The Ice Empress's Fury, Hu Liena Accepts Her Fate, But She's a True Face-Chaser!

Seeing the scene before him, Luo Zixi could not help but draw in a sharp breath.

At that moment, he felt as though the Super Lucky entry on his status panel was radiating brilliant light.

When Hu Liena, who had just gotten to her feet, saw that the pit they had been hiding in had almost been blasted flat, a bone-deep chill surged through her heart.

Meanwhile, Luo Zixi pocketed both soul bones, and Hu Liena witnessed the entire scene.

When she saw the two translucent soul bones, a glint flashed through her brown-black eyes, but the light in them soon dimmed.

What did these soul bones have to do with her? She was now nothing more than a slave at others' mercy, without any freedom at all.

Oddly enough, Xiao Wu had been hiding in the Illusory Spirit Immortal Marsh these past two days and refused to come out, as though she was afraid of being discovered.

However, Luo Zixi knew very well that the Goddess of Life had likely already noticed her presence.

Although the current God Realm did not permit Soul Beasts to become gods, if a Soul Beast that sacrificed itself to a human could retain its soul and assist that human, then under such circumstances, the gods of the God Realm would simply turn a blind eye.

At the same time, a small Emerald Green figure in the core region of the Far North slowly opened her eyes, which were filled with hostility.

"How dare they kill two members of my clan? I want to see which fool has a death wish!"

Elsewhere, Luo Zixi had already taken Hu Liena to an Ice Mountain some distance away to set up camp.

After all, the explosion here had been far too shocking. If they did not get farther away, they would very likely run into a great deal of trouble.

What Luo Zixi found regrettable was that the eighty-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion had been blown apart so thoroughly that nothing besides its soul bone remained.

He guessed that this eighty-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion had likely coveted the forty-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion's Divine Skill, the Ice Burst Technique.

Fearing that its clan leader, the Ice Empress, would notice, it had driven the other to the border to hunt it down and seize its innate skill, the Ice Burst Technique.

Yet in the end, it had been crippled by the other's Ice Burst Technique along the way, then entangled with it in its final moments, and they had perished together.

What a pity about that eighty-thousand-year soul ring. If he could have absorbed it, it would have been incredible.

The Ice Mountains of the Far North were called Ice Mountains, but in truth, they had originally just been ordinary mountains.

It was only after enduring years upon years of wind and snow that their surfaces became covered in a thick layer of ice and snow.

Beyond the Far North lay an endless sea, yet the Far North itself was not considered part of the ocean.

Books on the continent called this place a glacier, but Luo Zixi felt that it was more like frozen ground covered by dozens of meters of snow.

Only the true core region of the Far North bordered the sea. That area might well have been actual glaciers floating upon the ocean.

Relying on the advantages of his Ice Spirit Body, Luo Zixi quickly carved out an icy passage at the foot of the Ice Mountain, wide enough for one person to pass through.

In the end, he dug out a small ice house four meters long and three meters wide.

As for why he did not make it larger, it was mainly because a smaller ice house would retain warmth better.

By the time he finished all this, the sky outside had gradually darkened.

Inside the ice house, Luo Zixi took out some unprocessed pelts from third-rank magical beasts and had Hu Liena spread them completely across the icy floor.

These pelts all came from fire-attributed magical beasts, so they felt exceptionally soft and warm.

Fire-attributed magical beasts: Yeah, yeah, sure.

He controlled the ice element to seal off the passage leading into the small room, leaving only several holes about two centimeters in radius for oxygen.

He leisurely removed his shoes and stepped onto the soft beast-hide carpet. However, when Hu Liena took off her leather boots, her face bore traces of pain and numbness.

"Hiss~"

She sucked in a breath and pulled her feet out of her boots.

Luo Zixi also noticed the pain on her face. When he turned to look at her feet, he discovered that they had already turned bluish-purple from the cold, while the forepart of her left foot had begun to ulcerate from the extreme chill.

"Your boots aren't insulated?"

Only then did Luo Zixi realize that while he had paid attention to keeping her body warm, he had forgotten about her shoes.

"M-Master, we only came out this time to obtain a soul ring for my brother, so I..."

Hu Liena lowered her head and murmured softly. She had not expected her feet to be frozen this badly.

"Next time you feel unwell, learn to speak up. If we had discovered this any later, your feet would have been completely ruined."

He sat directly beside Hu Liena and placed her lower legs across his thighs.

Hu Liena's feet had turned bluish-purple from below her calves, but fortunately, the frostbite on her feet was not difficult to treat.

"Buzz!"

A stream of emerald-green life energy flowed from Luo Zixi's right hand. As the life energy entered her body, Hu Liena's feet slowly returned to their normal color.

In less than two and a half minutes, she had completely recovered.

Luo Zixi naturally pressed her soles and kneaded her calves. Hu Liena's cheeks had long since turned crimson. Though she was highly sensitive, she was now his slave.

However, Luo Zixi was actually comparing Hu Liena's calves and feet to those of that little girl Xun'er.

After feeling them for a while, he reached a very definite conclusion: Xun'er's little feet were fairer and more tender, while Hu Liena's were somewhat fuller.

After comparing them, Luo Zixi still preferred squeezing Xun'er's little feet. There was no other reason—he simply liked the feel of them.

"M-Master."

Hu Liena's thoughts were in complete turmoil. She knew very well that if he truly wanted to force himself on her, then with the slave mark planted within her, she would not be able to muster even the slightest thought of resistance. She might even accommodate him.

"Hmm? Go ahead."

Hearing Hu Liena call out to him, Luo Zixi raised his eyes and met her brown-black gaze directly.

"N-Nothing. Thank you, Master, for treating me."

Luo Zixi had no idea what Hu Liena was thinking. He merely waved a hand casually, then took out two grilled skewers that had already been cooked.

"No need to thank me. You are my private property now, and I do not like seeing what belongs to me damaged."

With that, he directly held out a meat skewer, sizzling with oil, before the still-dazed Hu Liena.

"Face reality. If I die, you die. If you die, I live. If you want to blame someone, blame yourselves for being too greedy."

Hu Liena somewhat numbly accepted the fragrant skewer, but she was still pondering Luo Zixi's words.

Yet she quickly came back to herself. Looking at the skewer in her hand, her unfocused eyes gradually regained their clarity.

"Master, I still don't know your name." Hu Liena seemed to have finally accepted her fate. The confusion in her eyes slowly softened as she looked at Luo Zixi.

"My surname is Luo, given name Zixi—Luo Zixi." Seeing her condition, Luo Zixi knew that after three days, she had finally recognized the situation for what it was.

She might die if she followed him, but if she did not follow him, she would definitely die.

How could Hu Liena possibly choose wrong on a multiple-choice question with only one option?

Late at night, icy winds howled outside the ice cave.

After coming to terms with things, Hu Liena began slowly learning more about Luo Zixi.

A three-ring Soul Elder coercing a nine-ring Titled Douluo.

The cold-weather clothes had been given to him by a younger sister unrelated to him by blood.

A freakish three-ring Soul King with two red and one black spirit rings, missing two spirit rings.

A heavenly face beneath the black mask (Hu Liena, a looks fanatic).

Hu Liena (Slave) Favorability +25%, Current Favorability: 30%

That night, Hu Liena seemed to have finally opened up, pouring out every question in her heart in one breath.

Late at night, Hu Liena greedily hugged Luo Zixi's arm and slept at his side.

Yet at that moment, an ice-blue figure quietly slipped into Luo Zixi's Sea of Consciousness.

"Little one, do you crave power?"