Ice Empress Faces Her Tribulation-Take a Gamble with Me

But the moment she swallowed it, the terrifying power of its bloodline erupted in her belly, turning into pure energy that coursed through her body.

Oh no!

This wasn't a sneak attack!

This... this was blood essence like Profound Ice Marrow.

The Ice Empress's expression changed at once.

Why did this opportunity have to come now, of all times?

She had no confidence she could survive her four-hundred-thousand-year tribulation.

The Ice Empress flew into a rage and shouted, "Damn you, human!"

As the words left her mouth, endless light surged from her body and shot into the clouds, blasting Elder Song hundreds of meters away.

Elder Song froze.

Could she no longer suppress the power inside her? Was she about to face her tribulation?

It was the first time Elder Song had ever seen a super Soul Beast undergo a tribulation before her eyes.

In an instant, the sky over the Far North changed. Dark clouds gathered across the once-white expanse, Four-Colored Tribulation Lightning flashed in shifting hues, and terrifying arcs of electricity enveloped the surrounding hundred li.

Elder Song turned to Jiang Chen and asked, "Jiang Chen, what did you just feed the Ice Empress?"

Jiang Chen raised a fingertip and smiled. "Nothing much. Just my Phoenix Blood Essence. My blood is a tremendous tonic for the super Soul Beasts of the Far North. You could say I've done a good deed."

"If the Ice Empress makes it past four hundred thousand years, she'll thank me, won't she?"

Ling Luochen immediately gave him a thumbs-up. "You're incredible. You found a way out of this desperate situation. We can leave safely now—the Ice Empress has no time for us."

Lexuan added, "I never imagined your blood could do that. If you gave Ma Xiaotao a drop, would it drive out her Evil Fire completely?"

Hm?

Ma Xiaotao, who had been unable to get a word in, suddenly turned toward Jiang Chen, her gaze soft.

If Jiang Chen's blood essence could do that, she would no longer have to endure the torment of Evil Fire.

But Jiang Chen's expression turned cold. "It wouldn't work. Don't even think about it."

Ma Xiaotao silently turned away, a little hurt.

Then Elder Song and the others looked toward the Ice Empress as she prepared to face her tribulation, their eyes full of curiosity.

Four-Colored Tribulation Lightning was a Soul Beast tribulation. Once a Soul Beast's cultivation passed one hundred thousand years, it faced a single-color lightning tribulation, with each successive tribulation adding another color until it survived the ten-color tribulation and became a god.

But the continent had no record of a Soul Beast becoming a god. Even someone as powerful as Di Tian had failed.

Boom!

Four-Colored Tribulation Lightning tore through the clouds and struck the Ice Empress's sapphire-like body head-on.

"Aah!"

The Ice Empress cried out and withstood the first strike.

Yet that single strike nearly cost her half her life.

Three more remained, and the lightning's power would only keep building until one blow wiped her out.

The Ice Empress knew she could withstand two more at most before she died. She fixed Jiang Chen with a long stare and said coldly, "Human, I never thought I'd fall into your trap. I knew a tribulation awaited me, but I never expected it today."

Jiang Chen pointed at the lightning overhead. "You'd better save your strength."

Boom!

As soon as he spoke, another bolt fell. Countless cracks spread across the Ice Empress's body, which looked ready to shatter at any moment.

But the lightning did not fall again right away. It kept gathering power, intent on ending the Ice Empress's life with the third strike.

Elsewhere, the Snow Empress, who was in the midst of taking human form, sensed that the Ice Empress was near death. Yet she could do nothing to help, like a powerless husband.

The Ice Empress was about to fall beneath the heavenly tribulation.

Boom, boom, boom!

The Four-Colored Tribulation Lightning gathered power once more. It could fall at any moment, yet it held back, as though some god-king's mighty power were stopping it.

Watching it, the Ice Empress calmly accepted that her life would end early and prepared to die. Her only regret was that she could not die alongside the Snow Empress.

That was her deepest regret.

Just then, Jiang Chen's spiritual power entered her mind.

With the Ice Empress's strength, a human Soul Master like Jiang Chen should never have been able to enter. But she had no strength left to resist and could be destroyed in body and soul at any moment.

Gritting her teeth, the Ice Empress snapped, "Human brat, I let you scheme against me because I was careless. But even if I die today, I will never become your Soul Ring. Give up on that idea."

Jiang Chen had not expected the Ice Empress to be so proud.

I'm here to save her.

Following me has to be better than following that fleshy worm and the child of destiny.

Besides, I'm not attracted to beasts.

Jiang Chen said, "You're right. I did scheme against you, but all I did was bring your tribulation forward. I'm here to save you, just not in the way you'd expect."

"I'm giving you two choices. One is to die. The other is to come with me. I happen to need an ally. We can join forces and pursue the path to godhood together."

The Ice Empress scoffed.

How could the sovereign of the Far North bow to a human and chase after a legendary divine position?

She sneered. "The lightning is about to fall. If that's all you have to say, pull your spiritual power out now. Otherwise, you'll suffer the same tribulation and be destroyed in body and soul."

Jiang Chen glanced up at the sky and guessed that the god-king had begun to intervene.

If I don't talk the Ice Empress into this, she might actually survive. Who knows what God-King Tang might arrange behind the scenes?

Jiang Chen continued, "Don't you want to see the Snow Empress again?"

"Are you truly not afraid to die?"

"If you die, I'll tell our people from Shrek to ambush the Snow Empress right now. To tell you the truth, our Dragon God Douluo is already on his way."

"Either follow me now, or I'll find a way to make you follow me after you die. Take your pick."

"You face death either way. Why not take a gamble with me?"

"I have a phoenix bloodline and a top-tier Ice Phoenix Martial Soul. You just felt it for yourself."

The Ice Empress flew into a rage and wanted to drag these humans down with her.

The Snow Empress was her one weakness.

And right now, the Snow Empress was at a critical point in her seclusion. Nothing could be allowed to go wrong; powerful humans could not be allowed to ambush her.

After turning it over in her mind, the Ice Empress finally relented. "Human, aren't you afraid I'll turn on you someday? You're my enemy. If not for you, I would have had another thousand years to live."

You have a few months left, not a thousand years... Jiang Chen grumbled inwardly before saying evenly, "If I were afraid you'd turn on me, I wouldn't have come here to talk to you."

"Outside forces may decide a battle, but the strong must first conquer their own hearts."

"If you manage to turn on me, it will mean I wasn't strong enough."

Hm?

As ruler of the Far North, the Ice Empress was a super Soul Beast who had always believed herself second to none and bowed to no one.

But after hearing Jiang Chen's words, she found that this human was rather to her liking.

It seemed he was set on joining forces with her.

The Ice Empress gritted her teeth.

Then I'll take the chance. This human's attributes are well suited to the Ice Jade Scorpion.

The Ice Empress spoke. "Human, you have courage. You dared to communicate with me through our minds beneath a heavenly tribulation. I admire that, and I'll let your earlier scheming go."

"Very well. Prepare to receive my Sacrifice!"

Jiang Chen had been ready for this. "Come on. Fill my empty Martial Soul with your Origin Power. It needs an opportunity like this to transform."

But then the Ice Empress said, "Swear an oath first, in the Ice God's name. I'll do the same. Only then can I trust you."