Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao, the villain from a parallel world

Chapter 92 The Snow Empress's Troubles

The girl's identity was quite obvious; she was none other than the Snow Empress.

The falling snowflakes seemed to come alive, slowly swirling around her, sometimes gathering, sometimes scattering, as if expressing their closeness and submission to her.

However, the master of this far north was not in high spirits at the moment.

A faint sadness was veiled in Xue Di's ethereal sky-blue eyes.

Her cultivation had reached the pinnacle of a soul beast; nearly 700,000 years of accumulation made her unrivaled in this far northern land.

As long as she is in the far north, she is strong enough to look down on all the powerful people on the continent.

However, this was already her limit.

The next step would be the 700,000-year mark, but for her, this step was an abyss that was almost impossible to cross.

As a naturally born ice and snow maiden, her talent is undoubtedly top-notch among soul beasts.

However, unlike Di Tian, ​​a pure-blooded dragon, her strength does not lie in the physical endurance of her body.

Her body absolutely could not withstand the tribulation that would last for seven hundred thousand years.

It seemed that only two paths remained before her.

One option is to withstand the heavenly tribulation head-on, using 700,000 years of cultivation to face the earth-shattering baptism of lightning; this path is almost tantamount to suicide.

The other option is to abandon this earth-shattering cultivation and choose to rebuild oneself as a human at the height of one's power.

He sealed away his own power, cultivated anew in human form, and fought for the possibility of becoming a god.

However, the energy within a soul beast with a cultivation period of over 100,000 years is so vast that it cannot be completely suppressed by self-sealing.

Her cultivation had reached nearly 700,000 years, and the power within her body was like a vast ocean, making it impossible to discard even if one wanted to.

The path of returning to adulthood is also not feasible for her.

Both roads lead to dead ends.

"Sigh." The Snow Emperor sighed softly, the sigh sounding particularly desolate on the silent snowfield.

"I'm afraid there's no way to find a solution in the short term. I hope things will turn around. Otherwise, I'll have to face this tribulation alone."

Thinking of this, another figure involuntarily appeared in her mind.

That ice scorpion, its entire body shimmering with a blend of emerald green and translucent white.

The Ice Emperor has now reached the bottleneck of 390,000 years, and the next tribulation will be a near-death experience for her as well.

Xue Di's gaze softened slightly, and she murmured to herself, "If we really can't find a way, we'll help her through the tribulation first, and then... I'll go and fight to the death on my own."

Her body slowly descended from mid-air, her bare feet lightly touching the snow, yet leaving not a trace.

She decided to search the far north more thoroughly to see if she could find any rare and precious materials that could help her transform into human form.

Although the hope is slim, it's better than doing nothing.

Just as she was about to set off, the wind and snow ahead suddenly rippled, and two figures slowly emerged from the white snow curtain.

Snow Empress sensed the presence of the newcomers almost immediately. One of them was very familiar to her; it was Ice Empress, whom she had just been thinking about.

A hint of joy flashed unconsciously in her eyes, but when her gaze fell on the short, black-clad figure behind Hyotei...

Those sky-blue eyes turned cold almost instantly.

It was a human being. A human boy who looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old.

Although Xue Di didn't know much about humans, she was very clear about one thing.

Given Hyotei's inherently arrogant nature, it would be absolutely impossible for them to walk side by side with a human.

There's only one possibility for this situation: Hyotei is in trouble.

Her ethereal blue eyes narrowed slightly, her cold gaze falling on Huo Yuhao.

The surrounding air temperature dropped by tens of degrees silently, and even the gently falling snowflakes condensed into fine ice crystals in the cold.

Huo Yuhao stood still, his expression calm as still water.

The Snow Emperor's extreme cold power, capable of freezing steel, surged towards him like an invisible tide, but suddenly became chaotic when it touched within three feet of him.

The power of chaos acted like an invisible barrier, protecting him firmly within it.

The chilling aura that even a 100,000-year-old soul beast would avoid hadn't even frozen a single hem of his clothes in front of him.

Xue Di's ethereal sky-blue eyes narrowed slightly, and the coldness in them deepened.

Although the chill she released just now was not strong, it was still not something an ordinary human could withstand.

The boy not only remained unfazed, but also had the power to disrupt her extreme cold with a force she had never seen before.

This human is indeed extraordinary, she thought to herself.

But she did not change her attitude because of this.

In the far north, no one can defeat her; this is the confidence she possesses, stemming from her nearly 700,000 years of cultivation.

"Who exactly are you?" Xue Di's voice was cold and sharp, like the most biting wind in the polar night, every word carrying a chilling killing intent. "What have you done to Bing'er this time?"

Before Huo Yuhao could speak, Bingdi rushed between the two of them.

Hyotei quickly explained, "Yuki-tei, you've misunderstood! He didn't do anything to me; we simply reached a cooperation agreement. I'm here to discuss something important with you."

Upon hearing this, Xue Di frowned slightly. She turned to look at Bing Di, a hint of doubt appearing in her sky-blue eyes.

Her gaze swept over Hyotei carefully, like two icicles.

Feeling the familiar ice-attribute soul power flowing smoothly and naturally within Hyotei's body, and seeing no signs of being imprisoned or manipulated.

The aura of Hyotei was exactly the same as she remembered; it was indeed Hyotei himself.

The killing intent in Xue Di's eyes gradually subsided, but the doubts in her heart grew stronger.

Given Hyotei's proud and unyielding nature, how could she possibly cooperate with a human who isn't even a Great Soul Master?

At this moment, Huo Yuhao finally spoke.

"Hello, Snow Empress, I am Huo Yuhao."

His voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached the Snow Emperor's ears in the heart of the howling wind and snow.

After frankly stating his name, he then briefly recounted his collaboration with Hyotei.

After hearing this, Xue Di's delicate eyebrows furrowed tightly.

Her gaze darted back and forth between Huo Yuhao and Bingdi. Just as she was about to say something, Bingdi spoke again.

Gone was his usual arrogance and coldness; replaced by an almost earnest seriousness: "Snow Emperor, everything he said is true. You and I know better than anyone that neither you nor I have reached the point where we can survive the next Heavenly Tribulation."

"The path of rebuilding oneself into a human is blocked, and confronting the heavenly tribulation head-on is a certain death. Both paths are dead ends for us."

Chapter 93 Fusion

Hyotei paused slightly, her crystal-yellow eyes fixed on Yuki-tei, her voice carrying a hint of suppressed helplessness and anticipation.

"But if we work with him, the situation will be completely different."

"Snow Maiden, you can become his martial soul, while I can directly sacrifice myself to become his soul ring."

"He will try to preserve my soul and let me live in the sea of ​​spirits, like the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. This may be our only chance of survival."

Upon hearing these words, the Snow Empress's sky-blue eyes flashed rapidly.

She didn't answer immediately, but slowly walked to Hyotei's side, stretched out her slender, fair hand, and gently placed it on Hyotei's dazzling scales.

A gentle yet powerful spiritual force surged from her palm, seeping into Hyotei's body like the finest stream of water.

She wanted to investigate thoroughly herself. No matter how eloquent Huo Yuhao's words were, or how sincere Bingdi's attitude was, she only trusted her own intuition.

If Hyotei shows even the slightest sign of being controlled, she will absolutely tear this human who dared to lay a hand on Hyotei to pieces.

However, the result stunned her.

Hyotei's spiritual world was crystal clear, his soul power flowed smoothly and freely, and his soul's origin was stable and clear, without any trace of being eroded or manipulated by external forces.

On the contrary, she could even sense a long-lost peace emanating from Hyotei.

That kind of peace only comes after you've found your direction and let go of your obsessions.

Xue Di slowly withdrew her hand, a hint of undisguised surprise appearing in her eyes for the first time.

How could this be? Could it be that all those fantastical things Hyotei said were actually true?

Could this seemingly ordinary human boy really be a god who has fallen to earth and is rebuilding his life?

She turned her gaze back to Huo Yuhao.

He still looked unremarkable, his soul power aura was pitifully weak, and he hadn't even crossed the threshold of becoming a Great Soul Master.

Such a person could be buried by a random blizzard in the far north.

But his blue eyes were so calm and composed that they didn't seem like those of a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy.

There was no fear of facing a powerful person, nor any eagerness to curry favor or gain her trust; only a calm and undisturbed tranquility.

It was as if the person standing before him was not a powerful ruler of the far north who could shake the continent, but just an ordinary stranger.

Xue Di fell silent once again; this was not a decision that could be made lightly.

She is the ruler of the far north, the supreme monarch of this icy plain.

Now, however, he must become a human's martial spirit, entrusting all his power and soul to another person.

Such a choice is not something that any powerful being standing at the top of the hierarchy can make in a short time.

However, deep in her heart, the scales had already quietly tipped.

Her current situation can be described as having nowhere to turn.

She absolutely could not withstand the tribulation of seven hundred thousand years, and her vast cultivation of nearly seven hundred thousand years had sealed off even her last escape route of rebuilding herself as a human.

Following the expected trajectory, all that awaited her was death.

Huo Yuhao's appearance, however, presented her with a third path.

This path not only looks safer and more reliable, but even Hyotei, which she cares about most, has already stepped into it.