Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

A crushing defeat without any suspense!

The dark-gold spear light transformed into an unstoppable wild dragon, shattering all of the giant extreme ice shields!

Puchi—!

The dull sound of flesh being pierced resounded through the sky.

Zhou Huai's figure paused behind the Empress. The twelve-foot-long abyssal blood dragon spear in his hand had pierced through the center of her chest and emerged from her back, dripping with black Origin blood!

On the tip of the spear, a fused heart—already mangled into shredded meat and emitting a mixed glow of ghostly blue and crimson—was rapidly turning to ash under the burning of the Nether Flames.

The storm ceased.

Zhou Huai maintained his posture, holding the spear with one hand while it impaled his enemy, as he looked at the Extreme Ice Empress close at hand.

Destructive energy raged through the Empress's internal organs along the spear shaft, completely obliterating the remnants of the Alligator Turtle's Divine Soul within her body.

The Empress's massive, mutated body stopped moving.

She struggled no longer.

In those crimson vertical pupils, the Alligator Turtle's bestiality faded away along with her ebbing life force.

The scales on her face began to peel off in large patches, revealing her human face once again.

That face no longer held its high-and-mighty arrogance; her eyes stared blankly ahead.

She lowered her head and glanced at the long spear piercing through her chest.

Drip...

A tear condensed from water elements slid from the corner of the Empress's eye.

As it fell into the Void Realm, it froze into a brilliant ice bead.

She lifted her eyelids, her gaze passing over Zhou Huai's shoulder to look at the boundless, hazy sky where that specific figure had never appeared.

Tears slid down her pale cheeks.

"I didn't expect..."

The Empress's red lips moved slightly, her voice weak:

"I pursued you for one lifetime... and another..."

"Finally, for your new world, I sacrificed all my dignity and Soul..."

She closed her eyes, water droplets welling from the corners.

"Yet I didn't even get to see you... even once..."

As her voice trailed off, those beautiful eyes completely lost their luster, turning into a dull gray.

"In your next life, keep your eyes open and don't follow the wrong master again."

Zhou Huai withdrew the abyssal blood dragon spear.

Shhh—!

As the long spear was pulled out, the Empress's body lost all support.

Just as her life force was severed, the violent purple lightning net in the sky confirmed the death of the anomaly and began to dissipate amidst the rolling clouds.

And the Empress's lifeless shell began its final mutation in mid-air.

The remaining most primal Frigid Power within her body, having lost its master's suppression, began to backlash.

Blue frost spread from her wound.

As her broken body fell, it instinctively curled up.

She crossed her hands, clutching her empty chest in an attempt to retain one last bit of warmth for herself.

Crack... crack...

Hard ice covered her hair, her cheeks, her long dress...

Until she was completely frozen.

Under the watch of millions of refugees in Tokyo City, this Extreme Ice Empress, who once commanded the wind and clouds in the old era, turned into a brilliant ice sculpture with her hands clutching her chest.

The ice sculpture reflected light under the dim sky, turning into a falling meteor.

Boom—!!!

A few seconds later.

The ice sculpture crashed heavily onto the ruins in the center of Tokyo City, which had been completely leveled by the aftershocks of the battle!

The impact directly smashed a crater dozens of meters deep into the center of the ruins, sending ice shards flying and dust billowing!

Zhou Huai slowly descended from high altitude.

He put away the abyssal blood dragon spear, his dragon-scale war boots stepping onto the ground covered in ruins and ice shards, making a dull echo.

Walking to the edge of the deep pit, he looked down at the /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ brilliant ice sculpture lying quietly at the bottom, no longer possessing any aura.

The System notification sounded in his mind.

【Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing the old era Dominator, Extreme Ice Empress, and the pseudo-divine rank exotic beast, Abyssal Profound Ice Alligator Turtle, across levels!】

【Ding! Obtained Karma value: 300 million!】

【Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining one SSS-Class Professional orb!】

Listening to the continuous crisp sounds, the face hidden under Zhou Huai's visor broke into a smile.

300 million Karma!

And a guaranteed SSS-Class Professional orb!

This was simply a wave of massive profit!

"I was feeling pained about spending fifty million Karma just now to forcefully upgrade Caesar and Arthur through empowerment."

Zhou Huai chuckled inwardly: "Now it seems the wool comes from the sheep; the ancients truly did not deceive me."

Adding this Clone orb that was about to be created, he would soon have four SSS-Class Professional Clones.

With this kind of foundation, looking at the current world, as long as that Mr. Duan who transcended the rules didn't take action, it was simply impossible for anyone to be his match!

"Buzz—"

Zhou Huai raised his hand, and the abyssal blood war armor covering his body turned into dark-gold liquid metal, flowing down and rapidly reorganizing in mid-air.

Roar!

Accompanied by a heaven-shaking dragon roar, the Abyssal Demon Dragon Xiao Hei reappeared in the air.

"Awoo—" Xiao Hei leaned in close to Zhou Huai, its large head affectionately rubbing against his shoulder while letting out low growls. Saliva dripped from its fanged mouth, burning smoking holes into the ground.

Zhou Huai naturally understood this foodie's thoughts.

"Alright, stop acting pitiful with me."

With its master's permission, Xiao Hei let out a wild roar.

It flapped its sky-blotting leathery wings and impatiently dived back into the collapsing ruins of the Ise Grand Shrine, pouncing toward that mountain of flesh.

As long as it completely devoured and digested that pseudo-divine rank corpse, Xiao Hei's strength would surely undergo an explosive increase.

"You beast, you really do have a good appetite."

A crisp voice came from behind the ruins not far away.

Tsubaki, wearing a long green dress, patted the dust off herself and walked out from the broken walls on her fair little legs.

She looked at the purple thunderclouds that had completely dissipated in the sky, then at the Extreme Ice Empress who had turned into an ice sculpture in the distance, and pursed her lips.

"You lunatic, you actually killed her." Tsubaki walked up to Zhou Huai and sized him up: "That was an old era Dominator fused with a pseudo-divine rank Alligator Turtle. Weren't you afraid the lightning punishment just now would strike you down too?"

Zhou Huai curled his lip and spoke indifferently: "The greater the risk, the greater the reward. If I didn't even have this much courage, how could I go and fight that guy named Duan for my mother's Origin?"

"But this space almost completely collapsed just now!" Tsubaki pointed at the surrounding devastation and the center of Tokyo City which had turned into an abyss. "Look at the aftermath; millions are displaced, and this city is effectively ruined. Even if you won, what's left is nothing but a mess!"