"Is he dead?"
Ice Empress poked Xiong Jun's stiffened body. The ice and snow on him rustled down, revealing his bewildered face.
"Probably..."
Snow Empress could no longer sense any life force from Xiong Jun, yet she still found it hard to believe he had died so easily.
Seeing Xiong Jun truly dead, Ice Empress could not be bothered to dwell on it. Their battle alone had inflicted enormous damage upon the Far North Land, and the Ice Jade Scorpion clan had failed to gather all its members amid the chaos. She was in no mood to feel good.
"Ice God's divine artifact! That God of the Sea actually used it until it ended up like this!"
Ice Empress carefully picked up the damaged armor with her pincers. She could no longer feel the Ice God's power from it. Only a faint, intermittent trace of the Ice God's aura still clung to it, but it was so ethereal that it seemed ready to vanish at any moment.
"Bing'er..."
After calling out, Snow Empress said nothing more. She merely stared blankly at the dulled armor before summoning her power. A blizzard buried it.
"How did that damned God of the Sea find it? We were clearly the first to arrive."
Ice Empress was deeply frustrated. She and Snow Empress had lived in the Far North Land for so long, and together with that big fellow, they had been hailed as the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North, reigning over the land and revering the Ice God for countless years. Yet a human had found the inheritance site, obtained the divine artifact, and even ruined it through use. It was already impressive that she had not gone mad.
"Let's soothe the people first. The Far North Land has suffered considerable losses