As time passed second by second, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm didn't seem to be in any hurry at all, while Huo Yuhao didn't even dare to breathe. Although the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm hadn't explained things very clearly to him, Huo Yuhao knew exactly what it was doing.
That was a super Spirit Beast nearly four hundred thousand years old!
Just as Huo Yuhao's heart raced with waiting, and his anxiety and fear were mixed with a restless excitement, he suddenly noticed a change outside.
The originally pitch-black dark clouds suddenly fluctuated violently, and immediately after, a layer of emerald-green light instantly spread across the distant northern horizon.
"Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, you really haven't died yet." A crisp voice suddenly rang out from all directions.
The moment this voice appeared, a terrifying sound wave instantly rippled outward, causing the snow on the ground to surge three meters high, like a sudden wave.
Only the hundred-meter radius around the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's body remained calm, entirely protected by the massive mental force it emitted.
Thanks to the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao wasn't affected, but he still subconsciously hid his figure, trying his best to lower his presence.
"Ice Empress, if even you haven't died, why can't I be alive? Do you remember what I said back then? If I don't die, one day, I will become your partner."
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's voice suddenly became gentle, carrying a sickeningly sweet tone that immediately gave Huo Yuhao a layer of goosebumps.
But soon, Huo Yuhao reacted.
Something's not right!
Based on the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's words and tone, it didn't look like it was helping him awaken his second spirit at all... instead, it looked like it was delivering itself on a silver platter from thousands of miles away.
But at this point, Huo Yuhao could only wait calmly for events to unfold.
Aside from believing in the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, he had no other choice.
"Tianmeng, you're looking for death." The Ice Empress's crisp voice was suddenly filled with killing intent, and the emerald sky turned dark green in an instant. A thick aura of slaughter descended from the heavens, and the hundred-meter protective radius around the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's body instantly shrank to ten meters.
Although the Ice Empress had decided to act a part when she arrived, this angry rebuke was definitely a genuine expression of her feelings.
Even if she hadn't seen the diary book and didn't know about future events, she would have been absolutely furious upon hearing those words. What's more, she already knew now.
Especially regarding the matter of him forcing himself upon her... hearing the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm say such things now only made her feel disgusted!
Facing the angry Ice Empress, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm showed no fear; instead, it smiled composedly. "No, I'm speaking from the bottom of my heart."
"I have lived for a million years, and during these million years, the vast majority of my time was spent in slumber. In the depths of my heart, the only one who left a mark and made my heart stir uncontrollably is you, Ice Empress."
"I know that within a hundred years, you will reach your limit and hit a dead end. At that time, if you cannot break through your next Great Limit, you can only perish..."
Before the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm could finish speaking, a string of cold laughter surged from all directions, and this laughter left the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm completely at a loss.
Wait... what does this mean?
I'm here pouring out my heart, what's so funny to you!
"Do you think my words are funny?"
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm couldn't help but ask, but the Ice Empress didn't respond directly, only saying airily, "Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, don't forget that my race is the natural enemy of yours."
"No, I don't care... I only care about whether I can be with you. Ice Empress, we've been talking for so long, are you still unwilling to see me?"
Huo Yuhao could no longer hear the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's affectionate confession.
At this moment, he only felt that he had been deceived.
From the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's words, it wasn't hard to tell that it and this Ice Empress had many past entanglements and grudges. The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's purpose for bringing him to the Extreme North Land might never have been to help him awaken his second spirit!
Or perhaps... that so-called second spirit was just a lie used to deceive him!
Although Huo Yuhao had just been telling himself to trust the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, listening to the exchange between it and the Ice Empress, he found it impossible to remain calm.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but take a deep breath, his facial features unknowingly turning cold and hard. The grief and indignation in his heart had caused a drastic shift in his mindset.
Now, he no longer trusted the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm at all.
However, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm didn't notice the change in Huo Yuhao's emotions; it was simply waiting nervously for the Ice Empress's answer.
The sky fell silent for a moment, and just as the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was about to speak again, the Ice Empress suddenly spoke: "Very well, you will see me, and you can be with me forever."
"But... perhaps not in the way you imagine. By eating you, we can still merge into one, can't we?"
As the words fell, the dark sky returned to emerald green. An emerald beam of light left a horizontal streak across the sky, and with a flash of green light, a Spirit Beast appeared opposite the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
Even though his heart had turned completely cold and he even felt some resentment toward the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao knew his strength was so weak that he couldn't change anything, so he focused his attention on watching.
When he encountered the Titan Snow Demon King earlier, he hadn't even had time to take a look.
Since he had encountered the super Spirit Beast ranked second among the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North before his death, he naturally wanted to get a good look.
Even if he were to die, he should at least know what kind of Spirit Beast he died to, right?
In the next instant, Huo Yuhao saw a scorpion that was beautiful to the extreme.
Yes, beautiful to the absolute extreme.
Huo Yuhao found it hard to imagine using such a description for a scorpion. But... the facts were indeed so.
This was the three hundred and ninety thousand year Spirit Beast, the ruler of the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan, and the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, the Ice Empress, who ranked eighth on the Vicious Beast Rankings!
Huo Yuhao's breath hitched slightly, while a look of infatuation unconsciously flickered in the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's eyes. It stared intensely at the Ice Empress, its voice as gentle and sweet as ever:
"You've come."
Although she felt like she was going to vomit the next second, the Ice Empress still controlled herself well. Her gaze paused briefly on the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's golden-glowing body before turning to look at the Ice Bear King Xiao Bai lying to the side.
Since the Ice Bear King Xiao Bai had recognized the Snow Empress as his Godmother, the Ice Empress was naturally no stranger to him.
She could tell at a glance that in his current state, this fellow was actually faking sleep.
So... the method Xiao Bai came up with to teach that human a lesson was to keep chasing him, making him experience the torture of being on edge, and then pretend to fall asleep just before killing that human?