On the top floor of the Jade Chamber.
As the extreme frigid energy contained within the arrow was compressed to the critical point that Ganyu could perfectly control, a sharp, ice-like light suddenly flashed in her calm, deep blue eyes.
She slightly adjusted her breathing. Her fingers, long, smooth, and flawlessly white like jade, were steady as a rock. Then—she gently released the taut bowstring.
"Swoosh—!"
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a soft, barely noticeable ping of air being cleaved.
The ice-blue arrow instantly vanished from the bowstring. The next moment, it had transformed into a ghostly blue meteor ripping through the sky, trailing a nearly imperceptible, light-distorting Ultimate Ice trajectory. Ignoring the distance of space, it pierced directly toward the enormous, faintly visible dragon shadow within the distant dark clouds with speed faster than thought.
Where the arrow passed, the moisture in the air was instantly frozen, leaving a brief, subtle path of ice crystals, which was immediately shattered into dust by the energy aftermath surging behind it.
Ganyu slowly lowered the longbow in her hand, which shimmered with a moonlit clear glow, her pale blue eyes fixed on the ice-blue streak slashing across the heavens.
This strike condensed over seventy percent of her pure soul power and had been compressed and refined for several minutes. The destructive frigid energy contained within it was enough to freeze a thousand miles of mountains and rivers and solidify a surging river.
If the true Beast God Di Tian were to be hit head-on by this arrow without preparation, even with his unmatched Dragon Clan physique and profound cultivation, he would likely suffer instant, grievous harm, and his fate would be grim.
After all, Ganyu was now a Level 99 Titled Douluo, having completely mastered the world's ultimate frost laws. Her power level stood at the very apex of this world.
Even Di Tian at his peak, if he were to clash with her at full power, the outcome would be unknown.
However, Ganyu's mind was crystal clear.
The rampaging "Di Tian" before her was not the true body; its controller was a far more terrifying entity, the Lord of Destruction Phantylia.
Phantylia's true strength was unfathomable, far surpassing Di Tian, which was the fundamental reason why Lu Jingming repeatedly warned them to avoid a direct confrontation and withdraw as quickly as possible.
Ningguang by her side was equally clear-headed.
Strictly speaking, Shrek Academy, as the representative of traditional Soul Master forces, might become a potential obstacle to Deep Abyss City's future development path.
Her choice to act now was driven more by compassion for the countless panicked and helpless civilians below and a fundamental respect for life itself, rather than any partiality towards Shrek Academy.
Above the clouds, Phantylia, who was toying with Yan Shaoshe, Shi Xing, and Elder Lin like a cat with mice, felt her gigantic golden dragon eyes suddenly contract. A cold, bone-chilling sense of fatal crisis, enough to threaten the existence of this Black Dragon body, instantly enveloped her.
Though the Black Dragon body she controlled possessed immense power and terrifying prestige, it had now become the most obvious target under Ganyu's ultra-long-distance, precise strike.
The ice-blue meteor of death ignored the spatial distance, arriving in a flash. The ultimate frigid energy contained within, capable of freezing all things, even the very source of the soul, forced her to discard her playful demeanor and respond with full effort.
"Dragon God's Claw!"
Phantylia didn't hesitate. With far greater power and efficiency than Di Tian's true self, she forcefully mobilized the deepest power trace belonging to the Dragon God hidden within this Black Dragon body.
The Black Dragon's huge claw, originally wreathed in thick black mist, suddenly burst forth with dazzling golden divine light. Seven-colored flames ignited in its gigantic golden dragon eyes, and a Dragon God's coercion, originating from ancient times and transcending all living beings, erupted with a roar, sweeping across the entire world.
This was Di Tian's greatest trump card, allowing him to rank first among the Ten Great Fierce Beasts: the Divine Skill inherited from the Dragon God, the Dragon God's Claw.
If Di Tian himself were to cast it, the Dragon God's Claw, though incredibly powerful, would have its limitations due to his own cultivation and compatibility with the Dragon God's power.
But at this moment, the body was controlled by the higher-status Phantylia. Her understanding and control over energy laws far surpassed Di Tian's. When cast by her hand, the Dragon God's Claw's might was forcefully elevated to a terrifying new level.
The golden dragon claw, blooming with majestic divine might, tore through the void. Carrying an supreme momentum that crushed laws and shattered all things, it precisely grasped the swiftly flying ice-blue meteor.
"CRACK—!!!!"
The instant the Dragon God's Claw and the ice-blue meteor fiercely collided, the terrifying frigid energy, intensely compressed within the arrow, could no longer be contained. Like an ice river accumulated for ten thousand years bursting its banks, or a slumbering ice ocean suddenly awakening, it erupted into a devastating icy tsunami.
The space for hundreds of meters around the point of impact was instantly frozen into a colossal, crystalline block of ice.
The dark clouds, previously rolling and surging violently, were fixed in mid-air, maintaining their previous ferocious form.
The purple lightning that had been flashing and roaring within was solidified directly, turning into countless gorgeous and eerie purple lightning ice sculptures.
Immediately after, an unimaginable discharge of frigid energy poured down. Hail the size of fists rained down like a divine punishment. A blizzard capable of freezing everything formed out of thin air, like a roaring white giant beast, sweeping madly across the surrounding hundreds of miles with Shrek City at its center.
On the city walls, the soldiers of the Shrek City defense force shivered and their teeth chattered, even with their Soul Tool protective shields. The Soul Tools in their hands were chillingly cold, almost slipping from their grasp.
The torrent of charging Soul Beasts below suffered an indiscriminate strike. Countless Soul Beasts wailed as they were instantly frozen into lifelike ice sculptures, standing on the battlefield in poses of running and pouncing. The entire battlefield seemed to have been forcibly paused, plunging into a silent, frozen world.
"Di Tian!"
Bi Ji's emerald eyes sharply contracted. The color drained from her beautiful face, which was filled with unprecedented worry and alarm.
She could clearly perceive that the massive life force within the Black Dragon had not dissipated, but it was entirely frozen and suppressed by a terrifying, incomprehensible ultimate coldness originating from the law level.
That mountain-like enormous dragon body, along with the large swaths of clouds around it, had been completely sealed, losing all ability to move, as if a prehistoric giant beast perfectly encapsulated in ten-thousand-year-old profound ice.
"Who is this powerful expert who has intervened to help?!"
Yan Shaoshe, Shi Xing, and Elder Lin froze in mid-air, staring in disbelief at the giant Black Dragon in the distance, which was completely frozen and whose Dragon God's Claw failed to break the ice. Their eyes were filled with overwhelming shock.
They clearly saw that the ice-blue streak that reversed the battle was shot from the direction of the center of Shrek City, and it managed to freeze the Beast God Di Tian, who was wielding the Dragon God's Claw, with a single strike.
This level of strength had likely surpassed the ordinary demigod level.
"Protect Di Tian!"
Bi Ji was the first to snap out of the shock, her anxious voice ringing across the battlefield, carrying a hint of imperceptible tremor.
She knew too well that if Di Tian, the commander and soul, were frozen for too long, the Beast Tide, deprived of unified command and the deterrence of the highest combat power, would instantly fall into a chaotic state of fighting individually. The initiative in this war would undoubtedly return to the hands of the humans.
Her emerald wings behind her flapped with full power. Disregarding the overall state of the Beast Tide, she condensed all the emerald green healing and life light waves into one thick, extremely concentrated column of life light. Like a bridge spanning the heavens, it shot with all its might toward the frozen Black Dragon, attempting to use the immense life energy to dispel that terrifying ultimate coldness.
"Roar—! Heaven Tearing Claw!"
Almost simultaneously with Bi Ji's action, the enormous Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, Xiong Jun, suddenly let out a deafening, furious roar.
He completely abandoned his entanglement with Cai Mei'er. His pair of golden claws, harder than refined gold, were raised high. The ultimate power inherited by the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear clan frantically condensed and compressed at the claw tips, forming five gigantic golden claw rays that seemed capable of tearing the sky and shattering the earth.
This was his innate unique skill, and one of the very few terrifying killing moves capable of tearing Di Tian's scales and harming his physical body. It was also Xiong Jun's greatest reliance in roaming the Star Dou Great Forest.
This long-planned golden claw ray, carrying the ultimate will of pure destruction, ignored the distance of space and shot straight for the War God Douluo, Xian Lin'er, who was slightly distracted by Di Tian's freezing.
In the previous battle, Xian Lin'er had repeatedly harassed him with her unmatched speed and sharp attacks. Though she caused no substantial damage, she had long since annoyed the short-tempered Xiong Jun beyond measure.
Seizing the perfect opportunity now that Di Tian was frozen and everyone's attention was drawn away, he unhesitatingly chose to use his full power to eliminate this most irritating opponent first.
"Lin'er, be careful!!!"
Black Dragon Douluo, Qian Duoduo, who had been constantly splitting his attention to monitor the entire battle, watched his face drastically change, screaming out almost heartbrokenly.
He knew clearly the terrifying power of Xiong Jun's rage-filled strike. Although Xian Lin'er's attacks were swift and sharp, her defense was not top-tier among Titled Douluo, and she absolutely could not withstand the Heaven Tearing Claw head-on.
In the nick of time, Qian Duoduo's brain didn't even have time to think; his body reacted purely on instinct.
He unhesitatingly threw out his strongest Tier 8 peak defensive Soul Tool, the Light of Spatial Protection, which he had spent years of effort and countless rare materials to refine from his storage Soul Tool.
A brilliant silver spatial barrier instantly unfolded, like a giant energy bubble flowing with spatial ripples, barely enveloping Xian Lin'er before the claw ray reached her body.
This was the strongest instantaneous defensive measure Qian Duoduo could offer, its defense strong enough to withstand the full-power blow of most Hyper Douluo.
However—
"Tear—!"
The golden claw ray, imbued with Xiong Jun's savage power and the law of tearing, sliced through the seemingly solid silver spatial barrier as easily as a hot knife through butter, ripping it into a shower of flashing energy fragments.
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