The Ice and Snow Emperors Submit! Venti's Terrifying Methods! Crushing!

"You!" Ice Jade Empress Scorpion was choked with anger, a surge of cold air erupting from her body. "You say I'm not qualified? I am one of the Three Great Kings of the Far North..."

"Oh my, don't get so worked up."

Venti waved his hand, cutting her off.

His gaze drifted past Ice Jade Empress Scorpion to look at Bi Ji, who had been standing to the side the entire time.

"Bi Ji."

"Since someone wants to spar."

"Why don't you come and play with this little scorpion?"

Bi Ji was stunned for a moment.

She pointed at herself.

"Me?"

"Your Excellency, I am not skilled at combat..."

"That was in the past."

Venti held up a finger and shook it gently.

"Wind can be a healing breeze, but it can also be a storm that tears everything apart."

"With a Vision, you are no longer just that Emerald Swan who only knows how to heal."

"Go."

"Let our guest see the power of Godwind City."

Bi Ji lowered her head, looking at the glowing Vision on her chest.

A fighting spirit she had never felt before rose within her heart.

Yes.

She was different now.

Bi Ji raised her head, her eyes turning resolute.

She walked slowly to the center of the hall and made a gesture of invitation toward Ice Jade Empress Scorpion.

"Ice Jade Empress Scorpion."

"Pardon my offense."

Ice Jade Empress Scorpion looked at Bi Ji and laughed in anger.

"Huh?"

"You're having a goose that only knows how to heal fight me?"

"Venti! Are you trying to humiliate me?"

"Fine!"

"Since you want to see it, this Empress will first freeze this goose into an ice sculpture, and then I'll come to settle the score with you!"

The temperature in the hall had dropped to freezing, and a thin layer of white frost had even condensed on the floor.

Ice Jade Empress Scorpion's emerald eyes were locked onto Bi Ji.

"Bi Ji, don't blame me for being heartless."

Ice Jade Empress Scorpion snorted, her twin tails swaying slightly behind her.

"I don't know what kind of tricks Venti gave you, but healing-type spirit beasts are always soft targets!"

Before the words had even faded.

Ice Jade Empress Scorpion moved.

Her figure left an afterimage in place, her true form already charging toward Bi Ji like a green cannonball.

This was the purest speed and power of the Far North Ice Plains.

Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, front pincers!

Her hands transformed into crystalline diamond ice pincers, carrying a terrifying force capable of crushing mountains, aiming straight for Bi Ji's shoulders.

She didn't even use a spirit skill.

In her view, to deal with an Emerald Swan, physical strength was more than enough.

Off to the side, Bai Chenxiang covered her mouth in fright; if this strike landed, even a Titled Douluo would likely suffer broken bones and tendons.

However.

Facing this thunderous strike, Bi Ji simply stood still.

She didn't even adopt a defensive stance.

Only in those eyes, originally filled with soft green, did a cyan halo suddenly ignite.

The Vision on her chest flared with brilliant light.

Whoosh—

It was not the sound of an earth-shattering explosion.

It was merely the sound of wind.

Just as the Ice Empress's icy pincers were about to graze the hem of Bi Ji's garment.

A highly condensed current of air erupted between the two without the slightest warning.

That was no ordinary gale.

Within that wind, there resided an incredibly rich aura of life.

"Wind Domain: Emerald Barrier."

Bi Ji's ruby lips parted slightly, her voice soft and gentle.

BOOM!

The Ice Empress felt as though her hands had collided with an invisible, towering wall.

Immediately following, that "wall" instantly rebounded, transforming into countless tiny cyan wind blades that spiraled up along her arms.

Szzzzzz—

A harsh, grating sound rang out.

Those wind blades sliced against the Ice Empress's indestructible carapace, actually leaving behind streaks of white marks!

"What?!"

The Ice Empress cried out in shock, her entire body sent flying backward by the immense force of the recoil.

She performed several somersaults in the air before barely managing to land, carving two deep icy furrows into the ground.

The hall fell into a deathly silence.

The Snow Empress's originally indifferent expression froze instantly.

She understood her sister's defensive capabilities all too well.

A carapace condensed from Ultimate Ice was something that even a Titled Douluo's ninth soul skill might not be able to breach.

Yet just now.

Bi Ji hadn't even moved a step, and merely by relying on a gust of wind, she had left marks on the Ice Empress?

More importantly...

That wind was too bizarre.

It possessed both the healing and gentleness unique to an Emerald Swan, as well as the swiftness and sharpness characteristic of the wind attribute.

The two were perfectly fused, combining hardness with softness.

"This... what is going on?"

The Ice Empress looked at her slightly numb arms, the contempt in her eyes vanishing completely, replaced by profound shock.

"Bi Ji, your power..."

Bi Ji herself was somewhat dazed.

She lowered her head, looking at her own hands.

In that instant just now, she hadn't deliberately mobilized her soul power.

Her heart had merely stirred, and the Vision on her chest had automatically responded to her will, instantly compressing and shaping the surrounding wind elements.

That feeling of being as fluid as moving one's own limbs was even smoother than controlling her own hands and feet.

"Still want to fight?"

Venti remained seated on the steps, toying with an apple core in his hand, asking with a beaming smile.

"If you aren't satisfied, I can let Bi Ji go outside and fight with you."

"But if you break the floor, you'll have to pay for the damages, you know."

The Ice Empress gritted her teeth, her small face flushed red.

She was combative, but she wasn't a fool.

That probing strike just now, while not her full strength, had clearly been handled by Bi Ji with even greater ease.

That "Vision" could actually allow a purely support-type beast to possess the ability to go head-to-head with a power-attack-type beast.

This simply overturned the ironclad laws of the soul master world!

"I'm not fighting!"

The Ice Empress huffed, dropping her stance and crossing her arms over her chest.

"Fine, you're good!"

"But this Empress is only giving face to the Vision; it's not like I'm afraid of you, you bird!"

Though her words were stubborn, her gaze drifted from time to time toward the cyan gemstone on Bi Ji's chest, her eyes filled with envy.

The Snow Empress stepped forward and bowed slightly to Venti.

"Your Excellency's methods are heaven-defying. I, the Snow Empress, am impressed."

"To be able to transform the Emerald Swan to this extent, such great power has earned the sincere admiration of the Far North."

If the previous alliance was based on mutual benefit.

Then this one stemmed from awe of power.

Venti casually tossed the apple core into a nearby trash can and dusted off his hands.

"Since we're all friends now, let's not be so distant."

"Little Bi Ji, take our two guests to rest."

"And introduce them to the customs of Godwind City."

"For example... where to find good wine, and where bards sing."

Bi Ji bowed slightly.

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Just then.

Outside, the sky suddenly began to tremble again.

That grand and solemn aura instantly enveloped the entire Douluo Continent.

The Ice Empress and the Snow Empress, who were about to leave, stopped in their tracks simultaneously and looked back towards the door.

Golden light cascaded down.

A new ranking list had appeared.

Heaven Dou Empire, Skywater Academy.

This academy, composed entirely of women, was currently in an uproar.

All the students had rushed to the sports field, looking up at the golden characters in the sky.