Chapter 35: External Soul Bone
It was indeed time to eat.
The 400,000-year Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Tail Bone completely surpassed all Ice Jade Scorpions in its tier.
Ice Jade Scorpions are a very united race; they are fiercely loyal to the strongest leader in their group, not hesitating to die for their leader.
Snow Empress could be said to be the ancestor of the Ice Jade Scorpions.
After a moment of thought, Huo Yuhao first absorbed the Ice Jade Scorpion right wrist bone.
This External Soul Bone was produced by a 15,000-year Ice Jade Scorpion, providing Huo Yuhao with a strength-type Soul skills.
[Wrath of the Scorpion Grip] Consumes Soul Power, temporarily increasing strength by forty percent.
It was, well, decent.
Mainly, External Soul Bones grow with the Soul Master, so the more External Soul Bones, the better.
But it wasn't without side effects.
External Soul Bones generally grow by absorbing the Soul Master's Soul Power, which slows down the Soul Master's Soul Power Cultivation progress.
But Huo Yuhao didn't care.
The two million-year Origins of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress were still preserved and could all serve as Cultivation resources for Huo Yuhao.
Furthermore, what Huo Yuhao pursued wasn't Soul Power Rank! It was combat power!
What if he was a ninety-nine Limit Douluo? He would still be crushed by a single hand of a Divine Official.
What Huo Yuhao wanted was to create his own Divine Seat and crusade against God King Tang.
Unless other God Kings bestowed a Divine Seat, Huo Yuhao would still consider it.
If there was a Divine Seat Legacy that allowed Huo Yuhao to gain resources, it wouldn't be impossible; whether to inherit the Divine Seat or not was up to him.
Of course, Huo Yuhao had Electrolux as his backing, which gave him the confidence to say this.
Then, Huo Yuhao looked at the other Soul Bones.
There were fewer other 100,000-year Soul Bones, only three.
One belonged to the Titan Snow Demon clan, one to the Ice Bear clan, and another was the Soul Bone of an Ice Ridge Earth Dragon.
It is said that this Ice Ridge Earth Dragon had 150,000 years of Cultivation and was expected to become the fifth Ferocious beast of the Far North.
But this fellow actually went to provoke the Titan Snow Demon King.
The Ice Ridge Earth Dragon indeed possessed Dragon Clan Bloodline and was extremely powerful in battle, but the Titan Snow Demon King not only had Titan Bloodline but also, reportedly, Ice God Bloodline, and 200,000 years of Cultivation, brutally beating the Ice Ridge Earth Dragon to death.
Then, its Soul Bone was picked up by the Snow Empress, who liked to wander around the Far North.
Unlike Snow Empress, who preferred to stay quietly in her palace, Ice Empress was practically the number one street wanderer of the Far North, and crucially, no one except Snow Empress could defeat Ice Empress.
In terms of sheer numbers, the Ice Jade Scorpion clan was the most powerful group in the Far North.
Therefore, Ice Empress's fierce reputation was widespread.
Glancing at Ice Empress, who was squatting beside him, muttering and explaining the Soul Bones and how they were acquired, Huo Yuhao silently withdrew his gaze.
Furthermore, all other Soul Bones were over 10,000 years old; according to Ice Empress, she wasn't interested in picking up anything below 10,000 years.
But this was still a huge fortune.
With over a hundred Soul Bones, Huo Yuhao was directly as rich as a nation.
Oh, before leaving Shrek, the secret art soul bone exchanged from Mu Jin was studied by Electrolux and then added as Materials to the Formation when fusing the Ice Empress and Snow Empress External Soul Bones.
Electrolux personally said that this secret art soul bone had no technical content, merely some blood sacrifice principles from necromancy.
As long as Huo Yuhao needed it, it could be made at any time.
Huo Yuhao, who had counted and recorded all the Soul Bones, had an additional gain.
An External Soul Bone.
The truth was, this External Soul Bone was too small; if Ice Empress hadn't reminded him, Huo Yuhao would have thought it was a chipped corner of another Soul Bone.
The 3,000-year Far North Glazed Luminous Flower external finger bone.
That's right, the pinky finger bone of the right hand.
A Soul Bone as big as a fava bean.
"Yuhao, this Far North Glazed Luminous Flower is a rare healing Soul Beast. Many Soul Beasts, after being injured from hunting, will sleep next to a Glazed Luminous Flower, and their injuries will heal. Therefore, many intelligent Soul Beasts will plant a Glazed Luminous Flower in their dwelling. This finger bone was found by me in a 30,000-year Arctic Fox's den."
"What about that Arctic Fox?"
"Here it is!"
Ice Empress pointed to a skull among the pile of Soul Bones.
"It even kindly dropped a Soul Bone!"
"You're amazing."
"Hmph!"
Ice Empress didn't catch the hidden meaning in Huo Yuhao's words.
He stored all the Soul Bones into his storage bracelet.
Only the Glazed Luminous Flower finger bone and a total of forty-three Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bones remained, including three 100,000-year Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Soul Bones.
After thinking, he put these Soul Bones into his storage bracelet.
Only a 5,000-year Ice Jade Scorpion right arm bone was left.
Unlike other Soul Beasts, for the Ice Jade Scorpion clan, if a member perishes, Ice Empress will carefully preserve the remaining Soul Bones, regardless of their age.
He first absorbed the Glazed Luminous Flower external pinky finger bone, obtaining a healing Soul skills.
[Glazed Pure Cold] Consumes Soul Power to release a range-type healing Soul skills. The healing effect and range depend on the Soul Power used, and it comes with a cold-air analgesic effect.
Knowing the effect of the Soul skills attached to the Soul Bone, Huo Yuhao looked at the only remaining 5,000-year Ice Jade Scorpion right arm bone in his hand.
"Swish!"
The Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Tail Bone extended, and its sharp scorpion tail directly pierced the Soul Bone. The moment the scorpion tail collided with the Soul Bone, the Soul Bone seemed to turn into liquid and was absorbed by the scorpion tail.
The Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Tail Bone conveyed a feeling of being full.
In Huo Yuhao's perception, it would probably take half a month to absorb.
After all, it was merely Fusion of the same kind, not devouring, so being slow was normal.
"Oh, Yuhao, what are you doing?"
Ice Empress widened her eyes, watching the Soul Bone disappear after being touched by the scorpion tail.
"Ice Empress, your scorpion tail bone can actually fuse with similar Soul Bones to improve its quality."
"What do you mean 'your scorpion tail'..."
Unexpectedly, this ordinary remark from Huo Yuhao caused Ice Empress's face to flush crimson, all the way to her earlobes.
Who knew why.
Before he could ponder why Ice Empress was blushing, Snow Empress and Electrolux had already entered from outside the hall.
Snow Empress still maintained her noble and aloof demeanor, without much expression, but Huo Yuhao could still feel that Snow Empress was trying her best to express goodwill towards him.
"Yuhao, we can go now."
Electrolux chuckled.
It seemed everything was done.
"Alright then, let's go."
...Half a day later, Huo Yuhao stood at the edge of the Far North, looking back at the boundless world of ice and snow.
With Huo Yuhao's current physical condition, half a day was more than enough to cross a thousand miles of ice plains and return to the starting point.
Ice Empress and Snow Empress stood beside Huo Yuhao, also looking back at the Far North.
That was their home where they had lived for hundreds of thousands of years; now that they were leaving, even if only temporarily, there was a touch of homesickness.
"Let's go, Ice Empress, Snow Empress. I believe it won't be long before I bring you back to the Far North in an even more powerful form."
Huo Yuhao's gentle and steady voice rang out.
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