Douluo: The True Eye

Amidst the swirling snow and wind, the Snow Empress danced alone, the wind, snow, ice, and frost all serving as mere accompaniments to her performance.

As the Snow Empress danced, a vast amount of ice elemental energy gathered and converged upon the area.

A rudimentary array began to take shape, following Huo Yuhao's design.

Then, using the locations of the ten Eternal Ice Marrow as a base, massive ice pillars rose from the ground amidst the convergence of ice elemental energy, reaching towards the sky and connecting the frozen earth to form ice pillars nearly a hundred meters high.

These ice pillars were not composed of pure ice crystals; through the transparent outer ice, one could clearly see tiny, crack-like纹路 throughout the pillars.

These cracks within the ice were intentionally created by Huo Yuhao because ordinary magic arrays, even if they formed their own阵图and pathways, could never last long in the perpetual snow and wind of the Far North.

Now, these ice pillars, based on the Eternal Ice Marrow and formed by the condensation of ice elemental energy, were the best carriers for the阵图that Huo Yuhao needed, and these cracks were the fundamental structure of the array.

By using the direction of the cracks within the ice crystals, Huo Yuhao could ensure that even if these ten ice pillars continued to grow, they could repeat the current process, continuously expanding the array's阵图without manual intervention.

Through the new阵纹constantly emerging within the ice pillars, a cycle of absorbing new ice elemental energy was repeated, creating a process of constantly growing and expanding the array used to attract and gather ice elemental energy.

In addition to the natural ice elemental energy provided by the vast天地, the soul power of ice-attributed soul masters and soul beasts could also contribute to the continued expansion of the array.

However, if the number was too small, the effect would naturally be insignificant.

As the array largely took shape, a circular ice shell covered the area from the top of the ten ice pillars, faintly translucent, but ultimately only leaving behind pure cold.

Although the ice shell was only one meter thick, it continued to spread downwards until it touched the snow that had formed on the surrounding ground, then gradually slowed its pace.

At the same time, thicker layers of ice gradually formed from the base of the ice pillars, eventually meeting the ice layer above, spreading to the snow layer on the ground and sealing the area together.

This layer of ice shell possessed the strength of Ultimate Ice, and not just ordinary Ultimate Ice; ordinary methods would find it difficult to break through, and would also trigger the array's backlash, stimulating the chilling aura of the Ultimate Ice level.

With such power, even ordinary Limit Douluo would not gain any advantage, and on this basis, pure Ultimate Ice also formed a certain degree of spatial lockdown to avoid the impact caused by spatial methods.

Within the area enclosed by the ten ice pillars, only a circular hollow area with a diameter of about one meter remained, which seemed a bit small even for one person to sit and cultivate.

This was the most core location of the array, now only filled with extremely pure ice elemental energy; other miscellaneous elements and energies were挤出by the dense accumulation of ice elemental energy induced by the array.

However, solely from the perspective of a cultivation environment for ice attribute owners, this place had undoubtedly reached the level of an Eternal Ice Cave.

But such a small environment, even if constantly filled with pure ice elemental energy, could not support high-intensity cultivation; prolonged cultivation would probably not be of much use, at least for Limit-level experts.

However, this was just the beginning; the ten ice pillars were still acting as the枢纽of the array, continuously drawing ice elemental energy from the surrounding environment.

The temperature outside this ice layer had already dropped to an extremely low level, and the concentration of ice elemental energy it gathered was no less than that of the Ice God Lake.

At this time, the land outside the array, originally covered with snow, gradually began to be covered with a layer of阵纹ice crystals that were constantly spreading and growing, and then these ice crystals continued to extend and thicken outwards.

But this process was quite slow; even after an hour, the thickness of the ice layer had only spread to an imperceptible extent that even Huo Yuhao could not detect without focusing all his attention through the Eye of Truth.

However, Huo Yuhao could also observe that as these ice crystals gradually formed and thickened, the efficiency and quantity of ice elemental energy that the array could induce were still increasing at a slight rate.

With this slight increase, the core space inside the array was also steadily expanding at a very slow rate, but at this rate, according to Huo Yuhao's estimation, even after ten thousand years, even with the constantly increasing absorption rate, it would only be able to expand a cubic meter of space at most.

But this so-called slowness was only relative; at least for humans like Huo Yuhao, without making improvements, he would probably not see this artificial Eternal Ice Cave reach the scale of a true Eternal Ice Cave in his lifetime.

But the significance of this for soul beasts was absolutely a miracle that was difficult to describe in words; for soul beasts with long lifespans, the efficiency of cultivation in this environment could be described as一日千里.

Moreover, it could be expected that even without cultivation, simply waiting for the ice elemental energy here to condense into new Eternal Ice Marrow would definitely be a profitable deal for soul beasts.

After all, a single piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow can increase the success rate of a ferocious beast's tribulation by at least 10%. Moreover, with the expansion of the ice layer, the usable space within this array, as well as the generation efficiency of the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, will continuously increase.

Even if the effect isn't as pronounced for ferocious beasts at the Snow Empress's original level, it's still something to look forward to. After all, considering the lifespan of soul beasts, the amount of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow accumulated while waiting for their tribulation will be far more than just one piece.

Furthermore, compared to naturally formed Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Caves, the expansion and growth efficiency and speed of this artificial Profound Ice Cave are far more superior. As its radiation range increases, its expansion speed will also accelerate.

However, all of this requires a necessary condition: a massive amount of natural ice element energy. Otherwise, limited by the overall energy environment of the Far North, the final expansion of the artificial Profound Ice Cave will inevitably be constrained.

But precisely because of this, the array initially only had such a small space. Otherwise, it would inevitably crowd out too much of the ice element energy of the Far North.

At the same time, this is also related to Huo Yuhao's location choice. After all, the place he chose is not the main node where the Far North's energy flows into Ice God Lake, but rather a place close to the Ice Sea.

After a dance, the Snow Empress's face was somewhat pale, and Huo Yuhao wasn't feeling much better either. This was because, during the previous deduction and array formation, the adjustment of nodes and details required him to expend a great deal of spiritual power to carry out.

Compared to the Snow Empress, the consumption he experienced at this time was much greater, but the results were also gratifying.

Looking at the hollow within the ice layer, flowing with a faint blue, liquid-like ice element energy, the Snow Empress's eyes were filled with joy.

"I can sense through the ice and snow that the birth of this area has not had any negative impact on the Far North. In fact, its existence has even stimulated the active birth of many new ice element energies."

Within Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, a wisp of Tianmeng Iceworm's spiritual origin was quietly unsealed, and then merged into Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, replenishing his depleted spiritual power and increasing his spiritual foundation.

After pausing for a moment, Huo Yuhao didn't immediately answer the Snow Empress's words, but instead continued to activate his Eye of Truth to constantly check for loopholes and flaws within the array.

After all, although the construction was guided by Huo Yuhao, the actual executor was the Snow Empress. It was inevitable that some slight errors would occur between the cooperation of the two.

As the saying goes, a tiny deviation can lead to a huge mistake. Although these errors may not seem to have any impact in the short term, they will inevitably have an adverse effect on the future evolution of this artificial Profound Ice Cave.

After Huo Yuhao repaired more than a hundred loopholes, he dispersed his soul fusion and then sat down on the ground, before explaining to the Snow Empress.

"You can't look at it that way. Although the birth of the artificial Profound Ice Cave will cause the activity of ice elements in its vicinity to double, the larger the expansion range of this artificial Profound Ice Cave, the more it will ultimately crowd out the overall energy of the Far North."

"After all, as it expands, both the increasing demand for ice elements and the remaining area of the Far North will be affected to some extent."

"But the node I chose is close to the Ice Sea. As the artificial Profound Ice Cave expands, it will eventually radiate overseas, thereby reducing the pressure on the native Far North."

Hearing this, the Snow Empress said thoughtfully, "However, I remember that there is also a mermaid clan with considerable strength living in the Ice Sea. Moreover, because they are sea soul beasts, they only worship the Sea God for generations, so they don't have much interaction with our Far North."

Huo Yuhao nodded, "That's right, but with the overall strength of the Far North, I think that even if there is a conflict with them, we won't be at a disadvantage, right?"

"Moreover, in my expectation, this artificial Profound Ice Cave will eventually become the second core of the Far North, similar to Ice God Lake."

"In the end, its occupation of the ice element energy in the Far North should be second only to Ice God Lake. At the same time, it will also use the natural energy in the ocean to continuously convert water elements into new ice elements, thereby increasing the area and element concentration of the Far North."

Hearing this, the Snow Empress smiled slightly, "If it can really be as Yuhao you said, then this artificial Profound Ice Cave can be said to be of extraordinary significance for the overall future development of the Far North."

As for the so-called possibility of crowding out the Ice Sea of the mermaid clan? Or making enemies with sea soul beasts? As the ruler of the Far North, the Snow Empress naturally has no shortage of decisiveness. The relationship between sea soul beasts and land soul beasts is not close in the first place.

In addition, the mermaid clan has always considered themselves superior to other soul beasts in recent years due to their different beliefs. Now, the arrival of the Imperial Auspicious Beast has solved the urgent needs of the ferocious beasts in the Far North. The Far North is now naturally closer to Huo Yuhao and Star Dou Forest.

Therefore, what if there is a conflict? Just as Huo Yuhao said, are they, the Far North, afraid of sea soul beasts?

Moreover, compared to soul beasts on land, sea soul beasts have a larger living area and enjoy richer resources in the sea, but their factions are numerous, and sea soul beasts are even more divided than soul beasts on land.

As the ruler of the Far North, what the Snow Empress needs to consider is naturally only the future of the soul beasts in the Far North. As for the future of the sea soul beasts, what does that have to do with her?

Huo Yuhao shook his head and didn't say anything more. This experimental pilot was very successful, and he still needed to go back and sort out his gains.

"Entering and exiting this place only requires..." Huo Yuhao told the Snow Empress the secret method of controlling the array here and passing through the ice shell to enter the interior of the artificial Profound Ice Cave.

Some space-related abilities were also used in it, and only in this way can the good energy cycle of the artificial Profound Ice Cave be guaranteed.

After all, the secret method involves spatial level methods and is not simple, but since this array relies on ice elements, wanting to enter it is naturally not difficult for the Snow Empress, who has powerful control over ice elements.

"This place can also be used as your cultivation place, Snow Empress. As for the others... let's talk about it after I sort out what I've gained." After saying that, Huo Yuhao hurriedly entered a meditative state.

At the same time, the Ice Dragon King Soul also appeared beside Huo Yuhao. Although the ice element energy contained in the environment outside the artificial Profound Ice Cave is not as abundant as inside the artificial Profound Ice Cave,

its concentration is definitely not lower than the ice spring in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. It guarded Huo Yuhao on one side, and absorbed the free ice element energy nearby to strengthen itself on the other, while feeding back to Huo Yuhao's body.