Su Wen, and after gaining her freedom, she was happy to stay by his side. She was very happy, much happier than the dull and boring days in the Star Dou Great Forest.

But... she didn't forget that she was a soul beast.

Although the Ice Emperor is located in the far north and belongs to a different faction, they are all affiliated with the Soul Beasts. If Su Wen can kill the Ice Emperor and obtain the Soul Bone today, what about tomorrow...? Will it be her turn? (It is assumed that if Su Wen were to attack the Ice Emperor, there would definitely be Shrek Academy experts secretly following him. She wouldn't be foolish enough to think that Su Wen could do it alone.)
(She doesn't feel anything about hunting low-level soul beasts; in the original story, she did it herself. But when it comes to top-level soul beasts like Ice Emperor, she gets involved and feels a sense of belonging to one of them.)
"Seize the soul bone?" Su Wen glanced at the girl in surprise.

"I am not interested in killing."

He shook his head: "I'm only here to make a friend."

Mu Qiu'er: "..."

Gu Yuena: "..." "You mean you traveled all the way from Shrek Academy to the heart of the far north just to... make friends with the Ice Emperor?" Mu Qiu'er's mouth formed an "O" shape, her pretty face full of disbelief.

“That’s right.” Su Wen nodded solemnly.

"Let's be friends!"

……

"Brother Tianmeng, I'm so cold..."

In the ice and snow.

Huo Yuhao was fully armed, wrapped up like a dumpling, and equipped with all kinds of cold-proof soul tools, but he still felt the cold wind whistling into his sleeves, and the bone-chilling cold gradually spread throughout his body.

He shivered involuntarily, and the mist he exhaled almost instantly froze into ice crystals that fell to the ground. He was barely able to hold on any longer.

"This is already the core area." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm emerged, looked around, and nodded slightly.

"Shall we begin?" Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up.

After all these days of hard work, are we finally about to reach the most crucial step?
"By the way, Brother Tianmeng, where exactly is Ice Emperor? How do we summon it?" Huo Yuhao scratched his head, looking somewhat bewildered.

“Watch me!” Tianmeng nodded emphatically.

A pair of small eyes stared intently into the distance.

They hid Huo Yuhao in another snowy area.

A vast, boundless spiritual energy surged forth from Huo Yuhao's body in an instant, as if draping a pale blue veil over the desolate land, spreading rapidly outwards from Huo Yuhao's center...

"Hyotei, I know you've sensed my presence. That's right, I, Tenmu, have returned for revenge. Do you dare to face me?"

The sounds echoed in layers, reverberating into the distance.

Huo Yuhao, however, stared wide-eyed.

Aren't you friends?
Why is revenge the first thing friends say when they meet?
He had always thought that the difficulty in obtaining Hyotei's sacrifice lay in persuading the other side, but now it seems... that's probably the simplest condition.

"Tianmeng, you dare to come back!"

The sound came from all directions, and the snow layer broke apart inch by inch, splashing up snow waves several meters high.

"Hahaha, Bingbing, you are still so elegant and beautiful..." Tianmeng Bingcan said, mesmerized.

"I came back here just to see you one last time, and then give you all the energy I have left. After all, you know I fell in love with you the moment I first saw you..."

These words dispelled Hyotei's suspicions. Just as the latter revealed his form, Tenmeng suddenly attacked. Without the Silkworm Embrace as her trump card, she had no choice but to consume her source power to condense strands of white thread to wrap around Hyotei.

Inside the snow-white silkworm cocoon.

Hyotei, however, remained calm and composed.

"I didn't expect you to be so despicable, Tianmeng. But how long do you think you can trap me with just some primordial power?"

The power of their origin was rapidly draining away, and even Hyotei felt a pang of heartache seeing it go to waste...

"Hehe, Bingbing, my purpose has never been to trap you..." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm laughed heartily, revealing a triumphant smile: "I hope you can sacrifice yourself to this boy like me. This is my ultimate goal. Humans are the darlings of this continent. As long as we can cultivate a god, we can become gods in disguise! And then enjoy endless longevity."

"Hmph, do you really think I'm stupid?" Hyotei scoffed disdainfully. "Why not peacefully enjoy my last hundred years instead of making a futile gamble? Even if I'm not confident about the calamity that's coming soon, I can always transform into human form!"

“But you have no choice,” Tianmeng said with a faint smile.

"I will unleash all my primal power and extinguish your last glimmer of hope. You may choose to sacrifice yourself to him... Choose one."

……

(End of this chapter)