Chapter 171 Electrolux Takes Action and Suppresses the Snow Empress!
And at this moment...
With a crisp "click," the lid of the Conferred God Platform was completely lifted.
In that instant, the extreme chill that had been suppressed in that small space was like a long-planned blizzard, sweeping across the entire council hall in an almost frenzied manner.
The eerie blue light pulsed violently in the air. The soul-guiding barrier of the Conferred God Platform, which was strong enough to imprison divine consciousness, was instantly covered with fine cracks under the impact of Liu Yuan's pure soul power, and then collapsed with a bang.
The moment the barrier shattered, a ball of extremely pure, white, snowflake-shaped energy swirled up and slowly floated in mid-air.
At the core of that energy, a female phantom, crystal clear and sculpted like jade, slowly unfolded.
Although she had no physical body and was merely a pure soul energy state, her long silver-white hair moved without wind, and her ice-blue eyes were devoid of any human emotion, exuding only an extreme arrogance and majesty that had ruled the far north for hundreds of thousands of years.
This is the Lord of the Far North, the Snow Emperor.
With the appearance of the Snow Empress, the temperature inside the council hall plummeted to a terrifying level.
Even with six Title Douluos present and Poison Undying personally activating the domain seal, everyone still felt a shiver from the depths of their souls.
Poison Undying's previously steady breathing faltered slightly, and his emerald green double pupils were filled with deep shock.
He originally thought that even if a soul beast embryo with a damaged origin and no physical body was strong, it would still have its limits. But now, feeling the soul pressure that seemed to freeze the space itself, he realized that he had underestimated this ruler of the far north.
"Is this what it means to have nearly 700,000 years of cultivation?" Du Busi thought to himself. He had no choice but to increase the output of his soul power. The dark green light of his true form collided with the cold blue aura, producing a piercing explosion.
The other elders looked even more solemn. They could sense that this level of pressure had touched the edge of some kind of law. The Snow Emperor was indeed the Snow Emperor. Even in this predicament, her aura was still enough to make her stand out from the crowd.
However, Snow Empress clearly had no intention of sitting down to negotiate with these humans.
The moment she opened her icy blue eyes, they locked onto Liu Yuan, who was closest to her and had just personally broken through the Consecration Platform.
In her eyes, all human soul masters were greedy and despicable plunderers, especially the culprit who imprisoned her in that cold soul tool.
"Humans...must all die!"
Without any warning, the Snow Empress's illusory jade hand suddenly pressed forward.
In an instant, the water vapor in the hall condensed into countless ice needles radiating a chilling light. Each ice needle was imbued with the primal power of extreme ice, sealing off all of Liu Yuan's escape routes and launching a suicidal soul attack.
"Oh no! She's about to attack!"
Poison Undying's expression changed drastically. He suddenly lunged downwards and let out a loud shout.
He originally thought that under the suppression of so many Title Douluos, the weakened Snow Empress would choose to wait and see, but he did not expect that the other party would be so fierce, intending to take Liu Yuan down with her as soon as she came out.
"So it really can't be done? This level of being is simply impossible to control by subjugation!" Elder Zhang was filled with shock. He was prepared to instantly kill the Snow Emperor's consciousness, even if it meant losing a god-level embryo. He absolutely could not let Liu Yuan get hurt.
However, just as the countless ice needles were about to touch Liu Yuan's nose, Liu Yuan did not back down; his expression remained calm and composed.
"Old Master Yi, let's begin."
Liu Yuan issued an extremely calm call from within his sea of consciousness.
Buzz—!
An indescribable aura of holiness erupted unexpectedly from between Liu Yuan's eyebrows.
The council hall, which had been filled with killing intent and chilling atmosphere, was instantly enveloped by a warm, grand, and both deathly still and vibrant gray light. Within that gray light, an aged yet dignified figure appeared and disappeared behind Liu Yuan.
Electrolux made his move.
He merely raised one hand and gently pointed at the Snow Emperor in mid-air.
"Certainly."
With this calm remark, the flow of the entire space seemed to be forcibly severed by an invisible divine hand.
The ice needles, carrying an aura of destruction, froze eerily less than a centimeter from Liu Yuan. Not only the attack, but also the Snow Empress's wildly surging soul energy was forcibly suppressed back to its core area by this single finger strike.
In the void, countless soul chains radiating gray light appeared out of thin air. They carried no killing intent, yet they precisely pierced through the energy layer surrounding the Snow Emperor, completely sealing off the every move of this Lord of the Far North.
For the first time, genuine fear and shock were revealed in Xue Di's icy blue eyes.
She frantically urged her source, trying to break free from the chains, but whenever her energy touched the gray light, it melted away as quickly as snow meeting boiling oil.
She could sense that this method was not a soul skill from this world, but a divine sense law that completely surpassed her soul beast origin in terms of rank.
The entire room fell silent.
Poison Undying's movement abruptly stopped in mid-air. He remained in a forward-rushing posture, his eyes filled with incomprehensible astonishment.
He knew Electrolux was powerful, and even knew that Electrolux was Liu Yuan's biggest trump card, but he never dreamed that the mysterious soul residing in Liu Yuan's body would be so powerful.
With just a thought and a finger, he easily suppressed the Snow Empress, who had given six Title Douluos a hard time.
"How...how can he be so strong?" Elder Chen swallowed hard, his voice trembling uncontrollably.
However, what Elder Chen didn't know was that Electrolux was able to suppress the Snow Emperor so easily due to a variety of factors.
Firstly, because at this time, the Snow Emperor was in a period of extreme weakness after failing to reincarnate and rebuild her body. Not only had she lost the protection of her physical body, but her soul essence had also been repeatedly tormented by the Conferred God Platform. She had no peak strength at all and was outwardly strong but inwardly weak.
Secondly, and most importantly, during his time following Liu Yuan, Electrox in this life absorbed two extremely rare pieces of Life Gold.
The immense life force and divine essence contained within the Gold of Life allowed the soul of this Death Saint to recover to a degree far exceeding that of the original story.
And now that Snow Empress is in her soul form, which is her specialty, Electrolux can deal with her without breaking a sweat.
"Young lady, don't have such useless thoughts in front of this old man."
Electrolux's aged yet ethereal voice echoed through the hall, carrying a soothing, divine power: "If I wanted to kill you, you would have vanished by now."
Xue Di was chained and suspended in mid-air. Although she could not move her body, her eyes were still fixed on Liu Yuan and Ilex. She let out a low and unwilling cry and kept struggling, trying to find a chance to turn the tables.
Liu Yuan took a step forward, crossed the Poison Undying's defensive circle, and walked up to Xue Di.
He looked at the woman who still held her head high even though she was being suppressed, his eyes flashing with a purple-gold light, and his tone was calm and unquestionable.
"Snow Empress, don't rush into action, calm down first. Right now, you can't even fight your way out of this room, let alone kill me."
Liu Yuan paused, looked directly into Xue Di's hostile eyes, and spoke again:
"Let's have a proper talk first!"
(End of chapter)