A stunningly beautiful woman with white hair and blue eyes, exuding an aura of icy elegance, seemed to sense something. She immediately looked up toward a place dozens of kilometers away, where she saw two humans wreaking havoc in the Far North.
This breathtaking woman was none other than the Snow Empress. Her exquisite face was as cold as frost. As the ruler of the Far North, it had been countless years since she last witnessed anyone daring to act recklessly in the core region of her domain.
What worried the Snow Empress most was that she could only sense Ice Empress's aura but could not locate her presence. Her mood darkened instantly. As her emotions shifted, a blizzard erupted across a hundred-kilometer radius, and the temperature plummeted. Countless powerful ice-attribute soul beasts trembled, burying their heads in the thick snow, fearing the wrath of the Far North's ruler.
Meanwhile, above the skies of the Far North's core region, two figures darted through the air—one attacking, the other evading, locked in a relentless chase.
Song Jie said in a deep voice, "Let's see how long you can keep dodging!"
A glossy black light radiated from the soul bone in Song Jie's right arm. His two soul cores in his lower dantian spun rapidly, merging vast amounts of soul power, mental energy, and the origin power of his martial soul. With a swift motion, he unleashed a palm strike. A massive blue energy hand, spanning a hundred meters, shot toward Wang Chen, who was a kilometer away.
The giant hand moved with incredible speed, reaching within a hundred meters of Wang Chen in an instant. At its center was a massive black vortex, emanating an overwhelming suction force that seemed capable of swallowing everything.
Wang Chen, with his tangible and substantial mental power constantly scanning his surroundings, immediately sensed the incoming attack. The power of this palm was terrifying—any cultivator below the rank of Limit Douluo would surely die upon contact. The vortex's suction caused Wang Chen's movements to falter, even pulling him backward, nearly reopening his healed wounds.
Wang Chen was heavily injured and had not used his ring detonation technique, with more than half of his soul power already depleted. Naturally, he had no intention of clashing head-on with a Limit Douluo.
Relying on the legacy carapace of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and his ten-thousand-year teleportation soul skill, Wang Chen remained unfazed. He even had the leisure to comment, "Using a combat technique to enhance a soul bone skill—quite interesting."
Then, his fourth soul ring lit up, and with three rapid whoosh sounds, he teleported three times, instantly putting fifteen hundred meters between himself and the suction-filled giant hand.
This infuriated Song Jie, who was hot on his trail. He cursed loudly, "Fine, fine, fine! Let's see how many times you can teleport! Once your soul power runs dry, you're finished!"
In his mind, Song Jie thought, I refuse to believe a heavily injured man with half his soul power depleted can escape my grasp.
With this resolve, Song Jie erupted with power and continued the chase.
The three consecutive teleports consumed another three percent of Wang Chen's soul power. Activating his flight soul tool, he circled the core region of the Far North, simultaneously waiting for the Snow Empress to appear while urging his soul core to absorb the surrounding natural energy to restore his soul power.
Wang Chen thought to himself, The commotion of a clash between Limit Douluo-level powerhouses is so great that the Snow Empress will surely arrive soon. When she does, there's a chance we can team up to make Tang San's lackey perish in the Far North.
At the same time, within Wang Chen's mental sea, the Ice Empress continuously released her aura to attract the Snow Empress's attention.
Thus, a cat-and-mouse game unfolded. Wang Chen fled in front, with Song Jie pursuing from behind. But every time Song Jie closed in to attack, Wang Chen used his teleportation soul skill to pull away.
Time passed quickly in this chase, and after half a minute…
A bone-chilling aura erupted from the depths of the Far North. Immediately after, a clear, cold voice resounded through the heavens and earth:
"Who dares to act recklessly in my Far North?! Emperor's Cold Sky, Snow Dance Radiant Sun!"
As the voice echoed, the temperature within a dozens-of-kilometers radius plummeted to minus two hundred degrees and continued to drop rapidly. The snowflakes falling from the sky poured down like a torrent, whipped into a frenzy by the howling winds, blurring the entire core region of the Far North.
Song Jie's expression shifted slightly, his brows furrowing. He sensed danger—it was the ruler of the Far North, the Snow Empress.
As the High Priest of Sea God Island, Song Jie was not only well-versed in the soul beasts of the ocean but also knowledgeable about those on land. He knew that while the Snow Empress had not condensed complementary yin-yang dual soul cores like Di Tian or the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler, her cultivation was nearing seven hundred thousand years. Her strength was no less than that of a human Limit Douluo.
Though Song Jie was a Limit Douluo himself, facing the Snow Empress, the ruler of the Far North, especially in her own domain, filled him with apprehension. The home-field advantage could significantly boost one's combat power.
Song Jie was all too aware of the power of fighting in one's own domain. With his martial soul tied to the ocean, he was nearly invincible at sea, unmatched by anyone. But outside the ocean, he was merely on par with other Limit Douluo.
As the overwhelming blizzard and extreme cold enveloped him, Song Jie felt as though his body and soul were on the verge of freezing. He had no choice but to activate his Sea Domain to barely counter the Snow Empress's Snow Dance Radiant Sun Domain.
Wang Chen, facing the blizzard, remained calm. Thanks to his second martial soul, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, he had a high resistance to cold. Though the low temperatures of Snow Dance Radiant Sun were formidable, they couldn't harm him significantly.
Hearing the Snow Empress's melodious voice, Wang Chen's heart leaped with joy. His gaze turned toward the figure standing amidst the swirling snow.
What met his eyes was a woman with snow-white hair and ice-blue eyes, like a goddess of ice and snow—cold, noble, and untouchable. Wang Chen, having seen many beauties in the Sun Moon Empire—like Meng Hongchen, Ye Guyi, Ju Zi, or Xu Tianran—all of whom were top-tier beauties, still found them lacking compared to the Snow Empress in both appearance and temperament.
In four simple words, the Snow Empress could be described as nation-toppling beauty.
However, Wang Chen had no time to admire her beauty. His priority was dealing with Tang San's lackey.
In his mental sea, the Ice Empress clapped her scorpion pincers excitedly upon seeing the Snow Empress. "Great, we're safe!!"
The Ice Empress and Snow Empress were as close as sisters, their bond deep. Seeing the Snow Empress arrive, the Ice Empress breathed a sigh of relief, completely relaxed. Earlier, when two Limit Douluo had ambushed Wang Chen, she had been terrified, thinking that just after fusing with Wang Chen as an intelligent soul ring, she might perish alongside him.
The Snow Empress stood amidst the boundless snow, her gaze sweeping over Wang Chen and Song Jie before settling on Wang Chen. Sensing the Ice Empress's aura within him, her eyes grew even colder. She said icily, "Ice Empress's aura… What have you done to her?"
Her piercing gaze locked onto Wang Chen, and an ice-blue longsword materialized in her hand, poised to strike. She clearly believed her dear sister had met with misfortune, hunted by a human and turned into a soul ring or soul bone.
Seeing the Snow Empress about to attack, Wang Chen immediately spoke to the Ice Empress in his mental sea, "Ice Empress, come out and explain."
"Leave it to me," the Ice Empress responded confidently. A small spiritual scorpion emerged from Wang Chen's mental sea, perching on his shoulder, and addressed the Snow Empress, "Snow, hold on, it's me."
"Ice Empress, how did you end up like this?" The Snow Empress's eyes widened at the sight of the Ice Empress's spiritual form.
Knowing this wasn't the time for reminiscing, the Ice Empress used her mental power to transmit the full story to the Snow Empress.
In an instant, the Snow Empress understood everything.
She then turned her gaze to Wang Chen, sizing him up curiously. She thought to herself, So this is the human Wang Chen that Ice Empress has placed her hopes on? To hold out against two Limit Douluo until now and even repel one of them… At just fifteen years old, such talent is truly astonishing and unimaginable. Compared to Tang San and his group ten thousand years ago, his talent far surpasses theirs. If they could become gods, isn't his ascension practically guaranteed?
For a moment, the Snow Empress felt tempted.
Her seventh hundred-thousand-year tribulation was approaching, and to survive it, she had tried to condense complementary yin-yang dual soul cores to reach the same realm as Di Tian or the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler. But she failed, damaging her origin, making it impossible to survive the tribulation.
Before Wang Chen appeared, the Snow Empress had considered transforming into a human through a hundred-thousand-year Snow Lotus to restart her cultivation. However, that path was far too dangerous, and achieving godhood as a human was incredibly difficult, leaving her hesitant.
Wang Chen's appearance offered her a new option—one that seemed far more reliable than transforming and restarting as a human. For the first time, the Snow Empress's gaze toward Wang Chen softened, carrying a trace of goodwill.
She turned to the Ice Empress with a playful scolding tone, "Ice Empress, you made such a decision without discussing it with me."
The Ice Empress chuckled, "Snow, I was going to tell you after the fusion was complete, but then two Limit Douluo suddenly attacked."
The Snow Empress waved her hand dismissively, exuding confidence. "Ice Empress, I'm not blaming you. Let me deal with this Limit Douluo chasing you first, then we'll talk."
With that, she aimed her ice sword at Song Jie.
Song Jie had been delighted to see the Snow Empress draw her sword against Wang Chen, ready to enjoy the show. But to his shock, in an instant, the Snow Empress allied with Wang Chen and turned her blade toward him. Unable to sit still, he shouted, "Snow Empress, I am the High Priest of Sea God Island. This man is a scourge to the Douluo Continent. If he isn't eliminated, billions of lives will perish, and soul beasts will face extinction because of him. This is the will of the gods! Don't stray down the wrong path. You should join me to eradicate him, and the Sea God will surely reward you. Otherwise, the Sea God's divine punishment will leave you doomed!"
Song Jie employed both promises of reward and threats, even invoking Tang San, the Sea God.
The Snow Empress sneered, "If the Sea God can hear you, let him grant me a divine position. If he does, I'll kill Wang Chen without hesitation. If he can't, you'll stay here!"
Song Jie was rendered speechless. A divine position was immensely valuable—even as the High Priest of Sea God Island, he couldn't obtain one. A soul beast daring to demand a divine position? She was dreaming! If he had a divine position, he'd have fused with it himself and crushed everyone with a single slap.
Seeing Song Jie's silence, the Snow Empress wasted no more words. Her sword slashed downward.
Emperor's Sword, Peerless Ice!
A deep blue sword arc traced a fan-shaped light in the air, transitioning from deep blue to light blue, then to pale blue, and finally white. Wherever the terrifying sword arc passed, the air itself froze, the temperature so low it seemed to solidify space.
Facing such a powerful strike, Song Jie didn't dare to be careless. His soul rings lit up, all amplifying his own abilities. He then unleashed a palm strike, and a blue energy giant hand clashed with the white sword arc. With a deafening explosion, the collision shattered the surrounding space, and a violent energy ripple mixed with extreme ice energy surged toward Song Jie.
Song Jie was pushed back several hundred meters by the energy impact, his face alternating between blue and white as the extreme ice chill invaded his body. Circulating his soul power, he forced the chill out, spitting a chunk of blood-ice from his mouth, and his complexion returned to normal.
Unwillingly, Song Jie glared at the Snow Empress and the heavily injured Wang Chen. But no matter how reluctant he was, he knew that with the Snow Empress present, killing Wang Chen was impossible.
Gritting his teeth, he said venomously, "Fine, Snow Empress, I'll remember this!"
After his harsh words, Song Jie turned to flee, knowing he couldn't defeat her and daring not to stay.
But just as he tried to escape, a silver-white spatial force suddenly bound him.
It was the God-Suppressing Spear's spatial confinement!
Seeing Song Jie immobilized, Wang Chen's lips curved into a slight smile. He hadn't forgotten how this Tang San lackey had ambushed him earlier. Now, it was time for payback.
Seizing the opportunity, the Snow Empress gathered the snow and ice of her entire domain into her flawless, delicate palm. She then struck at the immobilized Song Jie.
Emperor's Palm, Great Cold Without Snow!
The palm strike was light and soft, almost gentle, but it was the Snow Empress's most powerful attack, said to be fatal if it connected. Though immensely powerful, it was difficult to land. But with Song Jie trapped by spatial confinement, unable to move, he had no way to dodge.
Song Jie's eyes widened in terror as the gentle blue palm print aimed for his heart. He felt the aura of death in that strike. Desperately burning his life force, he frantically urged his dual soul cores to vibrate, trying to break the spatial confinement.
But just as the confinement was about to shatter, the Snow Empress's gentle palm landed on his heart. His heart froze into a solid block of ice, the chill spreading to his brain and vital organs, sealing away all traces of life.
The Sea God's lackey was dead!
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