Chapter 1940: Ice Heart Resolute
Nan Zhaoming said unhurriedly, "We come from the Abyss, about to become Abyss Knights serving the Abyss Emperor and the Divine Officials. Now, by order of the Abyss Emperor, we have come to take over this world in advance."
"Those who submit willingly shall live; those who dare to resist shall die!"
His voice gradually deepened: "Will you choose life, or will you choose death!"
With Mu Xuanyin's cultivation level, she could naturally sense the terrifying auras emanating from these six people. They all had injuries of varying degrees on their bodies, yet the dangerous aura they gave off was... second only to that of Jie Tian Mo Di when she had returned from the Crimson Crack back in the day.
The Abyss? Mu Xuanyin's icy brows furrowed tightly.
But Nan Zhaoguang raised a hand: "She should be the emperor of this divine domain, not among those to be 'indiscriminately slaughtered.' No need for pointless words. Just kill her directly, and dealing with this divine domain will be much easier."
"..." Nan Zhaoming didn't object. Their way of handling things was clearly quite different from Mo Beichen's.
"But before that," Nan Zhaoguang's face revealed a mocking expression, "I am quite interested in seeing just how much the strongest person standing at the pinnacle of this world can struggle."
"I'm afraid it won't give you much of a surprise," Nan Zhaoming said with a faint smile, then curled his lips. "Yin Feng, go and discipline this woman. In this world, she is at the emperor-level figure, hahahaha."
Nan Zhaoguang also burst into laughter.
Before the Abyss Emperor arrived, they were the absolute kings of this world. Why not find some amusement first?
"Yes."
After the wild laughter of Nan Zhaoming and Nan Zhaoguang, one of the four people behind them stepped forward, while the other three clearly looked disappointed.
The attendant knight named Yin Feng had been very respectful before Mo Beichen, and also very proper before Nan Zhaoming and Nan Zhaoguang. But when facing Mu Xuanyin, his facial features seemed to be pulled apart by some external force, becoming lewd and rampant. He slowly crooked a finger at Mu Xuanyin: "Tenth-rank Divine Lord... tsk tsk, I'll let you have five moves first, so as not to say I'm bullying a woman. Or, you can choose to kneel down with all four limbs on the ground. Maybe the two honored quasi-knights will take pity on you and take you in. Who knows?"
"Hahahaha." The three attendant knights behind him roared with laughter.
"..." Mu Xuanyin's palm silently condensed cold.
In this current world, who would dare to show disrespect to her!?
The six people ahead were all completely unfamiliar faces and auras. The two leaders had not released their power externally, yet the invisible pressure they exerted on her was already above that of Long Bai.
The Yin Feng in front of her had a profound force cultivation at the same Tenth-rank Divine Lord level as her, but his aura was extremely unfamiliar and strange, as if it were a power that had never existed in this world.
Without saying a word, a flash of icy light appeared in Mu Xuanyin's hand, and she attacked abruptly.
A point of ice-blue radiance stabbed straight at Yin Feng's eyes, then pierced through his eyes and straight into his heart and soul.
Yin Feng still wore a mocking expression, unhurriedly raising his hand and directly grasping at the incoming icy light with his five fingers.
Although they were both at the Tenth-rank Divine Lord level, as someone from the Abyss, he clearly held a deep arrogance towards the people of this world.
Ding!
The icy light flashed, and instantly an ice explosion filled the sky. The surrounding space instantly transformed into an endless frozen prison.
But Yin Feng didn't move at all; instead, a sneer curled at the corner of his mouth. His aura surged, and with a wave of his arm, the ice curtain in front was easily torn apart.
He half-opened his mouth, about to mock that the strongest person in this divine domain was only at this level. But before the first syllable could escape, his expression suddenly changed.
The ice prison had just formed, and another bone-piercingly cold ice profound force erupted before him, spreading a new expanse of sky-filling ice curtain, stacking into a double-layer ice prison.
His eyes slightly cold, Yin Feng let out a low shout, profound light swirling around his body, easily shattering the double-layer ice prison. But in the same instant, a third wave of ice divine power erupted at a speed completely beyond expectation, covering down with a third layer of ice prison.
Then the fourth, the fifth... the tenth... the thirtieth... the fiftieth!
During the war with the Western Region back in the day, Mu Xuanyin's resonance with the Ice Phoenix Soul had still not reached perfection.
But in these past few years, she and Yun Che had been in harmony like the phoenix and its mate. With Yun Che's assistance, her resonance with the Ice Phoenix Soul naturally increased day by day. Although her profound cultivation had not advanced, her mastery of the Ice Phoenix divine power was far superior to that of the past.
A single point of cold light, a ten-thousand-mile ice calamity!
Yin Feng started from an easy stroll, then became cautious, and then flustered. He had despised his enemy first and did not exert his full strength. By the time he wanted to use his full power, the continuous, seemingly endless Ice Phoenix divine power left him no chance.
The cold air pierced through his profound energy, invaded his body, entered his bones, and stabbed his soul... The surging power simply couldn't erupt before it was mostly sealed and frozen. In the end, his limbs were half-numb, and his body became stiff and icy cold.
Bang!!
The final ice explosion, followed by a more brilliant cold light that stabbed straight forward, like the only shining lone star in the endless dark night.
Chi!
The Snow Princess Sword pierced into Yin Feng's stiff and cold chest, went through his body, and came out from his back.
"Hahahahaha!" Facing Yin Feng being pierced through by a sword, Nan Zhaoming was not shocked or angry at all. Instead, he let out a burst of wild laughter. "Isn't this a surprise!"
"This woman..." Nan Zhaoguang wore a probing expression. "She is indeed a Divine Successor, and her 'composition' is quite high. She might be worth keeping."
"Indeed," Nan Zhaoming agreed.
Shock, anger, and extreme cold turned Yin Feng's face completely liver-colored. He stared fixedly at Mu Xuanyin, and the power that had been sealed and frozen by the cold for a long time finally managed to erupt with difficulty.
Boom!!
Layer after layer of ice curtains exploded, and the space itself also spread countless cracks like broken ice.
Even though his body and profound energy had been nearly half-sealed by the Ice Phoenix divine power, the power from Yin Feng was still terrifyingly strong. Mu Xuanyin's upper body leaned back, then she abruptly withdrew her sword, her immortal figure drifting far away with the receding ice storm.
Yin Feng flipped backward and rolled away. When he steadied himself, the cold air on his body was finally dispelled, and the previously frozen wound also spewed out a horrifying column of blood at that moment, taking a full three breaths to finally stop.
"..." Mu Xuanyin did not take the opportunity to attack. The jade fingers holding the Snow Princess Sword silently tightened.
Using a full eruption of the Ice Phoenix divine power, she had suppressed the opponent in a miserable state. But, the counterattack force that erupted with difficulty when she had suppressed him to that extent was actually so terrifying... far beyond her expectations.
This made her realize a terrifying fact. If the opponent had not been arrogant and proud from the start, then her chance of victory in a direct confrontation with him might be less than fifty percent!
In this current world, in terms of overall strength, she was second only to Yun Che in his Yan Emperor state. Even the Demon Empress and the Three Yan Ancestors were below her.
And in terms of pure cultivation, she was unquestionably the number one in the chaos.
But the opponent...
"Ugh... cough... cough cough cough cough!"
Blood foam sprayed from his mouth, followed by a series of more than a dozen violent coughs that almost burst his chest cavity. Only then did Yin Feng finally catch his breath.
Mu Xuanyin's strength was far beyond his expectations. But compared to shock, shame and anger were undoubtedly dozens of times stronger.
As a pioneer of the Abyss, he looked down on all the living beings of this world. But in his first battle in this world, he had ended up so disgraced and miserable.
When the Abyss descended in the future, if this matter spread, wouldn't he become a laughingstock for all time?
"Just now... it was just carelessness!" He struggled to straighten up. Whether it was because the cold had not receded or because of extreme humiliation, his voice and limbs trembled violently. "Come again! Watch me tear her apart!!"
"Withdraw," Nan Zhaoming said indifferently.
Yin Feng turned his head sharply and said in panic, "Ho... honored quasi-knight, your subordinate... your subordinate really just made a careless mistake. Give your subordinate another chance, and your subordinate will definitely..."
"No need to panic. No one will speak of this matter," Nan Zhaoming said as he walked forward slowly, shaking his wrist casually. "It's just that this woman's power is somewhat special, so I plan to keep her intact. That honored Divine Official might be very interested in her. If you were to act and accidentally damage her, that would be a pity."
Yin Feng let out a long sigh of relief and quickly lowered his head, saying, "Yes, thank you, honored quasi-knight."
"Who exactly are you people?" Mu Xuanyin pointed the Snow Princess Sword from afar, her every word carrying the heavenly might that froze the soul, yet it could not cause the slightest deterrence to the people before her. "And where is this 'Abyss' you speak of?"
Could it be... the Abyss of Nothingness!?
"Heh," Nan Zhaoming half-closed his eyes and said slowly, "The weak have no right to ask questions."
"Now kneel... obediently!"
He suddenly attacked, a terrifying wave of air covering Mu Xuanyin from across the vast void.
The power had not yet arrived; merely at the moment he raised his hand, Mu Xuanyin's chest tightened. Then, the terrifying profound force that abruptly struck felt as if the space of the entire world was pressing down upon her.
The strength of that Yin Feng was already astonishing and world-shaking.
But this man's strength was several times more terrifying than Yin Feng's!
Bracing against the terrifying pressure, Mu Xuanyin forced herself to take a step forward. But it was just one step, and she knew that she had absolutely no chance of being his opponent. She quickly switched from offense to defense, spreading countless slowly drifting ice crystals around her.
This was the Bingyi Star that she had created just last year to maximize defensive power. She had planned to teach it fully to the Ice Phoenix disciples to enhance the Ice Phoenix lineage's ability to protect itself.
She had never imagined that she, who could already be called invincible under heaven, would one day have to apply this ice star to herself with all her might.
The star domain was mercilessly breached. Nan Zhaoming's power descended upon Mu Xuanyin.
In an instant, the Bingyi Star around her shattered completely, and even the afterglow of the shards vanished in the blink of an eye.
Mu Xuanyin thrust out the Snow Princess Sword. With a piercing shriek, the Snow Princess Sword bent violently, barely avoiding breaking. Mu Xuanyin's face turned pale, and then she quickly used the force to flee far away, continuously flashing with the Moon-Breaking Shadow Flick technique, instantly opening up a distance of a hundred miles.
Kacha...
An abnormal light sound came from the sword body... Mu Xuanyin lowered her eyes and raised her wrist. On the Snow Princess Sword that had accompanied her for ten thousand years, three cracks were slowly spreading. They only stopped when her gaze touched them.
And a scarlet line of blood silently dripped from her palm, staining the sword body.
The jade-white hand, the jade-white sword... making that scarlet bloodstain appear especially tragic and dazzling.
"..." Nan Zhaoming's brows twitched. Yin Feng had ended up disgraced due to arrogance and carelessness, which he didn't think much of. But the woman before him had managed to escape his power, which completely exceeded his expectations.
"A quite exquisite movement technique. Even in the Abyss, I have never seen such a movement technique on a profound practitioner of this level," Nan Zhaoguang's gaze also heated up a few degrees. "It seems this world isn't entirely worthless."
"Hmph! So what?" Nan Zhaoming snorted coldly. Black light suddenly appeared in his eyes. He reached out with both hands, and two dark palm shadows suddenly appeared above Mu Xuanyin, rapidly expanding until they were several miles in size.
It was actually dark profound force!
Nan Zhaoming was clearly somewhat angered. The dark pressure now enveloping Mu Xuanyin was far heavier than before.
Dark profound force. Mu Xuanyin was all too familiar with it. The dark profound force before her was far less pure than Yun Che's, but the excessively high level of power brought her a hopeless, despairing pressure of utter darkness and no light.
A soft thought in her heart, her ice-blue long hair violently danced, each strand emitting a glaring, flawless icy light. Behind her, the almost substantial shadow of the Ice Phoenix let out a long cry that shook the entire Eastern Divine Region.
She knew that Yun Che would definitely hear it, and more importantly, understand the commanding soul sound it contained:
Yun Che, don't appear!