Shen Hanyu fell silent for a moment before still asking:
"Roughly how long can it restrain the Snow Empress?"
After a long pause, Tian Meng finally gave a relatively accurate figure:
"Bingbing and the Snow Empress are not on the same level. If she goes all out, it would last no more than five seconds at most."
"But after that, if the Snow Empress breaks free from the restraint, it's very likely that both of us brothers will be slapped to death by her in one palm…"
The corner of Shen Hanyu's mouth twitched. He somewhat regretted asking that question.
Shen Hanyu had a very accurate understanding of his current strength. At full power, he could fight a level 95 or 96 Super Douluo. Even though his soul ring configuration was heaven-defying, the gap in soul power within the Titled Douluo realm was not so easy to bridge.
Not to mention that the opponent was a soul beast.
If the target this time had been the Ice Empress, Shen Hanyu was confident he could silently take the Ice Empress's soul ring and soul bone without alerting any soul beasts.
But deep down, he still felt that the Snow Empress was more suitable to become his ninth soul ring.
The Snow Empress's ultimate ice-snow attribute was stronger than the ultimate ice attribute, and her cultivation was approaching 700,000 years. The soul ring or soul bone produced by her would very likely inherit the Snow Empress's three ultimate skills. For Shen Hanyu, the effects of these soul skills were clearly much greater than what the Ice Empress could provide.
Of course, he was determined to obtain both of them; it was only a matter of time.
After thinking for a bit, Shen Hanyu said:
"Then let's deal with the Ice Empress first. As long as we take down one of the Ice and Snow Emperors, taking the other won't be far off."
Tian Meng instantly became excited, and a gleam appeared in his small eyes.
Shen Liuyu stepped forward curiously and asked:
"Brother, what are you talking about?"
Shen Hanyu turned back and looked at the four of them seriously:
"Tian Meng and I are discussing how to take down the Ice and Snow Emperors."
The four were stunned at the same time, then looked at each other, somewhat at a loss.
Shen Hanyu comforted them:
"Don't worry. Tian Meng and I are confident we can take the Ice Empress without any mishaps. The only issue is how to convince or subdue the Snow Empress…"
The four did not intend to stop him. Their mindset had been gradually changing. Although some things were new to them, they also understood that at this point, the arrow was already on the string; there was almost no way back.
Unless they could persuade Shen Hanyu to retreat now, but was that possible? Almost none.
After a while, Shui Ningbing softly asked:
"Are you sure?"
Shen Hanyu nodded, his gaze firm.
"Rest assured, there won't be any mistakes. Moreover, if nothing unexpected happens, our gains this time won't be small…"
…
Shen Hanyu walked alone across the vast snow plains. The wind and snow around him were heavy, and almost no signs of life could be seen.
Yet the roars of beasts coming from afar constantly proved that there was no shortage of life here, and all of it extremely powerful.
Tian Meng did not return to the spiritual sea but quietly lay on Shen Hanyu's shoulder, his eyes filled with boundless excitement and anticipation, along with a trace of terrifying fanaticism.
"Hanyu, right here is fine."
Tian Meng said softly.
At the same time, Tian Meng's body rapidly expanded to its original size, the ten golden patterns on his body shining brightly.
His spiritual power spread outward exaggeratedly. With the cooperation of Shen Hanyu and Tian Meng, it could almost cover half of the Far North.
But there was no need for that, because this was already the territory of the Ice Jade Scorpions. As the leader, unless she went to the core circle to find the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress would not easily leave this area.
"Ice Empress! Your Brother Tian Meng is back! If you have the guts, hurry up and come out clean! Otherwise, I won't be polite to your subjects!"
Tian Meng's voice, amplified by spiritual power, spread out and turned into sound waves that swept through the area. For a moment, the surroundings became terrifyingly quiet.
Shen Hanyu stood leisurely in place, his mood extremely calm with no major changes.
Joking aside, even Huo Yuhao at that level of strength, with Tian Meng, could take down the Ice Empress. Not to mention him, he was many times stronger than Huo Yuhao from that period.
Sure enough, not long after, a voice filled with anger and joy came from deep within. The wind and snow were stirred up by the terrifying soul power in that voice. Many timid soul beasts were directly frightened into fainting, and even the powerful soul beasts showed fear in their eyes as they quickly fled the area.
Shen Hanyu was happy to see this; it saved him from having some blind soul beast interfere later and end up miserably dead.
Soon after the voice fell, a streak of emerald-green light flew toward them at high speed, then slowly landed nearby and transformed into a scorpion over one and a half meters long.
Seeing the Ice Empress for the first time, Shen Hanyu found it hard to find words to describe the beauty of this body.
It was a kind of beauty and allure that should never appear on a soul beast. The colors of ice and emerald green complemented each other, and almost every inch of the body was perfect to the extreme, like a magnificent treasure. Especially that emerald-green long tail, which was breathtakingly stunning, like an adornment on a divine maiden.
A trace of infatuation appeared in Tian Meng's eyes. Back then, in the Far North, he had woken from a long sleep and seen this body of extreme beauty. From then on, he had crazily fallen in love with the Ice Empress, who was supposed to be his natural enemy. That love had lasted for hundreds of thousands of years.
"Heh, Tian Meng, I didn't expect a coward and a waste like you to still be alive. You got lucky and slipped away back then. What, you can't survive anymore this time and came back voluntarily to become this empress's food?"
The Ice Empress spoke, her voice crisp and even, very pleasant, yet carrying full cold arrogance and pride.
Tian Meng's small eyes rolled, showing no sign of anger as he continued affectionately:
"Bingbing… no, Bing'er… I came back this time to tell you good news, and then take you to realize the dream of eternal life…"
The Ice Empress sneered and said:
"This empress didn't notice it just now, but you greedy-for-life, fear-of-death fellow have actually condensed a tenth golden pattern. I'm afraid you've long broken through to the million-year level. Good, eternal life… If you sacrifice yourself as food to this empress, this empress and Bing'er can live for hundreds of thousands more years. For that, this empress should thank you…"
Saying that, the Ice Empress stepped forward and directly pierced Tian Meng's body.
But unexpectedly, Tian Meng's body slowly vanished, replaced by Shen Hanyu with a smile at the corner of his mouth.
The Ice Empress was slightly stunned, then flew into a great rage.
"Human! Why is there a human here? Tian Meng, is this your doing?"
Tian Meng appeared on Shen Hanyu's shoulder and said with a smile:
"Bingbing, Hanyu is my choice and the greatest trump card I have to bring you to eternal life. Bing'er… we can finally be together forever…"
Hearing Tian Meng's yandere-like declaration, Shen Hanyu felt speechless inside, but on the surface, he remained calm and composed.
Vast and terrifying spiritual power rose, combined with a shed skin containing terrifying soul power fluctuations, firmly restraining the Ice Empress within it. Space fluctuated, and the Ice Empress couldn't even move; she had completely lost the ability to act…
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