"You want to use it as an alternative type of external soul bone, to give others the Ultimate Ice attribute, right?" Zhuge Lan saw through it at a glance: "But it's a bit expensive. It costs 10,000 Fortune Points to replenish just 1%. It can't be popularized."
Can't be popularized?
Hu Yuhao smacked his lips regretfully.
The cost was a bit too outrageous.
He had to select the absolute best among the best; it wouldn't be worth investing in anyone without immense potential.
He searched around within the Holy Flame Sect.
Some, like Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao, had incompatible attributes.
Others just weren't worth the investment.
The only suitable candidate, Xu Sanshi...
after seeing the examples of Brother Tianmeng and Bing Di, he wasn't very keen on investing...
[Altered Xu Sanshi's Fate, +125 Fortune Points!]
Oh!
Zhuge Lan gave a strange look to the equally surprised Hu Yuhao.
What was the kid thinking that actually reduced Xu Sanshi's luck?
"I was just thinking... that I didn't really want to invest in Brother Sanshi..."
"Understood. He's here to leech off your luck," Zhuge Lan sharply commented.
Ah, this...
Hu Yuhao scratched his head, finding it hard to assess.
Zhuge Lan clapped his hands.
"Alright, let's get back to business."
"Ice Empress, what's your relationship with the Titan Ice Soul Monarch like?"
Ice Empress pondered for a moment, as if recalling what interactions she'd had with the other party over the past several hundred thousand years.
Finally, she shook her head—
"Aside from the fact that it likes Snow Empress and I beat it half to death every time it confessed, we don't have much interaction."
"Tens of thousands of years ago, Snow Empress couldn't take it anymore and shattered all the bones in its body. It's been quiet since then."
"Why? Are you planning to trick it into performing a Blood Sacrifice too?"
"Then I suggest having the old man outside give it a good beating first. Then I'll step in and tell it about Snow Empress's situation. It should basically be no problem."
Look.
This is the charm of having someone already on the pirate ship – they even help you plan the scheme.
"Fine, we'll try it your way first."
"If it doesn't work, I'll step in."
"But before that, there's one more thing to do."
"Little Yuhao, go collect the remains Ice Empress left behind after her Blood Sacrifice."
Ice Empress: "???"
What for?
"I want them! Save them for me!" Tianmeng Iceworm excitedly said: "I want to treasure Bing Bing's body fore..."
"Pffft—"
The Emperor Ice Scorpion tail once again "skewered the candied hawthorn," interrupting Tianmeng Iceworm's lecherous thoughts.
Ice Empress looked askance at Zhuge Lan, as if looking at a pervert.
"Don't misunderstand, I have no interest in you."
Zhuge Lan drew a clear line—
"After all, it's the body of a 390,000-year-old Fierce Beast. Even though the Blood Sacrifice drained all its potential, the quality of the physical body is still there."
"I plan to add some Vajra Arhat Fruit and refine it into a pill. It should easily advance the progress of the Muscle Transformation Manual."
"Making use of waste, no point letting it go to waste."
If she had heard earlier that her body was going to be refined into pills, Ice Empress would definitely have been displeased.
But with Tianmeng Iceworm's "stellar example" right before her, Ice Empress actually thought this was quite good.
"Refine it!"
"Tear it to pieces and refine it!"
"Absolutely cannot leave it in this world!"
Zhuge Lan glanced at Huo Yuhao.
The latter, receiving the message, communicated with Mu En outside.
It shocked him greatly!
"Can spirit beast bodies be used for alchemy?"
"Of course," Huo Yuhao affirmed. "Herbal medicine that's over ten thousand years old has various effects. Why couldn't spirit beasts that have cultivated for so long be used?"
This logic...
Was flawless!
It's just that Mu En had never even considered such an operation?
Instantly, he felt his heart trembling!
Over the past ten thousand years, Shrek had definitely hunted double-digit numbers of 100,000-year spirit beasts.
He himself had three 100,000-year soul rings!
How much wealth had he missed out on?
He swiftly rushed into the glacial fissure and salvaged the dull, grayish body of the Emperor Ice Scorpion.
Feeling the shell that had almost no trace of soul power left, Mu En was a bit skeptical.
"Can this really be used for alchemy?"
"It doesn't necessarily have to enhance soul power," Hu Yuhao explained. "The flesh and blood of a 390,000-year-old beast can be used as a catalyst to stimulate the medicinal efficacy of the Vajra Arhat Fruit, greatly advancing the progress of the Muscle Transformation Manual."
Is that so.
Mu En handed the corpse to Hu Yuhao, who stored it in his storage ring.
The one that came with the resources Mu En had gifted him.
As for the Twenty-Four Bridge Moonlit Night, it simply couldn't fit it.
After explaining the matter of the Titan Ice Soul Monarch,
Mu En readily agreed: "That's simple. Lead the way ahead."
With Tianmeng Iceworm and Ice Empress, two expert guides familiar with the path, they easily found the lair of the neighboring Titan Ice Soul Monarch.
As descendants of the ancient Ice God and the Titans, Titan Ice Demons are over 10 meters tall at birth and can exceed 50 meters upon adulthood.
The Titan Ice Soul Monarch, Ah Tai, stood over 120 meters tall, making it the largest spirit beast on the Douluo Continent.
Its race was even hailed as the strongest group in the Extreme North.
Well...
Its cultivation age was just a bit low, only 200,000 years.
Mu En didn't even need to release his martial soul.
Relying solely on his physical body and soul power enhancement, he overpowered the Titan Ice Soul Monarch in the very strength it took pride in.
This led to some misunderstandings.
"Human!"
"Trying to capture me alive?"
"Don't even think about it!"
"I'd rather die today, but I'll make you pay a price!!!"
The Titan Ice Soul Monarch's entire body surged with violent soul power, making Mu En take it slightly more seriously.
But only slightly.
A mere...
"Boom!!!!"
A massive crimson light pillar shot up into the sky, descending to envelop Huo Yuhao.
Under the absolute rule of the Sacrificial Force Field, even Mu En, a Limit Douluo, could only watch from outside, helpless.
The Titan Ice Soul Monarch laughed maniacally!
"A junior you protect so carefully... this youth must be very important to you, right?"
"But he's just a mere ant at around level 40! He definitely can't absorb my 200,000-year soul ring!"
"I can't deal with you, but can't I burst this ant?"
"Spirit beasts will never be enslaved!!!!"
Mu En: "..."
Hiss!!!
A miscalculation!
He never thought a 100,000-year spirit beast could pull off a one-for-one exchange like this!
He could only rely on that Demigod...
"Ah Tai, since when did you have this kind of brains?"
The familiar voice made the Titan Ice Soul Monarch's wild laughter freeze!
Looking up.
It actually saw its former nightmare—Ice Empress?—next to the ant?
But that couldn't be!
This was inside its Sacrificial Force Field; how could Ice Empress enter?
Uncertain, it looked again.
It was Ice Empress!!
It said in disbelief, "How did you get in?"
Ice Empress sighed, not wanting to waste words.
Her illusory Emperor Ice Scorpion tail swept out, its hook dragging Tianmeng Iceworm out from the spiritual world.
"Go, explain it to him."
"Quickly. There's still a difference between a Sacrifice and a Blood Sacrifice."
Tianmeng Iceworm cheerfully spread its spiritual power, imparting the whole story to the Titan Ice Soul Monarch.
Titan Ice Soul Monarch: "..."
So...
That old man wasn't trying to capture it alive, but just subduing it with a show of force?
But the arrow was already on the bowstring.
Once a Sacrifice begins, not even a Demigod can stop it.
The Titan Ice Soul Monarch, as the initiator, couldn't stop it either.
"You have no choice," Ice Empress said flatly. "Switch to a Blood Sacrifice. Become Little Yuhao's Spirit Soul. Snow Empress will come later too. You might still have a chance."
The Titan Ice Soul Monarch's eyes lit up!
The aura around it drastically weakened as it instantly switched from Sacrifice to Blood Sacrifice.
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