Xu Tianyao smiled faintly. "Deceiving a Peerless ferocious beast with cultivation nearing four hundred thousand years comes at too great a cost."
"I have no need to make trouble for myself."
Ice Empress's gaze shifted slightly. It seemed she had already made up her mind. She no longer continued discussing the matter with Xu Tianyao and instead asked about someone else.
"What about Snow Empress?"
"When you first approached her, did you also intend to use her?"
Ice Empress had noticed the unusual relationship between this human and Snow Empress. Driven by curiosity, she wanted to uncover the truth.
Xu Tianyao fell silent for a moment. Snow Empress's breathtakingly beautiful yet proud figure unconsciously surfaced in his mind.
He did not deny his initial intentions.
"At first, I did."
"But later..."
Xu Tianyao raised his head, his gaze turning earnest and resolute. "She is already my friend. More than that, she is my companion."
Ice Empress looked at him without answering immediately.
What Snow Empress had told her earlier surfaced in her mind once more.
The blessing of Father God's will, the favor of the world's will, and the attention of several gods.
And the two supreme Martial Souls on this human before her, which should never have been able to coexist.
If it had only been Snow Empress's approval, she would not have believed so easily.
If it had only been the existence of that mysterious expert, she likewise would not have gambled so readily.
Yet all these unimaginable conditions had gathered upon one person.
Ten thousand years ago, the Shrek Seven Devils had broken past their limits and ultimately entered the God Realm.
The talent of the young man before her was even more astonishing than theirs.
What was more, there was an expert behind him who had