"Huh?" Only then did the Ice Empress realize something was wrong, and she let out a startled sound.
"Why does my body feel so warm?" The Ice Empress slowly opened her beautiful amber eyes and murmured in confusion.
"And you call yourself one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North? What a stupid scorpion." Lin Xuanchen raised his hand and flicked her smooth forehead.
"Ow! You hateful human! How dare you flick this empress!" Feeling the touch on her forehead, the Ice Empress instinctively covered it and stepped back twice, snapping fiercely.
"You're still unhappy after I fed you ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow?" Lin Xuanchen chuckled. "Then why don't you spit out the ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow you just swallowed and give it back?"
"It really was ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow." Hearing Lin Xuanchen's words and sensing the sudden increase in ice-attribute soul power within her, she finally confirmed that what he had fed her was indeed ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow.
It really was ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow. Looks like this empress wronged him earlier! The Ice Empress covered her forehead, her amber eyes darting about.
The Ice Empress thought to herself, No, no! He was the one who offended this empress first! How could this empress let herself be bought off with such a tiny piece of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow?
"Hmph!" The Ice Empress folded her arms and gave a soft snort. "Since you fed this empress ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow, I won't hold your earlier offense against you!"
"Then what were you thinking about just now, Senior Ice Empress?" Lin Xuanchen took a step forward, instantly closing the distance between them and drawing close to her slender body with a wicked grin.
At that moment, they were so close that less than three centimeters separated them.
"And why is your face so red?" Lin Xuanchen reached out and pinched her little cheek, teasing, "Don't tell me you're feeling shy?"
His gentle breath brushed lightly across the Ice Empress's delicate, fair face, gradually lending the air between them an intimate warmth.
"Y-you... why are you standing so close!" At Lin Xuanchen's teasing, a lovely blush instantly spread across the Ice Empress's face, and she took two steps back.
"Hahaha!" Seeing the Ice Empress looking so flustered, Lin Xuanchen finally could not help bursting into laughter.
"To think the mighty Ice Empress, one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, could actually get shy. That's unheard of," Lin Xuanchen mocked.
"Bastard! You brat who still reeks of your mother's milk, how dare you flirt with this empress!" After a brief daze, the Ice Empress finally realized that Lin Xuanchen had just teased her, and in a fit of anger, she promptly got angry.
"Bastard brat! This empress will fight you!" The Ice Empress's slender body moved, and she lunged at Lin Xuanchen, swinging her arms.
Although she had sworn to the Ice God that she would not hurt Lin Xuanchen, as long as she did not do anything excessive and merely taught him a little lesson, she would not be breaking her oath!
At that thought, the Ice Empress could not help giving her own world-shaking wisdom a thumbs-up!
"Again?" Watching the Ice Empress hurtle toward him like a Dayun truck, Lin Xuanchen raised an eyebrow. With a thought, his figure turned into a streak of blue lightning, easily evading her lunge.
"How is that possible?" Having lunged at empty air, the Ice Empress turned to look at Lin Xuanchen, who had activated Three Thousand Lightning Movement to evade her attack. Her beautiful amber eyes were filled with disbelief.
The Ice Empress's shock was perfectly understandable. She possessed a full three hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation. By all rights, she should have been able to pounce on Lin Xuanchen without fail.
Converted into the ranks of human Soul Masters, her three hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation gave her strength comparable to a Level 98 Super Douluo.
Faced with such an absolute gap in strength, Lin Xuanchen should not have had any chance of dodging.
Yet the truth lay right before her eyes. Lin Xuanchen had dodged just that casually, and he had made it look effortless.
Could it be because of that Mysterious Non-Synchronous Footwork he used? the Ice Empress asked herself.
But in the next second, she noticed something wrong!
The soul power in her dantian had actually slipped out of her control!
Could it be that piece of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow this empress swallowed?
"Damn you! What did you do to this empress!" Sensing the changes within her body, the Ice Empress more or less understood what had happened, and she glared at Lin Xuanchen as she demanded an answer.
"Huh?" Looking at the Ice Empress's furious expression, Lin Xuanchen could not help slowly curling his lips into a sly smile.
Lin Xuanchen had indeed been able to dodge the Ice Empress's lunge because he had tampered with things. He had mixed a little something into that small piece of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow he had fed her.
He had injected a wisp of the life spirit flame's child flame into that small piece of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow, concealing it extremely well.
On top of that, the Ice Empress had swallowed the piece of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow straight down without even chewing it, so naturally, she could not possibly have discovered it.
That was precisely why Lin Xuanchen had been able to evade the Ice Empress's lunge so easily, without even the effort needed to blow away a speck of dust.
That wisp of the life spirit flame's child flame had already merged into the Ice Empress's dantian. Whether she could mobilize her soul power now depended entirely on a single thought from him.
Although doing this made him seem a little scheming, he had no choice if he wanted to put another lock on his personal safety. Besides, he had never been a good person anyway.
"Senior Ice Empress, is something wrong?" Hearing her, Lin Xuanchen pretended to know nothing and spread his hands. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"You're still playing dumb!" The Ice Empress glared at Lin Xuanchen and snapped, "What did you put in the ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow you just fed this empress! Why can't this empress control her soul power!"
"Mm-hmm..." Lin Xuanchen gave an evil smile. "Naturally, I added a little something that benefits me. After all, I needed to put another lock on my personal safety."
"Damn you!" the Ice Empress said angrily.
"You humans really are shameless! Damn you, damn you, damn you! And this empress actually thought you weren't that bad earlier. Looks like you're no different from those utterly despicable humans!" The Ice Empress pointed viciously at Lin Xuanchen and cursed him nonstop.
"Mm-hmm." Lin Xuanchen nodded. "And? I haven't done anything to you. You were the one charging over to hit me just now, so I only temporarily stopped you from mobilizing the soul power in your dantian."
"Damn you! You were clearly the one who teased this empress first! And now you dare treat me like this!" The Ice Empress was so angry that her small chest heaved violently. All she could do was keep pointing at Lin Xuanchen and cursing him like a helpless husband.
Suddenly, a spark of inspiration flashed through the Ice Empress's little head. She remembered the Snow Empress, and her confidence returned.
"Damn you! Just you wait! Once this empress returns to the Far North and finds Xue'er, you're dead!" The Ice Empress looked at Lin Xuanchen and threatened him.
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