Chapter 180 - Chapter 180 Have I Really Obtained a God Trial?

After hearing Bingdi finish explaining the contents of the second trial, the corners of Ao Yao's mouth couldn't help but twitch twice.The content of the trial was roughly the same as the Tide Body Refining that Tang San had experienced back then, but the problem was... Bingdi's current cultivation was that of a five-hundred-thousand-year-old peerless Vicious Beast!A five-hundred-thousand-year-old Vicious Beast with the Ultimate Ice attribute possessed the power to fight even a Limit Douluo; wasn't this minor Body Refining trial just a freebie?However, it wasn't until Bingdi actually began to undergo the Frost Body Refining that Ao Yao realized the trial didn't seem quite that simple.Within the area covered by frost, neither his nor the Snow Empress's cultivation was affected at all, yet only Bingdi's cultivation suffered suppression.Her original five-hundred-thousand-year cultivation was forcibly suppressed directly down to fifty thousand years.Fortunately, Bingdi's Physical Body strength and foundation as a five-hundred-thousand-year Vicious Beast remained; even with her cultivation suppressed, this trial wasn't considered too difficult.At most, it would just take a little bit longer....Watching Bingdi persevere in the frost, the Snow Empress pursed her lips and then shifted her gaze toward Ao Yao, who was standing nearby."You seem... to have something on your mind?"Hearing this, Ao Yao raised his head slightly, his brow furrowing: "It's not exactly something on my mind, just some confusion over where Huo Yuhao has gone."Huo Yuhao?Upon hearing the name, the Snow Empress also reacted in the same way.When they arrived, Huo Yuhao and that big worm were not in the cavern. When they entered the bottom of the pool, Huo Yuhao was likewise not in the pool water, let alone at the bottom. Now that they had entered the Ice God Palace, Huo Yuhao was still nowhere to be found."Could it be... Huo Yuhao has already left?"The Snow Empress offered her own guess.But Ao Yao shook his head.Under the Snow Empress's design, Huo Yuhao had awakened the trashiest Spirit Beast of the Extreme North Land as his Spirit. Given Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's idea of creating a god, it was impossible for them to leave this cavern, impossible to leave this place that could allow them to change their fate against the heavens.Therefore, it was unlikely that Huo Yuhao would leave this place.It couldn't be that there were other fortuitous encounters here that Huo Yuhao just happened to stumble upon, could it?"Forget it, I originally wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Huo Yuhao and that big worm. Now it seems there won't be a chance."In reality, Ao Yao's guess wasn't exactly wrong....---The Ice God Palace, an independent space completely separate from Bingdi, the Snow Empress, and Ao Yao.Huo Yuhao was indeed right there.Under the guidance of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao had successfully dived to the bottom of the pool and seen that mysterious palace.But the moment Huo Yuhao's gaze touched the palace, his entire body was enveloped by a dazzling white light.When he opened his eyes again, Huo Yuhao appeared in this space that looked empty.Just as both Huo Yuhao and the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm were somewhat confused, an altar suddenly appeared in the empty space.It was an altar built from unknown deep-blue ice stones, its entire body emitting a cold and solemn glow. The scale of the altar wasn't grand, yet it possessed a sense of majesty that inspired awe. The entire altar was octagonal, each side corresponding to a direction, and the body of the altar was engraved with dense patterns. Those patterns were ancient and simple, without ornate decorations, only the mottled traces left by the erosion of time.The very base of the altar was a ring of stone steps; the steps were already somewhat dilapidated, with thin frost covering the edges. Moving up the stone steps, each platform was one size smaller than the one below it, progressing layer by layer for a total of eight layers.On the front of each platform stood a stone tablet.Eight layers, eight tablets.Huo Yuhao slowly approached, his gaze falling on the tablet on the first platform. The surface of the tablet was smooth as a mirror, with four ancient characters carved upon it. He had never seen that script before, but the moment his gaze touched it, the meaning clearly surfaced in his mind—Icy Heart Bone Tempering.The four characters emitted a faint chill; just by keeping his gaze on them, Huo Yuhao felt the bones in his body vibrate slightly, as if some power was resonating with him.His gaze moved upward, falling on the tablet of the second platform.Cold Abyss Trace Seeking.Third layer—Polar Night Bright Lamp.Fourth layer—Ten Thousand Year Frost Seal.Fifth layer—Frost Snow Treading.Sixth layer—Ice and Snow Heavenly Decree.Seventh layer—Final Ascension to Ice and Snow.The eighth layer, which was the very top layer of the altar, emitted a heart-stopping power, but surprisingly, the handwriting on the tablet was the most blurred, making it impossible to see clearly at all.Eight tablets, eight names. Except for the last name, Huo Yuhao only looked at them once before they were deeply imprinted in his mind.He didn't know exactly what each trial meant, but from those names, he could feel a heavy weight."God Trial! Little Yuhao, you really obtained a God Trial!"Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's voice, full of excitement, suddenly rang in Huo Yuhao's mind, while Huo Yuhao himself still wore a look of daze and joy at this moment.He actually really... obtained a God Trial!?"A blessing in disguise! If the Snow Empress hadn't designed it so you obtained the Ice Mite Spirit, and instead you had successfully obtained Bingdi as a Spirit according to my plan, we might have already left the Extreme North Land long ago. It would have been impossible to explore within the Extreme North Land, let alone stumble upon this place by accident, and naturally, we wouldn't have obtained a God Trial!"Hearing this, Huo Yuhao bit his lip and nodded seriously.Indeed, if he had successfully obtained Bingdi as his second spirit at that time, perhaps he would have already left the Extreme North Land by now.Precisely because he awakened the trashy Ice Mite Spirit, in order to change his fate against the heavens, they searched for the ten thousand year profound ice marrow in the Extreme North Land, thereby discovering this palace containing a God's Legacy and finally obtaining the God's Legacy!"So... as long as I complete these few trials, I can finally attain a God Position?"Huo Yuhao stood in a daze, and then finally broke into a smile.After becoming a god, he would be able to make the White Tiger Dukes Mansion pay the price, right?Oh, right.He also had to go to the previous Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave to take back the white tiger dagger his mother left him."Yuhao, climb toward the God Position!"Under the encouragement of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao lifted his foot and stepped onto the first stone step.The moment his foot touched the ground, the stone tablet on the first platform suddenly lit up. The four characters 'Icy Heart Bone Tempering' burst forth with a deep-blue light, which flowed down from the tablet's surface and spread along the altar's patterns to Huo Yuhao's feet, enveloping his entire person.An indescribable chill surged in from all directions.But what Huo Yuhao didn't notice was that when he stepped onto the first stone step, the handwriting on the eighth layer suddenly became clear.The two characters for 'Sacrifice' were strikingly visible!