Just as Huo Yuhao struggled with all his might to no avail, watching Xian Lin'er fall into ever greater peril, a wave of frigid air suddenly descended. Crack, crack, crack-
A layer of deep-blue ice instantly formed across the ground for dozens of meters around Huo Yuhao, and the black wisps entwining him faltered.
Amid the swirling ice crystals, a figure quietly appeared beside him, cold air wreathing his body and eyes sharp as a hawk's. It was Ling Ya.
"Huo Yuhao." Ling Ya's voice was calm, yet it cut straight through the din of battle and reached Huo Yuhao's ears. "I am Ice Sky Douluo Ling Ya. How about a deal? Give me that Starlight Sapphire and the ring you're holding, and I'll save your dean and guarantee that you leave this place safely today."
Another Titled Douluo! Huo Yuhao was shaken to his core. Witnessing so many supreme experts clash in a single day had already exceeded anything he could have imagined.
He recognized Ling Ya and knew that this expert had close ties to the Star Luo Empire. At least he was not a sworn enemy like the Evil Soul Masters or the Sun Moon Empire.
The ring! It was the ring again! The Star Luo Empire, the Sun Moon Empire, the Evil Soul Masters, the Body Sect, Shrek.
The continent's five greatest powers had actually gathered and collided here because of it! The weight of that ring now pressed down on him so heavily that he could barely breathe.
"Yuhao, there's no other way now. Give him the items," Electrolux transmitted from within his spiritual sea.
"No," Huo Yuhao insisted stubbornly. "The Starlight Sapphire and everything inside the ring are far too precious. I'd rather crush them and leave everyone empty-handed-even perish together with these bastards-than..."