The Ice Empress's unrestrained laughter echoed through the valley, carrying the exhilaration of finally fulfilling a wish she had suppressed for years.
How many years had it been?
She had lived for hundreds of thousands of years. Starting out as an Ice Jade Scorpion, she had swept across the Extreme North and become known as one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings alongside the Snow Empress and the Titan Snow Demon King.
Yet there had always been a hurdle in her heart she could never clear.
She did not have Ice Explosion.
They both possessed Ultimate Ice, but the Snow Empress's offensive power crushed hers. Every ice-attribute Soul Beast in the Extreme North acknowledged the Snow Empress as the pinnacle of their attribute.
And she, the Ice Empress, could only ever come second.
Now things were different.
She had Ice Explosion!
"Xue'er, oh, Xue'er..."
An exuberant smile curved the Ice Empress's lips.
"If you hadn't become a Martial Soul, I'd absolutely have to challenge you to a match!"
"I'd like to see whether your Emperor's Sword is stronger or my Ice Explosion hits harder."
She could practically see the Snow Empress standing before her, blasted into a bedraggled mess by Ice Explosion.
She was in a wonderful mood.
Lu Yuan and Bi Ji flew over from afar.
Hearing the Ice Empress's words, he couldn't help laughing inwardly.
This little girl had really drunk too much!
Lu Yuan surveyed the devastated valley, then looked at the Ice Empress standing amid the icy mist, smiling like a child, and raised an eyebrow.
"You figured it out?"
"I figured it out!"
The Ice Empress lifted her chin and planted both hands on her hips, brimming with pride.
"Well? Doesn't this empress's talent crush yours?"
"Yes, yes, it crushes mine."
Lu Yuan nodded perfunctorily.