So... such an illusion cannot trap me either!
The next moment, the entire ice sheet began to crack. Those respectful faces peeled off piece by piece like broken ice. Di Tian, King of Myriad Demons, Bi Ji, Xiong Jun... all the figures were collapsing and turned into ice chips all over the sky.
The last one to disappear was Snow Empress, but when Snow Empress also turned into ice chips all over the sky, Ice Empress felt an inexplicable feeling of palpitations.
The surrounding scenery changed again, but when the surrounding ripples gradually calmed down, Ice Empress suddenly realized that he was still in Extreme North Land.
The biting cold wind cuts through the air like a knife blade, the sky is covered with snowflakes, and the ice under your feet is thousands of feet thick, exuding an everlasting chill.
No... that's not right.
The vitality of heaven and earth here... is restless.
Ice Empress's heart suddenly sank.
This smell was all too familiar to her.
The catastrophe that every Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast will experience when they break through the limits of cultivation.
It's not Heavenly Tribulation at the level of 100,000 years or 200,000 years, but more terrifying, more violent, more terrifying...
"700,000 Year Tribulation."
A voice sounded behind her, as cold as snow and as calm as water.
Ice Empress turned around suddenly.
Snow Empress stood three steps behind her, wearing a white dress that fluttered gently in the wind and snow. Her long hair was blown by the wind, revealing her cold and beautiful face. Her eyes crossed Ice Empress and looked towards the distant sky. The rolling clouds of calamity were reflected in her eyes that had always been calm.
"Xue'er?" Ice Empress's voice was subconsciously tight, "You..."
Snow Empress did not answer.
Her gaze still fell on the gathering clouds of calamity. The vitality between heaven and earth seemed to be stirred by an invisible hand, slowly rotating with her as the center, forming a terrifying vortex visible to the naked eye.
"How could it be! Xue'er, it's obviously still some time before your 700,000 Year Tribulation... it obviously won't come so soon!"
Hearing this, Snow Empress sighed softly, and finally turned around to face Ice Empress: "None of this is important. The important thing is... I may not be able to survive this catastrophe. If I die, this huge Extreme North Land will fall on you."
"Bing'er, manage Extreme North Land for me."
"Impossible!" Ice Empress took a step forward, the ice under her feet cracked due to her emotional fluctuations, "You are the master of Extreme North Land, the incarnation of ice and snow! 700,000 Year Tribulation Even though it is terrifying, it is impossible -"
At this moment, Ice Empress seemed to be completely immersed in the tense atmosphere of Snow Empress's upcoming tribulation, completely forgetting that he was going through the assessment of the illusion.
"Bing'er."
Snow Empress interrupted her.
He just called her name softly, but all Ice Empress's words were stuck in his throat.
The corners of Snow Empress's lips were slightly raised, it was a very light smile.
"As early as tens of thousands of years ago, I had a premonition that I would not be able to survive the catastrophe of 700,000 years. You and I know it well, and now... I am just a little unwilling."
"After I leave, you have to shoulder the responsibility of Lord of the Extreme North."
Snow Empress was silent for a moment.
Then, she did something she had never done in hundreds of thousands of years -
She opened her arms and gently embraced Ice Empress.
The hug was very light, as if she was afraid that if she applied too much force, she would break something. Snow Empress's body temperature was even lower than hers, but Ice Empress felt an unprecedented warmth in that coldness.
"I'm sorry," Snow Empress's voice sounded in her ears, very softly, "I want you to stay alone."
Ice Empress finally couldn't hold back the tears.
The crystal teardrops slipped from her cheeks, condensed into ice crystals in the extremely cold air, and fell one by one on the ice under her feet, making a crisp sound.
She stretched out her hand and grabbed Snow Empress's white skirt, her knuckles turning white.
The calamity clouds are getting thicker and thicker, and the sense of oppression between heaven and earth is getting heavier and heavier. The distant sky has been completely engulfed by ink-colored clouds, and there are faint thunder lights wandering in the clouds, as if some ancient and indifferent eyes are watching here.
Snow Empress let go of his embrace, glanced at Ice Empress one last time, then turned around and faced the boiling cloud of calamity.
Then, she took the first step.
When that step fell, the whole world trembled.
The calamity cloud surged suddenly as if it was enraged. A purple thunder split from the clouds, tearing half of the sky and illuminating the cold back of Snow Empress.
Ice Empress stood there, watching the back step by step towards the center of the robbery cloud, feeling a faint tingling sensation in his heart.
Heavenly Tribulation fell suddenly, but Snow Empress's figure remained upright, and even his steps did not stop at all.
But what fell immediately was multiple thunderbolts.
Heavenly Tribulation became more and more violent, and what fell in the calamity cloud was not only thunder, but also Tidal Destruction, a mixture of ice, fire, wind and thunder. Snow Empress's figure became increasingly blurred in the calamity light in the sky, but her steps never stopped.
Finally, when another Heavenly Tribulation fell, Snow Empress's body shook visibly.
A corner of her white dress had been torn, revealing a bone-deep wound on her shoulder. There was no blood - the wound was instantly frozen in the extreme cold, showing an almost transparent pale color. Her breath was obviously disordered, and her breathing was no longer steady.
At this moment, Snow Empress turned around and looked back.
Across the sky of tribulation light and thunder, and hundreds of thousands of years of time and bonds, she took one last look at Ice Empress.
There was no sadness or fear in that look, just an almost tender... apology.
"No!!"
Ice Empress was so distraught that she almost lost her voice, but she was powerless to change everything.
Facing this terrifying Heavenly Tribulation, she couldn't do anything.
A violent panic instantly lingered in Ice Empress's heart. She must not lose Xue'er!
There must be a way... There must be a way!
Yes! Aoyao!
Aoyao's diary, with the diary reward, he will definitely be able to save Xue'er!
Thinking of this, the look on Ice Empress's face suddenly condensed, and his heart suddenly calmed down as if a basin of water had been poured on it.
She finally reacted belatedly.
Everything in front of me is just an illusion.
She almost got addicted to it... She even had the idea of dying with Snow Empress in her heart just now!
Ice Empress couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief - now that she has obtained the inheritance of Ice God, the catastrophe of Soul Beast will no longer be a problem for her. And Xue'er, with the help of Aoyao and the reward of the diary, will definitely be able to survive the catastrophe smoothly.
This kind of thing is simply impossible to happen.
However... now Xue'er still hasn't received the reward for surviving Heavenly Tribulation.
She can't sit back and relax yet.
She must make sure that Xue'er has indeed received the reward for surviving Heavenly Tribulation before she can feel relieved!
It seems... after Third Trial is over, she still has to work harder to get Aoyao to write Xue'er's name a few more times.
Xue'er's luck can't always be so bad, right?