radicalducati Chapter 11 Summoning Hyotei
Chapter 11 Summoning Hyotei
The temperature in the far north was lower than Huo Yuhao had imagined.
Food taken out of the storage necklace freezes into a lump of ice, making it extremely difficult to chew.
"No, without replenishing my energy with warming foods, my strength will eventually run out."
"Tianmeng, how much longer do we have to travel before we reach our destination?"
Huo Yuhao bit down hard on a piece of frozen meat, his teeth aching from the hard bite.
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm released its spiritual power to sense its surroundings.
A moment later, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm withdrew its spiritual power and transmitted its voice to Huo Yuhao: "Although the current position is not ideal, it is enough to summon the Ice Emperor."
Huo Yuhao grinned: "It's barely good news."
"But Brother Hao, you'll have to make do for a while."
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said solemnly, "I need to retrieve my remains to simulate my life's aura and summon the Ice Emperor. You will be unprotected during this time, so you must hold on."
"I'll temporarily remove the remains so you can estimate how long you can hold on with your soul power."
Huo Yuhao said, "Okay."
With a flash of white light, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm peeled its remains off Huo Yuhao's body, and instantly a biting cold wind engulfed Huo Yuhao.
The biting wind almost tore his skin apart. Even though Huo Yuhao had immediately used his soul power to protect himself, a layer of frost quickly formed on his eyelashes.
Each breath he took felt like an ice scalpel cutting through his throat, and his voice began to grow extremely hoarse: "If I don't expend any energy, I can last for twenty minutes."
"That's enough!"
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm covered Huo Yuhao's body with its remains again: "Then, Brother Hao, you will use the Heavenly Scale Ancient Halberd to dig an ice cellar here where you can hide. Heat up some food and recover your strength. After a day of rest, I will summon the Ice Emperor."
The permafrost in the core of the far north is harder than steel in the outside world.
Huo Yuhao was extremely grateful that the Martial Ancestor had bestowed the Heavenly Scale Ancient Halberd upon him.
Otherwise, trying to dig out an ice cellar where one could hide and rest with just a White Tiger Dagger would be an enormous undertaking.
Huo Yuhao wielded the Heavenly Scale Halberd wildly, and soon he dug out an ice cellar where people could lie down and rest.
"The Heavenly Scale Ancient Halberd, which was a deadly weapon in the hands of the Martial Ancestor, probably never imagined that one day it would be reduced to a digging shovel."
Huo Yuhao took out some firewood from his storage necklace, lit it, and placed the meat on it to roast.
To prevent the smoke from being choking, he specially dug a small channel to disperse the smoke.
Furthermore, Huo Yuhao placed the storage necklace in a hole dug beside the passage, constantly activating his soul power to absorb the smoke and prevent it from attracting passing soul beasts.
The enticing aroma of the soul beast meat was quickly roasted, and Huo Yuhao opened his mouth to tear into it, unable to help but let out a comfortable groan.
He doesn't mind the hardships on the road to becoming stronger, but that doesn't mean he's willing to suffer unnecessary pain.
After having eaten and drunk his fill, Huo Yuhao buried the ashes in a snowdrift not far away, then lay down in the ice cellar and began to talk to Tianmeng Ice Silkworm in a casual manner.
Through this period of contact, he discovered that although Tianmeng Ice Silkworm sometimes had some ulterior motives, its essence was not bad overall.
In the Douluo Continent, soul beasts only acquire true intelligence after cultivating for over 100,000 years, which is much later than the demon race of the Tianxuan Continent.
Huo Yuhao believes that this significant stagnation in mental evolution, along with the long growth period, are the two major factors that limit the ability of soul beasts to catch up with soul masters.
Soul Masters possess a lineage that allows them to pass on the experience of their predecessors from generation to generation.
However, soul beasts are different; they don't have the racial inheritance of the Heavenly Profound Demon Clan and can only rely on individual exploration.
Therefore, it can be said that every intelligent 100,000-year-old soul beast is a brand-new "sect individual" derived from that group, and its growth path is not replicable.
Moreover, after a soul beast with 100,000 years of cultivation gains intelligence, it has been far removed from human civilization for a long time, so its thinking pattern is still dominated by primitive animal instincts.
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's desire to become a god and its feelings for the Ice Emperor are essentially the bestial consciousness that has not yet fully transformed into rational thinking.
"The current state of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm is like that of a human child. What it will become in the future depends entirely on human guidance."
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but wonder what he would have become if he hadn't met the Martial Ancestor.
"If I hadn't met the Martial Ancestor, I definitely wouldn't have seen through Tianmeng's little schemes, and I would have been influenced by him little by little."
"Fortunately, it's all just speculation."
Huo Yuhao tightened his clothes, and his consciousness, through the deepest level of cultivation, quickly merged with the world.
He was studying the Talisman Master system, which, compared to the Yuan Power system, was where he truly had an innate advantage.
"The existence of the Spirit Eye Martial Soul makes my cultivation of the Talisman Master system as smooth as a fish in water. Before my spiritual power materializes, I can use tricks to condense a natal talisman in advance."
Huo Yuhao kept pondering and comprehending.
He felt that his previous thinking was somewhat wrong.
Condensing his soul skills into natal runes is premature for his current level of spiritual power. What he should be trying now is whether he can transform his Spirit Eyes into a natal rune.
The Spirit Eye is one's own martial soul, a core deeply bound to one's own soul. Therefore, turning it into a natal talisman is not only more convenient than turning it into a soul skill talisman, but it can also better drive one's cultivation in the future.
However, doing so is far more dangerous than using soul skill seals; one wrong move and your soul could be scattered.
Huo Yuhao hesitated for a moment: "No, my understanding of the soul is too shallow; I can't even attempt the final step."
"It's not a question of whether we dare to or not, it's a complete gamble."
"Transforming a Soul Skill into a Rune requires a deep understanding of how Soul Skills are formed, and there are many different theories about how Soul Skills are formed in Douluo Continent. Transforming the Spirit Eye into a Natal Rune requires an extremely thorough understanding of one's own soul. I can't even do astral projection right now, so trying it rashly would only backfire."
"We can only hope that after joining the Body Sect, they will have an elder with a soul or spiritual martial soul, and that the sect's records contain information about the soul."
Huo Yuhao opened his eyes and began to call upon the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm in his sea of consciousness: "Heavenly Dream, I've rested enough. It's time to summon the Ice Emperor and acquire my second martial soul."
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm nodded.
Instantly, a strong mental fluctuation occurred, and Huo Yuhao felt waves of dizziness, making it difficult for him to stand upright.
The clear yellow spirit ring beneath him appeared, slowly pulsating around his body.
At the same time, his eyes began to change, gradually turning into a brilliant golden yellow.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao was fully conscious, but he had lost control of his body.
He could feel his mental senses extending outwards at an extremely terrifying speed, like looking down at the earth from the sky, a feeling completely different from using his mental power to observe his surroundings in the past.
Golden light, representing the origin of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, surged from between Huo Yuhao's eyebrows. These light sources coalesced into a radiant figure that emitted dazzling golden light, with an appearance exactly like Huo Yuhao.
The aurora surging in the sky seemed to be stirred by a giant hand, accompanied by muffled thunder.
"Hyotei, my Tenmu is back!"