Late at night, the internet cafe was still filled with loud cries.
"Ice! Lock down that blind monk, Lee Sin! I'm putting up a wall!"
In front of the screen, Snow Empress, transformed into a tiny little girl, bit down on a straw as her sky-blue eyes focused intently on controlling Anivia on the screen, slaughtering her way through Summoner's Rift.
She was already Platinum I and was about to reach Diamond.
However, just as a crucial team fight was about to break out—
Buzz—
Snow Empress's petite body suddenly trembled without warning. An incredibly unstable chill, as though it could freeze the entire space, spilled from within her.
Her once-solid little hand briefly turned transparent.
"Mm..." Snow Empress groaned, and her face instantly went pale.
On-screen, her Anivia crashed straight into a wall due to an input mistake and gave away a kill.
"Sister Xue! What's wrong?!" The Ice Empress was horrified. She hurriedly tossed aside her headset and supported her.
Gritting her teeth, Snow Empress forcibly suppressed the power within her that was on the verge of going berserk. Her voice was weak, yet still stubborn. "I'm fine... My time limit is approaching. This human body just can't hold on much longer... Help me up. I can still play..."
The heavenly tribulation of a seven-hundred-thousand-year soul beast was a power that even gods feared.
She had originally suppressed her cultivation in order to take human form. But she had gotten too immersed in the game just now, and her emotions had fluctuated too wildly—especially whenever her teammates dragged her down—loosening the seal inside her.
If she lost control, not only would she be destroyed in body and soul, but all of Shrek City might become a second Iceborne.
Just then, a warm, large hand rested on Snow Empress's