As for whether it and the Ice Emperor together still couldn't defeat Mu Yang and Shui Bing'er?
Heh~. Perhaps they weren't opponents. After all, earlier Mu Yang alone had been able to suppress it. Now that he had activated a Martial Spirit Fusion Skill, his strength had surely soared by leaps and bounds. Even with the Ice Emperor as powerful backup, it was still more likely they would lose than win.
But that didn't matter. If it and the Ice Emperor couldn't prevail, that didn't mean the Snow Emperor also could not.
In the Extreme North, its goddess the Snow Emperor was invincible! Even Martial Spirit Fusion Skills could not stand against her.
"Kill them?"
The Ice Emperor glared viciously at the clueless Titan Snow Demon King.
Did it think she didn't want to kill them? It was just that there was no chance of victory. If she could have guaranteed the win, did it think she would have been so tolerant?
To grow into one of the rulers of the Extreme North, though she had a mentality resembling a human maiden, she had long since understood the principle: one can only eat from a bowl as large as one's strength allows.
This dumb brute simply lacked self-awareness. No wonder even her beloved Snow Emperor never spared it a glance.
"An old fool with age but no brain! Titan Snow Demon King, you should be thankful. With your level of cultivation, you're not even worth my notice."
Mu Yang's scornful words rang out, and while the Blue Jade Rising Dragon Ginseng's all-attribute amplification was still in effect, he unleashed a secret Soul-Seizing Art upon the Ice Emperor.
At once, a torrent of spiritual power surged forth, instantly spanning hundreds of meters to invade the Ice Emperor's sea of consciousness.
In that instant, the Ice Emperor felt a terrifying spiritual power descend. Her gemlike yellow eyes widened in shock and fear.
"Snow Emperor, help—"
Realizing the danger, the Ice Emperor tried to cry out for the Snow Emperor's aid. But it was already too late. Before she could even finish the words, her spiritual defenses had crumbled, leaving her reduced to Mu Yang's temporary spiritual slave.
The next moment, Mu Yang urged his secret art, the Spear of Slaughtering Iceflame. Within his Killing God Domain, the endless aura of slaughter gathered. The spear condensed in his hand, and with a fierce motion, he hurled it at the Titan Snow Demon King, who had been enraged by Mu Yang's earlier scorn.
Not good!
Sensing the overwhelming killing intent and dreadful might carried by the soaring Spear of Slaughtering Iceflame, the Titan Snow Demon King was terrified. It hastily tried to dodge.
Swish—
The spear shrieked through the sky in a streak of icy-blue light, brimming with boundless slaughter. It barely missed, brushing past the Titan Snow Demon King.
Just as the beast felt relief, a chill gleam struck from behind.
Pfft—
Before it could even react, the spear curved back with uncanny precision, piercing directly into its right upper arm. The razor-sharp point tore through its hide and flesh, spraying crimson blossoms of blood before and behind.
Roar—!
Its whole body shuddered, right arm going numb. Feeling the piercing edge lodged through its flesh, the Titan Snow Demon King was shaken and enraged.
If that spear had struck its head instead of its arm, wouldn't it have been dead on the spot?
It did have an innate healing soul skill, yes—but that only healed. It did not confer immortality. A truly fatal wound would still kill it outright.
But Mu Yang wasn't finished. Just stabbing a hole was never his goal.
For the Titan Snow Demon King, a pierced arm was but a minor wound. With its healing ability, it could quickly recover.
"Explode!"
Mu Yang's low growl sounded. The Spear of Slaughtering Iceflame lodged in the Titan Snow Demon King's arm suddenly detonated.
Boom—!
A violent burst of soul power erupted. Azure light flared, murderous intent raged, and the right upper arm of the Titan Snow Demon King was blown apart.
Though its lower arm remained, the entire upper arm—especially around the point of penetration—had its flesh and hide obliterated, leaving only blood-streaked, exposed bone.
Rooaaarrr!
The next moment, searing agony engulfed it. Though a beast over two hundred thousand years old, the Titan Snow Demon King collapsed into the snow, clutching its ruined shoulder and howling in pain.
"Go!"
Having given it a brutal lesson, Mu Yang spared it no more thought. The Ice Phoenix Flame Shadow spread its wings, soaring through the sky to the emerald-dressed little girl—the Ice Emperor in her human form—whom Mu Yang scooped up. Then, wings beating, they sped southward out of the Extreme North.
Unlike ordinary hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, ferocious beasts over two hundred thousand years could assume human form without losing their cultivation. At most, their human forms were weaker than their true bodies.
Of course, transformation was not the same as complete transfiguration. A beast in human form was still, in essence, a soul beast body—different from true transformation into a fully human-like being.
Only after entering the God Transformation stage would a beast's human form become indistinguishable from an actual human.
"You dare? Stop!"
Just then, a chilling shout rang down from the heavens. A terrifying spiritual might descended. The gloomy sky turned ice-blue, and even the falling blizzard froze in midair.
There was no need to guess. The true sovereign of the Extreme North had arrived.
Before, the Snow Emperor had not taken Mu Yang and Shui Bing'er seriously. Though the aura of the Ice Phoenix Flame Shadow was strong, in her eyes it was not much greater than the Ice Emperor's.
And with both the Ice Emperor and the Titan Snow Demon King assisting, even if they lost, it should not have been disastrous. With her overseeing, their lives would not have been at risk.
But unexpectedly, the humans had hidden such cards—seizing the Ice Emperor's will with some unknown spiritual art, then grievously wounding the Titan Snow Demon King with a secret spear technique.
That, the Snow Emperor could not allow. The Titan Snow Demon King was nothing—let it be.
But the Ice Emperor was different. She was her dearest friend. Though somewhat improper at times—lusting after her body, even—their bond ran deep. The Snow Emperor could never stand by while the Ice Emperor was turned into a human Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.
Of course Mu Yang heard the Snow Emperor's furious command. But he didn't pause at all. As the Ice Phoenix Flame Shadow sped through the skies, he called to Shui Bing'er:
"Bing'er, Iceflame Phoenix!"
The next second, Shui Bing'er—long prepared—took over control of the Fusion Skill.
Brilliant ice-blue radiance erupted. The form of their Fusion changed. The humanoid Ice Phoenix Flame Shadow transformed into the beast-shaped Iceflame Phoenix, whose wings carried them even faster away from the Extreme North.
Compared to the humanoid form, the Iceflame Phoenix was built for flight, its body streamlined, its wings vast. Its speed was far greater.
And with the Snow Emperor not yet arrived on the battlefield, there was no chance she could catch them.
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