73: Chapter 71 Backlash

Spirits are jointly nurtured by Souls and physical bodies.

After the Extreme Cold Mysterious Ice Fire and Life Spirit Fire merged into Di Yan, following the connection between the Spirit and the Soul, the two flames fed back into the Spirit Sea, seemingly indistinguishable from the Heavenly Flames themselves.

But in essence, they were actually two types of spiritual fires possessing all the characteristics of strange flames.

It could also be said that the Extreme Cold Mysterious Ice Fire and Life Spirit Fire in his Spirit Sea were strange flames on a spiritual level!

So, ah!

If someone were to be burned and roasted by this spiritual strange fire, that taste would be delightfully agonizing.

However, Huo Yuhao, whose reason was submerged by hatred and obsession at this moment, clearly did not know this.

Holding to the mindset of finishing the fight, wrapping up, and going back to sleep, the Tianmeng Iceworm did not think much after taking over Huo Yuhao's body.

A massive Mental Energy gushed out like a tide from Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes, condensing into a nearly substantial invisible pillar of light, resembling a sharp sword drawn from its scabbard, fiercely blasting toward Lin Yan!

Furthermore, this time, considering Lin Yan's strength, Huo Yuhao specially instructed the Tianmeng Iceworm to increase the output power!

...

Right at the same time Huo Yuhao performed "Silkworm Possession" again, on the high platform outside the Assessment District.

Principal Yan Shaozhe stood with his hands behind his back, his deep gaze locked firmly onto Huo Yuhao, observing every slight change happening on him.

In previous matches, Huo Yuhao had more than once let Tianmeng possess him to fight in his place.

And this abnormal phenomenon on his body had naturally been discovered long ago by the teachers in charge of the assessment and reported upward.

At this moment, seeing that the intensity of the mental shock emitted from Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes had nearly reached the level of a Spirit Saint, it clearly far exceeded the Realm he should have.

Principal Yan Shaozhe slightly raised an eyebrow, turned his head to look at Elder Xuan, who was lazily leaning against a pillar beside him, and spoke, "Elder Xuan, can you tell what is going on?"

Elder Xuan squinted his eyes, yawned, took a bite of a chicken leg, and replied vaguely, "No."

"Perhaps it is related to his Body Martial Soul eyes... Our understanding of the Body Martial Soul is still far too little."

As he spoke, he casually threw away the chicken bone in his hand, reached back out to pull out a green duck leg marinated in vegetable juice, and chewed it along with the bone with a crunching sound, looking like it had nothing to do with him.

Listening to Elder Xuan's unreliable analysis, a trace of helplessness flashed through Principal Yan Shaozhe's eyes.

If the Body Martial Soul could really allow a Spirit Master to reach this extent, the Body Sect would have unified the continent long ago.

However, when his gaze fell back onto the stage below, a hint of pensive thought flashed deep within his eyes.

"Body Martial Soul... is it?"

...

Although it sounded slow to describe, in reality, from Tianmeng's possession to the mental shock forcing its way in front of Lin Yan, the entire process was merely in the blink of an eye.

Facing that aggressive pillar of mental light, there was not the slightest ripple on Lin Yan's face, and he did not even move his footsteps half an inch.

"Hum—!"

Just at the moment when that mental shock was about to touch the center of Lin Yan's eyebrows, on the barrier of his Spirit Sea, the ice-blue Extreme Cold Mysterious Ice Fire suddenly surged wildly!

The next moment, the instant the Mental Energy pillar surging with monstrous momentum met the Extreme Cold Mysterious Ice Fire, it was like a moth flying into a flame—it was instantly frozen!

Yes, frozen!

The formless Mental Energy was actually forcibly frozen into a crystal-clear pillar of ice!

And...

This was not over yet!

The originally calm Extreme Cold Mysterious Ice Fire now seemed to be thoroughly enraged.

The surging ice flames followed the mental ice pillar, which was rapidly being obliterated by the extreme heat, like maggots on tarsal bones, counter-eroding at an incredible speed!

The speed was far beyond imagination!

"What the hell?!"

Perceiving all this, the Tianmeng Iceworm's pupils shrank, and his heart trembled violently.

He could clearly feel what kind of terrifying power was contained within those ice flames!

Extreme ice, extreme fire, two completely contradictory attributes actually fused together so perfectly!

The most crucial part is... this flame was actually on a spiritual level?!!

At this moment, the Tianmeng Iceworm did not hesitate in the slightest, frantically urging his Mental Energy, wanting to sever all connections between his own Mental Energy and the outside world.

However, it was already too late!

"Boom—!"

Following the mental connection, the ice-blue Extreme Cold Mysterious Ice Fire, like a venomous snake choosing someone to devour, crashed straight into Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea!

In an instant, a sea of fire quickly blazed across Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea!

The terrifying chill instantly swept and spread. Wherever it passed, everything was first frozen instantly, and then began to burn from the inside, turning into nothingness inch by inch!

Those golden light spots floating in the Spirit Sea were frozen into fine ice shards, falling rustlingly like a rainstorm, and vanished into thin air.

"Hiss—!"

The Tianmeng Iceworm gasped, his body trembling violently.

He could clearly perceive that Huo Yuhao's Mental Energy was burning and annihilating at a suffocating speed at this moment.

What was even more terrifying was that wherever the ice flames spread, even the barriers of his Spirit Sea were rapidly freezing, cracking, and collapsing!

Ice and fire, two extreme powers intertwined together, were constantly destroying Huo Yuhao's spiritual Origin!

Seeing this situation, the Tianmeng Iceworm began to go crazy, mobilizing all of his and Huo Yuhao's Mental Energy, attempting to extinguish the rampant ice flames.

However, because the vast majority of his spiritual Origin was sealed—

Even if his remaining Mental Energy was added to Huo Yuhao's full strength, in front of the violent Extreme Cold Mysterious Ice Fire, it appeared far too fragile and too insignificant!

"Damn it! What the hell is this thing?!"

The Tianmeng Iceworm was both shocked and angry. Having lived for so many years, it was his first time encountering such a bizarre flame!

No, it cannot go on like this!

If this continues, Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea will be burned away by these ice flames!

And once Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea completely collapsed, he himself would definitely die without a doubt!

Thoughts turned rapidly like lightning, and a look of deep distress flashed through the Tianmeng Iceworm's eyes.

There is no other way; he can only use that!

Above Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea, ten huge golden-white light spheres quietly floated, emitting soft yet heart-palpitating majestic mental fluctuations.

This was precisely the Tianmeng Iceworm's million-year spiritual Origin that had been sealed!

"Break—for—me!"

Boom!

Along with the Tianmeng Iceworm's angry shout, the Seal on one of the golden-white light spheres suddenly shattered and loosened!

The next second, a Mental Energy so huge it was heart-palpitating surged wildly out from that light sphere like a breached flood!

The golden Mental Energy tidal wave, with an overwhelming momentum, swept fiercely toward the ice-blue sea of fire!

He refused to believe that with his million-year spiritual Origin, he couldn't extinguish this mere patch of flames!

...

And at the exact same moment when the Tianmeng Iceworm unsealed his spiritual Origin—

"Boom—!!!"

A mental storm far surpassing before instantly exploded from within Huo Yuhao's body!

"Not good!"

On the high platform, seeing this scene, Principal Yan Shaozhe's expression suddenly changed drastically. He abruptly stood up, transforming into a stream of light as he violently shot towards the Assessment District!