The Holy Necromancer Shocks the Ice Empress!

Su Hui noticed the Ice Empress's reaction.

She was wary—wary of Elder Yi!

Su Hui grinned.

This was a good thing.

"My apologies, Elder Yi."

He muttered in his heart, I'm afraid I'll have to borrow your reputation for a moment.

He gave a dry cough, straightened his back, and wiped the smile from his face, replacing it with a solemn expression.

"Greetings, Ice Empress. I am Su Hui, and as you can see, I am but a weak human."

He raised his arm, gesturing toward the gray sphere beside him.

Then, he enunciated each word clearly, "This is Elder Yi, the Holy Necromancer, Scourge of the Undead, Electrolux."

As his words fell, the sea of consciousness plunged into a deathly silence.

"Holy Necromancer?"

The Ice Empress murmured, her voice laced with astonishment, "Scourge of the Undead?"

The titles sounded terrifying at first hearing.

Even though she had lived for hundreds of thousands of years and dominated the Far North, she had never heard such overbearing titles.

Holy Necromancer, Scourge of the Undead—every syllable seemed to carry the stench of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

The Ice Empress gazed at the gray sphere.

A gray-gold halo was still slowly circulating.

The powers of death and light were perfectly fused, forming a manifestation of energy she had never seen before.

It was pure yet eerie, majestic yet mysterious.

With her cultivation of nearly four hundred thousand years, she couldn't even discern the essence of the other's power.

This was a sensation she had never even felt from the Snow Empress.

This person was stronger than the Snow Empress!

"Are you a god?" the Ice Empress asked in shock.

The gray sphere trembled slightly.

Immediately, the light retracted inward.

The sphere began to change; the gray light stretched and condensed, gradually taking on a human form.

A black robe draped down, with golden runes flowing across it like an inverted galaxy.

Those runes flickered with a rhythmic, breathing cadence, at times as brilliant as the scorching sun, at others as deep as an eternal night.

A wide cloak covered the black robe, its color shifting between white and red, as if it contained some profound truth of heaven and earth.

Beneath the black robe was a face with sharp, defined features.

The eyes were deep, the gaze weathered by time.

Hidden within those eyes was an indifference that saw through all things in the world, with an occasional flash of sharpness that seemed capable of piercing the soul.

"My name is Electrolux."

The voice was not loud, yet it carried an unquestionable majesty.

"The world calls me the Holy Necromancer, Scourge of the Undead."

He lowered his eyes slightly, looking at the Ice Empress.

"But I am no god. As I am now... I am merely a remnant soul."

The Ice Empress frowned.

A remnant soul?

How could a being with such power and such titles be anything other than a god?

She did not believe it.

On the Douluo Continent, who else but a god could make her feel such fear?

"Elder Yi is not a god of this world."

Su Hui took over, his tone steady, "He is not even from the Douluo Continent."

"Elder Yi comes from another world, a place called the Holy Demon Continent."

"Holy Demon Continent?"

The Ice Empress turned her puzzled gaze toward Su Hui.

"Yes."

Su Hui nodded, "Elder Yi is the supreme powerhouse of that world."

"If we convert his cultivation level according to the Douluo Continent's system, he is equivalent to a demigod in this world—a being who was on the verge of becoming a god."

"It is only because the rules of that world made true godhood impossible that he ended up in his current state."

The Ice Empress felt a violent tremor in her heart.

A demigod?!

A demigod from another world?!

Her first reaction was disbelief.

Yet, that aura, a tapestry of death and light, could not be faked; that power, which made even her soul tremble, could not be faked.

The black-robed figure before her was indeed more powerful than any existence she had ever encountered.

More powerful even than the Snow Empress!

"..."

The Ice Empress fell silent for a moment.

As hot-tempered as she was, she was exceptionally calm at this moment.

Because she knew clearly that when facing a demigod-level existence, even if the other party was only a remnant soul, one had to be cautious.

She gathered her focus, looked at Su Hui, and her voice regained its composure: "A human and the remnant soul of a demigod... a strange combination. What exactly is your purpose?"

The Ice Empress asked in a deep voice: "Why has a demigod from another world come to the Far North? And why have you imprisoned me within this sea of consciousness?"

Her voice was calm and her logic clear.

Su Hui breathed a secret sigh of relief.

The fact that this hot-tempered Ice Jade Empress Scorpion could speak so calmly meant she truly believed his words—at least seven or eight parts of them.

More importantly, she was wary of Elder Yi.

As long as she was wary, things would be easy to handle!

He could finally get to the point.

"Ice Empress."

The smile on Su Hui's face faded, replaced by a serious expression.

"I had Elder Yi connect our seas of consciousness not to imprison you, but because I want to talk to you."

"Talk?"

The Ice Empress snorted, "What is there to talk about?"

"Naturally... to discuss a deal."

Su Hui grinned, revealing a row of white teeth, "A deal that would be beneficial to both you and me."

"A deal?"

The Ice Empress curled her lips into a cold sneer.

"Is binding me in this state your idea of sincerity?"

Su Hui spread his hands: "If I didn't bind you, would you have been willing to listen to me quietly?"

"I fear that the moment I appeared, your scorpion pincers would have smashed me into meat paste, just like you did a moment ago."

"If it weren't for Elder Yi, I would be dead."

The Ice Empress let out a cold hum, offering no rebuttal.

She knew in her heart that this human was speaking the truth.

The moment she saw a human, she would strike without hesitation, never giving them a chance to speak.

That was just how much she, the Ice Empress, loathed humans.

Su Hui did not mind and continued: "Ice Empress, you are currently searching for a way to break through your four-hundred-thousand-year limit, am I right?"

"You have less than ten thousand years of lifespan left, but the heavenly tribulation is already drawing near."

"With your current strength, I fear your chance of successfully crossing the tribulation is less than thirty percent, isn't it?"

"!!!"

The Ice Empress's pupils constricted violently.

This secret, which concerned her very survival, had never been whispered to a single living soul.

The other two kings of the Far North did not know, the Snow Empress did not know, and no spirit beast could possibly know.

"How... how do you know?"

"How I know is not important."

Su Hui leaned forward slightly, his voice dropping, yet sounding more certain than ever.

"What is important is that I can offer you a path to survival."

"Merge with me and become my Wisdom Spirit Ring. Your soul will be preserved in its entirety, your intelligence will not dissipate, and you will continue to exist in this world in another form."

"And—"

He paused for a beat. "You will have the opportunity to ascend to a higher level alongside me."

"The God Realm."

"!!!"

Ripples spread across the surface of the Sea of Consciousness, radiating outward from the feet of the Ice Empress toward the horizon.

She stared into the eyes of Su Hui, searching for any trace of deception or cunning.

Her hundreds of thousands of years of experience had led her to believe she was an excellent judge of character.

Yet, the gaze of the human before her was so candid that it left her feeling uneasy.

The Ice Empress remained silent for a long time before parting her lips to ask, "Why should this Empress trust you? And what exactly is a Wisdom Spirit Ring? Explain yourself clearly."

Su Hui smiled.

These were the questions he had been waiting to hear.

It was time to get to the point.