"I asked you to answer, but is 'this is impossible' what you think I wanted to hear?"
Staring at the Third Elder's twisted and ferocious face, Huo Yuhao let out a light chuckle, though his voice was chillingly cold.
Sighing helplessly, Huo Yuhao thought, 'It seems my deterrent power is still a bit lacking.' Since Xue Di had entrusted him with the authority to deal with these people, how could he allow anyone to underestimate him? Even if the one standing before him was a Rank 95 Super Douluo.
The Third Elder glared at Huo Yuhao's youthful face with a ruthless expression. He still had a trump card. He could sense that this so-called "master" of Xue Di didn't possess overwhelming strength. Moreover, Xue Di appeared to care about him deeply.
If he could, in an instant, use the powerful spiritual force granted by his silver-level second awakening of his body martial soul to control Huo Yuhao's life and death, he might be able to turn the situation around, rescuing Princess Weina and the others.
Though the Third Elder's soul power had been completely sealed by Xue Di's terrifying icy origin, his vast spiritual force, rooted deep in his spinal cord, could still be mobilized.
Thus, the Third Elder mustered all the spiritual power he could from his spine. In an instant, his eyes turned deep silver-gray as he locked his gaze onto Huo Yuhao—planning to use their eye contact as a bridge to invade and seize control of Huo Yuhao's spirit sea.
However, he completely miscalculated.
The reason Xue Di hadn't sealed his spiritual force, leaving him conscious to accept Huo Yuhao's interrogation, wasn't negligence—it was confidence.
Xue Di knew well that in this world, perhaps no one could successfully seize Huo Yuhao's current terrifying "spiritual world," not even a Limit Douluo.
Because within Huo Yuhao's spiritual world, there were beings of a level beyond imagination.
Thus, anyone daring to dive into Huo Yuhao's spirit sea would only face catastrophe. A powerful existence might be able to sense the danger and retreat immediately, but someone in the Third Elder's desperate and deteriorating state was unlikely to notice.
Naturally, Huo Yuhao's own spiritual power was insufficient to fend off the Third Elder's intrusion.
Just as the Third Elder secretly rejoiced, thinking he had succeeded, his face suddenly froze.
In the next instant—his eyes exploded.
Yes, literally exploded.
Upon contact with the beings hidden within Huo Yuhao's spirit world, the unprotected Third Elder's spiritual core suffered devastating backlash, reflected externally as his eyeballs rupturing instantly.
The Third Elder clutched at his bleeding eyes, howling in agony.
What had he seen? What existed within that spiritual world?
A green sun in the sky, a dark purple abyss beneath the ocean, an endless frozen tundra, and a towering gray spire piercing the heavens—these terrifying sights, far beyond mortal comprehension, overwhelmed the Third Elder's spirit.
The backlash nearly killed him on the spot.
Had he not instinctively withdrawn his spiritual force in time, his spinal cord would likely have exploded, resulting in instant death. Even so, his spiritual core had suffered irreversible, permanent damage—an injury he would never recover from for the rest of his life.
It wasn't an exaggeration.
Huo Yuhao's spiritual world was protected by terrifying pillars: the destructive and life-origin powers, the spiritual core of Xue Di, and the consciousness of Electrolux. Who on Douluo Continent would dare to trespass into such a place?
Watching the Third Elder wail in anguish, Huo Yuhao sneered coldly.
"You are already worthless. Thanks to your invasion, I've seen everything."
Of course, this wasn't solely Huo Yuhao's own work—it was Electrolux's. With his strength greatly restored, Electrolux effortlessly sifted through the Third Elder's spiritual memories, extracting all valuable information and feeding it back to Huo Yuhao.
"The Body Sect's Third Elder, huh. And accompanying you... Princess Weina of the Heavenly Soul Empire, Heh... hehehe... what a big fish I've caught."
Muttering darkly, Huo Yuhao wore an expression so chilling that even Meng Hongchen and the Auspicious Beast beside him broke out into cold sweats.
'This guy... why does he look like a major villain right now?'
"Since we already know who you are… Hmph. Then there's nothing more to worry about. Xue Di, please kill this Rank 95 Super Douluo.
He carries quite a few soul bones. Killing him will be a harvest. Keeping him alive is pointless."
Xue Di nodded slightly and lazily waved her hand.
In an instant, the Third Elder's screams were abruptly cut off. His head fell to the snowy ground, his face frozen forever in an expression of twisted agony and resentment.
At the same time, the remaining seven captives slowly revived from their frozen stasis.
Princess Weina, upon awakening, witnessed the scene of her teacher's head rolling across the ice.
Her mind went blank with horror, disbelief, grief, and rage.
"Teacher..."
Weina stared blankly at the severed head of the man she had deeply respected. Her powerful mentor... just like that... was dead?
The sudden, brutal reality left her completely unable to process it.
Wearing a frosty expression, Huo Yuhao began walking toward her.
Watching his back, both Meng Hongchen and the Auspicious Beast shivered slightly. Though Huo Yuhao's decision to have Xue Di kill the Third Elder was undoubtedly correct and not inherently evil, right now, he truly resembled a terrifying demon king.
Weina, lost in her grief, didn't even notice Huo Yuhao's approach. She simply stared numbly at the head lying on the snow.
Huo Yuhao soon stood directly in front of her.
Weina still gave no reaction, as if she hadn't even registered his existence.
Frowning slightly, Huo Yuhao's gaze fell on the breathtakingly beautiful girl before him, her green hair shimmering in the icy light.
The other six who had awakened also noticed the tense situation. Except for Weina and Muxue, the remaining five were royal guards. Though a princess's life was precious, faced with death, they threw loyalty aside and remained frozen in fear, not daring to speak a word.
Only Muxue, her face filled with panic and dread, anxiously watched Huo Yuhao advance toward Weina.
Would this demon who ordered the death of the Third Elder now kill Weina too?
(End of Chapter)
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