"Boom!"
Icy blue light and golden light fiercely collided, as if two stars had crashed, unleashing unparalleled energy. A massive energy storm, centered on the collision point, swept outwards, instantly engulfing an area of several kilometers. The terrifying shockwave violently struck the protective barrier raised over Shrek City, causing it to shake intensely, ripples spreading across its surface as if it could shatter at any moment.
Xian Lin'er and the others, seeing this, immediately ascended the city walls of Shrek City. They worked together, unleashing their soul power shields, attempting to use their strength to protect Shrek City from being destroyed by the terrifying aftermath of this battle.
Xuan Zi, seeing this, roared. His soul power surged, instantly transforming him into a colossal Taotie Divine Bull. This Divine Bull was enormous, its four limbs as thick as pillars. Every step it took in the void seemed to crack space itself. It charged directly at the Snow Empress, and white lightning furiously converged on its sharp horns.
"Scram!" A flicker of impatience crossed the Snow Empress's eyes, as if she disdained Xuan Zi's attack. She gently raised her jade hand, and the surrounding cold air instantly condensed in her palm. With a casual wave towards Xuan Zi, an icy blue Giant Ice Palm appeared out of thin air, slamming down fiercely onto Xuan Zi.
Space instantly shattered under this immense power. The icy blue Giant Ice Palm, like a moving iceberg, carried terrifying cold air and heavily struck the Taotie Divine Bull formed by Xuan Zi.
"Boom!"
White lightning and icy blue light fiercely collided, but before the Snow Empress's terrifying ultimate ice, the white lightning was quickly frozen. The colossal Taotie Divine Bull was instantly frozen into a crystal-clear iceberg, flying thousands of meters like a cannonball, and crashing heavily into a small mountain. With a loud crash, the small mountain was shattered, and large amounts of ice and debris splattered outwards. At the same time, the terrifying cold qi permeated, instantly transforming this small mountain and the surrounding area for several miles into a frigid hell of ice and snow, everything frozen in this endless cold.
Watching this scene from afar, Du Busi couldn't help but frown. Although he disdained Xuan Zi, he had to admit that Xuan Zi's strength was among the top existences on the entire Douluo Continent, with very few strong individuals capable of defeating him. Yet now, Xuan Zi was easily sent flying by a single palm from the Snow Empress and frozen by that terrifying ultimate ice. This made Du Busi feel a pang of sympathy. If it were him, his fate might not be much better than Xuan Zi's. After all, like Xuan Zi, he was only a Tier 98, and while there was a gap in their strength, it was not insurmountable.
"Xuan Zi, alas!" Mu En shook his head helplessly, watching this scene. He had been observing the Snow Empress and had already discerned that she had taken a crucial step forward. Although the Snow Empress was currently still a Tier 99 Titled Douluo, her strength had already half-stepped into the God Realm. Such terrifying power was definitely not something Xuan Zi could withstand.
Mu En knew that this battle between him and the Snow Empress had surpassed the scope of anyone else's intervention. With his return to peak condition thanks to the Golden Tree's power, a long-lost surge of heroic ambition welled up in Mu En's heart.
"I never thought someone could truly take that step. Let this old man witness the realm that all soul masters dream of!" Mu En was full of heroic spirit. He might never have the chance to step into that legendary realm in his life, but to engage in a life-and-death battle with a strong individual who had entered that realm at the very end of his life, he felt no regrets.
Golden light, like a blazing sun, illuminated the entire sky. Mu En's seventh soul ring shone with dazzling brilliance. Accompanied by an earth-shattering dragon's roar, a golden giant dragon soared into the sky. This golden giant dragon radiated brilliant golden light. Its scales, forged from gold, shimmered, and its sharp golden dragon horns seemed capable of piercing the firmament. It was a thousand meters long and magnificent.
It raised its head and roared, and the golden dragon's breath喷 from its mouth transformed into a dazzling beam of light, piercing through the air's resistance like an arrow, emitting deafening sonic booms. The Snow Empress's eyes narrowed slightly. If she hadn't obtained the Herrscher Core and hadn't overcome the 700,000-year heavenly tribulation, facing Mu En at this moment, she might indeed have fallen into a bitter struggle.
Humans were truly blessed. With a short lifespan of less than three hundred years, they could possess such immense power, not much worse than her own cultivation of hundreds of thousands of years. Moreover, they didn't have the tribulation of heavenly calamities during their cultivation, which made her feel how unfair this world was.
Icy blue soul power surged wildly around the Snow Empress's body. The moisture in the surrounding air instantly froze. Accompanied by a series of dense "crackling" sounds, a lifelike ice dragon condensed in front of her. This ice dragon also roared to the sky, and the cold qi in its mouth condensed into an icy blue pillar of light, like a massive ice sword, tearing through the void and shooting fiercely towards the golden giant dragon.
One icy blue and one golden, two colossal beams of light crossed thousands of meters, like two meteors moving towards each other, crashing together with a mighty roar. In an instant, the world changed color. Accompanied by a deafening sonic boom, countless pitch-black spatial cracks spread across the void like a spiderweb.
Terrifying energy fluctuations, centered on the collision point, swept outwards in all directions like a surging tide. Wherever they went, clouds were mercilessly torn apart, and the earth was shattered, as if the entire world trembled in this terrifying energy storm. The energy storm raged unrestrainedly. Although Shrek City's protective barrier was sturdy, it could only barely protect the confines of Shrek City. The areas outside the city were completely exposed to this terrifying energy storm.
Outside Shrek City, countless originally undulating small hills vanished into thin air in an instant. Dense forests were uprooted, trees were torn to shreds, and a sky full of shattered rocks and dust flew, creating a scene of utter devastation, as if the end of the world had arrived.
"Monarch of the World!" Mu En roared. On the massive golden dragon claw, a substantial and powerful spiritual will was entwined. This spiritual will endowed the dragon claw with even more terrifying power. The dragon claw tore through the void, creating streaks of dark cracks, and fiercely clawed at the Snow Empress.
The Snow Empress frowned slightly. Icy blue light rapidly enveloped her right hand like a tide. As the light flowed, it contained endless coldness. Then, she similarly unleashed a fierce palm strike, crying out softly, "Empress's Palm, Great Cold Without Snow!"
The small yet terrifyingly powerful palm slammed into the immensely colossal golden dragon claw. In an instant, the void seemed unable to withstand this immense impact, emitting a chilling shattering sound. Black and red lightning raged and darted through the void, furiously venting this terrifying energy. The shockwave surged directly towards the clouds, actually splitting the azure sky in two, a truly shocking sight.
The icy blue radiance and golden radiance, upon collision, erupted with an incomparably dazzling light, as if two blazing suns simultaneously burst forth, illuminating the entire world. The intense light stung everyone's eyes, as if the entire world had been swallowed by these two lights.
"Boom!" Accompanied by a deafening roar of air exploding, powerful energy fluctuations spread wildly outwards from the point of collision. The Snow Empress's figure swayed under this impact, drifting uncontrollably, putting distance between herself and the enormous golden dragon.
The Snow Empress frowned. In terms of physical strength, it was indeed not her forte. After all, she was an Ice Sky Snow Maiden, an elemental life form, a magic-user type. The golden dragon formed by Mu En, on the other hand, exuded powerful vital energy and was clearly incredibly robust, possessing an innate advantage in close combat.
"Human, you are very good. You are worthy of me using this state!" A rare hint of appreciation appeared in the Snow Empress's eyes as she looked at Mu En. Although she deeply disliked most humans, she truly admired true powerhouses. In her eyes, Mu En was undoubtedly a worthy opponent, so she decided to grant Mu En a relatively dignified death.
As soon as her words fell, without any obvious fluctuations in the ice element, the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped even further. This sudden coldness seemed to spread from the deepest parts of the world, catching people off guard. Soon, goose-feather snow began to fall from the sky again. Snowflakes fluttered down, like countless white butterflies dancing in the air. Yet beneath this beautiful snowy scenery, endless cold lurked.
And the Snow Empress, her figure gently enveloped by icy blue light, gradually underwent an astonishing transformation. The light continuously flowed around her, as if reshaping her body. At the same time, her aura soared wildly like a volcanic eruption, and the powerful pressure made everyone present feel breathless, as if an invisible mountain pressed down on their hearts.
"Gulp!" Du Busi subconsciously swallowed, a dry sound escaping his throat. He had originally thought that the Snow Empress, who had just fought Mu En, had already displayed her strongest power. But to his surprise, she hadn't even used her full strength. At this moment, the terrifying aura emanating from the Snow Empress made him realize that this was the Snow Empress's true power, filling his heart with shock and awe.
"Come on, let this old man witness the power of a god!" Mu En, however, showed no fear. Instead, he laughed heartily. His eyes held an expression of facing death without regret. Even in the face of death, he would never retreat. Perhaps, if he chose to yield and hand over Huo Yuhao, he could escape death, and Shrek Academy could avoid this calamity. But in his heart, dignity and conviction were above all else. If he did that, he would no longer be Mu En, the Dragon God Douluo who shook the world!
"As you wish!" A clear, cold voice softly sounded. The icy blue radiance that had originally enveloped the Snow Empress now dreamily transformed into countless tiny light particles, slowly dissipating into the air.
When the light faded, the Snow Empress reappeared in everyone's sight. At this moment, the Snow Empress had undergone a drastic transformation. She wore an icy blue Ice and Snow Crown on her head. The gems embedded in the crown sparkled with cold light, as if condensing all the ice and snow power in the world. Her snowy white hair cascaded like a waterfall, but the tips of her hair gradually transformed into a dreamy ice mist, fluttering in the wind.
A pair of incredibly magnificent Ice Wings grew on her back. With a gentle flutter, threads of coldness permeated the air. Furthermore, she wore a set of icy blue armor. This armor had smooth lines, radiating a cold metallic sheen, as if forged from the hardest ice and snow in the world.
This was the Snow Empress's appearance after her Herrscher Transformation. This set of armor on her could be called Herrscher Armaments. If placed within the Douluo Continent's knowledge system, this would undoubtedly be the legendary Divine Garment—the Ice and Snow Divine Garment.
The Herrscher-transformed Snow Empress seemed to have become the ruler of the ice and snow world. Both her aura and her ice and snow power were completely different from before. This was the true power of the Demigod level. Earlier, she had not used the power of the Herrscher of Ice. Otherwise, Mu En would not have been able to fight her to that extent.