Snow Empress Takes Control of Shui Bing'er, Crushing Tang Hao

Tang Hao stood with his arms folded, looking at Shui Bing'er with utter disdain. "Little girl, call your elders out. Killing Flender comes at a price!"

With Tang Hao's cultivation, he could have infiltrated the place without waking Shui Bing'er and the others.

But who was he, the Clear Sky Douluo? How could he sneak around like some thief? He had even fought the Pope of Spirit Hall—why would he avoid someone's edge?

Though Shui Bing'er and the others were terrified, they immediately formed a battle formation. However, compared to Tang Hao, the aura they gave off was like mayflies trying to shake a tree!

Deep within Shui Bing'er's Sea of Consciousness, Meng Chen smiled at Snow Empress. "Snow Empress, you should handle this one."

Snow Empress rolled her eyes at Meng Chen.

She was simply too beautiful. Though she had not deliberately tried to be seductive, that single glance was still brimming with charm.

"Wasn't this trouble caused by you?"

Meng Chen said helplessly, "This man isn't weak. If we want to deal with him, someone needs to possess Bing'er."

"But men and women should keep their distance, so I can only ask you... You don't want Bing'er to be killed and all our efforts to go to waste, do you?"

"Hmph!"

Snow Empress gave a soft snort.

For countless years, Snow Empress had always been alone, born to solitude.

Yet during the time she had spent with Meng Chen, she had gradually become more cheerful.

Outside the Sea of Consciousness, Shui Bing'er and the others were staring nervously at Tang Hao.

This was the strongest person she had ever seen in her life. Even the Titled Douluo who had once "treated" her illness did not seem to possess the same imposing aura as this man!

Seeing that Shui Bing'er and the others remained silent, Tang Hao finally lost the last of his patience.

"Since you won't talk, then..."

Tang Hao immediately summoned his Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, and brought it down upon Shui Bing'er and the others!

"Ah!"

Xue Wu and the others cried out in alarm. From that strike, they sensed the aura of destruction!

Bang!

At that critical moment, a sword condensed from incomparably pure ice element blocked the Clear Sky Hammer!

Countless tiny ice crystals immediately burst apart like fireworks, filling Tang Hao's entire field of vision.

A thin layer of frost covered his Clear Sky Hammer, even filling in the patterns on its surface.

Tang Hao staggered back several steps. Looking at the frost-covered Clear Sky Hammer in his hand, a grave expression finally appeared in his eyes.

What?! Bing'er actually forced that powerful man back?!

Xue Wu and the others immediately looked at Shui Bing'er in shock—no, she was no longer Shui Bing'er.

Her appearance remained the same, but they had never seen such icy solitude in Shui Bing'er's expression before. Her eyes were ice-blue, like a frigid pool sealed beneath ice for ten thousand years.

Her aura no longer carried that youthful girlishness. Instead, she exuded noble, aloof pride and a majesty that towered above all living things!

It was as though she had stood atop an icy mountain, looking down upon the world for ten thousand years.

It was still that familiar face, yet it felt so unfamiliar.

Tang Hao's pupils suddenly constricted.

"Shui Bing'er" slowly floated up from the ground, her feet leaving the earth as she hovered in midair.

Her long hair billowed behind her, and her robes snapped in the wind. Her aura rose steadily as Snow Empress called upon the power that belonged to her!

Tang Hao suddenly sensed danger and immediately unleashed Divine Slaughter's Domain at full strength!

The surroundings suddenly turned bitterly cold, and a bloody stench rushed toward them.

Yet "Shui Bing'er" remained expressionless. Snow suddenly began falling across Suotuo City, and the freezing cold of the Extreme North Ice Plains descended upon the area in an instant. Within a thousand-meter radius, countless people were awakened by the cold.

"What's going on? Did I sleep straight into winter?"

A child in Suotuo City who had just finished cleaning a chimney stared wide-eyed at the snow falling all over the city.

This was one of Snow Emperor's Three Absolutes, Emperor's Cold Heaven—Snow Dance Shining Sun!

Ding!

Tang Hao immediately unleashed his Soul Rings. The hundred-thousand-year red Soul Ring at the highest level left Xue Wu and the others utterly horrified!

A Titled Douluo with a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring!

Tang Hao unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar. All nine Soul Rings lit up as power poured into his Martial Soul, especially that red hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Great Sumeru Hammer!

Tang Hao leaped up and struck at "Shui Bing'er's" knee.

Empowered by the strength of his deceased wife, this attack was earth-shattering!

Yet "Shui Bing'er" did not react at all.

She raised a slender, fair hand.

Emperor's Palm—Great Cold Without Snow.

Shui Bing'er—no, Snow Empress's voice echoed through the surroundings. The people who had been awakened by the cold suddenly felt warmth.

Xue Wu and the others were even more shocked. That was not Shui Bing'er's voice!

It was so cold and ethereal, like snow falling from the Nine Heavens, yet also like an echo from the depths of a ten-thousand-year glacier.

Endless chill condensed within Snow Empress's palm. Tang Hao's figure was reflected in her ice-blue eyes, and then Snow Empress lightly evaded what Tang Hao believed to be an unavoidable strike before slamming her palm into his chest!

Boom!

Tang Hao was blasted into the ground like a cannonball. Centered on his point of impact, a massive crater hundreds of meters wide collapsed inward, while a visible shockwave spread in every direction.

The bluestone paving slabs on the streets were ripped up by the shockwave. Rubble flew everywhere, and countless nearby houses collapsed!

Only Xue Wu and the others remained unharmed, because Meng Chen had protected them in time.

"Argh!"

Even Tang Hao could not help crying out after suffering such a heavy blow, though he did not cough up blood.

That was because beneath that palm strike, he felt his meridians, flesh, Soul Power, and even his soul being frozen!

He was horrified. This has to be fake, right?! Is this power something a human can possess?!

Even Qian Xun Ji and the two Douluo working together had not been this fierce back then!

"You... are you even human?"

In his shock, Tang Hao blurted it out.

"No."

Snow Empress was an honest person and did not speak much.

Tang Hao was even more shocked. "You... what exactly are you?"

"You are not worthy to ask."

Tang Hao gritted his teeth. "Don't think this is all I can do. I am the man who once defeated the Pope!"

To break through the Ice Seal, there was only one path he could take!

Tang Hao took a deep breath, and a trace of resolve flashed through his eyes.

His seventh Soul Ring lit up, and the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand suddenly expanded to a hundred meters in size!

Then all the Soul Rings around him lit up.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

When the glow of the Soul Rings reached its peak, they suddenly exploded. The power released by the shattered Soul Rings surged into the Clear Sky Hammer, which immediately shone as brilliantly as the sun.

The ultimate secret of the Great Sumeru Hammer—Explode Ring!

Tang Hao raised the Clear Sky Hammer, its radiance illuminating the entire district.

He looked at Snow Empress and said word by word, "Take this strike, and I leave. Fail to take it—and you die!"

Snow Empress said nothing, focusing solely on condensing her sword.

Emperor Sword—Ice Extreme Unrivaled.

A longsword condensed from ultimate ice appeared in her hand. Its ice-blue blade was crystal-clear and translucent, radiating a bone-piercing chill.

The instant the long, thick ice sword formed, the surrounding temperature plummeted by over a hundred degrees. But with Meng Chen present, Xue Wu and the others felt nothing at all.

The Clear Sky Hammer empowered by the simultaneous detonation of all nine rings collided with Snow Empress's sword. For an instant, it was as if the world had suddenly fallen silent—then came an incomparably violent explosion.

Snow Empress deliberately sent Tang Hao flying. The airborne Tang Hao crashed onto a towering mountain, and the lingering force of Emperor Sword even cleaved the entire mountain in two.