Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena...
"Xue'er, have you ever heard of this name?"
Ice Empress opened her expressive eyes, a hint of contemplation showing in her gaze.
Standing to the side, Snow Empress furrowed her brows in deep thought, but ultimately shook her head in disappointment.
"Even Xue'er hasn't heard of this name... but this person is the co-lord of Spirit Beasts! Speaking of which, didn't Xue'er have contact with Di Tian before? Could it be that Di Tian never revealed anything?"
Di Tian...
At the mention of the name Di Tian, Snow Empress's expression turned slightly solemn.
Years ago, Di Tian had visited the Extreme North Land, hoping to closely link the Star Dou Great Forest with the Extreme North Land so that Spirit Beasts could work together to resist humans, but she had refused him.
Afterward, she and Di Tian had a brief exchange of blows. Relying on the environmental advantage of the Extreme North Land, she was barely able to hold her own against Di Tian.
But at that time, Di Tian had not mentioned the existence of this Silver Dragon King either.
Seeing that Snow Empress still had no clue, Ice Empress didn't continue questioning her, turning the conversation back to Ao Yao instead:
"That Ao Yao has already entered Shrek Academy; it's likely going to be very difficult to get close to him now. Although I have already broken through the four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation, you haven't yet, Xue'er! We..."
Before Ice Empress could finish, Snow Empress gently waved her hand: "There is still some time before my seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation, no rush. The priority right now is to deal with that human named Huo Yuhao."
Hearing this, Ice Empress's teeth instantly itched with hatred.
"I want to tear that damn fellow into ten thousand pieces! And that disgusting worm... I can't wait to hack him into eight chunks! When those two come to the Extreme North Land, I will kill them with my own hands!"
"Killing them... I'm afraid that's impossible."
Snow Empress sighed softly.
After reading the records in the diary book and learning about Bing'er's and her own fate, how could Snow Empress not want to slap this tiny human to death to eliminate future troubles?
But she couldn't do it.
"Ao Yao said that Huo Yuhao is the most critical link in Tang San's plan, the true child of destiny. Once we try to kill him, it will surely enrage Tang San. At that time, Tang San might very well descend personally to erase us."
Ice Empress opened her mouth, clearly realizing this problem as well.
Right!
This Huo Yuhao is the child of destiny, the person chosen by that Sea God Tang San. If she killed Huo Yuhao in a fit of rage, wouldn't it invite a god's descent?
If it were just herself, for the sake of venting her anger, Ice Empress might not mind trading her life for those of Huo Yuhao and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, but she had to consider Xue'er.
"But..."
"I know Bing'er feels wronged."
Snow Empress stroked the cold outer shell of Ice Empress, soothing her emotions, and said in a gentle voice: "Although we can't kill Huo Yuhao, we can certainly use other ways to retaliate against this human."
Other ways?
Ice Empress's personality had always been rather reckless; she couldn't imagine what these 'other ways' Snow Empress spoke of could be.
Snow Empress didn't keep her in suspense and spoke coldly: "Since that Huo Yuhao and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm are planning to use you, Bing'er, to open a second Spirit, then we might as well beat them at their own game and take the initiative to give them a second Spirit. However... as for what exactly this second Spirit is, that won't be up to them."
Ice Empress's eyes suddenly lit up.
It could actually be done like this?
Ice Empress thought about it carefully and finally found that Xue'er's method seemed completely feasible!
"Ice Silkworm! Such a trashy Spirit Beast is more than suitable to be Huo Yuhao's second Spirit!"
Drawing an inference from the example, Ice Empress immediately thought of an excellent choice.
Although the Ice Silkworm clan possessed the dual attributes of Ice and Mental, in reality, the Ice Silkworm clan of the Extreme North Land was a Spirit Beast group at the bottom of the food chain with numerous natural enemies. One could even say that except for bacteria, all organisms in the Extreme North Land were their natural enemies. Consequently, very few members of the Ice Silkworm clan could Cultivate to the ten-thousand-year level, let alone a hundred thousand years, until an exception like Tianmeng Ice Silkworm appeared.
Making an Ice Silkworm become Huo Yuhao's Spirit would definitely be the best way to disgust them.
But to Ice Empress's surprise, Snow Empress slowly shook her head.
"While the Ice Silkworm is a decent choice, it's not good enough. Tianmeng Ice Silkworm is the only million-year Spirit Beast. If Huo Yuhao really awakens an Ice Silkworm Spirit, with an Old Ancestor like Tianmeng Ice Silkworm around, he might actually be able to make something of that Spirit."
"Since we've decided to beat them at their own game, we must choose a Spirit even worse than the Ice Silkworm, so bad that even Tianmeng Ice Silkworm won't know how to salvage it."
A Spirit even worse than an Ice Silkworm?
In the entire Extreme North Land, she feared such a Spirit Beast couldn't even be found.
Seeming to see through Ice Empress's thoughts, Snow Empress curled her lips and smiled faintly: "While the Extreme North Land doesn't have such a Spirit Beast, the Frozen Forest outside the core area of the Extreme North Land, that piece of semi-permafrost land, does have such a Spirit Beast."
"The Frost Velvet Ice Mite."
Hearing the name of this Spirit Beast, Ice Empress's eyes gradually widened.
As one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North Land, Ice Empress naturally knew of this Spirit Beast.
It could be said that the Frost Velvet Ice Mite was even rarer than her own race, the Ice Jade Scorpion. However, the rarity of this Spirit Beast wasn't due to powerful strength or difficult reproduction, but because they were simply too weak.
The Frost Velvet Ice Mite race had extremely poor survival capabilities, with a survival rate of less than one in a thousand during their larval stage. Even as adults, their body length was only a few centimeters. The Ice Silkworm clan was at least prized by other Spirit Beast races for their succulent meat, becoming the rations of the Extreme North Land. But the Frost Velvet Ice Mite... those Spirit Beasts didn't even have the desire to eat them.
Because it was simply too small; a random step could potentially crush several of them to death.
From the perspective of a Spirit, the Frost Velvet Ice Mite's entire body was covered in a sparse layer of white short fuzz, looking like a clump of moving dandruff from afar, and it basically had no defensive power to speak of. Moreover, besides having no defense, the Frost Velvet Ice Mite was also pathetically weak, possessing essentially no offensive power. Its only ability was to release a weak chill that attached to the target's surface, causing persistent itching without any frostbite or paralysis effects.
For a Spirit Master, a slightly stronger spirit power would make them immune, and for Spirit Beasts of the same level, it was just a minor itch that would pass.
If the Ice Silkworm clan rarely had ten-thousand-year level existences, then hundred-year level existences for the Frost Velvet Ice Mite were truly rare. Furthermore, a hundred-year Frost Velvet Ice Mite probably couldn't even beat a ten-year Ice Silkworm.
Just as Xue'er said, with the Frost Velvet Ice Mite as a Spirit, even if Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was a million-year Spirit Beast, he probably wouldn't have any chance of a desperate turnaround, right?
Xue'er, you're so wicked!
But... I love it!
A ripple of light suddenly appeared in Ice Empress's eyes, and she began to look forward to it in her heart.
Right now, she only wanted Huo Yuhao to reach Rank 20 sooner and come to the Extreme North Land as quickly as possible!