Chapter 232: “calling Him Father Just To Stay Alive?”
Huo Zhanji and Dai Ying exchanged a glance with each other before looking at the elfin-like girl in front of them who was holding the Fat Cat.
“Uh, that, we’re here to find Dad… Spirit Ice Douluo!”
“We’re his relatives.”
“That, may I ask who you are?”
“We might, possibly have the wrong address.”
The Shadow Cat’s dark big eyes stared at Dai Ying and Huo Zhanji for a while, then tilted its big cat head.
It was the second earliest existence to follow Huo Yuhao, earlier than the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and the Golden Tortoise, only a little later than the Remnant Dream Blade.
Now it had preliminarily given birth to intelligence, and it wouldn’t take much longer to connect to the Magic Net.
There were no figures of these two people in its memory.
Xia Die’s eyes revealed thick doubt, her fair and even little legs shifted back slightly, somewhat vigilant, but not afraid.
Because she knew Brother Adam was right beside her.
“Your Excellencies, you haven’t come to the wrong place.”
“This is indeed Spirit Ice Douluo’s home.”
Dai Ying had a bad premonition and softly asked:
“May I ask what your relationship is with Spirit Ice Douluo?”
Xia Die didn’t hesitate at all and seriously and solemnly said to the two people:
“Spirit Ice Douluo is my father.”
“This is the Shadow Cat, Father’s cat.”
The Shadow Cat rubbed against Xia Die’s pretty face and meowed at the two people in front of it as a response.
“Meow!”
Hearing Xia Die’s ethereal and firm words, Huo Zhanji and Dai Ying were like struck by thunder on a clear day, their heads buzzing.
“Fa… Father?”
Dai Ying retreated half a step, her eyes filled with disbelief. She could confirm that her father only had their two children, and with her father and mother’s relationship, infidelity was impossible.
This timeline actually differed so much from the one they were in!
So where was their mother now?
Of course, the “Huo Yuhao” of their timeline hadn’t told them about Ju Zi and Xu Yunhan.
“You… who is your mother?”
Xia Die’s hand was already on the door, her gemstone-like appearance carrying vigilance; a normal person facing this doxxing-level behavior would have unleashed their Martial Soul and charged.
It was just that Xia Die was too kind, which was why she spoke so much to two strangers.
Xia Die was the gentlest and kindest among all of Huo Yuhao’s current creations; the power of death hadn’t tainted her heart, and she remained true to herself.
Perhaps it was precisely this pure soul that moved the divine position of death at the lowest level of the world.
Xia Die actually knew very well that her father was an orphan, her mother had died long ago, and there were no relatives at all—these were all things Huo Yuhao had said personally.
“Your Excellencies, if there’s nothing else, please leave.”
“Father is not in Xilu City right now.”
Xia Die was about to close the door when Dai Ying hurriedly spoke upon seeing this:
“Wait a moment!”
“That! Could you start a video call so we can see Spirit Ice Douluo?”
“This is very important to us! Please.”
Dai Ying and Huo Zhanji showed sincere expressions; the two of them truly had no other options now.
Unable to contact the divine position, no clues on space-time shuttle, and Father not letting them contact Grandpa in the God Realm, now their only hope was this timeline’s Huo Yuhao.
Xia Die looked at the two’s sincere expressions, a conflicted look appearing on her indifferent pretty face.
She didn’t want to trouble her father; Xia Die knew Huo Yuhao was doing something very important in the Extreme North.
She suddenly noticed ripples appearing in the air behind the two, and Adam’s figure appeared again, nodding slightly to her.
Xia Die released her hand from closing the door, put down the Shadow Cat, and the Shadow Cat squatted beside Xia Die’s little leg, staring at the two in front with a posture ready to activate Thornyback Dragon form at any time.
As a Jazz cat, it knew when it could hiss and when it couldn’t.
“Mm.”
“But I need to ask Father first.”
Dai Ying and Huo Zhanji breathed a sigh of relief and said in unison:
“Thanks so much.”
Xia Die summoned the Magic Net Light Screen, found Huo Yuhao’s contact, and first sent a message to inquire.
『Golden Chef』: “Father, two people came to the door, saying they are your relatives and want to see you.”
“Can we do a video call?”
Huo Yuhao was currently sunbathing on the Ice Sea beach in the Extreme North.
Not far beside him was the rapidly constructing Extreme North Shipyard, where the Titan Snow Demon clan and Ice Bear clan were cooperating with human engineers to hotly install various facilities.
Ice Phoenix Clan and Ice Dragon Clan were flying in the sky, helping transport materials.
There were also spiritual attribute soul beasts like the Mirror Beast coordinating cooperation in various zones.
At the current construction speed, the Extreme North Shipyard could be completed in about a week, then three months to build the ocean-going starship Seer.
“Xiuxiu, get me a glass of juice.”
A girl with deep blue long hair and deep blue eyes stopped the little hand moving on Huo Yuhao’s shoulder and said with a face full of disgust:
“Why don’t you go get it yourself?”
Huo Yuhao removed the two cucumber slices covering his eyes and said somewhat sadly:
“You know, you’re the one I took in now.”
“Eating mine, using mine.”
“You even let me rub your belly before.”
“Now that you’ve shapeshifted into human form, not only no belly rubs, but you’re complaining about getting me juice.”
“The world has really changed.”
“Xiuxiu, you don’t want me to post the video of me patting your belly on the Magic Net, do you?”
Bai Xiuxiu’s face darkened, she pinched Huo Yuhao’s shoulder hard, and said through gritted teeth:
“Please tone it down.”
“I’ve seen this rhetoric too much on the Magic Net!”
“I suspect you started this trend!”
“Fine, I’ll get it for you.”
Bai Xiuxiu went to the small shed nearby to get juice, and Huo Yuhao glanced at her back before continuing to look at the endless sea.
This Hungry Shark had completed shapeshifting seven days ago; a hundred thousand years was no threshold at all for this Demon Soul Great White Shark princess, and she crossed it effortlessly.
The moment she landed, she was captured by the Magic Net and successfully connected.
Every night before sleep, this little shark would silently chant the Spirit Master’s revered name in her dwelling.
And chant it again after waking in the morning, disturbing Huo Yuhao—no less punctual than an alarm.
Huo Yuhao sensed someone messaging him on the Magic Net and clicked to see it was his cute Die Bao.
He sat up straight and looked at Die Bao’s message.
“Yo ho, I don’t go find those two, and they come looking for me?”
“Interesting.”
Huo Yuhao didn’t even need to guess; he knew the ones looking for him were those two little brats.
And they were probably here to farm gold coins from him, this old brat.
Huo Yuhao proactively started a video connection with Xia Die; he wanted to see what those two guys were up to.
Xia Die, far away in Xilu City, saw Huo Yuhao initiate the video call and immediately clicked to connect.
“My dear Die Bao, and my big Fat Cat, how have you been lately?”
A smile appeared on Xia Die’s indifferent exquisite face; she gently picked up the Shadow Cat, making Huo Yuhao sigh that his daughter was growing up, able to uproot mountains and cover the world with her might.
“Mm!”
“About to go with everyone to the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.”
“It’s just that the Shadow Cat has gained weight again lately.”
“Meow!”
The Shadow Cat twisted its body somewhat dissatisfied and meowed softly.
Xia Die rested her chin on the Shadow Cat’s black big cat head, feeling the softness and warmth of its fur.
Huo Yuhao smiled as he watched this scene.
“Alright, turn the screen around; let me see what my relatives look like. Turns out I have relatives.”
Xia Die turned the Magic Net Light Screen around, and Huo Yuhao instantly became serious-faced, scrutinizing Dai Ying and Huo Zhanji’s appearances.
Dai Ying and Huo Zhanji looked at that familiar yet strange face on the screen, both somewhat nervous.
“Dad…”
Huo Zhanji had just started to speak when Huo Yuhao immediately made a silencing gesture to interrupt, then said:
“Don’t say it; I’m not.”
“But it is interesting.”
“Introduce yourselves.”
The two immediately straightened up and seriously introduced themselves.
“Huo Zhanji, Martial Soul Spiritual Eye.”
“Dai Ying, Martial Soul Goddess of Light Butterfly.”
Huo Yuhao was amused and said to the older black-haired girl:
“Surname Dai?”
“Nice.”
“But, did your father ever tell you? In this era, don’t casually use the surname Dai.”
The last sentence carried a chill, making Dai Ying’s body tremble, and beside her, Huo Zhanji suddenly felt his body couldn’t move.
He suddenly realized the last sentence didn’t sound like it came from the screen, frantically mobilizing soul power and spiritual power, only to look up and see the Magic Net Light Screen empty.
A large hand patted Huo Zhanji’s shoulder, abyssal spiritual power pressing down so he couldn’t breathe.
Dai Ying beside him was the same; her Soul Douluo soul power and spiritual power were stuck in mud, unable to circulate.
“Wh… why…?”
Huo Yuhao stood in front of Xia Die, gently stroking her little head, and said to the side:
“Audrey, take Xia Die home to sleep; she has school tomorrow. I need to have a good spar with my two good sons.”
An elegant blonde blue-eyed girl materialized from the air, curtsied slightly to Huo Yuhao, and gently took Xia Die’s hand back into the villa.
Xia Die glanced at Huo Yuhao, somewhat worried, but still obediently went back to the villa with Audrey.
Adam also came before Huo Yuhao, his golden eyes calmly watching the two who couldn’t move.
“Why?”
“Because you have the surname Dai.”
Huo Yuhao glanced at the two, waved his hand, and the surrounding space instantly changed, arriving in the forest outside Xilu City.
Huo Zhanji and Dai Ying felt their bodies loosen and gasped for air.
Huo Yuhao’s figure suddenly appeared before Huo Zhanji, his pitch-black eyes lighting up slightly, and Huo Zhanji’s Spiritual Eye opened involuntarily.
“Nice name you have.”
“That guy hasn’t completely given up; he still knew to give you the surname Huo.”
“Get lost; I want to play properly with your sister.”
Huo Yuhao slapped Huo Zhanji flying; he couldn’t even unleash Fallen Angel, crashing straight into a rock wall and embedding deeply.
The surrounding rock wall seemed to come alive, starting to wrap him in rock.
Huo Yuhao held back and didn’t kill him.
If it were just Huo Zhanji alone, Huo Yuhao might have taken him out for something good to eat.
Unfortunately, he had a sister with the surname Dai beside him.
At first, seeing the two on the screen, Huo Yuhao wasn’t this angry.
But seeing these two in person with such familiar bloodlines, and one with the surname Dai, made Huo Yuhao very uncomfortable.
“Innate evil Dai family brat, let me see what you’ve got to dare use the surname Dai!”
Huo Yuhao waved his hand, a massive pale white skeleton appearing beside him, and a White Long Saber slashed fiercely down at Dai Ying.
The long saber carried a terrifying aura, the surrounding air swept up into fierce airflow.
Dai Ying’s mouth opened slightly, just about to say something, when she was engulfed by the airflow, her black long hair fluttering in the wind.
“Nine Netherworld Absolute Techniques Third Form, Nether King Blade Transformation Slash Verdict!”
Dai Ying gritted her teeth and used the Nine Netherworld Absolute Techniques taught by her teacher A’Dai.
This move was the most powerful sword technique in A’Dai’s world, and also Dai Ying’s best move.
Dark blue light formed a massive sword blade in mid-air, carrying terrifying evil qi and ruthless aura to meet the White Long Saber from the sky.
White and gray-blue collided in mid-air, the unleashed terrifying sword momentum nearly tearing the earth, surrounding trees turning to powder in the sword momentum.
Seeing this move, Huo Yuhao’s eyes moved slightly; this Nine Netherworld Absolute Techniques was indeed good, its techniques more ingenious than any swordsmanship on Douluo Continent.
He silently used the Magic Net’s massive computing power to fully record this move for later analysis.
“Innate evil Dai family brat, nice moves.”
“Second saber?”
Huo Yuhao still didn’t move; a second even more majestic White Long Saber manifested in the air, igniting with pitch-black flames the instant it appeared, Amaterasu instantly attached.
The second long saber fell, shattering the Nether Slash, then the long saber’s shadow covered Dai Ying’s entire body.
The entire forest could witness this massive long saber; just the wind pressure of its fall left a bare white line in the verdant forest.
She hurriedly used Nine Netherworld Absolute Techniques Second Form, Nether Chain Flash, to barely hold up the White Long Saber burning with high-temperature black flames.
The ground under her feet cracked inch by inch, her soul power rapidly depleting.
Huo Yuhao’s eyes lit up slightly, Spiritual Endowment activated, countless spiritual power threads extending into the void.
This time, Huo Yuhao endowed space with spirit.
The surrounding space showed kaleidoscopic splendor like a kaleidoscope; Huo Yuhao waved his hand, and the vivified space turned into countless invisible blades, stabbing toward Dai Ying who was supporting the White Long Saber.
Dai Ying’s hair stood on end; after all, she was formerly a god, with extremely sharp perception.
“Nine Netherworld Absolute Techniques Fourth Form, Nether Shadow!”
A move originally for offense was now used to evade; Dai Ying turned into several dark blue shadows, fleeing in all directions.
The shadowless invisible space blades tore through the shadows, locking onto her true body, then the blades converged into a kaleidoscope-like spear, first sealing the space, then ruthlessly stabbing toward her chest.
Dai Ying realized this move couldn’t be defended against; it was a purely space-composed attack.
Dai Ying used her Martial Soul Goddess of Light Butterfly to dodge sideways; the space spear pierced her shoulder, leaving a bloody hole, scarlet blood flowing out.
The vivified earth cooperated with the vivified space to bind Dai Ying.
Dai Ying’s soul power visibly depleted; as a Soul Douluo, she wouldn’t normally be this weak.
But this world’s crazy repulsion of her doubled her soul power consumption, especially with the space-time turbulence injuries inside her.
“Daddy! Stop!”
Huo Yuhao slowly walked toward Dai Ying holding the brilliant dazzling Sun Wheel Spear and said:
“Oh?”
“Calling me Daddy to stay alive?”
“I despise you.”
