The change occurred in an instant. Huo Yuhao's Ice Empress martial soul manifested, and the tattoo of the Ice Empress on his back began to transform, faintly shimmering with a silvery glow.
Crystal-like scales flickered in and out of existence, and an intangible aura of power rose from his body.
However, the most noticeable change was in his arms.
His arms were now covered in a layer of diamond-like particles, tightly packed together, each about the size of a mung bean, arranged in a regular hexagonal pattern.
As Huo Yuhao channeled his soul power, these particles occasionally flashed with a silvery light, and transparent ice-crystal scales attached themselves to his arms.
"It's even more domineering than I expected. It seems to have developed some dragon-like characteristics... Is it because the bloodline strength I received from Gu Yuena is too high?"
Huo Yuhao stared at the nearly transparent ice-crystal scales, feeling the power within them, and glanced at the source of his martial soul.
Golden and silver light filled the source, with the silver radiance being particularly close to the essence of the Ice Empress martial soul, having completely integrated into it, scattered like stars throughout the martial soul's core.
Although the golden light had also merged into the Ice Empress martial soul's source, it occupied a much smaller area, constantly being suppressed by the silver radiance.
He hadn't fully completed the Dragon God bloodline, it wasn't that easy.
He had only used the Silver Dragon King bloodline to devour the Golden Dragon King bloodline, allowing the Heavenly Silkworm Transformation to take effect and forcibly integrate the two bloodlines into the martial soul's source. Once inside, they naturally split apart.
The Ice Empress was delighted that Huo Yuhao was absorbing the bloodline power, laying the foundation for the evolution of the Ice Empress martial soul. Seeing Huo Yuhao frown, she was puzzled.
"Yuhao, what's wrong? Is there a problem?"
"The strength of the bloodline power I received from Gu Yuena exceeded my expectations. Previously, when Gu Yuena's bloodline merged into my body, the effects weren't obvious, only manifesting in elemental affinity and the like."
"Now that it's merged with the Golden Dragon King bloodline into the Ice Empress martial soul, the effects are more pronounced. I can now use the martial soul to manipulate elemental power."
As Huo Yuhao spoke, a small flame appeared in his icy palm.
The Ice Empress martial soul using fire, without conflicting with the attribute of Ultimate Ice... it looked quite incongruous.
Clearly, the fused bloodline power had fundamentally altered the essence of the Ice Empress martial soul, with astonishing results.
But when Huo Yuhao thought of Wang Jinxi's situation, it didn't seem so strange.
Tang Wulin's bloodline was nowhere near comparable to Gu Yuena's, yet just by cultivating together with Wang Jinxi, the aura Tang Wulin unconsciously released had caused Wang Jinxi's martial soul to mutate.
After all, the Bone Dragon King was also a top-tier dark-type martial soul. From this small example, one could see the dominance of the two Dragon King bloodlines!
And he had directly integrated the bloodlines of both Dragon Kings into his martial soul, with Gu Yuena's bloodline being even more complete than Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King bloodline. Such changes weren't surprising.
In the end, the Ice Empress martial soul was far inferior in rank to the Dragon King bloodlines. It was a good thing it hadn't transformed from a scorpion into a dragon.
'I underestimated it before. Long Haochen could directly use the power of divine retribution through the contract's feedback. The feedback I received from Gu Yuena is more than I imagined. It couldn't just enhance elemental affinity, she is, after all, a god.'
Huo Yuhao sighed inwardly.
He owed her quite a lot.
This time as well, Gu Yuena had come out of concern for his safety and taken the blow for him.
Although he and Gu Yuena had put on a temporary act, using the Golden Dragon King bloodline and the Dragon God's power as a smokescreen to temporarily stabilize Tang San's divine sense, making him believe that Huo Yuhao was safe and wouldn't directly act against Gu Yuena, he couldn't be sure how effective it was.
In the future... how would he repay Gu Yuena for all this?
He didn't like owing favors...
"Yuhao, how strong are these elemental powers now?" Tianmeng's eyes lit up, not expecting to see results so soon.
"The strength of the other elements I can control now can't compare to Ultimate Ice. It's not suitable for direct combat, except for... space."
Huo Yuhao temporarily set aside his thoughts, and his body erupted with a silvery light. In the next moment, he merged into the void and disappeared, reappearing twenty meters away.
"Is it because of your understanding of spatial power?"
Tianmeng, seeing this, seemed to have an epiphany.
Spatial power was usually something that soul masters only began to touch upon after reaching the 90th rank.
Take our Holy Spirit Church's Grand Elder, the Gluttony Douluo, for example. At the 98th rank, he had grasped some spatial power, but could only attach a portion of it to his attacks.
Di Tian, on the other hand, could use spatial power to directly transmit his strength to those who possessed his reverse scale.
Ten thousand years ago, the Snow Emperor's protection of Huo Yuhao was a similar feat, also utilizing spatial power.
It was clear that to master spatial power, one had to be at the level of a Limit Douluo.
Or rather, ten thousand years ago, to become a Limit Douluo, one had to have a deep understanding of spatial power and condense a second soul core.
In this context, Huo Yuhao, who had once been a Limit Douluo, naturally had a far greater grasp of spatial elements than other elements.
Not to mention, Huo Yuhao was also a soul engineer who had created spatial-type soul tools, so his understanding of spatial elements was profound.
Huo Yuhao nodded, "That's right. Because of my research into spatial power, among all the elements, aside from ice, spatial elements are what I understand the most. Although I can't use them as freely as I could at my peak, basic teleportation and attaching spatial elements to attacks are no problem."
Simply using soul skills wouldn't make one a true powerhouse. Understanding the rules and elements was equally important.
Without his understanding of spatial power, it would be difficult for him to leverage spatial elements to use spatial power now.
"So, does the Ice Empress martial soul now have spatial attributes? After evolving, could it potentially fully utilize multiple elemental powers?"
The Ice Empress asked with interest, "What about the enhancement from the Golden Dragon King bloodline?"
"There's no obvious effect," Huo Yuhao shook his head. "Compared to the powerful Silver Dragon King bloodline I received from my contract with Gu Yuena, that bloodline is still too weak, so the effects are minimal. After all, my physical strength isn't weak."
"I see," the Ice Empress said, somewhat disappointed.
But then she thought about it and felt relieved.
After all, this was just the beginning. The Ice Empress martial soul was only halfway to its evolution, and even now, before fully evolving, it had already gained so many benefits. There would be more in the future.
"Hehe, Yuhao, since the bloodlines have merged, shouldn't we try that now? With the bloodline power of the two Dragon Kings and the simulation I gave you, you should be able to do it, right?"
Tianmeng said with a grin.
"Yes, I can do it now," Huo Yuhao's lips curled into a slight smile, and his eyes flickered as his first platinum soul ring lit up.
He had felt the auras of both the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King up close, and he had also experienced the aura of the two bloodlines forcibly merging.
Although it was still far from the true Dragon God's aura, he could now attempt to mimic it...
A phantom of a seven-colored dragon appeared behind Huo Yuhao, exuding a suffocating majesty. Its massive body seemed capable of shattering the heavens and the earth, every scale gleaming with a terrifying light, and an overwhelming pressure instantly spread out.
Within the demiplane, all the soul beasts that Huo Yuhao had turned into undead creatures ten thousand years ago felt the pressure emanating from the depths of their bloodlines and knelt down one after another.
Under this immense pressure, they felt insignificant, like ants powerless to resist, forced to submit to this supreme authority.
Simulation—Dragon God's Aura!