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Upon reaching the level of Super Douluo, every new rank was like a whole new world.

Even without using her Martial Soul Avatar, Shui Lingguang’s strength was enough to look down on ordinary Super Douluo.

For Xue Di, lasting twenty minutes in her hands was a challenge.

Both sides moved to the center of the square, and Xue Di struck first.

One after another, ice spikes rose from the ground like sharp spears, directly targeting Shui Lingguang at the center.

The ice spikes burst from the earth, incredibly sharp, and—empowered by Ultimate Ice—far surpassed any steel blade.

But Shui Lingguang stayed calm. With a gentle tap of her right hand, all the ice spikes spreading around her instantly shattered into tiny ice fragments.

Whoosh!

With a flash, a streak of ice-blue light swept by, and at some point, Xue Di was now holding an ice sword.

The sword was extremely thin but radiated a bone-piercing chill.

Wherever the ice sword passed, countless tiny energy particles froze, and its sharp sword light seemed able to cut open space.

Though the sword looked ordinary, it was extremely dangerous.

Absolute: Empress Sword.

Xue Di opened with her signature move.

Facing Shui Lingguang, Xue Di didn't dare be careless.

In response to Xue Di's unstoppable strike, Shui Lingguang chose to dodge.

With a light movement, she evaded the edge of the Empress Sword.

Xue Di swept the sword horizontally, her sharp sword intent splitting the surrounding invisible aura.

Seizing the momentum, Xue Di’s attacks grew fiercer.

The ice-blue Empress Sword released unparalleled divine might in her hands.

As its creator, Xue Di’s mastery of Absolute Skills was unrivaled.

Even Su Yu couldn’t match her in this technique.

Only in Xue Di’s own hands could her Three Absolute Skills truly contend with the world’s greatest.

Despite Xue Di’s relentless attacks, Shui Lingguang still dealt with them calmly and effortlessly.

The sharp Empress Sword repeatedly brushed past Shui Lingguang but never managed to harm her.

Seeing this, Xue Di pressed forward instead of retreating. Her seventh soul ring suddenly lit up.

Seventh Soul Skill: Ice Snow Maiden True Body.

Xue Di knew she had to control the tempo of the battle as much as possible.

Otherwise, if Shui Lingguang seized the initiative, she’d have a hard time withstanding her thunderous attacks.

Activating her Martial Soul Avatar, Xue Di’s appearance didn’t change, but the ultimate chill and imperial aura around her intensified several times over.

Snowflakes swirled around Xue Di, an imperial crown atop her head, exuding a domineering air.

This was the aura of a true ruler, forged over years at the pinnacle.

Xue Di made her move, white-cold air spreading as she moved.

Layers of ice began to form on the ground, and the temperature plummeted instantly.

Shui Lingguang raised her delicate brows. Xue Di’s aura was now so imposing that even she dared not underestimate her.

Among the upper echelons of the Ice God Palace, Xue Di’s background was no secret. She was once the head of the three kings of the Extreme North, the true master of that land.

She ranked third among the Continent’s ten Great Beasts.

If Xue Di weren’t currently reincarnated and re-cultivated, even Shui Lingguang would have to fight desperately to win.

Ice-blue light overflowed, and a crisp cry rang out as an ice phoenix spread its wings behind Shui Lingguang.

Six black and three red—nine soul rings shone brightly. With the ice phoenix’s power, Shui Lingguang now appeared as a cold and noble goddess of ice.

Two equally beautiful ice-type figures began a duel of ice against ice.

Xue Di gripped her ice sword, unleashing a wave of ultimate, freezing sword intent.

Shui Lingguang’s ice phoenix flapped its wings, and icy feathers became sharp longswords.

Ultimate chill clashed—a battle of Ultimate Ice.

Watching the fierce battle between the two women, Su Yu stood with hands behind his back, eyes calm as he observed everything.

The fight had just begun. Xue Di was actively fighting for the initiative, attempting to strike first to protect herself.

To be fair, Xue Di’s thinking was correct. If you defend for too long, you’re bound to slip up. Rather than passively taking Shui Lingguang’s attacks, it was better to attack and look for openings.

But Shui Lingguang was no ordinary opponent; Xue Di’s plan was hard to execute.

At this moment, Xue Di, relying on her Martial Soul Avatar, could only hold her own against Shui Lingguang for a while.

If Shui Lingguang got serious, it was uncertain if things would stay this way.

Su Yu’s gaze was sharp and deep as he watched.

As expected, Su Yu’s prediction was correct.

Facing Xue Di’s fierce onslaught, Shui Lingguang accepted every move, never showing any sign of being suppressed.

Even though she was on the defensive, Shui Lingguang remained calm, while Xue Di’s momentum gradually began to falter.

First strong, then weaker, and finally exhausted—after repeated bursts, flaws would appear.

Shui Lingguang seized exactly such a moment, catching Xue Di’s subtle lapse and launching a strike.

Just a single move instantly reversed the entire situation.

Xue Di’s Empress Sword was blocked by an ice feather, and her ultimate snow was repelled by an equally fierce cold.

“Frost and Snow!”

Shui Lingguang chanted softly, sending out a circle of invisible ripples.

Xue Di couldn’t react in time; her legs were suddenly frozen solid.

Countless icy feathers rained from the sky, like an ice phoenix spreading its wings, a hail of frozen arrow-like feathers.

Xue Di’s beautiful eyes narrowed. Relying on her strong resistance to Ultimate Ice, she broke free from the bind.

Then, she raised her sword, and a massive ice mirror several meters thick formed before her.

Feathers struck the ice mirror, producing ear-piercing sounds.

Hiss!

As hot water poured on ice, Xue Di’s ice mirror was suddenly sliced through as if it were tofu.

Xue Di’s expression changed, looking at the feather in Shui Lingguang’s hand.

That thin feather gave her the illusion that even her soul could be cut in two.

This was Shui Lingguang’s fourth soul skill: Ice Phoenix Feather.

After evolving into the Ultimate Ice Phoenix, Shui Lingguang’s Ice Phoenix Feather gained a special ability:

Absolute sharpness—nothing could withstand it!

The slender feather cut through space itself.

Xue Di dared not be careless, swinging her Empress Sword.

Ice sword and feather clashed, two waves of ultimate chill bursting out.

A layer of ice-blue light covered Xue Di, while frost covered Shui Lingguang.

But a moment later, Shui Lingguang broke free from the frost, and with a wave of her right hand, a crystal-blue pillar of light shot at Xue Di.

Third Soul Skill: Pillar of Freezing.

This ultimate chill was no less threatening than the Ice Emperor’s Wrath—a powerfully dangerous force.

Xue Di’s sixth soul ring lit up, summoning swirling ice-blue snowflakes that froze the blue pillar midair.

At the same time, the snow maiden mark on Xue Di’s brow glowed, releasing a mysterious aura over the square.

In that instant, everyone standing in the square felt a heavy pressure, as if they were being suppressed.

Ice God Secret Technique: Dignity of the Ice God.

It could exert absolute suppression on all ice elements in its domain—even Ultimate Ice could be suppressed.

This was Xue Di’s trump card, her key to holding out against Shui Lingguang.

But Xue Di never expected that as soon as she activated the Ice God’s Dignity, an identical aura burst out from Shui Lingguang.

At once, Xue Di’s formidable Ultimate Ice was suppressed.

“What?”

Xue Di was visibly shaken—not just her, even Su Yu watching was startled.

Shui Lingguang was also using the Ice God’s Dignity.

This secret technique was also one of Shui Lingguang’s specialties.

Moreover, since Shui Lingguang had studied it far longer than Xue Di when the two used it at the same time, Xue Di was clearly at a disadvantage.

“Damn it!”

A trace of embarrassed anger flashed in Xue Di’s eyes. She hadn’t expected Shui Lingguang to know the same skill.

She was completely caught off guard.

Shui Lingguang smiled, her ice phoenix letting out a long cry as an ice-blue domain spread across the entire square like ripples on a pond.

It looked like water but was bone-chilling. In the field, it felt like sinking into the mud—utterly powerless.

The ultimate chill not only froze soul power but even spiritual power.

The ice-blue domain spread to Xue Di’s feet, affecting her instantly.

With her Ultimate Ice suppressed, she couldn’t break free from the domain.

Gritting her teeth, and to Shui Lingguang’s shock, Xue Di’s first two soul rings exploded.

This was Ring Detonation.

After breaking through to Titled Douluo, equipped with all 100,000-year soul beast bones, and having consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Reverse Life Ice Lotus, Xue Di’s body was strong enough to handle Ring Detonation.

Su Yu never kept good things from his people, and to help Xue Di pass the trial, he’d taught her Ring Detonation.

This was Xue Di’s ultimate hidden card.

Shui Lingguang’s combo had forced Xue Di into a dead end, so she had to use her trump card.

With the explosive power of Ring Detonation, Xue Di tore through the domain surrounding her.

At the same time, heavy snow fell, covering the entire square.

Snowflakes danced, shining brightly.

Absolute Skill: Empress Dance—the third of Xue Di’s ultimate skills.

If Shui Lingguang’s earlier move was a domain, now Xue Di was unleashing her own.

Blizzards shrouded the square.

Countless snowflakes, like razor-sharp blades, could slice flesh and bone.

With her domain boosting herself, Xue Di was briefly free from the Ice God’s Dignity.

Shui Lingguang, inside the domain, was full of curiosity.

This legendary ultimate domain—just how strong was it?

Rumor had it that at full power, Xue Di could turn a ten-thousand-meter area into her absolute domain.

But now, no one knew how much of her strength she could display.

Snowflakes whirled, temperatures plunged, and inside the domain, Xue Di’s figure vanished from Shui Lingguang’s sight.

Even spiritual power couldn’t sense her.

Xue Di seemed to merge with the domain itself. In this world of ice and snow, ultimate chill constantly invaded the body, freezing soul power.

Even a Super Douluo would be heavily suppressed in this domain.

But Shui Lingguang also wielded Ultimate Ice—most of the domain’s effects didn’t work on her.

Trying to wear Shui Lingguang down with the Empress Dance Domain was nearly impossible.

But Xue Di never intended that. She understood deeply that Shui Lingguang’s strength exceeded hers.

Her goal was never to defeat Shui Lingguang but to buy time.

As long as she held out for twenty minutes, she’d win.

She didn’t need to do much damage—only to keep her domain going.

Standing in the domain, Su Yu let snow settle on his shoulders, gazing steadily ahead.

His ice affinity surpassed even Xue Di and Shui Lingguang, and with the Ice Ancestral Symbol protecting him, no ice could suppress him.

Everything within the Empress Dance Domain was clear to him.

Xue Di’s plan was correct—do whatever it took to stall for time.

But unfortunately, not everyone would cooperate.

An ice phoenix soared skyward. Shui Lingguang, sword in hand, became one with her blade.

With a single strike, she shattered the vast domain.

Su Yu’s eyes narrowed, deeply furrowing his brow.

He knew that sword move all too well.

It was the third form of the Ice God Sword Technique: Cut Across the Sky.

A single sword could sweep away all obstacles, returning things to their original state.

This technique was the nemesis of domain skills.

Su Yu hadn’t expected Shui Lingguang to know the Ice God Sword Technique too—and to use it here.

She was holding nothing back.

With her domain broken, Xue Di’s flawless face turned grave. Shui Lingguang’s sword had completely shattered her hopes.

When Shui Lingguang wielded the Ice God Sword Technique, Xue Di’s mind went blank, as if it were exploding.

Even without the Ice Sky Divine Sword, the Ice God Sword Technique was still the creation of the Ice God.

Facing Shui Lingguang with this skill, Xue Di felt immense pressure.

She had seen Su Yu use the Ice God Sword Technique before—its power was unimaginable.

Things were about to get much harder.

Xue Di’s heart sank, preparing for the worst.

A look of resolve flashed in her eyes, her expression firm. Even if she had to suffer heavy injuries, she would make sure Su Yu reached the final round.

Su Yu’s willingness to let her fight meant he trusted her, and she would never betray that trust.

Her third soul ring detonated without hesitation, its explosive power fierce and violent.

Relying on the detonation, Xue Di struck—a brilliant sword light that seemed able to cut through everything.