Chapter 154: Ice Empress and Snow Empress: Give You Face
Hu Liena said with a hint of resentment, "Second Brother, you've been out for too long this time. The Eldest Brother and I have been waiting for you for ages! Eldest Brother's cultivation has already broken through to Rank 40!"
"Alright, alright, come down first. You're not a child anymore. Pay a little more attention to your behavior," Hu Bai said with a laugh and a scolding tone.
Hu Liena hummed, "What does it matter? It shows how close we siblings are. Who cares about other people?"
Hu Liena was quite dissatisfied with her Second Brother's attitude and protested.
But her head was quickly covered by a hand, which rubbed it a few times. The warmth that spread through her made her feel very comfortable.
Hmm, she would forgive her Second Brother this time.
"It's good that you're back." Xie Yue also walked out of the room at this moment. "Looking at you, your second trial should be complete, right?"
Xie Yue looked at the eight-colored mark on Hu Bai's forehead, which now had an extra color, and said.
"Yes, it was a close call, but I gained a lot from this trip. Oh, where are Mom and Dad?" Hu Bai asked, puzzled.
This was his home, so he didn't use his mental power to sense anything.
Xie Yue waved his hand and said, "Mom and Dad went out on a mission a month ago. Our Spirit Hall has established an empire, right? Mom and Dad's current mission is to recruit some Sects."
"However, while it's called recruitment, it's actually to see how these Sects feel about the Spirit Empire. Those who were willing to join have already done so. You know Mom's mental power is strong, and with her taking action, it's easy to get some useful information."
"As for the other Titled Douluo in Spirit Hall, it's said they all have their own missions, such as training legions, searching for rare resources, hunting at sea, and hunting evil Soul Masters. After Spirit Hall established the empire, it seems there's a bit of a shortage of manpower."
Although Xie Yue's cultivation was not high, he was Bibi Dong's disciple, so he naturally knew some of Spirit Hall's current strategies.
As for Hu Liena, her top priority now was to diligently cultivate, as her cultivation was the lowest among the three.
Although this was due to her young age, it was a very special period now.
Xie Yue was two years older than her and more steady in his actions, so Bibi Dong would sometimes assign Xie Yue some tasks.
Hu Bai nodded upon hearing this. Compared to the original story, Spirit Hall's establishment of the empire was much earlier, and its foundation was certainly not as deep as in the original.
Spirit Hall did not lack high-end combat power, but it was very short on mid- to low-end combat power.
Spirit Hall previously held over 60% of the Soul Master population on the continent, and after distributing subsidies more than a year ago, this proportion surged to nearly 80%!
But even with so many Soul Masters, it was still not enough for Spirit Hall.
Because a person's soul power is finite.
Whether it was the Heaven Dou Empire or the Star Luo Empire, they both commanded millions of soldiers. Even by sheer numbers, they could make Spirit Hall fight for several years.
Of course, this didn't consider the possibility of high-end combat forces launching sneak attacks; otherwise, how could the Two Great Empires fight?
However, the decision to carry out a beheading operation against the emperors of the Two Great Empires was directly rejected by most of the high-level officials within Spirit Hall, including Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu.
They would not resort to such measures unless it was the very last resort.
Such an action would be very undignified and could easily lead to discontent among the people below. One careless mistake could lead to losing public support, making it not the best strategy!
If they were going to fight, they would fight fair and square!
Hu Bai listened to Xie Yue and nodded slightly. He wasn't very worried about his parents' strength.
More than a year had passed, and their cultivation had also progressed. One was at Rank 85, and the other at Rank 86, both possessing the combat power of low-tier Titled Douluo.
And their Martial Soul Fusion Skill was even comparable to a Level 95 powerhouse and could even contend with a Rank 96 Super Douluo.
After all, both of them had Soul Bones.
His mother's external Soul Bone, after she absorbed the Immortal Herb and her own cultivation improved, had also advanced from its original three thousand years to nearly thirty thousand years.
As long as Hu Leyao's cultivation breaks through to Super Douluo in the future, it shouldn't be difficult for this external Soul Bone to advance to one hundred thousand years.
"Second Brother, how did your cultivation improve during your trip to the Extreme North? Didn't you say you were going to get a second ice-attribute Martial Soul there? Which ice-attribute Soul Beast did you choose?" Hu Liena suddenly asked Hu Bai, her eyes sparkling.
And Xie Yue, upon hearing this, also looked at him curiously. If Hu Liena hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten about it.
Hu Bai's lips curved slightly. "Then I'll show you. Don't be too surprised."
As his words fell, the pupils in Hu Bai's eyes seemed to turn ice-blue, with ice-blue snowflake patterns in his eyes. A supreme ice attribute emanated from his body.
The ground within a hundred meters around him completely froze into ice, and a female-shaped Martial Soul rose from behind him. Two orange soul rings slowly rose from beneath his feet!
"Second Brother, your Martial Soul is… and your soul rings—are they Fierce Beast soul rings? How many levels of soul power do you have now?" Xie Yue looked at Hu Bai, his eyes somewhat dazed.
Hu Bai explained, "This is my second Martial Soul, Heavenly Snow Woman. She was originally the head of the three great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North, with a cultivation of nearly seven hundred thousand years.
I was lucky enough to obtain the legacy of the Ice God, and then she voluntarily became my second Martial Soul. The second soul ring of my second Martial Soul is from the second-ranked of the three great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North, who had a good relationship with her—the Ice Empress, also known as the Ice Jade Scorpion Empress—with a cultivation of nearly four hundred thousand years."
Seven hundred thousand years of cultivation?
Four hundred thousand years of cultivation?
Holy cow!
Holy cow!
Holy cow!
At this moment, a single thought appeared in the hearts of both Xie Yue and Hu Liena:
Is their Second Brother (Second Brother) that formidable?
However, he seemed to have always been that formidable.
666—it's not even salty anymore, just directly cheating, right?
"Snow Empress, Ice Empress, do you two want to come out and meet my Eldest Brother and Younger Sister?"
Within the mental space, Hu Bai looked at the Ice Empress and Snow Empress and asked.
"I'll give you some face. Your sister is quite pretty, though she's still a little less beautiful than you," the Snow Empress said.
The Ice Empress retorted, "Who said that? Our Snow Empress is the most beautiful!"
"Hmph, this Empress will also give you some face."
As their words fell, the mental forms of both the Ice Empress and Snow Empress appeared in the outside world, but in miniature form. They stood one on each of Hu Bai's shoulders, left and right.
Hu Bai shook his head with a smile. She really was a tsundere.
"Wow, so beautiful, Second Brother." Hu Liena stared directly at the Snow Empress, her eyes wide. Besides her brother, this was the first time she had seen such a beautiful person.
Hu Bai: Are you being polite? I'm a man.
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