Chapter 74: Ice Emperor Refuses to Sacrifice
In the Far North, the sky and the earth are vast, and the endless white snow covers the entire world, as if even the air is frozen. The black sky is like an abyss that swallows everything, gloomy and giving people a feeling of depression.

Suddenly, the dark sky instantly turned into a transparent and attractive emerald green. The sun shone through the cracks, and the originally dim sky became bright at this moment. The sky gradually changed from dark blue to fresh emerald green. The world seemed to be purified by a touch of fresh color. There was a strange oppressive atmosphere in the lightning and thunder.

At this moment of change, a crack appeared in the ground, and a giant green scorpion slowly poked its head out from the snow. Its huge body reflected a faint green light in the sun, looking mysterious and powerful. Its legs were thick and powerful, and every step it took left deep footprints on the snow.

It is the king of the Far North, the Ice Emperor Scorpion. The Ice Emperor is 1.5 meters long and has two colors on its body, one is ice and the other is emerald green. The front of its body has four layers, each of which is slightly longer than half a foot. The head grows on the front layer, and the silver-white mouthparts flash with a faint cold light. The front half of the four-layered body is covered with special scales.

These special scales are hexagonal, shining with an extremely bright green luster, like diamond-like protrusions. These protruding scales are also densely covered on the six slender and powerful legs in the front half of its body. Under the light of the snow, it emits an incomparable dazzling light, as if at this moment it has become a light source, reflecting thousands of brilliances.

Both of Ice Emperor's front claws are one meter long and are also covered with strange, diamond-like hexagonal protrusions. Only the front clamps and mouthparts are silver-white with a mirror-like luster.

Unlike the multi-jointed tails of ordinary scorpions, the long tail of the Ice Emperor has only five joints, each of which is an attractive emerald green that gleams with a life-filled sheen. The five joints are the same color, and the joint closest to the upper body is the widest, becoming narrower as it goes further back. At the last joint, the tail hook, which also has diamond particles, is raised high, and the tip is also a silver-white mirror-like hook tip.

"What a beautiful scorpion." Seeing this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but smack his lips.

After a while, dark clouds gathered again, and the color of the sky began to gradually darken, but the giant green scorpion still stood firmly on the snow, as if no matter how things changed, it was the master of this far northern land.

"Bingbing?" After seeing the Ice-Blue Emperor Scorpion, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was suddenly delighted. Its heart moved as it wished, and a pure white soul ring emerged from Xiao Yan's body.

At this moment, Xiao Yan only felt that his soul power was rapidly extending outwards and expanding far away. That feeling was like the sky overlooking the earth, which was completely different from his previous spiritual detection.

In the vast core area of ​​the Far North, which covers more than tens of thousands of square kilometers, the light suddenly dimmed, as if it had suddenly transitioned from day to night. An invisible majesty instantly expanded from Xiao Yan's body, accompanied by extremely terrifying mental power that bloomed outward with his body as the center.

Frowning slightly, Xiao Yan was surprised to find that at this moment, he actually had a kind of pleasure as if he was the king of the world. The earth, ice and snow, completely submitted to him. The feeling of having everything under control was so wonderful, as if he could destroy everything with a flip of his hand and judge everything within his sight.

"One day, I want the sky to no longer cover my eyes, the earth to no longer bury my heart, and everything in the world to submit to me. I want to be the one who holds the sun, the moon and the stars." Xiao Yan came out from the snow, his eyes shining with golden light. He looked at the Ice Scorpion not far away without fear and whispered to himself.

The soul ring on his body gradually changed color, from the original white to light gold, and then to bright gold. Just this one process planted a seed of belief in Xiao Yan's heart: I am the king of heaven and earth.

Then, a group of golden lights emerged from the center of Xiao Yan's brows. There were ten groups of golden lights in total. This was the spiritual source of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and also the core of its power. Finally, these nine groups of golden lights were superimposed together and condensed into a fat big insect, which was exactly the same as the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.

"Bingbing, it's me, I'm Tianmeng." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said.

"Tian Meng? I didn't expect that you are still alive." Looking at the fat insect formed by golden light not far away, the Ice Blue Emperor Scorpion actually spoke in human language and made a crisp voice.

"Bingbing, you are not dead yet, why can't I live? Do you remember what I said last year? If I don't die, one day, I will become your partner, hehe!" Tianmeng Bingcan's voice suddenly became very gentle, and it was even a little sweet and sticky, which immediately gave Xiao Yan goose bumps.

"Tian Meng, you are courting death!" The clear voice of the Ice Emperor was suddenly filled with murderous intent. The emerald green sky turned emerald green at this moment. A strong murderous intent descended from the sky. It shouted coldly, "Since you are delivering yourself to my door as food today, I can only accept it with reluctance."

"After absorbing your energy, I will become the most powerful soul beast on the continent."

Looking at the murderous Ice Emperor, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm remained calm and smiled, saying calmly and elegantly, "Bingbing, don't be angry. What I just said was from my heart. In these millions of years, I have spent most of my time in my dreams. And in my heart, the only one who has left a mark and made my heart beat uncontrollably is you."

"Bingbing, do you know why I chose to come back at this time? Because I calculated that within a hundred years, you will reach your limit and reach a dead end. At that time, you will not be able to break through the next limit and will be annihilated in this cold world. What if you eat me and become the strongest soul beast on the continent? You will still have to endure the catastrophe that occurs once every 100,000 years. Even if you survive this catastrophe by chance, what about the next 100,000 years? What about the next 100,000 years after that?"

"The catastrophe will only get more dangerous each time, and in the end, you will still die."

"You can die now." The words of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm seemed to touch the most painful part of Bingdi's heart. Its voice instantly became hysterical, and the dark green color in the sky suddenly turned into deep black.

The next second, the Ice Emperor's high-raised tail hook suddenly lit up, and a green light instantly pierced through the body of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.

Ignoring Xiao Yan who was standing not far away, the Ice Emperor raised a smug sneer at the corner of his mouth, and with a flash of his body, he came in front of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm whose body had been pierced by it. However, at this moment, the latter's body condensed by golden light instantly became ethereal, and then turned into countless golden threads and entangled towards the Ice Emperor.

Soul beasts that have cultivated to the level of Ice Emperor all have a strong sense of danger. It felt something was wrong almost instantly, and just as it was about to resist, it was tightly entangled by countless golden threads and finally turned into a golden cicada pupa.

The Ice Emperor's eyes instantly became sharp, and the emerald green tail hook shone brightly. He swung it vigorously, but was unable to break free and escape.

"How dare you plot against me?" He shouted coldly, his eyes full of resentment. Tianmeng Ice Silkworm continued, "Bingbing, don't struggle anymore. This relic is the result of my millions of years of cultivation. Even the Snow Girl may not be able to break free. Even if you have the courage to transform, how confident are you that you can break through the 100-level barrier and be reborn? Instead of practicing again, why not use your current cultivation to join hands with me to create a god, just like the strongest human ten thousand years ago."

"If we can create a god, we can obtain endless life with this god. The fall of the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape in the Xingdou Great Forest ten thousand years ago not only made the strongest human at that time successful, but also made their souls and that human gain eternal life together."

Hearing this, Bingdi stopped resisting, frowned slightly, and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "What do you mean by this?"

"Bingbing, don't you understand?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said excitedly, "As long as we create another god, we can live forever with him. I'm not good at attacking, but if you and I join forces, the possibility of creating a new god can be increased to at least 50%. The chance of eternal life is more than 50%, it's worth a try."

"What are you talking about?" Bingdi asked with a confused look on his face.

Turning his head and glancing at the black-robed boy not far away, Tianmeng Bingcan explained: "Bingbing, don't you realize that now I only have my spiritual essence left? I sacrificed myself and became this kid's wisdom soul ring."

"Wisdom soul ring?" Hearing this, Bingdi was stunned and said in shock: "You sacrificed yourself? Now only the spiritual essence is left? How is this possible? You are really a waste. Is this kid your puppet?"

"Of course not. He is my host, or my master. And now I am his spirit ring. You should know about human spirit rings, and I am the unprecedented wisdom spirit ring in the continent." A gleam of light flashed in Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's eyes, and he continued to explain: "Wisdom spirit ring means that after sacrificing oneself, one can still maintain a clear mind, and the soul lives in the host's spiritual sea. It is an alternative kind of immortality."

The wisdom spirit ring immediately aroused the interest of the Ice Emperor, and it almost subconsciously asked: "Do you want me to sacrifice it to make a spirit ring?"

"Yes." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm nodded and said seriously: "I have done it once. Under the protection of my spiritual origin, the possibility of you successfully becoming Xiao Yan's wisdom soul ring is at least 90%."

"He was born with a spiritual spirit spirit. Later, after I opened his ice spirit, he gained a second spirit that was a mixture of ice and fire. If you can sacrifice yourself and become the spirit ring of his second spirit, I believe that Xiao Yan's future achievements will definitely not be lower than that of the human ten thousand years ago."

After hearing what Tianmeng Bingcan said, Bingdi was somewhat moved, but still unwilling to compromise. She said coldly: "You just said that you are at least 90% sure. What if it fails? Wouldn't I be destroyed both physically and spiritually?"

"Hey... Bingbing, nothing in this world is completely risk-free. As the saying goes, the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm threatened: "You are now trapped by me, and the opportunity will never come again. I am no longer the same person, although I like you. But if you don't agree, for my own immortality and for the strength of my master, I will still turn you into a spirit ring."

"It's just that you will lose your wisdom this time. On one side is eternal life, and on the other side is destruction. Which is more important? You can choose for yourself."

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's words were undoubtedly a threat, but the world of soul beasts was different from that of humans, and direct threats were often more effective. Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had lived for millions of years, and the first 900,000 years could be said to be a blank sheet of paper, which had always been spent in deep sleep. However, in the Xingdou Great Forest, it was not so easy for it to intrigue with many powerful soul beasts! It was able to save its life and escape, and I don't know how many hardships it had gone through, and it had long been honed with cunning and wisdom.

"Do I have any other choice?" Hearing this, the Ice Emperor was slightly startled. It was not a kind man or woman. As a soul beast with a cultivation base of nearly 400,000 years, it was impossible for it to sacrifice itself so easily. It pretended to compromise and said, "Let me out first, otherwise how can I sacrifice myself?"

Hearing this, Tianmeng Bingcan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As expected, you are my favorite Bingbing. You will definitely be glad for your choice today."

As he spoke, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm removed the remains that were wrapped around the Ice Emperor. However, at this moment, the Ice Emperor's eyes suddenly became sharp, and a turquoise light burst out from his body. He flashed and instantly came in front of Xiao Yan.

"Bingbing, what are you doing?" Tianmeng Bingcan was shocked when he saw the scene in front of him and said in a trembling voice.

“Hmph, I’m not as stupid as you and would not sacrifice myself to become a human’s soul ring. As the emperor of the Ice Scorpion clan in the Far North, even if I die from a heavenly calamity after reaching the 400,000-year limit, I will not easily surrender to a human.” The Ice Emperor snorted disdainfully, and a crisp female voice sounded.

"Wanting me to become his spirit ring... Impossible! Unless he can show me amazing strength that will make me feel that he will be able to become a god in the future."

After saying that, Ice Emperor's body was covered with green light. Its tail hook, which was raised high, suddenly lit up, and then pierced straight into Xiao Yan's body.

"Oh? Strength? Look at my strength."

Just when the Ice Emperor's tail hook was about to pierce Xiao Yan's chest, the space in front of him suddenly fluctuated, and then a somewhat illusory figure of an old man appeared in front of the latter. Then, a majestic aura that made the Ice Emperor's face change drastically suddenly emerged like a surging tide.

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