"This is?!"
Frey blocked it, but not completely.
She only felt time rapidly flowing over her.
Not to mention her as a Demon Lord Seed, the surrounding matter almost instantly experienced countless years, decaying, withering, collapsing!
"Time-based magic?"
The spatial barrier Frey had condensed before her eyes was corroded by the power of time at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Having no other choice, Frey could only continuously increase her magic essence output, doing her best to resist.
However, the effect was minimal.
Time itself is a high-level rule; without a corresponding Unique Skill, trying to manipulate it with just magic essence would result in an enormous consumption, which was unimaginable.
Conversely, Frey's action of directly confronting the law of time with magic essence already indicated her helplessness at this moment.
"As expected of a Demon Lord."
"But, it's not over yet…"
Snow Empress was very happy because she had once again encountered an enemy worthy of her full power.
So, she raised her hand once more.
The second palm strike descended!
"!!!"
"Why?!"
"After unleashing such an attack, you still possess such immense power?!"
Frey had never imagined such terrifying attacks; Snow Empress could unleash them one after another without even a gasp.
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Even though Frey had already used all of her magic essence.
Even if it was used to counteract the law of time, her magic essence was enough to withstand two of Snow Empress's palm strikes.
But Snow Empress unleashed far more than just two palm strikes.
"Bang bang bang~~"
Accompanying the continuous shattering of the God's Rings, following the first palm strike were the second, the third, all the way to the ninth palm strike!
[Emperor's Palm: Eternal Regression]
Nine returns to one, experiencing immeasurable immortality, only then can one achieve Eternal Regression!
'I, I will die…'
'I lost?'
'I've, I've lost just like this?'
'Lost to a newcomer who appeared out of nowhere?'
Frey didn't want to admit defeat; she desperately squeezed the magic essence within her body, trying to extract even more power.
But no matter how much magic essence she poured forward, it was like a stone sinking into the sea.
'This shouldn't be.'
'How can her magic essence be so vast?!'
Little did she know, this was precisely the terrifying aspect of the God's Ring.
It could store powerful ultimate moves in advance within the God's Ring, and then release the energy within them when needed.
Frey could block Snow Empress's full-power single strike.
But what about the second strike, the third strike?
Moreover, these attacks could even stack together, forming a resonant force.
Let alone Frey, even if she were twice as strong, she would absolutely not be able to directly withstand Snow Empress's Eternal Regression.
"Although it feels a bit like an unfair victory…"
Not long ago, Snow Empress had already unleashed the God's Ten Rings once.
Wasting 99.99% of her magic essence to suppress Gilgamesh, she had also exhausted all the magic essence stored within her God's Ring.
Therefore, before fighting Frey, Snow Empress specifically had Bai Luo replenish her magic essence.
"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being alone."
In a one-on-one fight, Snow Empress might indeed not be able to defeat Frey.
However, Snow Empress had Bai Luo behind her and Artoria by her side, while Frey was all alone.
Companions are also a type of strength.
The former Snow Empress did not understand the importance of companions.
Fortunately, she met Bai Luo, who led her out of that narrow little world.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you."
Snow Empress had no intention of killing Frey.
If she truly intended to kill, Snow Empress wouldn't need to use the power of Nine Rings at all.
At most three rings, she could shatter Frey's soul core in an instant before Frey could even react.
However, it was Bai Luo's command after all.
To ensure she was captured alive, Snow Empress needed more magic essence to seal Frey.
"Clang!"
Thus, the Emperor's Palm landed on Frey's chest, and an invisible temporal force began to envelop her.
Once this temporal force completed the cocooning process, Frey would be sealed, to be disposed of by Bai Luo as he pleased.
'Unwilling…'
'Extremely unwilling.'
Frey looked at Snow Empress's indifferent eyes, and she felt endless humiliation.
'No! I don't accept this!'
Frey had a premonition of her fate.
With this palm strike, even if she could preserve her life, her body would be severely wounded, and she would completely lose her combat ability.
At that point, she would become Bai Luo's prisoner, with no chance of ever rising again.
The thought of such a future sent shivers down Frey's spine.
She had dealt with many humans and knew what fate awaited defeated monsters.
Even though Bai Luo was also a monster.
Yet, in the world of monsters, there were also slaves.
'If I lose.'
'What will happen to the Winged Human Race?'
As the Queen of the Winged Human Race, Frey had already foreseen the fate of her compatriots.
The Tianyi Country would surrender, and they would be treated as spoils of war, along with their Queen, allowing Bai Luo to do as he pleased.
'No!'
'I absolutely cannot lose here!'
Not just for herself, but even more so for all the Winged Human Race!
No matter what, Frey could not drag the Tianyi Country into the abyss!
"I will not lose here!!"
"Never!!!"
At this moment, under Frey's intense emotional fluctuations, her Unique Skill, 'Transcendence', was completely ignited.
Six hundred years of accumulation.
At this moment, it transformed into fuel, beginning to help Frey break through to a higher realm.
"Hmm?"
Snow Empress's pupils constricted slightly, looking with some surprise at Frey, who was just one step away from forming a cocoon, yet forcefully reversed the process.
"Not good!!"
A sense of crisis surged into her heart, and Snow Empress immediately abandoned her attempt to seal Frey, hurriedly retreating.
"Boom!!"
magic essence, like a storm, swept out in all directions with Frey at its center.
Snow Empress's seal was completely shattered, and she herself was even pushed back several thousand meters before she could barely stabilize her footing.
"What's going on?"
This scene, not to mention Snow Empress, anyone observing the battle between the two felt it was incredible.
"This feeling, could it be…"
Bai Luo, who was observing the battle from the mountaintop, his expression changed slightly.
"At a time like this, of all times!"
Feng also thought of the reason for Frey's change: "She, she, under those circumstances, initiated the Demon Lord's Awakening Ritual!"
"What?!"
"The Demon Lord's Awakening Ritual?!"
Upon hearing this information, the most unsightly expression belonged to Snow Empress.
It was precisely the pressure she exerted that gave Frey the opportunity to advance further.
"Master?"
"It's alright, Xue'er."
Bai Luo soothed Snow Empress's emotions: "Your plan was correct: use overwhelming power to make her lose her combat ability."
Snow Empress did not overextend but went all out, preparing to take down Frey in one fell swoop.
But what was unexpected was Frey's desperate counterattack.