At this moment, Wu Huan's heart carried a trace of schadenfreude. The white-robed woman before him was clearly powerful, and most likely she came without goodwill. If she could cause trouble for the Elemental Academy, so much the better.
After all, two tigers cannot share one mountain. If possible, as the local overlord of the Northern Province, Wu Huan would love nothing more than to see the Elemental Academy stumble badly.
"Elemental Academy? Compared to the Spirit Hall, how does their strength measure? Speak in detail."
Though confident in her own power, the Snow Emperor was not blindly arrogant. She understood well the principle that there are always stronger people beyond, and skies beyond the sky. It was necessary to probe clearly into the general strength of the Elemental Academy.
The only reason she even knew of the Spirit Hall was because of its ancient heritage—it had always been the dominant force in the human Spirit Master world.
Especially since the founder of Spirit Hall was none other than the Angel God, who had ascended to godhood twenty thousand years ago.
That overwhelming and sacred divine might, which had swept from the human world back then, still remained vivid in her memory.
"Your Excellency, the Elemental Academy—"
Without hesitation, Wu Huan relayed everything he knew regarding the Elemental Academy to the Snow Emperor.
This mistress was clearly heading there to pick a fight. Naturally, he revealed everything he knew, sparing no detail.
As for whether this Excellency might fail to cause trouble, and the Elemental Academy later learn that the leak came from him?
No matter. It wasn't his death on the line. And as one of the great nobles of the Heaven Dou Empire, unless the Elemental Academy openly declared war against the Empire itself, his life would not be at risk.
A white silhouette cut across the sky, streaking rapidly toward the direction of the Elemental Academy.
Four Title Douluo…
Mulling over the intelligence he had heard, the Snow Emperor thought inwardly.
Though she had yet to directly face the Martial Spirit Fusion Skill of Mu Yang and Shui Bing'er, she knew their strength was formidable—likely no weaker than her own.
If those two also had four strong Title Douluo assisting them, then even with her strength, one pair of fists could not beat four hands. She might indeed be at a disadvantage.
Fortunately, from Wu Huan's words, she had learned that the four of the Elemental Academy—Huo Lie and the others—had not long been Title Douluo. Some had only advanced within recent years, and none possessed a hundred-thousand-year ring. Their spirit power was all still beneath level 95.
Such opponents, the Snow Emperor did not place in her eyes.
Quantity could indeed create qualitative change. But if the quality of the quantity was too low, then even if a change was formed, it was not worth mentioning.
Mere low-level Title Douluo? Against her Extreme Ice and Snow, they would fall within one or two moves.
Moreover, Mu Yang and Shui Bing'er's true strength lay in their Martial Spirit Fusion Skill. But such skills consumed enormous amounts of spirit power. They could not fight a prolonged battle of equals.
The vengeance for the Ice Emperor, she was determined to claim!
Two hours later, following the direction Wu Huan had given her, the Snow Emperor crossed into the territory of Linbing City. The Elemental Academy lay just several dozen li to its north.
Yet upon entering Linbing's borders, she instantly sensed a vast surge of spirit power fluctuations from the northeast, nearly a hundred li away.
There… that should be the Elemental Academy, yes? Such immense energy waves—could it be someone attaching an extraordinarily high-aged spirit ring?
Perceiving that these fluctuations were not from battle, but from spirit power absorption, the Snow Emperor was briefly startled. Then her eyes filled with killing intent as she accelerated northeast.
A super high-aged spirit ring? Her first thought was of her good sister, the Ice Emperor. And immediately, of the culprit—Mu Yang. He must be fusing and refining the Ice Emperor's spirit ring.
Could this be tolerated? Absolutely not!
At this moment, her killing intent surged to its peak. She swore to tear Mu Yang into pieces for killing the Ice Emperor.
In truth, she misunderstood. Mu Yang was indeed fusing a spirit ring at this moment, but it was a God-bestowed ring—not the Ice Emperor's. The Ice Emperor had perished already yesterday.
But because Mu Yang had orchestrated the Ice Emperor's sacrifice far from her range, though the disturbance had been great at the time, the distance was too vast. Even the Snow Emperor had failed to sense it in real time.
Atop the mountain, Huo Lie and the others chatted idly while waiting for Mu Yang to complete his ascension as the first Food-type Title Douluo in the history of the Spirit Master world.
Suddenly, Huo Lie frowned, narrowing his eyes toward the southwest sky.
"What is it?"
Noticing Huo Lie's reaction, Mu Xiyue asked at once.
"Someone powerful approaches," Huo Lie replied gravely.
After thinking a moment, he turned to the others: "This aura is unfamiliar. The strength is immense, likely above my own. With Xiaoyang at such a critical juncture, to avoid mishap, Xiyue, Yanyu, Feng Zhen—come with me.
"Xiao Wu, Wushuang, Xiaotian, Yue'er—you stay here with Bing'er to guard Xiaoyang."
"Yes!"
Everyone responded in unison.
In the next instant, radiant golden light flared from the bodies of twelve people, all except Shui Yue'er. They each manifested their Spirit-forged Spirit Gold Battle Armor. Even Shui Yue'er, though not yet at the seventh ring, donned her Spirit-crafted Water Battle Armor.
Then, Huo Lie led three others to intercept the incoming intruder from the southwest, while the remaining nine stood guard around Mu Yang, focused and vigilant.
Some twenty li away from the mountain peak where Mu Yang cultivated, a cold, white-robed figure exuding murderous frost appeared before the four figures suspended in midair—Huo Lie and his companions.
"Who are you?"
Studying the Snow Emperor, Huo Lie was the first to speak.
"You are of the Elemental Academy?"
Seeing the four blocking her way, the Snow Emperor frowned slightly.
This didn't match the intelligence Wu Huan had given her!
If these four were the Elemental Academy's so-called four Title Douluo, how could this be described as "having not been long at the ninth ring"?
In her perception, the one who had spoken—Huo Lie—was at least level 97, perhaps even stronger. And the other three? Not one was beneath level 95.
The only detail Wu Huan had gotten right was their elemental attributes: one Fire-Earth dual element, one pure Fire, one Ice, one Wind.
"Correct. I am the Dean of the Elemental Academy. My Title: Tyrant Dragon."
Huo Lie nodded. Then Mu Xiyue and the other two each reported their own Titles.
"Step aside, or die!"
The Snow Emperor's eyes narrowed, her voice cold.
Had they been four other-element Title Douluo, she might have hesitated—four strong opponents together was indeed troublesome. But Fire and Ice? She had no fear.
Possessing the variant attribute of Ultimate Ice—Extreme Ice and Snow—she could suppress all non-ultimate Ice attribute Spirit Masters and Spirit Beasts. The Ice-element Title Douluo among the four was already half-crippled before the fight began.
And since fire and ice mutually countered each other, her strength surpassed the Fire-element Title Douluo as well, effectively crippling him too.
Add that the strongest of them, Huo Lie, wielded Fire and Earth dual attributes—still within her suppressive reach.
Thus, when the battle began, their strongest would be partially restrained, two mid-levels half-crippled, and only the weakest Wind-element Title Douluo would remain untouched.
This might appear a one-against-four battle against formidable foes, but in truth, the odds were entirely in her favor.
"Do you truly mean to make yourself an enemy of the Elemental Academy?"
Huo Lie's expression darkened.
Truth be told, he was baffled. When had their Elemental Academy provoked such a powerful adversary?
And most crucially—such a powerhouse, yet he had not the faintest memory of her existence.
Could it be that the Spirit Hall was up to mischief again, sending forth a hidden expert to probe the Academy's strength?
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