The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, a greyish-white light slowly rose from the edge of the ice field.
Gui Yuan stood up from the fire and stretched his stiff body. Although he had slept outside last night, he had slept quite soundly thanks to the protection of Qian Daoliu's flames.
Bibi Dong put away the blanket, shook off the ice shards, and walked to Gui Yuan's side. "How are you feeling?"
"It's alright," Gui Yuan exhaled a puff of white breath, "It's not too cold."
Bibi Dong nodded without saying anything more.
Qian Daoliu also stood up, brushed the snow off his robes, and glanced at the distant sky. "Let's go."
The Azure Luan transformed into a giant azure bird once more, and the group leaped onto its back, flying towards the direction where the Mirror Shadow Beast was located.
The Azure Luan moved with incredible speed, like a streak of blue light through the wind and snow, as the ice field below swept backward.
In less than half a day, the Azure Luan slowly landed less than a kilometer away from the Mirror Shadow Beast.
After landing, the group quickly dispersed, forming an encirclement and advancing forward.
Gui Yuan stood beside Qian Daoliu, and because he was enveloped by Qian Daoliu's Soul Power, he did not feel much coldness in the Core Zone.
On the ice ahead, a silver-white Soul Beast lay prone on the ice.
It is about three or four meters long, with smooth fur like a mirror, which shimmers with a soft silver luster in the sunlight, reflecting the colors of the surrounding ice and snow.
Its limbs are long and powerful, its claws are tucked into its paw pads, and its tail has a tuft of silvery-white down at the end.
This is exactly the Hundred-Thousand-Year Mirror Shadow Beast they've been searching for!
It seemed to sense danger, slowly raising its head, its silvery-white pupils filled with unease and vigilance.
Without any hesitation, Qian Daoliu immediately released the Angel Domain.
Golden light spread out from him, covering an area of 100 meters in radius.
The area was filled with a large amount of holy flames, and the scorching and pure aura instantly dispelled the surrounding chill.
Under the pressure of the domain, the Mirror Shadow Beast's body suddenly stiffened, its limbs as if nailed to the ice.
It tried to struggle, but the oppressive feeling from the Level 99 Peerless Douluo made its body completely uncontrollable.
Qian Daoliu two steps forward, his gaze calmly fixed on the Mirror Shadow Beast: "I'm giving you two choices now."
He pointed to Gui Yuan beside him. "First, you offer yourself as a sacrifice to him, becoming his Sixth Soul Ring. Second, I'll kill you, then let him absorb your Soul Ring and Soul Bone."
A hint of resentment flashed in the Mirror Shadow Beast's silvery-white pupils.
It had painstakingly cultivated for 100,000 years, why would it sacrifice itself to that brat?
But just as it struggled, an icy blue light suddenly appeared on its body.
The light seeped from its fur and quickly condensed into a slender figure.
She was a white-haired woman with a face as exquisite as if sculpted from ice and snow, a fair complexion almost transparent, and a slender and upright figure.
She wore an ice-blue long dress, the hem of which was covered with fine ice crystal patterns, and she exuded an extreme chill.
Her gaze swept indifferently over the people present, finally settling on Qian Daoliu, carrying an unassailable air of authority.
"Humans, this is not a place for you."
"Get out of here."
Qian Daoliu looked at the illusory figure, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. "I didn't expect that there would be an existence even more powerful than the Ice Empress I saw last time in the Core Zone of Far North. And what kind of Soul Beast are you?"
The illusory figure of the Snow Empress coldly replied, "You are not worthy to know."
The moment she spoke, the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped several degrees, and even fine ice crystals condensed in the air.
Gui Yuan, standing beside Qian Daoliu, also felt a chill.
He recognized the illusory figure as the Snow Empress Heavenly Snow Woman, the leader of the three overlords of the Far North, with nearly 700,000 years of cultivation!
The opponent's cultivation level should be around 600,000 years, but he didn't panic.
Even if the Snow Empress herself were to arrive, with the immense advantage she would have in this environment, she still wouldn't be a match for Qian Daoliu.
Not to mention that Bibi Dong, who was also at Level 99, was by his side.
Bibi Dong stepped forward and said coldly, "Such arrogance."
The moment she finished speaking, she had already completed the Soul-Eating Spider Emperor's Martial Soul Possession.
Dark green light surged around her, and her Soul Power power instantly reached its peak.
She raised her hand and slashed at the illusory figure of the Snow Empress, causing her Sixth Soul Ring to shine brightly.
" Sixth Soul Skill, Space-Rending Abyss Slash!"
A vibrant green cross-shaped slash, carrying the power to tear through space, hurtled towards the Snow Empress's illusory figure.
The air whistled as the slash passed through.
The Snow Empress's illusory image's pupils suddenly contracted.
She could clearly feel the power of this attack; the human before her was very strong!
She dared not be careless. She raised her right hand, and a deep blue longsword materialized in her hand.
The sword is made entirely of extremely cold ice crystals, with fine energy patterns flowing along its edges.
" Emperor Sword, Unparalleled Ice!"
She swung her sword, and an icy blue sword beam slashed towards the abyss.
The two attacks collided in mid-air.
boom!
The emerald green and icy blue light intertwined and exploded, unleashing a violent shockwave that blew away a layer of ice and snow from the ground.
After the light dissipated, the two attacks canceled each other out, leaving a shallow crater.
The Snow Empress's illusory figure became slightly more transparent than before, clearly indicating that this attack had consumed a significant amount of her energy.
But she remained standing there, her gaze coldly fixed on Bibi Dong.
Bibi Dong's expression remained calm, her tone indifferent. "You're nothing special."
A bluish-green light emanated from her right leg, and faint traces of lightning could be seen moving within her muscles.
That was the Soul Bone Skill bestowed upon her by the Sky Azure Bull Python Right Leg Bone.
She slammed her right leg into the ground, and a bolt of blue lightning erupted from her leg, transforming into a twisted bolt of electricity that blasted towards the Snow Empress's phantom.
" Sky Azure Annihilation Thunder!"
Bibi Dong unleashed a significant portion of her power in this attack. The azure lightning drew a dazzling arc in the air, scorching the air in its path and causing it to emit a layer of white smoke.
Lightning tore through the air, carrying an aura of destruction as it hurtled towards the illusory figure, aiming to annihilate it completely in one strike.
The phantom of the Snow Empress raised the ice sword in her hand to defend herself.
But the moment the lightning touched the sword, cracks appeared on the ice sword, and it shattered with a crack.
The remaining lightning passed through the sword and struck the illusory figure directly.
The phantom flickered violently twice, then vanished rapidly into the air like smoke blown away by the wind, leaving only a few wisps of icy blue light slowly falling.
Silence returned, with only the wind howling across the ice field. The Mirror Shadow Beast remained frozen in place, its fear intensifying.
Its strongest protective charm was gone just like that.