"It really has been a long time, Tian Meng. You're actually still alive."
The crisp voice echoed from all directions accompanied by a terrifying coercion, causing the distant snowdrifts to surge several meters high like breaking waves. Yet within a hundred-meter radius around Tian Meng, everything remained as calm as ever under the shroud of spiritual power.
"I thought a coward like you had already died in the sea."
The crisp voice said coldly, carrying a condescending and patronizing disdain in its tone.
The owner of this voice was none other than the second-ranked of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North-the Ice Empress.
The moment the voice sounded, Huo Yuhao could not help furrowing his brow. The original bitter coldness in the surroundings grew a bit more biting, eroding his body.
However, the original cold Qi within his Dantian seemed to perk up, greedily absorbing this force of extreme cold.
Tian Meng took a deep breath, shouting forward, "Ice Empress, I'm no longer a coward now! I've broken through to a million-year soul beast, and today I've come back to exact my revenge on you. Go-to-hell-!"
Ice Empress: "..."
Ice Empress fell silent for a moment, then let out a burst of ostentatious laughter.
"Hahahaha-instead of finding some quiet place to wait for death like a good little coward, you actually dare to come back. Should I call you overconfident, or should I say you lack the self-awareness to see the gap between us?"
"Do you think that just because you've lived for a million years, your combat power can compare to mine? Aside from that bit of spiritual power capable of tricking weaklings, what else do you have? Do you think this is useful against me? Hahaha-"
Tian Meng interrupted her laughter and said loudly, "Ice