Who killed the Snow Empress? (1 / 2)

Blue Tyrant Academy.

Tang San and the others were stunned, their mouths hanging open.

Even Yu Xiaogang stared blankly, his eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets.

A six-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year soul beast?!

That was terrifying.

The Far North.

Ice and snow were the eternal themes of this place.

An emerald-green scorpion roared sorrowfully at the Sky Ranking List:

"The Snow Empress is already dead! What good is making the list? Can it bring her back to life?!"

Every soul beast in the Far North let out a low, mournful howl that even the roaring wind and snow could not drown out.

The ranking remained for a minute before disappearing.

Footage of the battle appeared.

A breathtakingly beautiful woman over three meters tall was fighting a black-robed figure.

"That Heavenly Snow Woman is actually that beautiful! Apart from her height, she looks almost exactly like a human."

"So beautiful. If I could marry her, I'd even be willing to live a life of wealth and luxury."

"Well, damn. You want to eat your fill and take the leftovers too? You have no shame at all."

"Who's that black-robed figure fighting the Heavenly Snow Woman? Holy shit! What huge dragon claws! Could that person be an expert with a dragon-type martial soul?"

"They can fight a six-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year soul beast like the Heavenly Snow Woman without even falling behind. How terrifying! Do we humans really have an expert like that? I wonder if they'll make the list."

Heaven Dou City, by the river.

"Is that the Heavenly Snow Woman? She's so beautiful."

Qian Renxue was utterly dazzled. She turned to Long Yichen and asked with a smile:

"Yichen, what do you think of her? Do you like her?"

"No," Long Yichen declared righteously.

"Oh? Why not?" Qian Renxue's smile grew much brighter.

"I just don't," Long Yichen said.

Satisfied, Qian Renxue looked away.

Hmph, how could I get such a freebie wrong? Did you really think all those relationship-coaching videos I watched on Douyin were for nothing? Long Yichen chuckled inwardly.

He looked up at the battle footage on the Sky Ranking List and thought to himself:

The Snow Empress fighting Di Tian? That combat power of 126 must be her combat power outside the Far North. Otherwise, she couldn't possibly stand against Di Tian with so little combat power, much less trade blows evenly.

Although I could kill either the Snow Empress or Di Tian with a single punch, Di Tian's aura really is much stronger than hers. He is a dragon who came down from the Divine Realm, after all.

The Titled Douluos of this era don't have soul cores. Their combat strength falls far short of the Titled Douluos in the Peerless Tang Sect era. If Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu had soul cores, the Snow Empress probably wouldn't be a match for either of them.

The battle went on for a long time. In the end, neither the Snow Empress nor Di Tian could overcome the other, and both stopped fighting and left.

Yet countless living beings across the Douluo Continent watched in stunned silence, their jaws nearly dropping to the ground.

Everyone's face was filled with horror.

The shock waves from the Heavenly Snow Woman's battle with the black-robed figure were far greater than those from Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen's clash.

Clearly, the Heavenly Snow Woman and the black-robed figure were stronger than Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen.

Much stronger.

Qian Daoliu's expression turned solemn.

"I'm no match for either the Heavenly Snow Woman or that black-robed figure."

Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others were not surprised. The rankings alone made that clear.

In the Star Dou Great Forest, Bibi Dong's pupils abruptly contracted, and she cried out in shock:

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! The combat strength this Heavenly Snow Woman displayed is greater than mine, yet I haven't even appeared on the list!

"My ranking should be above the Heavenly Snow Woman's. Why would my combat strength be lower than hers?

"Could she have drawn on the power of the Far North? Is it because she's a spirit of ice and snow born in the Far North, so she enjoys its protection?"

Her expression was exceedingly grim. "Even so, I could barely accept that the Heavenly Snow Woman is stronger than me because the Far North enhances her strength.

"But what's the story with that black-robed figure? Their conversation made it clear that the black-robed figure isn't from the Far North, yet they could fight the Heavenly Snow Woman to a draw while she was strengthened by the Far North! They're stronger than me too!

"I've already reached the peak of mortal beings. By all rights, I should be invincible across the Douluo Continent. Why are there still beings stronger than me?"

"I don't understand!"

Bibi Dong gritted her teeth in hatred.

"It seems I'll have to speed up my inheritance of the Rakshasa Godhood! I won't allow any being in this world to be stronger than me!"

The battle footage ended.

Then the reward appeared.

Under the gazes of countless living beings, the reward fully emerged.

[Reward: Death and Resurrection]

[Reward recipient: Heavenly Snow Woman]

"!!!!"

The instant they saw the reward, everyone's mouths fell open, their eyes widening in a daze.

Wait, what did "Death and Resurrection" mean?

Had someone actually killed that terrifying six-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year soul beast?

She was a being even stronger than Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen!

And she had been killed?!

Who had done it?!

That was far too terrifying!

The pupils of Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen, Bibi Dong, Bo Saixi, and the others abruptly contracted, their faces filled with horror and disbelief.

The combat strength the Heavenly Snow Woman had displayed in the footage was clearly far greater than theirs.

Yet she was dead.

Who had killed her?

Anyone who could kill such a terrifying Heavenly Snow Woman could kill them too!

Moreover, whoever had killed the Heavenly Snow Woman had to be far stronger than her. Otherwise, killing her would have been impossible.

After all, among experts at the same level, even if one was outmatched, the other could not kill them.

If they could not win, they could always escape.

But killing was another matter entirely.

That was also why Bibi Dong and the others felt a chill run down their spines.

An unparalleled expert capable of killing the Heavenly Snow Woman.

The most frightening part was that they had never detected even the slightest trace of such an unparalleled expert's existence!

"Who exactly is that person?!"

Bibi Dong's face paled slightly as fear rose in her heart.

No one would feel comfortable knowing there was someone who could kill them.

Especially someone in a position of power like Bibi Dong.

"Your Holiness, we still haven't found any trace of Long Aotian. Presumably, he left in advance."

Just then, Chrysanthemum Douluo suddenly appeared and spoke respectfully.

Bibi Dong came back to her senses, her expression darkening.

"One unparalleled expert capable of killing the Heavenly Snow Woman is frightening enough. We absolutely cannot let Long Aotian rise and become a second unparalleled expert capable of killing me!

"Find him! Find him for me! He must be killed! Issue a continent-wide warrant for Long Aotian!"

"Yes!" Chrysanthemum Douluo hurriedly nodded, then turned and left.

The Far North.

The Ice Empress's eyes widened with excitement.

"Death and Resurrection! The Snow Empress can come back to life!"

The entire Far North erupted in an instant, excited, jubilant roars resounding through heaven and earth.

Heaven Dou City, by the river.

Qian Renxue cried out in shock, "There's actually an unparalleled expert in this world capable of killing the Heavenly Snow Woman!"

Frightened, she hurriedly grabbed Long Yichen's arm.

"Yichen, you mustn't go around offending people from now on. Experts like that have the strangest tempers and always like to pretend to be ordinary people. If you provoke one of them, even I won't be able to protect you."

"Who told you that? Would an unparalleled expert really be that bored?"

Long Yichen, who was pretending to be an ordinary person, asked.

Qian Renxue nodded solemnly.

"There may not be many people like that, but they definitely exist. Spirit Hall's ancient records contain quite a few accounts of them."

Long Yichen nodded to show that he understood.

Then he looked up at the sky, gazing at the Sky Ranking List with a peculiar look in his eyes.

Death and Resurrection? Hopefully, that punch didn't leave the Snow Empress psychologically scarred.

After all, being the kind soul I am, I made sure she passed without any pain.