thefictionvixens Chapter 152: The lure has been made, time to act.
Chapter 152: The lure has been made, time to act.
"Hey! You brat, do you know that your brother Tianmeng is the first million-year soul beast on the continent? How could I possibly fail to protect you?"
"Or you should take Yuhao and find a better shelter."
Long You directly retorted, and Tianmeng immediately lost face, starting to loudly refute him. However, his rebuttal grew softer and softer, and eventually he even changed his tune.
"I want the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan's king, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, ranked second among the three great kings of the far north, which is the Ice Emperor you mentioned, Xiao You, to become Yu Hao's second martial soul. Relying solely on my strength, it's actually very difficult to truly bring Yu Hao into the God Realm. I need additional help to enhance Yu Hao's talent."
However, although I know that Hyotei is now close to undergoing another tribulation and will definitely not be able to overcome this tribulation, I really don't have absolute confidence that Hyotei will be willing to merge with Yuhao.
As for relying on brute force, forget about it. Even if I live longer, the Ice Jade Scorpion clan is the natural enemy of my Ice Silkworm clan. There is a huge gap in strength between me and the Ice Emperor. I might be able to trap the Ice Emperor temporarily, but if I can't persuade her in the end, I'm powerless.
"You two should keep your distance. With those special soul tools, you might be able to evade her subsequent search."
After Long You exposed him, Tianmeng stopped trying to save face and said something as if he were giving his last words.
"Alright, don't be so discouraged. Let's go somewhere a little further away first. We don't want to attract other high-age Ice Jade Scorpions before we even attract Ice Emperor."
Brother Tianmeng, you should know how tempting you are right now.
I'll separate from you and Yuhao then. First, I'll lure a ten-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion to my side and fight it. At that time, Ice Emperor will definitely notice what's happening on my side. Tianmeng, you need to time it perfectly and release your aura. You can't let Ice Emperor be attracted by the fighting aura on my side."
Why did we have to separate?
"I'm the one who woke Hyotei from her slumber. The only one who could truly lure Hyotei out is you, Tenmeng-ge. But since I attacked Hyotei's clansmen, I'm afraid that if I'm with you, Hyotei might just kill me when she arrives, and I won't be able to fight back."
"Understood, this is a big deal, Brother Tianmeng is definitely reliable."
"Ok?"
“Kid, your brother Tianmeng is a million-year-old spirit-type soul beast. I can sense what you’re thinking, as long as you’re not deliberately hiding it.”
"Alright, Tianmeng is great. Here, take this heated tent. Find a good spot to dig a hole and hide."
"Wait until the fighting starts on my end before you show yourselves."
After discussing the matter, Huo Yuhao retreated in a south-southwest direction under the guidance of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. Long You, on the other hand, kept an eye on their location using a soul-detecting device. Ten minutes after Huo Yuhao and the others left, he began digging a hole in the ground.
Since I said I couldn't reveal my aura at all, I also couldn't fight the Eternal Ice Jade Scorpion myself after luring it out.
Since you're not doing it yourself, your location isn't particularly important, as long as you're not in a position where you'll be fighting or where powerful soul beasts might clash.
After digging five meters down from the surface, Long You began digging horizontally. Leaving the howling north wind, the temperature of the environment had risen considerably. Therefore, some soul tools that hadn't undergone special antifreeze treatment could now be used.
First, there's the simulated soul tool; Long You wants this place to look no different from its surroundings. Second, there's the regional barrier soul tool, the regional silencing soul tool, and the regional force field defense soul tool.
It's not enough for them to just look the same. What if someone accidentally steps into an empty space? What if they hear something? What if battle fluctuations from an unknown source affect them? The entire area must be included in the protection range of the soul tool.
After doing all this, Long You quietly moved eastward and then released the Soul-Guided Powered Mech while it lay down.
For a Soul Master, the most important component of their combat power is the Soul Tools they possess. As long as they can control these Soul Tools, the location of the Soul Master themselves is not important.
The giant soul-guided powered mecha is an extremely complex composite soul tool. After its creation, Long You relied almost entirely on it for daily combat. At most, when a greater offensive power was needed, he would combine it with his battle armor.
Therefore, when Long You wants to achieve remote control of the battle, he only needs to ensure that the signal between himself and the giant soul-guided power mech is stable enough. With his battle armor covering him, Long You confirmed through the tactical display screen installed in his battle armor helmet that Bourne had gained control of the soul-guided power mech.
After that, Long You also set up the following around the soul-guided power mech lying on the ground: a remotely controlled supergravity field generating soul tool (to create a supergravity environment) and a remotely controlled regional Thunder Hell soul tool.
According to Long You's understanding, the Ice Jade Scorpion is a relatively small soul beast. Although a five-meter-tall metal giant exuding a powerful aura could easily defeat a ten-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion soul beast, even a large giant would sometimes be outmatched when facing a smaller soul beast.
To ensure everything goes perfectly, some additional auxiliary measures are needed.
With the entire battlefield setup complete, Long You quietly returned to the previous underground cave. Soul-guided display screens had been installed inside, directly connected to the detection soul-guided devices mounted on the giant soul-guided powered mech. Long You could clearly see the scene unfolding before him.
“Bourne, let’s begin. We don’t need to go any further; just stand up and start playing music.”
And so, a rough song suddenly broke the silence of the frigid winds of the far north. Using the soul-guided detection device he kept nearby, Long You noticed a disturbance beginning to stir in the distant Ice Jade Scorpion colony.
About ten minutes later, a figure with a bright green tail flew swiftly across the monitoring area of the soul-guided device and sped toward the giant soul-guided powered mech.
"Automatic targeting device activated, soul-guided ray fired, forcing this Ice Jade Scorpion into the preset area. I need to determine the exact age of this Ice Jade Scorpion. It can't be too high; if it exceeds 30,000 years, I'll have to choose again."
"According to the detection of the soul guide device, the approaching ice scorpion is less than three meters long and its age should not exceed 30,000 years."
"In that case, we must be cautious. We cannot let it go."
Target in place. Activate the hypergravity field generator.