Chapter 49

Shu Yan raised his eyes slightly; he did not feel surprised by anything Luo Qinghan had said.

These descendants of the Spirit Hall had long been holed up in a backward, impoverished, and treacherous region in the south of Star Luo, and everything their ancestors had suffered meant they no longer held any hope for the so-called people of the world.

Slowly, an order had evolved among them that was essentially no different from the laws of survival in the natural world: they only believed in the truth that the strong are kings. Regardless of gender or age, their leader was always the person of that generation with the greatest talent and strength, and resources were constantly tilted toward these chosen leaders. This was one of the changes they had made out of necessity.

If Shu Yan wanted them to submit or join him, he had to produce the talent and confidence to completely suppress them.

This so-called Southern Alliance still possessed powerhouses at the Titled Douluo level; Shu Yan was certain of this, but such a foundation was still not enough in front of Shu Yan and his party today.

One might ask, how many human powerhouses in the world today could block the Snow Empress by her side?

The answer was simple: very, very few.

And the Snow Empress and Shu Yan were now firmly standing on the same front. Although it was somewhat due to Shu Yan basking in the Snow Empress's light, then again, the fact that Shu Yan could at least bask in the Snow Empress's light meant he had already defeated ninety-nine percent of outsiders.

As for the question of talent... Shu Yan lowered his head and glanced at himself; it seemed there was no suspense there either.

"You want proof; that is not difficult. Perhaps before using other ways to prove the confidence I possess, we two sides can first lay our cards on the table. Miss Luo, what do you think?"

Shu Yan chuckled, his eyes very calm as he looked at Luo Qinghan. Those eyes, like a pool of stagnant water, carried no emotional fluctuations, which made even the always composed Luo Qinghan inevitably feel uncertain, not knowing for a moment what decision to make.

The expressions of Chen Ming and Wang Lin also shifted slightly. They had never seen Luo Qinghan fall into a disadvantage in a game of wits, but this time, an accident had truly occurred. The sense of vigilance in their hearts caused a layer of caution to appear in their gazes toward Shu Yan, as if they were prepared to act at any moment.

Luo Qinghan's gaze was deep and gloomy, but after a brief moment of silence, she spoke in a low voice:

"Luo Qinghan, martial soul Azure Phoenix, level 49 Assault and Control System Battle Soul Ancestor."

Chen Ming and Wang Lin were slightly stunned, but after coming to their senses, they followed without the slightest hesitation:

"Chen Ming, martial soul Blazing Lion, sixteen years old, level 44 Assault System Battle Soul Ancestor."

"Wang Lin, martial soul Black Tiger, sixteen years old, level 43 Assault System Battle Soul Ancestor."

Shu Yan looked at the two with slight surprise. He had not actively probed their cultivation before, only sensing it roughly, but now it seemed these two were also exceptionally talented geniuses.

Being able to break through to the Soul Ancestor realm at sixteen was an extremely difficult thing in itself. Anyone who could reach this realm was a top-tier genius in their respective sects or factions. Even with the support of the Star Luo royal family, the shortage of cultivation resources remained one of the biggest problems plaguing these Spirit Hall descendants.

After all, after ten thousand years of evolution, excluding those top-tier beast or tool martial soul lineages, other ordinary top-tier martial souls like the Black Tiger or Blazing Lion had grown to a considerable scale through these ten thousand years of recuperation, even showing signs of prosperity. Of course, Shu Yan's surprise only lasted for an instant. After coming to his senses, he looked at the three and said softly: "Shu Yan, thirteen years old, martial soul Ice Sky Snow Maiden, level 55 Assault System Battle Soul King."

Shu Yan's voice echoed in the hall, and he himself slowly stood up again. Five black soul rings slowly rose, and wisps of cold air spread from behind him to the surroundings. For a time, crystalline snowflakes actually began to drift in the hall. In this dreamlike ice and snow, a hazy figure somewhat similar to the Snow Empress appeared out of thin air, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

After this hazy figure appeared, the temperature, which had already fallen below freezing, plummeted by another large margin. Xu Jiujiu naturally had nothing to fear with the Snow Empress's secret protection, but the three opposite Luo Qinghan saw their complexions slowly turn pale. Facing such extreme low temperatures, honestly, they really couldn't hold on.

Luo Qinghan suddenly raised her eyes, the surging astonishment in them completely captured by Shu Yan. Chen Ming and Wang Lin behind her also showed astonishment, their gazes toward Shu Yan changing abruptly. The two looked at each other; they both clearly sensed the powerful pressure from the high-level beast martial soul on Shu Yan.

Among beast martial souls, it was not just that the same type of martial soul had high-level suppression over low-level ones. Facing a super martial soul that controlled extreme attributes like the Ice Sky Snow Maiden, even if the opponent's martial soul was not an ice attribute, as long as its level did not exceed the Ice Sky Snow Maiden itself, it would inevitably suffer special suppression from the high-level beast martial soul, though the suppression received would be slightly smaller compared to other ice-attribute martial souls.

Through previous judgments, Shu Yan could basically determine that the Azure Phoenix martial soul Luo Qinghan possessed was definitely not an ordinary Azure Phoenix.

According to normal accounts, the Azure Phoenix martial soul itself possessed an extremely powerful wind attribute, and through the records of the Empire's history, it could be known that the third elder of the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago, the Azure Phoenix Douluo, was also very adept at using sound waves as a special attack method on the basis of the wind attribute.

Sound waves focused their attacks on the mental level; they could be considered a relatively special mental-type soul skill, but they did not count as a mental attribute.

As for more powerful mental soul skills, they required more powerful carriers, such as a mental attribute, or perhaps a soul bone with a mental attribute. But according to Shu Yan's judgment, the former was more likely.

In the gap while the three were still stunned, Shu Yan had already retracted his martial soul and even his soul rings. The cold air slowly dissipated, and the temperature began to rise slowly.

When releasing his martial soul just now, Shu Yan had been intentionally controlling the surrounding temperature, not letting the extreme low temperature permeating the Ice Sky Snow Maiden's body explode completely. Otherwise, turning this hall into a world of ice and snow in an instant would have been a very easy matter.

"An extreme attribute super martial soul, a thirteen-year-old Soul King; I think this should be enough to conquer you and make you choose to follow, right?"

Having said this, Shu Yan shook his head with amusement and then said:

"Also, I must correct one of your statements. You were already unstable to begin with. Comforting words are fine to say, but if you can really deceive yourself, that is the most ridiculous thing."

Shu Yan's words caused the three to fall into silence. They were not stupid. Perhaps they were a bit unfamiliar with the name Ice Sky Snow Maiden at first, but after coming to their senses, a stormy sea had already quietly risen in their hearts.

This was astonishment that could not be described in words, and they knew even more clearly what an extreme attribute represented. It could be said that under the premise of having an extreme attribute that significantly reduced cultivation speed, being able to cultivate soul power to the Soul King realm at thirteen was almost no less difficult than letting an ordinary Soul Master break through to a Soul Douluo at twenty. Although it was not absolutely impossible, it was not far off.

While thinking, the three were filled with the same sense of confusion and helplessness. Shu Yan's words were right; if they believed their own comforting words, then the problem would be truly big...

(End of chapter)