Soul Douluo! The Ice Empress Was Shocked!

Shui Bing'er's heartbeat had yet to calm.

What was I thinking just now?

She lowered her head, the redness at the tips of her ears becoming even more obvious.

He had only just emerged from seclusion. How could I keep staring at him like that?

But he hadn't come out for three years. He really had changed so much.

Shui Bing'er gently bit her red lips.

She tried hard to calm herself, but her steps became faster than usual.

Inside the cultivation room.

The Ice Empress walked up to Qian Chen.

"Shui Bing'er hadn't seen you for three years, yet she ran over in a pretty dress the moment she saw you."

"You hadn't even finished changing, and she stood here staring at you for so long."

"Had she been missing you all along?"

Qian Chen looked at her.

"Are you jealous?"

The Ice Empress raised her hand and grabbed him by the neck.

"You even dare flirt with your sister."

Qian Chen did not resist, allowing her to pin him against the wall.

The Ice Empress leaned in close, her long emerald-green hair falling over his shoulder.

"I was only telling the truth."

"You still dare say that."

Her fingers tightened.

Qian Chen found it difficult to breathe and could only raise a hand to pat her wrist.

"Bing'er Sister, if this keeps up, you're going to smother me to death."

Only then did the Ice Empress release him.

She lifted her chin.

"What part of you haven't I seen?"

The moment the words left her mouth, the Ice Empress froze.

The room fell silent.

She lowered her head to look at Qian Chen, her fair cheeks gradually flushing crimson.

"What I mean is..."

"I watched you grow up."

"So you don't need to worry about things like that."

Qian Chen straightened the collar she had rumpled.

"But I've already grown up."

The Ice Empress lifted her eyes to look at him.

Qian Chen was quite a bit taller than her.

Beneath his white robes, his figure stood tall and straight, while the youthful immaturity had faded from his features.

The Ice Empress quickly looked away.

"So what if you've grown up?"

"In my eyes, you're still that little brat who followed behind me calling me Sister."

"Then why did you blush just now?"

"When did I blush?"

The Ice Empress reached out and pinched his waist.

"Say one more word, and I'll throw you into the lake."

Qian Chen smiled and did not continue teasing her.

The Ice Empress gave a light cough and immediately changed the subject.

"Let me see what you achieved during your three years of seclusion."

She raised her hand.

Emerald-green Soul Power spread outward, forming a transparent barrier around the cultivation room.

"The barrier has been set up."

"No one outside will sense the aura here."

Qian Chen nodded.

"Perfect. I also want to see how strong I am now."

He took a step forward.

Soul Power erupted from within him.

Level sixty.

Level seventy.

Level eighty!

Vast Soul Power shot into the sky.

Frost rapidly formed across the cold jade floor of the cultivation room, while large ice patterns appeared on the walls.

Five black Soul Rings rose from beneath Qian Chen's feet.

Immediately afterward.

Two scarlet Soul Rings slowly emerged.

Black, black, black, black, black, red, red.

The position of the eighth Soul Ring remained vacant.

The Ice Empress stood at the edge of the barrier, her emerald-green eyes widening.

"Level eighty?"

Qian Chen restrained part of his Soul Power.

"I haven't obtained my eighth Soul Ring yet."

"In three years, you rose from level fifty-eight to level eighty?"

The Ice Empress hurried to his side.

She circled Qian Chen once, her gaze sweeping over his seven Soul Rings.

"Two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings?"

"How exactly did you do it?"

"Just cultivation."

"Just cultivation?"

The Ice Empress raised a hand and patted his shoulder.

"I cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years, yet I was never as fast as you."

Qian Chen gripped the Profound Frost Star Spear.

"Want to try?"

The Ice Empress's eyes immediately lit up.

"Fine."

She retreated several steps as the Soul Power within her fully erupted.

"Don't think that reaching level eighty means you can defeat me easily."

"I know."

Qian Chen raised his left hand.

The Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul appeared behind him.

A noble, ethereal figure stepped forth amid snowflakes filling the sky, and extreme cold instantly blanketed the entire cultivation room.

"First Soul Skill, Frozen Throne."

Thick white mist rose from the floor.

Frost spread from beneath the Ice Empress's feet, covering her calves in the blink of an eye.

The Ice Empress's expression changed.

"Ice Emperor's Protection!"

Emerald-green light erupted from within her.

Heavy ice armor covered her entire body, while the phantom of a scorpion tail unfolded behind her.

The freezing power collided with the ice armor.

Crack!

The ground beneath the Ice Empress froze layer by layer.

Fine cracks also appeared in the ice armor covering her body.

"How has your extreme cold power become so much stronger than before?"

The Ice Empress circulated her Soul Power, forcing the cold that had invaded her body out.

Qian Chen did not answer.

He raised a finger, and the surrounding chill gathered once more.

The Ice Empress's expression turned serious.

"Domain of Perpetual Frost!"

Emerald-green radiance spread from beneath her feet.

In the blink of an eye, the entire cultivation room became a dark-green frozen wasteland.

The air stopped moving.

The surface of the cold pool froze completely, and even the ripples beneath the water were locked within the ice.

Countless ice crystals fell from the air as the temperature continued to drop.

The Ice Empress stood at the center of the domain, her dress and long hair gently floating with her Soul Power.

"This is my domain Soul Skill."

"If you can't take it, admit defeat obediently."

Qian Chen raised his right hand.

"Third Soul Skill, Extreme Cold Domain."

Deep-blue radiance spread from his palm.

Every snowflake behind the Heavenly Snow Woman came to a halt.

Then, vast power of extreme cold spread in every direction.

The two domains collided head-on.

The cold within the Domain of Perpetual Frost continuously solidified, yet it could no longer expand.

Qian Chen's Extreme Cold Domain pushed forward along the ground, devouring the emerald-green ice layer bit by bit.

The Ice Empress's domain rapidly weakened.

She could clearly feel her Soul Power being absorbed by that deep-blue domain.

"You can even devour the power of a domain?"

Qian Chen stood amid the deep-blue radiance.

"Ice-attribute Soul Power is also energy of heaven and earth."

"That's cheating!"

The Ice Empress withdrew the Domain of Perpetual Frost and raised both hands at once.

The phantom of the Ice Emperor behind her suddenly solidified.

"Ice Emperor's Wrath!"

Emerald-green freezing light soared into the sky.

A massive phantom ice scorpion charged out from behind the Ice Empress.

The cold gathered into a storm, and the icy walls around the cultivation room cracked one after another.

Qian Chen did not retreat.

The Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul behind him stepped forward.

"Martial Soul Avatar."

White radiance covered Qian Chen's entire body.

His figure gradually merged with the Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul.

Snowflakes filling the sky gathered behind him, transforming into a towering iceberg.

Ice Emperor's Wrath crashed down.

The two powers of extreme cold collided head-on.

The cultivation room shook violently.

A crack appeared across the surface of the barrier the Ice Empress had set up.

A great deal of Soul Power leaked through the crack and surged toward the sky above the academy.

The phantom of the Ice Emperor gradually dissipated within the white radiance.

The Ice Empress staggered back several steps and raised her eyes to Qian Chen.

"With your current strength, you can already crush a Soul Douluo."

Qian Chen withdrew his Martial Soul Avatar.

"Not enough."

"How is it not enough?"

"You held back just now."

Ice Empress did not refute him.

If she had fully unleashed her cultivation, the training room would have long been destroyed by their combined power.

Qian Chen raised his hand.

Golden and emerald-green light flowed through his body at the same time.

The pressure of the Dragon God Bloodline slowly spread.

The surrounding ice walls rapidly restored themselves, and Qian Chen's aura rose along with them.

The Life Law transformed into specks of emerald light and merged into his flesh and blood.

Ice Empress watched the two powers, the astonishment in her eyes growing ever stronger.

"With the Dragon God Bloodline and the Life Law, there truly is no one in Heaven Dou City who can threaten you."

Qian Chen nodded.

"So, you can take part in this competition."

Just then.

Skywater Academy, the dean's office.

Shui Xinrou was organizing the academy's documents.

A powerful aura suddenly came from the direction of the training room.

The feather pen in her hand stopped.

The next moment, the teacups on the desk began to tremble at the same time.

Shui Xinrou looked up toward the window.

That aura had appeared for only an instant, yet it caused the circulation of Soul Power within her to stagnate.

"What a terrifying aura."

She immediately rose to her feet.

"Could a Titled Douluo have broken into the academy?"