On the other side, Azure Luan Douluo, who had narrowly escaped to the further edges thanks to his extreme speed, was now lying amidst the shattered ice. One of his proud Azure Luan wings was broken, and his body was twisted and mangled in several places, leaving him similarly unable to move.
"I really... underestimated her."
Bibi Dong walked over to Qian Daoliu's mangled remains, her voice cold and tinged with the frustration of not having achieved total success.
She hadn't expected the Snow Empress's character to be so unyielding that she would use such an extreme method, not only heavily wounding them but also preserving the final sparks of hope for the Extreme North Land.
"Cough... cough... something's not right..."
On Qian Daoliu's remaining head, those crimson eyes struggled to open, and his voice was as raspy as a broken bellows.
"We are still alive... the Snow Empress... is not completely dead... she only self-detonated her Physical Body... her spiritual Origin... must still be there... we cannot... let her go..."
As a Limit Douluo who had once touched the threshold of the Divine Rank, Qian Daoliu's perception of energy was extremely acute.
He clearly sensed that although the power of the Snow Empress's final self-detonation was terrifying, it seemed to be missing something.
If the Snow Empress had self-detonated with the determination to perish together and suffer Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, then with the power of the Extreme North's heaven and earth she had gathered at the last moment, there would have been no way for their core targets to survive.
Now, although they were heavily injured, their consciousness remained, which meant the Snow Empress was not yet dead—this was a strategy of shedding the golden cicada's shell.
Upon hearing this, a cold light burst from Bibi Dong's eyes as she immediately understood Qian Daoliu's meaning.
The Snow Empress had sacrificed her Physical Body and most of her power to create this destructive explosion, but her most fundamental spiritual Origin and Soul core likely hadn't dissipated; instead, they had fled along with the Ice Empress and the others.
As long as her Origin was not destroyed, given the Snow Empress's level, it might not be impossible for her to reconstruct her Physical Body and make a comeback in the future.
"Did you hear that?!"
Bibi Dong snapped her head around, looking at Light Feather Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and the others who were now gathering. They had relatively lighter injuries due to their distance, and her voice carried a chilling killing intent.
"Hurry and pursue them! If she is alive, I want to see her person; if she is dead, I want to see her Soul. We must not let the Snow Empress escape."
"Yes, Hall Master!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei looked at each other, both seeing the gravity in the other's eyes.
They didn't dare to be negligent. Along with several other Titled Douluo who had lighter injuries, they transformed into several beams of light of various colors and rapidly gave chase into the depths of the vast wind and snow of the Extreme North Land, following the faint energy traces left by the Ice Empress and the others during their flight.
At the edge of the abyss, only Bibi Dong remained, along with a group of core combatants from the Hall of Rebirth who were heavily injured and on the verge of death, in desperate need of a massive amount of vitality to recover.
The wind and snow continued to howl, yet it seemed to carry an endless sense of pathos and desolation.
The Extreme North Land had already changed hands, but the beacon fire ignited by the Snow Empress with her life and resolution was far from being extinguished.
The Snow Empress's earth-shaking self-detonation produced energy fluctuations like a giant stone thrown into a calm lake. The ripples spread wildly in all directions from the core of the Extreme North, and its impact went far beyond the battlefield that had already turned into an abyss.
Dragon City, the closest human stronghold to the Extreme North Land, was the first to feel this destructive tremor.
On the city walls, the soldiers on duty felt a continuous and deep vibration from the ground beneath their feet, as if an ancient giant beast was turning over underground.
A faint, heart-palpitating chill and sense of pressure permeated the air, causing many Soul Masters with low Soul Power to turn pale and experience difficulty breathing.
Earth Dragon Gate Sect Leader Nan Shuishui stood up abruptly from her seat and walked quickly to the window. Gazing toward the Extreme North at the energy afterglow that could be faintly sensed even from such a great distance, her beautiful eyes were filled with undisguised worry.
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