Chapter 44: The Desperate Ice Bear King Xiaobai Arrives"When I ascended to empress, they had long since vanished. I thought this species had become extinct, like the Behemoth, but I never expected there to be survivors beneath the abyss!" the Snow Empress said, her voice urgent and solemn. "Legend has it that Abyssal Ice Prison Tigers reside in the deep-sea ice abyss beneath the polar glaciers. The environment there is thousands of times harsher than the surface, perpetually dark, covered by a thousand-meter-thick layer of ice, almost completely isolated from the World. They excel at stealthily hunting in dark ice tunnels and abyssal rifts. If they don't actively reveal themselves, no one can detect their existence!""Their emergence from the ice this time must have been attracted by the pure, top-tier demonic beast aura, far exceeding your own level, that was emitted by your Golden Adamant Evil Warding Body cultivation! For them, this might be a provocation, or perhaps the scent of extremely tempting prey!""Youheng, the situation is extremely dire!" the Snow Empress's voice deepened. "Of these two Abyssal Ice Prison Tigers, the larger one has an aura as profound as an abyss and as formidable as a prison; it has definitely broken through the hundred-thousand-year mark! Although the smaller one is a cub, it also has at least ten to twenty thousand years of cultivation. Neither of them is someone you can confront head-on right now!""Haha, this luck is truly… a curse!" Dai Youheng smiled bitterly in his heart, but his actions showed no hesitation.Fighting was definitely out of the question; the only way to survive was—run!He instantly pushed his speed to the limit, spirit power wildly surging into his legs, like a wisp of green smoke flying close to the ground, desperately fleeing towards the complex ice valley region away from the ice lake!At the same time, he unhesitatingly activated the Evil Shadow Demonic Tiger Martial Soul's first Spirit Ability, "Demonic Tiger Body," and third Spirit Ability, "Dark Shadow Surge." Black light swirled around him, his speed, strength, and perception instantly receiving a massive boost, causing his escape speed to skyrocket once more!However, the hundred-thousand-year-level Abyssal Ice Prison Tiger behind him let out a low, disdainful roar.Its four eerie eyes simultaneously lit up with a faint glow, and a thick, inky black mist suddenly enveloped its body! The black mist spread with astonishing speed, catching up to Dai Youheng in the blink of an eye and completely engulfing the entire massive ice valley!As soon as he was enveloped by the black mist, Dai Youheng immediately felt his body sink, as if he had fallen into a quagmire. His speed and strength, which had surged due to the Spirit Ability's enhancement, receded like a tide. Even his vision and hearing were greatly suppressed; his surroundings became dim and blurry, and he completely lost his sense of direction!"Not good! This is the Abyssal Ice Prison Tiger's innate Domain Spirit Ability, Dark Zone!" the Snow Empress exclaimed in alarm. "Within this Domain, it can not only greatly weaken the opponent's various attributes and shield their senses, but most terrifyingly, it can forcibly dispel all auxiliary buff effects within its range! Your two enhancement Spirit Abilities have become ineffective!"Deprived of his Spirit Ability enhancements, Dai Youheng's speed plummeted instantly!In that fleeting moment, a 腥風撲鼻 stench assaulted him from behind. The twenty-thousand-year-level juvenile Abyssal Ice Prison Tiger, relying on its natural adaptation to dark environments, had already caught up!It let out a bloodthirsty roar, and its tiger claw, covered in icy scales and sharp armor, struck fiercely towards Dai Youheng's back with terrifying force that tore through the air!With nowhere to dodge, Dai Youheng could only grit his teeth and forcibly turn, crossing his arms to block in front of him, the Golden Adamant Evil Warding Body circulating to its maximum, a faint golden glow rapidly flickering on his body!"Boom—!!!"A muffled thud echoed. Although Dai Youheng's physique far surpassed others of his rank, in the face of an absolute disparity in strength, he was still no match! He felt as if he had been directly hit by a rapidly moving ice mountain; his arms were excruciatingly painful and felt like they would split apart, and he was violently sent flying like a kite with a broken string!His body uncontrollably smashed through one ice hill after another, finally crashing heavily onto a relatively thinner ice surface in the distance with a loud bang and a shower of ice shards!"Crack… Rumble!"The already battered ice surface simply could not withstand the impact and instantly collapsed completely!Dai Youheng's vision went black, and the icy lake water instantly swallowed him. Powerful water pressure and bone-chilling cold surged from all directions. Severely injured, he was almost unable to move, his body uncontrollably sinking towards the dark, cold abyss at the bottom of the lake.His consciousness began to blur, and despair, like the icy water, submerged him.Just at this critical moment, the Snow Empress suddenly sensed an extremely familiar aura.She was overjoyed."Youheng, hold on, our helper is here, nearby," the Snow Empress's anxious voice thundered in his rapidly fading consciousness!The next moment, the Snow Empress unhesitatingly temporarily took control of Dai Youheng's body, risking a massive drain on her own mental force to forcibly open a mental force shield to protect Dai Youheng.Then, just as Dai Youheng's body was about to sink into the murky lake water, she abruptly raised a hand out of the lake surface, and a pure and dazzling ice-blue light burst from her fingertip, like a flare, breaking through the lake surface and shooting towards the dim sky!At the same time, the two Abyssal Ice Prison Tigers had already reached the edge of the ice lake. Their cold pupils locked onto the sinking figure beneath the lake surface, and they unhesitatingly prepared to leap into the water. For them, who lived year-round beneath the ice abyss, underwater was their more familiar home ground!Just in this flash of lightning—"Roar—!!!"An earth-shattering bear's roar, full of power and fury, erupted from the side like a clap of thunder from a clear sky!Immediately after, an incomparably massive and terrifying bear paw, carrying immense crushing power and an extreme chill that froze the soul, swept horizontally like a mountain!"Bang!!!"Two heavy thuds sounded almost simultaneously.The two incomparably powerful Abyssal Ice Prison Tigers were both violently struck by this sudden palm, wailing as they flew backward like two giant sandbags, crashing heavily onto the distant glacier, sending ice shards scattering!Meanwhile, its other equally massive ice bear paw, with a gentleness and precision completely unsuited to its size, instantly broke through the cold lake water, plunged beneath the lake, and carefully lifted the sinking figure.The ice bear paw retracted, and in its palm was the soaking wet Dai Youheng.Because the Snow Empress had forcibly protected his soul with her immense mental force when she took over his body, Dai Youheng now only had some superficial wounds, no internal injuries, and his sea of consciousness was undisturbed.He slowly opened his heavy eyelids.His blurry vision gradually focused, and what greeted his eyes was a huge, furry, simple-looking white bear head filled with immense concern and anger, and a pair of huge eyes as pure as sapphires, yet full of worry.Ice Bear King Xiao Bai had finally appeared!Half a minute ago, Xiao Bai was leisurely treading on the ice in another ice lake area, its massive bear paw precisely striking to stun the plump cold fish beneath the ice, preparing to enjoy a delicious meal.Its huge body moved across the ice field with a clumsy cuteness, a stark contrast to its terrifying strength.However, just as it smashed the ice surface again, preparing to fish, an aura so familiar it was etched into its soul suddenly pierced its senses!It was the aura of its mother—the Ice Sky Snow Maiden (Xue Di) Snow Empress!Xiao Bai hadn't felt its mother's aura in a long time, but this aura was completely different from the usual vast, calm, and majestic feeling. It was urgent, weak, and even carried a sense of distress!"Mother?" Xiao Bai's massive body trembled abruptly, and its sapphire-like bear eyes were instantly filled with shock and rage!In this Extreme North Land, who dared to harm its mother? To harm the true King of this World of ice and snow!
