After bestowing the God Trial, the Ice Phoenix fell completely silent, as though that majestic voice had never sounded at all.
"Little Jing?"
Bibi Dong immediately moved to Ling Jing's side, concern appearing on her face. "What... just happened?"
The Ice Empress, Ah Yin, and Xiao Wu all turned their gazes toward Ling Jing. Even the Snow Empress could not help glancing over, a hint of curiosity in her eyes.
"A clear, ringing voice suddenly sounded in my mind just now, telling me that the Ice God's God Trial had begun. But... after that voice appeared, nothing else happened."
As he spoke, Ling Jing could not help looking up at the Ice Phoenix statue.
This Ice Phoenix was a Divine Beast under the Dragon God-that much seemed certain. But by all rights, a Divine Beast should not have been able to bestow a God Trial at all. After all, Soul Beasts on the Douluo Continent were forbidden from becoming gods. Even if the Ice Phoenix wanted to choose a suitable Soul Beast to take its God Trial, Soul Beasts still could not become gods.
Hiss...
Don't tell me that's why you, a Divine Beast, chose a human like me?
But... why does a Divine Beast passing its Godhood to a human sound so strange?
Ling Jing knitted his brows, confusion showing on his face.
Just then, sky-blue light bloomed once more in the Ice Phoenix statue's eyes. The indistinct patterns on the ice pillars throughout the hall seemed to awaken in an instant. Streaks of icy-blue light spread up the pillars, and a terrifying pressure, so vast it was suffocating, came crushing down from every direction.
In a single instant, the expressions of Bibi Dong, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress changed sharply.
Bibi Dong instinctively released her evil