Douluo: The True Eye

Chapter 156: Obedience Without Choice

A fish out of water will soon die.

A mermaid out of water will also find it difficult to thrive.

In the icy and snowy land, a group of mermaids in thin clothing braved the heavy snow.

Under the gaze of the strong individuals from the Far North, they reluctantly left their home, the Frozen Sea, and headed towards the depths of the Far North.

The merfolk race could not even last a day against the strong individuals from the Far North fighting on their home turf.

Even if the sea provided the merfolk race with a great home advantage, it was not enough to give these elderly, weak, and disabled individuals the power to contend with the strong individuals from the Far North.

Watching her people shiver in the howling cold wind of the Far North, even with some soul power cultivation to protect them.

The mermaid princess, Liya, who was being held in the hands of the Titan Snow Demon King, said with some difficulty.

"Your Majesty, Snow Empress, please allow my people to use their spiritual power to isolate themselves from the wind and snow."

Compared to those who had to walk on foot.

Although she, as a 100,000-year soul beast, was more closely guarded, Liya's condition was not that bad.

However, she was anxious, after all, after her mother and sister, as the clan leader, and those mermaids who were the main combat force of the merfolk race, had lost contact.

The strong individuals from the Far North, as opponents in the battle, were able to penetrate deep into the Frozen Sea to attack and control their merfolk race.

Then, even if she was unwilling to believe it, Liya could guess that her mother and sister, as well as other members of the clan, had probably been defeated in the battle with the Far North.

They didn't even have a chance to escape back to the Frozen Sea. It could be said that they had been completely defeated, and the Far North was obviously not prepared to leave any future troubles, but wanted to wipe out their merfolk race in one fell swoop.

However, Liya still spoke with a glimmer of hope: "Your Majesty, Snow Empress, although you have controlled our merfolk race, you have not exterminated us."

"It seems that there should still be room for negotiation between us, or our merfolk race has other value."

"It's just that after being separated from the protection of the ocean, it is difficult for the soul power of our merfolk race to protect ourselves. Under the wind and snow of the Far North, I am afraid that we will not be able to last long."

"Whatever requirements you have next, please be kind and let my people rest for a while."

Hearing Liya's plea, some of the 100,000-year soul beasts in the Far North curled their lips in secret.

For soul beasts, in addition to soul masters, who are a common enemy.

Unless it is because of the gap in strength, otherwise they will not be soft-hearted when attacking soul beasts of other races.

In the eyes of these 100,000-year soul beasts, the merfolk race has obviously been completely defeated. Where do they still have the right to ask for this or that?

In their opinion, it would be considered generous of the Snow Empress if they did not directly exterminate the merfolk race who had come to offend them.

However, at this time, it was the Snow Empress who controlled the life and death of these mermaids.

After a little thought, the Snow Empress said: "Atai, your Titan Snow Demon race also possesses spiritual attributes."

"You should take good care of these mermaids and don't give them a chance to use their spiritual connection to make small moves."

The Titan Snow Demon King nodded his huge head and said honestly: "Okay, Snow Empress."

Immediately afterward, a cold spiritual pressure suppressed these mermaids, even those mermaids with nearly 100,000 years of cultivation were shivering.

However, after obtaining the Snow Empress's permission, although these mermaids could not use spiritual power of excessive intensity due to the spiritual pressure of the Titan Snow Demon King.

But it was still possible to use spiritual power to isolate themselves from the wind and snow, maintain their body temperature, and not be frozen or crippled by the ice and snow.

They stopped and went, and from time to time they were greeted by a blizzard. After many mermaids fainted several times, they were finally brought to the Ice Palace.

Some 100,000-year soul beasts also muttered to themselves about the volatile weather in the Far North today.

"What's going on? Why is there a blizzard one moment and an avalanche the next? It doesn't make sense."

"Hey, just consider them unlucky. Anyway, they're being more honest after these few waves."

'Is that enough?' The Snow Empress asked Huo Yuhao through spiritual transmission.

Although she was also puzzled as to why the Titan Snow Demon race was not allowed to bring these mermaids over at the fastest speed.

Instead, they were made to walk little by little for a full two days.

It should be known that many mermaids showed resistance along the way under such circumstances.

However, they were quickly and ruthlessly suppressed by the more ferocious 100,000-year soul beasts. More than a dozen mermaids died along the way.

On the contrary, the mermaid princess Liya appeared extremely calm, trying her best to appease her desperate people and calm them down.

'Unlike other simple-minded soul beasts, the merfolk race is born with no small amount of intelligence.'

'And they have always regarded themselves highly. As the dependents of the Sea God, they also believe that they have a status that surpasses other soul beasts.'

'The torment and suppression along the way are all to make them more obedient and obedient, at least they won't cause trouble when they are locked up.'

'If you want to subdue them, you naturally have to spend more effort, but all of this is worth it. Now it's more convenient for us to manage them.'

'Otherwise, nearly a thousand mermaids, all with more than a hundred years of cultivation, and with a certain amount of intelligence, would be very troublesome even if their soul power and spiritual power were sealed.'

Huo Yuhao's voice was neither hurried nor slow, mixed in with the wind and snow, and entered the Snow Empress's ears. Although she had been reborn as a human, the Snow Empress still knew very little about this kind of roundabout thinking.

However, she also seemed to understand and remembered it, and then ordered other soul beasts to take these mermaids into the Ice Palace and imprison them in the cages that Huo Yuhao had set up earlier.

Immediately afterward, the Snow Empress took the mermaid princess Liya all the way to the depths of the Ice Palace.

"Very good, just leave her here. Leave the next thing to me," Huo Yuhao said calmly.

Looking at the young man in front of her, the Snow Empress couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Compared to the human teenager in her previous impression who was very courageous but slightly inferior in strength.

After the battle with the sea soul beasts on the Frozen Sea, Huo Yuhao now gave the Snow Empress the feeling of being unfathomable.

Even someone as powerful as her did not dare to underestimate Huo Yuhao in the slightest.

However, the Snow Empress at this time was more fortunate about her decision to agree to form an alliance with Huo Yuhao.

Otherwise, at this moment, their Far North might also be like the Frozen Sea, being controlled by Huo Yuhao in the palm of his hand without realizing it.

The Sea Princess was the same; even if it were her and the Ice Empress, they might not have fared any better.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao was playing with a shark pearl in his hand.

When Princess Liya of the Merfolk saw this, her pupils constricted, clearly extremely frightened.

One must know that shark pearls can only be condensed by the Demon Soul Great White Shark royal family whose cultivation has reached over 100,000 years.

Moreover, its existence is equivalent to a human soul core, and even more important.

Because in addition to being a crystallization of soul power, the shark pearl is also the essence of the Demon Soul Great White Shark's life force.

The appearance of a shark pearl also represents the fall of a Demon Soul Great White Shark King.

Since Huo Yuhao could be so ruthless to the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, then there was no need to mention the Merfolk, who were also favored by the Sea God.

Liya extinguished the last bit of hope in her heart, quietly趴伏 on the ground, waiting for Huo Yuhao's next action.

Seeing this, the Snow Empress also left the Ice Palace. Looking at Liya, whose body was trembling slightly, Huo Yuhao softly said, "Do you know why I left you Merfolk instead of the Demon Soul Great White Sharks?"

Along with Huo Yuhao's words, the scene within the Ice Palace began to change. Ice crystals disintegrated and reorganized, and space shifted.

The Sea Princess and the Crown Mermaid, who had been sealed by Huo Yuhao through various means, now appeared together in front of Princess Liya of the Merfolk.

Seeing her mother and sister, who were weak and heavily sealed but still alive, Liya could no longer control her emotions and cried.

At this time, the Sea Princess and the Crown Mermaid also realized that although they were still under control, they were no longer in their original single cells.

Hearing the familiar sound of crying, the Sea Princess and the Crown Mermaid's hearts trembled, and their gazes turned to their relatives.

Huo Yuhao did not stop her, but coldly watched as Liya's spiritual origin flowed away with the tears, then fell to the ground and turned into pale golden pearls.

"Crying, crying also takes time. I don't plan to give you Merfolk too much time."

A cold voice of judgment sounded, and at the same time, an hourglass symbolizing a timer appeared beside Huo Yuhao.

At this time, the Sea Princess couldn't bother to comfort Liya. These past few days, Huo Yuhao had been ignoring her.

Her concern for her people and worry for her daughter had accumulated more and more in her heart, gradually forming a lingering fear that she couldn't dispel.

As a fierce beast with 600,000 years of cultivation and the queen of the Merfolk, the Sea Princess felt fear for the first time. She was truly afraid.

She began to regret why she had declared war on the Land of Extreme Ice.

After all, even if they lost the Ice Sea, the Merfolk, as a race favored by the Sea God, could choose to migrate to other seas.

"What do you want the Merfolk to do? As long as it can exchange for the survival of my people, I can agree to any request."

Without trying to probe or bargain, the Sea Princess closed her eyes and said in a trembling voice.

"Smart."

Huo Yuhao casually said, neither salty nor bland.

"I want all the knowledge, memories, and rumors related to the Sea God that your Merfolk have worshipped and offered sacrifices to for generations as priests of the Sea God."

"I know that the amount of this information will not be small, so I need the cooperation of you, the Sea Princess, who has always been the chief priest of the Sea God for tens of thousands of years."

"As for your other people, regardless of whether my subsequent plans require them."

"But as long as they cooperate with my actions and do not resist, I will at least preserve their lives."

"And if you, Sea Princess, and the Crown Mermaid cooperate, it won't be a problem for me to remove the shackles and seals on your bodies."

Hearing the conditions proposed by Huo Yuhao, the Crown Mermaid and Princess Liya of the Merfolk trembled all over, looking at Huo Yuhao in disbelief.

If the previous battle between the Ice Sea and the Land of Extreme Ice could only be regarded as friction within the Soul Beast race.

Then from the moment Huo Yuhao's true intentions were revealed, the nature of the matter had completely changed.

"You are committing blasphemy..."

At this time, the Sea Princess was in a dilemma.

If she needed to sacrifice herself to exchange for the survival of her people, then as the clan leader, she would naturally not hesitate in the slightest.

But now Huo Yuhao wanted to attack the Sea God. Regardless of whether he succeeded or not, regardless of his purpose.

As the Sea God's chief priest, if she cooperated with him to complete this series of actions, then the Sea God would surely abandon the Merfolk.

It was even possible that the Sea God would send down divine punishment and wipe out the Merfolk.

Was she worried about the punishment that the Sea God might inflict in the future? Or should she preserve the future of the Merfolk first?

Although Huo Yuhao seemed to have given the Sea Princess the opportunity to think, in reality, the Sea Princess had never had the right to choose from beginning to end.

"Sigh, I promise you. What do you want me to do?"

As the remaining time in the hourglass beside Huo Yuhao decreased little by little.

In the end, the Sea Princess still nodded helplessly, and at this time, the Crown Mermaid and Princess Liya of the Merfolk both felt the Sea Princess's deep helplessness.

"A wise choice."

Along with Huo Yuhao's words, the seals that had been imprisoning the Sea Princess and the Crown Mermaid were lifted.

However, at this moment, they were still in an extremely weak state.

Their soul power and spiritual power had been drained by Huo Yuhao the moment the seals were lifted. If they wanted to recover, it would take at least several days of recuperation under these circumstances.

"Alright, Sea Princess, come with me. You two follow the Snow Empress to manage your people, otherwise the other Soul Beasts in the Land of Extreme Ice won't be softhearted."

"Yes."

Liya composed herself, collected the Mermaid Tears that she had shed in sadness.

She led her sister, who was still somewhat confused but trembling, out of a passage that Huo Yuhao had opened for them.

Then the Ice Palace continued to transform, and an ice crystal road leading to the depths of the underground appeared in front of the Sea Princess and Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao did not speak, but continued downwards. The Sea Princess silently followed him and arrived at the deepest part of the underground.

When creating the artificial Profound Ice Cave, Huo Yuhao had once excavated a space. Subsequently, after building the Ice Palace, Huo Yuhao did not abandon this space.

Instead, he continuously expanded and transformed it through the Ice Dragon Spirit, forming an independent space attached to the Ice Palace.

Although it was not like a demiplane attached to Douluo Star and did not exist in the current world, it was enough to isolate most external prying eyes.