Chapter 111: First Clash with the Snow Empress, Three Forces as One!
Just as the words fell, a stunningly beautiful woman in a pure white ice gauze dress appeared in the sky above Yun Yuan.
Her skin was as fair as snow, her features sacred and flawless. Her sky-blue eyes were as ethereal as an icy lake, and her long hair was pure white like snow, every strand shimmering with icy-blue light.
She was the leader of the three great rulers of the Extreme North and its true master—the Heavenly Snow Woman, the Snow Empress!
At this moment, the Snow Empress stared coldly at Yun Yuan, her gaze filled with bone-chilling killing intent.
Yun Yuan, a human soul master, had entered the Extreme North and hunted the Titan Snow Demon King. Most importantly, he had succeeded.
The dignified third ruler of the Extreme North had fallen at Yun Yuan's hands. Although she found the Titan Snow Demon King displeasing, its death was still a major loss to the Extreme North.
As the ruler of this land, seeing its foundation diminished naturally filled her with rage. Now she would avenge the Titan Snow Demon King and the Extreme North by killing this intruding soul master here and now!
Below, Yun Yuan looked at the stunning woman above him and felt her terrifying aura. He instantly realized that she was the ruler of the Extreme North, the Snow Empress.
Knowing this, Yun Yuan did not immediately flee. Instead, he wanted to test his strength.
Although he was definitely not her opponent, he had Wind Thunder Wings. With the power of the Wind Thunder Movement, he was confident he could escape.
"Snow Empress, it is inevitable for soul masters to hunt soul beasts. If I want to grow stronger, this is the only way."
"If you want to kill me, then make your move. Let's see whether you can."
As his words fell, Yun Yuan's battle intent steadily rose. His soul power surged around him, and the might of the Atlas True Body grew increasingly terrifying.
He wanted to use the Snow Empress to test the sharpness of his spear.
"Good, human. You have angered me again."
"Since you are so arrogant, let me see if you have the qualifications."
Above, the Snow Empress was so enraged that she laughed instead. Yun Yuan was the first soul master who dared to provoke her in the Extreme North.
In the next moment, she circulated her soul power. The power of the Extreme North gathered toward her, and a massive snow-white palm that covered the sky appeared above Yun Yuan.
Within the Extreme North, the Snow Empress could draw upon its power. Coupled with her cultivation of over six hundred thousand years, even a casual palm strike was terrifying to the extreme.
Sensing the power of the giant palm above him, Yun Yuan frowned slightly. He had already decided to leave after exchanging a few moves.
Within the Extreme North, the Snow Empress's strength was simply too overwhelming, already infinitely close to the level of a god.
Even the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King from the ocean might not be able to defeat her here.
"Pierce Technique! Yuan Character Technique!"
Yun Yuan let out a low shout. The heavy force of the Yuan Character Technique, combined with the ultimate destructive power of the Pierce Technique, makes the hundred-zhang Atlas True Body even sharper.
At the same time, the first six soul rings on Yun Yuan's body lit up one after another, radiating dazzling light as he activated all six soul skills, pushing his combat power to the limit.
Then, Yun Yuan raised his hand and gripped the Atlas Spear. With a momentum that seemed to split the heavens, he swung it fiercely toward the descending giant snow-white palm.
At the moment the spear and palm collided, a deafening explosion echoed across a hundred miles. A terrifying energy shockwave swept outward in all directions.
The solid ice on the ground shattered instantly, sending countless ice fragments flying. The extreme cold energy and the sharp force of the spear clashed and canceled each other wildly.
Yun Yuan felt a numbing shock in both arms. His grip ached faintly, and his soul power churned violently within him.
But in the end, he still blocked the attack. The power of the snow-white palm gradually dissipated.
"I'm still some distance from peak experts, but being able to clash head-on like this is not bad."
Feeling the strength of the Snow Empress's casual strike, Yun Yuan could not help but sigh. The Snow Empress in the Extreme North was truly monstrous.
Even though his strength now could rival a Limit Douluo, there were still vast differences among Limit Douluo.
After reaching that level, they could be divided into three tiers: quasi-demigod, demigod, and quasi-god.
The Snow Empress, within the Extreme North and drawing upon its power, stood at the peak of the quasi-god level.
As for Yun Yuan, after reaching Soul Saint level and gaining his martial soul true body, he was likely only at the quasi-demigod level. There was still a gap between them.
Above, the Snow Empress showed a hint of surprise in her icy-blue eyes when she saw Yun Yuan block her strike.
A mere Soul Saint whose combat power was already close to her level—how could a human be this monstrous?
Realizing Yun Yuan's heaven-defying potential, her killing intent intensified further. If she let this human leave, once he reached the Titled Douluo level and returned to the Extreme North, she might not be his opponent.
He had to be killed here.
With this thought, the Snow Empress circulated her soul power frantically, drawing even more power from the Extreme North. Palm after palm struck toward Yun Yuan, aiming to kill him on the spot.
"Swift Technique! Three Forces as One!"
Facing the increasingly powerful attacks, Yun Yuan did not fall behind. He unleashed all his self-created techniques, combining the Swift Technique, Yuan Character Technique, and Pierce Technique. For a short time, he managed to withstand the Snow Empress's assault.
The Snow Empress seemed to notice the peculiar strength of Yun Yuan's techniques, which appeared to grow stronger the longer the fight continued. Her brows furrowed slightly. Knowing this could not continue, she decided to end it with her strongest move.
"Snowy Dance of Ultimate Ice!"
With a soft shout, a domain with a diameter of ten thousand meters expanded. Snowflakes danced, turning the area into a forbidden zone where even sunlight could not penetrate.
But it did not stop there. In her hand, icy soul power gathered, forming a massive sword of ice above her. It radiated extreme cold; its target locked onto Yun Yuan.
"Empress' Sword, Unparalleled Chill!"
These two moves were both part of the Snow Empress's Three Absolutes. One was a domain skill, the other her strongest single-target attack.
Below, when Yun Yuan saw the Empress' Sword forming, he had already begun to retreat. All his soul power surged into the Wind Thunder Wings behind him, preparing to teleport out of the Extreme North.
There was no way he would take that attack head-on. Even if Di Tian were here, he would have to avoid its edge.
"Human, die!"
As the Snow Empress's voice fell, the peerless Empress' Sword, carrying extreme cold shot toward Yun Yuan.
Facing the incoming attack, Yun Yuan first swung his hundred-zhang Atlas True Body toward the Empress' Sword. Then his Wind Thunder Wings burst forth behind him, flashing with dazzling blue light.
At the instant the Atlas True Body collided with the Empress' Sword, there was no suspense. The Atlas True Body was shattered instantly.
Yet the Empress' Sword's power only weakened slightly before continuing toward Yun Yuan, intent on killing him on the spot.
End of Chapter
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