Even the Snow Empress is Destined to Fall for the "True Fragrance" Law!

The air within the ice cavern ceased its flow.

The Snow Empress stood suspended in mid-air, her bare feet hovering above the ground, her ice-blue eyes filled with a deathly stillness that looked upon all living things with indifference.

Not a flicker of emotion could be found on that peerless, city-toppling face; there was only a supreme majesty that reigned over this world of ice and snow.

The surrounding snowflakes clustered around her, and even the laws of heaven and earth seemed to cater to her every breath.

Facing such a terrifying existence, cold sweat broke out uncontrollably on Xiao Zhan's forehead.

The beads of sweat had barely seeped from his skin before they froze into ice crystals in the sub-zero temperature that could freeze even space itself, falling to the ground with a series of "clatter" sounds.

He swallowed a mouthful of dry saliva, his originally straight spine now taut as a fully drawn bow.

"Yan'er..." Xiao Zhan's voice trembled, his teeth chattering together, "Are... are you sure you didn't find the wrong place?"

Xiao Zhan knew exactly where he stood as a rank-96 Super Douluo.

Facing a soul beast whose mere aura was enough to make a person struggle to breathe, he didn't even have the confidence to turn and run.

Xiao Yan stood where he was, his moon-white robes not showing a single wrinkle.

He studied the Snow Empress in mid-air, his tone relaxed and casual.

"I didn't find the wrong place; she is exactly who I am looking for. One of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North, the Snow Empress with nearly seven hundred thousand years of cultivation."

Having said this, Xiao Yan tilted his head, still in the mood to tease his old man: "Can you handle this?"

Xiao Zhan's eyes widened, his chest heaving violently. Just as he prepared to open his mouth to scold his pit-father son, the Snow Empress in mid-air spoke first.

"Humans, how do you wish to die?"

Her voice was melodious and ethereal, winding and resonant, yet it carried a biting killing intent that could freeze the soul.

In the eyes of the Snow Empress, the soul master who had previously attempted to capture her with the God-Sealing Platform was no different from this pair of father and son before her.

Humans were inherently greedy; all they sought were her soul ring and soul bone, and all they craved was her body and her cultivation.

Xiao Yan turned a blind eye to this overwhelming killing intent.

He took a step forward, passing the battle-ready Xiao Zhan to face the Lord of the Extreme North directly.

"Hey, can we reach a compromise?"

This casual question sounded particularly abrupt in the silent ice cavern.

The Snow Empress could not be bothered to waste another word.

She had seen too much of human cunning; only death was the final outcome.

She raised her crystal-clear right hand.

Deep blue ice crystals rapidly condensed in her palm, transforming into a sharp ice sword.

Emperor Sword, Ice-Cold Peerless!

Without any superfluous movement, the Snow Empress swung her sword down.

The deep blue sword light sliced through the void in silence, the air along its path instantly drained and frozen.

It was an extreme cold capable of obliterating a Super Douluo along with their soul, moving so fast that even thought could not keep up.

Xiao Zhan's eyes were on the verge of splitting; the soul power within his body boiled, and he prepared to burn his life essence to forcefully shove Xiao Yan aside and block the strike with his own life.

Xiao Yan's expression turned solemn. Instead of retreating, he straightened his back.

"My peerless wisdom reminds me that it is time to use my peerless power." He stared directly at the descending deep blue sword light, his voice echoing through the cavern, "Come forth, Electrolux!!!"

The space produced a strange distortion.

An elderly figure clad in black and white robes appeared without warning, blocking the path before Xiao Yan.

Facing the Emperor Sword that could freeze even space, the old man's expression remained unchanged.

He extended his withered right hand, his index and middle fingers reaching forward casually.

"Clang!"

The deep blue sword light, which had been unstoppable and capable of slaying a Super Douluo, was pinched firmly by those two withered fingers.

The chill on the sword attempted to spread upward along the fingertips, but it was easily shredded by a layer of invisible law-based power, unable to advance even a fraction of an inch further.

While pinching the Emperor Sword, the old man's left hand was not idle.

He turned around, curled his index finger, and dealt a solid flick to Xiao Yan's forehead.

"What are you shouting for! Don't you know how to respect your elders?!" Electrolux glared, speaking in a huff.

The ice cavern fell into a dead silence.

On the Snow Empress's face, an iceberg that had not melted in ten thousand years, a violent tremor finally appeared.

She stared fixedly at the old man who had caught her full-force strike with one hand.

From him, she could feel no soul power fluctuations, yet there was a layer of mental pressure that made her soul tremble.

That level of power was vast and profound, completely transcending the boundaries of this world.

It was true god-level power!

There was no escaping.

The icy blue in the Snow Empress's eyes was gradually replaced by resolve.

Since she was destined to fall into human hands today, she would rather shatter like jade than let these greedy wretches lay a single finger on her.

She closed her eyes and began to frantically compress the core of her origin within her body.

Bing'er, Xiao Bai, people of the Extreme North, farewell!

Sensing the ice and snow around them beginning to stir restlessly and the energy within the Snow Empress collapsing inward in an irreversible manner, Xiao Yan immediately spoke up to interrupt her.

"Wait! I did not come here to kill you, but to have you become my Soul Spirit!"

The Snow Empress's movement of compressing her origin paused for a moment.

Soul Spirit? In her understanding, no matter how flowery the new terms humans created were, their essence was merely a disguise for hunting soul beasts to obtain soul rings.

She opened her eyes and let out a cold laugh, her icy blue pupils filled with disdain.

"Even if I, the Snow Empress, shatter my origin, dissipate these seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, and turn into the swirling snow of this Extreme North, I will never become your so-called Soul Spirit!"

Xiao Yan rubbed his aching forehead, choosing not to engage in a war of words with her; instead, he tilted his chin toward Electrolux.

Electrolux understood immediately. With a flick of his fingertip, a golden rune condensed out of thin air, transforming into a streak of light that plunged directly into the center of the Snow Empress's brow.

This was not an attack, but a packaged transmission of knowledge.

The Snow Empress instinctively wanted to resist, but under the guidance of god-level mental power, the detailed information regarding the "Soul Spirit" was clearly branded into her mind.

The words she had intended to use to continue her mockery were stuck firmly in her throat.

The contract presented in the data completely subverted her understanding.

This was not the original Soul Spirit Contract, but one that Xiao Yan had specifically had Electrolux upgrade and modify.

After becoming a Soul Spirit, she would no longer need to sacrifice her life.

Beyond losing her physical body, she would exist as a pure energy entity, not only retaining her complete, independent consciousness but even being able to cultivate autonomously.

What she found most incredible was that even if the host were to die unexpectedly in the future, as long as she had accumulated enough energy herself, she could still detach from the host and continue to survive in the world.

This was no enslavement; this was clearly a "get out of jail free" card for avoiding the heavenly tribulation of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast!

The resolve in the Snow Empress's eyes gradually crumbled, replaced by a sense of disbelief and shock.

She looked at Xiao Yan standing below, then at the unfathomable old man in black and white robes, and the scales in her heart began to tilt slowly.