A young girl in an emerald-green dress suddenly appeared beside Wang Dong'er.
"Ah, I never thought this Empress could appear again in this way." The girl calling herself this Empress was naturally the Ice Empress.
"Ice Empress, can you sense Snow Empress's presence now?" Wang Dong'er asked curiously.
"No." The Ice Empress replied directly, "After all, I'm already your Soul Spirit, and my power has been sealed. Unless we're extremely close, I can't sense Snow Empress."
"You want Snow Empress to become a Soul Spirit too?" The Ice Empress looked at Wang Dong'er, a thoughtful expression appearing on her face.
She also knew that Snow Empress was likewise nearing the end of her lifespan and had less than a hundred years left to live.
However, before becoming Wang Dong'er's Soul Spirit, she had rarely seen Snow Empress.
Now that she had truly become Wang Dong'er's Soul Spirit, the Ice Empress could also sense through her own experience that this might indeed be a more suitable path for Snow Empress.
Wang Dong'er had a clear, broad road leading to godhood, a teacher with abilities nearly divine, and unparalleled talent.
Other than being unable to leave Wang Dong'er's side and move about freely, she was almost entirely unaffected.
Thus, the Ice Empress truly began to consider giving Snow Empress the same choice.
Yes, only a choice for Snow Empress.
As fellow super ferocious beasts, the Ice Empress naturally understood that super ferocious beasts like them all possessed their own pride.
If Snow Empress was unwilling to walk the path of a Soul Spirit, she would not force her.
Searching for Snow Empress, Ice God Lake
"Although I can't sense Snow Empress, this Empress can take you to Snow Empress's Palace and try our luck." The Ice Empress floated in midair, the emerald-green scorpion tail behind her swaying back and forth like that of a house cat.
"Snow Empress's Palace?" Wang Dong'er was somewhat puzzled.
"That's right. You humans only know that the Extreme North has three great heavenly kings, but you don't know that Snow Empress is the undisputed overlord and leader of the Extreme North," the Ice Empress explained.
"Snow Empress's Palace is where Snow Empress resides. It lies deep within the core region of the Extreme North. Unless one is close to Snow Empress like this Empress, no one would be able to find that place."
"Then wouldn't there be a problem with you bringing an outsider like me?"
The Ice Empress gave Wang Dong'er a faint look.
She had already become a Soul Spirit.
Wang Dong'er scratched her head and did not continue asking.
Fortunately, the Ice Empress did not pursue the matter and simply floated forward.
Although she could not stray too far from Wang Dong'er, the Ice Empress's range of movement was not limited to just a tiny area around her.
Wang Dong'er followed the Ice Empress floating through the air and headed deeper into the Extreme North.
Just as Wang Dong'er followed the Ice Empress toward the depths of the Extreme North, Huo Yuhao, guided by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, had also arrived at the outskirts of the Extreme North.
"Brother Sky Dream, it's so cold here. What Martial Soul are you planning to give me?" Huo Yuhao asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
"Hehe, Yuhao, do you know the legends of the three great heavenly kings of the Extreme North?" The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chuckled, then began explaining without waiting for Huo Yuhao's answer.
After listening to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's introduction, Huo Yuhao felt that his horizons had broadened considerably.
Before meeting the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, he had never imagined that million-year spirit beasts existed in this world.
From the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, he also learned that aside from exceptional cases like the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, a hundred thousand years was not the limit for spirit beasts.
"I told you before that your second Martial Soul would be extraordinary! Hehe, you definitely wouldn't have guessed that the primary target I brought you here for is the second of the three great heavenly kings of the Extreme North."
"Huh?" Huo Yuhao subconsciously pointed at himself.
"Brother Sky Dream, if you wanted me to deliver myself as food, you should've said so earlier. I could've picked a few wild vegetables on the way, so they could at least have a balanced meal."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was exasperated. "Look at how timid you are. Why don't you learn more from that girl Wang Dong'er?"
Huo Yuhao did not argue, thinking that even Wang Dong'er probably would not fare much better.
"Alright, relax. Since I brought you here, I definitely have confidence," the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said. "That fellow lives in the core region of the Extreme North. First, go deeper in according to my instructions."
Huo Yuhao was helpless and could only follow the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's orders, continuing deeper inside.
Core region.
Wang Dong'er was not dressed particularly warmly, yet she was completely unafraid of the cold in the Extreme North.
However, after spending several days walking here step by step, she was practically about to develop snow blindness.
It was not as though Wang Dong'er had not encountered spirit beasts along the way.
But once her three four-hundred-thousand-year spirit rings appeared, coupled with the Ice Empress using her Soul Spirit state to release her aura, those spirit beasts would turn and flee before even getting close.
Furthermore, Wang Dong'er seemed to possess a certain blessing of luck. Even after entering deep into the core region, no powerful spirit beast approached or discovered her.
Soon, under the Ice Empress's guidance, Wang Dong'er arrived at the so-called Snow Empress's Palace.
Though it was called a palace, it was not some grand structure. It was merely a large house built from massive blocks of solid ice.
As they drew closer, an indescribable gleam appeared in the Ice Empress's eyes.
However, the Ice Empress soon curled her lips. "Snow Empress isn't here."
Wang Dong'er had not expected to find Snow Empress immediately, but she became interested in what lay behind Snow Empress's Palace.
"Is that a lake behind it?"
Following Wang Dong'er's gaze, the Ice Empress casually said, "That is Ice God Lake. It is said to be where the ancient Ice God once drank, but it is about to dry up due to a lack of life energy."
"It is said that hundreds of thousands of years ago, heavenly treasures such as the Ice God Lotus grew here. For ice-attribute soul masters like you humans, even a ten-thousand-year Ice God Lotus would provide powerful assistance."
Since it was only said, that meant the Ice Empress herself had never seen one.
Not a single one had appeared in hundreds of thousands of years. It seemed the Ice God Lotus was exceptionally rare.
Or perhaps Ice God Lake was on the verge of drying up and could no longer nurture heavenly treasures like the Ice God Lotus.
"What about Snow Lotus? Is it possible for one to grow here?" Wang Dong'er asked.
In her memories, Snow Empress seemed to have obtained a hundred-thousand-year Snow Lotus, thereby gaining the opportunity to transform into a human and cultivate anew.
"Snow Lotus?" The Ice Empress thought for a moment, then shook her head. "Never heard of it. There have only been legends of the Ice God Lotus in Ice God Lake. As for Snow Lotus, there aren't any here."
"Then where else can we search for Snow Empress now?"
The Ice Empress still shook her head. "How would this Empress know?"
Wang Dong'er shot her a disdainful look. "You don't even know where Snow Empress might usually go, and you still dare say your relationship isn't impure?"
"Heh, you little brat, you dare slander this Empress?" The Ice Empress flicked Wang Dong'er with her scorpion tail.
"But now that you mention it, there is indeed a place Snow Empress might go." The Ice Empress pondered for a moment and began giving directions.
However, just as she guided Wang Dong'er toward the place in her memories, a violent fluctuation suddenly erupted from the direction they were heading.
"This is—" The Ice Empress suddenly raised her head. "Something must have happened to Snow Empress! Let's hurry over!"
There was no need for the Ice Empress to say more. Wang Dong'er immediately unleashed her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul and flew forward at top speed.
If something could happen in the Extreme North, her home ground, then it was most likely the Platform of God Conferment incident.
Anyone capable of entering a place like the core region of the Extreme North while carrying a Platform of God Conferment had to be at least a Soul Douluo.
Although Wang Dong'er was strong now, she was not strong enough to cross so many levels and kill a Soul Douluo. If she got there early enough to help and prevented Snow Empress from being sealed, she could still maneuver around the situation.
Soon, amid the boundless wind and snow, Wang Dong'er saw a disheveled soul master dressed strangely.
Opposite that soul master stood a child like a porcelain doll, glaring at him furiously.
"That's Snow Maiden? Why is she... how..." The Ice Empress stumbled over her words for a long while, but she did not forget that Snow Empress was in a bad situation. She hurriedly said to Wang Dong'er, "Dong'er, can you ask your teacher to act? This Empress will certainly repay you generously afterward!"
Since the last Spirit Transfer Ritual, Electrolux had fallen into slumber.
However, Wang Dong'er recalled a move she had not used in a long time.
Luck Suppression!
A golden glint flashed through Wang Dong'er's pink-blue eyes as she immediately used Luck Suppression on that soul master.
Platform of God Conferment, Evil Douluo
Luck Suppression had no backlash. At most, if the gap in strength between the two sides was too great, the target of the skill would not be affected very much.
Yet the instant Wang Dong'er used Luck Suppression, she saw that the other party's luck was as black as ink.
This surprised Wang Dong'er somewhat.
Generally speaking, anyone who could cultivate to such a high level would not have terribly poor luck.
But the ink-black color of this man's luck was enough to show that he was an exceptionally unlucky person, constantly suffering misfortune due to his poor luck. It was only because he was strong enough that he could escape those unlucky situations.
However, looking at the Platform of God Conferment in his hand, Wang Dong'er doubted whether someone who could capture Snow Empress just as she had transformed into a human and begun cultivating anew was really unlucky.
Unless he died after returning.
Hmm... That was not impossible, even if he was a Titled Douluo-level soul master.
However, Luck Suppression alone was not enough. Wang Dong'er exchanged a glance with the Ice Empress, switched her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul to the Clear Sky Hammer, and a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring instantly rose around her. The Ice Empress also simulated the aura she had once possessed at the height of her power.
"Ice?" Snow Empress, now transformed into a porcelain-doll-like child, instantly sensed that aura.
Though it was somewhat strange, it was indeed the Ice Empress's aura.
Since Snow Empress sensed it, the Titled Douluo soul master naturally sensed it as well. He immediately looked around in panic.
He could naturally feel the overwhelmingly powerful pressure of a four-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring. But the Platform of God Conferment was already prepared, and he was just one step away from capturing and sealing this suspected hundred-thousand-year spirit beast that had transformed into a human and begun cultivating anew. He was truly unwilling to give up.
But in the next moment, the Ice Empress assumed her original form and, using the pressure of Wang Dong'er's four-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring as a disguise, roared, "Human, you dare trespass into the Extreme North!"
Fighting one of the three great heavenly kings of the Extreme North within the Extreme North was not a wise choice. Without even carefully sensing the situation, the Titled Douluo immediately unleashed his Martial Soul, and nine perfectly matched spirit rings emerged one by one.
However, in the next moment, his aura became unstable, and the Platform of God Conferment in his hand inexplicably opened.
The Platform of God Conferment was the pinnacle among sealing Soul Tools. It was a rare Rank Nine Soul Tool, said to be capable of sealing any lifeform. Though it was mainly used to seal spirit beasts, it could also seal human soul masters.
However, the prerequisite for sealing someone was that they had no ability to resist.
Had Wang Dong'er not come here, Snow Empress, who had only just transformed into a human and begun cultivating anew, would have been nothing more than a porcelain doll, entirely incapable of resisting a Titled Douluo.
However, although the Platform of God Conferment possessed powerful sealing abilities, its weakness was obvious.
It maintained its seal by absorbing the sealed person's own Soul Power, so it was almost impossible for a sealed lifeform to break open the Platform of God Conferment from within.
Conversely, the Platform of God Conferment was powerless against external destruction.
Destroying the Platform of God Conferment from the outside did not even require an attack of equal strength. Even an attack from a low-level soul master could easily shatter it.
This Titled Douluo had thought today was his lucky day, but he never expected the Ice Empress, one of the three great heavenly kings of the Extreme North, to come here. The Platform of God Conferment had even inexplicably opened on its own.
At this moment, he had yet to notice that although the Ice Empress had released her pressure, she had not charged over to kill him.
Meanwhile, Wang Dong'er was calling for Electrolux.
Under normal circumstances, Electrolux's slumber could not be disturbed easily. But if Snow Empress were sealed now, Wang Dong'er herself had no way of defeating that Titled Douluo.
At that moment, looking at the inexplicably opened Platform of God Conferment, Wang Dong'er suddenly remembered that there was still a Soul Tool Yan Shaozhe had given her inside her Storage Soul Tool.
In the next moment, Wang Dong'er immediately took out that Soul Tool.
She had examined it before. It was a triggered Soul Tool with one-time offensive and defensive capabilities.
Though it could only be used once, its power was considerable.
At the same time, Wang Dong'er instantly unleashed the two spiritual skills, Separation of All Beings and Soul Torrent.
The Titled Douluo was in a state of mental shock. The defense-stripping effect of Separation of All Beings immediately took effect, while the spiritual attack Soul Torrent caused a sharp pain to explode in the Titled Douluo's head.
Even for a Titled Douluo, though the damage was not obvious, he would still be hit by this combination.
And that was Wang Dong'er's opportunity.
She swiftly darted forward, her target clear as she charged directly toward Snow Empress, who had become a little girl.
"Who is it?!" The Titled Douluo had panicked at the sight of the Ice Empress, and now he was suddenly attacked. For a moment, he failed to notice anything unusual.
But at that moment, perhaps due to the effects of Luck Suppression, the Platform of God Conferment actually activated and began pulling at the Titled Douluo's body.
However, if the target being sealed was not incapable of resisting, the Platform of God Conferment's seal was practically as fragile as paper. In the next moment, the Titled Douluo tore apart the Platform of God Conferment's sealing power.
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