The Might of a Destructive Strike

"Heh heh heh! What friendship is left between you and me, Ice Empress?"

"As a soul beast, you actually chose to sacrifice yourself to a human."

"You are the disgrace of all soul beasts!"

Upon hearing this, the Titan Snow Demon Ape showed no regard for Ice Empress's words and immediately moved to interrupt her sacrificial ritual.

The Ice Bear King, however, hesitated. After all, both beasts had a connection to the Snow Empress.

Since Ice Empress said this sacrifice was voluntary, there was no need for him to interfere.

Faced with this situation, neither Tianmeng Ice Silkworm nor Ice Empress could do anything.

Ye Fan, the person involved, was also extremely displeased. Why was I always the one being chosen? The kind who can't even resist?

Can't I be the one on the offensive for once?

Just as Ye Fan complained silently,

The ring on Ye Fan's finger bloomed with purple light again. The God of Destruction let out a reluctant sigh. "Damn soul beasts. They had to attack Ye Fan while my true body isn't here!"

"Sigh, I can only take action myself!"

"But if I do, I'll probably fall into slumber for some time."

"Damn it."

After hesitating for a moment, the God of Destruction ultimately spoke decisively to Ice Empress.

"Ice Empress, I will take control of your body."

Ice Empress's body trembled uncontrollably with excitement. "My lord, please!"

The ring on Ye Fan's fingertip suddenly erupted with intense purple light, and a streak of radiance shot straight into Ice Empress's brow.

The cold aura around Ice Empress abruptly mingled with a terrifying aura of destruction. She completely broke free from the Sacrificial Space's restraints, her scorpion tail snapping taut as a terrifying bolt of purple lightning gathered at its tip. Ignoring the laws of the Sacrificial Space, it pierced straight through it and shot toward the advancing Titan Snow Demon Ape.

At that moment, the Titan Snow Demon Ape was swinging his right palm, intending to use a soul skill together with brute strength to stop Ice Empress's sacrifice.

The purple lightning pierced cleanly through his right palm, and violet destructive lightning spread wildly from the wound, corroding flesh and blood.

As excruciating pain struck, the Titan Snow Demon Ape roared. Gritting his teeth, he used his left hand to tear off his entire right arm, blood spraying everywhere.

Wary of that destructive power, he glared fiercely at Ice Empress and shouted, "Ice Empress, just you wait!"

Not daring to linger, he turned and fled in a sorry state, vanishing into the depths of the snowfield in an instant.

Seeing this, the Ice Bear King was utterly horrified. Without the slightest hesitation, he greeted Ice Empress before saying, "Ice Empress, continue. I only came to try my luck and see whether I could find Mother Snow Empress."

Then he turned and left without looking back.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was inwardly shocked as well.

Is this that lord's true strength? It's terrifying.

Although Ice Empress did not control her body at the moment, her consciousness had still witnessed the God of Destruction's attack.

This lord is far too terrifying. Good thing I decisively chose to sacrifice myself.

Otherwise, my fate probably wouldn't have been much better than the Titan Snow Demon Ape's.

Among them all, perhaps only Ye Fan was unfazed. In his mind, his teacher was a transmigrator, a big shot who came with a system.

No matter what abilities he possessed, Ye Fan would not find them strange.

After using Ice Empress's body to wound the Titan Snow Demon Ape with a single strike, the God of Destruction had also expended a great deal of spiritual consciousness.

He then left Ice Empress's body, and the sacrificial ritual continued.

Once he returned to the space within Ye Fan's ring, he said weakly, "Kid, listen carefully to what your teacher says next."

Though Ye Fan could not move, he could communicate with the God of Destruction through his spiritual power. "Teacher, what happened to you?"

"I'm fine. I merely used a secret technique just now, and my spiritual consciousness was greatly depleted."

"Your teacher will need to sleep for a while."

"You will have to walk the road ahead alone for some time."

The God of Destruction rambled on for quite a while before finally saying,

"Alright. Your teacher needs to enter self-induced slumber."

As the God of Destruction's final words fell, no more sound came from the ring.

Ye Fan did not think much of it, assuming the old man in the ring had found an excuse to go carry out one of his system missions.

After all, a master could lead one to the door, but cultivation depended on the individual.

His ring teacher had already provided him with the foundation of three Soul Rings to become strong. The road ahead had to be walked step by step on his own.

With that in mind, Ye Fan solemnly said to the ring, "Teacher, don't worry. I definitely won't disgrace you."

"When you awaken again, I'll definitely make you proud."

For the next stretch of time, Ye Fan focused wholeheartedly on accepting Ice Empress's sacrifice.

Half an hour passed in an instant. Golden light shot into the sky, and the Death Angel Martial Soul behind Ye Fan slowly formed a third brilliant golden Soul Ring.

Ice Empress's soul completely merged with him and settled peacefully within Ye Fan's spiritual sea.

Within his spiritual sea, cold energy surged. Tianmeng Ice Silkworm twisted his bloated body and eagerly pounced toward Ice Empress, only to be fiercely clamped by her twin pincers.

"Get lost, you disgusting giant worm!"

As Ice Empress's words fell, her spiritual power suddenly surged. Tianmeng Ice Silkworm let out a miserable scream, his spiritual body nearly torn apart.

Turning and spotting the Dark Demon Ape standing quietly nearby, Ice Empress restrained her hostility and nodded amicably.

"Hello. Please guide me in the future."

The Dark Demon Ape raised his eyes faintly and replied in a steady voice.

"Certainly."

In the real world, Ye Fan had already emerged from the Sacrificial Space and landed on the ground, sensing the soul skill granted by his third Soul Ring.

At the same time, an ice-crystal-colored torso bone had appeared in his hand.

It was none other than the nearly four-hundred-thousand-year torso bone gifted by Ice Empress through her sacrifice.

Without hesitation, Ye Fan sat cross-legged and began absorbing the torso bone.

Soon, a massive Ice Jade Empress Scorpion appeared on Ye Fan's back, looking quite similar to Ice Empress's true form.

With a thought from Ye Fan, the entire Ice Jade Empress Scorpion torso bone covered every part of his body except his head and limbs.

At this point, Ye Fan had fully absorbed the first three Soul Rings he needed.

At the same time, he had obtained a nearly four-hundred-thousand-year torso bone and a hundred-thousand-year right fist bone.

As for his cultivation, it had reached level thirty-nine, close to the limit of level forty.

Ye Fan could barely accept this result. After all, according to theory, his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul contained several ultimate attributes, so cultivation was naturally slow.

Being able to rise another nine levels while at level thirty was entirely thanks to the sacrifices of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, the Dark Demon Ape, and Ice Empress.

Just as Ye Fan planned to return to the Sun Moon Empire and reunite with Jing Hongchen and the others,

Ice Empress spoke beside Ye Fan's ear. "Ye Fan, could you take me to see where the Snow Empress lives?"

"Th-this..."

Hearing that, Ye Fan wore a hesitant expression and thought, Ice Empress, Ice Empress, only now do you think of the Snow Empress? She has probably already been turned into a soul beast rebirth embryo by some soul engineer.

There's no point in looking for her now!

When Ice Empress saw Ye Fan still hesitating, she merely assumed he feared danger and was unwilling to go. She continued, "Ye Fan, don't worry. I swear in the name of the Snow God that the Snow Empress will not harm you."

Ye Fan only wanted to laugh upon hearing that. Even if she wanted to hurt me, she'd need the ability to do so first.

But faced with Ice Empress's first request, Ye Fan ultimately agreed in a deliberately solemn tone. "Alright."

"Ice Empress, lead the way."

Immediately afterward, Ye Fan summoned Ice Empress's beast spirit and had her lead the way while he followed behind her.

"Thank you, Ye Fan!"

Thus, Ye Fan temporarily set aside his plans to return to the Sun Moon Empire and began wandering through the Far North.

With Ice Empress, one of the Northern Three Heavenly Kings, as a top-tier powerhouse, along with their recent feat of severely wounding the Titan Snow Demon Ape and scaring off the Ice Demon King,

Ye Fan thought, Won't the Far North be mine to roam as I please?

With that mindset, Ye Fan directly activated his flying soul tool and headed toward the Snow Empress's nest under Ice Empress's guidance.

Yet as Ye Fan drew closer and closer to the Snow Empress's residence, all kinds of soul beast corpses and bloodstains began appearing along the way. The nearer he came to the core region, the more corpses and bloodstains there were.

"Ice Empress, did a war between soul beasts break out?"

Seeing this, Ye Fan voiced his question to Ice Empress.

"Something's wrong. Something's very wrong. Soul beasts in the Far North may clash at times, but they would never dare act so recklessly within the Snow Empress's territory."

"Something must have happened to the Snow Empress."

"Ye Fan, hurry!~"