Chapter 12: Second Awakening of the Soul
Tianmeng Iceworm protected the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's spiritual essence, helping it slowly transform into the second intelligent spirit ring.
As the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion completely settled into Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea, the spirit gold finally regarded the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion as one of its own. A flush of emerald green light stabilized the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's spiritual essence.
Huo Yuhao slowly awoke at this moment, switching to his second Spirit, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion. He looked at the red spirit ring floating above it and smiled with satisfaction.
"Yuhao, with your current physical strength, absorbing a second ring of around 5,000 years is no problem."
Tianmeng Iceworm, seeing Huo Yuhao wake up, prepared to take him to acquire the second spirit ring for his Spirit Eyes Spirit.
"Brother Tianmeng, let's go then, to acquire the mimicry Spirit Ability you mentioned."
Under the guidance of the Tianmeng Iceworm, Huo Yuhao prepared to search for a five-thousand-year-old Iceworm to serve as his second spirit ring.
Huo Yuhao believed that the Iceworm clan's mimicry Spirit Ability could be considered a semi-divine ability.
The extreme stealth of the mimicry Spirit Ability, coupled with Huo Yuhao's mental force from the Spirit Domain Realm, meant that apart from Limit Douluo, probably no one could see through his disguise.
With the Tianmeng Iceworm, a Spirit Beast considered the ancestor of the Iceworm clan, leading the way, Huo Yuhao quickly encountered an Iceworm of around six thousand years.
With its simulated fierce beast aura suppressed by the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and its mental realm lower than Huo Yuhao's, it was easily killed and transformed into Huo Yuhao's second spirit ring.
Under the guidance of Mysterious Heaven Skill, the spirit ring, which slightly exceeded the thousand-year limit, posed no risk to Huo Yuhao, and he absorbed it smoothly.
After absorbing the spirit ring, Huo Yuhao's spirit power level experienced a surge. The spirit power accumulated from previously absorbing the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's spirit ring and Spirit Bone all increased, quickly bringing him to level 28.
After finishing the absorption of the spirit ring, Huo Yuhao did not end his meditation. Instead, he drew over seven of the remaining eight halos from the divine abyss and instantly absorbed all of them.
Huo Yuhao intended to raise his innate spirit power to level ten in one go, completely evolving his Spirit Eyes Spirit.
As expected, the Spirit Eyes, as a Body Spirit, gradually underwent changes under the impetus of the seven halos boosting innate spirit power.
It did not evolve into a Body Spirit encompassing the entire body, like the current Sect Master of the Body Sect, Poison Undying, but instead evolved in another extreme direction.
Huo Yuhao found that his Spirit Eyes Spirit was no longer just his eyes and brain, but had transformed into his eyes, brain, plus his Spirit Sea.
This meant that from now on, every time Huo Yuhao's spirit power increased by one level, his mental force would also greatly increase.
Huo Yuhao's mental force, which was already at the peak of the Spirit Domain Realm, also broke through to the early Spirit Domain Realm during the recent Spirit evolution.
Without carefully sensing the changes in his Spirit Sea, Huo Yuhao absorbed the eighth halo again.
Huo Yuhao wanted to use this halo to achieve an unprecedented secondary awakening of a Body Spirit with full innate spirit power.
As the eighth halo disappeared, Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes. His pupils turned golden, and his entire body was filled with a mysterious aura.
"Secondary awakening, luck amplification," Huo Yuhao silently chanted. Immediately, a golden light gradually spread from Huo Yuhao's eyes to his entire body.
This was the Spirit Ability brought to Huo Yuhao by the secondary golden-level awakening of his Spirit Eyes Spirit: by consuming life force, he could temporarily enhance his own luck to achieve the desired outcome.
Huo Yuhao, possessing spirit gold, did not worry about the consumption of life force. This luck amplification could be said to be completely without cost.
"Yuhao, you've completed your Spirit's secondary awakening?" Tianmeng Iceworm asked in a low voice, looking at Huo Yuhao, who was radiating golden light.
"Yes, a golden-level secondary awakening. When not actively activated, mental force cultivation speed greatly increases. When actively activated, I can gain luck amplification."
"Yuhao, what did you say? Luck amplification? Your Spirit can give you a luck bonus!" the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion exclaimed in shock.
As a Spirit Beast, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion understood the power of luck very well. An auspicious beast with the power of luck could be said to be a treasure of the entire Spirit Beast world. The cultivation and advancement of a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast would be very smooth with its help.
The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion re-evaluated Huo Yuhao's probability of becoming a god. Now, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion felt that Huo Yuhao's probability of becoming a god was already close to 100%.
After applying the power of luck, Huo Yuhao ended the secondary awakening state of his Body Spirit and prepared for the next step of his plan.
"Brother Tianmeng, do you remember the Mirror Shadow Beast I asked you about before? Didn't you say the Mirror Shadow Beast also has a spiritual attribute? I want to hunt a Mirror Shadow Beast as my third spirit ring."
Although all eight halos were obtained by Huo Yuhao when he was less than ten levels, the sheer quantity still directly raised Huo Yuhao to level 30.
"No problem. At that time, we'll let Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion release its fierce beast's pressure, combined with your mental force, that will be enough to deal with a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast," Tianmeng Iceworm replied.
Soon, Huo Yuhao continued his journey to find Spirit Beasts.
Ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts were not easy to find. Even with the blessing of the power of luck, it was only on the third day that Huo Yuhao encountered a twenty-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast.
The Mirror Shadow Beast, covered in scales, curled up like a hedgehog in the snow, hiding itself, but was still discovered by the Tianmeng Iceworm.
The moment it sensed danger, the Mirror Shadow Beast tried to transform into a twenty-thousand-year Titan Snow Demon King to scare away its opponent, but it trembled under the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's pressure released by Huo Yuhao.
The Mirror Shadow Beast finally mustered the courage to use its ability, copied from the Titan Snow Demon King, against Huo Yuhao, only to see Huo Yuhao's figure disappear.
After using his mimicry Spirit Ability to conceal his whereabouts, Huo Yuhao began to continuously use mental shock against the Mirror Shadow Beast, relying on the powerful mental force of his Spirit Domain Realm.
Under multiple mental shocks, the Mirror Shadow Beast's aura gradually weakened. In its final moments, it frantically used the Titan Snow Demon King's abilities to attack its surroundings.
Huo Yuhao, with the help of his mental detection, dodged the Mirror Shadow Beast's dying counterattack and watched a black spirit ring slowly rise from the Mirror Shadow Beast's corpse.
Huo Yuhao felt that his first battle using the mimicry Spirit Ability was very successful. Shouldn't a mental-type Spirit Master find a safe position and continuously use mental shock?
His initial stealth strategy, from a practical perspective, could be said to be good for both offense and escape. A perfect battle strategy.
Subsequently, Huo Yuhao drew the black ten-thousand-year spirit ring onto himself and began to absorb the Mirror Shadow Beast's spirit ring.
After the secondary awakening of his Body Spirit, Huo Yuhao's physical quality had improved significantly. Absorbing this twenty-thousand-year spirit ring only caused his spirit power to be slightly unstable at the beginning.
As time passed, Huo Yuhao's spirit power gradually stabilized, entering a slow and steady absorption process.
About an hour later, Huo Yuhao completed the absorption of the ten-thousand-year spirit ring. The soul agitation of the ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast did not cause even a ripple in his mental force of the Spirit Domain Realm.
Just as Huo Yuhao had completed all his plans and was about to leave the Extreme North Land, he suddenly discovered a spirit power fluctuation within the Mirror Shadow Beast's corpse.
Huo Yuhao immediately understood that this was a drop. He quickly took out a Level 3 soul tool dagger and cut open the Mirror Shadow Beast's corpse.
Indeed, a Spirit Bone lay gleaming within it.