“Um, what does it mean to say bones first and soul later?” Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Huo Yuhao quickly interrupted them.
"According to Tian Meng's original plan, I was to become your martial spirit directly, bring it to your ice attribute to complete the shaping, and then my own power would become your first spirit ring. And you should know that when a spirit beast is over 100,000 years old, it will inevitably produce a spirit bone. Although my cultivation has reached 400,000 years, I also have only one spirit bone, but my spirit bone is more powerful than the average 100,000-year-old spirit bone. Moreover, I can decide its form and what kind of spirit bone it will become. Therefore, I decided to help you complete the fusion of your spirit bones first, so that your physical fitness will be greatly improved, and then integrate my spirit power into your body. Because you already have my spirit bone, it will be much easier to fuse."
After hearing the explanation from the Ice Emperor, Huo Yuhao finally understood. He also knew that the Ice Emperor would not leave him any way out, which also verified what it had said before: since it had made the decision, it would go all out.
"So what should I do?"
"Just leave everything to me. Under my control, there will be no problem with the fusion of the soul bone and you, but you will have to endure great pain. I decided to change the style of the soul bone to the spine, so that with the blessing of the soul bone, you can endure more when absorbing my soul ring. I am sure that I can replace your spine, sternum, and ribs, but you will have to endure the pain of having all the bones torn down and then growing again. Can you bear it?"
“Of course.” Huo Yuhao said firmly. To him, both the Ice Emperor Martial Soul and the Soul Bone were extremely important. He could obtain them just by enduring pain. If this were to get out, countless soul masters would want to exchange with him!
"Now that we've decided, let's get started." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm made the final decision to end the discussion of the plan and told Zhao Xin the plan. "Zhao Xin, Yuhao and I will need your help after we start. With the Ice Dragon King here, the fusion will be safer."
"Okay." Zhao Xin nodded, and took out an inconspicuous little flower from the soul guide in his hand, "Yuhao, eat this spiritual herb before fusing your soul bone. It will help alleviate your pain when combined with your secret soul bone."
Huo Yuhao took the spiritual herb from Zhao Xin and examined it carefully. It looked ordinary, like a wild flower on the roadside, with only stems and leaves, and even the flowers were very small. "What is this?"
"It's called Moss Flower. As the saying goes, a moss flower is as small as a grain of rice, but it can bloom like a peony. This moss flower is tough and fearless. So it can reduce the pain when you fuse your soul bones, and it can also continuously repair the damage you suffer." Zhao Xin pointed at the moss flower that was swaying in the cold wind and explained to Huo Yuhao, "I think it suits you very well."
Huo Yuhao just held the moss flower. The moss flower was as small as a grain of rice, but it also learned to bloom like a peony. Isn't this a reflection of himself? His innate spirit power was only level one, and compared with other people in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, it was indeed as small as a moss flower, but he could eventually bloom into a flower, even if it was inconspicuous.
“Thank you, boss.” Huo Yuhao strengthened his heart once again. He was determined to complete the fusion no matter what, change his fate, and let the moss flower surpass the peony.
Afterwards, Huo Yuhao swallowed the moss flower in one gulp and handed the secret soul bone he won from the competition to Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, "Ice Emperor, Brother Tianmeng, I'm ready."
As soon as he finished speaking, a chill instantly blossomed in his spiritual sea. Huo Yuhao shuddered and felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. This was completely different from what he felt in the core area of the Far North. At that time, he had the Heavenly Dream Legacy and Zhao Xin's protection. This time, the chill appeared in his soul, and his thoughts seemed to be frozen.
“Your body is not yet fully developed, and I need to integrate it slowly, so the process will be long. In order to achieve the best results, you cannot fall into a coma. Only when you stay awake can I make adjustments through your body’s instinctive reactions.” Ice Emperor warned Huo Yuhao.
“Okay.” Huo Yuhao felt a large amount of energy emanating from his body. At the same time, a gentle force swept through his sea of consciousness. It was the moss flower that was taking effect.
A emerald green light shone brightly in Huo Yuhao’s mind, and his spiritual eyes also turned emerald green at this moment. The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm seemed to be completely silent, allowing the Ice Emperor to perform.
Huo Yuhao vaguely heard the Ice Emperor let out a long sigh. The real body of the Ice Blue Emperor Scorpion in the distance actually came under Huo Yuhao. The strong emerald green light moved madly towards the tail hook. When the emerald green turned into dark green, the Ice Blue Emperor Scorpion's tail hook swung up suddenly and pierced fiercely into Huo Yuhao's tail vertebrae.
Huo Yuhao's body trembled violently, and he felt as if his coccyx was instantly pierced by something. The sharp and pointed existence pierced through his skin, fascia, flesh, and finally embedded deeply into his bones.
People who have not experienced this kind of pain of having their body pierced through would not understand it. Huo Yuhao only felt as if countless knives were scraping his bones, and he could even hear the crackling sound.
How could this be considered a bit painful? Is this really something a human can endure? At this moment, a golden light suddenly lit up between Huo Yuhao's eyebrows. The soft golden light instantly covered his head, and his spiritual sea turned golden again. The golden light gently and rhythmically protected Huo Yuhao's violently fluctuating spiritual sea, just like a mother's hand, gently soothing his extremely painful soul.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm took action. With Tianmeng’s help, Huo Yuhao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The Ice Emperor was not idle when Huo Yuhao was in pain. He stretched out his hand and the Secret Bone turned into a ball of liquid, which was sucked into the body of the Ice Emperor and then poured into Huo Yuhao's body. Huo Yuhao only felt a gentle warmth protecting his body like the remains of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. The previous severe pain was reduced a lot. Although the cramping pain was still there, he felt much better than before.
He also felt that the moss flower spirit grass he had taken at the beginning also appeared in the liquid transformed from the secret bone, and spread along the Ice Emperor's spine towards his torso. The first to spread was naturally the spine. As the liquid-like emerald green slowly moved upwards, Huo Yuhao's ribs began to become emerald green branches, and then slowly moved upwards.
Originally, Huo Yuhao thought that the fusion would be as painful as at the beginning, but with the protection of the moss flower's medicinal power, Huo Yuhao suddenly felt that he could still bear it.
“What’s the reason why the moss flower can grow? It’s resilience and an incompatible mentality.” Zhao Xin carefully observed Huo Yuhao’s movements and was very satisfied with the spiritual herb he took out from the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire. “Maybe the moss flower is not the strongest, but it is the most suitable for Yuhao. This is probably why Huo Yuhao can perfectly utilize the medicinal power of the moss flower.”
When the emerald green color covered all the bones in Huo Yuhao's torso, the emerald green light on the Ice Emperor Scorpion's body began to dim.
The soul bone transformed from the Ice Emperor's body is the most essential part of its own power. Although the transformation process is painful, for Huo Yuhao, this soul bone will play a far greater role than other soul bones in the future. It will also have huge benefits for his growth.
Huo Yuhao was still fusing the soul bone, but as time went on, the pain he felt became more and more severe. The medicinal power of the moss flower had slowly lost its effect, and all the bones in his torso began to feel alternating extreme cold and heat.
Fire and ice! Huo Yuhao is now the second soul master in Douluo Continent besides Zhao Xin to experience this feeling. From extreme cold to extreme heat, and then from extreme heat to extreme cold, the drastic change in body temperature is like melting Huo Yuhao's body. Although his willpower is very strong, his consciousness gradually begins to hallucinate. Different from the previous pure pain, this feeling of being thrown up high and then falling hard is even more unbearable.
Even if the Ice Emperor was more capable of controlling it, and even if the spiritual herb was more powerful, the gap between Huo Yuhao and the Ice Emperor's 400,000-year soul bone could not be erased! Even if the Ice Emperor sealed most of his power inside the soul bone and did not release it, it would have a huge impact on Huo Yuhao who was still in the developmental stage.
Fortunately, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was watching over Huo Yuhao. He used his mental power to soothe Huo Yuhao's soul. With the protection of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao became more confident. "Can you be more powerful?"
“Ah!” As soon as Huo Yuhao finished talking big, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm withdrew its mental power.
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