"Black stockings?"
Huo Yuhao slapped his forehead. These kids really know how to pick the important points.
They couldn't even tell it was just a joke. If the two of them actually wore black stockings and went to the Earth Dragon Gate to steal the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow,
Huo Qiqiang's disguise would probably end there.
Huo Yuhao considered himself quite thick-skinned, but this was like Sun Wukong becoming the Keeper of the Heavenly Horses—he'd be talked about for a lifetime.
"Disciple! A novel idea, but don't think about it again."
"I have a mask here, just wear it."
With that, Huo Yuhao took out a mask similar to Obito's from his storage soul tool. He had made many of these in Xilu City recently, just in case.
Then he handed the mask to Su Tong, letting her put it on herself. Su Tong looked at the mask a few times, smoothed her long, flowing black hair, and finally managed to put the mask on her face after some time.
Huo Yuhao found her appearance much more pleasing.
Whether the other party wore a mask or not didn't really matter; she was just an accessory anyway, and he was the one who would actually do the work.
He couldn't let her deal with so many disciples of the Earth Dragon Sect, that would be a death sentence!
It was much easier for him; he simply used the Faceless Mask to transform into a spiral mask.
Then he walked out of the living room and into the courtyard of the quadrangle. He glanced at the sky; it was already quite late when the two of them returned.
After a long conversation, it was now deep into the night.
The moon was also very cooperative today, its face obscured by dark clouds, its bright light completely blocked by the thick clouds.
Occasionally, a few snowflakes drifted down from the sky, landing on Huo Yuhao's spiral mask, melting into snow water from his body heat.
"Looks like the weather's nice today, even the heavens are giving us a break."
"Since it's like this, I have to get moving."
"Su Tong, let's go!"
Hearing the call, Su Tong slowly walked to Huo Yuhao's side, tilted her head, and said,
"Really don't need black stockings?"
A "thump" was heard, and Su Tong gently covered her head, her eyes under the mask looking at him innocently.
Huo Yuhao lowered his fist, looked at the night sky, and said,
"Be normal! We're about to set off."
"Divine Might!"
Huo Yuhao's voice echoed through the courtyard, and a spatial vortex was released centered on his right eye.
This was the first time Su Tong had experienced a spatial teleportation-type soul skill; she felt a slight tearing sensation throughout her body, but her mental energy did not issue an alarm.
She slightly extended her arm, witnessing it twist and then disappear into the spatial vortex.
The twisting quickly reached her eyes; the surrounding light vanished due to the spatial distortion, plunging her into darkness.
When she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a strange space.
She was surrounded by enormous cubes made of unknown rocks, the edges of which were shrouded in dense darkness; no one knew what lay beyond.
Su Tong had seen spatial-type soul skills before, even clashing with spatial-attribute soul masters in the Soul Arena.
Most spatial-type soul skills were unpredictable and dangerous, but she had never seen one like her teacher's, capable of connecting to a vast expanse of alternate dimensions.
Huo Yuhao patted Su Tong's shoulder, urging her not to lose focus.
"You're the first human to enter this place alive."
"Concentrate, you might feel a little dizzy."
Their figures began to fade in this space, and in a deserted alley near the Dragon Gate in the north of Dragon City, a spatial vortex suddenly appeared, spitting the two of them out.
Su Tong felt a slight throbbing in her head and gently shook her head; this was a normal reaction to her first experience with Divine Might Teleportation.
"The Earth Dragon Gate is not far away."
"I'll scout the situation first."
As soon as he finished speaking, his first spirit skill, Spiritual Detection, instantly activated. The entire Earth Dragon Gate was like a naked girl, with no secrets in his eyes.
The Spiritual Detection directly locked onto a well in the backyard of the Earth Dragon Gate, and his spiritual power continued to probe deeper.
Before long, he found a peculiar cave, filled with a magnificent, icy blue metal—the very Ice Extreme Divine Crystal that Huo Yuhao was very interested in.
This metal possessed its own life force and spirituality. In the era of the Legend of the Dragon King, this metal was, in a sense, a naturally forged soul.
Because of its spirituality, only spirit masters with the ultimate ice attribute could easily mine it.
Otherwise, even a Limit Douluo wouldn't be able to mine much, because the cave was constantly filled with the ultimate ice elemental energy, making the temperature extremely low!
Huo Yuhao glanced at Su Tong beside him. Without obtaining the Ice Emperor, he really couldn't do anything about this metal.
Fortunately, Su Tong was of the ultimate ice attribute, so mining it would definitely be no problem for her.
Then, his spiritual power continued to penetrate deeper, finding a cold spring at the bottom of the well.
Huo Yuhao's spiritual power was unable to penetrate any further! Like an explorer stuck in quagmire, he was unable to move.
The extreme icy energy of this cold spring was so dense it was almost tangible, and his spiritual power couldn't pass through it!
Huo Yuhao withdrew his spiritual power; if he couldn't get through, so be it.
Finding the location was enough; Huo Yuhao had plenty of ways to enter that icy spring.
"Brother Tianmeng, your silkworm molt can withstand the extreme ice's spiritual energy, right?"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm confidently patted its chest and said, "Don't worry!"
"Even Bingbing would be directly controlled by my silkworm molt."
"Just some mere Ice Extreme Divine Crystals; I've seen countless of them underground in the far north."
"With the silkworm molt, this extreme ice's spiritual energy absolutely cannot corrode your body!"
Having received Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's assurance, Huo Yuhao looked at Su Tong and said,
"Next, I'll take you to the backyard of the Earth Dragon Gate. Get ready!"
"Divine Might!"
...
Nan Qiuqiu trained very late at the sect today, practicing mastering the power of annihilation, the most powerful ability of the Earth Dragon Gate's inherited martial soul, the Rouge Dragon.
It's considered a lower-level destruction attribute, but its power is extremely considerable. Under the same level, a Rouge Dragon martial soul master is completely unafraid of a pure Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul master.
Both sides had their victories and defeats.
"I'm exhausted, let's take a walk in the backyard."
Nan Qiuqiu stretched, intending to go for a walk in the backyard to soothe her tense muscles.
"Sigh, Mom won't let me join the Advanced Soul Master Academy, otherwise I could participate in next year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament."
"I wonder if I'll ever have another chance."
Nan Qiuqiu complained as she walked around her family's well.
This well was considered a secret place of the Earth Dragon Sect, but successive sect leaders didn't care about it at all because it was too cold inside!
It was completely unsuitable for the cultivation of dragon-type martial souls, which resulted in the well being neglected for many years, and many of the tiles and stones had fallen off.
"What's the use of this well anyway?"
"What was our ancestor thinking? Treating an ice-attribute secret place as the Earth Dragon Sect's treasure."
"Ice and dragons don't go together at all."
Nan Qiuqiu kept muttering to herself, completely unaware that two mysterious masked figures stepped out of the spatial vortex behind her.
Huo Yuhao and Su Tong were a little embarrassed; they had accidentally overheard each other's mutterings.
Nan Qiuqiu was, after all, a leading figure among the younger generation of the Earth Dragon Gate, and the future number one in the sect.
Her perception was naturally strong; realizing something was amiss behind her, she whirled around and shouted sharply,
"Who?!"
Only her mother and she were allowed to enter the Earth Dragon Gate's secret realm. At this hour, besides intruders, Nan Qiuqiu couldn't think of anyone else.
Sure enough, she saw two mysterious masked figures, and her eyes immediately lit up with fighting spirit, preparing to unleash her martial soul and battle these two intruders.
"What are you doing running around so late?"
Huo Yuhao, too lazy to play games with her, directly used his spiritual eye to cast an illusion spell on her.
A simple maze illusion spell lulled Nan Qiuqiu to sleep. She lay flat on the ground, her head slamming heavily onto the bluestone slab with a muffled groan.
It looked like it hurt quite a bit, but Huo Yuhao wasn't worried about her having a concussion.
After all, she was a power-attack type soul master, her physique easily rivaling that of a sports student.
Huo Yuhao had already recognized the girl's identity; after all, only a few people were qualified to enter the Earth Dragon Gate Secret Realm, so there was no need to guess.
He glanced at her sleeping face as he stepped over Nan Qiuqiu's body.
"Young people are so good, they fall asleep as soon as they lie down!"
Su Tong followed closely behind Huo Yuhao, looking at Nan Qiuqiu lying motionless on the ground, feeling a pang of pity.
She gently picked her up and carried her to the lawn some distance away. Her
blue eyes glowed slightly as she used her ultimate ice to bind Nan Qiuqiu's hands and feet, and even tore off a piece of her skirt to cover her mouth to prevent her from screaming when she woke up.
However, she seemed completely oblivious to the fact that Nan Qiuqiu had been bound by ultimate ice all night; she would probably suffer a lot when she woke up in the morning.
Then, she took small steps to Huo Yuhao's side, looking at the well in front of them, and said,
"Teacher, is this the place?"
Huo Yuhao nodded and said to her,
"We're going in. Cover your body with your ultimate ice soul power; it's very cold down there."
With that, Huo Yuhao performed a standard athlete's diving motion, precisely leaping into the well.
Unfortunately, they ended up with the Filipino fishing squad, and the splashes of water even landed on Su Tong's mask.
(End of Chapter)
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