Chapter 287: Ambushing Nangong Wan
"Really?" Ice Bear King looked at Tianmeng Iceworm with a doubtful gaze.
Tianmeng Iceworm proudly responded, "Of course it's true! Before I met Yuhao, I was a million year soul beast. I had the pride of a million year soul beast how could I lie about something like this?"
"I didn't expect you to be so powerful," Ice Bear King said with admiration. Truthfully, he wasn't a match for Ice Empress. After all, Ice Empress was the second strongest soul beast in the Extreme North. Yet, this Tianmeng Iceworm, who exuded a strong aura, had managed to escape her pursuit. That alone proved his strength.
Ice Empress couldn't listen anymore. She felt that Tianmeng was blatantly misleading the naïve Ice Bear King. Given Ice Bear King's straightforward nature, he was very easy to deceive.
With a cold expression, she said, "Xiaobai, don't listen to Tianmeng's nonsense. Back then, he ran away purely because he was afraid of my power and wanted to survive. If he could defeat me, why would he need to flee? If anything, the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North might have become Four Heavenly Kings, and our region would have been even stronger."
Tianmeng Iceworm felt embarrassed. "Bingbing, don't ruin my reputation like this! Xiaobai just entered the spiritual sea you should at least let me establish some prestige in front of him."
As he spoke, his gaze toward Ice Empress became increasingly affectionate. "Bingbing, even though you're usually cold to me, you must still care about me. Otherwise, why would you immediately step in when I was misleading Xiaobai? Hehe, you're so kind.
"Bingbing, my love for you is real. If you accept me as your mate, I wouldn't mind even if Di Tian captured me right now to drain my essence!"
Ice Empress's expression turned furious. "Tianmeng Iceworm! I've told you so many times I don't like you! From today onward, every time you confess, I will hit you once!"
With that, she summoned a trident forged from pure spiritual energy and charged at Tianmeng Iceworm.
Tianmeng Iceworm, however, had an expression of martyr like devotion. "If getting beaten makes you happy, then go ahead and hit me all you want."
Ice Empress's face darkened even more. Without hesitation, she brandished her trident and began stabbing Tianmeng Iceworm repeatedly. The poor soul let out cries of pain while Electrolux, watching the spectacle, turned his gaze toward them in amusement.
Huo Yuhao, sensing the commotion in his spiritual sea, could only sigh helplessly. Indeed, Tianmeng Iceworm was the ultimate simp for Ice Empress. But the problem was, simping never worked.
In the original story, the only reason Tianmeng and Ice Empress ended up together was because of the circumstances Tang San had orchestrated. Since Huo Yuhao had no plans to undergo the torment of the Love Inquiry Valley, Tianmeng and Ice Empress had no chance of ending up together.
Suddenly, he noticed two powerful figures appearing in his field of vision. After a brief scan, he recognized one of them as Nether Thunder Douluo.
"The other one must be Nangong Wan. It's time to make my move."
With that thought, he immediately transmitted a message to his spiritual sea. "Stop fighting someone's coming."
As a soul master, his soul spirits were part of his strength. If he wanted to subdue Nangong Wan quickly, his soul spirits might need to take action.
Hearing this, Ice Empress immediately halted her attack, letting out a cold snort. "I'll let you off this time for Yuhao's sake."
Tianmeng Iceworm, however, remained undeterred. "It's fine. Once we deal with this guy, you can keep hitting me, Ice Empress. I don't mind. If you hit me, it just means you care about me!"
Ice Empress: ???
"The ocean is home to countless soul beasts. Since the human soul master community has yet to conquer the seas, I sometimes feel that the ocean is actually the largest gathering place for soul beasts in this world. What is Star Dou Forest compared to this? That place is nothing compared to the vastness of the sea." Nangong Wan gazed at the rolling waves and sighed.
The salty sea breeze rustled Nether Thunder Douluo's robes as he smiled. "As long as soul tool technology continues to develop, I believe that one day, humanity will conquer the oceans. When that happens, who knows? We might even discover other continents."
Nangong Wan was momentarily stunned before sighing. "Perhaps other continents do exist. After all, before the Sun Moon Continent collided with the Douluo Continent, neither side even knew the other existed.
"Alright, let's discuss this another time. Come, let's go hunt sea soul beasts."
With that, he flew forward. However, the moment he moved, he felt the air around him drop to an extreme temperature. A chilling cold enveloped his entire body, making him feel as if he had been plunged into an ice cavern.
"Ambush! And this level of cold it must be Ultimate Ice!" The thought flashed through his mind, and his ninth tier defensive soul tool activated instantly. A pale golden barrier enveloped his entire body.
The upper echelon of the Holy Spirit Sect wasn't lacking in soul tools; what they lacked were some of the more advanced production techniques. In fact, their soul tool technology surpassed even Shrek Academy's. After all, both Supreme Elder Ye Xishui and Nether Thunder Douluo were ninth tier soul engineers, while Shrek Academy had yet to produce even a single ninth tier soul engineer.
Crack, crack.
A layer of frost rapidly spread across Nangong Wan's golden shield, but the ice was unable to shatter it.
Seeing this, Nangong Wan let out a sigh of relief, his initial panic subsiding. However, before he could react further, he felt a surge of intense spiritual energy crash into his mind.
His eighth tier spiritual defense soul tool began to show cracks under the pressure.
Spiritual defense soul tools were highly valuable, and ninth tier versions were exorbitantly expensive, usually reserved for ninth tier soul engineers.
"This is bad! It's a mental attack. Are there two hidden Titled Douluo attacking me?" Nangong Wan immediately sensed the threat. He let out a long howl, his soul power surging as he prepared to unleash his Martial Soul True Body.
But at that moment, the invisible Huo Yuhao launched another wave of spiritual attacks. Three beams of golden light shot from his Spirit Eyes and Eye of Destiny.
This was the Asura Three Eyed Sealing Curse, an original soul skill from the novel's Huo Yuhao. Its greatest effect was sealing an opponent, forcing them into passive defense and requiring them to use their spiritual energy to resist its assault.
Even without Qiu'er's sacrifice, Huo Yuhao now had access to a vast reservoir of fate energy. The golden light infused with the power of the plane's consciousness granted him temporary access to the world's destiny force. His current control over fate energy far surpassed the original timeline's post sacrifice version.
In an instant, Nangong Wan's body was bathed in golden light. His surging soul power froze mid flow, and even the glow of his ninth tier defensive soul tool dimmed.
(End of chapter.)
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