Inuyasha: My job stats have no limits.

Her decision to temporarily abandon the expeditionary force and travel thousands of miles back to the border was not because she was tired of conquering.

However, a long game called "Conquest and Devastation" is coming to an end.

On the edge of the mountain ridge, a figure quietly walked through the snow.

"It's truly unbelievable that a mere border boy could rise to this level, ultimately causing the collapse of the empire."

These undisguised footsteps brought a faint smile to Esdeath's face, which quickly returned to its calm.

"Hmph, General Esdeath, show some respect for the Emperor!"

"It seems that even I have to call you Your Majesty, otherwise I'm afraid I'll lose my position as general."

"Wrong. The reason Bud is still a general is because that's the only thing I can use against him..."

"As for you... Esdeath, you should be the Queen."

"Oh?"

Esdeath's cold eyes flashed with surprise. She hadn't expected that Bai Lan, who had already become the emperor, would still want to play games with her.

To conquer...the emperor?

Surprisingly, it gets your blood pumping!

Then, Esdeath slightly curved the corners of her mouth: "...This sounds much less interesting than the Great General."

"How dare you! I am the emperor!"

"But anyone who cannot conquer Esdeath is not qualified to be emperor! Logically speaking, I should be the emperor, and you, Bai Lan, should be the empress of Esdeath!"

Esdeath rose, drew her Sword of Glory, and revealed a wanton smile: "Now comes the time for pleasure. I will thoroughly ravage His Majesty the Emperor who has conquered the world!"

"Ah~ How delightful~"

As she talked to herself, the military girl's face flushed, and her shapely, long legs couldn't help but rub together.

And then the next moment.

"—The Heavenly Obstruction Star!"

A massive ice meteorite hurtled down from the sky, engulfing Bai Lan's figure with a deafening roar. The enormous impact even triggered an avalanche.

However, the figure that should have been swallowed by the meteorite was now standing on the huge meteorite.

"The Ice Queen... she truly deserves to be the Empress of the Second Empire!"

Bai Lan drew her Heavenly Feather Blade, unleashing a torrent of lightning.

"Is it Thunder again?"

Esdeath was a little curious, but then chuckled softly.

"Although I'm still very curious about what your Thunder is, I doubt you'll tell me!"

"Fine, then I'll take everything from you after I've completely crushed you!"

next moment.

A blade flashes and strikes!

The dragon's mane suddenly danced in the air, like an awakened silver storm, rapidly weaving into shields of silk threads according to Bai Lan's will, steadily catching the blades that were powerful enough to tear the air apart.

The sound of impact exploded in the air, shields shattered, and threads drifted down from mid-air.

"Dual Imperial Arms User, deeply integrated with the material?"

Esdeath became increasingly excited.

"That's one way to think about it."

Bai Lan nodded, deciding that the half-demon form would be a way to deeply integrate with the material.

"Not bad, I didn't expect you to bring me such a big surprise!" Esdeath suddenly waved her hand, and thick, mountain-like ice walls rose from the ground, surging towards Bai Lan with an overwhelming momentum, trying to crush him under the ice.

As the massive ice wall approached, Bai Lan leaned backward, and just as he was about to touch the ground, the teleportation array for Shangri-La suddenly appeared behind him.

The next instant, Bai Lan appeared above Esdeath's head, her palm reaching down, and the Thunder Roar Cannon condensed in her palm, blasting straight down with dazzling light.

Esdeath reacted extremely quickly, and a huge ice wall condensed above her head, steadily blocking the lightning bolt, while shards of ice fell like rain.

The attack was blocked, but Bai Lan did not stop. The moment her toes touched the ground, she was swallowed by the teleportation array and appeared behind Esdeath.

Before the sound of the blade slicing through the air had fully spread, Esdeath's instincts kicked in, and with a backhand clench, an ice blade condensed in her palm.

The two weapons collided in mid-air with a short, crisp sound.

Bai Lan withdrew and disappeared.

Esdeath frowned. 'Shangri-La'... I didn't expect it to be so troublesome.

next second.

Bai Lan reappeared behind Esdeath.

Thanks to the performance of [Shangri-La], Bai Lan appeared, attacked, disappeared, and reappeared from different directions time and time again, with almost no fixed trajectory to follow.

Esdeath could only barely keep up, each time only managing to react at the very moment the blade was about to strike.

"Clang clang clang clang clang!"

The sound of swords clashing was continuous, and the crisp cries exploded in the air. Each collision between the two could create exaggerated air waves, and even the snow on the ground was shaken apart layer by layer.

—Summon the Judgment of Thunder!

Esdeath is fearless in the face of the impending thunderous trial.

She lifted one hand, and dozens of ice pillars rose from the ground, like the hands of an ice giant reaching out from the depths of the earth, intersecting and enveloping Bai Lan and her together in the rapidly closing ice prison.

The cold air surged in from all directions, and the sound of layers of ice stacking up was continuous, as if even the sky was shut out.

Having had experience, Esdeath continued to thicken the ice layer.

The lightning struck with a deafening roar, shattering the ice surface. Tiny ice stones hurtled away like bullets, and at the same time, Esdeath was sent flying backward, leaving a clear footprint on her chest.

"That's really strong!"

She landed gracefully, regaining her balance, and revealed a strikingly beautiful but cold smile: "—Unfortunately, I'm always the one who makes others submit. No matter who you are."

However, as soon as she finished speaking, her icy blue eyes froze.

The silk threads beside Bai Lan gathered again, condensing into a huge phantom amidst the wind and snow.

—Secret Technique: Dragon in the Clouds!

The enormous dragon head roared silently to the sky, then suddenly swooped down, carrying enough kinetic energy to shatter snow-capped mountains, and crashed heavily into the spot where Esdeath was.

The entire snow-capped mountain trembled deeply from that single blow.

"Well said, Esdeath. But unfortunately, you have met someone far stronger than yourself, so today, your fate is to submit!"

"ridiculous!"

"Even a super dangerous species is not enough to subdue me. Just freeze obediently before my eyes!"

A surge of power roared up, instantly shattering the snow covering Esdeath, and even freezing the cloud dragon made of silk threads into an ice sculpture in an instant.

Esdeath coughed up a mouthful of blood in a disheveled state.

The pristine white military uniform was now tattered, torn at the abdomen, and the hem was ripped open by the blast wave, revealing large patches of fair skin.

Her shapely, long legs were fully exposed beneath the tattered fabric, and her long, icy blue hair was disheveled and draped over her shoulders.

Before she could recover, Bai Lan reappeared before her like a ghost, her Heavenly Feather Blade radiating a dazzling light.

"Freeze everything, Mahapadma!"

Chapter 104 The Victor's Reward

Bai Lan forced him to use 'Mokpa Temo' once again.

Esdeath was unexpectedly happy, since she would only use this move when she was forced into a certain danger.

And that's proof of how fierce the battle was!

"How delightful, Your Majesty!"

As if seeing the dawn of victory, Esdeath let out a wild laugh: "No matter once or twice, as long as you can't break my Mahapadma, you will never be able to conquer me!"

"I am the Ice Queen, the strongest in the world. I have always been the only one who has conquered, and it is impossible for me to be conquered, even if you are the emperor who rules the world!"

As Esdeath herself said, from the moment she became conscious, she fought bravely against dangerous species for the sake of her tribe, and never stopped for a single moment in her long life.

The chieftain of the Baltes tribe once described his daughter Esdeath as a goddess of war, born for war and battle!

That fighting spirit and that extreme obsession are the cornerstones that enabled Esdeath to become the strongest in the world!

The minister who boasted that he would be the strongest without his Imperial Arms would find himself in a one-sided and utterly crushing battle when he met Esdeath, who also lacked an Imperial Arms.

This is Esdeath, the strongest in the human world!

The snowflakes stopped in mid-air, and the sound of the wind and snow was frozen in mid-air by Esdeath's power.

At this moment, all was quiet, and only Esdeath remained.

As before, Esdeath, wielding the Sword of Glory, gently pierced Bai Lan's abdomen, but did not choose her heart.

Because then, there would be one less person who could bring me joy... and the world would become far too boring.

however,

The Sword of Glory pierced through Bai Lan's body. Esdeath's icy blue eyes flashed with surprise, as she felt no flesh or blood being touched.

"where?"

"In the sky? On the ground?"

"No, there's no trace of them!"

Esdeath looked around but found no trace of Bai Lan anywhere. For the first time, she felt that the situation was out of her control!

Being unable to control the situation is the thing she dislikes most!

next moment!

Time begins to flow.