DD2—Chapter 31: The Ice Empress of the Extreme North (2-in-1)
"To be honest, compared to the soul guidance daggers of the same level, your soul guidance rod is much more useful. This kind of thing is very suitable for low-level agility attack soul masters. After all, it is quite powerful. For soul masters of Soul Venerable rank and below, it is undoubtedly a close-combat weapon.
Moreover, compared to the dagger, the soul-conducting electric rod has another advantage: a milk bottle can be placed inside the electric rod, which can ensure the long-term use of the soul-conducting electric rod to a great extent."
Xuan Ziwen gave his evaluation, and then he said curiously, "But what is this thing? This is the first time I have seen something like this."
He stretched out his hand, pointed at the button on the soul-conducting electric rod, and asked, "It's a button used to activate the soul-conducting electric rod. Teacher Xuan, why don't you take it back and study it?" Huo Yuhao said with a smile.
It is no wonder that Xuan Ziwen acts as if he does not know. After all, although the level of the soul guidance devices of Douluo Dalu II is better than that of Douluo Dalu I, there are still some shortcomings.
For example, when Xuan Ziwen in the original novel first saw the mechanical soul guidance device made by Huo Yuhao, he was shocked and looked like he had never seen the world before.
"Okay." Xuan Ziwen was not polite. He directly accepted the soul-conducting electric rod and then handed over a card. "The soul guidance stun bomb you developed last time has been adopted by the academy. The card contains 500,000 gold soul coins as a reward from the academy.
According to our research, this type of stun bomb can only affect Soul Elders at most, but it has very poor effects on Soul Ancestors."
Huo Yuhao was delighted when he took the universal card. He did not expect the soul guidance stun bomb to bring him much profit. After all, this kind of thing was of little significance to high-level soul masters.
Even though today's world has entered the era of soul guidance devices, powerful individuals are still something that no one can ignore.
Even Xu Tianran in the later part of the original novel had to play his trump card and go all out when facing Ye Xishui, who broke into the palace. After all, according to Xu Tianran's idea, if he failed to kill the Extreme Douluo who was an evil soul master, what awaited the Sun Moon Empire would be an endless nightmare.
On the other side, when Jing Hongchen learned about Huo Yuhao's assessment results, a smile gradually appeared on his face. "It only took him one and a half months to pass the second-level soul engineer assessment, and he created an extremely novel second-level soul guidance device. Huo Yuhao is indeed a genius in the field of soul engineering.
The record for the fastest person to pass the second-level soul engineer assessment in the Sun-Moon Empire was also broken by Huo Yuhao this time."
"Grandpa, I checked. According to Huo Yuhao's information, he used to be from the Star Luo Empire. I feel that if the people of the Star Luo Empire knew that he had such a strong talent in the field of soul engineering, they would probably regret it greatly," Meng Hongchen said with a smile on her face.
"That's natural. I guess the people of the Star Luo Empire don't think highly of Yuhao, so Yuhao came to us. This time, the Star Luo Empire suffered a great loss. Only we, Sun Moon, are worthy of having a talent like Yuhao!
Although Yuhao's future cultivation as a soul master may not be very promising, in the Sun Moon Empire, personal strength is not completely supreme. A person's usefulness in a large-scale war largely determines his status," Jing Hongchen said.
Hearing these words, Xiao Hongchen's face turned ugly. He clenched his fists and muttered, "The record was broken by him again. Damn Huo Yuhao. Grandpa, I'm going to the library to study first. You don't have to leave the door open for me at night! I must win it back."
After saying that, he immediately ran out of the house. Xiao Hongchen felt that he had lost again, as the records for passing the first-level soul engineer assessment and the second-level soul engineer assessment the fastest were set by him, a genius that is rare once in a thousand years.
Soon, he walked outside the house. At this time, a younger brother in white clothes came over and said, "Brother Xiao, the news that Huo Yuhao passed the second-level soul engineer assessment is spreading around the academy. Everyone is saying that he is a rare genius who only appears once in a million years!
They also said that Huo Yuhao is a real genius and you are a fake genius. I got angry when I heard these words and felt that your reputation was being suppressed.
So, should we hire some people to teach this guy a lesson? Ask him to tone it down a bit. Putting aside the facts, did Huo Yuhao do anything wrong?"
Xiao Hongchen was stunned for a moment, then said coldly, "I warn you, never hire anyone to deal with Huo Yuhao! Otherwise, I will be the first to deal with you!
If I lose, I will find a way to win it back. I will never look for someone to beat up the other party just because I feel ashamed of losing.
I know that some nobles of the Star Luo Empire, Dou Spirit Empire, Heavenly Soul Empire, and Sun Moon Empire would do such despicable things, but I will never do such a thing! I am the number one genius in the Sun Moon Empire, and I have my pride!"
For a moment, the younger brother nodded repeatedly.
Time flies, and it is the end of the semester in the blink of an eye. The students of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy embarked on their journey home, while Huo Yuhao stayed in the third laboratory, carefully examining the soul guidance devices he had made these days.
The functions of these soul guidance devices are mostly concentrated on keeping warm, flying, and skating.
Among them, keeping warm is the most important. After all, in the original novel, Huo Yuhao was almost frozen to death in the Extreme North. Now that he is already a qualified second-level soul engineer, he naturally does not want to repeat Huo Yuhao's mistake.
Of course, to avoid Tianmeng's suspicion, he had been trying to get the other party to talk. Finally, he learned from Tianmeng that the destination this time was the Extreme North.
So his behavior of making various types of warmth-keeping soul guides became reasonable.
Of course, during this period, he did not continue to strive for the third-level soul engineer; instead, he chose to focus his main energy on cultivating soul power, so his current soul power level is also level 20.
"Yuhao, are you ready? I can't wait to set off. Once we reach the Extreme North, I will help you get a second martial soul!" said Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
"Well, the preparations are almost done. However, I have to say hello to Teacher Xuan before I can set off." Huo Yuhao immediately found Xuan Ziwen in the laboratory and told him that he was going home.
After all, the Extreme North is a very dangerous place. If Xuan Ziwen knew that he was going to the Extreme North this time, he would stop him.
A few days later.
The Extreme North.
A chilly wind blew across the ice field. A figure wearing thick clothes was flying quickly in the air. This person was Huo Yuhao. Although he was not a Soul Saint and could not fly directly based on his cultivation, he had a flying Soul guidance device.
The soul guidance technology of the Douluo Three Kingdoms lags behind that of the Sun-Moon Empire in all aspects. Even flying soul guidance devices are relatively precious for the Douluo Three Kingdoms, but for the Sun-Moon Empire, flying soul guidance devices are almost everywhere. The Sun-Moon Empire has even developed flying soul guidance devices that can be used by soul masters!
"Hiss, it's so warm. Fortunately, I brought a lot of soul guidance devices to keep warm," Huo Yuhao's face was ruddy. He looked around and said, "Brother Tianmeng, where should we go next?"
"Keep flying forward! I'll let you know when we get there," the lazy voice of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm sounded.
Suddenly, Tianmeng's voice changed abruptly, and he said anxiously, "Something is wrong; a big guy is coming! You should get out of the way quickly; don't hit it head-on! Otherwise, you and your brother will be dead!"
"Big guy?" Huo Yuhao flew to a nearby ice-covered mountain and hid between several huge pieces of ice. The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was trying hard to cover up Huo Yuhao's breath to prevent him from being discovered.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
It was as if the sound of a huge object falling to the ground was echoing in his ears - deafening!
He felt that the ice around him was shaking as if it would shatter in the next moment.
He looked in the direction where the sound came from and found a huge ice bear running quickly. It was snow-white all over, with fur on its body glowing with a layer of silver, and it exuded tremendous power.
In front of this ice bear was a deer-shaped soul beast that was desperately trying to escape.
As it ran, snowballs gathered on the sides of the Ice Bear and were thrown at the deer-shaped soul beast. These snowballs were very fast but could not hit the deer-shaped soul beast.
A large amount of ice chips flew around the deer-shaped soul beast, causing it to become even more panicked.
"Why am I so unlucky? I can even see the Ice Bear King hunting. This guy is playing again. He can kill the opponent directly, but he has to play for a while!
Just like a child who never grows up! I even suspect that Xue Di doted on it too much, which led to its character becoming like this. Yuhao, let's wait for a while. When it has had enough fun, we can move on," the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said, exasperated.
Huo Yuhao was also somewhat helpless. In the original novel, Huo Yuhao started from Shrek Academy and then entered Extreme North, where he encountered the Titan Snow Demon King. He thought that since he and Huo Yuhao in the original novel chose different starting points and different routes to enter the Extreme North, he would not encounter the Titan Snow Demon King. But he did not expect that he would meet the Ice Bear King.
The Ice Bear King is the adopted son of the Snow Empress. He calls the Snow Empress 'mother' and the original Huo Yuhao 'grandfather.' Later, he also becomes one of Huo Yuhao's souls.
However, in terms of personality, the Ice Bear King is a complete fool, without any scheming. In terms of character maturity, the Ice Bear King cannot be compared with the Titan Snow Demon King.
However, although the Ice Bear King is a little bit silly, his strength is real.
Of course, when talking about the Ice Bear King, we have to mention the Snow Empress. The Snow Empress is the strongest soul beast in the Extreme North and has a very high prestige in the Extreme North.
But even such a being was discovered by an unnamed ninth-level soul engineer when she transformed into a human and was imprisoned in the God Sealing Alter.
This is a bit inappropriate.
The Snow Empress has lived for seven hundred thousand years and is not a fool. When the Snow Empress transformed into a human, didn't she know to arrange for her adopted son, the Ice Bear King, to guard her? Judging from the performance in the original book, the Ice Bear King is the kind of person who is loyal to the Snow Empress, and he can't betray her.
According to his calculations, even when Xiao Wu transformed, she must have asked Da Ming and Er Ming to guard nearby. It is impossible that Xue Di is inferior to Xiao Wu in terms of IQ.
Soul beasts are extremely vulnerable after transforming into humans, and Xue Di must be aware of this! It's impossible that Xue Di would choose to transform alone in this situation.
Moreover, until the end, the identity of this mysterious ninth-level soul engineer has not been revealed.
Which ninth-level soul engineer was so bored that he traveled to the Extreme North to imprison the Snow Empress embryo and then traveled thousands of miles to send the precious Snow Empress embryo to the Star Light Auction House, asking Xu Jiawei to design the Illustration Virtue Hall, which led to the attack on the Illustrious Virtue Hall by Du Bu Si?
There is currently no ninth-level soul engineer in the original Douluo Three Kingdoms, so this ninth-level soul engineer must have come from the Sun Moon Empire, and it definitely cannot be Ye Xishui. If it was Ye Xishui, the Snow Empress embryo would have long since turned into a vengeful spirit in the Death God Pagoda.
So, let us guess who this ninth-level soul engineer is, who has nothing better to do?
Perhaps all the things that cannot be explained are the will of Lord Sea God! The plan to immediately arrest Xue Di was made by Lord Sea God!
All soul beasts will eventually be brought to justice by Tang Buddha!
After a while, the surroundings became quiet, and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said, "Okay, the Ice Bear King is gone. Yuhao, you can continue to fly forward now."
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao continued to control the flying soul guidance device and flew in one direction. After a moment, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm asked Huo Yuhao to stop, then took out the remains and began to replicate the operation of inducing the Ice Empress in the original work.
Huo Yuhao was in a small ice cave, quietly waiting for Tianmeng to use the remains to imprison the Ice Empress.
"Bing'er, I have a feeling that the end is near; come here quickly. I have something to tell you!" Tianmeng directly chose to simulate the breath of the Snow Empress, disguise himself as the Snow Empress, and lure the Ice Empress to come.
After a moment, a majestic aura descended, and a pressure like a collapsing mountain permeated the area, covering the sky with a layer of dreamy green.
"Tianmeng, you dare to come back. I thought you had already died," Bingdi's voice sounded.
"Hehe, Bingbing, don't I miss you?" Tianmeng said with a smile, looking at Bingdi in front of him.
"Miss me?" Bingdi snorted coldly, "Why, are you ready to become my food?"
"Bingbing! I came to you to bring you eternal life! I know that you may not be able to survive the catastrophe, so I specially found an opportunity for eternal life for you! Come, share eternal life with me!" said Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
Eternal life?
Bingdi was a bit tempted. To be honest, she didn't have the confidence to survive the coming catastrophe. She didn't want to die. Of course, if she could eat Tianmeng, then she would give it a try. After all, Tianmeng was a tonic.
"Tianmeng, how do I know if you are lying to me? Eternal life? Unless you become a god, how can you achieve eternal life?" Ice Empress raised the question and then immediately chose to take action. Then, the Ice Empress was trapped in a cage made of Tianmeng's remains and mental power.
Looking at the Ice Empress in this state, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm sighed and said, "Bingbing, I will tell you the truth. Even if I am willing to be your food, you can't eat me. After all, I no longer have a body, only the spiritual essence."
"What!" Bingdi was a little surprised.
(End of this chapter)