Divine Emperor of Death

Isabella returned her gaze to the spheres, the strange glint in her eyes dying down.

She didn't think there would be an announcement if all spheres were collected. Now, it is possible that Harmon would be targeted so as to impede him from collecting the other spheres, although she wasn't going to take part in such a thing unless he was close by.

She doubted he was anywhere near her after she caught his soul sphere with bare hands, intimidating him into fleeing.

She didn't give chase.

It didn't bring her true joy to be bullying them here as this was a trial space with fake bodies. She wanted to get out and punish them but it was a pity she couldn't because they were Immortal Emperors with at least six levels of prowess right now.

They could match ordinary Level Six Immortal Emperors, at the very least.

It would be near impossible for her to take them down without Flamerose and Frostrose's help. However, Isabella didn't want to borrow their help as she wanted to kill them with her own hands.

Only... she just had to wait until all the Hidden Pagodas were cleared, and she subsequently entered the Immortal Emperor Stage for the first time. But she didn't know if she would be alive until that time.

Regardless, her priority at this time was to obtain the other two sets of spheres and the pigeon-egg-sized ruby sphere.

She targeted the biggest white sphere next.

Summoning her essence energy full of the dragon's earth energy, she punched out with the same absolute force. As a result, the head-sized white sphere shuddered but didn't explode.

Instead, it fell, allowing her to acquire it.

'Aha, the bigger ones are easy for me…'

Isabella thought before she went towards the head-sized soul sphere.

She had information from Frostrose on how to tackle soul spheres but the crux of the matter for head-sized spheres was the same. It was absolute force.

Isabella soon spotted a head-sized soul sphere in the distance. She followed it and waited for it to get away from other soul spheres in a ten-meter range.

However, there were many announcements in the skies that certain people had collected a set.

It appeared that Flamerose had collected the essence sphere set, and Frostrose had collected the soul sphere set. She couldn't help but feel proud of them. Their skill set was certainly top among the magical beasts she had seen, and she felt even Mira wouldn't come close to them if it weren't for her innate power.

'It would be a pity to let them go…'

Isabella thought.

They had plans to make them Emperor-Tier and have them exchange or share their blood essence and soul essence with Shirley, but the latter said it was entirely up to them. In recent days, Shirley may have been hard on them, sending them on missions to prove themselves, but Isabella knew she respected them. If anything, Isabella felt that Shirley would be saddened if they left since she loved having company.

'It left…'

At this moment, Isabella saw the sapphire soul sphere had left the explosive range. She instantly pounced towards it as she pulled her left arm back. She had yet to heal her right arm from her shoulder, after all.

Having already gathered enough soul force at her fist, she used her Emperor-Tier soul to strengthen it further. She opened her first, turning it into a claw.

*Ripp!~*

She slashed at the soul sphere, causing it to shudder greatly.

*BOOOM!~*

The sapphire sphere fell, causing Isabella's lips to curl in delight. She had succeeded again. As for the other explosion, it seemed to come from the edge of the island that was near her as she had gone away from the inner region.

She picked up the head-sized soul sphere and went to check.

Right now, four spheres were floating around her.

There were three head-sized spheres: one ruby, one white, and one sapphire. As for the last sphere, it was a fist-sized ruby sphere.

Sometime passed. It was five minutes since Isabella went to check.

Flamerose and Frostrose looked exhausted at this moment. It seemed like their blood essence was drained quite a bit as they seemed to be having trouble with the martial spheres. Flamerose even had her soul injured a lot as she was having trouble with the soul spheres. Nonetheless, they noticed Isabella had gone above the hill and went to the edge of the island.

They heard there was a shore there, so they weren't sure what was taking her so long.

"She hasn't come back to heal her right arm…" Frostrose sounded worried, "We should go check on her in case she is unable to come to us."

"Like how? Is she trapped?"

"Could be…"

Flamerose and Frostrose discussed before they nodded and headed in Isabella's direction. But halfway, there were a few people who suddenly surrounded them, blocking their way.

"You two phoenixes will suffer my wrath if you don't reveal where that dragon bitch is."

Girias appeared behind them, his expression indifferent, yet his voice betrayed his fury.

The twin phoenixes looked around, noticing these people were confident. They were instantly able to tell that these people had collected enough amount of spheres to finish off Isabella.

It seemed like they were aware of the penalty as the person who used an icy blade to eliminate a Candidate was also here.

"Flamerose, you know what to do…"

"Of course~"

The two of them exchanged soul transmissions before they joined hands, crimson-blue flame wisps surging out of their body. However, they kept it to a bare minimum as they only covered their body with it, appearing to be wary of accidentally setting off a sphere.

Currently, Frostrose possessed a set of sapphire soul sphere and Flamerose possessed a set of white essence sphere. It was hidden inside their sleeves, some clasped between their fingers.

"Hmph! Since there's no answer, then don't blame us for being ruthless."

Girias took out a fist-sized essence sphere and a martial sphere wrapped between his fingers. He unleashed Flamerose and Frostrose while the others did the same.

*Sizzle!~*

Flamerose and Frostrose stomped the ground. The icefire wisps seeped into the ground and caused a fiery explosion, causing the surface to explode. The tens of spheres launched at them from all sides hit rocks and stones, exploding into a big cloud of three different colors.

Flamerose and Frostrose shot into the air and launched a fist-sized essence sphere and fist-sized soul sphere at Girias.

However, Girias and Harmon seemed to have launched the same spheres at them.

They clashed in mid-air, soul sphere against soul sphere and essence sphere against essence sphere. Ultimately, they canceled out each other and shattered, causing Flamerose and Frostrose to narrow their eyes.

On the other hand, Girias, Harmon, and the others already seemed to know of the information that same-sized, same-type spheres cancelled out each other. They took advantage of their confusion to launch more spheres at them.

*Tap!~* *Tap!~* *Tap!~*

Their throwing speed was insane.

Three essence spheres from the others landed on them, as Flamerose was struck by two, and Frostrose was struck by one. They managed to dodge four more spheres and rushed in different directions, intending to take down the other inheritors as Girias and Harmon heavily guarded each other.

"Face me if you're a cultivator, human!"

Flamerose brought out a head-sized essence sphere. Although it was big, it was heavy. She knew if she threw it, it would most likely miss, so she neared her opponent and launched at him along with a pair of phoenix wings that shot before it.

The flaming phoenix wings soared into the air and dashed by her side, unfurling with a majestic phoenix cry before it crashed into that man.

That inheritor punched out with his fist. His earthen energy glowed with resplendent light that sought to flash everyone's eyes, but Flamerose remained steadfast and shot towards him like an arrow, using her nirvanic flaming wings to attack him first before she hit him with the essence sphere.

*Bang!~*

Unfortunately, the earthen inheritor used the momentum from taking the hit from the flaming phoenix wings to gain distance from Flamerose, leaving her unable to use the essence sphere and even vulnerable to other attacks.

*Tap!~* *Tap!~*

Two more essence spheres hit her shoulder, causing her to lose a lot of essence energy. It wasn't jeopardizing but certainly annoyed her to no end.

She turned to look behind and saw Frostrose cleanly cleaving an inheritor with a crimson-blue crystalline wing that instantly caused him to explode into an amalgamated mess of bloody crystals. She used the icefire energy they surged with, which one of them could store and control for a few seconds.

"Die!"

Frostrose used a terrifying ice soul attack to greatly weaken that inheritor's soul and then smashed the head-sized soul sphere on him.

"Arghhh!!!"

That made her opponent scream out in pain before his soul shattered and his body crumbled.