Shattering the Snow Empress' Pride
Boom!
With a deafening roar that shook the heavens, violent explosions erupted everywhere the Ice Age domain had frozen.
Especially around the Snow Empress.
Because the power of Ice Explosion was directly determined by the amount and quality of soul power involved.
And the Snow Empress herself was essentially an aggregation of terrifying soul power.
Frozen first—
Then detonated.
The horrifying explosive force swallowed her completely.
...
No one knew how much time passed before the roar finally subsided.
Frost particles drifted down from the sky, dyeing the entire world in white.
A lone figure hovered quietly in midair.
It was Huo Yuhao.
Despite standing at the very center of the Ice Explosion, Yuhao showed no sign of injury at all.
His gaze slowly fell to the ground below.
There, a beautiful figure lay motionless.
No—more precisely, only half of a beautiful figure remained.
It was the Snow Empress, heavily injured by the terrifying might of the Ice Explosion Technique.
"She's still holding on."
Yuhao smacked his lips lightly. With a slight sway of his body, he flew down and landed beside her.
Although the Snow Empress was now in a Spirit state, she could still be injured.
Just like at this moment.
Of course, she would not truly die. At worst, she would dissipate into pure energy and return to the soul ring to recover.
Once fully restored, she would be able to emerge again.
Yuhao looked down at the Snow Empress, whose body was on the verge of dispersing, and spoke calmly:
"Now you understand why I was so confident."
The Snow Empress did not reply.
She merely turned her head away in silence.
At this moment, the pride she had carried for hundreds of thousands of years had been completely shattered by Yuhao.
Seeing this, Yuhao bent down, reached out, and gently lifted her fair chin, forcing her to look at him.
"From now on, you will carry out my orders immediately," he said coldly.
"This is not only for yourself, but also for the Ice Empress, who was willing to sacrifice her life for you, and for the efforts of everyone involved."
"Killing you would only mean making all of our efforts meaningless."
Listening to Yuhao's emotionless words, a feeling the Snow Empress had never experienced before quietly arose within her heart.
Fear.
She finally understood—
Yuhao was not joking.
The next moment, she suddenly felt a stream of pure ice-attribute energy flow into her body.
"Absorb it," Yuhao said again.
"I don't want you to be unable to contribute for a long time just because you need to recover."
The Snow Empress was stunned.
She no longer resisted and focused on absorbing the energy.
The ice-attribute power Yuhao transmitted came directly from the Ice Pill—it was, in essence, her own original power.
Naturally, she absorbed it without the slightest rejection.
Very quickly, the lower half of her body that had been blown apart by the explosion began to regenerate.
Although she would still need to cultivate within the soul ring for some time, there would be no problem with basic combat afterward.
After casting Yuhao a complicated glance, the Snow Empress suddenly rushed toward him.
The instant they made contact, her figure dissolved into light and merged directly into Yuhao's body.
Sensing that the Snow Empress had fallen into a deep slumber, Yuhao snorted softly and muttered to himself:
"Hmph. I can still handle you."
In truth, Yuhao had deliberately provoked this battle.
He understood the Snow Empress' character too well.
Even if she obeyed him outwardly due to the Spirit contract, deep in her heart she would still be proud—especially since his cultivation level was currently so low.
If she were to genuinely submit without resistance, then she would not be the Snow Empress.
Therefore, Yuhao needed to display overwhelming strength and defeat her head-on in a crushing manner.
Although this would not immediately make her sincerely loyal, it would at least ensure that she would never dare to look down on him again.
Of course, the reason Yuhao was able to suppress the Snow Empress so easily was not without explanation.
Although the Snow Empress could exert the combat power of a seven-ringed Soul Saint, and although the two orange-gold soul rings possessed strength comparable to hundred-thousand-year soul rings—
After the Ice Emperor Dragon Emperor Scorpion martial soul fused with the Snow Empress' origin power, Ultimate Ice had further evolved into Ultimate Ice and Snow.
In terms of ice-attribute authority, Yuhao had already become an absolute king.
If the Snow Empress herself did not also possess extreme attributes, she would not have been able to harm Yuhao at all.
Coupled with Yuhao's terrifying physique, his qi and blood power that far exceeded ordinary soul power, and the simultaneous use of four top-tier abilities—
Ice Age, Golden Dragon Flash, Ice Explosion, and Soul Shock—
If this still could not crush a Snow Empress in a Spirit state, then Yuhao truly would have been worthless.
After sitting down to recover his soul power for a short while, Yuhao stood up and set off toward Star Luo City.
After all, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament had not yet ended.
However, compared to the competition itself, Yuhao first had to think carefully about how to explain to Du Bushu and Jin Peng why he had disappeared from Star Luo City for an entire day and night.
...
Standing outside the hotel room door, Lang Ya let out a soft sigh before opening the door with a bitter expression.
The moment he stepped inside, a hoarse voice rang out.
"Have you found Yuhao?"
It was Du Bushu.
Lang Ya swallowed nervously, lowered his head, and replied:
"N-No… not yet."
Boom!
A terrifying wave of soul power erupted instantly, forcing the Contra Lang Ya to stagger backward several steps.
"If you haven't found him, why did you come back?" Du Bushu roared angrily.
"Go and keep searching! If you don't find him, don't come back—cough, cough, cough!"
Perhaps it tugged at his injuries, because Du Bushu suddenly coughed several times.
That night, he had fought consecutively against Jing Hongchen and the Snow Empress.
He had even directly taken on the Snow Empress' Emperor Sword.
Even with his tyrannical physique, it was impossible to avoid injury.
Yet when Du Bushu returned to the hotel, he received news even worse than his wounds.
Yuhao was missing.
At first, Du Bushu did not care much, assuming Yuhao had gone out and lost track of time.
But an entire night passed, and Yuhao still did not return.
Only then did Du Bushu begin to panic.
Because on that day, many Titled Douluo-level experts had left Star Luo City, including Yan Shaozhe of Shrek Academy.
And all of them knew of Yuhao's existence.
There was no guarantee that someone would not take advantage of the chaos to strangle Yuhao in the cradle.
Thus, early the next morning, Du Bushu sent everyone out to search.
If not for the fact that he urgently needed to heal his injuries, he would have personally gone to question those Titled Douluo.
Because in Du Bushu's eyes, Yuhao carried all the hope of himself and the Noumenon Sect.
Hearing his sect master cough repeatedly, Lang Ya hurried forward.
"Sect Master, please take care of your body."
"I'm fine," Du Bushu waved him off.
"What matters now is finding Yuhao. Go find Lao Jin and have him ask Yan Shaozhe directly whether he did this."
Just as his words fell, a hearty laugh suddenly sounded from outside the door.
"No need, Sect Master. I've already found Yuhao."
As the voice echoed, Jin Peng walked in with a broad smile on his face.
And behind him—
Was a handsome young man.
Wasn't it the Yuhao who had just returned?
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