The hard ice rocks were sliced and crushed like tofu.
At the center of the collision, space shattered like fragile glass, revealing countless fine black cracks.
This was proof that space had been forcibly torn apart by the terrifying power of the two.
The deep blue Glacial Sword Radiance and the golden sacred sword light frantically eroded and wore each other down.
The Ultimate Ice sought to freeze and shatter the sacred, while the sacred light attempted to purify and melt the cold ice.
The stalemate lasted only for a brief moment.
"Crack!"
A faint but clear sound of shattering rang out.
A tiny crack actually appeared on the blade of the massive Angelic Sacred Sword held by Qian Daoliu's Angel True Body where it collided with the emperor sword.
And the crack was spreading rapidly.
Qian Daoliu's heart shook violently.
Although he knew the Snow Empress was powerful, he never expected that his Angelic Sacred Sword would be the first to give way in a direct head-on clash.
The enhancement the Extreme North Land provided to the Snow Empress far exceeded his estimations.
"Humph!"
The Snow Empress snorted coldly, her wrist trembling slightly as the blue light atop the emperor sword suddenly intensified by another thirty percent.
"Break!"
"Boom—!"
The Angelic Sacred Sword shattered upon impact, turning into a sky full of golden spots of light.
Qian Daoliu's Angel True Body shook violently, his massive form involuntarily staggering back a step, crushing the ice beneath his feet into a deep pit.
The emperor sword radiance, condensed to the extreme, had dimmed significantly after shattering the sacred sword, yet it still carried an unstoppable Aura as it shot like lightning toward the chest of Qian Daoliu's true body.
Qian Daoliu reacted with extreme speed, his massive angel wings snapping shut like two golden shields to protect his front.
"Eighth Spirit Ability: Heavenly Kingdom Barrier!"
A more solid wall of light, covered in ancient angelic runes, instantly took shape.
"Thud—!"
The emperor sword radiance slammed violently into the Heavenly Kingdom Barrier, producing a dull sound like the beating of a giant drum.
The barrier trembled violently, golden light flowing across its surface as countless runes flickered, finally managing to block and wear down that terrifying sword radiance completely.
But Qian Daoliu could clearly feel that his Soul Power had been heavily consumed by this single strike.
"I cannot fight her for long within the Extreme North Land."
Qian Daoliu made an instant judgment.
Engaging in a war of attrition with the Snow Empress in the Extreme North Land put him at too much of a disadvantage.
With a powerful flap of his wings, his massive true body soared into the sky, attempting to escape the core range of the Snow Empress's Domain to find an opening from above.
"Trying to leave?"
The Snow Empress's eyes were icy cold; how could she allow her opponent to leave her home field?
With a gentle wave of her jade-like hand, the entire Snow Dance Sun God Domain moved accordingly.
The swirling snow and ice-blade storms seemed to come alive, transforming into countless Ice Crystal Giant Dragons that coiled and lunged toward Qian Daoliu in the air from all directions.
Simultaneously, the temperature within the Domain plummeted again, and even the air seemed to turn into viscous ice slurry, greatly hindering Qian Daoliu's movements.
Suspended in mid-air and facing this inescapable net of attacks, Qian Daoliu pushed the speed and strength of his Angel True Body to their limits.
Whether punching, kicking, or striking directly with his massive wings of light, every movement carried majestic divine force, shattering and purifying the ice dragons one by one.
"Fifth Spirit Ability: Angelic Flare!"
Seizing an opportunity, a light as dazzling as the sun's core erupted from the chest of his true body. Countless golden flares shot out in all directions like a torrential rain, violently colliding with the swarming snowstorms and triggering a continuous chain of explosions that temporarily cleared an area.
However, the Snow Empress's attacks followed him like a shadow.
Without anyone noticing when, she was already floating in mid-air, facing Qian Daoliu's Angel True Body from a distance.
The emperor sword in her hand condensed once more, even more solid than before. Around the blade, space continuously froze and shattered in a repeating cycle.
She did not rush to attack again. Instead, she ran her finger along the blade, and her entire presence seemed to merge with the emperor sword, the Snow Dance Sun God Domain beneath her feet, and even the entire Extreme North Ice Plain.
A more terrifying and vast Sword Intent brewed within her.
It wasn't just simple sharpness; it was the ultimate manifestation of the "Ice" Law of heaven and earth—the silence of all things, eternal freezing... the end.
Sensing this Sword Intent, the golden eyes of Qian Daoliu's true body were filled with unprecedented gravity.
He knew that the Snow Empress's next strike would be world-shaking, far surpassing anything before.
He took a deep breath, a flicker of resolve flashing in his eyes.
He knew that in this Extreme North Land, conventional methods would likely be unable to deal with this ice and snow Dominator.
Above the firmament, it was no longer a scene of the mortal Realm.
Qian Daoliu's figure merged with his massive Six-Winged Angel True Body. The brilliant golden light was not warm holy flames, but had transformed into billions of scorching, sharp swords of light filled with the will of judgment.
Hovering in the air, he seemed like a gateway to the heavens descending upon the mortal world—majestic, solemn, and carrying the intent of ultimate adjudication.
"Ninth Spirit Ability: Final Judgment - Sacred Sanction!"
There was no roar, only a cold and grand declaration that seemed to come from beyond the Nine Heavens.
Qian Daoliu's hands gripped the air, and the Six-Winged Angel True Body followed suit. A golden giant sword that spanned the horizon, purely condensed from ultimate light and the Law of judgment, suddenly took shape.
Countless fine Divine Runes flowed upon the blade; they were the manifestation of the Angel God's divine force, proof of having once touched the Divine Rank Realm.
The tip of the sword pointed not at the Snow Empress, but at the entire space she occupied—lock-on, annihilation; this was an attack containing Law, transcending ordinary energy impacts.
The giant sword slowly slashed down.
There was no sound, or rather, the sound had been swallowed.
Space, like fragile glass, began to collapse and shatter in large areas even before the blade truly touched it, revealing the deep, dark Void Turbulence behind.
A terrifying suction emanated from the spatial rifts, frantically pulling in the ten-thousand-year-old glaciers and frozen earth boulders below, grinding them into basic particles.
The earth seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand and then crudely torn apart. A bottomless canyon hundreds of meters wide frantically spread toward the depths of the Extreme North, starting from where the Snow Empress stood. A thunderous roar only then arrived belatedly, accompanied by a magnitude twelve earthquake that swept across a thousand miles.
Clouds? They had long since ceased to exist.
Violent energy shockwaves formed visible white ring-shaped airwaves in the high altitude hundreds of miles away, like ripples stirred in a calm lake by a giant stone thrown by a Divinity, sweeping away the haze of the entire Extreme North sky and revealing the cold, silent starry sky behind it.
For the first time, sunlight shone "cruelly" and directly onto this ravaged snowfield, reflecting a scene of apocalyptic devastation.
The power of a Limit Douluo was revealed beyond doubt at this moment.
The members of the Hall of Rebirth who were standing by to provide support all distanced themselves from the center of the battle.
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