Chapter 310 - 8

Chapter 8: Observing Secretly and Waiting for the OpportunityYouheng knew this principle well. Devouring another self was the quickest path to rapid strength. A chilling killing intent flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly suppressed by reason."I also want to resolve this hidden danger as soon as possible. However, Sister Snow Empress, he is, after all, a Battle Spirit Elder of over thirty ranks, possessing the top-tier Evil Shadow Demonic Tiger Spirit. As for me, outwardly, I am merely a food system Spirit Master of just over ten ranks. A direct confrontation offers little chance of victory. A sneak attack... on his territory, the risk is also extremely high.""A food system Spirit Master isn't necessarily weaker than a Battle Spirit Elder!" Snow Empress's voice carried a hint of pride. "Don't forget your first Spirit Ability, snow soul condensing ice pill! After consuming it, you will gain the'Snow Soul Ice Muscle' state, greatly immunizing you to physical attacks, imbuing your attacks with extreme ice, and significantly enhancing your control over ice elements! This already gives you extremely strong self-preservation and counter-attack capabilities!""More importantly," Snow Empress's tone became solemn and alluring, "I can begin teaching you right now, my Snow Empress's unique skill that dominated the Extreme North Land for seven hundred thousand years—Emperors Palm, Great Cold Without Snow!""Emperors Palm... Great Cold Without Snow?" Dai Youheng's gaze sharpened. He naturally knew the power of this ultimate skill in the original work; it was a terrifying killing move that abandoned flashy light and shadow effects, completely internalizing the extreme cold of ice into the palm, shattering anything it touched, leaving no hope for those struck!"Exactly!" Snow Empress affirmed. "With my personal guidance, coupled with the amplification of the snow soul condensing ice pill, as long as you practice diligently and master three-tenths of its essence, catching him off guard, killing a Spirit Elder with a single palm strike is not difficult!"A glint flashed in Youheng's eyes as he quickly weighed the options. Snow Empress's plan was indeed highly feasible.He took a deep breath, nodded, and said, "Alright! I'll listen to Sister Snow Empress! From today onwards, I will begin diligently cultivating this Emperors Palm, Great Cold Without Snow!"He once again cast his gaze towards the White Tiger Dukes Mansion, his eyes cold and sharp."However, I feel that, given that guy's personality and way of doing things, even if we don't act... he will sooner or later bring about his own demise. We just need to... wait patiently, or... subtly push things along at the right time."Hunting requires patience. And a hunter's most abundant quality is patience. He picked up the teacup and drained the slightly cool tea, as if he were drinking not tea, but the fate of his other self.Within Star Luo City, in a not-so-conspicuous but sufficiently quiet inn's upper room.Dai Youheng slowly opened his eyes, the faint spirit power fluctuations around him receding into his body like a tide. He felt the increasingly full spirit power in his Dantian and a subtle curve appeared at the corner of his mouth."Seventeenth rank."Since awakening in the Extreme North Land, a mere three months have passed, and through his own cultivation, his spirit power has increased by a full two ranks.This speed, perhaps not remarkable for a genius with innate full spirit power, was quite astonishing for someone who truly began cultivating at fourteen years old, a late start.The cultivation method he practiced was quite peculiar, not the common meditation techniques of the Douluo Continent, but an unnamed technique forcibly implanted into his soul by the "strange hand" that had brought him from another World.When this technique operated, the spirit power circulated wildly and efficiently within his body, subtly carrying a beastly dominance and greed, frantically absorbing the elemental energy of heaven and earth, yet it was entirely different from any Spirit Beast cultivation method known to Snow Empress, filled with the exotic aura of another World.After cultivating this method, he could easily enter a state of deep introspection. His consciousness would sink into his Dantian, where he could clearly see not only the fate reversal heavenly demon pill, quietly suspended and emitting an ominous and powerful aura, along with the mountain-like heavy seven hundred thousand year spirit ring above it.He could also see the clear and ethereal figure residing deep within the spirit ring.That was not the Snow Empress that Huo Yuhao encountered in the original work, who appeared in a loli form due to excessive loss of power.Because the sacrificial process was relatively complete, although her power was greatly diminished, her soul origin was perfectly preserved by the hundred thousand year snow lotus. The Snow Empress he saw in his internal vision now was still in the form befitting the ice and snow sovereign who had ruled the Extreme North Land for nearly seven hundred thousand years.A tall, beautiful woman with a captivating face, hair like a waterfall of silver, and skin like ice and jade. She exuded the ultimate coldness and noble majesty of defying snow and frost. Merely floating there quietly, she seemed to be the center of the entire World."Progress is acceptable." Snow Empress's clear voice resounded directly in his consciousness, carrying a hint of imperceptible approval. "Although your cultivation method is strange, its efficiency in absorbing energy is indeed far superior to ordinary meditation techniques. However, it is too overbearing; with long-term cultivation, you must guard your mind carefully and not be corrupted by its bestial nature.""Don't worry, Sister Snow Empress, I know my limits," Dai Youheng replied.He got up and walked to the window, his gaze once again turning towards the White Tiger Dukes Mansion, his brows furrowing almost imperceptibly.These past three months, he had not been idle. Besides cultivating, he spent most of his time using his low-presence advantage to secretly observe that other "self."However, the result left him somewhat helpless.The bootlicker's trajectory of actions was monotonously infuriating.He was either wallowing in self-pity or fantasizing in his secluded courtyard in the White Tiger Dukes Mansion, or persistently wandering near the Star Luo Imperial Palace, trying to find an opportunity to see Xu Jiujiu again, occasionally buying small gifts in the city to try and curry favor with Xu Jiujiu.The Duke's Mansion was heavily guarded, with a large number of guards and powerful experts stationed within. The Star Luo Imperial Palace was even more of a dragon's den and tiger's lair, teeming with masters and extremely tight security.To kill someone in these two places? It would be courting death. Although Dai Youheng was confident, he was by no means reckless. His low presence was effective against ordinary people and even general Spirit Masters, but it might not completely hide him from true powerhouses.He had already experimented; his low presence was not an absolute "invisibility." If he actively and strongly tried to attract others' attention, such as by shouting suddenly or deliberately bumping into someone, people could still notice him.This state was more like a rule-level "being overlooked" rather than a physical disappearance.In those remote small towns, he could use this ability to "rob the rich to help the poor" or, rather, satisfy his personal desires, because at most there were a few Spirit Ancestor or Spirit King-level city lords or mercenary leaders there, who would find it difficult to see through his abnormality.But what kind of place was this? The capital of the Star Luo Empire!The Empire's Enshrinement Hall was located here, and who knew how many Titled Douluo-level Old freaks were hidden within! How keen was a Titled Douluo's spiritual perception? Their research into energy fluctuations and soul anomalies far surpassed ordinary people.What if one of the Enshriners detected the homologous yet distinct soul fluctuations between the two "Dai Youheng"?That would be a huge problem!