The Ice and Snow Empresses Meet
During the stalemate, an elder standing behind Du Busi whispered:
"Sect Master, the support team has already delivered the device. We shouldn't stay here any longer; we should leave as well."
Kong Deming, accompanied by two Imperial Family attendants, quietly blocked the other side's retreat route. Jing Hongchen seized the opportunity to press forward, her eyes blazing with hatred.
"Leave? You killed my people from the Mingde Hall, robbed my treasury, and you think you can just leave?!"
Du Busi pulled the two elders behind him. He stomped his foot, unleashing a burst of brute force at Level 98 onto the ground.
Click!
Grotesque cracks immediately tore open from beneath his feet, spreading like a spiderweb along the warehouse to the street. A loud bang was heard overhead as several buildings along the street were forcibly collapsed, and the sounds of houses crumbling and the screams and cries of the city's inhabitants could be faintly heard.
Kong Deming's expression changed drastically. He looked up at the crumbling dome and shouted sharply:
"Send half the men inside the city to activate the Outer Defensive Soul Tool Shield and stabilize the area!"
Du Busi withdrew his foot and said coldly, "Kong Deming, do you want to continue fighting here?"
Jing Hongchen was consumed by rage, and the blue light on the cannon barrels on his shoulders surged. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, Kong Deming reached out and pressed down on the muzzle.
"I told you, don't fire indiscriminately!" Kong Deming rebuked.
Standing at the back of the crowd, Tang San watched this scene, but his feet slowly retreated.
The situation is currently in complete chaos, with the Evil Soul Master, the Sun Moon Imperial Family, and the Body Sect all restraining each other.
Since the Soul Beast has disappeared without a trace, staying in this dangerous place will only result in it being caught up in the battle and yielding absolutely nothing.
Moreover, his Divine Sense is currently attached to this physical body; if he is not careful, he could really die.
As for those Soul Guidance Device and resources, once he returns to Shrek, he can allocate the Sea God Pavilion's resources at will, so there's no need for him to risk his life here.
Tang San quietly tugged at Xuan Zi's sleeve:
"Xuan Zi, ignore them. Find an opening and immediately break through to get me back to the academy. Huo Yuhao and Yan Shaozhe, stay here to handle the aftermath!"
Undead Half-Plane.
The surface of the ninety-nine restrictions engraved all over the God-Sealing Platform gleamed with a layer of hazy gray light.
Electrolux's withered fingers hovered in mid-air. With a light tap of his fingertips, a fine strand of Divine Sense pierced the core crevice like a silver needle, forcibly tearing open a hair-thick channel through the inner and outer suppression.
"Concentrate, don't let your Spiritual Power scatter," Electrolux whispered in his ear.
Within her Sea of Consciousness, Ice Empress took a deep breath, and her emerald green scorpion body transformed into a stream of light, following the tiny opening guided by the Divine Sense as it entered the God-Sealing Platform.
Deep within the pedestal lies an extremely cold world, imprisoned to the point of near-freezing.
A palm-sized, pure white Embryo curled up in the void, Entanglement dazzling Gold-Red Runes, like poisoned chains, constantly draining the Embryo's faint life force.
Sensing the forceful intrusion of mental fluctuations, the previously dormant Embryo trembled.
A biting frost storm instantly exploded within the barrier, the Repulsive Force carrying the ferocity of Seven-Hundred-Thousand-Year Ferocious Beast, transforming into countless crystalline ice blades that slashed down at the intruder.
"Get out!"
The chilling sound echoed in the enclosed space.
However, the whistling ice blades abruptly stopped in mid-air the instant they touched the emerald light.
A familiar scent permeated the storm.
"This aura..."
The raging chill surrounding the Embryo abruptly ceased, and countless ice blades shattered inch by inch in the air, turning into scattered snowflakes. A phantom white figure slowly emerged from above the Embryo, its once arrogant face, filled with murderous intent, now showing expressions of utter astonishment.
"Bing'er? You... you're still alive?!"
Snow Empress stared at the emerald green scorpion in front of her, momentarily stunned.
Ice Empress's scorpion legs also stopped in mid-air. Upon hearing the cry of "Bing'er," she suddenly lunged forward, her outstretched scorpion legs passing through the phantom of Snow Empress.
"Xue'er... it really is you!"
She tried touching it again, but still missed. The runic chains were wrapped around the Snow Empress, making even her afterimage blurry. The Ice Empress's voice trembled as she said:
"How did you end up like this? Who did this?!"
In her memory, the Snow Empress was always dressed in white, standing in the snowstorm of the Far North.
Now, her true form has become an unformed Embryo, imprisoned in the God-Sealing Platform, making even speaking a few words to her so difficult.
Snow Empress glanced down at the chains binding her, and the smile she had worn upon their reunion gradually faded.
"I went to see you before the renovation."
The Snow Empress looked at the Ice Empress, her voice lowering slightly. "I know you're nearing your bottleneck, and I wanted to help you. But I've searched high and low, and even your own people don't know where you've gone."
Ice Empress's scorpion legs slowly retracted. "Back then, I was already..."
"Now that I know you're still alive, at least the search wasn't in vain." The Snow Empress paused for a moment, then continued.
"My bottleneck was also approaching. Fortunately, I encountered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, and with its Heaven and Earth Essence, I was able to seal my Origin Source and begin to rebuild."
She looked down at the chains binding her, her expression turning cold once more.
"I had just transformed into Embryo when I encountered a human who had ventured deep into the Extreme North Core Circle. He took advantage of my weakness and used the God-Sealing Platform to capture me!"
"They used this to seal my physical body and spirit, then sent me into the city and put me up for auction." The Snow Empress stared at the runes.
"Whoever pays the most money can take me away. Once I'm sold, someone else will come and snatch me away."
She clenched her fists, and the runes on the chains lit up, the humming growing louder and louder.
Ice Empress felt uncomfortable watching this and wished she could go out and settle accounts with those people right now. Just as she was about to speak, Snow Empress noticed the abnormality in her and her gaze suddenly sharpened.
"Bing'er, what about your health?"
Ice Empress paused.
Snow Empress looked at her carefully, and the more she looked, the more alarmed she became.
Having known each other for tens of thousands of years, she was intimately familiar with the aura of the Ice Empress. The emerald green scorpion shadow before her had no physical body or blood, and its Origin Source was severely damaged, with only its soul maintaining its original form.
This soul actually resided in the Sea of Spirit of that human outside the God-Sealing Platform.
"Where did your true form go?" Snow Empress asked anxiously.
"Bing'er, look at me! Why are you inside a human body?!"
Ice Empress's expression stiffened, and a bitter smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
"It's a long story... Back on the Great Snowfield, I was tricked by that bastard Tian Meng with his smooth talk. He found a human boy with a Mental Attribute Martial Soul from somewhere and said that he could preserve my intelligence through sacrifice and help me break through the shackles of the Heavenly Tribulation to become a god. I believed him for a moment and chose to sacrifice myself."
Ice Empress paused, their tone becoming strange:
After the sacrifice was completed, I fell into a deep sleep. But as soon as I woke up, I found that my soul had been moved to another place. Even the original human was gone, and I didn't even recognize the owner of this body!