Just as Xie Huanyue was about to refuse Wei Na's request, Huo Yuhao suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
"Princess Wei Na, are you planning to use your beauty to seduce my brother?"
Huo Yuhao looked at this stunningly beautiful princess with a faint smile. "You don't seem to have grasped the situation. As long as I wipe out your Heavenly Soul Imperial Family, I can logically take everything that is yours."
"Did you see what happened to Du Busi?" Huo Yuhao pointed a finger at the Body Sect experts gathering in the distance. "Even if I wanted you to become Fatty's personal plaything, it would only take a single glance."
"No, you can't!" Wei Na's small face paled in panic, clearly traumatized by Huo Yuhao's methods. "I can take you to the Heavenly Soul Imperial Family's martial soul inheritance ground! Just don't use that technique on me!"
"What's so great about inheriting a useless lotus martial soul?" Huo Yuhao pursed his lips. "It would be more practical to just plunder your national treasury."
"No, it's not like that!" Wei Na hurriedly explained, "The reason our Heavenly Soul Imperial Family's inherited martial soul is the healing-type Snow Lotus is only because no one could withstand the calcination of the Ultimate Fire. This led to our martial soul being unable to evolve in the fire-attribute direction, and instead, it transformed into the ice-and-snow attribute Snow Lotus with the help of the extreme cold energy from the Extreme North."
"Ultimate Fire?" Huo Yuhao raised his eyebrows. Although an ultimate attribute martial soul was enough to become a peak-level soul master on the continent, it held little interest for him at his current level.
However, Wu Feng's martial soul was the fire-attribute Red Lotus Dragon King. Perhaps this could be of some use to her, Huo Yuhao thought, glancing at Wu Feng beside him.
"Take us to have a look." Huo Yuhao stretched and ordered directly.
"Okay, okay." Wei Na looked at Huo Yuhao with fear and trepidation. Influenced by the negative public opinion from Shrek, Huo Yuhao was a demon on the continent who devoured people without spitting out the bones. Any normal person would give him a wide berth.
Wei Na quickly grabbed Xie Huanyue's arm, her whole body trembling uncontrollably, clearly terrified to the extreme.
Seeing this scene, combined with the awkward expression on Xie Huanyue's face, a playful mood suddenly struck Huo Yuhao. He directly used Tsukuyomi on Wei Na, showing her a bloody scene of himself opening his cavernous mouth to eat a living person.
"Ahhhhh—"
Wei Na screamed and almost fainted from fright. Fortunately, she was holding onto Xie Huanyue's shoulder, which saved her from complete embarrassment.
"Hahaha!" Huo Yuhao felt a great sense of accomplishment from scaring the princess. The last time, he had successfully made Xu Jiujiu completely break her composure.
Seeing Wei Na clinging to him and not letting go, Xie Huanyue could only sigh and let her press her entire body against him. What Xie Huanyue didn't know was that in the illusionary space just now, his figure had been infinitely elevated and enlarged, and his not-so-broad shoulders had become Wei Na's last pillar of support.
Brother, this is all I can do for you. The rest is up to you... Huo Yuhao chuckled to himself.
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The Heavenly Soul Imperial Family's martial soul inheritance ground was located deep beneath the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace. With the city-guarding soldiers under the influence of Huo Yuhao's Sovereignty, the group's journey was completely unimpeded.
Looking at the underground passage just ahead, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but grumble inwardly. Why did all these imperial families like to build important places underground?
Undoubtedly, the way forward was through this passage.
The group maintained their formation of watching out for each other. Huo Yuhao, Zhongli Yu, and the Snow Empress walked at the very front, with the others following closely behind as they entered the passage.
The ground of the passage before them was flat, showing signs of being artificially carved. However, the temperature suddenly dropped to a level that was difficult for ordinary people to bear, not much different from the Extreme North.
Fortunately, Huo Yuhao's third martial soul had the Ultimate Ice attribute, so this temperature was actually a kind of enjoyment for him. With the Snow Empress's help, the others did not feel any discomfort due to the sudden drop in temperature.
Everything around them looked normal. It seemed to be just a natural underground passage. However, all the light had to rely on the illumination from the lighting equipment in the hands of several soul engineers. Otherwise, it would be pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
But as they continued forward, the group gradually felt the temperature in the surrounding air begin to rise continuously.
Huo Yuhao's eyes narrowed slightly. The extreme cold from before was probably the protective measure the Heavenly Soul Imperial Family used to suppress the heat here.
Ahead, light gradually began to appear. At first, it was a dot of dark red, but as the temperature continued to rise, the dark red gradually became brighter, illuminating the surroundings in a sea of red. Moreover, the temperature around their bodies was also increasing rapidly, forcing them to release their soul power to resist the high heat.
The group finally reached the end of the passage. When they arrived, they were stunned by the scene before them.
At the end of the underground passage was a vast, fiery red world. There was a lake here as well, except this lake was formed from lava.
Golden-red lava bubbled and churned. Even the air here was extremely hot. An ordinary person would probably find it difficult to even breathe in this place.
What was even more terrifying was that within this golden-red lava, there seemed to be an extremely immense energy. This energy felt as if it was on the verge of overflowing at any moment.
Due to the excessive heat, the air above the lava lake was distorted, making it impossible for them to see the situation in the distance. However, the passage ended here. To continue forward, they would undoubtedly have to cross this lava lake.
The question that puzzled Huo Yuhao the most was, was this all there was to it?
Lava was certainly hot, but as long as one wasn't submerged in it, for a Titled Douluo, temporarily resisting such high temperatures was not a problem. Besides, couldn't they just use a flying soul tool to fly over?
Of course, that was just a thought. There were likely still some dangers, the greatest of which lay in the unknown.
Everyone turned to look at Wei Na. Perhaps this princess was the only one who could answer what they were about to face next.
"In this lava, there lives a race. The life flame of their leader can purify our bloodline and cleanse impurities." Wei Na explained to the group, and took off a gem pendant from her neck, infusing it with soul power.
A flash of inspiration struck Huo Yuhao's mind, and he vaguely felt as if he had grasped something.
As Wei Na was speaking, the Snow Empress had already leaped up and flown out over the lava lake, because she sensed that something seemed to exist deep within the lava.
A rose-gold light flickered in Huo Yuhao's eyes, and powerful spatial elements began to circulate. He stared at the Snow Empress's figure, ready to support her at any moment.
With the Snow Empress's seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, it was not an easy matter for the lava to harm her. It was most appropriate for the strongest member of the group to scout the way.
The others gathered behind Huo Yuhao, each releasing their soul power to resist the high temperature.
The Snow Empress flew over the lava lake, looking out towards the distance.
All around was a sea of golden-red, and even the distance was somewhat unclear. The air distorted like water waves.
Flying over this lava lake undoubtedly required great care. For someone with a physique like the Lan sisters, if they were to fall into the lava lake, they would likely be reduced to bones in an instant.
For the safety of her companions, she had to investigate clearly.
Just then, a sudden change occurred!
The lava lake below churned violently. Immediately after, a deafening roar sounded, and a massive lava fireball with a diameter of over five meters shot towards the Snow Empress.