295: Chapter 295 Ice Soul Dragon

A dragon roar that shook the heavens and earth suddenly erupted from the deepest depths of the ice layer.

That roar was ancient and violent, carrying the pressure of an Archaic Wild Beast and enveloped in boundless freezing cold. Wherever the sound waves passed, hundreds of millions of miles of ice layers exploded. Ice shards flew everywhere, and even the Void Realm buzzed and vibrated, while the lead-gray sky cracked with countless fine lines.

Immediately following that, the sky shook and the earth moved.

The ice plains beneath their feet trembled violently as massive ice cracks spread from underfoot to the ends of the world. A majestic and peerless surge of power came from beneath the ice, and a pillar of ice-blue light that connected heaven and earth suddenly broke through the ice layer, piercing straight into the sky.

Within the pillar of light, a colossal shadow slowly emerged. Its entire body was condensed from Archaic Profound Ice, and its dragon horns were cast like ice crystals, grim and sharp.

Its dragon scales were layered one upon another, each as large as a mountain, shimmering with a cold, metallic glint. Its dragon eyes were like two icy moons; when they opened, they revealed endless majesty and fury.

As the dragon's body coiled, it actually obscured more than half of the entire sky. It was vast and boundless, as if a Dominator of ice had descended upon the world.

It was precisely the Dominator of these ice plains, the Archaic Ice Soul Giant Dragon.

The Ice Soul Giant Dragon circled high in the sky, its body churning the clouds and winds. The cold Qi surrounding it transformed into hundreds of millions of ice blades, suspended between heaven and earth.

Its cold dragon eyes locked firmly onto Origin Emperor Lord and the Emperor Venerable. Its dragon mouth opened and closed, emitting an ancient and violent voice that sounded like rolling thunder, echoing across the boundless ice plains: "Put down the ice marrow and get out of my ice plains. I shall spare you both this once."

This Ice Soul Giant Dragon had lived in the ice plains for tens of millions of years; its cultivation had long reached the Peak, and its perception was extremely sharp.

It had already sensed the Emperor Venerable reaching out to take the marrow just now, and at this moment, it sensed the auras of Origin Emperor Lord and the Emperor Venerable at close range.

It felt that although there was no extreme exposure of Laws around the two, they exuded an unfathomable pressure that was by no means comparable to an ordinary Great Emperor.

Therefore, even with sky-toppling fury, it did not act rashly. It first used words to berate them, hoping to use its own dragon prestige to force them back.

Hearing this, the Emperor Venerable did not let go. Instead, the strength in the giant hand holding the ice marrow increased. A hint of disdain flashed in his gilded imperial eyes, and his laughter rang out clearly, spreading across the world: "And what if I do not let go?"

The path of cultivation is to go against heaven; how could one retreat upon seeing a treasure? This ice marrow spanning hundreds of millions of miles was a rare treasure of heaven and earth. With an Opportunity before him, even if guarded by a giant dragon, there was absolutely no reason to give it up.

"Death."

The Ice Soul Giant Dragon's voice suddenly became extremely violent. As the single word fell, killing intent soared to the heavens.

It already knew that these two were definitely not easy to deal with. Talking more was useless; there was only battle.

The Ice Soul Giant Dragon then abruptly raised its head and opened its mouth wide, spitting out a beam of frozen cold light that was condensed to the extreme.

That cold light was no ordinary cold Qi; it was the condensed essence of its tens of millions of years of cultivation and the Origin Power of the Archaic Ice Prison. It was deep blue in color, and the moment it appeared, the surrounding Void Realm was directly frozen into ice crystals.

Wherever it passed, everything in the world was frozen in place, and even the flow of time slowed down. Carrying a momentum that could destroy heaven and earth, it blasted straight toward the Emperor Venerable and Origin Emperor Lord.

"Fellow Daoist Emperor Venerable, leave this beast to me." Origin Emperor Lord moved, already blocking the front of the Emperor Venerable. His long robes fluttered loudly, and his tone was calm yet carried an unquestionable power. "You collect the ice marrow first; do not let this supreme treasure be damaged."

His gaze was calm. Facing that world-destroying frozen cold light, he showed no fear. Instead, a bit of Battle Intent arose.

Although this Ice Soul Giant Dragon was strong, it was not yet his match.

Seeing this, the Emperor Venerable nodded and smiled, his tone crisp and decisive: "Good."

The Emperor Venerable no longer distracted himself. The gilded Imperial Might around him surged, and the Small World within his body roared open.

A crack appeared in the void before him. Within the crack, the sun, moon, stars, mountains, and rivers were faintly visible. It was precisely the Small World within his body, extremely stable and sufficient to contain the treasures of heaven and earth.

The giant hand holding the ice marrow suddenly exerted force, and the hundred-million-mile-long ice dragon marrow was completely yanked out of the ice layer. It radiated ten thousand beams of light and overflowed with Spiritual Qi. Under the Emperor Venerable's guidance, it turned into a stream of light and flew straight into his internal Small World.

The Emperor Venerable waved his hand casually, and the entrance to the Small World closed. The smile on his face grew even wider as his gaze fell upon the Ice Soul Giant Dragon, becoming a bit colder: "You are indeed a dragon that knows its goods. Unfortunately, this ice marrow belongs to me now."

On the other side, Origin Emperor Lord had already taken action.

He did not activate any Great Dao Law, nor did he display any Emperor-level Divine Ability. He merely raised his hand slowly and then threw a punch.

This punch seemed plain and ordinary, with no earth-shattering phenomena or the light of interwoven Laws. Only the most primitive and purest power erupted from the tip of his fist.

That was the power originating from the source of the Great Dao, the Origin Power that existed even before the creation of heaven and earth, indestructible and capable of breaking anything.

As the fist force passed, the surrounding Void Realm shattered layer by layer, turning into pieces of nothingness. Spatial fragments accompanied by ice shards flew all over the sky.

That frozen cold light, which condensed the Ice Soul Giant Dragon's hundreds of millions of years of cultivation, seemed capable of destroying heaven and earth. Yet, under Origin Emperor Lord's punch, it was as fragile as paper.

With an earth-shattering roar, the frozen cold light was instantly crushed by the fist force, dissipating into the world as boundless cold Qi.

After crushing the cold light, the fist force did not diminish in the slightest. It continued with an indomitable momentum, blasting straight toward the Ice Soul Giant Dragon high in the sky.

"Not good." The Ice Soul Giant Dragon's expression changed drastically, and for the first time, a hint of terror flashed in its dragon eyes.

It never expected that the power of a single punch from this seemingly unremarkable Origin Emperor Lord would be so terrifying that even its combined strike of natal cold light could not block it.

In its terror, it did not dare to be careless. It immediately activated its natal Divine Ability, and its dragon roar echoed through the heavens once more: "Archaic Ice Prison, Dragon Prestige Descends!"

As the roar fell, the Ice Soul Giant Dragon abruptly spat out a mouthful of Origin Dragon Breath. That dragon breath was not a cold beam but a patch of gray-misted cold Qi. As soon as it appeared, it spread frantically in all directions with the dragon's body as the center.

Wherever it passed, the Void Realm froze and the sky changed color. A phantom of a massive ice prison suddenly emerged.

The ice prison was cast entirely from Archaic Ice. Ancient dragon runes were carved on the prison walls, exuding endless bone-chilling cold and majesty. The faint wailing of creatures within the prison could be heard. It was precisely the Ice Soul Giant Dragon's natal Domain—the Archaic Ice Prison.

As the ice prison expanded, it directly enveloped the Ice Soul Giant Dragon. Countless ice spikes extended from the prison walls, forming layers of barriers that stood firmly before the fist force.

“BOOM—!!!”

The fist force and the Archaic Ice Prison collided violently. The earth-shattering explosion shook the entire ice plain violently. Hundreds of millions of miles of ice layers completely shattered, and ice shards soared into the sky, turning into a rain of ice.

Origin Emperor Lord's fist force was like a hot knife through butter. It crashed into the ice prison barriers, shattering layers of ice and collapsing prison walls. It was unknown how many layers of Archaic Ice it smashed or how many ice prison barriers it defeated. The Origin Power carried by the fist force constantly eroded the Origin of the ice prison.

The Ice Soul Giant Dragon struggled to hold on. Fine cracks had already appeared on its dragon scales, and ice-blue dragon blood overflowed from its mouth, dripping onto the ice plains and instantly freezing into ice crystals.

Its expression was ugly to the extreme. Its dragon eyes were full of shock and unwillingness. At this moment, it had completely realized that Origin Emperor Lord's strength was far above its own. That most primitive Origin Power happened to counter its ice prison Origin. If it chose to stay and fight today, there would likely be only one path: death.