Chapter 110 Worries
She tried to resist, but found herself utterly powerless against this energy, like a mayfly before a galaxy.
No, not powerless to resist, but… this energy perfectly matched her origin, even more ancient, purer, and more… noble than her own origin!
"This is… the aura of the Ice God?" The Ice Emperor's heart trembled.
Immediately afterward, information about the ranking list appeared deep within her consciousness.
"Goddess Ranking? Twelfth? Reward?"
Even with the Ice Emperor's arrogance and knowledge, she couldn't help but be shocked by the grand scale and unpredictable nature of this ranking list.
But at this moment, she had no time to ponder.
The energy of the reward had completely erupted!
"Roar—!"
An uncontrollable roar, filled with both pain and exhilaration, escaped from the Ice Emperor's mouth. She could no longer maintain her human form; the emerald light surged, instantly transforming her into the true form of a hundred-meter-long Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion!
A terrifying pressure swept across the entire Absolute Zero Forbidden Zone like a tsunami, even spreading outward, shaking the core of the entire Far North!
Under the emerald pillar of light, the Ice Emperor's true form began to undergo a dramatic transformation.
Her already emerald-green carapace became thicker and more ancient, its surface naturally adorned with countless complex and profound silver patterns—manifestations of the "Absolute Zero" law!
Her size didn't increase significantly, but the density and strength of every muscle, bone, and carapace increased exponentially! Power surged, speed soared, and her control over ice leaped from "as easy as using an arm" to a level of "I am ice, and ice is me!"
The terrifying "Ice Emperor's Spike" at her tail was now enveloped in a deep, dark emerald light that seemed to absorb all light, its tip a single silver glint—a point so intense that prolonged staring could freeze even one's mind—the Eternal Silent Sting!
Blood boiled, cheered, and traced back to that ancient and greater source in the darkness—the Primordial Ice Soul Divine Scorpion! A primordial divine beast that had already wielded the power of ice in the chaos before the birth of the Ice God!
"Boom—!"
Centered on the Ice Emperor, an invisible yet more terrifying wave suddenly spread out!
The Absolute Zero Domain unfolded!
Initially, it only enveloped the Eternal Ice Crystal Palace, but in an instant, it covered the core of the Absolute Zero Forbidden Zone with a radius of fifty miles!
Within this area, the temperature completely plummeted below some theoretical limit.
Light disappeared, sound disappeared, even the "fluctuations" of space itself almost stopped. All non-ice-attribute matter, energy, and even laws were suppressed to a state of near "nothingness."
Time here became viscous and slow.
With a slight thought, the Ice Emperor conjured countless emerald-green ice blade storms (Ice Strike Storms) connecting heaven and earth within her domain, each capable of easily tearing apart a Super Douluo's defenses. With another thought, the storms subsided, and emerald-green ice coffins (Eternal Ice Coffins) condensed in the void, exuding an aura of eternal sealing, seemingly able to suppress gods and demons. She could even mobilize the power of her domain to condense, high above the heavens, rings of cold starlight composed of countless tiny ice crystal stars (Frosty Star Rings), casting down icy beams of light capable of annihilating everything.
This wasn't the limit.
"Ice Soul Scorpion Dharma Image, Condense!"
With the Ice Emperor's silent incantation, the vast and boundless Ice Soul Divine Power within her Absolute Zero Domain converged wildly. Behind her, a colossal, emerald-green scorpion Dharma Image, tens of thousands of feet tall and seemingly capable of supporting heaven and earth, slowly took shape!
The Dharma Image's mere existence, yet the pressure it exuded, caused the space within hundreds of miles to groan under its unbearable weight. The perennial dark clouds over the far north were completely dispelled, revealing the cold, brilliant starry sky behind it, its starlight frozen and distorted!
The Ice Emperor could feel that through this Dharma Image, she had briefly touched upon a far greater and more expansive authority—a portion of the Ice God's power! Although it was only a glimpse, the power to freeze time and space, to seal kingdoms, made her heart tremble.
This was only a portion of the domain's power.
The most crucial reward, the "Ice Soul Divine Soul Core," had now perfectly fused into the depths of her spiritual sea.
Originally, although her spiritual power was strong, it was ultimately the path of a soul beast, leaning towards violence and control. Now, her entire spiritual sea has been completely transformed and sublimated!
A boundless "divine soul sea" composed of emerald green ice soul divine crystals has replaced the original spiritual sea. The seawater is liquefied, highly condensed ice soul divine power, and countless enormous icebergs, inscribed with laws, float on the surface.
At the center of the ocean, a majestic "ice soul divine palace" stands, entirely constructed from the "ice soul divine core." Deep within the palace, a miniature, semi-transparent emerald green phantom of the Ice Emperor sits cross-legged, radiating a vast divine consciousness comparable to that of a demigod!
The Ice Soul Divine Soul opens its eyes, and throughout the entire far north, wherever ice and snow cover, everything is clearly visible and under its surveillance! The irregular falling of a snowflake a thousand miles away, the slightest wriggling of an ice silkworm beneath a layer of ice, cannot escape its perception!
At the same time, the "ice soul divine eye" talent is activated. Deep within the Ice Emperor's emerald green eyes, two tiny, rotating silver runes emerge. As far as her eyes could see, the weak points of space, the flow of energy, and things hidden in illusions or folded spaces all became clearly visible. Her understanding of the laws of ice surged at an unprecedented speed, and many things that were previously obscure and difficult to understand suddenly became clear.
Her cultivation level did not directly increase by a certain number of years, but the leap in her life level, the reversion of her bloodline, the qualitative change in her divine soul, and the transformation of her divine power caused a tremendous change in her true combat strength!
Now, although she still has 470,000 years of cultivation, her true combat strength is enough to crush an ordinary level 99 Limit Douluo! Combined with the Absolute Zero Domain and the Ice Soul Scorpion Dharma Form, she can even contend with beings who have just stepped into the demigod level!
After a long while, the emerald green pillar of light slowly dissipated.
The Ice Emperor transformed back into human form and landed on the throne of the Eternal Ice Crystal Palace.
She sat there quietly, her emerald eyes gazing at the frozen world outside the palace, shrouded in an absolute zero domain, a world where time seemed to stand still. Her gaze also seemed to pierce through endless space, looking towards the distant Starry Sky Forest and the human continent.
Her eyes remained cold and aloof.
But deep within them, a complex and enigmatic light, unlike anything she had seen before, flickered.
There was an acceptance of her newfound power, curiosity and wariness about the forces behind the rankings, contemplation of the future of the far north, and even more… a hint of worry and anticipation for her dear friend who was in the heart of the extreme cold, undergoing a transformation to a higher level.
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