manynovel Chapter 10: The Snow Empress's Sacrifice, Fusing with a 7-Year-Old Torso Bone
Chapter 10: The Snow Empress's Sacrifice, Fusing with a 7-Year-Old Torso Bone
Xu Xinghan was stunned for a moment.
It's not that he lacks self-control, it's just that his face is too irresistible.
Ice-blue eyes were so close, their eyelashes frosted with white, each blink like snow falling from the far north.
His mind went blank for a moment, as if someone had hit him on the back of the head with an ice pick.
Just for a moment.
Xu Xinghan snapped out of his daze and subtly leaned back half an inch.
"cough."
"Hey, you're standing too close."
The Snow Emperor also noticed it.
Her icy blue eyelashes trembled, and a faint blush rose on her fair, almost translucent cheeks.
This isn't shyness, it's more like a feeling of being unaccustomed to something.
She has lived for nearly 700,000 years and has never been so close to any living being.
She took a half step back, her toes still three inches off the ground, but her gaze had already begun to drift to the side.
"...Don't misunderstand." Xue Di's voice returned to its usual cold tone, but the last syllable was half an octave higher than usual. "I just want to see what kind of human dares to make a deal with me."
Xu Xinghan smiled but didn't expose her.
"Have you seen enough?"
Xue Di didn't respond.
She turned around, her long, icy blue hair tracing an arc in the air, her skirt moving even without wind.
With her back to Xu Xinghan, her voice returned to normal.
"Stop joking and get down to business."
"As the one in charge during the sacrifice, I can freely choose which soul bone to attach to you."
"Without a doubt, the torso bone is the strongest and most suitable for you."
"I will fuse a complete torso soul bone for you to replace your original bones, but my cultivation is 700,000 years, and my energy is too enormous. Directly fusing with it will cause you to explode and die. Therefore, I will seal a portion of my original power and only release the part that matches your tolerance."
She paused, then turned her head to look at him.
"This seal will gradually break as your physical strength increases, so there's no need to rush."
Xu Xinghan nodded.
He was mentally prepared for this.
After all, it's a 700,000-year-old soul beast; you can't get fat in one bite.
Electrolux's voice rang out from within the sea of spirit.
"I can use necromancy to transform the power into a gentler form, thus reducing the pain. But you'll have to bear the mental burden yourself."
"Thank you, Elder Yi."
Xu Xinghan took a deep breath.
"Let's begin."
Xue Di glanced at him but said nothing more.
An icy blue light emanated from her, flooding the entire bedroom like a tide.
The light grew stronger and brighter, turning the curtains, floor, and walls a deep, icy blue.
Then her figure began to blur.
Her long hair melted into light, her skirt dissipated into mist, and she looked like an ice sculpture slowly melting away in the sunlight.
The light surged toward Xu Xinghan.
Ice-blue light seeped into the skin, through the muscles, through the fascia, and reached the bones.
My first feeling was cold.
Xu Xinghan felt as if he had been thrown into an ice cave, with every inch of his bone marrow being frozen.
His teeth clenched so tightly they made a grinding sound, a layer of white frost formed on his silver hair, and his breath condensed into ice crystals that fell down in a soft rustling sound.
But he was unusually lucid.
The Snow Emperor deliberately preserved his spiritual perception, preventing the cold from eroding his mind.
She wanted him to clearly feel all of this.
Feel how your body is disassembled, replaced, and reshaped.
Then the pain came.
My spine felt like it had been split in two, and excruciating pain shot from my tailbone all the way to my cervical spine, like an ice dragon churning inside my bones.
Xu Xinghan groaned, his knees almost buckling, but he gritted his teeth and held on.
The observatory unfolds in the palm of your hand.
The silvery-white star disk rotates at high speed, with three intersecting rings, and the phantom images of seven stars light up in turn.
The power of the stars was drawn down from the void, passing through the roof and the walls, and flowing into his body.
This is one of the major characteristics of the Star Gazing Instrument Martial Soul.
Temper the body with the power of stars, and mobilize the three energies of the sun, moon and stars to harmonize yin and yang.
The cold air came from the Snow Emperor, while the yang energy came from Xu Xinghan himself.
The sun represents Yang, and the moon represents Yin.
The stars were drawn, and the two forces collided violently within the body, only to be forced to slowly merge under the guidance of the star-gazing instrument.
Faint silver-white patterns appeared on Xu Xinghan's skin, like star trails etched onto his body.
The cold air was divided by the light patterns; some flowed into the bones, and some dissipated out of the body.
Snow Empress let out a soft exclamation.
"interesting."
Her voice came from Xu Xinghan's body, tinged with surprise.
"The technique you're using works so well with me."
Xu Xinghan was too weak to answer.
Sweat streamed down his face, freezing into ice beads before it even hit the ground, rolling on the floor with a clattering sound.
But his eyes remained clear.
Her silver hair cascaded over her shoulders, and her eyes, like the sun and moon, shimmered with alternating red and silver light, like two lamps burning brightly in a blizzard.
Waves of stellar power poured into his body, battling, merging, and settling with the cold air.
His body was repeatedly tempered in this process, with muscle fibers breaking and remodeling, and bone density increasing at a visible rate.
The Snow Emperor sensed all of this within his body, remained silent for a moment, and then suddenly spoke.
"Human potential is far greater than I imagined."
She didn't say anything more.
The icy blue light softened under her control, like a slowly flowing glacier.
The cold air seeps into the bones from the surface, layer by layer, little by little, like ice crystals growing, spreading, and taking root on the bones.
Xu Xinghan's body began to tremble.
The two forces within him finally began to find balance.
He took a deep breath and turned the observatory up to its maximum speed.
The power of the stars cascaded down like a waterfall, intertwining with the icy blue light within his body.
The excruciating pain in my spine gradually subsided, replaced by an indescribable sense of fulfillment.
It was as if a new spine had been embedded in his body, cold and resilient, supporting him to straighten his back.
The icy blue light began to recede.
It retreats from the limbs to the torso, and from the torso to the spine, eventually condensing into a pale blue film on the vertebrae, like coating the bones with ice crystals.
The first step, bone fusion, was successful.
Xu Xinghan slowly opened his eyes.
The light in the Sun and Moon Eyes was brighter than before, with red and silver colors intertwined, like two flames burning in the dark night.
He raised his hand, his five fingers spread, and the illusory image of the star chart on the observatory spun in his palm, becoming more solid than before, and the light of the seven illusory stars was even more dazzling.
The Snow Emperor's voice emanated from his body, carrying a hint of weariness, but mostly satisfaction.
"The torso and soul bones have been successfully integrated. You're more resilient than I expected."
He paused for a moment.
"But this is just the beginning. The crucial part is yet to come, so I hope you are prepared."
"learn."
Within the sea of spirit, Electrolux remained silent for a moment before his voice rang out softly.
"Not bad. It went more smoothly than I expected."
Then it went silent again, as if it had gone back to sleep.
Xu Xinghan knew he wasn't asleep, he just didn't want to talk.
This necromancer has always been like this: he speaks very little, but he never hesitates to take action when necessary.