Chapter 232

Chapter 232: Ice Dragon Reappears

No. Not only that.

This body’s spiritual power had reached Peak Divine Transformation.

But her soul realm faintly rose above Divine Transformation.

Li Shuang’s pupils tightened.

This was the pressure of the Integration Stage.

However, when the girl forced her Soul Realm up to the Integration Stage, a look of pain flashed across her face. Cracks began to spread over her flesh as if it might fall apart at any moment.

Li Shuang stayed calm. It seemed this Integration Stage soul strength would not last long. [She didn’t come here with her true body. She plans to force out her power and, even if she has to abandon this avatar, keep me here.]

Her gaze sharpened. [You want my Supreme Ice Spiritual Root? Then try it.] [Perfect. I haven’t tested my evolved root yet.]

The instant the girl burst out with power, Rou Shan also reacted. He did not hesitate and rushed at Li Shuang.

The girl’s face grew solemn. In the Soul Prison, only true bodies could enter in theory. To enter, one needed a soul. Puppet bodies without souls could not enter alone.

But she was different. Years ago, she obtained a part of a soul Secret Art. It could peel off a portion of one’s soul and slowly nurture it by special means. When it matured, find a suitable body and make a perfect avatar.

Raising this avatar had cost her many years and countless rare treasures. At first, she planned to raise it well, which was why she told Rou Shan to keep cultivating it.

Now she had changed her mind. What treasure could compare to a Supreme Ice Spiritual Root? Even if her own root was not an Ice Spiritual Root, if she could get a Supreme Ice Spiritual Root, what if she dug out her own root and started over?

That was the true Supreme path.

Her true body was a real Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivator. Others thought she was a peak expert. Only she knew her realm had not advanced for many years. That was why she practiced the avatar arts, hoping for a breakthrough.

Now a heaven sent chance stood before her. If she gained a Supreme Spiritual Root, why would she still cultivate avatars? Even if it cost years to rebuild, it would be worth it.

This avatar was still too weak. The most soul power it could bear was the strength of the Integration Stage. She had only the time of a single stick of incense. Within that time she had to kill this Li and seize her root. Otherwise, losing the avatar was small, but missing the Supreme Ice Spiritual Root would be a life long regret.

The girl stopped hiding her strength. The skin between her brows split, and a strange demon mark appeared. She reached up, pierced the mark with a sharp nail, and slowly pulled out a black spear.

At the same time, Rou Shan locked down Li Shuang.

Though Rou Shan was a Divine Transformation Stage expert, Li Shuang was not afraid. A faint Azure Lotus showed behind her, and each swing of her sword gathered terrible cold.

Before, to defeat Ren Gu, she had needed every method and even the full power of the Hidden Dragon Stone. Now, even Rou Shan, far stronger than Ren Gu, was suppressed by this bone piercing chill.

Rou Shan trembled inside. He was on the Genius Ranking too. Though at the bottom, he had never even heard of this Li before she suddenly appeared. Yet here he was, beaten down by a nobody. After several exchanges, his hands shook around his twin axes. Layers of ice formed on his arms. Even moving grew stiff.

The girl called coldly: “Rou Shan, move.”

Rou Shan let out a breath. He had bought a little time. The Elder would act in person. He quickly stepped aside, watching Li Shuang with a touch of gloating. Supreme Ice Spiritual Root so what. Unmatched genius so what. She had exposed her talent at the wrong place. There was only one end, death.

Though the Elder’s true body was not here, she was not careless. First she borrowed the pressure of the Integration Stage. Then she raised her power to Peak Divine Transformation. Now she even borrowed the Phantom Stage of her life bound weapon, the Blackscale Spear. The Phantom Stage could not match the real spear, but it was more than enough to kill a Li.

Li Shuang looked up at the woman in the air, her face turning cold. She had not known why a Supreme Spiritual Root dared to be called Supreme. In the instant her root evolved, she understood. Now she would make this woman understand too.

The woman said coldly: “Blackscale Spear, break.”

As the spear thrust, a Black Flood Dragon seemed to leap to the sky.

Li Shuang closed her eyes. In her sea of consciousness, the Azure Lotus trembled. She seemed to step into another world, ancient and boundless, a world of endless frost.

At the world’s end stood the Azure Lotus she had seen during her breakthrough, and a giant holding a huge axe. There had been other auras there too, each overwhelmingly strong. She tried to see them but could not.

Li Shuang ran forward with all her strength. When she could go no farther, she reached out and grasped a ball of light.

The world of ice was vast without end. One who had a Supreme Spiritual Root could, at certain times, draw on the Supreme aura and reveal a Mortal Realm.

The moment she caught the light, surprise flashed in her eyes. The Blackscale Spear had already reached her.

Just as its tip was about to pierce her brow, the spear stopped and hung in the air. An immense and majestic power descended onto Li Shuang.

The girl’s gaze changed at once. She did not know what had happened to Li. She only knew this woman must die. Strange light flickered in her pupils as she stared at Li Shuang.

She used a Secret Soul Method: Soul Seizure. With her Integration Stage Soul Realm, Li should not be able to resist.

Yet the instant the Soul Seizure fell on Li Shuang, a crystal Ice Dragon rose behind her. In the next heartbeat, the dragon’s Phantom Stage sank into Li Shuang’s body. The Soul Seizure was blocked.

The woman sneered. She said softly: “You blocked it once. That doesn’t mean you can block it twice.”

She took out a pill and swallowed it without a second thought. Her already vast soul power grew a bit more. Then she pressed all her might down on Li Shuang.

In the Langya Secret Realm, inside a palace sealed for countless years, an Ice Dragon slowly opened her eyes. Tilting her head in puzzlement, she said: “Huh.”

She had once left a mark on a human, planning for her to come take a trial thirteen years later. Just now, that mark stirred. Her challenger seemed to be in danger. Somehow, the challenger had formed a strange link to her. It felt like she could reach across.

The Ice Dragon lifted a claw, curious, and tapped the air lightly.