Chapter 65 The Message of the Myriad-Year-Old Profound Ice Marrow
Traveling north from Shrek Academy, passing through the northern edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, and then following the northern official road of the Heaven Dou Empire for two days, one can reach the inner circle of the far north ice plains.
Three days later, in the far north core area.
Fully armed, Dai Huabin stopped and glanced at the soul power measurement scale embedded in his wrist.
Only 40% of the cold-proof covers remain in stock.
At this rate of consumption, it can only last for a maximum of six more hours.
If he can't find Hyotei within six hours, or if he finds Her but negotiations break down, He has to run to the outskirts as soon as possible, otherwise He'll freeze to death here and no one will collect His body.
"Old Master Yi."
Within the sea of consciousness, a silvery mist slowly rose.
"Um?"
"We've arrived."
Dai Huabin looked around the ice field. All around Him were white and blue icicles, and there was no sign of any biological activity as far as He could see.
"To lure out Hyotei, we will need your Spiritual strength."
"Alright," Electrox said. "I'll give you a shout."
The next instant, Dai Huabin felt His body being taken over by a gentle yet powerful force.
It wasn't forced control, but rather Electrox's divine consciousness extended from His Spiritual sea, running parallel to His mind.
Between His brows, the eye of a living being suddenly lit up.
A beam of cyan-gold light burst forth from Dai Huabin's forehead. Immediately afterwards, the life force contained within the Gold of Life surged forth from the Eye of Life, forcefully creating a warm halo on the extremely cold ice plains where the temperature was more than 100 degrees below zero.
The ice surface began to melt.
Centered on Dai Huabin, a layer of water mist rose from the surface of the solid ice within a three-meter radius.
The existence of liquid water at this temperature is itself a illogical phenomenon.
Electrolux's Spiritual power followed closely behind.
An invisible Spiritual wave spread out from Dai Huabin's Spiritual sea, penetrating the ice layer, piercing through the wind and snow, and extending into the depths of the far northern ice plains.
This Spiritual fluctuation carried extremely clear information.
"Where is Hyotei?!"
The sound wasn't loud, but it carried the oppressive power of the Holy Law God of the Dead, exploding across this land of eternal ice.
Then, Dai Huabin stood still, counting the seconds.
The ice beneath His feet began to tremble.
It was very light, like something moving beneath extremely deep ice. The vibrations became higher and more frequent, then suddenly stopped.
There was silence for about three seconds.
About fifty meters directly in front of Dai Huabin, the ice surface exploded.
Blue and white ice shards rose into the air, and a huge figure burst out from beneath the ice.
It has silvery-white mouthparts, six long legs covered with hexagonal protrusions, a four-layered body structure at the front, and two front claws over a meter long that open and close in the air.
Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.
The scorpion-shaped body, which is about 1.5 meters long, dropped another 20 degrees Celsius the moment it landed.
Dai Huabin's heart was in His throat.
The temperature around the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's body was still dropping. A layer of emerald green light emanated from its surface, the natural flow of the Ice Emperor's aura.
"Human beings."
The sound emanated from the scorpion-shaped body, possessing extremely strong penetrating power and carrying the chill accumulated over four hundred thousand years of cultivation.
"You...want to die?"
Before Dai Huabin could retort, a layer of emerald green light emanated from the surface of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's body.
The next second, the scorpion-shaped body began to shrink and deform.
In a few breaths, a human figure appeared fifty meters away.
She had a delicate face, skin so white it was almost translucent, and four emerald green magic markings on each cheek. Her long, dark green hair fluttered in the cold wind, and She wore an emerald green dress, Her bare feet treading on the ice.
The humanoid form of Hyotei was smaller than Dai Huabin had imagined.
If I had to describe Her, She'd probably be a short, green-haired, haughty little girl who's just over 1.5 meters tall.
Hyotei didn't waste any words.
She raised Her right hand, and a ball of emerald green ice crystal energy condensed in Her palm.
The air instantly froze into a visible ice fog, and the temperature plummeted.
Dai Huabin's scalp tingled.
"Old Master Yi!"
"knew."
Electrolux's silvery mist surged from Dai Huabin's Eye of Life, and with a flash of silver light, Dai Huabin's figure disappeared from the icy plain.
Undead Demiplane.
At the most crucial moment, Electrolux pulled Dai Huabin into the demiplane.
Hyotei's attack landed in empty space.
The emerald green ice crystal energy struck the ice surface, instantly adding a three-inch-thick layer of ice shell to the ground within a twenty-meter radius, covered with hexagonal patterns.
Hyotei's hand froze in mid-air.
She didn't stop Her attack, but maintained Her offensive stance, with emerald green magic patterns faintly shimmering on Her cheeks.
That human disappeared.
It wasn't high-speed movement, it wasn't earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to move underground), and it wasn't any space-based soul skill within Her comprehension.
It vanished into thin air.
He was no longer breathing.
Hyotei expanded the range of Her Spiritual perception, but She did not sense any trace of human presence.
"Such powerful spatial abilities?" Hyotei's lips moved slightly, Her emerald green dress swaying gently in the cold wind.
Although the fluctuation of Spiritual power emanating from this human was only fleeting, Hyotei sensed it very clearly.
Extremely powerful.
Such power shouldn't exist in a human Great Soul Master who's only at level 30.
"That's interesting."
Hyotei lowered Her right hand, and the emerald green ice crystal energy dissipated. She turned around, preparing to leave.
Then She stopped.
Because about thirty meters behind Her, the air distorted.
The blond boy reappeared on the ice.
The moment Dai Huabin's feet touched the ice, He shuddered.
There is no concept of temperature in the undead demiplane, but back in reality, the chill of minus one hundred degrees Celsius penetrates the cold-proof barrier and seeps into the bones.
Hyotei's body stiffened for a moment.
She turned around, and the brightness of the emerald green magic runes increased by a notch.
This human has returned.
The disappearance just now was not an escape, but a deliberate retreat followed by a deliberate return.
He entered and exited some kind of space She couldn't perceive, and could precisely land back near His original position.
"Hyotei, please wait a moment!"
Dai Huabin spoke, His voice half-blown away in the cold wind, but He took a breath and tried to keep His tone steady.
"I have important information that I'd like to discuss with you."
Hyotei stared at Him expressionlessly.
"What's there to discuss between us, a human being and me?"
Her tone was no longer the nonchalant murderous intent She had before; it carried a hint of scrutiny.
In Her four hundred thousand years of life, very few humans have ever disappeared from Her grasp and reappeared.
Before Dai Huabin could answer, the Eye of Life between His brows lit up again.
A silver phantom appeared behind Him.
Electrolux's Spiritual projection.
The silver mist condensed into a blurry outline. Although the facial features were not clearly visible, the thickness and texture of the Spiritual power caused the emerald green magic patterns all over Hyotei's body to light up simultaneously.
This is Her instinctive reaction to the strong.
Electrolux's Spiritual pressure spread across the ice field for a moment.
Only for a moment.
The oppressive feeling came quickly and disappeared even faster, as if it had been deliberately displayed and then immediately subsided.
Electrolux currently only possesses 30% of His divine consciousness, and every wisp of Spiritual power is extremely precious, making it impossible for Him to release it for an extended period.
But even that brief moment was enough.
Hyotei's emerald green dress rolled up at the hem, and She took a half step back.
It's not fear, it's vigilance.
Electrolux spoke.
The voice was old and calm, carrying a sense of composure as if one had seen all things in the world.
"Little scorpion, don't be so short-tempered."
Hyotei was taken aback. Little Scorpion?
"If I want to leave, you can't take us down."
Hyotei did not refute this.
Because that's the truth.
The process of disappearing and reappearing just now has proven that this combination of a human and a "ghost" is indeed not enough for Her, at least when it comes to escaping.
Although that Spiritual pressure only lasted for less than a second, it gave Her an extremely rare feeling—being looked down upon!
Hyotei's hands hung at Her sides, Her emerald green eyes swirling with coldness. She didn't attack again, but She also didn't offer any response.
Dai Huabin seized this opportunity.
"I have come here for two things."
His voice was much steadyer than before. The fact that Hyotei hadn't made a move meant that the other party was willing to listen.
"The first thing is to help you overcome the tribulation that will last for four hundred thousand years."
Hyotei's expression finally changed.
"The second thing…" Dai Huabin paused for a moment, "is a message from Xue Di."
The wind on the ice field suddenly picked up.
Or rather, the aura surrounding Hyotei was changing. Emerald green energy spread out from beneath Her feet, creating a ring of fine frost on the ice.
Hyotei chuckled softly.
"You're just a human at level thirty-something." Hyotei's voice was tinged with laughter, but there was no warmth in that laughter. "If it weren't for this old man behind you, you would already be an ice sculpture."
"You dare to claim you can help me survive this heavenly tribulation?"
She raised Her chin, Her emerald green pupils slightly contracting.
"The Snow Emperor has seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, what could possibly happen to Her?"
Hyotei spoke with disdain.
However, Dai Huabin noticed a detail: when Bing Di said, "What could possibly happen to Xue Di?", Her eyes were clearly darting around.
She cares, She cares a lot.
"I have information about the Ten Thousand Years of Mysterious Ice Marrow."
Dai Huabin played His first card.
"Absolutely true."
The smile on Hyotei's lips faded slightly.
The Mysterious Ice Marrow of Ten Thousand Years was one of the most important natural treasures to Her.
With it, the chances of surviving the 400,000-year tribulation can be increased by at least 30%. If that's enough, it's not impossible to safely get through it.
"And…" Dai Huabin continued, "Snow Emperor is no longer in the far north. I also have information about Her."
Hyotei remained silent, seemingly deep in thought.
"Hyotei," Dai Huabin continued.
"You don't want the Snow Emperor to become someone else's soul ring and soul bone, do you? You don't want to perish before you can survive the 400,000-year Heavenly Tribulation, do you?"
The ice field was silent for a few seconds.
The wind swept across the space between the two people, stirring up tiny ice crystals.
Hyotei remained silent.
She is making a judgment.
Dai Huabin could tell She was weighing Her options.
Although Hyotei was irritable and direct, a creature that had lived for 400,000 years couldn't possibly be a fool. She was analyzing every word and expression of Dai Huabin, trying to find a flaw in His demeanor.
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