Facing Shui Bing'er's plea.
Tang Chuan's gaze was calm, his mind racing.
An 80,000-year Titan Snow Demon, with immense strength, high defense, and powerful ice control, was indeed troublesome.
But this Spirit Beast was also perfectly suited to be the target for the fourth spirit ring of his Second Spirit, the Gold-Eating Heavenly Gang Hammer.
Moreover, wasn't this the perfect target he had envisioned for achieving the best results if he obtained the Image Clone Spirit Ability?
This Titan Snow Demon might just be a good test subject.
However...
Tang Chuan's gaze swept over Shui Bing'er, and he recalled the Ice Phoenix Shui Family behind her—inheritors of the top-tier bird Spirit, Water-Condensing Flying Luan, and controllers of Tianshui Academy. If he could recruit them into the Azure Emperor Sect, it would be of great benefit to the Sect's future development.
"I can save your father."
Tang Chuan spoke slowly.
A gleam of hope erupted in Shui Bing'er's eyes.
"But..."
Tang Chuan's tone shifted, his gaze filled with deep meaning.
"Miss Shui, if it is only a promise of you personally serving as a slave or maid, it is not enough!"
"After all, this Titan Snow Demon is a gregarious Spirit Beast. Who can guarantee that behind this Titan Snow Demon, there isn't another Titan Snow Demon King over 100,000 years old?"
"Then... what else do you want?"
Shui Bing'er was stunned, her voice trembling.
"Very simple!"
Tang Chuan looked straight into her eyes, his tone indifferent, yet calm and firm.
"I want your Ice Phoenix Shui Family to join the Azure Emperor Sect I founded from now on!"
"Only for my own people will I go all out to save them, just as I did just now!"
"This..."
Shui Bing'er couldn't help but be stunned, feeling very hesitant.
"Miss Shui, I respect Dean Shui as a person, and I also admire your talent."
"But the situation on the continent is turbulent now. Spirit Hall is powerful, and it is difficult to survive by fighting alone."
Tang Chuan's expression was indifferent, his steady voice clear and powerful in the cold wind.
"My Azure Emperor Sect is newly established, but its prospects are promising. If the Ice Phoenix Shui Family is willing to join, I can grant you the position of Elder, preserve the independent Legacy of Tianshui Academy, share resources, and develop together."
"This is more valuable to your Family and Tianshui Academy than a promise of being a 'maid'."
After finishing, Tang Chuan smiled faintly and added.
"Of course, this matter requires Dean Shui to decide personally. I can save him first, and you can discuss it afterward."
"If Dean Shui is unwilling, I will not force it. Saving him today is purely a matter of morality."
"Purely out of my admiration for you, Miss Shui!"
Tang Chuan revealed a faint smile.
Shui Bing'er stared blankly at Tang Chuan, her mind in chaos.
Join the Azure Emperor Sect? This proposal was too sudden, but... the strength and bearing Tang Chuan displayed, the rapidly rising prestige of the Azure Emperor Sect recently, and the conditions he proposed—preserving the Legacy, the position of Elder...
"I... I cannot make this decision for my father and Family."
Shui Bing'er bit her lip.
"But I can promise that if you save my father, I will do my utmost to persuade them!"
"And regardless of whether my father ultimately agrees, I, Shui Bing'er, personally owe you my life!"
"Good."
Tang Chuan smiled slightly; this was the attitude he wanted.
"Lead the way, let's set off immediately."
Shui Bing'er pointed to the northeast: "Ice Soul Lake is over there, about 150 li away! There are two sharp ice peaks standing side by side at the valley entrance!"
Tang Chuan nodded and instructed the four people, including Bai Xun, who had caught up behind him.
"You stay here and guard that Ice Luan."
He pointed to the 20,000-year Ice Luan lying on the snow not far away, dying, its wings pierced by the Spear of the Thunder God.
"I have controlled it with the Blue Silver Emperor and Parasitic Seed; it no longer has the strength to resist."
"When Miss Shui needs it, it can serve as her sixth spirit ring."
Upon hearing this, a complex expression flashed in Shui Bing'er's eyes; she hadn't expected Tang Chuan to have even considered her spirit ring.
"Let's go."
Tang Chuan did not delay any longer and put his arm around Shui Bing'er's waist.
The Soul Core Force Field, the Flight Spirit Ability of the 100,000-year blue silver emperor right leg bone, and the electromagnetic propulsion of the Self-created Spirit Skill "Thunder Flash" erupted simultaneously!
The two turned into a streak of blue-gold lightning, tearing through the wind and snow, and sped towards Ice Soul Lake!
Flying at full speed, 150 li was covered in an instant.
Passing through the mountain pass formed by the two sharp ice peaks, the view suddenly opened up.
A huge valley surrounded by ring-shaped ice peaks came into view, with a vast ice lake in the center. At this moment, the lake surface was in a mess, with large areas of the ice layer shattered.
Above the ice lake, the cold wind was like a knife, carrying ice shards and a bloody scent.
A huge water-blue Luan bird, surrounded by eight spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and four black—was circling and wailing in the wind and snow. It was precisely Shui Wuhen's seventh Spirit Ability—the Water-Condensing Flying Luan True Body!
At this moment, this Martial Soul True Body, which should have been elegant and majestic, had tattered feathers, dim water light, and the freezing mist surrounding it was constantly being eroded and suppressed by the more violent ice and snow.
Shui Wuhen transformed into the Flying Luan, every flap of its wings stirred up a bitter ice-blade storm, engaging in a frenzied battle with the Titan Snow Demon, which stood over fifty meters tall and resembled an ice-snow devil god.
His Spirit Ability was exquisite, and his ice control was masterful.
However, in the face of absolute power, technique appeared so pale.
Every claw strike of the Titan Snow Demon was enough to shatter rocks, and the extreme freezing cold it carried could instantly freeze a Spirit Saint.
Shui Wuhen's ice-blade storm slashed against it, mostly leaving only shallow white marks, while he had to dodge or withstand the Titan Snow Demon's attacks with all his might.
"Father!"
Shui Bing'er's anxious cry came from the wind and snow.
In the midst of his busy defense, Shui Wuhen caught a glimpse of his daughter being carried by a young man with long blue-silver hair, breaking through the air.
And with just this moment of distraction, the Titan Snow Demon seized the opportunity, its left claw tearing through the water curtain and slamming fiercely into the flank of the Water-Condensing Flying Luan True Body!
"Puff—!"
The water-blue brilliance shattered, the Martial Soul True Body fluctuated violently, almost collapsing.
Shui Wuhen's true body was hit as if by a heavy hammer, and he spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with ice shards. His aura plummeted, he could no longer maintain his true body, and was forced to revert to human form. He stumbled and fell onto the shattered ice surface, with several claw marks on his chest that were deep enough to see the bone, and the freezing power was crazily eroding his Meridians.
"Roar!!"
The Titan Snow Demon, pressing its advantage, roared to the sky, raising its right claw again, intending to smash the heavily injured Shui Wuhen into pulp!
The five surrounding 10,000-year Spirit Beast also took the opportunity to pounce, roaring as they tried to devour this troublesome human.
"No—Father!!"
Shui Bing'er was heartbroken, tears gushing out.
Just at this critical moment.
"Mirror Shield!"
A colorless, transparent diamond-shaped energy shield, shimmering with a crystal luster, appeared abruptly above and in front of Shui Wuhen, steadily blocking the Titan Snow Demon's fatal claw strike that was enough to split mountains and crack stones!
"Boom—!!!"
A terrifying muffled sound exploded, and the ice surface shattered like a spider web.
However, that seemingly fragile shield did not move at all!
The next instant, the shield's surface flashed with brilliance, and a powerful force was instantly rebounded back.
"Roar?!!"
The Titan Snow Demon let out an unbelievable roar of pain, staggered back from the force of its own full-strength attack rebounding, its long fur, like ice armor on its chest, burst open, and ice-blue blood sprayed out.
At this moment, Tang Chuan had landed steadily beside Shui Wuhen with Shui Bing'er.
After activating the 100,000-year blue silver emperor right leg bone's Spirit Bone Skill: "Wildfire cannot burn it out, the spring breeze blows it back to life!"
Tang Chuan immediately guided the massive life force within his body, converted from spirit power, and injected it into Shui Wuhen's body, curbing the injuries on his body.
"Dean Shui, I'm sorry, I arrived a step too late."
Tang Chuan's voice was steady, his expression indifferent, as he looked up at the shocked and furious Titan Snow Demon.
"You are... Tang Chuan?!"
At this moment, Shui Wuhen endured the severe pain and dizziness, looked at Tang Chuan, recognized him instantly, and a monstrous wave surged in his heart.
Although this Tang Chuan had a record of killing a Titled Douluo back then.
But that seemed to be a Self-created Spirit Skill through some kind of long-range attack; yet now, he didn't expect that Tang Chuan could easily block a full-strength blow from this 80,000-year Titan Snow Demon with just one defensive Spirit Ability.
This was a Vicious Beast that he couldn't contend with even after exhausting all his strength, using all his trump cards, and even resorting to his Martial Soul True Body!
Just what level has this Tang Chuan's strength reached now!
(End of Chapter)
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