"Die!"
The Snow Emperor had no intention of wasting words with Huo Lie and the others. Terrifying cold spread as fine snowflakes drifted down. With a lift of her hand, she struck out with an Ice Palm toward the four of them.
The Snow Emperor understood well: though her power of Extreme Ice and Snow could suppress Ice-type Spirit Masters and restrain Fire-type Spirit Masters weaker than her, her opponents were no weaklings. It could not achieve absolute suppression. Skills such as eighth- and ninth-ring high-level attack techniques still posed a certain threat to her.
Moreover, she could sense that these four Title Douluo before her were not the full high-end strength of the Elemental Academy.
Far off, beside Mu Yang—who was in the process of attaching his ninth spirit ring—stood several other Spirit Masters clad in radiant golden armor. Though they had yet to release their martial spirits or rings, the spirit power auras leaking from them showed they too were newly advanced Title Douluo.
As the saying went, even ants in numbers can bite an elephant to death. Even if her Extreme Ice and Snow suppressed most of her foes, she dared not be careless.
Clearly, the Snow Emperor had mistaken the four Vice deans, whose Spirit Gold Battle Armor provided tremendous all-around amplification, as full nine-ring Title Douluo.
But this was not entirely wrong—apart from lacking the ninth ring and ninth skill, their actual strength was little different from that of ordinary newly advanced Title Douluo.
Most importantly, the Snow Emperor knew she could not delay. She had to quickly deal with Mu Yang or Shui Bing'er.
She had already witnessed the two's Martial Spirit Fusion Skills in their various forms.
Even before now, those fusion skills were formidable. Though she believed she could win, it was never by a large margin.
If Mu Yang were allowed to succeed in advancing to a nine-ring Title Douluo, then his Martial Spirit Fusion Skill would soar in power again. At that point, it might be she herself who would stumble.
"Be careful! Lava Tyrant Dragon, Possession! Seventh Spirit Skill, Lava Tyrant Dragon True Body!"
At the instant the Snow Emperor struck, the ever-prepared Huo Lie shouted. His battle armor wings flared as he shifted swiftly more than ten meters aside. His martial spirit possessed him as his seventh ring shone, directly unleashing his true body.
At the same time, the three others—who had dodged her first strike—acted no slower, each releasing their Martial Spirit True Body as well.
"Seventh Spirit Skill, Fire Shadow True Body!"
"Seventh Spirit Skill, Ice Sparrow True Body!"
"Seventh Spirit Skill, Storm Wyvern True Body!"
The aura of this unknown white-robed woman was terrifying—greater even than Huo Lie's. Against such a foe, none dared show the slightest negligence.
"Hmph—"
With a cold snort, the Snow Emperor unleashed her power of Extreme Ice and Snow. A terrifying icy aura spread outward.
Feng Zhen was not greatly affected, only feeling a bitter chill strike him.
But the other three were different.
First and worst hit was Shui Yanyu, the Ice-attribute Spirit Master. The moment her Ice Sparrow True Body was enveloped by the Extreme Ice and Snow, her aura collapsed by more than sixty percent.
Mu Xiyue, Fire-attribute, was next—her aura shrank forty to fifty percent under the attribute restraint.
Even Huo Lie, dual Fire-Earth, saw his strength cut by thirty percent, since his Lava Tyrant Dragon also carried Fire attribute.
"Attribute suppression?!"
Feeling his power so severely constrained, Huo Lie could not help but cry out in shock.
What he did not realize was that the Spirit Gold Battle Armor he wore had already narrowed the gap between them. Moreover, today was a bright, clear day with no snowfall. Otherwise, the suppression would have been even stronger.
If this battle had taken place in the Extreme North's ice fields, beneath the Snow Emperor's domain, whether he could even bring out thirty to forty percent of his strength would be uncertain.
"Imperial Skyfrost—Snow Dance Shines on the Sun! Imperial Palm—Great Cold Without Snow!"
Snowflakes whirled as a ring of icy-blue light radiated outward. An ice-snow domain unfolded, spanning several hundred meters. Within this field, after exerting the power of her domain, the Snow Emperor now unleashed her trump card.
Vast icy power surged forth. With a single palm, she summoned a colossal crystal hand, akin to a god's strike, driving it toward the weakened Mu Xiyue, her aura already suppressed by the attribute clash.
The ice-crystal hand shot forward with stunning speed. Mu Xiyue had barely recovered from her shock when it filled her vision, swelling ever larger.
"Boom—!"
A thunderous detonation rang out. Terrifying cold burst forth, and along with the crackling sound of shattering, the immense Fire Shadow True Body was obliterated midair before it could evade. In the storm of red spirit energy fragments, a figure spewed blood and plummeted downward.
The Snow Emperor's Imperial Palm—Great Cold Without Snow—had blasted apart Mu Xiyue's Martial Spirit True Body in a single strike!
Had it been any other spirit beast of six hundred thousand years, it would not have been so easy to shatter Mu Xiyue's True Body, especially with Spirit Gold Battle Armor.
At least, in True Body state, Mu Xiyue should not have been unable to endure even one blow.
With the amplification of her Spirit Gold Armor, level 93 Title Douluo Mu Xiyue's power was beyond that of ordinary level 95, and not far off from level 96.
But the Snow Emperor was different. In ice and fire's mutual restraint, the stronger prevailed. Under her Extreme Ice and Snow, Mu Xiyue's strength had been cut severely. Add to that Great Cold Without Snow—one of the Snow Emperor's ultimate techniques—and her Fire Shadow True Body was crushed instantly.
Fortunately, Mu Xiyue wore Spirit Gold Armor. As soul-forged three-word armor, its defense was formidable. Otherwise, she would not only have suffered the backlash of a shattered True Body, but very likely would have perished under that single palm.
Even so, Mu Xiyue was in dire straits. With her True Body broken and suffering backlash, it would take ten to fifteen days of recuperation before she could restore her strength.
Seeing Mu Xiyue's True Body blasted apart in one blow, Huo Lie was both shocked and furious. He hastily retrieved a Silver-Jade Undying Ginseng from his storage soul tool and swallowed it, while transmitting urgently to Shui Yanyu and Feng Zhen.
As a life-saving treasure capable of permanent preservation, Mu Yang had naturally crafted Silver-Jade Undying Ginseng during his spare time, ensuring Huo Lie and the others carried several in their storage.
"Secret Art—Earth Dragon!"
With one ginseng securing his life, Huo Lie immediately activated his secret technique.
His opponent's ice power was extremely strong—suppressing Ice, restraining Fire. Fortunately, he himself was dual Fire-Earth. Though his Fire power was restrained, his Earth attribute was not.
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