Far North.
The green-haired, twin-tailed little girl stared at the red-haired man hovering in midair, her eyes filled with confusion and anger.
"Are you humans sick?"
"Why do you keep coming to the Far North to kick over nests for no reason?"
Ice Empress's question left Ma Hongjun deeply puzzled. From the moment he received the trial, he had headed straight for the Far North.
Looking over this vast expanse of white, he had also been troubled by how to find a Soul Beast like the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.
After some thought, he chose the same approach Little Angel had used years ago.
He released his pressure to intimidate the Soul Beasts of the Far North. As the beast king, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion surely would not tolerate someone provoking her so openly within her territory.
The identical tactic left Ice Empress speechless.
"First there was an angel, and now there's another bird-man. Are you people ever going to stop?"
Ma Hongjun scratched his head, completely unable to understand what she meant. What did an angel coming here have to do with him?
"Forget it. Little girl, you're a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast too, right? Do you know where the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion is?"
"I'm here to challenge her."
At those words, Ice Empress's pretty face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
That woman had come looking for Snow Empress last time, and she had merely helped hold her off for a while. But this time, someone had come right to her door and specifically named her as the one to beat up.
Who had she offended? Why did she have to get beaten up every few days?
"Challenge me?"
"Then let's see whether you have what it takes!"
In her rage, Ice Empress immediately