vncnus Chapter 56 Cleansing the Soul Ring
Chapter 56 Cleansing the Soul Ring
Even though Hyotei used her domain, she could freely control everything within it. Yuki-tei was right; she had indeed held back.
Because she hoped that Xiao Yan, this human, could survive, giving her a reason not to kill him.
However, the opponent was still too weak, and was frozen into an ice block after only nine seconds in the field.
"Let's take back the domain. If we continue, that boy might really lose his life."
Hyotei was somewhat surprised. The other party was clearly about to become a solid block, but judging from Yuki-tei's tone, it seemed that he was still alive.
Hyotei reached out and gradually withdrew the storm from itself.
Everything around remained unchanged, after all, this was the Northern Territory. The only difference was that the snow underfoot was thicker. Of course, there were also Xiao Yan and Agumon, a pair of ice sculptures.
Hyotei glanced at Yuki-tei and said, "Sister, you see? Humans are so fragile, they can't survive at all."
Snow Empress shook her head, gesturing for Ice Empress to step forward.
Hyotei then walked up to the block of ice and tapped it with her hand. A crisp sound came from inside, indicating that it was hollow. What shocked Hyotei even more was that the moment her hand touched the ice, she could faintly feel a warmth emanating from within.
"Click."
The ice slowly cracked, revealing Xiao Yan and Agumon shivering inside.
"Ugh, it's so cold! My hands are freezing even when I put them inside my crotch."
Xiao Yan's actions did involve an element of gambling, but it was the method he could think of that would minimize temperature loss. If the temperature difference between himself and the domain was too great, no matter how he resisted, he would only be wasting his soul power.
So he simply had Agumon cancel his Greymon form, and the two embraced each other, letting the wind and snow in the area freeze them both. Of course, with Agumon's fire control, there was still some distance between the two of them and the ice.
During this time, they also had to rely on Agumon's flames to ensure that the air vents were not blocked, otherwise the oxygen would be used up if they tried to keep warm in the ice with flames.
"Hey, sister, you're so beautiful! You're like a fairy! Are you a Title Douluo like that lord?" Xiao Yan didn't have time to complain as soon as he came out and greeted them naturally. One had a full head of white hair, and the other had dark green hair. It was obvious who these two were.
Right now, he was deliberately playing dumb. Since he was pretending not to know Hyotei, he would continue to play the fool.
Xue Di nodded to him, expressionless, and said nothing. Another ice crystal slammed towards Xiao Yan's head, causing him to fall to the ground in pain.
"Boy, I'm glad you survived, but don't be disrespectful. Sister Xue, please don't be angry." Xue Di rarely showed any expression on her face, so even Bing Di couldn't guess her mood. Therefore, she took action in advance to prevent Xue Di from being angered by Xiao Yan's frivolity.
Xue Di shook her head slightly, still scanning Xiao Yan with great interest.
"My lord, what about my destiny?" Xiao Yan looked at Bingdi with anticipation. Now that he had survived, Bingdi, the eldest sister, would naturally not break her promise. Could it be that she was going to offer herself up for him? Thinking of this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
But the next second, they immediately changed their tune.
"Hey, hey, didn't you say you'd give me a way out?" Xiao Yan tilted his head back and quickly uttered the offer the other party had made: if he persisted, they would let him go.
The reason was simple: Hyotei's Hyotei Claw was only 0.01 centimeters away from his throat. If he didn't speak faster, he would lose his life right there.
Although it was clear that it was a condensed spiritual entity, Xiao Yan dared not gamble.
Hyotei lowered his raised hand, and another ice crystal accurately struck his head.
"I said I wouldn't kill you, but I didn't say I wouldn't cripple you," Hyotei said coldly.
"Alright, Bing'er, he's held on for at least a few minutes now. I'm also curious to see what kind of opportunity you're going to give him."
When Ice Emperor heard Snow Emperor address her in this way, she stopped fooling around and looked at Snow Emperor, saying, "Sister, you should have sensed this kid's third soul skill too, right?"
Although Xiao Yan did not unleash his third soul skill in front of the Snow Empress, she naturally sensed his natural affinity for ice and snow.
"An ultimate flame martial soul, and you actually let this kid absorb that soul ring? That's ridiculous. It's a miracle he survived." Xue Di saw through the deception.
Hyotei, however, was unfazed: "I was hoping to see him explode and die, but who knew he'd still be alive and kicking."
Xiao Yan, standing to the side, was speechless. He had been listening to this all along. "Big sister, there's no need to say that you want to kill me, even though I'm powerless to resist."
"So you want to ask me—" Xue Di looked at Bing Di.
"Yes, I'm afraid my strength alone isn't enough. I want to imbue this kid's soul ring with the ice and snow bloodline."
"Hiss." Xiao Yan gasped. The soul ring he had already absorbed could still be manipulated like this? Although he didn't understand what Ice Emperor was trying to do, he still felt it was pretty awesome.
"So that's what you were planning for this kid. You also expected that I would follow you out of curiosity."
"The Ice God bloodline is something that ice-type martial souls would naturally crave, but this kid has a fire-type martial soul after all, so there's already a conflict just from the absorption process. Since I'm the one who let him absorb the soul ring, I have to solve the problem for him." As the Ice Emperor spoke, he absentmindedly glanced to the side.
"This spirit ring is currently inanimate to him; it's nothing more than ice and fire. I believe that through our combined efforts, his entire martial spirit can benefit from this spirit ring, allowing even this wisp of ice to be of use to him."
Snow Empress understood Ice Empress's thoughts, and it has to be said that their friendship of hundreds of thousands of years was not in vain.
"Alright, but this process will be a bit painful, it's like absorbing this soul ring again. I don't know if you can handle it?" Xue Di looked at Xiao Yan.
"Yes, of course, thank you, Fairy Sister." Xiao Yan felt a pang of guilt upon hearing that he would have another chance to experience this again, but what the other party said was too tempting for him.
Based on his thinking, Agumon should be able to evolve to the Champion stage when it gets its third Soul Ring, so finding Mirrormon would be ideal. Given the characteristics of the Digimon, it might even bring him unexpected results.
If not, the third spirit ring he wants is a creature similar to the Titan Ape. In that case, with the blessing of the spirit ring, the Tyrannosaurus Beast might be able to grow even larger.
After all, an inch longer means an inch stronger.
If the two Ice and Snow Emperors truly cleansed the Ice God bloodline from his soul ring, then the soul ring would no longer feel alienated from him and would be able to unleash its full power, after all, it was a soul ring with a lifespan of 2500 years.
With Xiao Yan readily agreeing, the Ice and Snow Emperors didn't waste any words and, without Xiao Yan needing to release it, they independently guided out his third soul ring.
After another painful ordeal, Xiao Yan finally recovered.
"Phew," he exhaled deeply. His clothes were clumped together, completely frozen from the cold sweat that had soaked through his body.
Although the two Ice and Snow Emperors didn't say anything, they didn't seem to be feeling well either.
Xiao Yan was pleasantly surprised to find that the outermost edge of his third spirit ring, which was purple, had a faint golden-red border.
He suddenly remembered something and glanced with lingering fear at Agumon beside him, who had just recovered from the pain. Thankfully, the creature was also looking at him with concern.
It's so good that there was no outburst.