Douluo Dalu: I Am The True Son of Destiny!

Chapter 431 - 431: Chilling Heart and Evil Approachs

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--- Chapter 431 ---

As Han Yuan quickly calculated the space-time route of the Glory City to allow 'someone' to handle this mess, the last remaining survivors of the city itself, including Ye Ziyun of the past as the main test subject, have started the forbidden Deification Project.

The Small Demon Grotto Plane still sent invasion after another to topple the city, but Ye Ziyun's cultivation rapidly rose as she underwent the Ice God's trials.

Of course, it was still a race against time. Even though Ye Ziyun and other Divine Warriors have become stronger than before and don't need to eat to sustain themselves, the rations couldn't last long enough for all the residents.

Not to mention, this battle of attrition is merely the beginning.

Slaughter God is still watching the Glory City from the shadows, waiting for Ye Ziyun to make a mistake and then rip the Ice God's heart from her hand like a stalking mantis.

Of course, the stalking mantis is unaware of the oriole in the sky. While the mantis thought everything was under its very control, there would always be a bigger fish in the pond.

So, the waiting game had just begun.

One of the most powerful Divine Warriors knelt on the ground, facing the sitting Ye Ziyun, "City Lord, we have successfully slain one of the Demon Beast Emperor's generals, so we should anticipate the Demon Beast Emperor to enter the battlefield soon."

Ye Ziyun seated on her frozen throne, seemingly thinking of something, and then spoke, "Understood. Gather the other Divine Warriors to guard the rears, leave the city to me."

"I have completed the first stage of the Deification Trial, and my essence has gradually converted to a much more powerful force."

"While I can't fight that divinity toe to toe, I can still make him suffer with the artifacts left behind by our predecessor."

"City Lord, what about you?" asked one of her subordinates worriedly. "I noticed that your complexion has become paler."

Ye Ziyun paused upon hearing that. One could notice her mood was not very good. Even then, she couldn't dodge her people's expectant yet worried gazes and honestly answered, "Not ideal."

"My body has become stronger, but that wasn't a good thing. I could sense that I was becoming more and more like a spirit beast than a human."

"Becoming a spirit beast? How could this be?" A wise-looking elder looks bewildered at Ye Ziyun's situation. "In the ancient record, shouldn't the Ice God's Heart allow one to take Ice God's Trials and rapidly raise their cultivation into that of a divinity?"

Ye Ziyun sighed helplessly, "That ancient record is inaccurate. Although the Ice God's Trials indeed allow me to raise my cultivation rapidly, it comes with a price."

"We don't know about this matter because there is no record of it, mainly because no City Lord ever accepted the Ice God's Heart nor was chosen by it like me."

"Whatever, this is acceptable, too. What matters is that I get stronger by accepting the Ice God's powers and using them to protect the city."

"B-But City Lord, you..." They are still worried about Ye Ziyun.

However, Ye Ziyun was relentless and said, "Enough! Instead of worrying about me, you should worry more about the survival of yourself and the city."

Unknown to Ye Ziyun, the more stubborn she is, the more unyielding her people are to carry her burden, even just a small amount.

Five people are going to share Ye Ziyun's burden and become just like her, Heavenly Snow Maiden, in the future.

...

In the space-time field, when the other Heavenly Snow Maidens saw this, they couldn't help but peek at each other and then stare at time-jumping Ye Ziyun with a bitter look.

Ironically, five of them couldn't share much of Ye Ziyun's duty and instead became more of a burden to her.

Ye Ziyun, surprisingly calm, watching this, said, "I won't condemn you for caring for me in such a situation. Although I would be happier if five of you worried more about yourself, I still have to say thank you."

Ye Ziyun's very heart has become colder like snow. She shouldn't be able to feel emotion anymore, except melancholy, desolation, and hope, but watching others worry about her actually gives her a lingering warmth inside.

In fact, Ye Ziyun sometimes forgets moments like this because she has gone through so many jumps that the only thing left is obsession.

The same obsession led Snow Empress in the future to become solely focused on becoming a god.

Becoming a god isn't just to protect what she loves, but also a regret that Ye Ziyun couldn't fulfil upon accepting the Ice God's Trials.

Unfortunately for Ye Ziyun and the Snow Empress, the path of godhood for the spirit beast had been blocked, causing this obsession and regret to be stuck indefinitely.

Of course, that's until they met Han Yuan, who boldly claimed he could allow Snow Empress to become a god, which led to the awakening of Ye Ziyun's spirit.

...

Back in the Glory City, Ye Ziyun safeguarded the city from an invasion that broke the city's rear defense, sending a palm attack that froze everything on her path in chilling frost.

Although it's hard to believe that Ye Ziyun's cultivation and strength soared so quickly, what happened before their eyes is undeniable.

Ye Ziyun's cultivation realm soared to the Title Douluo realm in just a few short months, which was massively thanks to the Ice God's Trial and the immense spiritual energy provided by the Demon Beasts she slaughtered in the plane invasion.

Watching Ye Ziyun is like watching an aloof Goddess of War descending the battlefield with her body and a sword alone, slaying all enemies like someone mowing a field of grass.

Of course, this rapid increase in strength wasn't entirely a good thing for Ye Ziyun because she became colder and colder toward others.

She even went so far as to stop the breaching invaders by freezing a large portion of the city, causing some casuality. Not much, but those are still the precious lives of the Glory City's residents.

That's when Ye Ziyun realized she had entered a pitfall. Her emotions are falling one after another.

The only thing that keeps her sane is the will and desire to protect and save Glory City, but that same passion is also a pitfall.

If what's most important is to save the city, not the residents, wouldn't doing all this be pointless?

Upon realizing this, Ye Ziyun fell into extreme chill in her heart. She felt a shiver down her spine and finally decided to stay secluded in the City Lord's mansion.

Unless a Quasi-God entity or even the Gods themselves descend to the Glory City, Ye Ziyun wouldn't come out, as she fears that she would injure her people.

Such a heartbreaking decision, but there is nothing Ye Ziyun could do about this.

Unfortunately for Ye Ziyun, this moment is exactly what the Slaughter God had been waiting for.

Once the heavy hitter of the Glory City, that is Ye Ziyun, was out of sight, Slaughter God's scheme had begun. A few miles from the struggling Glory City, an army of dark-robed spirit masters exuding a bloody aura of murder gathered.

They are none other than the Fallen Ones, or what Han Yuan would define as the Evil Spirit Masters!