A blizzard raged outside.
The semicircular ice cave was like a natural shelter from the wind. Ice Empress's unconscious body lay on the ice floor, cushioned with soft beast hides. Her face was pale as paper, and bright red blood continued to seep from the wound in her chest.
It was an injury that even her own soul power could scarcely suppress after her Ultimate Ice soul power had collapsed.
Ye Xuan crouched down and gently brushed his fingertips over Ice Empress's wound. While inwardly marveling that, despite her petite build, she was still quite well-endowed, he was also secretly astonished.
The flesh around the wound had long since been pulverized by the impact, her meridians severed, and even fine cracks had appeared across the surface of her skin.
With injuries like these, let alone a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, even an ordinary Limit Douluo would certainly die if they suffered them.
If Ice Empress had not been an Ultimate Ice soul beast, and if this had not been the Far North, she likely would not have held on this long.
"What a tough little life." A teasing curve touched Ye Xuan's lips, yet there was not the slightest trace of pity in his eyes.
This little brat simply needed some proper discipline.
But Ice Empress was now his "spoils of war," and he would not let her die here just like that.
He raised a hand, and dazzling divine light of life gathered in his palm, forming a pale golden rune.
It was precisely the divine skill unlocked by the Life God's Trial—Life Brand!
This divine skill could not only mark a target, but also bind their soul on a deep level. Once the brand succeeded, Ice Empress's life, death, and state of soul would all be under Ye Xuan's