Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Firmament, God-Slaying Sword

Yu Luomian and Huyan Zhen were still dazed. Soul Power trembled uncontrollably throughout their bodies. Their opponent had only revealed her Soul Rings and stood there, yet she had brought an Extreme Cold Domain with her!

The temperature was closing in on Absolute Zero!

Just now, she had frozen time itself, stopping the killing blow aimed at Han Ningshuang!

A Level 92 Titled Douluo, with a crimson Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!

The only one among the Upper Three Sects who currently possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring was Tang Hao!

...But he had obtained it by making his wife sacrifice herself!

Shui Yuerong's strength had clearly risen to rival that of the sect masters of the Upper Three Sects!

"Shui Yuerong, you... how did you break through...?"

Huyan Zhen was even more shaken to his core. His original goal had been to bring Skywater Academy under his control!

Shui Yuerong hovered in midair, her ice-blue dress fluttering. Nine Soul Rings slowly pulsed beneath her feet, nearly suffocating the two peak Soul Douluo.

"Why shouldn't I have broken through?"

She spoke softly. Her voice wasn't loud, yet it carried the biting chill of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice, piercing through their Soul Power defenses and straight into their souls!

"Skywater Academy has stood strong to this day. How could a petty clown like you, taking advantage of a crisis, hope to understand that?" Shui Yuerong glared at Huyan Zhen!

In an instant, Huyan Zhen's Diamond Mammoth was forced back into his body, and he could no longer mobilize his Soul Power!

An immense pressure spread out and descended upon him. His knees buckled at once. His three-meter-tall body thrummed as though it might shatter at any moment!

"Ah!"

Huyan Zhen's expression changed dramatically.

His body, tempered by the Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul and reinforced by Level 89 Soul Power, was unable to move under the pressure of a single glance from Shui Yuerong!

He was clearly only half a step away from becoming a Titled Douluo!

"Shui Yuerong! Even if you've entered the Titled Douluo realm, don't forget that my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect is one of the Upper Three Sects. If you dare act recklessly, next time it won't be me coming to Skywater Academy. It'll be our sect master, Yu Yuanzhen!"

Yu Luomian was shocked, but the confidence of a great sect soon steadied him!

He even invoked Yu Yuanzhen, a Level 95 Titled Douluo, to intimidate Shui Yuerong!

"Next time it won't be you... Heh... What makes you think you'll be able to leave Skywater Academy today?" Shui Yuerong sneered.

Yu Luomian's expression tightened. "What do you mean?"

Shui Yuerong's lips curled in a cold smile. She raised her slender arm and flicked a finger. "I mean, I'm going to kill you!"

Whoosh!

A drop of water shot out, instantly transforming into ice. It cut through the air like a streak of light.

As it flew, it changed shape, solidifying in midair until it became a chillingly cold ice sword!

Yu Luomian's expression changed drastically. He had just tried to summon Soul Power to shield himself when a shrill tearing sound rang out!

"Pfft—!"

The ice sword swept past him, slicing his entire right arm off in midair. Blood sprayed wildly!

"Ah—!"

A piercing pain spread through him. Yu Luomian's face turned deathly pale, his eyes filled with disbelieving terror.

Shui Yuerong merely lowered her fingertip, the chill in her eyes undiminished. Her tone was casual. "What a shame. I aimed a little wide and missed your heart. Otherwise, you'd already be a cold corpse..."

"You—you dare..." Yu Luomian clutched his spurting wound, his face twisted with pain.

He had never imagined Shui Yuerong would be so domineering and decisive!

Even bringing up Yu Yuanzhen hadn't intimidated her!

Of course, Yu Luomian had no idea just how powerful a Titled Douluo with Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow as the foundation of her Soul Power could be!

Her ice power had been refined to Absolute Zero. Her source strengthened and her Soul Spirit stabilized. No Titled Douluo at Level 95 or below could stand against her!

After all, Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow was a god-making material. Even the ruler of the Far North treasured it!

And now, Shui Yuerong also had a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. Unless Spirit Hall intervened, no one among the Upper Three Sects could threaten her!

Not even Tang Hao!

"!!!"

Beside Yu Luomian, Huyan Zhen had watched the dragon-transformed arm fly away with his own eyes. Blood had even splashed across his face.

Cold sweat poured down him. He immediately bowed low, abandoning all pretense. "Dean Shui, it was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan that insisted on coming to your academy to take someone. The Elephant Armor Sect only came along to watch the commotion. We never truly meant to cause trouble. I hope Dean Shui won't take her anger out on the Elephant Armor Sect!"

Yu Luomian froze. Huyan Zhen's words were clearly meant to distance the Elephant Armor Sect from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect!

Blood poured from Yu Luomian's severed arm. His face twisted as he roared, "Huyan Zhen! You—you're actually backing down in the middle of a fight!"

"It's hardly a fight. Your Thunder Academy came in force, while I only brought my grandson to watch the show," Huyan Zhen denied.

"You fear Shui Yuerong, but aren't you afraid of our entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?"

Yu Luomian was furious behind him. Huyan Zhen was no better than a traitor—despicable and shameless!

Huyan Zhen didn't care in the slightest.

As long as the green hills remained, he wouldn't need to worry about firewood.

No matter what Yu Yuanzhen thought, he wouldn't dare start a war with the entire Elephant Armor Sect over this.

At worst, relations between the two sects would sour.

That was better than losing his life here.

To Huyan Zhen's surprise, Shui Yuerong nodded. "Fine. I can overlook what you've done today, and I can also overlook how your Elephant Armor Sect has repeatedly suppressed Skywater Academy behind our backs."

Huyan Zhen's eyes lit up. He hadn't expected Shui Yuerong to agree so quickly. "Dean Shui, do you mean that?"

"Of course," Shui Yuerong replied sincerely. "But there's one condition."

"Name it, Dean Shui. I could agree to three or four conditions, not just one!" Huyan Zhen thumped his chest as he promised.

Shui Yuerong's expression remained impassive. She raised a jade finger and pointed to the sky.

"Good. If you can survive one of my ninth Soul Skills, then from this day on, the Elephant Armor Sect and Skywater Academy will have no grudge between us!"

At her words, the smile on Huyan Zhen's face froze instantly!

Before he could say another word,

the Soul Ring at Shui Yuerong's feet suddenly lit up.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black... red...

The blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring shot into the sky!

Terrifying pressure descended like a divine mountain, crushing the very air around them!

Her Martial Soul appeared behind her. It was also an Ice Phoenix!

"Ninth Soul Skill, Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Firmament, God-Slaying Sword!"

The heavens and earth changed color. The cold surged backward, and the sky above the entire Douluo Continent froze into an ice-blue world.

It was as though heaven and earth had been severed from each other!

Then, an immense Holy Ice Sword took shape above Shui Yuerong's head.

Ancient patterns of profound ice flowed across its blade. It radiated an aura so terrifying it made heaven and earth tremble, reaching beyond the Great Void!

This wasn't an ordinary Soul Skill.

This was a law-level killing blow.

The Holy Ice Sword descended from the sky, carrying the ultimate chill of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice. It crashed down!

There was no flourish, no mercy—only a pure, ultimate strike of destruction!

"Boom!"

An immense rift spread from Four Elements City all the way to the Far North!

Endless storms erupted. Extreme cold, ice, snow, and Soul Power intertwined across the heavens and earth. The surging energy made everything within a radius of ten thousand li disappear from sight!

Under that single sword, Huyan Zhen died in terror, turning into a cloud of blood that merged with the storm.