The Ice Empress turned around, preparing to leave this place and find a spot to bury her bones.
However—
"Stop."
A calm, even somewhat cold voice sounded behind her.
"Do you think you can just leave after hurting someone for no reason?"
The Ice Empress's departing steps came to a sudden halt, her petite body seemingly stiffening for a moment.
She slowly turned her head in disbelief, her emerald vertical pupils staring intently at the white-haired youth who had spoken—Caelus.
She almost wondered if she was hallucinating due to the severity of her injuries.
A... mere Spirit Ancestor-level human boy?
After witnessing her instantly and severely wounding a Spirit Douluo, not only was he not scared out of his wits, but he actually dared to call out to her in such an accusatory tone?
Not just the Ice Empress, even Zhang Lexuan, who was being carefully held in Caelus's arms, was completely stunned.
Ignoring the tearing pain in her chest, she looked at Caelus anxiously, her eyes filled with disbelief and panic.
'Caelus, are you crazy?! Quick!'
She wanted to speak to stop him, but because of her injuries, she couldn't even manage a complete sentence, only letting out rapid gasps.
The surprise in the Ice Empress's eyes was quickly replaced by an offended indignation.
Already on the verge of death and emotionally unstable, Caelus's provocation was undoubtedly igniting her final burst of violence.
"Stupid human."
Her voice was like ten-thousand-year-old ice.
"If you want to seek death, I will fulfill your wish."
Without even an extra movement, just with a thought, an incredibly sharp ice spike radiating a chilling aura instantly condensed in front of Caelus. With a whistle that tore through the air, it pierced straight toward the center of his forehead.
This strike was enough to easily kill any Soul Master below the level of a Spirit Saint.
However, facing this fatal blow, Caelus's eyes showed no panic; instead, they were exceptionally clear.
At the moment the ice spike had not yet fully condensed, his talent for predicting the future had already allowed him to "see" the trajectory and landing point of the attack.
Almost at the same time the ice spike shot out, the deep purple second spirit ring beneath his feet flickered slightly—
Second Spirit Skill: The Other Self.
His figure, along with Zhang Lexuan in his arms, instantly became blurred and illusory, as if separated by a layer of flowing water.
The ice spike passed through their bodies without any resistance, as if passing through a phantom. It caused no damage and shot directly into the ice wall behind them, exploding into a cloud of ice powder.
They didn't dodge by moving at high speed; rather, they had briefly entered a state of temporal phase blurring, becoming immune to the attack.
Although taking someone into the temporal phase consumed more energy, Caelus had already achieved a Breakthrough to Spirit Ancestor, and his Soul Power reserves far exceeded what they were before.
"What?!"
The Ice Empress's pupils suddenly constricted.
She was extremely confident in her attacks. Even a casual strike was by no means something a Spirit Ancestor could dodge, let alone in such a way that completely "ignored" it.
In the lightning-fast moment when her mind was shaken by this inconceivable scene, Caelus moved.
He gently placed the heavily injured Zhang Lexuan in a relatively safe spot nearby, while the purple third spirit ring on his body suddenly lit up.
Third Spirit Skill: Empty Dream Shadow Flit.
His figure vanished into air without leaving any trace of movement. In the next instant, he appeared before the Ice Empress as if by Teleportation.
The distance between them was instantly closed to less than a meter.
Simultaneously, the deepest black fourth spirit ring beneath his feet erupted with a dark light.
Fourth Soul Skill: This Moment, That Moment.
The Ice Empress only felt an inexplicable stinging sensation on her face, as if she had been punched, neither too hard nor too soft.
The feeling was so real that she subconsciously covered her face.
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