Proud Snow Lingering Frost, Xue Nianbing: I'm Leaving

The moment he said that.

Xue Nianbing's expression stiffened slightly. He then coughed and stubbornly said, "Better not. How could I possibly fight Sister Xue?"

"Hehe, that's not up to you."

Snow Empress narrowed her eyes slightly, then grabbed Xue Nianbing and flung him straight into the sky.

Xue Nianbing: "..."

What the hell was he supposed to fight with?!

He was just a Soul Elder. What qualifications did he have to fight Snow Empress, a seven-hundred-thousand-year Fierce Beast, especially on her home turf?

If word got out, it would definitely shock the Soul Master World.

"Xue... damn it!"

Xue Nianbing had just been about to soften his tone when a fist came flying straight at his face.

It looked like an ordinary punch, yet Xue Nianbing could neither dodge nor resist it.

Bang!

Snow Empress controlled her strength perfectly, sending Xue Nianbing flying without injuring him.

"Nianbing, two years have passed. How come you still haven't improved at all?" Snow Empress's airy laughter rang beside Xue Nianbing's ear.

Xue Nianbing: "..."

Two years. You knew it had only been two years.

Give me another twenty—no, six or seven years would do.

Bang!

Another punch came crashing in, sending the still-airborne Xue Nianbing flying backward once again.

And that punch had specifically targeted Xue Nianbing's face, leaving him with a black eye.

That finally pushed Xue Nianbing past his limit.

After landing on the snow, he immediately steadied himself, took a deep breath, and released his two Martial Souls: the Frosty Ice Spear and the Proud Snow Cold Bow.

The instant the two Extreme Martial Souls appeared, their two currents of Extreme Ice actually merged together.

Ice-blue coldness, snow-white frost.

In an instant, a thick layer of ice formed across several hundred meters around Xue Nianbing, while snowflakes danced throughout the air.

Watching from afar, Ice Empress said in surprise, "I didn't expect Nianbing's Proud Snow Lingering Frost to have reached this level already."

Proud Snow Lingering Frost was the Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill Xue Nianbing had discovered within himself three years ago. Its power was astonishing.

Back then, it had been capable of killing Thousand-Year Soul Beasts with a single strike and injuring Ten Thousand Years Soul Beasts.

Now, it already possessed the power to kill Ten Thousand Years Soul Beasts, though it was unclear exactly what level it had reached.

In the sky, Snow Empress quietly watched the scene. A trace of gratification flashed through her eyes, and an enchanting faint smile curved her lips.

"Proud Snow Lingering Frost!"

Xue Nianbing gave a soft shout, and the Soul Power within his body was instantly drained dry.

His left hand drew the bow while his right hand held the spear. Using the spear as an arrow, he aimed directly at Snow Empress.

The Proud Snow Cold Bow was drawn to its limit, and the Frosty Ice Spear radiated a biting chill.

Whoosh!

The spear shot forth, leaving frost lingering in the air as snowflakes filled the sky.

From the perspective of the Ice and Snow Emperors, it was as though they saw a noble and sacred Ice and Snow Divine Dragon flying toward Snow Empress in the sky.

The Divine Dragon had no wings. Frost and snowflakes formed its scales, its five claws were forged from solid ice, and its head was lifelike, with a pair of golden dragon eyes brimming with majesty.

"A dragon?"

Both Snow Empress and Ice Empress were stunned.

When Xue Nianbing had used Proud Snow Lingering Frost before, it had never displayed such grandeur. Let alone a phantom Divine Dragon, even the frost and snow had never been this overwhelming.

"So this is the true form of Proud Snow Lingering Frost?"

Snow Empress murmured, then raised her jade-like hand and lightly sent out a palm strike.

The seemingly frail palm wind instantly shattered the imposing Proud Snow Lingering Frost into frost and snow that scattered down from the sky.

Seeing that.

Xue Nianbing's lips twitched helplessly.

His strongest killing move was still no more than a light palm strike before Snow Empress.

There was no helping it. The gap between them was simply too great.

It was not that Proud Snow Lingering Frost was too weak, but that he himself was too weak to unleash its true power.

"Nianbing, are you out of Soul Power now?" Snow Empress still looked at Xue Nianbing with a smile.

"...I still have some."

Xue Nianbing remained stubborn.

"Hehe."

Snow Empress chuckled, then raised her Love Fist once more.

Bang!

"Don't hit people in the face! That's going too far!"

Bang!

"Sister Xue, if you keep hitting me, I'm really going to get angry!"

Bang bang bang...

A gruesome beating unfolded right before Ice Empress's eyes.

For a moment, Ice Empress did not know whether she should be happy or worried.

She was happy to see Xue Nianbing, who had "bullied her," getting taught a lesson.

But seeing Xue Nianbing beaten so badly also made her feel a little distressed. She was afraid Snow Empress might accidentally hurt him.

Who knew how long passed.

Snow Empress stopped, and Xue Nianbing collapsed.

"Hiss, not only did she hit hard, she hit dirty too." Xue Nianbing sucked in a breath and rubbed his Bruised and Swollen Handsome Face.

"Do you still dare?"

Snow Empress asked with a faint smile.

"Why wouldn't I? As the saying goes, hitting is affection, scolding is love, and hitting and scolding together is true love." Xue Nianbing was not afraid in the slightest. He even started arguing his case.

Snow Empress: "..."

What exactly had she raised?

He was getting beaten and still looked delighted. Did he have masochistic tendencies?

"Then let this Empress give you some more true love." Snow Empress glared and made as if to strike again.

"Snow Empress."

Ice Empress hurried forward to stop her. "Nianbing is still young. He doesn't understand."

Xue Nianbing: "..."

Snow Empress: "..."

That sounded oddly familiar.

"Bing'er, he isn't that young anymore."

"Didn't you hear him say he wanted to eat you clean and make me devote myself to him? Don't be fooled by his youthful face. He understands everything."

Snow Empress shook her head helplessly.

Xue Nianbing was sly as could be. Bing'er's little bit of wit was no match for him at all. No wonder she was often "bullied" by him.

"Th-this... Nianbing is probably just a little mischievous," Ice Empress said.

Hearing that, Snow Empress suddenly wanted to say: Silly Bing'er.

But she felt those words were somewhat ambiguous. Bing'er had only just begun showing signs of a normal orientation, so Snow Empress could not send her back to square one with a single sentence.

"Sister Bing."

Xue Nianbing smiled and walked up to Ice Empress. In a gentle voice, he said, "Sister Xue is right. I'm only young in age. I actually understand everything."

"...So you deliberately bullied me before?" Ice Empress's tone turned unfriendly.

"Ahem, how could that be?"

"Before, I truly didn't understand anything. Sister Xue's beating just now happened to open up my Ren and Du Meridians, so I understand a lot more now."

Xue Nianbing spoke without hesitation.

Beside him, Snow Empress was rendered speechless. She looked at Xue Nianbing with a strange expression.

Did he really think that kind of excuse could fool Bing'er?

Did he think Bing'er was stupid?

"Really?" Ice Empress asked doubtfully, suspicion in her voice.

Xue Nianbing nodded with a serious expression. "Really."

"So that's how it is." Ice Empress sounded enlightened and simply believed him.

Snow Empress: "..."

She had raised a bad boy who coveted her.

And she had Sister Bing, who had a little wit, but not much.

Being the Lord of the Extreme North was truly difficult.

Looking at Snow Empress and Ice Empress, Xue Nianbing could not help shaking his head with a smile. After a moment of silence, he said, "Sister Xue, Sister Bing, I may be leaving the Far North."

The moment he said that.

Both Snow Empress and Ice Empress were shaken.

"Leaving? You're going to the Human World?" Ice Empress sounded angry. No longer caring whether it was sensitive or not, her Emerald Scorpion Tail immediately wrapped around Xue Nianbing's waist.