Fire and water could never coexist.
The two had fought in the Inner Court for countless years, mortal enemies who knew each other inside out!
Faced with Ma Xiaotao's mockery, Ling Luochеn's pale blue eyes, like ice crystals, barely rippled. She merely swept Ma Xiaotao with an icy glance, then shifted her gaze slightly to the black-clad youth beside her.
With just that single glance, an almost imperceptible flicker of surprise appeared on Ling Luochеn's pretty face, usually as cold as frost.
The youth was exceptionally handsome and stood tall and straight. More remarkable still, he faintly radiated an aura that made a high-ranking ice-attribute Soul Master like her feel extraordinarily comfortable and drawn to him!
"Ma Xiaotao, this new lackey of yours certainly has a handsome face."
Ling Luochеn parted her red lips, her captivating voice as clear and cool as spring water striking stone. Her phoenix eyes lowered slightly as she addressed Dongfang Hao directly, her tone carrying an icy, condescending scrutiny:
"Junior brother, take my advice: stay away from this hot-tempered firebird."
"The evil fire inside her could run wild at any moment. Follow her, and sooner or later, you'll be burned until not even your bones remain. If you know what's good for you, come serve at my side as a companion page instead."
"A companion page? Ahahaha... Ling Luochеn, you really don't know how high the heavens are or how deep the earth runs!"
Rather than becoming angry, Ma Xiaotao threw her head back and burst out laughing. Her phoenix eyes brimmed with smug derision, as though she were watching a clown caper about:
"You want him to be your page? Are you even worthy?! Do you have any idea who he is?!"
"Who he is?" Ling Luochеn's delicate brows knitted slightly, confusion flashing through her beautiful eyes.
Ma Xiaotao sneered, proudly thrust out her chest, and enunciated every word:
"Open your eyes wide and look carefully! This young man... possesses a genuine Ultimate Ice Martial Soul!!"
"What?! Ultimate Ice?!"
Ling Luochеn's slender body trembled violently. Her pale blue eyes, previously as still as stagnant water, instantly filled with boundless shock and horror!
As an ice-attribute Soul Master, she understood better than anyone just how much weight the words "Ultimate Ice" carried!
It was a miracle and an ultimate pinnacle that all ice-attribute Soul Masters could only gaze up at throughout their lives!
"That's impossible. Ultimate Ice vanished from the continent ten thousand years ago. How could it appear in a boy?!" Ling Luochеn murmured involuntarily.
"Little bastard, show this sheltered genius, Miss Ling, what you can do!" Ma Xiaotao smugly tipped her chin at Dongfang Hao.
The corners of Dongfang Hao's mouth lifted as he turned his palm slightly.
"Hiss!"
An exceedingly faint yet supremely pure wisp of stark-white divine ice energy quietly rose from his fingertips!
"Crack! Crack!"
In an instant, without any warning, a crystalline layer of divine frost coated the ground for several feet in front of Ling Luochеn!
At the same time, the top-tier ice Martial Soul she took such pride in let out an uncontrollable, terrified tremor upon touching that aura. As though confronted by an eternal emperor reigning over all beneath heaven, it forcibly recoiled into the deepest recesses of her meridians!
Martial soul suppression!
Absolute status suppression!!
"It... it really is Ultimate Ice!!"
Ling Luochеn stared fixedly at the flickering icy light on the youth's fingertips. The blood throughout her body boiled, and her heart surged with unprecedented ecstasy and jealousy so intense it could grow no further!
Why?!
Why had a fire-playing madwoman like Ma Xiaotao gotten her hands on the supreme realm that an ice-attribute prodigy like her had failed to touch despite years of bitter cultivation?!
"Junior brother!"
Ling Luochеn stepped forward. For the first time ever, urgency and fervor appeared on her normally aloof, cold, exquisite face as she gritted her teeth:
"Following Ma Xiaotao is casting a shining pearl into darkness! Only I can truly understand your Ultimate Ice! As long as you're willing to come over to my side, all the Ling Family's resources in the Heaven Dou Empire are yours for the taking! I can even stay by your side at all times and explore the supreme Ice Dao with you!!"
Watching her mortal enemy openly poach him, Ma Xiaotao remained confident and amused. Folding her arms over her ample chest, she scoffed:
"Enough, Ling Luochеn. Save your strength! I've already fed this little bastard his fill and brought him to heel. How could he possibly take an interest in..."
"Sure. I'll leave everything to you, Senior Sister Ling."
A clear, calm young voice interrupted Ma Xiaotao's smug laughter without warning.
Ma Xiaotao's laughter stopped abruptly. She froze in place, her beautiful eyes widening as she turned toward the smiling black-clad youth in disbelief and shrieked:
"Little bastard! Have you gone mad?! You actually dare switch sides in the middle of battle?!"
"Don't blame me, Senior Sister Xiaotao. My Martial Soul has the ice attribute, after all. Being drawn to Senior Sister Ling... is only human nature." Dongfang Hao shrugged, looking as though it were perfectly reasonable.
"Ahahaha! Good junior brother! You really are a sensible junior brother!!"
The enormous surprise of finding salvation at a dead end sent Ling Luochеn into raptures. How could she still spare a thought for feminine reserve or her usual cold arrogance?
She shifted her graceful steps. Under Ma Xiaotao's furious, fire-spitting gaze, her tall, slender figure in moon-white clothing lunged forward without another word, imperiously pulling Dongfang Hao into a tight embrace!
"Boom!"
Warm fragrance and soft jade filled his arms!
Though Ling Luochеn's figure was not as voluptuous and exaggerated as Ma Xiaotao's, she had the advantage of slender grace and exquisite proportions. Her body carried the cool, delicate fragrance unique to an ice-and-snow beauty.
That astonishing softness and springiness pressed tightly against his chest, secretly sending Dongfang Hao into bliss. His arms wrapped naturally around her supple waist, and he even gave her pert rear a gentle squeeze.
Yet while Ling Luochеn remained immersed in the ecstasy of acquiring a priceless treasure, the God-Level Purple-Gold Rune deep within Dongfang Hao's eyes suddenly spun!
"Spiritual Detection! Spiritual Sharing! Take control!!"
"Boom!!"
His vast, boundless Spirit Abyss Realm divine sense smashed brutally into Ling Luochеn's soul's sea of consciousness, sweeping through with the terrifying force of an avalanche crushing rotten wood!
"What... what kind of terrifying spiritual power is this?!"
Ling Luochеn's body shuddered violently, and her cool, beautiful eyes instantly filled with boundless horror!
Before she could utter even the slightest cry, however, Dongfang Hao's utterly domineering Neural Control Method surged straight in like mercury spilling across the ground, forcibly reshaping and rewriting every vestige of will deep within her soul!
"Ling Luochеn! You shameless woman, let go of him right now!!"
Behind them, Ma Xiaotao came to her senses, burning with rage. Soul Emperor-level flames erupted around her as she prepared to charge forward and snatch him back.
Yet in the next instant, a jaw-dropping scene unfolded!
Rather than releasing Dongfang Hao when Ma Xiaotao shouted at her, Ling Luochеn locked her slender arms tightly around the youth's neck. Like a boneless vine, she nestled into Dongfang Hao's embrace, utterly docile and obedient!
Her stunning face, normally so exquisitely aloof and icy, now wore a deep, alluring flush of intoxication. Mist veiled her pale blue eyes, which brimmed with bone-deep worship and attachment. Like a thoroughly tamed, gentle Persian cat, she softly nuzzled Dongfang Hao's cheek, her breath fragrant as orchids as she murmured in a sweet, coy voice:
"Little brother... would you like your big sister Luochеn to warm your bed every night...?"
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