Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 229 The Smile That Terrified Hyotei (Daily Wishlist)

At this moment, Huo Yuhao's skin was astonishingly white, almost indistinguishable from the snow and ice on the ground. And within this deathly whiteness, what was even more shocking was that wisps of emerald green slowly seeped into his spine, spreading towards his torso.

The first thing to spread was naturally the spine. As the liquid emerald green slowly rose, Huo Yuhao's ribs began to branch out into emerald green limbs, which then slowly moved upwards.

Wherever the emerald green spread, the terrifying spasms and pain within Huo Yuhao's body followed, the bone-deep pain surging like waves, one after another, and constantly intensifying.

Each surge of power felt like countless tiny steel blades slicing through him, causing Huo Yuhao's muscles to spasm involuntarily. Pain, like an electric current, spread rapidly from the incision throughout his body. His back arched, as if he were forcibly suppressing it.

His nervous system screamed, and each spread of the green power was accompanied by a sharp pain, as if a thousand needles were piercing his body at the same time. This pain was not only physical, but also a form of mental torture.

Huo Yuhao's body trembled incessantly, and a layer of ice beads, formed from condensed sweat, had adhered to his skin.

Blood was already seeping from his seven orifices, and the skin beneath the layer of ice beads had turned completely red. The speed at which his blood and qi circulated was alarming.

If it weren't for the protection of the Ice Emperor and the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's essence, Huo Yuhao's physical condition simply wouldn't have been able to withstand such an overloaded operation.

The accelerated circulation of blood and qi is an inevitable consequence of absorbing and fusing with the soul bones, and these bones protect Huo Yuhao's internal organs, meridians, flesh, and bones. It's like coating Huo Yuhao's body with a layer of film. No matter how fast the blood and qi circulates, it cannot break through their defenses.

The intense blood energy fluctuations, pale skin, and the emerald green bones visible from the outside created a terrifying scene.

At first, the emerald green color appeared as thin, emerald-green threads covering the spine, sternum, and ribs. But as time passed, these threads of emerald green gradually grew stronger and wider, completely outlining the skeleton.

But all of this was just the prelude. The Ice Emperor had only injected Huo Yuhao with the energy needed for the bone transformation. Now, the bone transformation was about to truly begin!

Green energy began to seep into Huo Yuhao's bones, and Huo Yuhao's pain began to change again. The previous spasmodic pain gradually transformed, and all the bones in his torso began to feel alternating sensations of extreme cold and extreme heat.

One moment he was shivering from the cold, the next his violently overloaded blood energy had evaporated all the ice beads on his body.

His blood and qi began to surge like a wildfire. In the extreme cold, he felt as if he were frozen, but in the next moment of extreme heat, his blood boiled again, and fine beads of blood would seep from his skin.

Even with most of its power sealed, a bone fragment approaching 400,000 years old would have been devastating to Huo Yuhao's body. However, when Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Ice Emperor joined forces to protect Huo Yuhao's body, it became a thoroughly enjoyable enhancement.

Huo Yuhao felt that every bone in his torso was becoming crystal clear, as if it were made of jade, and the emerald green energy was continuously flowing into every part of his body.

Upon experiencing all of this, Huo Yuhao's face revealed a genuine joy.

Excellent! I'm stronger than before.

Huo Yuhao's heartfelt joy was tinged with a hint of horror in Bingdi's eyes.

She was enduring the same pain as Huo Yuhao, after all, this was a fusion of her own body with Huo Yuhao's!

It was as if she had taken her own bones out and integrated them into Huo Yuhao's body. She knew all too well what kind of pain this was. Her will, honed over nearly 400,000 years, allowed her to suppress such pain. So why was Huo Yuhao so silent, and even able to show a smile?

He was only a teenager.

Ice Emperor had to admit that he was truly jealous. The exaggerated growth of humans was not limited to cultivation level, but also extended to other aspects. Apart from lifespan, everything they possessed made soul beasts envious.

From day to night, and then from night to day, the emerald green light emanating from Huo Yuhao grew stronger and stronger, while the shifting between white and red hues on his skin became increasingly faint. However, the energy and blood within his body were far stronger than before.

Although the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion only separated a very small portion of its energy to fuse with Huo Yuhao's blood energy, it was still an extremely nourishing substance for him. After all, it was the source power of one of the three great heavenly kings of the far north, with a cultivation of nearly 400,000 years.

Huo Yuhao's muscles, bones, and internal organs all began to change under this nourishment. Even though the soul bone did not include the limbs and head, it still comprehensively improved Huo Yuhao's physical qualities under this nourishment.

This was the first time Huo Yuhao had truly touched upon the physical abilities possessed by rare and powerful individuals—physical abilities that only monsters, those who could survive being pierced through the abdomen and throat by mechanical spears, and continue to fight Huo Yuhao for three hundred rounds, possessed.

Perhaps the physical abilities of ordinary people in Ashina are not much different from those of ordinary people in Douluo Continent, but one of the reasons why those rare powerhouses are qualified to be called rare powerhouses is their unreasonable and powerful physical abilities.

Although Huo Yuhao in Ashina possessed extraordinary martial arts talent, his physical abilities were still inferior to those of rare powerhouses. Now, nourished by Hyotei's soul bone, Huo Yuhao has finally stepped into a new realm of physical strength, a realm that completely surpasses the limits of mortals.

His flesh and blood radiated a faint glow at this moment, as if he had been reborn. The blood energy in Huo Yuhao's body surged and boiled, as if he was cheering.

This is flesh and skin that can truly withstand swords and blades, and bones and muscles that can withstand the impact of blunt force, beginning to transcend the realm of the mortal body.

Huo Yuhao's only remaining weakness was addressed at this moment, and the god-making plan was officially launched.

Ice Emperor knew that this was the best time for Huo Yuhao to complete the absorption of the soul bone.

The next moment, the emerald green bones on Huo Yuhao's body gradually began to turn dark green, and then back to emerald green. It was during this continuous transformation and fusion process that the pain was the most intense.

Click, click.

Huo Yuhao could clearly feel his bones being eroded, then transformed into the Ice Emperor Bone unique to the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion. The itchy sensation that made him want to scratch his whole body caused Huo Yuhao to frown.

(End of this chapter)