With a single palm strike, snow drifted across the heavens and earth, as if bringing the severe cold of winter to the outskirts of Mingdu City.
Everyone around changed color at once, and Huo Yuhao's words also drifted into their ears at this moment.
The instant the Snow Empress appeared, some had already guessed her identity, and now they were even more certain of their thoughts.
Some people had already stood up, seemingly afraid that the Snow Empress, a seven-hundred-thousand-year soul beast, would suddenly attack everyone. But after a few breaths, they slightly relaxed.
After the palm strike, the Snow Empress floated upward gracefully, lightly tapping the air with her toes, and stood beside Lin Xiao.
Opposite Lin Xiao, Du Busi looked at the layer of ice crystals that had formed on his body, slightly raised his head, and the ice shards on his neck immediately fell with a rustling sound.
He did not know exactly when the Snow Empress had appeared. Looking at Lin Xiao before him, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
"Your ninth soul ring… is the Snow Empress?"
"You could say that." Lin Xiao paused slightly.
Du Busi opened his mouth, understanding that the Snow Empress before him was likely related to Lin Xiao's soul skill. Upon learning this, he was momentarily at a loss for words as well.
Originally, when he had been defeated outside Tian Dou City, he had felt that he had lost to the Sun Moon Empire's soul tools. But now it seemed that even relying solely on soul master power, Lin Xiao was no weaker than him.
With a slight shake of his soul power, he shook off the snow residue on his body. Du Busi cupped his fists toward Lin Xiao, "Today I admit defeat wholeheartedly. If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely come again to seek guidance."
"The Body Douluo has also benefited me greatly." Lin Xiao returned the gesture. He was not being polite; during the fight with Du Busi, he had indeed gained many insights.
"How about it? Do you need me to strike once more?"
Beside Lin Xiao, the Snow Empress slightly turned her head to look at him. She did not speak aloud, but her voice already rang in his heart.
"No need, thank you."
Lin Xiao smiled gently.
His ninth soul skill, Past Life, could summon souls back to the world and recreate their power from when they were alive. But this was, after all, Lin Xiao's soul skill; the strength of the summoned soul would be limited by his own power.
In the past, even if he could summon the Snow Empress, she could not fully exert the power she had in life.
But when Lin Xiao's soul power rank entered level ninety-eight, the Snow Empress's seven-hundred-thousand-year cultivation was fully displayed at this moment.
The moment the Snow Empress struck with her palm, it felt as if Lin Xiao himself was controlling that power. In that instant, he seemed to detach from the entire world, observing the trajectory of every force running from outside the world.
Observing a thousand times is not as good as experiencing it oneself once. That palm strike just now had already let him understand what it felt like to truly hold the power of heaven and earth in his palm.
"Thank you. What I need now is no longer understanding and mastering this power, but how to apply this power to my own breakthrough."
The Snow Empress nodded gently. Her figure flashed and slowly dissipated before everyone's eyes.
However, the gazes of the people watching from the ground did not withdraw for a long time.
This trip to the Sun Moon Empire's invitation had shown them far more than they had originally expected. Not only Lin Xiao, but also Kong Deming, this tenth-level soul mentor.
And now, Lin Xiao had further told everyone that he possessed the ability to control soul master power.
First forcing back Di Tian, and now being able to control the Snow Empress, what Lin Xiao had displayed undoubtedly made everyone's hearts even heavier.
Seeing the Snow Empress disappear, Lin Xiao's voice rang out once more from the Plane of the Dead, "Do you still remember what I told you back then about the Extreme North? Do you want to know where the Ice Empress went?"
As soon as the words fell, the Snow Empress's expression changed slightly. In her soul state, she quietly appeared beside Lin Xiao, turned her head to look at him, and then swept her gaze over the surrounding crowd.
"Where is she?"
Although Lin Xiao had said back then that there would still be a chance to see the Ice Empress in the future, after that, Lin Xiao had rarely mentioned the Ice Empress again.
Now that he brought it up again, how could her heart not stir?
"You just appeared. It probably won't be long before she comes looking for you soon."
Upon hearing this, the Snow Empress looked around again, but she still could not sense the Ice Empress's presence. "She is also here?"
"Trust me. After so many years, there's no need to be impatient."
Only then did the Snow Empress calm down a bit. She sighed softly, "Even if I'm anxious, what's the use? Now I'm already in this state…"
Perhaps because the topic of the Ice Empress was brought up, the Snow Empress's face rarely showed any obvious changes.
Lin Xiao withdrew his gaze and took a step forward, "As everyone has seen, the Peak Battle is originally a place for all of you to spar and exchange insights. Just now, the Gluttonous and Body Douluo and I, two Title Douluo, each gained something."
"Next, please feel free to come forward and verify what you have gained from your cultivation."
Lin Xiao knew that with his cultivation, if he remained here, probably not many people would dare to challenge him. It would be better to leave the stage to others.
As soon as his words fell, he stepped through the air and returned to the ground, sitting in the position of the Netherworld Sect.
He looked left and right. Seeing that no one was stepping up, Lin Xiao suddenly turned his head and glanced to the side.
Wu Yu, beside him, instantly understood and stood up.
"Netherworld Sect's Wu Yu. I just broke through to the ninth ring not long ago. I ask all seniors for your guidance."
Wu Yu's appearance was not bad. Over the years since entering the Netherworld Sect, his aura had become much gentler. Seeing that the one stepping up was only a soul master who had just broken through to the ninth ring, far from the pressure Lin Xiao had brought, everyone immediately became somewhat excited to watch the show.
"I'll take you on!"
A voice came from an unknown sect's area. At the same time, a Title Douluo rose into the air along with the voice.
Lin Xiao looked up for a moment before no longer paying attention. Instead, he turned his head toward the direction of Shrek Academy, where someone had already been staring at him for a long time.
The instant the Snow Empress appeared, Xuan Zi felt that familiar icy chill and suddenly understood why Lin Xiao had said they had fought before.
Back then, outside Mingdu, during the soul mentor competition held by several underground forces, when Xuan Zi had charged into the arena, the person who had stopped him for a moment had ultimately used exactly this kind of power.
Now that the Snow Empress had appeared, how could he not realize that the person back then had been Lin Xiao?
Many years had passed. The "evil soul master" in his eyes back then had transformed into the National Teacher of the Sun Moon Empire today. Xuan Zi's thoughts surged.
Logically speaking, since the other party was an evil soul master, he should have been even more wary. But during their fight just now, he had not sensed the aura of those evil soul masters from the past on Lin Xiao.
Moreover, there was the Soul Alliance that contacted all the sects, and this Peak Battle… In the past, when he could casually defeat evil soul masters, Xuan Zi had never considered whether there might be innocent people among those he had struck down.
Now, knowing he was not Lin Xiao's opponent, it instead made him start to think: were some "evil soul masters" not exactly what they had imagined?
Before Xuan Zi could figure it out, beside him, Huo Yuhao, who had seen the change in Lin Xiao's gaze, could no longer hold back and stood up.
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