112: Ice Soul Emperor surrendered, and another great general was recruited.

The Bone Emperor's head arced through the air, his deep purple Soulfire trailing a gruesome path, finally hitting the frozen wasteland with a "thud." It rolled a few times before the flames in its eye sockets gradually extinguished.

A Martial Emperor has fallen!

One of the three Martial Emperors of the Eastern Region, the Bone Emperor, who had ruled the Bones Wasteland for hundreds of years, was now decapitated and his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering!

The world fell into a dead silence.

Even the howling cold wind and the rampant energy Turbulence seemed to freeze at this moment.

Below, sixteen thousand elite warriors—whether from the Bone Legion or the Ice Soul Guards—all froze in place, their weapons clattering to the ground, their eyes filled with endless fear and bewilderment.

The Emperor... died?

Their supreme and almost invincible Emperor was... beheaded just like that?!

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... has fallen..."

A Bone General collapsed to the ground, his Soulfire flickering, his faith crumbling.

High in the sky.

The Ice Soul Emperor stared blankly at the rolling head, then looked up at the three figures in the sky, like demon gods. For the first time, a look of... fear appeared on her exquisite face.

True fear, originating from the depths of her Soul!

She and the Bone Emperor had been locked in overt and covert struggles for hundreds of years, so she knew his strength well.

The Bone Emperor's "Ten Thousand Bones Returning to the Ancestor, Emperor's Descent" Restriction technique was something even she had to temporarily avoid, and would require a significant price to resist.

Yet Lin Fan actually crushed the Restriction technique head-on and then beheaded the Bone Emperor!

Doesn't this mean... Lin Fan's strength has already surpassed that of an ordinary Early Stage Martial Emperor?!

Even more terrifying, he still had two Clones! One with strength synchronized with his main body, and one with seventy percent of his main body's combat power!

Three against one, how could she possibly fight?!

Escape!

She must escape!

The Ice Soul Emperor made her decision almost instantly.

What Martial Emperor dignity, what Eastern Region hegemony, none of it mattered in the face of life itself!

"Ice Phoenix Evasion Technique — Nine Heavens Ice Shadow!"

She formed a hand seal with her jade-like hands, and the nine Ice Phoenixes beneath her simultaneously let out a mournful cry, exploding into nine streams of ice-blue light that shot out in nine different directions!

Each stream of light emitted an aura identical to her main body, moving incredibly fast, disappearing from sight in an instant!

This was the Ice Soul Emperor's ultimate escape Divine Ability, sacrificing nine Ice Phoenixes cultivated for hundreds of years to create nine indistinguishable evasion shadows. Even a Middle Stage Martial Emperor would find it difficult to discern her true body for a while!

"Trying to run?"

Lin Fan's main body sneered, not even moving.

"Present Body, go."

"Yes."

Present Body Lin Fan responded, his figure vanishing instantly.

The next moment, a hundred miles away, in front of an ice-blue stream of light, space twisted, and a dark purple demon god appeared out of thin air, slashing down with a halberd!

Poof!

The ice-blue stream of light shattered, revealing nothing inside—it was fake.

At the same time, Past Self Lin Fan also moved, chasing after a stream of light in another direction.

But the Ice Soul Emperor's true body had long since blended into the nine streams of light, frantically fleeing towards the direction of the Ice Soul Emperor Domain!

"Good speed."

Lin Fan's main body raised an eyebrow, a silver stream of light flashing in his eyes—Space Affinity Talent activated!

In his perception, the spatial trajectories of the nine streams of light were clearly visible. One of them had a more solid trajectory and contained a faint life fluctuation!

"Found you."

Lin Fan's main body took a step, his figure merging into the Void Realm.

Teleportation!

...A thousand miles away.

The Ice Soul Emperor reappeared, her face pale, blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

Casting "Nine Heavens Ice Shadow" came at a huge cost; her aura had now plummeted to Peak Martial King, and her Origin was damaged.

But she dared not linger for a moment, gritting her teeth and continuing to flee.

As long as she escaped back to the Ice Soul Emperor Domain and activated the protective Domain formation, even if Lin Fan was strong, he wouldn't be able to break through it in a short time!

However!

"Where are you going, beauty?"

A frivolous voice, like a ghost, sounded in front of her.

The Ice Soul Emperor stiffened, sharply looking up.

In the Void Realm ahead, Lin Fan's main body stood with arms crossed, leisurely suspended there, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

"You... how could you..." The Ice Soul Emperor's voice trembled.

"Your evasion technique is good, but unfortunately, your use of space is too crude."

Lin Fan spread his hands: "In my eyes, you're no different from streaking."

The Ice Soul Emperor's face alternated between red and white, filled with shame and indignation, but even more so, despair.

There was no escaping.

She took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, her beautiful eyes fixed on Lin Fan:

"Lin Fan, do you really want to kill me off completely?"

"This Emperor admits you are very strong, but if you push me too far, and I burn my Imperial Dao Origin and self-detonate my Domain, you might not be able to escape unscathed!"

"At that time, even if you don't die, you'll be severely injured, and other forces in the Eastern Region will definitely seize the opportunity to counterattack!"

"How about... we make a deal."

The Ice Soul Emperor bit her silver teeth, suppressing the humiliation in her heart:

"This Emperor is willing to offer thirty percent of the Ice Soul Emperor Domain's resources in exchange for a truce, and promises not to be an enemy of Asura City within a hundred years!"

"Thirty percent of the resources?" Lin Fan chuckled, "If I kill you, the entire Ice Soul Emperor Domain will be mine. Why would I want thirty percent?"

The Ice Soul Emperor froze, her face growing even uglier: "Then what do you intend to do?!"

Lin Fan didn't answer, instead looking her up and down, his gaze sweeping over her exquisite face and graceful figure, stroking his chin in thought.

The Ice Soul Emperor felt uncomfortable under his gaze, and an ominous premonition surged in her heart.

This demon... does he mean to... Just then, Lin Fan suddenly spoke.

"Hmm, looking at your attire, the Ice Crystal Crown, the Nine Phoenix Chariot, you must be a meticulous person."

"Unlike that old skeleton, covered in bone spurs, with flames in his eye sockets, just looking at him is unappetizing."

He paused, then looked at the Ice Soul Emperor and said very seriously:

"So, I've decided to give you a chance."

The Ice Soul Emperor's heart pounded: "What chance?"

"Submit to me."

Lin Fan's tone was calm, yet carried an undeniable dominance:

"Offer your Soul blood, and I will plant my Restriction. From now on, the Ice Soul Emperor Domain will be incorporated into Asura City, and you will be my second battle general—hmm, ranked after the Blood Emperor."

The Ice Soul Emperor's pupils constricted.

Submit? Offer her Soul blood? Have a Restriction planted?

How was this any different from becoming a slave?!

"Impossible!" she shrieked, "This Emperor would rather die than..."

"Don't be so quick to refuse."

Lin Fan interrupted her, pointing into the distance:

"Do you know why I didn't subdue the Bone Emperor?"

The Ice Soul Emperor subconsciously asked: "Why?"

Lin Fan grinned, revealing his stark white teeth:

"Because he's too ugly."

"Having to look at that skeleton all day, I'm afraid it would affect my appetite."

"But you're different."

He swept his gaze over the Ice Soul Emperor's face again, nodding:

"Although you're a bit old, you've maintained yourself well. At least you're not repulsive to look at."

"Keeping you around, at least it's pleasing to the eye."

"So..."

Lin Fan spread his palm, and a dark, devouring blood talisman appeared in its center:

"This is your last chance."

"Submit, or..."

His eyes suddenly turned cold:

"I'll send you down now to keep that old skeleton company."

"Let the two of you compare who's uglier down there."

[Ding! Judging by appearance (Emperor), prestige value +8000!]

[Current prestige value: 103570 points!]

The Ice Soul Emperor trembled all over, her beautiful face showing rapidly changing expressions.

Humiliation, anger, fear, unwillingness... but in the end, all emotions turned into a deep sense of powerlessness.

She looked at the chilling blood talisman in Lin Fan's palm, then recalled the Bone Emperor's rolling head.

Submission... at least she could still live.

She could still see a broader world, and still have a chance to Breakthrough to a higher Realm—she vaguely understood some of what Lin Fan had said to the Blood Emperor earlier.

But resistance... only led to death.

Perhaps her corpse would even be... (Lin Fan: Slander! She's slandering me!)