Shameless Profound Ice Illusion, Puppet Apollo!

Plant another one.

Beiming Lieyang squatted down, pressing his palm against the ground as spirit power seeped into the earth like flowing water.

A moment later, a piece of Void Mysterious Ice the size of a house quietly condensed deep underground.

When he finished, he slowly stood up and patted the dust off his hands.

After leaving Heaven Dou City, they did not travel at full speed. Every ten miles or so, Beiming Lieyang would stop to bury a piece of Void Mysterious Ice, which, paired with the Mysterious Ice Mark, would allow him to teleport straight there in the future.

He made the Mysterious Ice with a hollow structure precisely so that upon teleporting, he could appear directly inside, then condense a small piece of ice to send up to the surface without getting stuck underground.

Today, the energy purity of his Void Mysterious Ice had reached 12.5 times. Its temperature was extremely low and its structure dense, but to ensure it would not melt for years, he had to inject extra spirit power each time to compress and reinforce it.

Fortunately, his spirit power reserves were 11 times that of his peers, so expending some was no big deal.

The 27th one. Ice Emperor squatted by the roadside, her golden eyes rolling as she looked at him.

Beiming Lieyang raised his head to look ahead. From now on, the travel time back and forth between Heaven Dou City and the Far North will be much shorter.

Snow Emperor chuckled lightly:

This way, it will be much easier for Binger to come to human towns to stroll and eat things in the future.

Humph!

Upon hearing this, Ice Emperor immediately turned around, hands on her hips.

You say that as if you haven't eaten, Xue'er! Who drank those milk teas and smoothies bowl after bowl without stopping? After finishing them that time, you even had Xiaoyang make two more bowls—I saw it!

The smile on Snow Emperor's face paused slightly, and she averted her gaze.

...That was because Xiaoyang made a special flavor, it has nothing to do with me.

Still quibbling!

Ice Emperor stood up and pointed at her.

That night when you went back to your room, you secretly asked Xiaoyang if there was any left. My ears are good, I heard it clearly!

The roots of Snow Emperor's ears turned slightly red, and she turned her head away. You remembered wrong.

I didn't!

You remembered wrong.

I didn't.

Beiming Lieyang listened to the two bickering from the side and did not chime in.

During these days, he had already grown accustomed to the daily bantering between this pair of Far North best friends; they argued fiercely with their mouths, but their bond was deeper than anyone's.

Ice Emperor suddenly came back to her senses and hurried to catch up with Beiming Lieyang:

Hey, Xiaoyang, if you keep stopping to plant them piece by piece like this, when will you ever get back to the Far North?

Beiming Lieyang frowned slightly, for he indeed sensed the problem.

Burying a single piece took a full minute, and after dozens of them, the sky was already turning yellow.

And this was just a single route. If he wanted to cover the entire continent, who knew how much time he would waste relying on himself alone.

It really is too slow.

Then what? You can't just magic up a few people to help you plant them.

Words spoken without intent are heard with meaning, and Beiming Lieyang's eyes lit up. Auntie Bing, you are amazing.

Ice Emperor: ????

Ice Emperor's face was full of question marks. What did that mean??

At that moment, Beiming Lieyang raised his hand, and a cluster of Void Mysterious Ice condensed in his palm.

The ice-blue light suddenly spread, enveloping all three of them. The next instant, the surrounding environment completely transformed.

Replaced by a vast, boundless, gloomy blue space.

Beneath their feet was a crystal-clear ice surface, and countless ice-blue crystals floated all around, emitting a soft and cold light.

Mysterious Ice Illusion.

As soon as Ice Emperor entered here, she immediately acted as if she had returned to her own home, her golden eyes bright as she looked around.

She sniffed, inhaling the extreme purity of the frigid aura in the air, and saliva almost leaked from the corner of her mouth.

So fragrant...

While speaking, she casually pulled a cup of pre-made Void Mysterious Ice milk tea from her storage soul tool, stuck a straw into it, took a blissful sip, and then narrowed her eyes in satisfaction as she continued to survey her surroundings.

Beiming Lieyang ignored her leisurely appearance and summoned his martial soul, Solar Star God Apollo.

Accompanied by a series of clanging metallic clashes, crimson metal armor fitted tightly over his body.

Scorching light gushed from the gaps in the armor, illuminating the entire Mysterious Ice Illusion as if it were midday.

Five spirit rings rose from beneath his feet:

Four black and one red, slowly undulating up and down.

Ice Emperor bit her straw, squinted at the radiant armored figure, and tilted her head. What, want to practice moves again?

Snow Emperor stood at the edge of the illusion, saying nothing, only quietly watching the crimson figure.

Her gaze fell upon the face covered by the armor, a soft look in her eyes.

This child, from the tiny baby they had picked up in the ice pit back then, could now release such dazzling light.

Beiming Lieyang did not answer Ice Emperor's question.

He raised his hand to condense a piece of Void Mysterious Ice and pressed it into the position of the energy core on his chest.

The ice-blue light merged into the crimson armor, and the next instant, his aura surged drastically once more.

Watch closely.

Beiming Lieyang's voice came from beneath the armor, and immediately after, he raised his hand and pressed it empty into the depths of the illusion.

The void trembled, and a pitch-black figure slowly condensed into form.

The armor was overlaid with dark gold patterns, the eye core between its brows and the energy core on its chest were both crystal blue, a blue-gold corona sword was slung across its back, and the corona halo appeared ink-green.

Its eyes were scarlet, emanating a suffocating aura of darkness.

The Apollo Puppet knelt on one knee, its voice respectful:

Greetings, master.

Ice Emperor's milk tea almost spewed out of her mouth.

She stared with wide eyes at the pitch-black puppet, then turned to look at Beiming Lieyang, her expression full of disbelief:

Xiaoyang, you... you conjured this thing out, you couldn't possibly want to fight your own puppet, could you?!

Not a fight.

Making him help plant ice.

Plant ice?

He can even help you plant ice?

Of course.

He possesses all my abilities and strength, so naturally, he also possesses the ability to condense Void Mysterious Ice. Having him go plant ice is much faster than me alone.

Ice Emperor looked at the pitch-black Apollo Puppet, then looked at Beiming Lieyang, and finally managed to squeeze out only a single sentence:

...You are way too shameless.

Beiming Lieyang did not pick up the thread, lowering his head to look at the puppet as he felt rather gratified in his heart.

It was probably still because the Cosmic Star God forced a plot kill, causing Apollo to be stabbed to death by a puppet's sword.

Even if Apollo and Poseidon simultaneously joined forces to slay the Poseidon Puppet, because of the mechanism of the Mysterious Ice Illusion, Poseidon was teleported out.

Apollo also suffered massive energy consumption, yet it wasn't as if he had zero reaction, and what's more, he kept shaking his head from side to side there as if he were specifically waiting to be run through by the sword of the Apollo Puppet.

A dignified Solar Star God, a numerical freak among numerical freaks, only to have his fate neatly arranged by the scriptwriters.

However, he found that this Mysterious Ice Illusion was becoming increasingly shady.

Apollo was already a numerical freak, and now he could replicate another Apollo Puppet of his own.

Furthermore, the Void Mysterious Ice could be additionally stored and released to serve as backup energy.

Exhausting his own spirit power to create an Apollo Puppet, then using Void Mysterious Ice to replenish the consumption, and continuing to manufacture more.

Tsk tsk.

Beiming Lieyang nodded in satisfaction, pulled a piece of Void Mysterious Ice out of his storage soul tool, and shoved it into the energy core on his chest to replenish the spirit power consumed just moments ago in manufacturing the puppet.

After all, what he was replicating was himself, and moreover an existence on the level of a numerical freak like the Solar Star God Apollo, so the consumption was naturally much greater than that of an ordinary copy.

But it didn't matter; with Void Mysterious Ice around, he could replenish it at any time, completely unafraid of consumption.

Then he followed suit and condensed two more identical Apollo Puppets.

The three pitch-black figures stood side by side, and upon their cold metal faces, six scarlet eyes lit up—the oppressive aura was such that it made the temperature of the entire Mysterious Ice Illusion drop by several fractions.

Alright, now all of you go plant ice.

Yes, master. * 3

As the Mysterious Ice Illusion dissipated:

One by one, the Apollo Puppets, accompanied by clanging metallic sounds, all transformed into planetary forms and swiftly flew off in three different directions.

Ice Emperor watched the direction in which they disappeared for a long time before withdrawing her gaze, turning to look at Beiming Lieyang, and then suddenly lunging forward to grab his cheeks with both hands, rubbing and kneading them back and forth:

Woah! Xiaoyang, your brain works way too fast! You can even find a way to slack off with fancy flair!

...This is called maximizing resource utilization, not slacking off.

Moreover, the Apollo Puppet he manufactured was merely a puppet robot; there was no physical body of his inside it.

He didn't want to create a clone of himself either.

Having puppets to use was enough.

It is totally slacking off!

Ice Emperor said righteously, You clearly just didn't want to run anymore, so you conjured three of yourself to run for you!

It is maximizing resource utilization.

Snow Emperor watched the two of them make a fuss from the side, the corners of her lips curving up slightly without any intention of stepping forward to pull Ice Emperor away.

Having finished kneading enough, Ice Emperor released her hands, stepped back half a step, and put her hands on her hips as she sized up Beiming Lieyang:

But seriously, isn't this Mysterious Ice Illusion of yours a bit too exaggerated? You can copy puppets with strength identical to your own, and you can even conjure three of them.

Wouldn't that mean you could make however many you want in the future? When the time comes, you can just lead an entire army to fight—who could possibly beat you then?

Beiming Lieyang rubbed his pinched, red cheeks and shook his head.

It's not that simple. The existence of the puppets requires my spiritual power to maintain.

The stronger the strength of the created puppets and the greater their number, the larger the share of my spiritual power they occupy.

With the strength of my spiritual power right now, maintaining three puppets of the same tier of strength as myself is already the limit.

Any more, and either I wouldn't be able to control them, or my spiritual power would be dragged down and collapse.

Three is already terrifying enough, alright?!

Ice Emperor widened her eyes. Do you think everyone is like you?

With a single sword strike from you, that wyrm Dugu Bo would fall apart. If all three of you go together, who in this world could stop you?

Plus your game-breaking, cheap-as-hell Void Mysterious Ice, even Di Tian would get chopped down by you.

Beiming Lieyang thought about it and felt that what she said made sense.

After all, his Void Mysterious Ice itself was an over-spec existence.

Control, amplification, recovery, replication—it could do everything.

Coupled with Apollo, a numerical freak with all attributes maxed out, every puppet created was at a monster-grade level.

If all three went together, it would indeed be enough to give anyone a hard time.

Yet another notion was turning over in his mind.

If he could manage to get his hands on the Void Star God Salong...

That was a star god created by the Genesis God Odin using a black hole as a blueprint, and it was equally ridiculously over-spec.

With the two leaders of the righteous and evil factions gathered together, just thinking about that picture was exciting.

Alright.

Snow Emperor walked forward, raising a hand to tidy up Beiming Lieyang's hair, which had been ruffled by Ice Emperor.

Now that you have puppets helping to plant the ice, you won't need to keep stopping along the way. It's getting late; let's travel at full speed and return to the Far North first to settle the matter of the sixth spirit ring.

Beiming Lieyang nodded. Mm.

Ice Emperor immediately perked up:

The sixth spirit ring! I've already thought it through! In any case, we're definitely going to get you a top-tier setup!