Ice and Snow Riot in the Far North, the Ice Empress's Madness

Ice and Snow Riot in the Far North, the Ice Empress's Madness

As Su Qingfeng drew upon the elemental power of Hellfire, the temperature around him and the fiery aura he exuded were no weaker than Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire.

Within minutes, the ice and snow throughout the little courtyard had melted away.

Su Qingfeng made the first move. Pointing toward the sky, he suspended the Hellfire Star in the air. A canine, two meters long and sixty to seventy percent similar to Scarlet King in life, descended from the Fire Star and landed between Su Qingfeng and Ma Xiaotao.

This was the Fire Star's first Soul Skill: Hell Cerberus.

Hell Cerberus could protect its master and draw enemy fire. In addition, every second, it spewed a ring of Hellfire in all directions.

Ma Xiaotao felt that this Soul Skill was not particularly useful. Hell Cerberus's fire-breathing frequency was rather low and lacked sustained bursts. Even if struck by a blast of Hellfire, many Soul Masters would not lose their ability to fight or suffer severe injuries.

This was especially true for someone with an Evil Fire constitution like Ma Xiaotao, who would be injured even less.

"Little Martial Uncle, be careful. Though this Soul Skill's Soul Ring age isn't high, it was one of my ancestor's earliest signature Soul Skills."

"Phoenix Fire Line!"

The Evil Fire Phoenix possessed Ma Xiaotao. High-temperature flames shot from her mouth—a powerful burst-type Soul Skill. Though it was only a hundred-year Soul Skill, bolstered by Soul Power above level sixty, it could still heavily injure an ordinary Soul Grandmaster in a single strike!

But something unexpected happened. The Phoenix Fire Line did not attack Su Qingfeng along its intended trajectory. Instead, it suddenly curved and was absorbed by Hell Cerberus.

Mu En teased, "Xiaotao, even if you don't want to hurt your Little Martial Uncle, you don't need to hold back this much, do you? If you can't bear to hit him, then you're hitting his Soul Skill construct?"

Ma Xiaotao stamped her foot, equally perplexed. "Not at all! There's something wrong with that dog! It can absorb Soul Skills!"

"That's right. Scarlet King was the super guardian Soul Beast of the Auspicious Beast Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Qingfeng's Soul Skill inherited this property as well. As long as it ensures his own safety, it can affect and harm the external environment."

Mu En said, "I believe that while Qingfeng's Soul Skill exists, it can become the target of an enemy's Soul Skills in place of its master. In technical terms, this is called [taunt]."

"Qingfeng, am I right?"

Su Qingfeng nodded. "Hell Cerberus can withstand the power of Soul Ring Skills totaling six thousand years. When the Fire Star's Soul Ring age rises in the future, the amount of power it can withstand will rise as well."

"Six thousand years? Doesn't that mean it can ignore any Soul Skill below the Soul Ancestor rank?"

As Ma Xiaotao stared in astonishment after unleashing Phoenix Fire Line, her arm had already been touched by Hell Cerberus's Hellfire. Though she had not suffered a serious injury, the skin on her arm had turned red.

"Fine. Since it's six thousand years, I'll use a Soul Skill close to that age to break it. Little Martial Uncle, watch out!"

Ma Xiaotao's fourth Soul Ring flashed: Phoenix Sky Shout Strike!

The next instant, enormous pillars of flame erupted from the ground, directly engulfing Hell Cerberus. The range was so broad that even Su Qingfeng was caught in it, forcing him to leap backward into the Immortal Realm.

Ma Xiaotao's figure shot forward in an instant. She intended to catch Su Qingfeng—first, to make physical contact with him, and second, to seize him!

But in a Soul Master duel, that was a grave taboo.

"Sister Xiaotao, you're looking down on me too much. I, Su Qingfeng, am not some pretty vase with nothing but looks in your eyes."

"Fire Star's second Soul Skill, Red King's Protection!"

Just as Ma Xiaotao leaped toward him and closed to within five meters, Su Qingfeng reacted swiftly and activated another powerful Soul Skill of the Fire Star.

A Hell Cerberus and a sphere of flame circled Su Qingfeng. It looked as though Hell Cerberus was chasing the flaming sphere as they ran circles around him, turning the area within six meters of him into forbidden ground.

Caught off guard, Ma Xiaotao had not expected Su Qingfeng's counterattack to be so swift—an instinctive virgin's reaction.

The edge of Red King's Protection not only dealt immense Hellfire damage, but also had knockback and launching effects. Ma Xiaotao happened to be at the edge of that flaming ring and was instantly blasted away.

The sphere of flame struck Ma Xiaotao's left arm, burning away her sleeve and exposing the jade-white skin beneath. It also left behind a burn mark, and even Ma Xiaotao felt the pain.

Fortunately, she was a Soul Emperor, so she was not beaten into a state of helplessness. She stopped at the edge of the courtyard, glanced at her burned sleeve, and a bold thought arose in her mind.

Good, good, good. Little Martial Uncle likes this kind of game? I like it. Is this the flirtation between fire-type Soul Masters? Burning clothes as foreplay? When we do those indescribable things later, we won't even need to take them off—just burn them away.

"I hadn't intended to use the advantage of my Soul Ring age and Soul Power against you, Little Martial Uncle. After all, I'd feel bad if I hurt you, and if I killed you, I wouldn't want to live either. But it seems you're even stronger than I imagined. If I don't use some real strength, you'll think I'm too weak."

"Little Martial Uncle, take this!"

As expected of a Soul Emperor. If it had been a Soul Grandmaster or even a Soul Elder, being hit in the strongest area of the six-thousand-year Soul Skill Red King's Protection would have either rendered them unable to fight or gravely injured them.

Ma Xiaotao unleashed the Soul Skill that had instantly slain a Flamingo at the Red Flame River: her fifth ten-thousand-year Soul Skill, Phoenix Cloud Piercing Strike!

A small phoenix with a wingspan of about one meter flew toward Su Qingfeng. If it hit, it would certainly break through the Red King's Protection around him.

Mu En became slightly more alert, ready to rescue Su Qingfeng at any moment. The power of a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring was no small matter, and Su Qingfeng was only level twenty-four.

A fiery red planet flashed in Su Qingfeng's eyes. To everyone's surprise, he neither dodged nor retreated. Instead, he unleashed the Fire Star's third Soul Skill:

Flying Fire Mastiff!

The Fire Star flashed past. A powerful Hell Three-Headed Fire Mastiff charged forth with a roar, colliding head-on with Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Cloud Piercing Strike.

At once, the entire courtyard was engulfed in firelight. The intense heatwave blew down the fence, while ice and snow outside the courtyard billowed and rolled.

Su Qingfeng was blasted dozens of meters into the air. Mu En became extremely tense and immediately rose to his feet.

But in the next moment, Su Qingfeng used Empty Clarity Immortal Feather to steady himself and slowly drifted down, finally putting Mu En at ease.

On the other side, Ma Xiaotao had also retreated more than ten steps, looking somewhat disheveled.

Su Qingfeng sighed. "Looks like Sister Xiaotao still won. The Evil Fire Phoenix truly lives up to its reputation. You haven't even used your sixth Soul Skill yet."

Ma Xiaotao gave a bitter smile, one uglier than when she had lost Soul Master duels before. "Little Martial Uncle, are you mocking me?"

"Now I finally understand why you said Little Martial Uncle might catch up to me in three or four years, Martial Ancestor. The Soul Skills brought by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast are too absurd. He's only in his twenties, yet he fought a level-sixty-plus Soul Emperor like me to this extent. Even if I win, there's nothing glorious about it."

"Enough, enough. It was only a test. Neither of you used all your strength. Seeing the power Qingfeng's Fire Star Soul Skills can display in actual combat made this test worthwhile."

Mu En smiled. No matter who won or lost, they were all his disciples and descendants. Their strength and prosperity were a joy for him to see.

Qingfeng... he truly had not judged wrong. The boy was already stronger than Mu En had been at the same age.

Just then, fierce wind and snow suddenly swept up in the region near the Far North.

"The Snow God and Ice God are enraged! Run, everyone! A disaster has appeared in the Far North!"

Some residents fled in a panic, rolling and crawling as though something terrifying had emerged.

"Humans! Humans stole the Snow Empress!"

"I can sense it. This aura is faint and indistinct, but it still exists!"

At the edge of the Far North, the Ice Empress charged about wildly amid a Far North Storm.

Meanwhile, a thin-looking youth wrapped head to toe in cotton-padded clothes trembled as he walked into the Far North.

Upon sensing that terrifying storm and the power of ice and snow, Tian Meng awakened and urgently said to Huo Yuhao:

"Xiao Yuhao, hurry! That's your Second Soul Ring! She actually appeared on her own! But what is she going crazy for now?!"

Watching the incomparably terrifying ice and snow storm swallow several outer exploration camps of the Far North in an instant, Huo Yuhao wiped away his frozen snot and pointed blankly at himself.

"Me? You mean me? My Second Soul Ring?"

Brother Sky Dream, if you want me dead, just say so!