Chapter 9: The Real Frost North Snow (8)
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“Ah! No wonder this girl brushes off the system’s hints like a pro!”
Di Shitian had an epiphany.
Zizaitian laughed heartily, “She’s already a lower deity! Why would she care about your little gifts?”
“I have to say, even among the twenty heavenly realms, there are very few upper deities with half her wisdom.”
“Are you patting yourself on the back?”
Zizaitian shrugged, “But I admit, at least my brain isn’t as overcooked as yours.”
Di Shitian sighed, “Duowen Heavenly King and I have always been rivals. For years, he’s tried to knock me off my perch among the twenty heavenly realms, but alas, no luck.
Now he’s stuck in a quagmire. If getting rid of this girl were that easy, we might as well pack up the twenty realms and go home.”
Zizaitian focused his divine senses on Duowen and his crew far away in the Asking Dao Continent.
“So, you’re saying he explained that girl’s plan in such detail just to rekindle his popularity?”
Di Shitian replied, “That’s exactly it. Although Broad-eyed Heavenly King is at the tail end of the twenty realms, he is still an upper deity, and let’s not forget, he’s their little brother. If this doesn’t get resolved perfectly, what will he have left to compete with us?”
Zizaitian scratched his chin, giving Di Shitian a sideways glance, “I can’t shake the feeling that you seem a bit too happy now that your disguise as the system got blown.
All that time grooming your little duck and it’s flown away—aren’t you the least bit bummed out?”
“Is that surprising? Deities don’t need these petty negative emotions.” Di Shitian stated.
“That’s not your style,” Zizaitian insisted.
“Perhaps, but how about we see if Duowen and his brothers can actually take this girl down before you hazard a guess?”
Zizaitian grinned, “Three upper deities overwhelming one… even if she’s an upper deity herself… is there really suspense here?”
“Uh, it doesn’t seem like there is…”
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On the Asking Dao Continent, Duowen was deep in his analysis of Frost North Snow’s plan.
“Once you successfully infiltrate another hive, you’ve been lying low, waiting for your moment to return.
Deep down, you’ve always held hatred toward us. Even if you could rule in that godless dimension, you wouldn’t care.
Foolish, incredibly foolish.
However, it’s precisely because of this foolishness that we’ve met again, and now you’ll pay for your folly.”
“Great, continue?” Frost North Snow remained cool as a cucumber.
“Truth be told, you’re quite clever, as you’ve realized that our Divine Realm will eventually invade another hive. Once you rooted yourself as the first deity there, you knew you’d be ground to dust by the incoming Divine Realm.
So, taking advantage of the game’s launch and the reopening of the portal, you returned here.
The second Frost North Snow freshly created from the East Sea Underground Palace was seized by you.
However, you carefully hid your original memories deep within your mind, presenting only the surface-level memories of your return to Broad-eyed.
Thus, he thought he drained all your recollections; in fact, those core memories never truly disappeared.”
Frost North Snow clapped her hands, “Bingo! If it had been you instead of Broad-eyed that came to me first, we might have been wiped out already. How could we have held on this long?”
Duowen sneered, “Of course, you have your mysterious aspects too.
For example, how on earth did your power jump from a lower deity to an upper deity in mere moments?”
At this, everyone gasped.
“Wait, seriously? That woman has actually reached upper deity level?!”
“Broad-eyed is an upper deity, so anyone who can wipe him out must also be an upper deity, right?”
“We sensed this a while back; we just didn’t want to admit it.”
“Seriously, we’ve struggled to be a lower deity, and she’s just…”
“Wake up! Do you have her smarts? If it were you in the Four Heavenly Kings’ territory, you’d be snuffed out before you even sprouted godly skills.”
“That’s true…”
“Us lower deities being born in a place without rulers is already a stroke of luck. No established deity will allow a newcomer in their realm.
Once a new deity gains recognition from the Divine Realm, it means the old deities might lose their turf, or even end up with nothing.
A deity without territory is like a king without subjects—soon they’ll age and wither away due to lack of divine power.
So this Frost North Snow, managing to pull that off under the watchful eyes of the Four Heavenly Kings…
She’s already surpassed most deities in the Divine Realm.”
“Scary—are we about to see a new deity arise? And an upper deity to boot!”
“Before the Divine Realm recognizes her, the Four Kings… no, the Three Kings still have a shot at eliminating her.”
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Frost North Snow clearly didn’t want to answer Duowen’s question. She slowly drew her Black Wind Sword, her expression growing colder.
“As for that question, I believe you four brothers can debate it in hell—I don’t want to elaborate.”
Duowen, Earth-holding King, and Growth King summoned their weapons.
Duowen held the Azure Cloud Sword, Earth-holding King cradled a jade pipa, and Growth King wielded dual whips, surrounding Frost North Snow.
Since she had already dispatched Broad-eyed Heavenly King, the three brothers weren’t about to underestimate her.
Plus, with a crowd of gods watching, even if the scene wasn’t aesthetically pleasing, as long as the results delivered, that was enough.
“k*ll!”
Duowen shouted angrily, and the three charged in, clashing violently with Frost North Snow.
The Shiyuan brothers couldn’t even dream of stepping into this level of battle. Before they could fully retreat, they were knocked around by a shockwave.
The crowd praying for the Female Emperor under the Sky Tower felt a jolt run through them.
Debris rained from above, and the tower seemed ready to collapse at any moment.
But everyone knew this battle would determine the fate of the Asking Dao Continent. Their prayers might not mean much, but it was all they could do.
They hoped the Female Emperor could hear their cries, even if it only added a smidgen of power.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
Frost North Snow was feeling the pressure of facing three foes.
After just two exchanges, she found herself cornered, struggling to escape the trio’s onslaught.
Weapons clashed, chaos erupted,
And the whole Asking Dao Continent was wrapped in darkness, where day turned to night.
It seemed that any second now, the flood-filled land would rip open like a giant chasm, swallowing everything whole.
