Ma Xiaotao sat cross-legged on the spot, enveloping the Blazing Glue in fire-attribute Soul Power. The Blazing Glue immediately began to flow,
like a mass of concentrated, viscous flame.
Without hesitation, she opened her mouth and swallowed the Blazing Glue. A warm yet scorching sensation slid down her throat into her lower abdomen, spreading throughout her body in an instant.
Her entire body temperature rose rapidly.
She immediately began refining it.
In an instant,
an extreme heat burst out from within her. Accompanied by the scorching heat, her somewhat uncontrollable Evil Fire distorted the surrounding space, scorching the grass around her until it turned to charcoal, then reducing it to ashes beneath the extreme heat.
The temperature continued to rise, becoming terrifying in the blink of an eye—surpassing what the Evil Fire could possibly reach.
The aura of Ultimate Fire spread out. Even the soil beneath her seemed on the verge of melting.
The Ice Empress's jade-white fingers twitched.
Extreme cold, enough to freeze the air itself, erupted around her. The grass that hadn't been scorched by the extreme heat froze instantly. The heat radiating from Ma Xiaotao was completely suppressed, and once the chill drew back, it surged through her meridians.
It worked without pause to dispel the Ultimate Fire, ensuring it couldn't harm Ma Xiaotao.
Ma Xiaotao's expression relaxed the moment the cold entered her body.
Even a brief flare of Ultimate Fire was more than her body could easily withstand.
Although Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice were both Ultimate Attributes and seemed equal, Ma Xiaotao and the Infernal Delicate Apricot were both far weaker than the Ice Empress.
The difference was nearly a thousandfold.
So the Ice Empress still had to control her power, taking care not to freeze Ma Xiaotao stiff.
As the essence condensed from