Faced with the Sea Princess's angry and oppressive questioning, Jiang Zhen remained calm, took a step forward, and was surrounded by misty water vapor, which quietly dissolved the overwhelming pressure of her domain.
"Your Highness, Princess of the Sea," he began, his voice clear and steady, carrying distinctly through the deep sea.
"We apologize for our presumptuousness in coming here, but it is not to provoke a war. Rather, we have a deal to discuss with Your Highness."
"trade?"
The sea princess's icy blue eyes flashed even brighter as she glanced at the remaining energy remnants of her subordinate soul beasts, which had not yet completely dissipated. Her voice cracked like ice.
"Slaughtering my subjects and trespassing on my forbidden territory—is this how you negotiate? Human, aren't you far too arrogant!"
She simply didn't believe it!
Throughout her long life, every human soul master who ventured into the icy sea did so in order to hunt soul beasts and seize soul rings and soul bones!
So-called transactions are nothing more than a fig leaf for the survival of the fittest!
Jiang Zhen sighed softly, but his eyes instantly sharpened.
"In that case, Your Highness, please calm down and let me explain in detail."
"Arrogant! I'd like to see what gives you the right to spout such nonsense!"
The sea princess was furious. As the lord of the 600,000-year-old icy sea, she had never been so slighted!
Her huge silver fishtail swung violently!
Boom!
The entire sea seemed to boil!
Countless enormous ice spikes instantly condensed and shot out from the seawater above, below, left, and right, like a barrage of arrows, completely sealing off all of Jiang Zhen's space to dodge!
At the same time, an extremely powerful mental shock – Soul Sound: Sea Lament!
It crashed silently into Jiang Zhen's sea of consciousness, carrying endless sorrow and deathly stillness, enough to cause an ordinary Title Douluo to mentally collapse!
Faced with this overwhelming attack, Jiang Zhen raised his hand.
"First Soul Skill: Nourishing All Directions!"
"Second Soul Skill, Source of Azure Radiance!"
Gentle yet powerful blue and cyan light burst forth from his body one after another, and his aura surged instantly!
All attributes receive a terrifying boost, soul power consumption is greatly reduced, and recovery speed is dramatically increased!
"Third Soul Skill, Eye of Enlightenment!"
A pupil appeared on his forehead, radiating a deep light. The world before him instantly changed. The dense ice spike attack trajectory, energy nodes, and even the faint patterns of the soul power flowing around the Sea Princess were all clearly presented in his eyes.
The "Mysterious Water Enlightenment Technique" operated on its own, and its vast spiritual power condensed into a barrier. The Soul Sound - Sea Lament crashed into it, and although it stirred up ripples, it failed to shake it in the slightest!
Facing the icy spikes that seemed to pierce his heart like a thousand arrows, Jiang Zhen neither dodged nor avoided them, his left arm rippling with purple-gold waves.
"Demon Emperor's Left Arm Bone Soul Skill - Tidal Wave Shatter!"
With a single punch, nine layers of energy surged forth like the furious whip of a sea god, crushing forward with overwhelming force! It wasn't an attack on a single point, but a sweeping attack across an entire area with immense power!
Snap! Snap! Snap!
A series of explosions rang out!
The countless giant ice spikes that shot towards them shattered like fragile glass under the impact of the tide, which contained the ultimate power of water, turning into dust and merging into the seawater!
"What?!"
A hint of shock flashed in the sea princess's beautiful eyes.
How could the other party so easily deflect her angry attack?
But she reacted extremely quickly, forming a strange hand seal in front of her chest, and her whole body shone with an icy blue light!
"Ice Sea: A Realm of Condensed Sublimation!"
Centered on her, an extreme chill spread wildly, attempting to freeze the entire sea area, turning Jiang Zhen and the rest into an eternal ice sculpture! This was her domain-type ability, its power amplified in the icy sea environment!
"A competition of fields and ice?"
A slight smile curved Jiang Zhen's lips.
"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul True Form!"
"Fourth Soul Skill, Eternal Frost Forbidden Domain! Activate!"
Buzz!
An even colder, more desolate absolute zero realm, seemingly capable of freezing even time and space, has been brutally unfolded with Jiang Zhen at its center!
The two extremely cold regions collided and eroded each other violently, producing a teeth-grinding "sizzling" sound.
The seawater was in complete chaos as it froze and shattered under the clash of two extreme forces!
However, after only a brief stalemate, the Sea Princess was horrified to discover that her "Condensation Realm" was running out of steam and was showing signs of being pushed back by the opponent's even purer "Absolute Zero" domain!
"How is this possible?! He's just a human being!"
The sea princess felt a surge of turmoil.
She couldn't understand how a human could wield such extreme power of ice and cold, even surpassing her, the Lord of the Ice Sea.
She naturally didn't know that Jiang Zhen's ultimate water was the source of all waters and the mother of ice, and it was backed by a martial soul true body blessed by a million-year-old Heavenly Dream Soul Ring, so its control over ice was far beyond her comprehension.
"Your Highness, be careful!"
Jiang Zhen's voice rang out again, carrying a hint of reminder, but it only made the Sea Princess feel more humiliated.
Jiang Zhen made a fist with his right hand, and a halberd with an ancient and domineering design, a black body and an ice-blue blade instantly materialized—the Raging Tortoise Halberd!
He moved swiftly and charged towards the Sea Princess!
With the amplification of the Eternal Frost Forbidden Domain and his own soul skills, his speed in the water was astonishing, like a black lightning bolt tearing through the deep sea!
The Sea Princess let out a delicate shout, and with a pull of her hands, several absolute ice walls, each several meters thick and made of millennia-old ice, instantly condensed in front of her!
However, Jiang Zhen neither dodged nor avoided, raising the Raging Tortoise Halberd high in his hand, with a rapidly spinning purplish-black high-pressure water blade wrapped around the halberd—the power of the Vortex Annihilation Fist was perfectly infused into the halberd blade by him!
"break!"
A halberd cleaved down!
The swirling, destructive energy, like a deep-sea drill, slammed violently against the absolute ice wall!
A piercing cutting sound rang out!
The seemingly indestructible, millennia-old ice wall was easily pierced and shredded like a hot knife through butter in the face of that terrifying penetrating and tearing force!
Jiang Zhen burst out from the shattered ice shards, his momentum undiminished, heading straight for the Sea Princess!
The sea princess's expression finally changed; she sensed a deadly threat! She gritted her teeth, slammed her massive fish tail against the seawater, and retreated rapidly, letting out a sharp, long shriek at the same time!
Soul Sound - Shattering God's Chant!
This is a mental attack even more powerful than Hai Shang's, condensing sound into a line that pierces straight to the very essence of the soul!
However, a faint light flashed from the Water Dragon King's head bone between Jiang Zhen's eyebrows, and the Abyss Soul Devourer's mental defense was activated on its own. The sharp sound waves rushed into his sea of consciousness, but it was like a mud ox entering the sea, only causing a few ripples before being swallowed and dissolved by the endless water flow and whispers.
"it's useless."
Jiang Zhen's voice was icy, and he was already close! The Raging Tortoise Halberd changed its slashing motion to a thrusting one, aiming straight for the center!
At the tip of the halberd, an extreme black light condensed—the Primal Heavy Water was poised to unleash its power!
The sea princess had nowhere to hide; she sensed the terrifying power contained within that black light, a power capable of utterly annihilating her!
She screamed, unleashing her 600,000 years of cultivation without reservation. She crossed her arms in front of her, and a dazzling ice-blue light condensed into a shield carved with mysterious sea patterns. This was her strongest defensive soul skill!
Boom!!!
The tip of the Raging Orca Halberd struck precisely at the center of the Heart of the Sea Shield!
Time seemed to stand still at that moment.
The next second!
Crack!
A faint yet terrifying cracking sound rang out.
On the Sea Heart Shield, which was imbued with the powerful soul energy of the Sea Princess, countless cracks spread out from the point where the halberd tip struck!
Immediately afterwards, a tremendous force erupted!
The sea princess was struck as if by a heavy blow; her delicate body trembled violently, her face instantly turned pale, and she spat out a mouthful of pale blue blood.
She flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the giant ice coral behind her, causing the entire palace complex to tremble slightly.
She struggled to lift her head, only to see Jiang Zhen's figure descend before her like a demon god, the terrifying black halberd tip still pointing at her, radiating a chilling aura that evoked despair.