Douluo Continent: Reborn as Yuhao, they all have ulterior motives.

Chapter 54 Local Specialties of the Far North

When Huo Yuhao opened his eyes, he saw the stunningly beautiful figure guarding him.

"woke up?"

"Hmm," Huo Yuhao shook his head slightly and looked at Xue Di, "How long have I been asleep?"

Performing a soul ritual with a ferocious beast of the Ice Emperor's caliber nearly exhausted his mental energy, to the point that he fainted immediately after the ritual ended.

"Ten days."

"That long?"

Hearing Xue Di's answer, Huo Yuhao was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at her, "You've been guarding here the whole time?"

The Snow Emperor shook her head and raised her hand, revealing an ice-blue lotus flower in her palm.

"I set up a protective barrier to protect you along the way and left for a while to find the 100,000-year-old snow lotus you mentioned."

Before Huo Yuhao could react, the lotus flower was presented to him, and the cold voice rang out again.

"Can't you absorb another spirit ring? Absorb it."

This was something they had discussed long before forming a soul contract with Ice Emperor. Compared to the Spirit Eye Martial Soul, which allowed Tianmeng to provide multiple soul rings, the Ice Attribute Martial Soul, which could continuously evolve, clearly had to take a completely different path.

That is to acquire as much power as possible from soul beasts in order to continuously evolve one's martial soul. Although one can absorb power by being beaten up, the efficiency is too low. Not to mention someone like the Snow Empress, if she were to be beaten up now, she might die before she could evolve her martial soul...

Therefore, for the second spirit, the position of each spirit ring is extremely important. Huo Yuhao does not intend to have the spirit provide a second spirit ring unless absolutely necessary.

"But this isn't what you use to transform."

Huo Yuhao was a little confused. Wasn't it agreed that he would give an answer at their next meeting?

This is like giving him the snow lotus that he used to transform into human form. Isn't that the same as cutting off his own escape route?

Seeing Huo Yuhao's bewildered expression, Xue Di pursed her lips and didn't explain anything. She simply shoved the snow lotus into his hand.

"The snow lotus contains rich essence of heaven and earth, making it difficult for it to develop sentience. Even if it takes 100,000 years to absorb, there will be no requirements. Now that I'm watching over it, you should hurry up and absorb it."

In the mental space, Hyotei, witnessing this scene, couldn't help but turn her head to look at Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.

"Why do I have a feeling that something's wrong with Xue Di?"

".No."

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was silent for a moment, then slowly shook its head. "This is the normal reaction."

A huge question mark appeared on Hyotei's forehead. "What are you talking about?"

"Ahem, since you're so eager to know, I'll tell you. To sum it up in one sentence—"

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's expression turned solemn, and she spoke with a profound and unfathomable air.

"—If Heaven hadn't given birth to me, Xiao Yuhao, the succubus world would have been plunged into eternal darkness!!!"

After interrupting Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's spellcasting, Ice Emperor withdrew her pincers and clamped them into the air with a rather threatening gesture.

"Did you do something secretly? I think I saw you and Xue Di talking about something before the soul ritual."

"Ahem, I just told you what Xiaoyuhao did, at most I was just providing some assistance. Hmm, this is a complicated thing to explain, but you'll understand once you've seen more of it."

Without paying attention to what the two spirits were talking about in their own mental space, Huo Yuhao looked down at the snow lotus in his hand and nodded gently.

".good."

As the second spirit was released, an orange-gold spirit ring slowly rose from beneath Huo Yuhao's feet. It was a significant sign that a spirit beast over 200,000 years old had become a spirit. In his previous life, the Ice Emperor had a spirit ring of wisdom, so it was a blood-red spirit ring with four golden patterns.

The changes Huo Yuhao experienced after absorbing the Ice Emperor's martial soul and undergoing another evolution were now fully presented to the Snow Emperor.

Fine dragon scales emerged from his palms and quickly spread up his arms. It seemed that because he had acquired a spirit ring, the dragon scales completely covered both of his arms after the spirit was attached to him, instead of just reaching his forearms as before.

But the changes don't stop there. The edges of the originally icy white dragon scales now appear to have a deep blue border, equally crystal clear. From a distance, the white and blue colors blend together like dazzling glass, elevating the originally plain white dragon scales to a whole new level of splendor.

It seems that because there is a significant gap between Ice Emperor and Ice Dragon King, the appearance of Ice Dragon still dominates after this martial soul evolution, and there are no particularly obvious changes. However, Huo Yuhao vaguely felt that the changes brought about by Ice Emperor were more than just these, but his cultivation level is too low now, and the martial soul cannot fully show its original form.

Although his appearance hasn't changed much, Huo Yuhao can feel that the enhanced strength and physical attributes of his evolved martial soul are quite significant compared to before the evolution.

Xue Di looked Huo Yuhao up and down, and finally her gaze slowly fell on the orange-gold soul ring at his feet.

"What's the name of your martial spirit?"

Hearing Xue Di's cold voice, Huo Yuhao realized that he hadn't named his martial soul yet. Considering that it would continue to evolve, he decided to choose a simple name.

"Let's call him Ice Emperor."

Snow Empress nodded, as if acknowledging the name, "Let's begin, the third evolution."

"I'm afraid that won't work."

Huo Yuhao shook his head. "Judging from the fusion with Ice Emperor, it's unlikely that the quality of the Snow Lotus will trigger a qualitative change in the Martial Soul."

By absorbing the Ice Dragon King to evolve his Ice Emperor Martial Soul, the starting point of his Martial Soul quality has been raised too high. Even the Ice Emperor, who is nearly 400,000 years old, can only bring about some minor changes. It would be good if the Snow Lotus could add the finishing touch.

But no matter what, it is a 100,000-year soul ring. When this quantitative change accumulates, it still has the opportunity to cause a qualitative change. Besides, there is only one Ice Dragon King. Where can he find other soul beasts that can rival the Ice Dragon King?

At present, Huo Yuhao felt that only Xue Di could truly promote another qualitative change in the form of a martial soul on her own.

As half a day passed, a blood-red spirit ring slowly rose up following the orange-gold spirit ring. The absorption process of the snow lotus was very smooth, without any pain. Huo Yuhao even felt a little comfortable.

As Huo Yuhao had predicted, the changes brought about by the 100,000-year-old snow lotus were simply the addition of some lotus petal-like patterns on each scale. These patterns were so faint that they were easily overlooked if one did not look closely.

It seems that because it is composed entirely of the essence of heaven and earth, the snow lotus did not provide a soul bone. However, Huo Yuhao did not dwell on it too much. Having a 100,000-year soul ring was already quite good. Moreover, he could clearly feel that his body seemed to have become somewhat different under the snow lotus's transformation.

"Huh? My hair."

Before he could even ask questions, Xue Di, who had been staring at him for a long time, smiled slightly and nodded.

"The effect is pretty good, it definitely looks much better."

".?"

Seeing Huo Yuhao's confusion, Xue Di waved her hand, and a mirror made of ice appeared out of thin air in front of him, illuminating his delicate face, which was now in a daze.

"This is...me???"

(End of this chapter)