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Chapter 48 – Martial Spirit Evolution
Watching Huo Yuhao's body tremble uncontrollably, yet his teeth clenched so tightly that he remained silent, Gu Yuena's expression remained calm, her eyes flickering with a trace of subtle emotion. Suddenly, a complex voice sounded softly in her mind.
"Are you not afraid that he might die doing this?"
Gu Yuena didn't respond. She didn't even bother turning her head toward the source of the voice—the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass—but her hands, hanging loosely at her sides, unconsciously clenched into fists. Her gaze remained unwaveringly fixed on Huo Yuhao.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao's clothes had long since been destroyed by the terrifying energies left behind by the two Dragon Kings. His fair skin, once smooth and flawless, now mirrored the Ice and Fire: one part glowing with a vibrant red, the other part a ghostly white, as though tortured by extreme cold.
"Even if I don't know how you sealed that energy," the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass murmured, "no matter how much you absorb, the pain won't lessen in the slightest. No one could withstand it."
Though it wasn't entirely clear how this young girl had discovered the secret buried beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Ice Grass could faintly guess some of it from what it had observed.
Yet even with that understanding, the audacity of these two astonished it. If it had been the dragon-blooded girl, perhaps it could be forgiven, but the one absorbing the energy was clearly a human!
And from its perception, this human's cultivation base was still extremely weak. That he could survive amidst such terrifying energy without being annihilated was already miraculous—and now he dared to try to absorb it?
Gu Yuena seemed touched by this observation. She glanced coolly at the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and said calmly,
"With me here, nothing will happen to him."
The Ice Grass's branches trembled, hesitating as if recalling something, its voice tinged with disbelief.
"A human… is truly worth you going this far?"
"I merely—"
Gu Yuena lowered her gaze to Huo Yuhao and spoke softly from the silence,
"I merely see a certain future in him. A future that fills me with hope and is worth taking a gamble on."
"Right now, this is only a thread of energy. What is there not to be worth it?"
"You know I am not talking about the energy itself, but the method you claim will keep him safe."
At her words, Gu Yuena once again cast a glance toward the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
"That is no longer your concern. Rather than worrying about this, it would be wiser to consider your own future."
The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass fell silent instantly. It understood Gu Yuena's meaning. Without the Dragon's energy sustaining it, how long could the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well continue to exist? A thousand years? Ten thousand?
For a plant-type spirit beast, whose lifespan far exceeds ordinary spirit beasts, such durations were but fleeting moments.
Had Huo Yuhao spoken those words aloud, many among them might have resented him. But since realizing they were merely captive parasites, their perspective had begun to shift.
Even if the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well remained intact and they wished to stay, in the end, how many of them would actually be plucked by humans?
Before the Ice Grass could ponder further, Gu Yuena, as if sensing something, tilted her head toward Huo Yuhao, whose body was shaking violently. The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass spoke involuntarily,
"He's reaching his limit."
Just as Gu Yuena prepared to intervene, a golden radiance suddenly erupted from Huo Yuhao's body. Bathed in this golden light, his trembling form astonishingly began to stabilize.
"How is this possible!?"
The Ice Grass's voice was filled with disbelief. "What is that golden light?"
Gu Yuena did not answer. She silently watched the golden aura, its brightness ebbing and flowing like gentle breathing around Huo Yuhao. After a long moment, she spoke with subtle significance:
"It seems that silkworm isn't just good for sleeping."
Inside his spiritual sea, with the support of the Skydream Ice Silkorm sharing the burden, the sudden reduction in pressure finally allowed Huo Yuhao to catch a breath.
"Skydream, you're awake?" he asked.
"Mm. Waking up to see you absorbing such terrifying energy nearly scared me to death. Hiss… it hurts! How did you find this thing?"
"That's a long story. I owe it all to Gu Yuena," Huo Yuhao replied, summarizing the events briefly. The Skydream Ice Silkworm fell silent unexpectedly.
"Skydream, what's wrong?"
"Nothing… I'm just a bit overwhelmed," the silkworm's voice choked, "…the gap between humans and silkworms is painfully vast. Don't talk to me right now."
Outside, Gu Yuena continued to watch Huo Yuhao intently. Over time, the red and white patches on his skin began to fade. A chilling cold, far less intense than before, radiated outward from his body.
Then, crystalline diamond-shaped scales, entirely transparent and glimmering like ice, began to sprout from his palms, spreading along his arms until both forearms were completely covered. Only then did the growth cease.
Watching Huo Yuhao's martial spirit evolve from a simple Ice-elemental type up close, even Gu Yuena could not help but feel a sense of wonder.
"Truly… it succeeded?"
Nearby, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass whispered softly, disbelief lacing its tone. How could this clearly still be a human boy endure such an ordeal?
At this moment, Huo Yuhao, who had kept his lips tightly sealed for a long while, slowly opened his mouth, exhaling a long stream of white mist.
His eyes opened. Where once they were blue, they now gleamed like silver mirrors—pristine and luminous. But most striking were the pupils: vertical slits, like twin fine threads.
Vertical pupils.
For Beast-type martial Spirit users, the closer the eyes reflect the nature of the martial Spirit when it manifests, the higher the martial Spirit's fusion degree, and the stronger its combat power. The eye transformation is undoubtedly the most iconic stage.
In the previous life, Qiu Er (T/N: Who is she? Wang Qiu'er?) had been recognized as a genius among geniuses by the Heavenly Dragon Sect because of her vertical pupils. Now, having absorbed the Ice Dragon King's power, the evolved martial Spirit granted Huo Yuhao an extremely high martial spirit fusion degree instantly.
Without even a single spirit ring, his martial spirit's manifestation covered his forearms with dragon scales, complete with the iconic vertical pupils of the dragon lineage. One could imagine the raw power of this Ice-element martial Spirit.
"Did it succeed?"
Hearing the voice, Huo Yuhao, who had been examining his arms, lifted his head and smiled.
"Yeah. Thanks a lot this time."
"How does it feel?"
"Incredible."
Huo Yuhao could not help but marvel. Though he had absorbed only a fraction of the Dragon Pill's power, the evolved Ice-element martial spirit surpassed his Ice Jade Scorpion Empress from his previous life by a crushing margin—both in strength and in physical enhancement.
While evolving into a Beast martial Spirit, it retained the ice control abilities from before, allowing him to manipulate the surrounding temperature.
In terms of combat power, he had not merely leveled up once—his martial Spirit was far from its limit. Later, after signing Spirit Contracts with the Ice Jade Scorpion Empress and Snow Empress, his martial spirit would evolve yet again. Just thinking of that brought a thrill of anticipation to his heart.
Hearing this, Gu Yuena glanced lightly at the two Dragon Pills in her hand. She tucked them away and, as she had done upon arriving, gently took Huo Yuhao's hand.
"Since everything is settled, let's go."
"Wait a moment."
Huo Yuhao tugged gently on her hand, then swept his gaze across the gathered plant-type spirit beasts and said aloud:
"I don't know what your plans are—whether you wish to remain here, or to explore the world beyond the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. If you choose the latter, I can assist you."
He explained once more how the Spirit Contract worked, even drawing Skydream Ice Silkorm from the spiritual sea as an example.
"I'll give you time to decide. Next time I return, if any of you wish to become a spirit, I will do my utmost to find you the most suitable hosts."
Plant-type spirit beasts becoming spirits differ greatly from animal-type. Once animal-type spirits lose their host, they vanish. But plant-type spirits can rebirth locally through their energy bodies.
Just for that reason, Huo Yuhao believed many present would wish to become spirits.
Seeing the plant beasts stirring with curiosity, he nodded lightly at Gu Yuena.
"Let's go."
(End of Chapter 48)