radicalducati Chapter 68: Holding the Sun and Moon, Plucking Stars
Chapter 68: Holding the Sun and Moon, Plucking Stars
"Noble dragons do not wish to pollute their bloodline, but I have a different idea. This is my body, and only my bloodline is supreme. Everything else is just a tool! I like the Ice Dragon bloodline very much. Let it become a part of my martial soul." Huo Yuhao said clearly, his voice coming closer and closer. In the calm darkness, there were specks of light.
Huo Yuhao stood at a distance, outside the darkness, coldly watching the rampaging ice dragon. He crossed his arms and said arrogantly, "I also thank you for your power, otherwise I would not have been able to combine the two bloodlines together. The dead dragon should be buried in history and should not cause trouble."
"Arrogant!" the Ice Dragon King coldly roared, its scales bursting open as large clumps of golden essence merged into it, continuously enhancing its power and shaping it into something resembling the Golden Dragon King. With a flap of its dragon wings, it flew out like lightning, heading straight for Huo Yuhao.
But the darkness seemed boundless, and no matter how much it flapped its wings, it could not fly out.
"Elder Yi, please finish it." Huo Yuhao pleaded, closing his eyes and controlling his body to prevent it from healing, preparing for the upcoming Martial Soul Fusion.
"Good!" Behind Huo Yuhao, an endless figure appeared, gray light cascading down. The darkness that the Ice Dragon King could never break through was merely in his palm.
"Holding the sun and moon in my hands and plucking stars from the sky, there is no one like me in this world." Old Yi smiled faintly, sighing in his heart, "We are both remnant souls of the God-King level, yet our fates are different. Go in peace."
The boundless palm converged, and when it opened again, only ten streams of spiritual essence and one ice dragon rune remained in its center. With a tremor of the palm, these items returned to their respective positions.
The origin returned to the sea of spirit, while the ice dragon bloodline runes settled in the dantian. The Ice Emperor opened his mouth and inhaled, devouring all the bloodline of the ice dragon and using all his own origin to give birth to an even more powerful martial soul.
She wasn't alive now, and she had no obsession with the purity of bloodlines. All she needed was for Huo Yuhao's martial soul to be stronger, thus increasing his chances of becoming a god. Two rings of azure-gold fused together, the Ice Dragon King bloodline and the Ice God Emperor Scorpion bloodline merging, and Huo Yuhao's second martial soul was born.
The Ice Jade Dragon Emperor Scorpion is a true divine-grade martial soul.
The essence merged into her dantian, and the Ice Emperor's soul entered her spiritual sea. Huo Yuhao's memories merged with the Ice Emperor's, and the events of her previous life also began to permeate her mind. Fragments of memories from year to year melted the heart of the ferocious beast.
"Yuhao, why didn't you give me this memory fragment sooner?" Bingdi said angrily, kneading Huo Yuhao's spiritual body with both hands until it changed shape. After venting her anger, Bingdi turned around and bowed deeply to Elder Yi.
"Old Yi, you are truly our great benefactor."
"You're welcome. I'm also very happy to meet you," Old Yi said casually before continuing to conceal himself.
"Let's go, there's still a big project to do." Huo Yuhao spread his hands. His body was already badly damaged, and he couldn't stay hollow forever.
After everything was repaired, twelve hours had passed. Huo Yuhao, Bingdi, Tianmeng, and Bajiao sat cross-legged, each comprehending the secret techniques after their bloodlines awakened. The giant tortoise was sleeping; it hadn't slept so comfortably in a long time.
"My strength has increased again, and I really have to thank these partners for their dedication (≧∇≦)." Huo Yuhao thought to himself as he fully comprehended the two spirit rings and the spirit skill on the spirit bone that Ice Emperor had attached to him.
Each of the two spirit rings is equipped with two spirit skills. The first spirit ring possesses the spirit skills "Eternal Frozen Domain" and "Origin of Ice." Unlike the previous life, this Eternal Frozen Domain is a domain exclusively for the Ice Emperor. Any ice crystal within this domain will be automatically infected by the Ice God Explosion Technique, allowing the complete Ice Explosion to be unleashed without physical contact. Due to the integration of the Ice Dragon King's bloodline, this spirit skill has also become a growable domain. With each additional spirit ring, the Ice Jade Dragon Emperor Scorpion can condense a dragon soul to aid in battle. If it were to reach the Title Douluo level, it might not even need to lift a finger; nine dragon souls could potentially defeat any enemy. It is undeniably powerful.
The Origin of Ice is a soul skill that alters the form of a martial soul. Huo Yuhao's current second martial soul, much like a dual soul core that complements Yin and Yang, possesses two origins. In its normal state, it is centered on the Ice Emperor's origin, with the Ice Dragon King's origin serving as a supplement. However, after activating this soul skill, Huo Yuhao's second martial soul will switch to its origin state, transforming into its source state.
However, this soul skill is still in a closed state and has not been fully integrated. After all, this martial soul was brought about by Tianmeng's million years of cultivation awakening the Water Dragon King's dragon soul, and its origin is Tianmeng and the Water Dragon King. This also makes Huo Yuhao the second soul master on the continent to possess a dual-form martial soul.
The first one is Xu Sanshi. The second one is Huo Yuhao.
The second spirit ring is equipped with two spirit skills: Ice Emperor's Body Protection and Ice Soul Needle. Unlike his previous life, this Ice Emperor's Body Protection is an all-around amplification spirit skill. Each time it is used, the power of his ice-attribute spirit skills doubles, and it can be used once every ten levels of spirit power. If Huo Yuhao, with his nine spirit rings, uses this spirit skill nine times consecutively, he can unleash nine times his battle power.
The final soul skill—Ice Soul Needle—is unleashed using the Ice God Explosion Technique from the Ice Jade Scorpion Tail's external soul bone. The attack itself is a scorpion tail needle, thinner than a human hair. However, it is composed of highly compressed Ice God Explosion soul power; once its defenses are breached, only a dazzling explosion awaits the opponent.
"All three soul skills are incredibly powerful." Huo Yuhao sighed. The Ice Soul Needle was a soul skill that only the king of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan could use, and the Ice Emperor had never learned it before her bloodline awakened. The changes in the Ice Emperor's Body Protection and the Eternal Frozen Domain all demonstrated the current strength of the Ice Emperor's bloodline.
After the spirit rings came the spirit bones. Huo Yuhao could clearly sense the spirit skills on his spirit bones. The entire spirit bone possessed four spirit skills, truly reaching the god-level. Two of these spirit skills came from the Ice Emperor: one was called Ice Emperor's Claw, and the other was called Ice Emperor's Wrath.
The Ice Emperor's Claw in this life is different from the one in the previous life. In the previous life, the Ice Emperor's Claw merely strengthened his hands, with ice crystals forming icy jade scorpion claws to assist in attacks. But the current Ice Emperor's Claw is extremely powerful.
Inheriting the characteristics of the Ice God Emperor Scorpion and the Eight Spider Lances, Huo Yuhao will regrow a pair of scorpion pincers on his back after using this soul skill, spreading out to nearly three meters wide. This is equivalent to having an extra pair of arms, and any soul skill of the Ice Jade Dragon Emperor Scorpion can be performed from these pincers, playing an unimaginable role in battle.
The other pair of scorpion pincers will fuse with Huo Yuhao's arms, attaching themselves to them. The pincers on his palms will merge with the Dark Gold Terror Claw Soul Skill, forming a new pair of pincers. Unlike ordinary scorpion pincers, these pincers, with their superimposed bones, have a five-claw shape and joints like a human hand, yet they are covered with diamond ice crystals. The intertwining of emerald green and dark gold exudes power, combining the advantages of two soul skills. Its characteristics surpass those of a 100,000-year soul skill.
The activated state of the Dark Gold Terror Claw also changed, becoming the Ice God Dark Gold Terror Claw, possessing the dual attributes of extreme ice and extreme sharpness. Of course, Huo Yuhao still couldn't use this soul skill; at only two rings, he could only strike with three finger joints at most.