With the electronic voice falling, Chen Tian directly clicked on the Ice Snow Emperor profession. This profession requires players to master two divine ice powers to use.
Chen Tian met the conditions and then clicked on it. A faint purple-blue ice crystal enveloped his body, forming a shell that then shattered.
Chen Tian appeared before Bing Duo'er in a new form. His features had transformed: his cheeks were now purple-blue ice crystal skin, his entire body shimmered like amethyst, and he wore a blue-purple crown. A purple-blue flame mark was etched between his brows, above his eyes.
Chen Tian's hands and legs became amethyst crystal skin, and blue-purple ice crystal armor materialized on his body.
He was covered in blue-purple, the ice crystals shimmering intensely, refracting light, and appearing transparent and pure, like white crystal. The power contained within seemed to flow and recede on the crystal's surface, as if contained.
Chen Tian looked at his completely transformed self and then opened his status panel. To his surprise, his level had risen to ninety-nine, just one level shy of the maximum.
Bing Duo'er let out a roar. She had lost the ability to speak, becoming a mere puppet driven by destruction.
Chen Tian put away his panel and looked at Bing Duo'er. He then slowly spoke, "I'm here to save you!"
Their eyes met. Black-blue claws appeared on Bing Duo'er's hands. Her figure flickered and vanished, reappearing behind Chen Tian as she swiped with her claws.
A crunching sound echoed, and sparks flew from Chen Tian's back. It was the friction between his divine ice armor and Bing Duo'er's divine ice. Chen Tian's divine ice was a gift from Bing Duo'er, and thus, the same divine ice could not harm her.
They were made of the same substance; how could it damage itself? It was like a summoner, why would a summoned creature sign a contract with its summoner? That would be absurd.
Chen Tian turned and threw a punch with his ice fist, a purple ice fist imbued with divine ice. This divine ice was not Bing Duo'er's gift, but the divine ice Chen Tian had obtained earlier.
Chen Tian knew that the same divine ice would have difficulty breaking through defenses, but he possessed other divine ice!
The purple ice fist shot towards Bing Duo'er, striking her chest. A terrifying force erupted, sending Bing Duo'er flying backward.
Chen Tian then checked her status. Indeed, it was due to the divine ice level.
His own divine ice had no effect on her. It could only be said that anything below the Spiritual grade of divine ice could not inflict damage.
But Chen Tian's lips curled into a smile. "Luckily, I have not only divine ice, but also divine fire, a Spiritual grade divine fire."
"Boom!"
Chen Tian slowly opened his hands, and white flames erupted. He then clenched his fists, and the terrifying divine fire attached itself to his purple-blue divine ice fists.
Chen Tian unleashed two rapid punches. Fearsome fist shadows shot towards Bing Duo'er. Bing Duo'er opened her mouth and spat out black flames.
A beam of black flame shot out, heading towards Chen Tian's fist shadows. Chen Tian's fist shadows were blue-purple, with white flames flickering within – divine fire on the inside, divine ice on the outside, complementing each other.
The black flame beam was evil and eerie, eroding the heavens and earth, even causing the sky to burn with black flames.
Seeing this, Chen Tian exclaimed, "The assimilation-ability black flame, is this Xie Tianyi's black flame? How terrifying!"
Chen Tian now understood why Bing Duo'er had become like this. Logically, Xie Tianyi's clone should not have been a match for Bing Duo'er's level, yet she had been afflicted. The affliction was this black flame.
This black flame had the ability to assimilate. Anything and anyone that came into contact with it would be assimilated into a puppet, a mere instrument of destruction.
Assimilation meant the alteration of one's origin, forcibly changing it into another, identical origin.
Bing Duo'er was currently in the process of being assimilated. She had lost consciousness because the consciousness assimilation was not yet complete. Bing Duo'er still had a chance to be saved.
Once both consciousness and origin were assimilated, there would be only one outcome: she would have to be killed.
Chen Tian recognized this and did not hesitate. He transformed into a stream of light and shot towards Bing Duo'er.
Bing Duo'er moved, and the two began to collide in the sky.
Their previous fist shadows and black flame beams collided, creating huge white voids. They were evenly matched.
Originally, Chen Tian's current state should have overwhelmed her, but because she had been assimilated by Xie Tianyi, her level had risen from seventy-five to ninety-seven. Chen Tian and Bing Duo'er were only two levels apart.
Since Chen Tian had not broken through, his attributes were only around seven thousand. Strengthening his attributes on this basis meant Chen Tian was still inferior to her. The reason they were evenly matched was that Bing Duo'er was still resisting assimilation, her consciousness had not yet given up. This unconscious body could only exert seventy percent of its strength.
However, even at seventy percent strength, it was difficult for Chen Tian to deal with her.
Then, Chen Tian slowly clenched his fists, and purple-blue claws emerged from his hands. A claw grew from each knuckle, like grappling hooks.
Chen Tian's legs also transformed, becoming curved scythes, similar to a mantis's blades.
As a being composed of divine ice, Chen Tian could alter any part of his body at will, for attack and defense. Coupled with his previous battle against Xie Mie, Chen Tian had become more proficient in transforming his weapons.
The battle became more intense.
Chen Tian's legs, like a mantis's blades, swung and leaped, while his claws attacked relentlessly.
Bing Duo'er watched Chen Tian leap and bound, unable to counter him. He was too agile, jumping too high.
Chen Tian did not give up any opportunity to attack. He needed to rescue Bing Duo'er's consciousness as quickly as possible and expel her black flame.
Suddenly, Bing Duo'er extended her hands to meet Chen Tian's claws, seizing them. With a twist, she threw him, sending Chen Tian flying.
But Chen Tian used the momentum, leaping in mid-air and charging at Bing Duo'er again. Bing Duo'er's hands instantly transformed into black-blue ice longswords, which she then swung. Seeing this, Chen Tian kicked out with his legs, deflecting her swords. He then retreated.
"She's regained a bit of consciousness? She's learned combat methods already!"
Chen Tian looked at Bing Duo'er with concern. Her consciousness had been partially regained, and time was running out.
Initially, the unconscious Bing Duo'er was like a wild beast, her attack methods simplistic and devoid of thought.
But now, she could respond to Chen Tian's attacks with optimal defensive maneuvers and actions. It could only be said that if she were fully assimilated, Chen Tian would find it even more difficult to fight her.
"Ahhhh!"
Bing Duo'er roared and snarled from her throat. Chen Tian shook his head and said, "Today, I will defeat the Emperor, save the common folk, defeat the Emperor, and prove my own strength!"
Then, his body was covered in layers of ice crystals, which transformed into a longsword in front of him. However, the sword's appearance was peculiar.
The sword was seven feet long, and at the hilt end, instead of a hilt, there was an arm made of ice crystals, as if one could insert their arm into it.
Chen Tian looked at the weapon before him. It was the exclusive weapon for this profession, called the Ice Glint Sword!
Chen Tian did not hesitate and reached his arm into it. As he did, sounds echoed.
Chen Tian's arm slowly bonded with the longsword, and its appearance changed.
On Chen Tian's arm was a square, cylindrical object. His arm was inserted inside, and within the cylinder, purple-blue ice crystals formed chains that rigidly locked onto his arm.
On the surface of the square ice crystal cylinder, divine ice had formed various patterns. Information flooded into Chen Tian's mind.
Chen Tian was stunned. This weapon had too many forms!
Was this the power of a special hidden profession?
Was it this powerful?
Then, Chen Tian flicked his wrist, and the longsword was revealed, attached to his fist. His fist was tightly locked within the divine ice cylinder.
Chen Tian moved, vanishing before Bing Duo'er in an instant. A terrifying purple-blue light flashed, the light of a sword. As the sword light fell, the void shattered.
The surrounding landscape fractured, and Bing Duo'er's transformed black-blue longswords crossed and swung, then sliced in opposite directions.
With two explosive sounds, Chen Tian and Bing Duo'er locked eyes. The collision of their longswords produced sparks. Bing Duo'er then pulled back, her swords parting. Chen Tian stumbled forward, and simultaneously, her swords attacked from both sides, closing in on him.
Chen Tian raised his left arm and swung it, his arm moving with it.
The dual swords were deflected, and Chen Tian retreated.
Chen Tian looked at the weapon in his hand and said, "This weapon is really not comfortable to use. I have to use my arm!"
Chen Tian's assessment of the weapon was that it was too cumbersome to wield. Because the longsword extended separately and was connected to his arm, Chen Tian needed considerable arm strength to swing it. This was his first time using such a weapon, and he was not accustomed to it.