Chapter 144: Entering the Ice God Canyon, Cangming Wave-Breaking Halberd!
However, things are different now. If Hu Bai truly obtains a God Legacy, then they are indeed willing to give it a try.
Once Hu Bai achieves a God Position, they can also ascend to the God Realm together.
Achieve eternal life!
Snow Empress: "Since a God called you here, you may enter, but the two of us must go in with you."
Both Ice Empress and Snow Empress's bloodlines contain a trace of the Ice God Bloodline, with Snow Empress's being the most prominent.
This was the blessing given to all Soul Beasts in the Extreme North after the Ice God's demise back then.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that Ice Empress and Snow Empress would not act for the time being; their backs were already drenched in cold sweat.
Under this ghostly weather, they could still sweat, which showed how nervous they were just now.
After all, one misstep, and all of them would fall into an abyss of eternal damnation.
It wouldn't matter if he and Old Gui died, but Hu Bai absolutely cannot die!
If Hu Bai dies, then the two of them will be sinners of Spirit Hall!
While Ice Empress and Snow Empress had various thoughts, Tianmeng Iceworm's chubby body also floated beside Ice Empress and said with a grin: "Bingbing, are you willing to become Hu Bai's second Martial Soul? I became Xiao Bai's wisdom soul ring and also granted him the position of a second ice-attribute Martial Soul.
However, this ice-attribute Martial Soul currently has no form and lacks a Soul Beast to actively fuse with it."
The Ice Empress slapped Tianmeng Iceworm far away and said coldly: "Don't get so close to me, or I'll really be unable to resist devouring you.
Furthermore, for this second Martial Soul position, Snow Empress is more suitable than me. If Snow Empress is willing, I would gladly become the second soul ring for his second Martial Soul."
In Ice Empress's view, if Hu Bai really had to choose, he would definitely pick the more powerful Snow Empress, not her.
Although she was very confident in her own bloodline, Snow Empress's body possessed a much higher concentration of the Ice God Bloodline than hers, and her cultivation was stronger.
If she were to choose, she would definitely choose this way.
And if Snow Empress of the Extreme North was no longer there, she wouldn't want to stay here either, so it might as well become Snow Empress's soul ring.
There are two forms of voluntary sacrifice: one is sacrificing only the physical body but not the soul, and the second is sacrificing everything—meaning both the physical body and the soul.
In the former, one loses all cultivation but preserves their soul, transforming back into a Soul Beast with no cultivation, with a chance to start over.
Of course, there's a high probability of failure, leading to true death; Soul Beasts with high vitality have a higher success rate.
The latter means that after the sacrifice, the entire soul is attached to the soul ring/Soul Beast, retaining a certain degree of autonomy.
Additionally, there's a significant difference between the former and the latter!
The former requires the Soul Master's own physique to withstand it, while the latter disregards the Soul Master's own cultivation, being more forceful.
Upon hearing this, Tianmeng Iceworm's face fell. If Xiao Bai truly allowed Snow Empress to be his second Martial Soul, then even if Ice Empress sacrificed herself, her soul would only fall into slumber.
After all, not all Soul Beasts are like him, capable of being a wisdom soul ring or even a wisdom Martial Soul.
To become a wisdom Martial Soul, one must abandon everything—physical body, soul, and so on—and completely integrate oneself into Hu Bai's body. Even then, one must sleep for a period before waking up and adapting.
The moment they stepped into Ice God Canyon, a biting cold penetrated their bones like a physical entity. The sky, full of ice crystals, reflected a chilling, deep blue light, and the roars of ancient Ice Dragons seemed to echo between the thousand-zhang ice cliffs.
"Be careful. The temperature in Ice God Canyon is the lowest in the entire Extreme North. The moment you step into it, the trial has already begun."
Snow Empress placed a protective barrier on Yue Guan and Gui Mei, shielding them from the cold wind, but Hu Bai was exempt; he had to rely on himself.
This wasn't because Snow Empress was particularly kind; after all, Soul Beasts and Soul Masters are inherently opposing existences, and she doesn't like humans.
But what if this human could truly obtain the Ice God Legacy and lead them to eternal life?
That would be a different story.
Without Snow Empress's reminder, Hu Bai had already sensed it the moment he stepped into the canyon.
Then, frost-white patterns appeared all over his body, and his eyes condensed into ice-blue rhombuses deep within. He took a deep breath, his soul power circulating wildly, and the surrounding ice elements, as if summoned, condensed into a vortex at a visible speed.
"Ice Element, Fusion!" With a roar, the ice mist within a hundred meters instantly boiled. The originally dispersed ice element particles were strangely and perfectly intertwined and fused, forming streams of pure ice element that flowed into the protagonist's body as if guided by an arm.
In an instant, Hu Bai's Nine-tailed Sky Fox Martial Soul emerged behind him, an ice-shard armor appeared around his body, and a light blue hexagonal ice lotus formation appeared beneath his feet. This was the manifestation of him pushing his ice elements to their extreme, controlling the ultimate power of ice in this world.
Ice Empress and Snow Empress frowned slightly upon seeing this, a look of shock appearing on their faces.
"He can actually mobilize all the power of the ice element! What incredibly powerful elemental control this is!"
Hu Bai didn't know how to attract the attention of that trace of the Ice God's Divine Sense, so he could only display all his capabilities, presenting his most perfect side to the Ice God!
And as Hu Bai displayed his perfect ice element power, the seven-colored mark on his forehead also faintly emitted light, as if communicating with Ice God Canyon.
Through this mark, the Seven Elemental Gods naturally knew that Hu Bai was now attempting to awaken the Ice God's Divine Sense slumbering here, but this alone was not enough!
That trace of Divine Sense was the Ice God's only remaining power after his demise. Once awakened, if it couldn't find a suitable Legacy holder, it would simply dissipate.
So, this alone wasn't enough to awaken him; they, the Seven Gods, still had to secretly assist him.
That's right—they planned to pull some strings for Hu Bai!
Actually, it wasn't really pulling strings; it was just secretly helping Hu Bai awaken this trace of Divine Sense. As long as the Ice God's Divine Sense awakens and sees Hu Bai's talent, he will definitely be willing to pass down the God Position.
This was their confidence in Hu Bai's talent!
But just then, the Nine-tailed Sky Fox behind Hu Bai moved. A pure white tail slowly dissipated, and a long halberd appeared in Hu Bai's hand!
Divine Artifact of Water, Cangming Wave-Breaking Halberd!
This was an ancient-looking long halberd, its shaft bound with blue, flowing patterns. The halberd head was incredibly sharp, with spikes extending from both sides in the shape of water waves, and a blue, water-drop-shaped gem inlaid at the tip.
This halberd could control all water in the world, whether it be rivers, lakes, oceans, or even water vapor in the air.
And ice is also a part of water!
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