But Snow Empress gave them no time to think or fear.
The temperature in the area suddenly plummeted to an extreme that could freeze even blood.
"Crack! Crack!"
The hundreds of fallen ones charging toward her all turned into rigid ice sculptures within just a few breaths.
Snow Empress continued forward.
Wherever she passed, whether filthy buildings or howling fallen ones, all were frozen solid.
The world, once blood-red, was forcibly dyed a blinding, ghastly white.
The Inner City's guards finally noticed the disturbance outside.
A squad of enforcers clad in heavy black armor rode tall warhorses and thundered out through the city gates.
The captain at their head held a blood-red spear, its tip aimed directly at Snow Empress.
"Stop!"
"This is Slaughter City! No matter where you came from, if you dare cause trouble here, there is only one path for you—death!"
Snow Empress stopped and raised her eyes to look at the captain.
Within those icy blue eyes was nothing but boundless superiority and indifference.
"Only one path—death?"
"You sewer rats, barely clinging to life in the gutters, think you are worthy of speaking to me about life and death?"
The captain flew into a rage, his face flushing crimson.
"Kill her!"
"Drain her blood dry!"
The enforcers urged their warhorses forward in perfect unison, launching a fierce charge.
The thunderous hoofbeats shook the heavens, carrying a stench of blood.
Snow Empress slowly raised her right hand, palm facing upward.
A crystalline snowflake rapidly condensed at her fingertips.
"Emperor's Chill Heaven."
"Snow Dance, Dazzling Sun."
The instant the snowflake drifted down—
Goose-feather snow suddenly began to fall across the skies of Slaughter City.
This was no ordinary snow, but snow of slaughter containing the origin power of Ultimate Ice.
Every snowflake was as sharp as a blade.