Chapter 105: The Frost Snow Woman’s Talent and Battle Techniques
Wrathful Saintess: Dead.
Blissful Saintess: Missing.
Sorrowful Saintess: Successful arrival.
The three Saintesses of the Sea Region Alliance, their morning departure a cheerful outing, had been separated and met with misfortune after merely traversing the Wind Valley, a stark reminder of life’s unpredictable nature.
In a vast, snowy expanse, so cold it numbed the senses, the blue-haired girl in her wave-patterned robe looked around in confusion.
Gong Lianyue, the Sorrowful Saintess of the Sea Concubine Palace.
She couldn’t understand the current situation. She had been here for almost half an hour, pulled into this place—the Frost Snow Woman’s consciousness space—the moment she returned from the Soul Prison Trial.
What was the meaning of this? Was she being prevented from leaving?
Was this a pre-planned scheme, or a protective measure?
Gong Lianyue leaned towards the latter. Spirit beasts might argue, fight, or even marry their masters, but they wouldn’t intentionally harm them. The Frost Snow Woman must have sealed her away to fully focus on her battle against the Tyrant Demon Seed.
Understanding this, Gong Lianyue calmed down and checked the updated information in her soul core.
[Mid-rank Dead Sea Stage: Water Element Commander]
[Bloodline Talent: None]
[Spirit Beast Battle Techniques: Ice Binding Contract, Crystal Chamber]
[High-rank Dead Sea Stage: Nine-Colored Cloud Dream Flower]
[Bloodline Talent: Cultivation Amplification]
[Spirit Beast Battle Techniques: Deep Sea, Possessing the Divine – O]
[High-rank Dead Sea Stage: Iron Jade Ice Scorpion]
[Bloodline Talent: Five-Leaf Clover]
[Spirit Beast Battle Techniques: Jade Shatter – OO]
Besides the expected advancement of her three spirit beasts to the Dead Sea Stage, there didn’t seem to be any other significant changes.
However, at the very bottom, a shocking new entry appeared.
From this day forward, both in terms of her own aptitude and the quality of her spirit beasts, the Sorrowful Saintess had reached a new level, far surpassing those other small fries in the Sea Region.
Because from today onwards, she was—a Saint-rank Spirit Master!
[Saint-rank Dead Sea Stage: ??Frost Snow Woman??]
[Bloodline Talents: (Sacred Relic, Ice Coffin) Gift of the Snow Monarch]
[Spirit Beast Battle Techniques: Soul Embroidery, Frozen Domain – ∞]
The Frost Snow Woman, a Saint-rank, successfully contracted!
Not only did it have special emojis, but its battle technique list even had an infinity symbol!
This was because Saint-rank spirit beasts were incredibly close to perfection, their potential limitless. They had no restrictions on the number of battle techniques they could learn, constantly absorbing knowledge and understanding as they evolved, like divine beings.
Completely immersed in the Frost Snow Woman’s bloodline and soul, Gong Lianyue began to understand its true nature.
All species only had one bloodline talent. The Frost Snow Woman had two because both the Sacred Relic and the Ice Coffin were gifts from the Snow Monarch.
The Ice Coffin was the indestructible ice coffin, while the Sacred Relic referred to the ten strands of snow-white fur she possessed. A thread that controlled life and death, a shadow that could shatter mountains and rivers. Its power was terrifying.
Because of the Frost Snow Woman’s overwhelming combat abilities, Gong Lianyue had overlooked its support capabilities. Only now did she realize it was similar to the Wrathful Saintess’s infinitely reviving vine, the Misty Heart Lotus!
[Ice Coffin: Seals a spirit beast within, completely erasing its aura, and randomly applies one effect.]
[Effect 1: Instant Death]
[Effect 2: Instant Revival]
[Effect 3: Spirit Energy Depletion]
[Effect 4: Full Spirit Energy Recovery]
[Effect 5: Muscle Enhancement]
[Effect 6: Aptitude Enhancement (Comprehension, Intelligence)]
[Effect 7: Battle Technique Enhancement (Proficiency)]
[Effect 8: Talent Enhancement (Cultivation Speed)]
[Effect 9: Quality Evolution (Ineffective on high-rank spirit beasts)]
[Effect 10: Unawakened]
[Effect 11: Unawakened]
[Effect 12: Unawakened]
[Effect 13: Unawakened]
[The probability of each effect can be slightly influenced by the Frost Snow Woman’s will and emotions. When her emotions reach their peak, the random effect becomes guaranteed.]
More than ten possible effects!
The Frost Snow Woman’s abilities far exceeded Gong Lianyue’s expectations. She was genuinely shocked. It was a shame the effects were random, not chosen. And that guaranteed effect… with the Frost Snow Woman’s cold and indifferent personality, it was unlikely to happen.
Even so, the Frost Snow Woman’s abilities were incredibly powerful. The most absurd one was the ninth effect—Quality Evolution.
Didn’t this mean that with a few tries, she could evolve the Water Element Commander into a high-rank spirit beast? She would finally have a true dream team…
Not only her own, but she could help others evolve their spirit beasts too!
And the seemingly overpowered second effect, Instant Revival, overlapped somewhat with her Dual Soul Body and wasn’t particularly helpful at the moment.
After examining the Ice Coffin, she turned her attention to the other talent.
[Sacred Relic: A body part bestowed by the Snow Monarch, possessing incredible durability, passively enhancing the Frost Snow Woman’s talent and aptitude.]
[The higher the quality of the Sacred Relic, the faster the Ice Coffin’s stages awaken, and the stronger its effects.]
The Sacred Relic talent, compared to the Ice Coffin, wasn’t as impressive, seemingly existing solely to support the Ice Coffin.
But without other Frost Snow Women to compare to, Gong Lianyue didn’t know if having nine stages awakened at the Dead Sea Stage was fast or slow.
Talents, checked.
After carefully reviewing the talents, it was time for the battle techniques.
[Soul Embroidery] and [Frozen Domain]. The girl’s face lit up with excitement. These would be the foundation of her future as a Saint-rank Spirit Master, dominating the Sea Region!
Judging by her excited expression, one might think these were some rare, hidden ultimate moves. In reality, the Frost Snow Woman had used these techniques countless times in public. Everyone except her, its master, knew about them. They were practically common knowledge.
Chapter 106: Arrival in the Wind Realm!
[Battle Technique: Soul Embroidery]
[A designated battle technique, or rather, the innate ability of every Frost Snow Woman, allowing them to freely manipulate parts of the Snow Monarch’s body. The specific techniques vary depending on the body part they possess and their own comprehension.]
[Soul Embroidery has a resonance characteristic. The more techniques mastered, the greater their power.]
[Soul Embroidery body parts possessed by the Frost Snow Woman: Ten strands of Snow Monarch Fur.]
[Soul Embroidery techniques mastered by the Frost Snow Woman: Sea and Sky as One, Ice Dust Cross, Frostfall Descent.]
After reading the description of Soul Embroidery, Gong Lianyue had a better understanding of the Frost Snow Woman’s combat capabilities.
Although classified as a support-type spirit beast, its combat prowess occupied a unique position.
Perhaps stronger than most support types, on par with all-around spirit beasts, but less effective against offensive, mysterious, and unusual types.
Overall, it was still quite impressive, as the Sorrowful Saintess’s first Saint-rank spirit beast…
Gong Lianyue now had a good grasp of the situation.
And if the above technique referred to manipulating the fur threads, then the next one should be… as expected!
[Battle Technique: Frozen Domain]
[Can instantly detect and lock onto another Spirit Master’s spirit beast, sealing its movements.]
[The duration and number of targets affected increase with the user’s cultivation level and decrease with the target’s cultivation level and willpower.]
[Frozen Domain cannot see through the true name of mysterious-type spirit beasts and can be deceived by illusions.]
“As expected, it was that!”
Gong Lianyue exclaimed. It was because of this technique, which had sealed away all her spirit beasts except the Water Element, that she had been forced to summon it.
And then promptly knocked unconscious, completely helpless. She still didn’t know how she had ended up with the Frost Snow Woman’s life core.
This was the terrifying support technique that truly defined the Frost Snow Woman!
Imagine two Spirit Masters facing each other, posturing and sizing each other up, when suddenly one realizes they can’t summon their powerful spirit beast…
What posturing? Their head would be gone in an instant!
After about ten minutes, Gong Lianyue had a good understanding of the situation. The Frost Snow Woman’s current Saint-rank abilities relied on the synergy between the Ice Coffin and the Sacred Relic.
The versatile and powerful Soul Embroidery, the momentarily invincible Frozen Domain, and the ability to… strip a spirit beast of its illusory disguises, leaving its true form exposed… There were practically no secrets before her.
Having finished her analysis, waiting boredly in the snowy landscape, Gong Lianyue started to feel anxious.
Had the Frost Snow Woman lost and suffered some… unpleasant fate at the hands of the Tyrant Demon Seed?
She had initially thought they had a good chance, two Saint-ranks against one. But it had been so long… could they have actually lost…?
After all, it was the Wrathful Saintess. That woman was unreliable. The probability of them losing a 3v1 wasn’t zero.
Surely not…
Bang!
Suddenly, the snowy landscape shattered, turning into a dark, empty void.
Then, the world around her crumbled like shards of glass, and her consciousness, slowly stirring from the depths of her mind, returned to reality.
So it was finally over…
Storm Realm
A howling wind, like a natural disaster, swept across the land.
Everything was painted in shades of oppressive gray, all landmarks lost in the endless storm.
A chaotic aura, a desolate landscape.
This was the Storm Realm…
Just seeing this, one could understand why, despite having a legendary Realm Overlord, the Storm Realm’s resources and overall strength were inferior to the Sea Region’s.
The living conditions for ordinary humans were incredibly harsh. Without a stable population base, how could they produce high-quality Spirit Masters?
The environment here was truly terrible. The relentless hurricane constantly whipped at their skirts and hair, and they could only choose to protect one.
Gong Lianyue finally understood why the Wind Realm Spirit Masters she had seen in the Wind Valley always had such messy hair. Even the occasional ones who dressed up looked… cheap and vulgar…
Standing amidst the swirling dust and sand, the blue-haired girl’s hair remained unaffected, flowing smoothly like water.
This was because she regularly bathed in the icy sacred spring. The texture of her hair was far superior to ordinary women’s. It could even temporarily liquefy if needed.
“Phew~~~~”
The girl exhaled, closing her pores and suppressing her spirit energy, entering a state where she refused to absorb any spirit energy from her surroundings.
Absorbing wind-attribute spirit energy was pointless. It was better to avoid contamination. She didn’t want to end up with green hair like the Ice Shield Palace Spirit Masters.
Wait, where was the Wrathful Saintess?
Gong Lianyue’s eyes narrowed. She had just realized something strange. Why was she the only one who had entered the Storm Realm?
What had Luo Kuxin, the Wrathful Saintess, been doing during the final moments of the battle between the Frost Snow Woman and the Tyrant Demon Seed?
Before, she would have had to guess, but now… it was different!
Gong Lianyue smiled smugly. She could just ask the Frost Snow Woman directly!
Her soul core pulsed gently, displaying the information of her four spirit beasts.
[Water Element Commander]
[Nine-Colored Cloud Dream Flower]
[Iron Jade Ice Scorpion]
[??Frost Snow Woman??]
Eh? Why was the Frost Snow Woman’s name grayed out?!
Gong Lianyue’s smugness vanished. No matter how much she called, there was no response, as if there was a bug.
Could it be that she didn’t like the weather in the Storm Realm and had sealed herself away…?
Heh, a bit temperamental. As expected of her Saint-rank spirit beast!
Gong Lianyue wasn’t worried. It would probably come out once they were in a more comfortable environment.
And she figured Luo Kuxin was also fine. She would probably pop out from under her feet any second now.
And besides Luo Kuxin, there was something else…
Gong Lianyue felt like she had forgotten something important, but she couldn’t recall it, so she let it go.
It was probably nothing important.
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