The edges of the abyss were as smooth as a mirror, the result of the instantaneous action of extreme cold and ultimate power.
The originally undulating ice plains and towering ice mountains had all disappeared, replaced by a deathly silent, absolute wasteland emitting wisps of embers and spatial cracks.
Sound lost its meaning at this moment because the medium for transmitting sound had been destroyed.
Only the fluctuations of destruction, like the death god's funeral bell, silently tolled in the depths of every survivor's Soul.
An unknown amount of time passed—perhaps an instant, perhaps an eternity.
When the destructive white light gradually dimmed and the residual power of the shockwave was still churning the high-altitude clouds into a massive, ring-shaped storm cloud, a purple-black light laboriously propped up a shield beneath a shattered ice rock at the edge of the devastated battlefield.
Bibi Dong's figure staggered out from within.
Her appearance was incredibly wretched; her elegant purple gown was severely damaged, revealing the pale skin beneath it that was faintly marked with cracks. A trail of dark red blood hung from the corner of her mouth, and her originally graceful and noble temperament was replaced by a mixture of shock and fury.
The Rakshasa Demonic Scythe in her hand was dimly lit, clearly having taken a hit in the explosion just now.
"Cough, cough..."
She coughed violently, feeling the churning energy turbulence within her body. Her heart was filled with lingering fear and explosive rage.
"Well done, Snow Empress! Well done, Lord of the Extreme North!"
She knew very well that if not for the incredible hardness of her Nirvana Corpse body, she would have been heavily wounded, if not killed, by that blast.
After all, that was the desperate self-detonation of a quasi-Divine Rank existence.
Her cold gaze swept across the battlefield-turned-abyss, and her mental force rapidly spread out.
The figures of the Ice Empress, the Titan Snow Demon King, and the Ice Bear King had long since vanished without a trace.
Evidently, at the final moment of her self-detonation, the Snow Empress had precisely controlled the distribution of her destructive energy to leave a path of survival for her companions.
The Soul Beast and Nirvana Corpse armies that had been in fierce combat were also nowhere to be seen.
After feeling the sorrow of their monarch's fall and witnessing the world-destroying explosion, the Extreme North Spirit Beasts had already retreated in panic under the leadership of their remaining chiefs.
As for the low-level Nirvana Corpses of the Hall of Rebirth, they had suffered heavy losses in the explosion, and the survivors were so shaken that they didn't dare to pursue.
"A bunch of useless trash."
Bibi Dong cursed inwardly. Then, enduring her discomfort, she sensed the auras of Qian Daoliu and the others.
Soon, she found Qian Daoliu at the bottom of a massive ice pit nearby, which had been forcibly gouged out by the shockwave.
At this moment, Qian Daoliu's appearance was tragic to the extreme.
More than half of his body had vanished, leaving only a charred remnant connecting his head and part of his chest. His hideous Nirvana Corpse form was fully exposed, with white bones and shattered flesh intertwined, and his aura was weak to the absolute limit.
Yet he still maintained a posture with his arms spread wide. Under the protection of his tattered wings, although Gold Crocodile Douluo was also covered in wounds and his armor was shattered, his body was at least relatively intact, and he was struggling to stand up.
As for Lion Douluo, only a large head remained, which was being tightly shielded by Gold Crocodile Douluo. The eyes on the head were tightly closed, and his life aura was so weak it seemed it could be extinguished at any moment.
Had they not been Nirvana Corpses, they would have been long dead from such injuries.
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