When he heard Lu Yin's question, the Ice Emperor confidently replied, "One person won't be able to stop me, but I can stop all three of them."
"There's something called a power vessel in the universe. From what I know, the Blaze Realm was able to unlock a tribulation flame a long time ago. The sylvan dragons and the Ross Empire definitely have similar treasures. Senior, are you sure you can stop them?" Lu Yin countered.
The Ice Emperor fell silent. "You have a way?"
Lu Yin raised a hand. "Senior, what do you see?"
The Ice Emperor looked at Lu Yin's palm, but there was nothing there. Wait, his gaze turned cold. "There's actually such an arrow?"
Lu Yin took out a transparent arrow. "Senior, you didn't see it immediately, and I believe that Master Red and the others are the same. I'll lend it to you." He then tossed the arrow to the Ice Emperor.
The Ice Emperor shook his head. "Transparency only exists in another layer of the void. You can see it as long as you look carefully. Besides, those who have cultivated to the level of an Emissary are very sensitive to danger. This arrow's power isn't enough to harm an Emissary."
Lu Yin then took out a bottle of poison and tossed it to the Ice Emperor. "This bottle of poison is enough to harm an Emissary. How effective it is depends on the person using it. Combined with the Flying Owl Arrow, I wonder if you can handle all three of them?"
The Ice Emperor caught the bottle in shock and looked at Lu Yin in astonishment. "How do you have so many external items that can threaten an Emissary?"
Lu Yin's lips curled up, and he confidently replied, "I have someone above me."
The Ice Emperor believed him, and he truly did. How could Lu Yin have so many external items?
At that moment, three figures appeared from a spatial tear in the distance. The Ice Emperor turned around and glared at them. "Get out of the Royal Frost Continent."
Master Red and the others looked at each other. "Attack, destroy this old bastard." The entire sky cracked open.
Under Lu Yin's shocked gaze, the world froze as the Ice Emperor displayed his true strength. He used his extreme cold to instantly freeze Crimson Lord's flames and the Luo Sovereign. An ice spear appeared in his hand, and he stabbed it towards Dragon Master.
There was a loud boom, and the entire Royal Frost Continent shook.
A terrifying pressure descended, causing the entire land to collapse. Lu Yin was wearing his universal armor, so he wasn't injured. However, when he looked up, the trio had already disappeared.
Their battle in the real universe was not something he could see, but he could faintly see the rune lines.
The rune lines of the four Emissaries filled the sky and stung his eyes.
As for the Royal Frost Continent, because of Red Master's flames, the temperature had risen, which happened to offset the cold Qi under the seal.
This was his goal, to use the Red Master's flame to save the Royal Frost Continent. From the looks of it, this goal had been achieved.
Now, it all depended on how long the Ice Empress could stall for. She had to stall for time until Geoffrey arrived.
Lu Yin hid under the solid ice and looked up at the sky. He could vaguely make out the four people entangled with each other through the rune lines.
Just as Lu Yin had guessed, the Crimson Lord and the other two wanted to split up and charge into Glacial City after two days of fighting, but they were stopped by the Ice Emperor. The Ice Emperor's frigid air covered a wide area, and the entire Royal Frost Continent was under his control. Just his frigid air alone was enough to threaten the three Emissaries.
The Ice Empress purposely dragged out the pace of the battle and tried her best to stall the three of them. Half a month passed, and the sky was often torn apart by their attacks as whistling star energy suppressed the Royal Frost Continent.
In the distance, there were also experts in Extreme Ice City. Although they had not reached the level of an Emissary, they were still Enlighters, and they were barely able to help Extreme Ice City resist this pressure.
The landscape of the Royal Frost Continent had completely changed.
Lord Crimson used high-temperature flames, the sylvan dragon relied on its physical body and speed, and the most noteworthy one was the mechanical Luo Huang. His attacks were unpredictable, and he had attacked Lu Yin several times, as if he was trying to probe for something.
Lu Yin felt that the Luo Huang might have recognized him.
After being delayed by the Ice Emperor, the three Emissaries could no longer endure and issued orders to the outside world. Soon after, Freak Chi and the others charged into the spatial tear. This time, it was Lord Crimson's turn to stall the Ice Emperor and prevent him from rescuing Extreme Ice City.
The Ice Emperor was not in a hurry, as he was confident that he could stall Lord Crimson's group, not because of his superior power, but because of his frigid air.
Ice covered a wide area, and fire was the same. If the Ice Emperor could use his frigid air to freeze Lord Crimson's group, then he could naturally extend his range to the spatial tear as well.
When Freak Chi and the others first appeared, they were almost frozen, and they quickly retreated in fear.
Lu Yin sighed in admiration. Although he could not understand the Ice Emperor's battle, he felt that the Ice Emperor was worthy of his title as an Emperor, as his use of ice had reached perfection.
An angry roar came from the sky, and the sylvan dragon suddenly appeared before disappearing once again.
Next, flames dripped into the sky like magma flowing backwards, attempting to flood Extreme Ice City but being frozen by the frigid ice instead.
Finally, the Luo Huang sent out dozens of beams that swept towards Extreme Ice City, but they were frozen halfway and fell to the ground.
One of the beams landed less than a kilometer away from Lu Yin.
Lu Yin approached and reached out to touch it. The solid ice cracked, and the beam forced him back a few meters. His hand hurt from the impact, and if not for his universal armor, his hand would have been gone.
An Emissary and an Initiate were on completely different levels.
In the sky, the Luo Huang appeared and looked down at Lu Yin. His eyes were mechanical, and it was unknown what he had seen, but he suddenly attacked Lu Yin. The beam swept through the void and tore through space, enveloping Lu Yin within.
Lu Yin's scalp went numb, and he rushed into the distance, but he could not outrun the beam.
The beam streaked past his back, smashing him into a layer of ice. His back felt like it was on fire, and he felt a burning pain.
The Luo Huang was shocked. "You actually blocked my attack. What a strange technological armor. Hand it over." He then charged towards Lu Yin, but the frigid air froze him as he crashed into the solid ice. He looked up at the sky and saw the Ice Emperor thrusting down with his spear. "Get back here."
The Luo Huang growled, "Who's that?"
The Ice Emperor did not answer him, and a five-ringed plum blossom appeared in the sky and imprinted itself into the void. It disappeared in an instant, but the next moment, it froze the world again. The Luo Huang, the sylvan dragon, and Red Lord were all frozen within.
Lu Yin looked up and saw that the Luo Huang and the other two had been frozen. "Attack Red Lord!" he barked. His eyes turned into runes as he stared at Red Lord. In that instant, tears of blood streamed down from the corners of his eyes. He was trying his best to weaken Red Lord's rune lines.
The Ice Emperor heard Lu Yin's words and subconsciously attacked Red Lord.
Both sides had fought many times and were familiar with each other's strength. Red Lord could judge the strength of the Ice Emperor's attack. He shattered the solid ice, and the flames rippled in front of him. He knew that this should be enough to block the Ice Emperor's attack, as the Ice Emperor still had to guard against the Dragon Lord and the Luo Huang.
Strangely, Red Lord felt that something was wrong. His strength had been weakened.
The ice spear pierced through the flames and into Red Lord's shoulder, the frigid air entering his body through the wound.
Red Lord's eyes widened as he grabbed the spear and snapped it in half. The Ice Emperor raised his right index finger, and Red Lord spat out a mouthful of blood as the frigid air wreaked havoc in his body. His face flushed red as an extremely high temperature appeared in front of him and blasted towards the Ice Emperor.
The Ice Emperor had not expected to injure Red Lord so easily. He took out a Flying Owl Arrow without hesitation and threw it at Red Lord.
Lord Red didn't notice the existence of the Flying Owl Arrow at first, but as an Emissary, he had rich battle experience. Even if he didn't see it, his sense of danger made him retreat immediately. The Flying Owl Arrow couldn't touch him at all.
The Ice Emperor sighed. As expected, a sneak attack was useless, and he could not continue attacking. Behind him, the Dragon Lord and the Luo Huang appeared.
Just as Red Lord thought that the Ice Emperor's attack had ended and he relaxed, the Flying Owl Arrow suddenly disappeared. When it reappeared, it had pierced the wound that the Ice Emperor had left behind.
Red Lord's eyes narrowed. A secret technique?
He grabbed the Flying Owl Arrow and pulled it out. He glanced at the Ice Emperor, but it was not this old man. Suddenly, he looked in Lu Yin's direction. It was that person.
That secret technique … Red Lord thought of something, and his eyes widened in anger. "Lu — Yin!"
Below, Lu Yin knew that he had been exposed, but he had also succeeded.
"You're courting death!" Red Lord roared and charged at Lu Yin. A sun appeared in the sky and pressed down, one that was powerful enough to roast the entire Royal Frost Continent dry.
The Ice Emperor hurriedly intervened.
However, in the next moment, Red Lord's body twitched and he spat out a mouthful of black blood. He had been poisoned, and his face darkened. He gritted his teeth and looked down at his wound, only to see that it had turned pitch-black. He hurriedly channeled high temperatures into the wound in an attempt to burn away the poison.
However, Lu Yin had raised this poison to a level of rune lines with a power level of 500,000, so it was not something that high temperatures could easily dispel. Red Lord's pain turned into an angry roar. "Lu Yin, I'll kill you!" He waved his hand and sent flames towards Lu Yin.
The ice on the ground was melted by the flames and evaporated. Lu Yin was struck by the flames and was sent flying. He coughed, and there was blood at the corner of his mouth, but he was not seriously injured.
Red Lord fell to the ground after unleashing this attack.
"Red Lord, be careful!" the Luo Huang shouted.
Red Lord looked up and saw the Ice Emperor standing high in the sky, his five rings of plum blossoms freezing him. In the sky, the Dragon Lord sent the Ice Emperor flying with a claw, but it was too late. Red Lord had been frozen by the Ice Emperor's extreme chill.
The Luo Huang landed beside Red Lord and used a beam of light to shatter the ice. Red Lord fell to the ground, his entire body white and his insides black. He had been poisoned, and most of his body's functions had been destroyed by the frost. This was a serious injury that could not be healed in a short period of time.
The Luo Huang looked at the distant Lu Yin.
Lu Yin stood up and raised a hand. His nine-lined battle force imprint exploded with full power as he unleashed his Emptiness Palm.
The Luo Huang raised a hand, and a barrier of light appeared in front of him. The Emptiness Palm landed squarely on the barrier, causing ripples to spread out, and the enormous force forced the Luo Huang to retreat.
The Luo Huang was shocked. Lu Yin was only a Hunter, but he had actually been able to force him back.
In the distance, a chill wreaked havoc as the Ice Emperor stabbed his spear towards the Luo Huang.
The Dragon Lord fiercely charged forward, but the Ice Emperor suddenly threw his spear out. The spear swept past the Dragon Lord and pierced through the spatial tear.
On the other side of the spatial crack, Strange Master Chi looked at the time. Master Hong had asked him to enter the Royal Ice Continent once every other day to distract the Ice Monarch. Time was up. Thinking about it, he led a group of Fire Domain experts, including Si Penghai and the Sky Fire Army, and rushed towards the Royal Ice Continent. However, a long spear pierced through Strange Master Chi and the Fire Domain experts behind him.
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