Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 845 The Peril of the Mingdou Mountains (6K)

With a soft "pop," the Ten Thousand Years of Mysterious Ice Marrow shattered, turning into a pile of ice shards.

After Hyotei's body fused with this ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing marrow, it became noticeably more solid.

Although it still cannot compare to a physical object, it already seems to have a bit of a life-giving quality.

With a flick of its two Ice Emperor Claws, it grasped a strand of millennia-old profound ice marrow and continued to absorb it!

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm quietly flew behind the Ice Emperor. When it comes to absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, no one is more experienced than it.

When it was absorbing the energy, the energy contained in the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow was so vast that it only absorbed a small amount the first time, which caused it to fall into a long slumber.

Later, as his strength increased, he was able to absorb more each time.

Unfortunately, when he later arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest, he ended up doing all the work for others. Not being good at fighting, he eventually became a great tonic for the Beast God Di Tian and a group of ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Just as Ice Emperor said before, if it was she who absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow back then, then it would be hard to say who the number one soul beast in the world would be now.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm guards behind the Ice Emperor to prevent her from absorbing too much energy and to help her draw out some of it.

As strands of ancient, mysterious ice marrow were absorbed, her body became increasingly solid, just like a real person.

Huo Yuhao could sense that the Ice Emperor's spiritual consciousness and the enormous energy contained in the Ten Thousand Years of Profound Ice Marrow were gradually transforming her into a new life form with ice attribute energy as her body.

After absorbing seven strands of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, the Ice Emperor's speed finally slowed down.

Some of the energy she absorbed was integrated into her own essence, while the rest was sealed within it. By the seventh root, she was already starting to struggle.

She can only absorb the eighth one at a time, instead of absorbing them two at a time as before.

As these few strands of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow disappeared, the temperature inside the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave rose slightly, at least it was no longer unbearable.

The ninth one!

By the time she absorbed the ninth root, a thick, emerald-green icy mist had begun to appear around Hyotei's body. This mist even condensed into droplets of liquid in the air and dripped silently. Her body had begun to tremble, clearly nearing its limit.

Digesting this Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Profound Ice Marrow is not so easy, and simply storing it, with her original power, is about all she can do.

Finally, the ninth strand of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow was completely absorbed. The Ice Emperor took a deep breath and gracefully retreated. Her body shimmered with emerald light, and the powerful fluctuations of ice-attribute elemental energy gave the impression that she had returned to her strongest state.

"I'm ready. Yuhao, let Xue Di absorb it."

Ice Emperor let out a long breath and floated to Huo Yuhao's side. She needed to absorb some of the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow first and merge it with her spiritual consciousness.

Otherwise, having absorbed too much energy, it could explode at any moment.

Huo Yuhao was unaware that while he was rapidly improving his own abilities, the atmosphere on the border was becoming increasingly oppressive.

Far away in the Mingdou Mountains, the new recruits of Yuming City are undergoing training.

Princess Xu Yun's personal arrival made them feel valued and filled them with excitement.

However, just as Princess Xu Yun was having a friendly chat with the new recruits in the military camp, a sudden change occurred.

A sudden flash of light appeared on the distant Mingdou Mountains, drawing everyone's attention.

The sudden flash of light was so intense that it drew the attention of the new recruits, even from a great distance.

The playful noise immediately subsided. Many people turned their attention in that direction.

What they saw was an incandescent ball of light shining in the distance. The ball of light was semi-circular and slowly spread outwards, its intense light extremely dazzling.

Most people, after taking one look, can't help but look away and dare not look directly at it anymore.

It's true, something bad has happened.

In the next instant, the earth trembled slightly, followed by a rumbling sound like muffled thunder, and the entire camp began to shake violently.

The recruits felt dizzy, and some of the weaker recruits even fell to the ground as the ground trembled.

Battalion Commander Zhuang Tian muttered to himself, "What happened? That direction... that direction seems to be where the Northwest Army Group is stationed!"

"Why, why so fast? This is much faster than expected."

Princess Xu Yun was deathly pale. What could have caused the war to break out at this moment? The intensity of the attack and the suddenness of the offensive had completely thrown her into disarray.

Biting her lip, Princess Xu Yun's face was filled with resentment, but she had already made a general deduction in her mind.

As the hostages held in Sunrise City gradually returned to their sects by sea, the anti-war forces within the three great empires gradually declined. All three empires were conscripting soldiers, or even mass-producing them, and incorporating the sect forces into the new Soul Guidance Legion.

Originally, the Sun Moon Empire might not have cared about these sects and forces, but now the most troublesome thing is that some force is producing all kinds of low-level soul tools. These low-level soul tools have excellent effects, are extremely cheap, and are all standard soul tools.

In other words, the longer the time drags on, the more Soul Master legions the three empires can possess.

Both the three great empires and Shrek Academy predicted that the war might break out within six months to a year after the conclusion of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.

If it breaks out in six months, the three empires could suddenly have more than twenty additional Soul Master Corps.

If the outbreak occurs a year later, the number of legions could reach more than thirty.

Moreover, after more than six months of military training, even a single Soul Master Corps can hold its own against the lowest-ranking Soul Master Legion of the Sun Moon Empire, without necessarily resorting to sheer numbers.

"Damn it, who leaked the information?!"

Princess Xu Yun finally understood the key to the premature outbreak of war, and she was so angry that she was furious.

The more they mass-produced their troops, the more they understood just how terrifying the Sun Moon Empire was, and the more they valued the buffer period before the war began.

As a result, not to mention half a year, it's only been a little over three months, and the Sun Moon Empire couldn't hold back anymore.

The Sun and Moon Empire could no longer hold back. When Xu Tianran learned that the Soul Master Corps in the three empires could afford Soul Tools, and that they were standard Soul Tools, the war had already begun.

He didn't know which force could possess such a terrifying production capacity for soul tools, but as long as this force wasn't given enough time, its massive industrial capacity would be as good as non-existent.

(End of this chapter)