The Ice Empress pried that hand away, but the instant they touched, an inexplicable tremor stirred in both their hearts at the same time.
Immediately after, the Soul Power inside the Ice Empress began surging uncontrollably through the point where they were touching and into Xu Qing, so fast that neither of them had time to react.
"Thrum—"
Xu Qing's Soul Core suddenly spun faster.
The immense amount of emerald Soul Power pouring into his body was torn apart by it, pulled in, rearranged, and slowly began revolving around the Soul Core, like an asteroid belt circling a planet in the cosmos.
The Ice Empress's pupils constricted. She instinctively looked toward Xu Qing, but before she could speak, another anomaly erupted.
"Whoosh!"
A blinding emerald light suddenly flared from where the two of them were touching. Soul Power began spilling outward, with ultimate ice-blue and dazzling emerald intertwining, breaking through the cavern and shooting straight up toward the sky.
"Rumble—!!!"
A two-colored pillar of light enveloped them. Xu Qing's eyes were stained jade-green and suddenly blazed bright!
His right hand seemed to have been stuck to the Ice Empress, and he simply couldn't break free.
The Soul Power of the two of them was seeping into each other through the point of physical contact, fusing together.
This special pressure left Xu Qing unable to break away, and the Ice Empress unable to move even an inch.
"Thrum—!"
An emerald torrent exploded from around them like an inverted storm. The Ice Empress's already battered home was completely pulverized, turning into an open-air villa.
"Wuuu, my home!!!" the Ice Empress cried out in heartbreak.
No, no, no! Damn it, why are we stuck together?! I can't shake him off. We have to change places!!
The Ice Empress shook Xu Qing's arm and