Facing the Sea Princess's furious, oppressive questioning, Jiang Zhen remained calm. He stepped forward, water vapor swirling around him, and quietly dissolved the overwhelming pressure of her domain.
"Your Highness, Sea Princess," he began, his voice clear and steady as it rang distinctly through the deep sea,
"We came here presumptuously, but not to start a war. We actually have a deal we would like to discuss with Your Highness."
"A deal?"
The cold glint in the Sea Princess's ice-blue eyes intensified. She glanced at the energy remnants of her Soul Beasts that had yet to fully dissipate, her voice cracking like ice,
"You slaughtered my subjects and forced your way into my forbidden grounds. This is how you wish to discuss a deal? Human, are you not being far too arrogant?"
She did not believe him at all!
In her long life, every Human Spirit Master who entered the Ice Sea had come to hunt Soul Beasts and seize their Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones!
The so-called deal was nothing more than a fig leaf for the law of the jungle!
Jiang Zhen sighed softly, but his eyes instantly sharpened.
"In that case, I can only ask Your Highness to calm down first and listen to my explanation."
"Arrogant! I would like to see what gives you the right to spout such nonsense here!"
The Sea Princess was enraged. As the six-hundred-thousand-year Lord of the Ice Sea, when had she ever suffered such contempt?
Her enormous silver fish tail suddenly lashed out!
BOOM!
The entire sea region seemed to boil!
Countless enormous ice spikes instantly condensed from the seawater above, below, and on all sides. They shot out like ten thousand arrows, completely sealing off every avenue of escape for Jiang Zhen!
At the same time, an exceptionally powerful