Ice Empress, Your Power Is Too Great!

Ice Empress hovered in the air, her orange-yellow eyes fixed fiercely on Huo Yuhao below, filled with confusion and fury.

"Tian Meng?!"

A crisp yet icy female voice rang across the frozen plains.

"It's been so many years. I never thought you'd come back on your own to die!"

"No..."

Ice Empress suddenly sensed something was wrong. Her gaze pierced through the Soul Beast Cloak and saw the human within.

"Why is it a human? That trash Tian Meng's aura... why is it on you?"

Facing this notorious Overlord of the Far North, Huo Yuhao showed no fear. Instead, the corners of his lips rose into an arrogant smile.

"Tian Meng?"

Huo Yuhao raised a hand and gripped the front of his clothes.

"That trash no longer exists."

"He has already become part of my power."

"Ice Empress, you will be the same."

"Submit to my power!"

"You're courting death!!"

Ice Empress flew into a rage.

How dared a mere human ant provoke the dignity of Ice Empress?

"Such brazen boasting! Human, I'll show you the terrifying power of the Heavenly King of the Far North!"

Boom!

Ice Empress's jade-green scorpion tail lashed out violently.

The terrifying pressure of a three-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year Beast erupted in an instant, and cracks appeared in the surrounding space from the extreme cold.

Huo Yuhao felt his legs sink, as though a massive mountain rested upon his back. Even standing became difficult.

So this is the pressure of a Beast? Truly terrifying.

But...

"Move! Jade! Three!"

Huo Yuhao shouted sharply.

The Masked Beasts that had long lain in ambush within the Void moved.

Crack!

The mask on [Grim Reaper] Electrolux's face suddenly shattered for the most part. Only a fragment beside his left eye remained, revealing the aged yet imposing face beneath.

Even stranger, a pitch-black hole suddenly appeared in his chest.

A gray energy utterly different from Soul Power, filled with the aura of death and annihilation, surged into the sky.

At this moment, his pressure forcefully held back Ice Empress's, reaching the level of a Title Douluo!

"What?!"

Ice Empress's expression changed drastically. "There are helpers too? What the hell is that thing?!"

Before she could react—

Whoosh!

The Grim Reaper Scythe in Electrolux's hand swept out.

Several gray waves of energy, sharp enough to sever souls, forced Ice Empress to retreat and evade.

In that fleeting opening—

The [Celestial Maiden], who had kept her aura hidden all along, struck.

Whoosh!

The ribbon formed from the Sky Dream Remains crossed space in an instant. Taking advantage of Ice Empress's unstable footing, it wrapped tightly around her body.

"This is... that Tian Meng bastard's skin?!"

Ice Empress struggled desperately, trying to freeze the ribbon apart with Ultimate Ice.

Yet the ribbon was astonishingly resilient and highly resistant to ice. It only tightened further, binding her two great claws and scorpion tail firmly in place.

"Release me!!"

Ice Empress let out an enraged roar as terrifying frigid energy erupted wildly, trying to break through the seal.

Huo Yuhao watched Ice Empress struggle in the air, the Sharingan in his left eye spinning frantically as it tracked her every movement.

"Ice Empress."

"Your power is too great. I cannot allow you to act recklessly!"

Huo Yuhao slowly raised his right hand and covered his right eye.

A scarlet Mangekyō pattern bloomed with an eerie glow between his fingers.

"Kamui!"

Buzz—!

Centered on Ice Empress, the surrounding space began to distort violently.

An enormous black vortex appeared out of thin air.

Under the dual effects of Electrolux's deathly suppression and the physical restraints of the Sky Dream Remains, Ice Empress had no way to free herself to resist the suction from another spatial dimension.

"No—!! What is this?!"

Ice Empress discovered in horror that her body was being dragged uncontrollably into that black hole.

"Human!! You'll regret this!!"

Accompanied by her final unwilling roar—

The enormous body of the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion vanished completely into the vortex.

The snowstorm continued.

Huo Yuhao lowered his hand as a sharp pain shot through his right eye.

Looking at the empty frozen plains, a satisfied curve formed on his lips.

"Hmph, I am the Jinchuriki!"

"Capture successful."

"Two-Tails, take your place."

As the massive black vortex swallowed Ice Empress's enormous body, Huo Yuhao did not remain where he was for even a second longer.

Phew...

Got her.

However, this is not a place to linger.

With my current strength, facing an existence on Snow Empress's level would still be far too difficult.

Snow Empress, you are one of the Tailed Beasts too.

But not now.

Without any hesitation, Huo Yuhao covered his right eye.

The scarlet three-scythe Mangekyō pattern spun wildly once more.

"Kamui."

A spatial vortex appeared again, drawing Huo Yuhao himself into it and making him disappear completely from the frozen plains.

Kamui Dimension.

"Damned human! Release me at once!!"

An enraged roar echoed through the empty space.

Ice Empress's enormous body was tightly bound by the resilient ribbon controlled by the [Celestial Maiden]. Even with all her strength, she could not break free in the slightest.

It was a ribbon formed from the million-year remains of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, with a toughness beyond imagination.

Yet compared to the restraints on her body, what filled Ice Empress with even greater despair and terror was the environment before her.

There was no wind or snow, only endless darkness and those strange blue stone pillars.

"Where... is this?"

"Could it be... I'm no longer on Douluo Continent?"

Just as she wavered in uncertainty—

Buzz!

Space distorted, and a figure appeared out of thin air, landing atop the highest stone pillar.

Huo Yuhao looked down upon Ice Empress below from above.

At this moment, both his eyes had activated the Mangekyō Sharingan, making him appear imposing and eerie.

His left eye held a sharp black six-pointed star, while his right contained three scythes linked end to end.

"Ice Empress."

Huo Yuhao's low, hoarse voice rang out with detached indifference.

"Welcome to... my world."

"I 'invited' you here because I need you to assist us in completing a great God-Making Project."

"Invited?!"

Hearing that word, Ice Empress trembled with rage, her voice becoming shrill and murderous.

"You tied me up and dragged me here without a word, and you call that an 'invitation'?!"

"You innately evil human brat! Don't even think about making me help you with anything!"

She was practically exploding with anger inside.

She had been living comfortably in the Extreme North, acting as her own little emperor.

Then a human suddenly appeared, inexplicably saying something like, "Your power is too great," before binding her and bringing her to this damned place without another word.

This was utterly absurd!

"I'm warning you! Release me immediately! Otherwise, once Snow Empress senses my disappearance, she will never let you go!"

Faced with Ice Empress's threat, Huo Yuhao's expression beneath his mask did not change in the slightest.

Refusing to submit?

Fair enough. She is a three-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year Beast. This much pride is only natural.

It seems... I'll have to intimidate her first.

"Stubbornly ignorant."

Huo Yuhao snorted coldly and thrust out his right hand, clenching the air.

"Golem Chains!"