The Snow Empress's Counterattack! The King of Ice and Snow!

On the other side, Kong Deming's expression had turned unsightly to the extreme.

As a Level 9 Soul Engineer, he could sense exactly what kind of existence that aura represented.

It was no ordinary fierce beast, but a ruler standing at the very pinnacle of the Far North!

However, before he could react any further.

The Snow Empress's crystal-clear, beautiful eyes slowly swept toward him.

Wherever her gaze passed, space seemed to be frozen solid.

She recalled her failure, the humiliation of being ambushed by humans and imprisoned within the God Sealing Platform.

She recalled that her path of recultivation had been completely severed.

This meant that when the next heavenly tribulation arrived, she would undoubtedly perish.

Since that was the case, she would make all the humans involved, all her enemies, be buried with her!

The Snow Empress slowly ascended into the high sky, her ice-blue hair dancing in the wind, her breathtaking face as cold as frost.

The snow-filled sky transformed into a throne beneath her feet.

At this moment, she seemed not like a soul beast, but a supreme monarch ruling over the ice and snow of heaven and earth.

A cold and majestic voice slowly resonated throughout the world.

"Emperor's Palm: Great Cold, No Snow."

With a single palm strike, all the cold currents in the world seemed to be instantly drained.

It was not that the cold was gone, but that all the chill had been compressed to its minimum; wherever it passed, space began to ripple with layers of ice-blue waves.

Following this, the Snow Empress waved her jade hand again, her beautiful dancing posture blooming in the air.

"Emperor's Cold Heaven: Snow Dance Shines Like the Sun!"

Endless wind and snow surged into the sky, and an ice-blue sun hung suspended in the firmament.

The entire Far North ice field seemed to be responding to her call.

The Laws of Ice and Snow descended upon the world!

Only at this moment did Xu Tianyao finally see the Snow Empress's appearance clearly.

In an ice-blue dress, with skin like snow and bones like jade, that face—perfect to the point of being unreal—seemed to gather all the spiritual beauty of the ice and snow in the world.

Noble, cold, holy, and inviolable.

This beauty was completely different from the youthful, lively beauty of Meng Hongchen.

It was a peerless elegance that stood above all living beings.

For a moment, Xu Tianyao was actually dazed.

But at this moment, Kong Deming, who was holding him, completely lost his composure.

"Emperor's Palm?"

"Emperor's Cold Heaven?"

Kong Deming's expression was horrified, his voice slightly distorted.

"Damn it!"

"It's actually the Snow Empress, the leader of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North!"

"What on earth have those lunatics from the Holy Spirit Cult done?!"

"They actually dared to lay a hand on the Heavenly Snow Woman?!"

Kong Deming couldn't help but curse out loud, his heart churning with stormy waves.

This was the Far North, the absolute home turf that the Snow Empress had cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years.

To provoke such a terrifying existence of the seven-hundred-thousand-year level—

Even he had no confidence at all that he could escape unscathed.

If he were the slightest bit careless, he feared he would lose his life here today.

Watching the cold, gleaming ice cones drawing closer and the Emperor's Palm descending from the sky.

Kong Deming tucked Xu Tianyao under one arm, and his sixth ten-thousand-year soul ring lit up.

"Sixth Soul Skill: Space Teleportation."

"Second Soul Skill: Moon Shadow Clone."

Kong Deming dared not be arrogant; he had no intention of fighting a life-or-death battle with the Snow Empress here.

His goal now was singular: to leave this place immediately, take Xu Tianyao out of the Far North as fast as possible, and escape the Snow Empress's pursuit.

The ice-blue Emperor's Palm collided fiercely with the silver-white moon blades.

A blinding white light bloomed in the air, and glaciers within a radius of dozens of miles shattered layer by layer.

Countless ten-thousand-year ice shards were flung high into the sky, only to scatter as falling ice crystals under the power of the extreme cold.

Kong Deming retreated thousands of meters in a flash.

The armor covering his body trembled violently, faint cracks beginning to spiderweb across its surface.

On the other side, the Snow Empress was faring no better.

Her once-solid form had grown slightly translucent, her icy blue hair dancing in the wind, and a trace of pallor had surfaced on her exquisite face.

Had she been at her peak, she could have extinguished a mere human Titled Douluo with a flip of her hand.

But now, having failed her transformation, she had not only severely damaged her origin but had also forcibly broken her seal to emerge.

Her strength was a shadow of its former self; to fight Kong Deming to this extent while relying on the home-field advantage of the Far North was already an extraordinary feat.

Yet, even so, the killing intent in her eyes had not weakened in the slightest.

Humans had ruined her future and cast her into an abyss of eternal suffering; this was a grudge she had to settle!

Ice and snow surged in from all directions, gathering frantically.

The entire world responded to the will of this Empress of Ice and Snow.

Seeing this, Kong Deming's expression grew increasingly grim.

He knew clearly that if the battle continued like this, things would only spiral further out of control.

This was the core circle of the Far North; if the commotion continued to escalate, it wouldn't just be the Snow Empress. The Ice Empress, the Titan Snow Demon King, and even some terrifying entities slumbering in the depths of the Far North might be stirred from their rest.

If that happened, he and Xu Tianyao would truly face certain death.

However, just as Kong Deming decided to unleash the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield for a final, all-out struggle, his gaze was suddenly drawn to a lone figure.

Amidst their fierce battle, a snow-white figure was braving the howling blizzard, walking toward them step by step.

That person was none other than Xu Tianyao!

"Tianyao!"

Kong Deming was struck with terror, his voice cracking as he shouted.

"Get back here!"

Yet, Xu Tianyao acted as if he hadn't heard a word.

The bone-chilling wind lashed against him; had he been an ordinary Soul Elder, he would have been frozen into an ice sculpture by now.

But his Sun Moon Martial Soul emitted a faint golden-silver radiance, maintaining his body temperature and allowing him to barely push forward.

Xu Tianyao knew clearly that if he let them continue fighting, the sheer scale of the disturbance would inevitably draw the Ice Empress, Xiao Bai, and other soul beasts to their location, making their doom certain.

Therefore, this was his only chance.

If he won the gamble, the future would be vast and open.

If he lost, he would leave the rest to his grandfather.

In any case, the situation couldn't possibly get any worse than it was now.

Finally, under the cold gaze of the Snow Empress, Xu Tianyao stood between the two combatants, looking at the sovereign of the ice and snow with unwavering resolve!

"Snow Empress!"

His voice was shredded by the gale, yet it still reached the Snow Empress's ears with startling clarity.

"What good will it do you to kill us?"

The Snow Empress's icy blue eyes narrowed slightly, and she looked at the human youth before her with a hint of confusion.

Xu Tianyao continued, "Can you change your own destiny?"

As these words fell, the wind and snow between heaven and earth raged even more violently. The Snow Empress's eyes turned frigid, and she said coldly, "Human, a mere Soul Elder, yet you dare to bark so wildly before me? Are you seeking death?"

Xu Tianyao did not retreat in the slightest.

"Am I wrong?"

"Your transformation has already failed."

"Your origin is damaged."

"When the next heavenly tribulation descends, you will still die."

"Even if you kill us all today, you still cannot escape death..."

Before Xu Tianyao could finish his sentence, a terrifying chill surged toward him.

The ice beneath his feet extended upward for hundreds of meters, lifting him into mid-air.

For the first time, true killing intent appeared in the Snow Empress's eyes.

This was her deepest scar, and the one thing she loathed to mention most.

Kong Deming was so anxious that sweat beaded on his forehead.

He even suspected that Xu Tianyao would be crushed to death by the Snow Empress's palm in the next second.

However, Xu Tianyao suddenly shifted his tone.

"But what if I told you that I have a way to let you live?"

The Snow Empress froze, seemingly caught off guard by the human's claim.

Her icy blue eyes seemed to pierce through to Xu Tianyao's soul, making his heart hammer against his ribs.