Chapter 62: Ice Emperor's Evolution and Shrek Academy
--- Chapter 62 ---
[Name: Divine Throne of Beginning and End]
[Type: Martial Soul]
[Description: Divine Throne of Beginning and End is an artificial martial soul that regained its True Name after being connected to the Host. It has the qualities of Alpha and Omega based on the Host's soul origin]
[Innate Ability: Genesis & The End]
Huo Yuhao gently rested his head on the throne and felt warmth from the smooth rock's surface, which was surprisingly quite comfortable. He closed and opened his eyes, seeing the world from an entirely different angle than before.
"It feels like cheating." A sigh escaped Huo Yuhao because of the Divine Throne of Beginning and End's innate ability. He doesn't need Evo to show the description because the throne actually was in his soul.
[Genesis & The End]
[Allowed the user to view the origin of everything and utilize 120% of them]
"What do you think, Yuhao?" Electrolux's voice echoed in Huo Yuhao's mind. Her damaged existence has become stronger after becoming the throne's 1st spirit ring.
[1st Spirit Ring]
[Name: Calamity Necromancer Electrolux]
[Type: Divine Consciousness(Incomplete)]
[Description: The last piece of Yi Lai Ke Si's Consciousness, having knowledge and power over Light Elements and Necromancy]
[Spirit Skills: Necromancy, The Child of Light(passive), Ruler Authority, Calamity Necromancer Electrolux(Summon)]
Huo Yuhao smiled and calmly replied, "Never felt better than this, Eluxia."
When connecting to the Divine Throne of Beginning and End, the necromancer merged her divine Consciousness with Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea. She politely requested to give her a new name because of his previous comment about creating new memories here. And Huo Yuhao gave her "Eluxia." As a new name.
Eluxia materialized herself in the real world, but her appearance has changed compared to before. She still has her long white hair and gray-colored eyes, but those eyes aren't so dull anymore with a faint golden hue. And Her lips become healthier with a rosy shade.
She wore a modest black dress with purple roses on the skirt area. And a grayish-gold tiara was set above her head, shining with dim golden light. She looks like a dignified queen who has found her king.
Scathach nodded in appreciation and commented, "Well, my disciple is more handsome than before."
"Is that so? Ugh..." Huo Yuhao chuckled while staring at his teacher and glimpsed her origin with a simple gaze. He clutched his head because an enormous amount of information rushed into his mind.
"What happened??!" Everyone becomes worried when seeing Huo Yuhao's painful reaction.
Huo Yuhao calmed himself down and added, "I'm fine, everyone. The ability from Throne of Beginning and End is more powerful than I anticipated. I know it's strong, but still underestimate it."
"You should deactivate the throne. The process consumed 95% of your Spiritual Energy and Spirit Energy. And It's a miracle considering your Spiritual Sea was still working." Eluxia commented while rubbing Huo Yuhao's forehead, soothing his mind.
"Have you been training your Spiritual Energy before?"
"Yeah, I trained the Haki Training Method." Huo Yuhao answered casually. "Still, I can't deactivate the Throne of Beginning and End yet. We have to absorb the Ice Emperor's essence first."
Tian Mang frowned and whined, "No! You should rest first, Yuhao. Absorbing Ice Emperor would bring harm to your current state."
"What state?" Huo Yuhao returned while creating a mace with Eas and used the Full Recovery Skill from Dragonborn Crusader Class, recovering all negative states and energy with the cost of a very long cooldown. It's the ultimate skill that he could only use once every two years.
"What???"
Tian Meng's eyes widened in awe because Huo Yuhao's sickly complexion returned to normal. Even his Spiritual Energy and Spirit Energy reached 50% again instantly, which should be impossible.
"How many secrets do you have, Yuhao?" Eluxia stared at her Host solemnly, but Huo Yuhao casually shrugged his shoulders without giving them any explanation.
Cracks!
"Hmm? She's coming out of her cocoon."
The necromancer moved her gaze to the water-like cocoon a few meters away from the throne. She could sense the Ice Emperor's origin essence had changed drastically with additional water elements.
The cocoon broke abruptly, and the ice jade silhouette escaped, flying in the sky with Ultimate Ice particles changing around the field. An icy storm formed and surrounded the sky, giving off a mysterious cold presence.
[Name: Scorpion-Tailed Ice Jade Phoenix]
[Type: Spirit Beast(Variant)]
[Age: 600.000 years old]
[Description: The Scorpion-Tailed Ice Jade Phoenix is the evolution of the Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor after absorbing Water Luan Bird's Essence. She becomes an Ice Phoenix with Ultimate Ice and Pure Water elements while still retaining her origin]
An enormous yet beautiful bird appeared before them. The current Ice Emperor had a leaner body with soft frozen jade feathers over it. Six large wings spread from her back, flapping gently like flowing water. Her pinchers have transformed into sharp talons. And lastly, a long scorpion tail with a diamond-like stringer hanging on her butt, gleaming with cold light.
"Bing Bing..." Tian Meng released tears.
The newly evolved phoenix landed on the ground and released a satisfied chirp, "It feels great."
Huo Yuhao laughed and responded, "Glad you like it. Also, congratulations on reaching the 600.000 years old phase."
Tian Meng and the Ice Emperor froze in their spots when hearing Huo Yuhao's statement. And the newly evolved phoenix realized her cultivation increased by 200.001 years, and no tribulation happened because of the bounded field.
The Ice Emperor looked at her current appearance and felt a more powerful energy inside. She was stunned for a moment because she jumped from 399.999 years to 600.000 without repercussions. And not to mention that her Ultimate Ice becomes more powerful with the support of Pure Water Elements.
"Do you want to try your new strengths?" Huo Yuhao questioned with a chuckle. "What about another bet like before, but I won't move from my throne."
"Let's do it." The Ice Emperor, whose pride was hurt by Huo Yuhao hours ago, immediately agrees.
Without further ado, She spread her wings and created a domain with extreme hail. Huo Yuhao has a smug expression from the beginning, irritating the Ice Emperor.
Scathach and Tian Meng watched the Ice Emperor launch an energy blast with potent Ultimate Ice and High-Pressured Pure Water Blade at Huo Yuhao, creating a wave that could cut through almost everything.
[Child of Light(Passive)]
[Light Elements loved you and even granted you a special privilege to manipulate them with ease]
"Mirror Force." Huo Yuhao quickly incorporated Light Elements and Primordial Runes to create a tall Mirror with strong reflection properties. He watched the incoming attack and closed his eyes.
SWOOSH! CLANK!
BOOM!
"W-What?!"
The Ice Emperor saw her attack reach Huo Yuhao's mirror and get reflected. She flapped her wings to disperse the attack but was speechless inside because Ultimate Ice should have frozen any material upon touch.
"Do you want to continue?"
She heard Huo Yuhao spout those words and saw his eyes glow with a dim golden light. It feels like her existence is a mere bug before him, the absolute ruler of strength. 'Those eyes... They are seeing everything.' She gulped nervously.
"N-No, I think that was enough testing for today."
Huo Yuhao deactivated Eluxia's spirit ring and breathed out because that didn't consume as much Spirit Energy as he thought. The Child of Light is such a powerful Spirit Skill.
After recovering from the shock, the Ice Emperor grew more sure about her decision to assist Huo Yuhao. She glanced at Tian Meng and admitted the gluttonous worm had found an outstanding person.
"Well, let's not waste any more time." She returned her gaze to Huo Yuhao and released her essence. "Yuhao, do you want to accept my spirit bone? After absorbing the Water Luan Bird's Essence, I could shape my Spirit Bone better than before."
Huo Yuhao pondered and asked, "Even an external one?"
"Yes." The Ice Emperor nodded firmly.
"Then, Give me a Liquid-based Spirit Bone and some drops of your blood."
"Uuh... Okay?"
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...
As the Ice Empress merged herself with Huo Yuhao's Throne of Beginning and End, a crimson spirit ring with six golden patterns appeared out of thin air. She created an orb of icy water, an external Spirit Bone, and slowly integrated it into his left shoulder.
[Name: Ice Empress's Pauldron]
[Type: External Spirit Bone]
[Age: 600.000 years old]
[Description: Ice Empress's Pauldron/External Bone is a unique Spirit Bone because it could change shape according to the user's will. Its former shape is Icy Liquid, which means it is possible to take it out, unlike other Spirit Bone]
[Spirit Skills: Permafrost Motionless Domain, Ice Empress's Wrath]
Huo Yuhao turned into War Beast for a moment and chugged a vial filled with Ice Emperor's Blood, hearing a notification from Evo.
[You have ingested the Scorpion-Tailed Ice Jade Phoenix's blood]
[Please wait six months for War Beast's race to digest and absorb the blood]
"Welcome, Bing Bing~!" Tian Meng hugged the Ice Emperor.
An adorable girl around 16-17 floated on Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea. She has long green hair tied in twin tails and bright yellow eyes. And she wore a white dress with a green skirt above her thighs, which was covered by black stockings. Six icy wings appeared on her back, and a scorpion tail came from her upper butt.
"Get away from me!" Bing Di pushed Tian Meng away with an annoyed expression. She puffed her cheeks and crossed her arms, staring at the SkyDream Ice Worm indifferently.
"Hehe~!"
"Bing BING~!"
"These two are so lively," Eluxia commented while giggling."My new life here is already better."
...
Huo Yuhao glanced at the information about Bing Di's spirit ring and tilted his head for a moment. "This is interesting." He said while deactivating the Throne of Beginning and End.
[2nd Spirit Ring]
[Name: Scorpion-Tailed Ice Jade Phoenix]
[Type: Living Spirit Ring]
[Age: 600.000 years old]
[Description: A Spirit Beast that governs over all battlefields with her mastery over Ultimate Ice and Pure Water Elements]
[Spirit Skills: Ultimate Ice and Pure Water Manipulation, Ice Empress's Absolute Zero, Ice Empress's Emergence(Summon)]
"Not bad." Huo Yuhao commented with a smile while standing on the ground. He used Univer Breathing Technique and stabilized his position.
"Hmm, where is Ying'er?"
"There." Scathach tapped Huo Yuhao's shoulder and pointed her finger at Qianye Ying'er, who meditated on the ground. The former young lady was releasing a dim golden aura and sighed in relief.
[Name: Qianye Ying'er]
[Age: 12]
[Race: Ancient Holy Human]
[Cultivation: Level 69]
[Martial Soul: Saint Battle Flag(6+)]
[Description: An exceptionally devoted follower of Huo Yuhao's Religion]
"Nice~." Huo Yuhao coughed while swaying his head away from Scathach's gaze. The God Slayer frowned and shrugged because her disciple spouted random things daily.
Qianye Ying'er gradually awakened from deep meditation and felt so free. She summoned the Saint Battle Flag and saw a change in the pole and the flag itself. The staff was slightly longer, and the former dragon symbol had become brighter with the faint image of a saint hugging it.
"With this strength, I can help my lord..." She chanted while grasping her hands gently. "Oh lord~! Thank you for the blessing."
Huo Yuhao patted Qianye Ying'er head and said, "Good job, Ying'er."
"Since our plan is over, let's go to the Shrek Academy and meet with other Exchange Students from Dragon Nest. They must have been waiting for us." He continued, to which Qianye Ying'er responded with a nod.
Scathach shook her head and commented, "At least do something with your clothes, Yuhao. Don't tell me you wanted to attend Shrek Academy with that bloody appearance?"
"I know my disciple is wild, but this is something else."
Huo Yuhao could feel sarcasm from Scathach's mouth and look down at his current attire. When awakening and connecting his soul to the Divine Throne of Beginning and End, his body went through a rebirth. Blood was coming from his pore, painting the jackets and stuffy trousers he wore in red. There are also some horrible tears here and there.
"Haha, You're right." A weak chuckle came from Huo Yuhao.
After three minutes of cleaning, Huo Yuhao wore a long, silver-buttoned blue coat with three separate coattails. A white dragon pattern runs around the collar, with a dragon's head hanging over the coat's left shoulder and its tail slinking down the right, all the way to the bottom. Each cuff also possesses five gold buttoned straps with black lining. Under the coat, there is a clean ascot vest neatly buttoned. And he also wore dark pants with a scale pattern running across their surface and tall, brown boots with two golden buckled straps at the top.
(An: Vergil's Clothes)
Huo Yuhao brushed his blue hair up and noticed everyone's silent gaze. "What?" He asked with a playful smirk.
"Never seen someone this handsome?"
"Oh no, Tian Meng's narcissistic nature is influencing him." Bing Di immediately said, which caused a tick mark to appear on the Skydream Ice Worm's forehead.
Tian Meng pouted and yelled, "It has nothing to do with me!"
Scacthah suddenly hugged Huo Yuhao and planted her lips on him. They went on full-blown french kissing, catching everyone off guard. As both parted a minute later, the God Slayer licked her lips and said, "Yuhao, don't tease me like that. I can't hold myself back, you know?"
"My turn~!" Qianye Ying'er kissed Huo Yuhao and left the ladies in the Spiritual Sea speechless.
She moaned and added, "Ahh~! It's been a while."
Huo Yuhao patted Qianye Ying'er back and said, "I thought the dose would last until tomorrow. It's not even a whole day yet."
Qianye Ying'er melted into Huo Yuhao's embrace and even breathed heavily. She returned to normal after Scathach coughed a few times. "Hehe, you know it's hard for us to get the dose, Yuhao~! Mistress is always watching us." She said with a happy smile.
Three of them don't realize that three ladies inside Huo Yuhao's spirit sea are blushing hard at the blatant exposure of their intimate interaction.
"H-Human is so shameless." Bing Di blushed while covering her head.
Tian Meng could only nod and added, "Y-Yeah. Does it feel good, though? They seemed to enjoy it a lot."
"It's normal," Eluxia commented on the side. "Dual Cultivation is a thing for them."
"EH??"
...
...
Huo Yuhao used wormholes to teleport them out of the bounded field and summoned Skye to watch over Extreme North's outer area in the sky.
"There are some people." He looked down and saw several people outside the bounded field.
"They wouldn't be able to enter anyway. Do you want me to release the bounded field?" Scathach looked at her disciple naturally.
Huo Yuhao shrugged and replied, "Sure. After all, We left nothing but destruction there. They won't get anything from it."
"Poor people." Qianye Ying'er continued with a pitiful gaze.
Scathach broke the bounded field with a simple flick of her finger, and people around the area were shocked. They entered the destroyed portion of land and were confused because there was nothing there.
"My lord, we have arrived at the Shrek Academy." A familiar voice entered Huo Yuhao's earpiece.
"Oh, Qianxue?" Huo Yuhao pressed the earpiece to reply. "We'll be there in a few minutes."
Murong Qianxue responded, "Okay, noted."
Huo Yuhao patted the Azure Sky Dragon and said, "You heard that, Skye? Can you fly fast enough to reach Shrek Academy in a few minutes?"
"Easy, My Liege." Skye covered them with his aura again and disappeared from the Extreme North's sky. Huo Yuhao shared the direction with the shadow general and noticed the dragon flew even faster.
SWOOSH! BOOM!
Meanwhile, At the Shrek Academy.
Murong Qianxue crossed her arms and glanced at the four chosen students from the Dragon Nest Academy to join the Exchange Student Program. Each faction agreed to let seven students go because the number was enough for the incoming Continental Tournament.
Yan Shaozhe wiped his cold sweat and asked, "Um, why don't we wait inside with a cup of tea?"
"No, we must wait for the rest of the students." A frown appeared on Murong Qianxue's face. "You can't tell me what I have to do..."
"O-Okay..." The Dean of Shrek Academy nervously replied because the cold woman before him was the Ice Demoness Douluo. She massacred Title Douluo left and right two years ago when announcing Dragon Nest's existence.
The group started to gain a fuss because the Shrek Academy's students gathered around and watched the infamous Dragon Nest Academy.
"Woah, are they part of the Dragon Nest?"
"They look strong."
"Especially that beautiful woman."
"Are you dumb?"
"What?!"
"You're dumb... That woman is the Ice Demoness Douluo and actually was rumored to be one of the strongest individuals in the Dragon Nest. Just look at the badge on her blouse."
"Dragon Nest." A black-haired girl with bright green eyes halted her steps at the nearest shop and watched Murong Qianxue.
She remembered the day she awoke her martial soul and met with an odd yet handsome-looking boy. "It's been six years. And I've entered the Shrek Academy today. Will he keep his promise?" She muttered to herself.
"What's that?!" Someone from the crowd shouted.
Everyone looked up and saw a blinking red light approaching the Shrek Academy's gate. Yan Shaozhe wanted to activate his martial soul because it could have been an intruder, but Murong Qianxue stopped him.
The Ice Demoness sneered, "Stop there, fool. Unless you want to embarrass yourself."
BOOM!
The red light landed on the front gate and caused a shockwave that pushed everyone away. The onlookers were shocked and saw three figures standing on the ground.
"Woah, B-Beautiful..." The male spectators noticed Qianye Ying'er and Scathach immediately. Even though both ladies wore veils and masks, they could feel the overwhelming appeal coming from them.
Meanwhile, the female observers were stunned because of Huo Yuhao's presence. His overall appearance gave off a mysterious charm, and that mask enhanced it even further, making them want to see the face of this unknown individual.
"I-It's him." Xiao Xiao's body trembled when seeing the blue-haired young man's impression. Even though he was way taller and older than the boy, that appearance was very familiar.
"Am I late?" Huo Yuhao smiled behind his mask.
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