Extreme North.
This mysterious area located at the northernmost part of the Douluo Continent was shrouded in severe cold all year round, as if it was a corner forgotten by the Ice and Snow Goddess.
The cold here was a piercing chill that could penetrate the bone marrow. The air seemed to be frozen into substance, every breath carrying ice crystals. The wind whistled past, scraping on the face like a knife, causing unbearable pain. Endless ice and snow covered the earth. Rolling icebergs were like silent guards, emitting cold aura.
In this extremely cold environment, the survival of soul beasts was extremely difficult. They had to resist the invasion of severe cold all the time and search for the pitifully scarce food resources. The Ice Silkworm wriggled with difficulty in the cracks of ice and snow, trying hard to find something to fill its stomach; the Ice Jade Scorpion carefully avoided the cold wind in the corner of the ice rock, its hard shell seemingly becoming a bit fragile in this cold; the Titan Snow Demon's huge body moved forward with difficulty in the snow, consuming huge physical strength with every step, just to find a slightly warmer place to rest.
The cold of the Extreme North was an endless challenge for soul beasts. They struggled to survive in this harsh environment, showing tenacious vitality. However, it was also this extreme environment that created their unique survival ability and powerful strength, making them awe-inspiring existences on the Douluo Continent.
However, this day, the Extreme North welcomed two uninvited guests.
In an instant, the sky of the Extreme North was lit up by a flame. Tang Hao held the Clear Sky Hammer, confronting the towering Fire Dragon King Jialin. Flames lingered around his body, dragon roars shaking heaven and earth.
The shock wave of the Clear Sky Hammer and the Fire Dragon cracked countless fine seams on the ice field. Cold wind whistled through them, interweaving with the heat waves on the battlefield.
Tang Hao stepped on the ground, his figure like electricity, dodging the impact of the Fire Dragon, swinging the Clear Sky Hammer again, raising a gust of wind, smashing the pursuing flames fiercely.
Sweat beads seeped out of Tang Hao's forehead, and his face became increasingly ugly. Although the Extreme North weakened Fire Dragon King Jialin to a certain extent, it was not much.
As one of the nine Dragon Kings under the Dragon God, the fire element of the Fire Dragon King herself must be the kind surpassing Ultimate Fire, definitely not something the inferior environment of a lower plane like Douluo could weaken.
Facing Fire Dragon King Jialin, the raging fire element was like huge waves of flames, attacking him wave after wave.
Jialin's eyes were like two clusters of raging fire, burning with raging fighting intent. Her body was huge. Every scale seemed forged from magma, flashing with red light. When the Fire Dragon she transformed into opened its bloody mouth, what sprayed out was flames burning heaven and earth.
The surrounding soul beasts felt the terrifying aura of this duel and fled one after another. Only a group of powerful soul beasts headed by the Titan Snow Demon King in the Extreme North still watched this earth-shattering battle closely from a distance. The air was filled with anxiety and frostiness. Two distinctly different auras interwoven together, predicting the cruelty and intensity of this battle.
"A powerful dragon clan member like you should have gone extinct long ago..." Tang Hao gritted his teeth. There were some burning marks on his body. Facing Jialin's Scarlet Gold Profound Flame, he had to be extremely vigilant.
"There are many things in this world you don't know!" Jialin snorted coldly, continuing to attack Tang Hao.
Tang Hao fought back boldly, but was repelled again, his heart sinking rapidly to the bottom.
He must find a way to restrain the Fire Dragon King, otherwise not only could he not help Tang San, but he might also become a hostage in Huo Yuhao's hands.
In that case, his descent to Douluo would be meaningless, purely giving away his life.
Just as Tang Hao's thoughts turned rapidly, the space not far away fluctuated. A group of powerful young men and women appeared out of thin air, surprisingly Huo Yuhao and his partners.
Tang Hao didn't expect Huo Yuhao and his people to arrive in the Extreme North in such a short time, but he soon noticed the irregular spherical object in Huo Yuhao's palm.
"Plane Core? He actually obtained the Plane Core?"
Tang Hao's face was full of disbelief. Thinking back, in order to integrate the Plane Core into his body and become the Plane Lord of the Douluo Continent, it took him fully a thousand years, and he only barely succeeded a small part. Including his wife Ah Yin, who also tried to fuse the Seed of Life of the Douluo Continent.
But finally, after the decisive battle with Huo Yuhao's group, they were discovered by the Divine Realm Committee and repatriated. The thousand-year effort fell short.
Only those who obtained the Plane Core knew clearly what kind of power that thing could exert.
That was the origin of a plane, possessing the supreme laws at the beginning of the planet's birth, an object that could open up heaven and earth.
Only unknown why, there were two Plane Cores of the Douluo Continent. The other one was still hidden deep underground in the abyss, possessing more vigorous energy fluctuations, providing endless heat for the entire planet.
Even he, when approaching the earth's core, would feel extreme suppression and rejection. Finally, he could only settle for the second best and chose the core in Huo Yuhao's hand with exhausted energy and only plane laws remaining.
"Tang Hao, you once suppressed me with the identity of the Lord of the Demiplane. Now, offense and defense have changed!" Huo Yuhao's eyes refracted the pleasure of revenge. The Plane Core in his hand burst with amazing light.
"Plane Laws, Ban!"
Before Tang Hao could act, an invisible force in the dark imprisoned his divine power that he could wield freely.
For a lower plane like the Douluo Continent that had birthed deities, the power of laws was enough to produce a certain effect on deities below First-Class God. For example, a Second-Class Deity like Tang Hao would inevitably be affected to a certain extent.
"You! Mmph..."
Tang Hao turned pale with fright instantly. His figure fell uncontrollably towards the ground.
"Take him down!" Huo Yuhao's figure moved violently, turning into a black lightning rushing down rapidly. Hearing this, Jialin also dived towards Tang Hao.
"Why didn't you trap him directly with the Plane Core just now?" Jialin conveyed her question to Huo Yuhao through the Soul Spirit Contract.
"Did you forget? My third martial soul has the attribute of Ultimate Ice. This is my world." Huo Yuhao explained to her with a smile, "The Extreme North is covered by blizzards and clouds all year round. Plus my current spiritual realm shielding the battle situation, Tang San in the Divine Realm won't have time to rescue his old man."
"So you asked me to act at the beginning to force him to flee to the Extreme North which restrains my ability?" Jialin wasn't stupid and soon understood Huo Yuhao's intention.
Huo Yuhao nodded. The time left for him to grow was too short. This was one of the few opportunities for him to overthrow Tang San's divine power on the Douluo Continent. He couldn't miss it.
The Divine Realm could be left to the Destruction couple, but he in the lower plane also had things he could do.
Heaven only endowed him with the perspective of foresight. Only by recognizing what he could do and what he could achieve could he make this series of layouts well.
Tang Wutong sent to Douluo by Tang San, plus the frequently visiting Tang Hao couple, were indeed Tang San's minions to control the Douluo Continent, but thinking conversely, they were also Tang San's weaknesses and constraints.
Tang San might have poor character and moral corruption, but his filial piety was rarely criticized. Who let him be an orphan ostracized by the sect in his previous life? And judging from his getting along with Old Village Chief Jack, Tang San was even somewhat foolishly filial.
That is to say, both falling into Huo Yuhao's hands, Tang Hao had greater value as a hostage chip than Tang Wutong.
Just at this time, a blue light flashed suddenly, catching the falling Tang Hao firmly and pulling him away.
Sure enough, came?
Huo Yuhao sneered, clapping his hands fiercely in front of him.
"Innate Soul Skill, World Tree Sea!"
This time, compared to the soul skill once named Tree World Descent by Huo Yuhao, the scale and power were several times larger. The giant roots of the World Tree broke through the thick ice layer, shrouding more than half of the Extreme North, forming an unbreakable cage.
At this time, the blue light dragging Tang Hao stopped. A pretty woman appeared beside him. Her body was completely shrouded in soft light of life. A blue-gold long dress covered her whole body. The noble and elegant temperament set off her delicate face not like the mortal world. Azure blue eyes were flawless like blue crystals. Golden ribbons curled up around the skirt hem. Faint fragrance rippled in the air.
Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin!
"Ah Yin, I..." Tang Hao looked at the woman beside him, calling out these two words almost with difficulty. The feeling of inferiority made him lower his head, somewhat afraid to look at that peerless face again.
"Everything, wait until we go back alive." Ah Yin's voice was trembling, with choking crying tone. Tears rolled down her face like broken pearls with spots of golden light.
How could Tang Hao not know that Ah Yin risked her life to descend to the lower realm to save him this time? This made him, who already felt guilty towards his wife, even more ashamed.
He even dared not believe that he did such beastly acts. However, things had truly happened. He still didn't know with what expression to face his son, daughter-in-law, and even Little Seven...
"His plant-type martial soul is actually stronger than mine." Ah Yin obviously didn't want to dwell on this topic anymore. She was blocked by the World Tree Sea cast by Huo Yuhao, so she had to stop the act of fleeing with Tang Hao.
"Just right. I always wanted to see how the Blue Silver Emperor, known as the plant-type king, compares with me, the Demon Eye Devil Tree King!" The Soul Spirit of the Demon Tree King poked his head out from Huo Yuhao's shoulder, laughing strangely.
"Actually the Demon Tree King..." Ah Yin's face changed. As a plant-type soul beast, she naturally dealt with the Demon Tree King back then. Only later she heard it was about the distribution of a certain supreme treasure. At that time, the fierce beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest almost disappeared without a trace.
"This kid has quite a few soul rings over one hundred thousand years on him. He must have hunted quite a few super soul beasts on the Douluo Continent. Really don't understand why the king of the soul beast lineage still gets so close to this kid!" Tang Hao looked at the weird-colored soul rings on Huo Yuhao's body, his tone very angry but seemingly with a bit of envy.
"Back then, the Demon Tree King was already a super soul beast of over four hundred thousand years." Ah Yin said in a deep voice: "Now, I can't see through his cultivation at all."
"Tch... This young master has become a Soul—Spirit of over a million years." The Demon Tree King wanted to brag that he surpassed a million-year soul beast, but thinking carefully, he had completely become Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit, so he had to say so.
"Another Second-Class Deity." Flames ignited in Jialin's beautiful eyes, quickly seeing through Ah Yin's strength.
"That Fire Dragon beside Huo Yuhao is the biggest threat. She has certain restraint on both of us." Tang Hao didn't put the Demon Tree King in his eyes. Instead, his gaze shifted to Jialin, reminding Ah Yin.
Regarding this, Ah Yin just smiled faintly.
"Just a Dragon Clan member. I have my own way to deal with her."
"Be careful." Huo Yuhao came to Jialin's side and reminded. From a certain perspective, Ah Yin's threat was not below Tang Hao.
Tang Hao's eyes lit up. His wife would never shoot without aim. Just as he prepared to ask, he saw the latter raise an arm.
"Huo Yuhao, we should even thank you. It was the tree roots you manipulated breaking through the ice layer and breaking the seal of the ancient Ice God that let it reappear in the human world." Ah Yin's face was filled with a confident smile, "It's just a pity that the perception ability of your plant-type martial soul is not as good as the weak Blue Silver Grass. Just now, my clansmen covered by heavy snow discovered it."
Seeing Ah Yin beckon with her palm, a mass of black light rose from under the ground instantly, falling steadily into her hand.
What is that? Huo Yuhao had a faint strange feeling in his heart, and his right arm also inexplicably rhythmically moved slightly.
"Brother Hao, you come." Ah Yin nodded slightly to Tang Hao.
Tang Hao extended his hand thoughtfully. When his palm touched that black light ball, the latter actually emitted bursts of low dragon roars—
Clang—
Tang Hao's palm seemed to grasp something, pulling outward fiercely. A long knife presenting dark red throughout appeared in front of everyone. On the blade part, there were strange textures. Those textures were like the appearance of severed true dragons.
A layer of black mist permeated the knife body. Naturally, the wails of the Dragon Clan echoed on the blade.
"That is—" Combining its appearance, Huo Yuhao's pupils dilated slightly, as if knowing something.
It was originally a weapon created by the Dragon God, mastered by a subordinate most trusted by the Dragon God. Among the nine Dragon Kings, the Light Dragon King was most loved by the Dragon God, so this knife was given to the Light Dragon King. Therefore, among the Dragon Clan, the Light Dragon King was in charge of punishment.
Therefore, under this knife, only guilty dragons were beheaded, not dragon slaughter.
In the Great War of the Divine Realm, the Dragon Clan was defeated, the Light Dragon King fell, and this knife also disappeared in the Divine Realm.
According to historical records, it fell into the Douluo Continent. As a divine tool, it was silent for many years, existing in a corner of the continent in energy form all along.
Until one day before the Dragon King Legend period, when an upright human did not hesitate to sacrifice himself to maintain the order in his heart when facing a strong enemy, the sleeping knife was awakened, merged into that person's bloodline, and resurrected him.
After that was written in the original timeline, Sima Jinchi from the Northern Legion inherited this martial soul. Mmhmm, Northern Legion, North...
Now, it appeared ten thousand years in advance.
So after seeing it, Huo Yuhao's arm fused with the Light Dragon King's right arm bone almost trembled with excitement.
Yes, the giant long knife in Tang Hao's hand at this time was exactly the divine tool named Dragon Slaying, the Dragon Clan Law Knife—
The Dragon Slaying Knife was the blade of justice, upright and bright, grand and majestic. The wailing ones were Dragon Clan dragon souls who committed great mistakes in the past. These dragon souls were suppressed under the sharpness of the blade for countless years. Whenever the Dragon Slaying Knife was activated, the sounds they emitted would have a great impact on those with dark hearts, making their minds sway.
At this time, the Dragon Slaying Knife indeed caused some changes in the Fire Dragon King's bloodline, but it was not negative emotions like anger and resentment, but rather an emotion similar to respect, which was a kind of recognition.
Similarly, the Fire Dragon King Jialin faced by the Dragon Slaying Knife was the guardian of the Dragon Realm, the last grave keeper of the Dragon Clan. How could it generate emotions of anger and targeting?
"Dragon Clan Law Knife, specifically chopping guilty dragons." Tang Hao held the Dragon Slaying Knife horizontally pointing at Jialin, "As a member of the Dragon Clan, you don't avenge the brutally killed fellow clansmen, but collude with this person who harmed numerous soul beasts. Your crime deserves death!"
"Oh?" Huo Yuhao raised his eyebrows, "Your ability to splash dirty water reminds me of a certain dog. Come, swing the knife and chop over to see."
Seeing Huo Yuhao's fearless appearance, a not-so-good premonition rose in Tang Hao's heart instantly...
"Give it to me!"
Huo Yuhao's face straightened. He extended his right hand fiercely, bending his fingers to grasp.
"Light Dragon King has an order. Dragon Clan Law Knife, return to position!"