Glazed Ice-Snow Heart: As Long as Ice and Snow Endure, So Do I!

As she said this, a trace of amazement flashed through Snow Empress's eyes:

"Without exaggeration, Chen'er now does not need to use any martial soul or Soul Power. Based on the sheer strength of his body alone...

"Ordinary Soul Ancestors, even Soul Kings, would probably find it difficult to rival him!"

"Gasp—"

Hearing Snow Empress's assessment, Ice Empress could not help drawing in a sharp breath.

A six-year-old body comparable to that of a level-fifty Soul King?!

Was he even human?

He was practically a hundred-thousand-year humanoid savage beast wearing human skin!

"Oh, right, Chen'er,"

Snow Empress paused, curiosity and anticipation shining in her gaze as she asked:

"What kind of effect did your five-thousand-year second Spirit Ring grant you?"

At this question, Ice Empress immediately perked up her ears and stared over with eager anticipation.

"My second soul skill?"

An excited curve lifted Xue Bingchen's lips.

He immediately closed his eyes, sinking his consciousness into his body as he carefully sensed and examined the changes in his martial soul.

A moment later, he abruptly opened his eyes. Golden-red light flashed past them as irrepressible delight filled his voice:

"Mom, Aunt Ice Empress! The effect of my second Spirit Ring... is incredibly strong! It can greatly enhance my absolute control over the ice and snow elements!"

"Oh? Enhanced control over ice and snow?"

Snow Empress and Ice Empress exchanged a glance, each seeing a hint of surprise in the other's eyes.

After all, Xue Bingchen's martial soul was the "Heavenly Snow Woman," which itself represented Ultimate Ice. His control over ice and snow had already reached the pinnacle of Douluo Continent.

And this second soul skill could actually "greatly enhance" it further?

Just how absurd would that be?

"Chen'er, hurry up and show us!" Ice Empress urged impatiently.

"Alright!"

Xue Bingchen nodded heavily.

He took a deep breath of the Far North's biting cold air, and his gaze instantly became incomparably focused.

"Buzz!"

The purple five-thousand-year second Spirit Ring beneath his feet suddenly blazed with light!

"Second soul skill, Glazed Ice-Snow Heart!"

"Body like glaze, heart like ice and snow!"

Following Xue Bingchen's low shout, Snow Empress and Ice Empress discovered in horror that the surrounding heaven and earth seemed to resonate at that very moment!

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

They seemed to hear a powerful heartbeat coming from Xue Bingchen's chest.

Each beat seemed to strike against the pulse of the Far North!

Then, a shocking scene unfolded.

The raging wind and snow within several hundred meters seemed to have heard a sovereign's summons. They instantly ceased their rampage, then surged madly toward Xue Bingchen like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea!

Ice Empress widened her emerald eyes, staring fixedly at Xue Bingchen's movements.

Xue Bingchen slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers slightly spread.

Those violent ice and snow elements became as docile as lambs in his palm, allowing him to mold them as he pleased!

"Condense!"

At Xue Bingchen's command,

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

In the blink of an eye, the ice and snow between heaven and earth instantly transformed into all manner of shapes in his hand!

A peerlessly sharp ice sword!

An ice spear and ice hammer exuding a chilling aura!

A heavy, indestructible ice shield!

There was even a gigantic ice claw, lifelike and radiating the pressure of a savage 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 freeze any Soul Master of the same rank to death in an instant!

"What exquisite control! It's like moving his own limbs!" Ice Empress could not help praising.

Yet Xue Bingchen merely smiled, a mysterious curve appearing at the corner of his lips.

"Aunt Ice Empress, this... is only the simplest, most basic use of the Glazed Ice-Snow Heart. What comes next is the real highlight!"

The moment his words fell—

"Bang!"

Before Snow Empress and Ice Empress's stunned eyes, Xue Bingchen's small body suddenly disintegrated without warning!

There was no spray of flesh and blood, no scream.

His body directly transformed into crystalline snowflakes that filled the sky, instantly blending into the boundless blizzard around him and completely vanishing without a trace of aura!

"Chen'er?!"

Ice Empress jumped in fright and instinctively wanted to release her Mental Power to search for him.

But the next second, she froze.

Because in her Mental Power perception, every snowflake around her seemed to be Xue Bingchen!

Yet they also seemed not to be!

Great swathes of snowflakes drifted down with the wind.

Some landed atop an imposing iceberg several hundred meters away.

Others floated into a bottomless glacial ravine.

"Whoosh!"

At that moment, the snowflake atop the iceberg flashed with light, and Xue Bingchen's figure instantly condensed there!

"Whoosh!"

Before the two women could react, his figure dispersed once more. The next second, he appeared directly at the edge of that deep ravine!

So long as snowflakes fell somewhere, he merely needed a thought to instantly cross the distance through space and appear there!

This terrifying movement ability, which left no trail to follow and was practically equivalent to teleportation, completely stunned even the well-traveled Snow Empress and Ice Empress!

"Whoosh!"

The next instant, a snowflake half a meter before Snow Empress and Ice Empress vanished into thin air.

Xue Bingchen's small face, wearing a brilliant smile, reappeared before the two women.

Looking at the two stunned Overlords of the Far North, he summarized the ultimate essence of his second soul skill in an exceptionally calm yet overwhelmingly domineering tone:

"As long as I am in the Far North, as long as the wind and snow filling the sky do not cease..."

"As long as ice and snow endure, so do I!"

Silence!

Deathly silence!

After a long while, Snow Empress finally took a deep breath. Her ice-blue eyes were filled with unconcealed shock and emotion.

"Simply strengthening your absolute control over Ultimate Ice was already remarkable enough. I never expected... this second Spirit Ring would also grant you this near-divine instantaneous movement ability!"

Ice Empress was so excited that her pretty face had turned red, and she nodded repeatedly.

"That's too outrageous! This second soul skill is simply too outrageous! Just the strengthened control over ice and snow has already given little Bingchen wings. Those weapons formed from ice and snow give him all-around combat ability, capable of both attack and defense! And with that bizarre teleportation... who in the Far North could possibly catch him?!"

Seeing the shocked expressions of the two elders, Xue Bingchen scratched his head and honestly explained the limitations of his soul skill.

"It's not quite that invincible, actually."

He explained seriously:

"In the Far North, since snow covers everything, this teleportation of mine is indeed very powerful. But its range is probably around five hundred meters centered on me.

"Also, because the environment here is special, each teleportation consumes a negligible amount of Soul Power—so little it can practically be ignored."

"But..."

Xue Bingchen changed the subject.

"If I leave the Far North in the future and go to places outside where there are no snowflakes, I'll first need to spend Soul Power to create snow myself before I can teleport. In that case, the Soul Power consumption will increase considerably. At the very least, I won't be able to use it nearly without limit like I can now."