Speaking of this, a flash of astonishment crossed the Snow Empress's eyes:
"It is no exaggeration to say that Chen'er, even without using any Martial Soul or soul power, based solely on the sheer physical strength of this body..."
"An ordinary Soul Ancestor, or even a Soul King, would likely struggle to rival him!"
"Hiss—"
Hearing the Snow Empress's assessment, the Ice Empress could not help but gasp.
A six-year-old's body, comparable to a level 50 Soul King?!
Is he even human?
This is simply a 100,000-year-old humanoid beast wearing human skin!
"Right, Little Chen,"
The Snow Empress paused, her gaze revealing a hint of curiosity and anticipation as she asked:
"What effect did your 5,000-year second soul ring grant you?"
Hearing this question, the Ice Empress immediately pricked up her ears, staring over with a face full of expectation.
"My second soul skill?"
A curve of excitement tugged at the corners of Xue Bingchen's mouth.
He immediately closed his eyes, sinking his consciousness into his body to carefully perceive and introspect upon the changes in his Martial Soul.
A moment later, he snapped his eyes open, a golden-red light flashing and vanishing, his tone carrying unconcealable surprise:
"Mother, Aunt Ice Empress! The effect of my second soul ring is... incredibly strong! It can significantly enhance my absolute control over ice and snow elements!"
"Oh? Enhancing ice and snow control?"
The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress exchanged a glance, both seeing a trace of surprise in the other's eyes.
One must know that Xue Bingchen's Martial Soul is the "Heavenly Snow Woman," which itself represents Ultimate Ice; his control over ice and snow is already at the pinnacle of the Douluo Continent.
For this second soul skill to be able to "significantly enhance" it?
Just how monstrous would that be?
"Little Chen, hurry and show us!" the Ice Empress urged impatiently.
"Alright!"
Xue Bingchen nodded heavily.
He took a deep breath of the biting cold air of the Far North, his gaze instantly becoming incredibly focused.
"Hum!"
The purple 5,000-year second soul ring at his feet suddenly shone with brilliant light!
"Second Soul Skill, Glazed Ice-Snow Heart!"
"Body like glaze, heart like ice and snow!"
Following Xue Bingchen's low shout, the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress were horrified to discover that the surrounding world seemed to resonate at this very moment!
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
They seemed to hear a powerful heartbeat emanating from Xue Bingchen's chest.
Every beat felt as if it were striking the very pulse of the Far North!
Immediately following, a shocking scene unfolded.
The blizzard raging for hundreds of meters around seemed to hear the summons of a monarch; it instantly ceased its rampage and, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, surged frantically toward Xue Bingchen's location!
The Ice Empress widened her beautiful emerald eyes, staring fixedly at Xue Bingchen's movements.
She saw Xue Bingchen slowly raise his right hand, his five fingers slightly spread.
Those violent ice and snow elements, within his palm, had actually become as docile as sheep, allowing him to mold them at will!
"Condense!"
Xue Bingchen focused his intent.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
In the blink of an eye, the ice and snow between heaven and earth instantly transformed into various forms in his palm!
A sharp, peerless ice sword!
An ice spear and ice hammer radiating a bone-chilling aura!
A thick, indestructible ice shield!
And even a lifelike, massive ice claw exuding the pressure of a fierce beast!
These weapons, condensed from pure ice and snow, were not only realistic in form, but the aura of Ultimate Ice flowing over them was enough to instantly freeze and kill any soul master of the same level!
"Such exquisite control! It's as natural as moving one's own arm!" the Ice Empress could not help but exclaim in praise.
However, Xue Bingchen smiled slightly, a mysterious curve appearing at the corner of his mouth:
"Aunt Ice Empress, this... is merely the simplest, most basic application of the Glazed Ice-Snow Heart. What comes next is the real main event!"
The moment the words left his lips!
"Bang!"
Under the shocked gazes of the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, Xue Bingchen's small body unexpectedly disintegrated without any warning!
There was no spray of flesh and blood, no screams of agony.
His body transformed directly into crystalline, translucent snowflakes that filled the sky, instantly merging into the boundless blizzard surrounding them, his presence completely vanishing!
"Little Chen?!"
The Ice Empress was startled, instinctively wanting to release her spiritual power to search for him.
But the next second, she froze.
Because within her spiritual perception, every single snowflake in the surroundings seemed to be Xue Bingchen!
And yet, it seemed none of them were!
Large swathes of snowflakes drifted down with the wind.
Some landed on the peak of a towering glacier hundreds of meters away.
Others drifted into the depths of a bottomless glacial ravine.
"Swish!"
Just then, the snowflake atop the glacier flashed with light, and Xue Bingchen's figure instantly coalesced into form right there!
"Swish!"
Before the two women could even react, his figure dissipated once more, and the next second, he appeared directly at the edge of that deep ravine!
Wherever a snowflake drifted, he needed only a single thought to instantly traverse the distance of space and appear there!
This terrifying displacement ability, which left no trace and was practically equivalent to teleportation, left even the knowledgeable Snow Empress and Ice Empress completely dumbfounded!
"Swish!"
The next moment, a snowflake half a meter in front of the Snow Empress and Ice Empress vanished into thin air.
Xue Bingchen's small face, wearing a brilliant smile, reappeared before the two women.
He looked at the two stunned overlords of the Far North and, in an extremely calm yet domineering tone, summarized the ultimate mystery of his second soul skill:
"As long as I am in this Far North, as long as this blizzard never ceases..."
"The ice and snow shall never perish, and neither shall I!"
Silence!
A deathly silence!
After a long while, the Snow Empress took a deep breath, her beautiful ice-blue eyes filled with unconcealable shock and emotion:
"The absolute control that enhances the power of extreme ice alone was already quite extraordinary. I never expected... this second soul ring would actually grant you such a near-divine skill of instantaneous displacement!"
The Ice Empress was also so excited that her pretty face flushed red, and she nodded repeatedly:
"It's too heaven-defying! This second soul skill is simply too heaven-defying! Just by strengthening his control over ice and snow, little Bingchen has already grown wings like a tiger, and those weapons manifested from ice and snow give him all-around combat capabilities, both offensive and defensive! Add this bizarre teleportation to the mix... in this Far North, who could ever hope to catch him?!"
Watching the shocked expressions of his two elders, Xue Bingchen scratched his head and truthfully confessed the limitations of his soul skill:
"It's actually not that invincible."
He explained earnestly:
"In the Far North, because there is snow everywhere, this teleportation of mine is indeed very strong. However, the range of the teleportation is roughly within five hundred meters centered on myself."
"Furthermore, because of the unique environment here, the soul power consumed by each teleportation is minuscule, almost to the point of being negligible."
"However..."
Xue Bingchen's tone shifted.
"If I leave the Far North in the future and go to the outside world where there is no snow, I would need to consume soul power to create snow myself before I can teleport. In that case, the soul power consumption would increase significantly, and I certainly wouldn't be able to use it almost infinitely like I can now."
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