twin spirits are already one in ten thousand, and for the second Martial Soul to be an ultimate attribute, he is simply the darling of the gods.
"Not only that."
Caelus looked at the two's shocked expressions and continued:
"My Soul Power also broke through because of this; I am now a Rank 47 Spirit Ancestor."
A twelve-year-old Rank 47 Spirit Ancestor.
This news was like a clap of thunder, exploding in the hearts of Xu Jiujiu and Grandpa Hui.
Grandpa Hui was so excited that old tears flowed, repeatedly saying 'Good, good, too good,' feeling heartfelt relief and pride for the young master's heavenly talent.
Xu Jiujiu took a deep breath, picked up her chopsticks again, and her gaze toward Caelus became incredibly complex.
There was shock, joy, and more than anything, an unprecedented determination.
She knew she hadn't misjudged him.
The youth before her, his future, was no longer something the shallow waters of the Star Luo Empire could contain.
He was destined to soar above the Nine Heavens and become an existence that stirred the winds and clouds of the entire continent.
And what she had to do was become his firmest wings before he took flight.
While Caelus returned to Star Luo City and enjoyed a moment of warmth and tranquility, in the distant Extreme North Land, a chase of life and death was unfolding.
The biting cold wind was like a knife, scraping against Huo Yuhao's face, bringing fine ice crystals that stung his cheeks.
His chest was like a worn-out bellows; every breath was accompanied by a burning pain, and his lungs were almost frozen by the cold air.
"Damn it, damn it, when did so many monsters pop up in the Extreme North Land?"
Heavenly Dream Ice Worm's voice echoed sharply in his Sea of Consciousness, filled with irritation and disbelief.
"What on earth are the Ice Empress and Snow Empress doing? Their own home is about to be overturned."
Huo Yuhao had no strength to respond; he could only grit his teeth tighter and pour his Soul Power unreservedly into the spirit tool thrusters on his back, gifted by Teacher Fan Yu.
Two streaks of ghostly blue flame erupted from the thruster nozzles, pushing his already limit speed to a new peak.
His whole body almost hugged the undulating ice plains, turning into a blurred shadow as he scrambled through ice hills and valleys.
Behind him were two figures, equally swift but filled with a deathly and ominous aura.
They were two Nirvana Corpses with distorted and hideous faces; their skin was a corpse-like grayish-blue, muscle withered against bone, and their eyes lacked any spark, containing only the most primitive greed and desire for the flesh of the living.
Their movements were stiff and eerie yet surprisingly fast, each step accompanied by the sound of breaking wind, sticking closely behind Huo Yuhao as the distance closed bit by bit.
If not for Heavenly Dream Ice Worm's vast, sea-like mental force sensing the danger in advance, Huo Yuhao would likely have been torn into shredded meat by now.
Even so, he was only barely extending this desperate path.
These two Soul King-level monsters, in terms of both speed and endurance, far surpassed this youth who had just stepped into the World of Soul Masters.
The only things he could rely on were Teacher Fan Yu's exquisite spirit tools and his own Spiritual Detection Spirit Ability.
"I heard Senior Brother say that these things... are they really formed from the resurrection of dead people?"
While using Spiritual Detection to plan the most efficient escape route, this thought flashed through Huo Yuhao's mind.
He had vaguely heard rumors about 'Nirvana Corpses' from the Tang Sect's Senior Brother Bei Bei, but seeing them with his own eyes, the impact far exceeded any verbal description.
"But they... how do they still look anything like humans?"
They were more like evil ghosts crawling out of the abyss of Hell, existing only to spread death and fear.
Soul Power circulated frantically through his Meridians, only to be quickly drained by the thrusters.
Huo Yuhao felt waves of dizziness, and his limbs began to grow heavy.
He knew he couldn't hold on for much longer.
Just as he was about to fall into despair, Heavenly Dream Ice Worm's voice rang out again, this time with a hint of madness:
"Kid, do you see that largest iceberg ahead? Head toward it, use all your strength, and charge."
Huo Yuhao looked in the direction of the mental guidance; at the end of the endless ice plains, an unimaginably huge iceberg stood quietly between heaven and earth like a crouching ancient beast.
It was so large that all the surrounding ice hills looked like children's toys.
Without any hesitation, Huo Yuhao had an almost blind trust in the Heavenly Dream Ice Worm.
He changed direction and squeezed out the last remaining Soul Power in his body; the ghostly blue flames behind him surged, and he shot out like a cannonball launched from its barrel, crashing straight toward that towering iceberg.
The two Nirvana Corpses behind him also turned; although they possessed intelligence, they were already dominated by desire.
When Huo Yuhao and the two Nirvana Corpses rushed within a range of several hundred meters at the foot of the iceberg one after another, a sudden change occurred.
The entire iceberg came to life without any warning.
The ten-thousand-year frost covering the mountain's surface peeled off with a 'rustle,' making a thunderous roar.
That wasn't an iceberg at all, but the curled-up body of a giant beast so massive it was beyond imagination.
A giant hand, with a palm alone dozens of meters long and covered in thick white fur, grew out from the mountain body, blotting out the light and carrying a terrifying power capable of crushing everything as it slammed down.
Its target was precisely the two Nirvana Corpses following closely behind Huo Yuhao.
"Boom—!!!"
An extremely dull roar came, sounding as if it could shake one's Soul out of their body.
The earth trembled violently; those two Soul King-level Nirvana Corpses, which were irresistibly strong to Huo Yuhao, failed to put up even a semblance of resistance under that giant hand and were cleanly crushed into a blurred meat paste, mixing with the snow and mud.
A terrifying shockwave swept out in a ring; Huo Yuhao bore the brunt of it, his whole body tossed away like a leaf in a gale.
"Brother Tianmeng... you screwed me over..."
Amidst the deafening roar, his weak and shrill cry was mixed in, and then his vision went black as he completely lost consciousness.
Meanwhile, at the other end of the continent, the heart of the Sun Moon Empire, Radiant City.
This is the most dazzling pearl on the current Douluo Continent, a city that never sleeps in every sense of the word.
Unlike the cities of the three original Douluo nations, which were enclosed by high and thick walls, Radiant City had no walls to block it.
It displayed its prosperity and power to the entire continent with an open, confident, and even somewhat arrogant posture.
This was a city completely armed and permeated by spirit tool technology.
The flat and wide streets were not paved with traditional stone slabs but with a composite material that shimmered with a metallic luster, smooth as a mirror.
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