Chapter 80: Chapter 87: Too Many Cheats
The facts proved that the endurance of a Titled Douluo expert was unimaginable, not only reflected in long-distance travel over mountains and rivers but also in the "out of reach" aspect of negative-distance encounters.
The journey that would have originally taken Huo Yuhao a full five or six days was completed in less than half the time with Zhongli Yu carrying him.
Along the way, the two flew almost without rest. Likewise, even after they landed and stopped, there was no rest.
Compared to Zhongli Yu, who was glowing with the spring of youth, Huo Yuhao was much more listless. No matter how mature his mind was, his body was still just that of a twelve-year-old boy!
"Stop!" Huo Yuhao hurriedly stretched out a hand to stop Zhongli Yu, who was about to strip him. He could already clearly feel the air starting to get colder and colder. The invasion of the cold forced the two to slow down and enter a city to buy thick clothes and get some supplies.
Huo Yuhao bought a map. He was currently within the borders of the Heaven Soul Empire. Then, heading straight north, as long as he reached the northern border of the Heaven Soul Empire, he would have basically arrived at his destination. One must know, Shrek Academy was located on the southeastern side of the Heaven Soul Empire, bordering the Star Luo Empire. This journey for Huo Yuhao was equivalent to traversing the entire Heaven Soul Empire, from the southernmost to the northernmost point. The hardship could be imagined.
However, Huo Yuhao didn't feel it was bitter at all. Instead, with his beloved woman accompanying him, he completely treated it as a honeymoon for a young couple.
Except for this one time entering the city, before he reached the northern border, he had not entered any other city, resting entirely in the wild. His supplies included a small tent made of cowhide that could be folded and put away.
The tent was not large, only two meters long and one and a half meters wide. But it was more than enough to accommodate the two of them. Plus a warm sleeping bag, as long as the two of them didn't move too much, they could rest very well.
When they were traveling at full speed on the third day, they finally entered the vicinity of the northern border of the Heaven Soul Empire. And after arriving here, the map in his hand had already become a blank space.
The two descended from the air. Huo Yuhao was a little "airsick." White water vapor exhaled from his mouth and nose, immediately turning into crushed ice shards that scattered in the air. This was a place where water drops turned to ice! Huo Yuhao's eyebrows already had a layer of frost on them.
Seeing Zhongli Yu excitedly jumping and hopping in the snow, Huo Yuhao gently pulled up the hood of her cotton coat for her, blocking the biting cold wind, for fear that she would get cold.
Enjoying the tenderness of her beloved, Zhongli Yu's eyes were about to melt. She had only seen such a scene in books when she was a child. After that, it was years of hard cultivation and slaughter.
Carefully looking at the map, Huo Yuhao found his location. Further north was a large expanse of emptiness. On it was a line of small annotations:
"Land of Extreme North, Human Forbidden Zone. Soul Beasts Present. Danger, Danger, Danger!"
The last three "Danger"s were all marked in red.
"Darling, are you sure you want to enter here to hunt for a soul ring?" Zhongli Yu also stared at the blank space on the map. Even with her strength, she dared not say she had absolute certainty of protecting Huo Yuhao in this human-killing place.
"Mmm, in a moment, you enter a space. If I encounter a danger I can't solve, I'll let you out. It's much more convenient for me to act alone," Huo Yuhao said, not giving her a chance to argue. He activated Kamui and put the un-reacting Zhongli Yu inside.
"Heavens? What is this ability?" In the Kamui space, Zhongli Yu, who was seeing this soul skill of Huo Yuhao's for the first time, couldn't help but marvel. Immediately, Huo Yuhao also drilled in and signaled her to rest assured.
"As long as I have this skill, I won't be in trouble even if I encounter danger," Huo Yuhao said with a smile.
Zhongli Yu finally relaxed. In this space, due to Huo Yuhao's constitution that constantly absorbed the life energy of heaven and earth, it met the conditions for closed-door cultivation.
Huo Yuhao being willing to tell this secret to Zhongli Yu was enough to show that he had enough trust in her. This made Zhongli Yu's heart feel sweet, and she sat down cross-legged and entered a state of cultivation.
Subsequently, following the guidance of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's spiritual power, Huo Yuhao continuously went deeper into this human forbidden zone.
When Huo Yuhao had advanced to a certain position, he took off all his clothes as in the original novel, preparing to put on the shed skin of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
The cold wind of the Land of Extreme North almost instantly chilled him to the bone. That feeling was like being stuffed into a refrigerator. In the world of ice and snow, one could even see hot steam rising from Huo Yuhao's entire body, which had a similar effect to Xie Huanyue activating his second soul skill.
Just when he felt he was about to freeze stiff, suddenly, he felt the surrounding scenery change. A faint golden light slowly poured out from his head. The golden light spread out, dispelling all the surrounding coldness. A warm feeling instantly spread throughout his body.
"Sooo good—" Huo Yuhao moaned in bliss, almost about to shed tears. This feeling was simply too stimulating...
Immediately after, a ball of soft white light floated out from his chest. It seemed to be a ball of skin that had flown out from his chest. The white light spread out in the air, quickly becoming the same size as Huo Yuhao, and then slowly pressed onto his body.
The Tianmeng Brand Thermal Underwear slowly fitted onto Huo Yuhao's body. He only felt as if a thin film had been added to his skin. When the cold wind from the outside blew on his body, it immediately slid past him, and he no longer felt the slightest bit of cold.
"The new stuff is not bad. I'll turn it into a piece of thermal underwear for Yuhao later," Bibi Dong couldn't help but tease.
"That's Brother's million-year shed skin! Your Majesty, if you do that, it would be a complete waste of a heavenly treasure!" the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm cried out in injustice.
"Tsk! A million-year fat sheep," Bibi Dong said with no small amount of contempt. This made the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm feel very disgraced. After all, in this life, Huo Yuhao had the help of a true god's remnant soul. It was different from the original where it was just one person and one bug supporting each other and growing.
"Your Majesty, long time no see," Huo Yuhao touched his nose. Ever since Zhongli Yu had appeared, Bibi Dong had completely refused to communicate with him.
Now that Zhongli Yu was locked up in the Kamui small black room by him, this Empress was finally willing to pop up. She did not have the habit of listening to people through walls.
"You've enjoyed this journey quite a bit, haven't you?" Bibi Dong knew a certain person's habits and said sarcastically.
"Not at all! This boy was unable to get an audience with Your Majesty all along the way. I was extremely terrified!"
Bibi Dong had seen a certain person's shamelessness before and had no intention of continuing on this topic. She turned to look at the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, who was trembling in a corner. "It should be about time, right? Go and lure that big scorpion over."
"Your Majesty, we still need to go a little deeper until we reach the core area of the Land of Extreme North. Bingbing rarely goes out," the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm explained weakly.
"Mmm, then let's continue forward," Bibi Dong nodded. For now, they could only follow the guidance of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. Otherwise, wouldn't they just be groping in the dark?
In the blink of an eye, another half a day had passed. Huo Yuhao had completely entered the desolate Land of Extreme North. Along the way, he had also seen some soul beasts. But under the guidance of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, he had not once encountered an existence that was a threat to him.
The snow on the road was getting thicker and thicker. When the snow had already passed his knees, Huo Yuhao had to cut down a tree to make two sleds and tie them to his feet. This way, at least he could distribute his weight better. When encountering a downhill slope, he could even slide for a distance.
After entering the Land of Extreme North, although his speed had slowed down a lot, he had at least penetrated more than four hundred li into the land. And the frequency with which the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had him change direction also began to get faster and faster.
For some reason, Huo Yuhao did not encounter the Titan Snow Devil King from the original plot. The smoothness of the journey even made him feel that something was not right.
The Three Great Kings of the Extreme North all had noble origins, with the bloodline of the first-level god of the God Realm, the Ice God, lying within their bodies. There were even rumors that the inheritance of the Ice God was located in this Land of Extreme North.
In order to better hide himself, Huo Yuhao had to put away the sleds under his feet, slow down his speed, and slowly move forward in the snow that was over half a meter thick. He was now completely certain that without the shed skin of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, in this kind of place, he would be turned into an ice sculpture in less than a quarter of an hour.
In this godforsaken place, even the snowflakes were hard. The biting cold wind blew up the snow on the ground, and that layer of ice powder was practically comparable to a Soul King's all-around soul skill attack. When the wind was strong, he had to prostrate himself on the ground. Huo Yuhao was not afraid of the cold now, but that didn't mean he wasn't afraid of the wind.
Because of the extremely low temperature, Huo Yuhao sometimes felt that the light in the sky was distorted. There was also a magnificent seven-colored halo here that was not found in other places, which was the so-called aurora.
"So beautiful," Bibi Dong rarely praised. In her previous life, she had not had the opportunity to travel to this Land of Extreme North. She never thought that after her fall, she would unexpectedly come here with Huo Yuhao.
"Alright, this position should be about right. What we need to do next is to wait for the rabbit to bump into the tree," the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said excitedly. "Yuhao, you rest for a while first, and then you have to do as I say."
Huo Yuhao let out a great sigh of relief upon hearing that he didn't have to go any deeper. He had now completely entered the core area of this Land of Extreme North.
Not only was the temperature extremely low in this place, but he had also encountered soul beasts a few times. That strength, even from a long distance, made Huo Yuhao's whole body go cold! Those were at least existences of over ten thousand years. In this life forbidden zone, you couldn't even see a thousand-year soul beast.
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's originally lazy voice sounded in Huo Yuhao's mind. Its voice at this moment became unprecedentedly serious. "Yuhao, in this low temperature here, without the protection of my shed skin, how long can you last?"
Huo Yuhao was stunned. His current strength far surpassed that of the original novel at the same period. He thought for a moment and said, "If I fully activate my soul power, an hour should still be okay. But at most no more than an hour and a half."
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said, "If I am to lure the Ice Empress over now, I must release my aura. Then, whether it can become your core soul ring will be key, and it will fall on this shed skin of mine. Therefore, after I lure it over as I originally planned, I still have to negotiate with it. You must hold on, otherwise all our previous efforts will be wasted."
"Don't worry. With me here, at worst, he can just hide in the Kamui space," Bibi Dong leaned lazily on her throne, feeling that the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's caution was very unnecessary.
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's head was instantly full of black lines. The cheats on Huo Yuhao in this life were far too many compared to the original plot. With that abnormal third soul skill, as long as he wasn't instantly killed, there seemed to be no existence on this continent that could truly threaten him.