"Snow Empress, is that you?" The Ice Empress was full of doubt, her gaze sweeping over her surroundings, finally landing on a snow-white egg in front of her.
The Snow Empress in the Soul Spirit egg could only respond to the Ice Empress by shaking the egg.
"Ice Empress, hello, I am Zhu Ziyang." Zhu Ziyang entered the Spiritual Sea and appeared before the Ice Empress with Electrolux, a faint smile on his face, and said.
"You are human?" The Ice Empress's body trembled when she saw Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux, and then she said, "Is this your Spiritual Sea? Are you the owner of that giant hand just now? What did you do to the Snow Empress? Why did the Snow Empress turn into an egg?"
"Don't rush, let me explain slowly." Zhu Ziyang smiled, not bothered by the Ice Empress's questioning. The Ice Empress, with only her soul and life essence remaining, could not stir up any trouble in front of Electrolux.
Zhu Ziyang explained the whole story to the Ice Empress. After listening, the Ice Empress fell silent, but looking at the Soul Spirit egg that the Snow Empress had become, she had no choice but to believe. She murmured, "Snow Empress, is this your choice?"
In the Spiritual Sea, Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux calmly watched the Ice Empress, waiting for her choice. The Snow Empress was also anxious, but she could only communicate with Zhu Ziyang and could not speak to others.
"Zhu Ziyang, can I become your Soul Spirit?" After a long time, the Ice Empress finally made her decision, speaking in a clear voice.
"Well…" Zhu Ziyang stroked his chin, showing a hesitant expression. His expression tugged at the nerves of the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress. The two ultimate Arctic rulers had never imagined that one day they would be at the mercy of a human.
"Theoretically, you can become a Soul Spirit." As Zhu Ziyang hesitated, Electrolux spoke. He said, "Your soul is intact, and your life essence is mostly preserved, which meets the conditions for the birth of a Soul Spirit, but…"
Originally, upon hearing Electrolux's words, both the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress showed excited expressions. However, the turning point at the end of Electrolux's words made their hearts race again, and they looked at Electrolux nervously. The Ice Empress said, "But what? Do I need to do anything? I will do my best!"
Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux exchanged glances, a smile in their eyes. Electrolux said, "But, Ziyang doesn't have a spirit ring slot for you, so you can only share a spirit ring slot with the Snow Empress."
"This…" Hearing this, the Ice Empress's previously confident attitude wavered, because she couldn't be sure if sharing a spirit ring with the Snow Empress would have a negative impact on the Snow Empress, so she couldn't rashly agree.
But the Snow Empress couldn't care less. She shook the Soul Spirit egg, expressing her opinion. The three of them looked at the greatly shaking Soul Spirit egg and understood the Snow Empress's intention. A trace of guilt arose in Zhu Ziyang's heart, but it vanished in an instant.
"How about it, have you made up your mind?" Zhu Ziyang urged.
"Come on, let me become your spirit ring!" The Ice Empress had already understood the Snow Empress's intention. To be with the Snow Empress forever, she could give up everything, even becoming a human's pet!
After getting the Ice Empress's consent, Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux both smiled, a smile mixed with the joy of a successful plan. Zhu Ziyang did not hesitate and directly signed the Soul Spirit contract with the Ice Empress.
This time, Electrolux did not need to intervene, because the Soul Spirit contract had already been imprinted on the World rules. The birth of a Soul Spirit no longer required the troublesome steps from before. A Spirit Master with an empty spirit ring slot, a Spirit Beast that decided to become a spirit ring, and a Soul Spirit contract could form a Soul Spirit.
Watching the Ice Empress's soul merge into the ice core, watching the ice core release the Ice Empress's essence, watching the ice core gradually form a jade-green Soul Spirit egg, and watching the Ice Empress's essence gradually merge into his body, Zhu Ziyang entered a state of meditation with great satisfaction, beginning to absorb and refine this sudden great gift.
About three to two hours later, Zhu Ziyang woke up. Feeling his gains, a satisfied smile appeared on his face. Then he glanced at the two Soul Spirit eggs, one white and one green, in his Spiritual Sea, and his smile grew even wider.
"How is it?" Electrolux floated out from his glabella and asked.
"Hmm, very successful, Teacher!" Zhu Ziyang said with a smile, "Indeed, the Snow Empress, as the first Soul Spirit, is a special existence. The authority held by the Ice Empress Soul Spirit is completely inferior to that of the Snow Empress Soul Spirit, and those four Soul Spirit rings, we no longer have to worry about the Snow Empress's threat!"
"Very good, that's more like it!" Electrolux heard this, smiled with great satisfaction, and said, "The old scoundrel wants to get something for nothing. His calculations are very clever. To try and snatch the fruits of our labor, he truly underestimates me!"
It turned out that having the Ice Empress share a spirit ring with the Snow Empress was actually intentional on the part of Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux. Zhu Ziyang clearly had a vacant sixth spirit ring slot, but he did not leave it for the Ice Empress. The reason was simple. They wanted to use the Ice Empress to counterbalance the Snow Empress's control over the four scarlet-gold spirit rings.
The Snow Empress, as the first Soul Spirit in the World, was undoubtedly special. Her uniqueness lay in her possessing a certain degree of control over spirit rings and Spirit Abilities, and she retained nearly 80% of her strength. In fact, the Snow Empress's retained strength was a good thing for Zhu Ziyang, as it also counted as part of Zhu Ziyang's combat power. What truly bothered Zhu Ziyang was the Snow Empress's control over the four scarlet-gold spirit rings.
The purpose of having the Ice Empress share a spirit ring with the Snow Empress was to allow the Ice Empress to take half of the Snow Empress's control over the spirit rings. After all, as a Soul Spirit, having a certain degree of control over spirit rings is inevitable. However, as an outsider and a Soul Spirit, the Ice Empress could not take control of spirit rings from Zhu Ziyang, her master. So, if she wanted to remain in the spirit ring, she could only do so through the Snow Empress. Since sharing her spirit ring was agreed upon by the Snow Empress, it was only natural for the Ice Empress to take half of her spirit ring control.
Therefore, the control over the four Soul Spirit rings now presented a 7-2-1 distribution ratio: Zhu Ziyang held 70%, having absolute dominance, followed by the Snow Empress with 20%, and the Ice Empress with 10%.
Zhu Ziyang truly won big this time. He quietly resolved the hidden danger of the spirit rings, gained the Snow Empress's gratitude, acquired a beast-level helper for free, and also obtained a Soul Spirit and three Spirit Abilities. He truly won big.
Yes, after merging with the Ice Empress's essence, the second, third, and fourth spirit rings, which previously only had one Spirit Ability each, generated another Spirit Ability.
Second spirit ring, second Spirit Ability, Heavenly Frost Wolf Claw Tooth: Zhu Ziyang or the Ice Empress releases Ultimate Ice, instantly causing countless giant icebergs, shaped like wolf fangs and pincers, to erupt, easily freezing enemies, especially moving enemies. The maximum casting range is a circular area with a 600-meter radius!
Third spirit ring, second Spirit Ability, Heavenly Frost Emperor's Wrath: Zhu Ziyang or the Ice Empress condenses a giant energy wave containing Ultimate Ice, launching an indiscriminate attack on enemies along a designated path. The chilling air emitted by the energy wave causes a slowing effect on surrounding enemies.
Fourth spirit ring, second Spirit Ability, Heavenly Frost Ice Freezing Domain: This is similar to the Snow Empress's Snow Dance Sun Radiance, belonging to a Domain-type Spirit Ability, but its effect is not enhancement, but weakening. Within the Heavenly Frost Ice Freezing Domain, all enemies' ice resistance is reduced by 50%, and their speed is reduced by 50%. This Spirit Ability comes from the Ice Empress's ultimate skill, Domain of Freezing.
In addition, after obtaining the Ice Empress Soul Spirit, Zhu Ziyang also understood how deep the bond between the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress was. These two could actually perform Spirit Ability fusion.
The Snow Empress's Snow Dance Sun Radiance combined with the Ice Empress's Domain of Freezing, which is the Heavenly Frost Ice Freezing Domain, can fuse into a fusion Spirit Ability called Ice and Snow Freezing Domain. This Spirit Ability, which fused the ultimate skills of the two fierce beasts, the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, is incredibly powerful. According to Zhu Ziyang's current strength, a full-power activation should be able to instantly freeze a Spirit Douluo-level powerhouse.
Although this move consumes a lot, it is an excellent choice as a trump card.
The five red spirit rings fluttering behind Zhu Ziyang, and the four spirit rings of the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, each adorned with three golden patterns. These patterns represent the 100,000-year age limit of the spirit rings, two from the Snow Empress and one from the Ice Empress, which is quite consistent with the spirit ring control they possess!
Zhu Ziyang was in a very good mood, his gaze falling on Huo Yuhao in the distance. At this time, Huo Yuhao's condition had stabilized a lot, and a large Spirit cocoon had once again condensed behind him.
In Zhu Ziyang's Spiritual Sea, the two Soul Spirit eggs leaned against each other. The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress could now communicate freely.
Ice Empress: "Snow Empress, I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to have such a big impact on you!"
Snow Empress: "Bingbing, it's okay. Losing control of the spirit rings is actually a good thing for both of us! From my observation, Zhu Ziyang is not the kind of person who burns bridges."
Ice Empress: "You think highly of him?"
Snow Empress: "We are already tied to him now, so even if we don't think highly of him, what can we do? Moreover, his talent is truly powerful, many times stronger than the person Tianmeng, that big worm, chose, don't you think?"
Ice Empress: "That is true!"
Snow Empress: "What's more, there's that old fellow named Electrolux!"