Chapter 287 The Frosty Sword.
"Xiao Xiao's condition has stabilized now. Snow Empress, you can try acting outside your body like Ice Empress," Wu Xuan reminded her.
"Okay, I'll try!" Snow Empress responded. A dazzling white light gathered between Xiao Xiao's brows, and the next moment, Snow Empress's figure slowly emerged from it. Snow Empress was momentarily stunned, then clenched her small fists before bursting with joy. This feeling, so real, meant that this guy really hadn't lied to her.
"I'm ready to begin! Be prepared at any time," Wu Xuan reminded her. Then, wisps of silver light shone from between Wu Xuan's brows onto Snow Empress's ethereal body. The next moment, Snow Empress's ethereal body directly disintegrated into snowflakes, leaving only a strange crystal shimmering with an icy blue light.
As Wu Xuan outlined the crystal with his mental energy, this strange crystal actually began to change according to Wu Xuan's will.
Seeing that it really worked, Snow Empress raised her hand and pointed, and the light around the strange crystal instantly became dazzling.
On the other side, Wu Xuan immediately stabilized the frequency of the divine power released by the divine seed and began to meticulously carve the strange crystal.
"It can actually be done?" Xue Di's beautiful eyes flickered slightly, somewhat shocked, yet also finding it to be natural. So she circulated all her spiritual power to cooperate with Wu Xuan.
Shaping a soul bone was not as easy as she had imagined; this process alone lasted a whole day.
As Wu Xuan's divine power receded, a magnificent longsword, as if meticulously carved from ten thousand years of ice, appeared before him. The sword's blade was as clear and pure as flowing clouds, and the patterns on the hilt were as light and graceful as snowflakes.
"It's a success!!" Xue Di exclaimed in surprise. Something she had no confidence in doing had actually been accomplished by Wu Xuan.
"Hmm! It's a good sword. From now on, I'll call you Hanli!" Wu Xuan said with a faint smile, then flicked the blade with his finger. In the next instant, layers of ice condensed on the blade, and in the blink of an eye, the Hanli Sword transformed into a greatsword of ice, freezing Wu Xuan's arm as well.
"Hiss~! It seems it's not quite stable yet!" Wu Xuan circulated his soul power to shatter the ice that had frozen his arm. He turned to look at the Snow Emperor and asked, "Snow Emperor, what do you think?"
The Snow Emperor pondered for a moment and said, "I don't think so. Although you used your divine power to construct this external soul bone into a sword shape, its inherent hardness is quite limited. I'm afraid it can't be used like an ordinary weapon."
Wu Xuan suddenly realized. Before he became a god, his external soul bone, the Eight Spider Lances, had broken countless times, which showed that the hardness of external soul bones used in close combat was truly average.
"Snow Emperor, do you have any solutions to this problem?" Wu Xuan continued to ask. He really didn't want this Hanli Sword to become just a staff-type soul skill releaser.
"I do have a solution. You could try reinforcing this sword with an ice-attribute metal, but ordinary metals probably won't withstand the erosion of extreme ice," the Snow Empress suggested.
"An ice-attribute metal?" Wu Xuan murmured, instantly thinking of the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal in the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave. However, he wouldn't be going to the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave for the time being, so he had to put it aside for now.
"I understand. I'll think of a way later," Wu Xuan nodded slightly.
The Snow Empress smiled and said, "It's good that you understand. Wu Xuan, you can keep the Cold Departure Sword for now. Give it to that little girl after I've recovered my strength and successfully taught her the Ice Heaven Snow Maiden Martial Soul."
"Okay, I'll recover my soul power first, and then use this time to nurture it with divine power," Wu Xuan smiled and then sat cross-legged to meditate. The Snow Empress smiled at this and then transformed into a stream of light, returning to Xiao Xiao's spiritual sea.
In less than half an hour, Wu Xuan had fully recovered the mental and soul power he had previously expended, and then continued to study the sword formed from a 700,000-year-old soul bone.
As Wu Xuan expected, the Cold Departure Sword came with two soul skills. One was, "Emperor Sword, Unparalleled Ice Extreme!!"
The other was, "Cold Departure, Illuminating Ten Thousand Rivers!!"
Both soul skills were top-tier offensive soul skills.
"Wu Xuan, was Xue'er's previous state what they call a soul spirit? Xue'er could still use her own power?" Seeing Wu Xuan stop, the Ice Emperor quickly asked.
"That's right, that's the special feature of a soul spirit. However, the power the Snow Emperor can use depends on Xiao Xiao's strength. Only when Xiao Xiao is strong can the Snow Emperor use more power," Wu Xuan explained.
The Ice Emperor's eyes grew brighter as she listened. She was a warmonger by nature, and naturally, she didn't want to lie down and sleep when she could fight with her strength. "Wu Xuan, let's make a deal. Let me become your soul spirit too! Although your talent soul skill can leave the Sea of Spirit, it has almost no combat power."
"Okay, we'll sign the ceremony after Xiao Xiao's second martial soul successfully fuses." Wu Xuan agreed immediately. The Ice Emperor becoming his soul spirit would not harm him, so he naturally wouldn't refuse.
"Um, I want to too, Little Wu Xuan, why don't you sign a contract with me too!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm wiggled its chubby body and poked its head out.
"Okay!" Wu Xuan smiled. Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Ice Emperor only occupied one of his soul ring slots. Even if they became soul spirits, they would still be empty slots and wouldn't affect his future advancement.
Seeing Wu Xuan agree, Ice Emperor was overjoyed. After becoming soul spirits, as long as Wu Xuan agreed, they could leave Wu Xuan's spiritual sea at will. Ice Emperor had long wanted to visit the cities in the human world, and the thought of having Snow Emperor accompany him made Ice Emperor even more excited.
Wu Xuan studied the Cold Departure Sword while waiting. Several more hours passed. With the integration of Snow Emperor's phantom and five orange-gold soul rings behind Xiao Xiao, all the cold air related to ice and snow in the Hurricane Battlefield suddenly dissipated. At this moment, Xiao Xiao, who was sitting cross-legged, slowly opened her eyes. Her snow-white hair and sky-blue eyes turned dark green and light green again.
Even without summoning the Ice and Snow Maiden Martial Soul, Xiao Xiao's pretty face was still much more refined than before, and her skin had a faint, cold white sheen, carrying a hint of chill.
"Level 56 Soul Power!! Almost a four-level increase in Soul Power! Quite a gain this time!" Wu Xuan smiled.
Xiao Xiao's eyes were initially hazy, her mind still a little confused, until Wu Xuan's voice rang in her ears, snapping her back to reality.
"Brother Xuan, did I succeed?" Xiao Xiao asked, somewhat dazed.
"Of course, you can try your second Martial Soul now," Wu Xuan said with a smile.
Hearing this, Xiao Xiao nodded heavily, her eyes slightly closed. A chilling aura quietly spread, and Xiao Xiao's hair, now that she had released the Ice and Snow Maiden Martial Soul, turned a cold white again. Her sky-blue eyes suddenly snapped open, and five orange-gold Soul Rings rose terrifyingly from beneath her feet.
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