radicalducati Chapter 12 Persuasion
Chapter 12 Persuasion
Chapter 12 Persuasion (4,000 words)
While Tianmeng launched a frenzied attack to provoke a fight, she used her powerful mental energy to cover up the ice house where Huo Yuhao was hiding. Huo Yuhao's aura had already dissipated without a trace.
Even the Snow Empress, the ruler of the far north and the head of the three Heavenly Kings, would never be able to discover Huo Yuhao hiding in the ice house beneath the thick snow.
The mental pressure released by Tianmeng was not reckless and unrestrained. She was well aware of the consequences of provoking both the Snow Empress and the Titan Snow Demon King at the same time. Therefore, she deliberately avoided the territories of the Snow Empress, the leader of the three Heavenly Kings, and the Titan Snow Demon King, so as not to really disturb the stronghold of the overlords in the core circle of the far north.
In the area she wanted to intimidate, all the soul beasts had scattered and fled like frightened birds, and no longer posed a threat to her and Huo Yuhao's plans.
As for their target for this mission, the Ice Emperor, the second most powerful ruler in the far north after the Snow Emperor, happened to be within her detection range.
Hyotei and Tenmu are old acquaintances, so it's impossible for Hyotei not to recognize her aura. Moreover, Hyotei could not possibly ignore such a blatant declaration of war and mockery. As the king of the far north, if he could remain calm in the face of such provocation and insults, he might as well change his name to Turtle King!
Knowing the Ice Emperor as she did, Tianmeng knew she could never tolerate such an insult. Moreover, faced with such a tempting piece of meat, such a top-tier tonic, no soul beast could resist the allure! Besides, the Ice Emperor was now approaching her 400,000-year tribulation and was destined to be unable to break through her bottleneck, so she would definitely come!
Just as Tenmu had predicted, Hyotei had arrived!
The originally gray sky was suddenly illuminated by a turquoise light, which swept across the entire sky like a cataclysmic flood, unleashing endless ferocity!
When this emerald green aura approached Tianmeng within a thousand meters, Huo Yuhao, who was hiding in the ice house, clearly felt its terrifying power, the wildness and domineering nature unique to ferocious beasts!
"Tianmeng! You piece of trash! If you're tired of living, just let me eat you! Wash your mouth clean, it's so filthy!"
Suddenly, a beam of emerald light descended, and a pair of giant silver claws came crashing down from the sky, whipping up a terrifying blizzard that rushed towards them!
A mocking expression appeared on Tianmeng's delicate and lovely face. Ignoring the wind and snow passing through her spiritual avatar, she provocatively beckoned to Bingdi again, "Come here!"
Hyotei slowly revealed its true form from behind the snowstorm—an exquisitely beautiful scorpion!
Hyotei, who is 1.5 meters tall, is composed of the color of ice and turquoise.
Its two meter-long giant pincers and mouthparts are silvery-white, and its two eyes are as dazzling as gemstones carved from yellow diamonds. But what is most eye-catching is its long scorpion tail, which has only five segments. Each segment is a rich, almost dripping, emerald green, full of vigorous vitality. The last segment is a mirror-like silvery-white barb with a sharp edge that makes people tremble with fear.
However, in Tianmeng's eyes, this body, which resembled a work of art, was nothing more than worthless junk. She curled her lip and continued to mock disdainfully, "Hmph! The Heavenly Tribulation of four hundred thousand years is almost here, isn't it? You're about to be buried in the snowy plains, you definitely won't outlive me! Don't worry, when that time comes, I'll burn paper money for you like humans do, and celebrate your death with drums and gongs! Hmph hmph hmph!"
Hearing Tianmeng's aggressive attacks, Bingdi's defenses crumbled. Her own troubles were exposed on the spot by this nemesis. Who the hell could tolerate that?
But that attack just now wouldn't have much effect on Tianmeng in her current state. Giving her another plier would only give her another chance to get close and unleash her ultimate attack!
Thinking about it, the other party's current state, without even a physical body, is definitely not normal. Who knows what kind of pit they might be digging for themselves!
So Hyotei temporarily suppressed her anger and retorted sarcastically, "You're not much better off, are you? You don't even have a physical body anymore! You still have the nerve to talk to me? You might as well obediently let me eat you; your remaining spiritual essence is better used to fulfill my wish!"
"Tsk, look at you, so impatient. You can't wait to know my secret, huh! Fine! I won't waste any more words! Hyotei, enjoy the love I give you!" Before Hyotei could react, Tenmu immediately activated her vast spiritual power, and a wave of spiritual energy, like a vast ocean, instantly trapped Hyotei!
Hyotei's expression instantly turned fierce, and he swung his tail hook with all his might, his long, emerald-green tail shining brightly!
"Tianmeng, you're asking for death! How dare you use your mental power like that? Aren't you afraid you won't be able to return to your original body? You piece of trash! Do you really think you can trap me forever?"
Tianmeng's golden figure gradually faded, but a mocking voice came from all directions, "It won't be long, just a second!"
A faint white light membrane silently moved along the ground to Hyotei's side without her noticing, despite her immense power!
One second!
In just a second! Just as Hyotei was preparing to slowly wear down Tenmu with her strength, she suddenly felt a tightness all around her, and her body was trapped!
Startled, Hyotei immediately began to struggle frantically, her icy white and emerald green light reflecting off each other as she unleashed one domineering skill after another without reservation, no longer daring to hold back in the slightest.
But the next moment, this second-in-command of the far north truly felt fear! Despite her best efforts, he was completely unfazed.
The feeling of being bound grew stronger with her struggles, and soon she was completely immobilized. Her two large claws, which had been raised high, were pressed down, and her tail hooks were forced to press tightly against her body. She was truly bound.
"You! This is impossible! Tianmeng, you piece of trash! You can't possibly restrain me! What methods did you use? Why can't I move at all!"
The golden light gradually faded, and the little loli-like Tianmeng sat directly on Bingdi's lap, a satisfied smile on her face. "You rascal, I'm being kind by giving you a treat, so don't be stubborn! We'll have a good chat later, and you'd better give me a satisfactory answer! Now we should go!"
As she spoke, she raised her right hand and gently touched Hyotei. A golden halo flickered a few times, and Hyotei's body vanished into the void.
Meanwhile, Tianmeng's molted remains had silently covered Huo Yuhao's body again. Huo Yuhao, whose body was already stiff from the cold, let out a long sigh of relief.
Outside the ice house, Tianmeng concealed her aura and transformed into specks of firefly light, entering Huo Yuhao's brow and returning to her loyal first sea of consciousness!
Huo Yuhao tried to move his body a little and slowly said, "Where do we go next?"
Tianmeng conjured up a warm nest for herself again, snuggled comfortably inside, and said, "Follow my spiritual detection! We need to speed things up; the Ice Emperor's clansmen are already here!"
"Alright!" Huo Yuhao emerged from the igloo. Although his body was a little stiff, he was incredibly excited. He stared intently at the path they had come from, took out his skis, quickly put them on, and sped across the boundless ice field, heading towards the outskirts of the far north.
What they didn't notice was that a silvery-white phantom was watching everything that was happening here.
In an ice cave on the edge of the far north.
Huo Yuhao lay sprawled on the ground, slightly exhausted, panting heavily.
"Tianmeng, is this spot okay? I need to rest for a bit first. If it's alright, I won't bother moving."
Her petite body twitched a few times in the warm blankets, and Tianmeng pouted, saying, "Hmm, it's alright here. It's pretty safe. There's not much activity within a hundred miles, and there are very few soul beasts. You should adjust yourself and get ready. This lord is going to give Ice Emperor a good beating!"
Huo Yuhao nodded, then slowly sat up, sat cross-legged, and began to circulate the Star-Guiding Technique to help him recover his physical strength and soul power.
Golden light gradually emanated from Huo Yuhao's closed eyes, and then, the layer of remains detached from his body in a flash. The next instant, a ball of golden light flew out from between Huo Yuhao's brows and slowly floated into the air.
The ball of light gradually grew larger, and then suddenly flashed, and a figure emerged from it—it was none other than the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, one of the Heavenly Kings of the Far North.
At this moment, she was once again trapped by Tianmeng's remains, powerless to struggle.
"Little scorpion! Why aren't you paying your respects to your master, Tianmeng?"
Hyotei was instantly enraged, yelling, "Tenmu, you bitch! You piece of trash! If you've got the guts, fight me fair and square one-on-one!"
Tianmeng said with a grin, "I'm not stupid, I won't give you that chance!"
Seeing that Hyotei was about to unleash another tirade, Tenmeng interrupted her, becoming serious as she said, "Alright, alright, let's get down to business. See this human? He's the host I've chosen."
Ice Emperor already knew that Tianmeng had always appeared in front of him in the form of a spiritual incarnation, so how could Huo Yuhao not understand Tianmeng's meaning now that he saw this?
"This is your puppet? Don't tell me you've become its spirit ring? That's impossible! With your immense power, this human absolutely couldn't withstand it!"
Tianmeng laughed heartily, "Hahaha, this is the host chosen by this great man! How could he be as useless as those ordinary mortals?"
Ice Emperor exclaimed incredulously, "Absolutely impossible! Let alone a titled Douluo among humans, you couldn't withstand your power, let alone a human child of about ten years old. Are you kidding me?"
Tianmeng looked at Hyotei like a fool, "Don't you know that I can seal myself? Besides, I don't have much pure soul power left."
Hyotei paused for a moment, scratched her head with her giant claws amidst her remains, and said thoughtfully, "Which bastards got to enjoy this? Tsk! Someone beat me to it! Damn it!"
Tianmeng suppressed the urge to retort and explained, "Before, you forced me to drift downstream, and I was eventually captured by those bastards from the Star Dou Great Forest. All my cultivation was used to benefit them, but ever since those humans became gods ten thousand years ago, I've had an idea."
"As you know, the Heavenly Tribulation is terrifying for us soul beasts. You also know that there is probably no one in this world who can live longer than me. I don't want to die. After seeing those humans break through that bottleneck and ascend to the throne of gods, I had an idea."
"Since soul beasts cannot become gods, then let us create a human deity!"
Tianmeng, no longer the eccentric and mischievous person she usually was, solemnly and seriously revealed her true purpose.
Now that Hyotei has reached this point, how could she not guess Tenmu's purpose in trapping her? She remained silent for a moment before asking her question, "How can you be so sure that the human you chose can really go that far? That's a god!"
Tianmeng was just waiting for her to say that!
"Please carefully perceive the level of my soul."
Somewhat bewildered by Tianmeng's words, Hyotei scratched his head with his giant claws and then carefully sensed the past, following Tianmeng's guidance.
A pale golden emblem of the Heavenly Silkworm Star Palace came into her view, its transcendent aura revealing itself to her without any concealment—it was a deity!
"You! You! How is this possible? Your soul has already begun to transform into that level?!" Hyotei could no longer sit still; she never expected that the Heavenly Dream had actually begun!
Tianmeng ignored Bingdi and smugly crossed her arms over her chest, starting another round of close-range attacks.
Hyotei glared at this bastard, gritting her teeth in hatred. After a moment of restraint, she couldn't hold back any longer. "Didn't you want to recruit me? Why aren't you saying anything now? You bastard!"
Tianmeng used her mental power to conjure a tea table, tea stools, and tea set, elegantly pouring and sipping tea, completely ignoring Bingdi. As the saying goes, a gentleman does not leave a grudge unavenged, and now she has finally found an opportunity. If she, Tianmeng, does not repay Bingdi for the humiliation she suffered back then, she will not be named Tian!
Huo Yuhao, who had been resting for half a day, had been listening to their conversation for a while. He sighed helplessly and advised, "Tianmeng, we don't have time to waste. Let's get straight to the point."
Hearing this words of relief, Hyotei finally took a good look at the host chosen by Tenmeng. He had delicate features, even beautiful. His short black hair, deep blue eyes, fair skin, and slender figure all exuded an alluring charm. Could this be a succubus?
"No, wait, it's a soul beast! How come it's starting to have desires for humans?" Ice Empress was shocked, but the more she observed, the more astonished she became—the immaculate body, the unobstructed meridians...
She was numb; there couldn't possibly be a more outstanding candidate for godhood on the Douluo Continent.
Tianmeng revealed a sly smile. What she wanted was for the Ice Emperor to confirm Huo Yuhao's talent himself, and as it turned out, the effect was excellent.
"Ahem! Hyotei, you've seen my Yuhao, and you must be very satisfied, right?"
Hyotei, still reeling from the shock, composed herself before asking, "What's your plan? How can I cooperate with you?"
(End of this chapter)