The Heavenly Martial Empress Returns Chapter 334: Brothers Against Iceblade

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“You’re back! How?! I thought you died?!” Icebloom exclaimed.

“Bing Xue revived me! She turned me into a card or something…” Coldpincers replied.

“A card?! What is this card you’re talking about?!” Iceblade roared angrily. His Aura surged, growing stronger, and he suddenly pushed back both of his foes, gaining some space for himself.

“You’re saying that woman can revive people?! What sort of nonsense…! Reviving is impossible! Once someone dies… they’re dead!”

“Not for me.” 

I met the bloodthirsty swordsman’s gaze as he gritted his mandibles in fury, pointing his sword at me. His Aura unleashed, blue, red, and black energies combining into dozens of swords at once. 

“{One Hundred Bloodthirsty Blades}!” 

He unleashed a technique, skill, or a combination of both. Hundreds of swords, forged from frozen blood and shadows, rushed toward us. 

“Hmph.” 

With a wave of my hands, I stopped the blades with mere finger flicks. Coldpincers and Icebloom shattered the swords with powerful punches and psychic energy shockwaves, respectively. 

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! 

Iceblade charged forward, targeting Icebloom first. His sword aimed for Icebloom’s neck, likely intending to slice through his throat and kill him in a single blow.

However, Coldpincers swung his giant pincers, cutting through the air and blasting the ground in front of the swordsman. The strike hit Iceblade, sending him flying with a devastating attack. 

CRAAASH! 

“Ugh?! You damn…! You’ve become stronger! You weren’t this tough before…! Is this also that witch’s doing?!” 

“Witch? Excuse me, but I am a Venerable, a powerful Ascended Cultivator, an Immortal, and a Primordial,” I said. “You won’t speak to me in such a tone again, understood?” 

“Hmph, like I care what you are! I’ll kill you all! Don’t underestimate me!” 

The furious swordsman lost control, his Aura intensifying. I sensed the presence of that Alien God from earlier, channeled through another being—a vessel she had created, likely one of the Winter Generals.

The power of this vessel flowed into Iceblade, and he embraced it eagerly, unlike Icebloom, who had rejected it, or Coldpincers, who no longer received it after becoming a Card Duel Monster. 

“I’ll show you what I can do!” 

He charged toward us after unleashing his shockwave, leaving little time to strategize. I was mostly observing, wanting to test the true power of someone transformed into a card first. 

“You two can handle him, right? I’ll watch over you,” I said. “Consider this a trial. If you succeed, I’ll let you join me as I work to change this world for the better.” 

“Then we don’t have any other choice!” Icebloom roared, exhausted but still determined to fight. “Let’s do this, Coldpincers! With your new powers… I’m sure we can handle him!” 

“YEAH!” Coldpincers bellowed, charging forward as Icebloom leapt onto his back. Like a giant bull over ten meters tall, the massive frost ant clashed against Iceblade’s sword. 

CLAAASH! 

“Nnngghh…! Y-You dare…!” 

Iceblade roared furiously, his Aura erupting and spreading everywhere, twisting space and temporarily rearranging it. 

“{Frozen Graveyard of Swords}!” 

FLAAASH! 

He unleashed his own domain, teleporting us into a frozen wasteland covered with thousands of blood-stained swords piercing the ground.

Each one rose into the skies, attacking us from every angle. I didn’t move, letting them strike me only to shatter into pieces upon impact.

Even the sharpest-looking ones broke apart when they hit my head—they were small and weak. 

However, for Icebloom and Coldpincers, it was a significant challenge. Both struggled as the swords began to scratch Coldpincers’ exoskeleton considerably.

But that surely wouldn’t be enough. 

“You’ve got a bunch of damn tricks, don’t you?! Well, I’ve got mine too!” 

Icebloom reached Iceblade, dodging a powerful vertical slash that Coldpincers tanked. He then touched Iceblade’s body with his hand. 

“{Brain Freeze}!” 

“Ugh?!” 

TRUUUM! 

A shockwave of blue and pink energy surged from Icebloom’s hands, spreading through Iceblade’s entire body and completely paralyzing him. 

“A-Ahh…!” 

His brain was quite literally frozen. 

“I’ve got him! Now, Coldpincers!” 

“OOOOHHHH!” 

The massive behemoth roared, unleashing the power of his new ability. His strength greatly enhanced, his giant pincers rushed down, cutting and punching through Iceblade’s entire body while his brain remained frozen for a few seconds. 

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! 

“GAAAAHHHH!” 

When Iceblade regained consciousness, his body was in shambles. He collapsed onto the snowy ground, rolling in agony. Even his trusty sword had shattered into pieces, leaving the monster with nothing but his bleeding body. 

“T-This is impossible…! My…! Ugh…! Aahhh!” 

His Aura continued fluctuating, however. The otherworldly divine power from that new vessel tried to empower him even as he was dying, attempting to give him another chance… or infinite chances. 

“Finish him off quickly! Before he regenerates!” I commanded. 

Icebloom and Coldpincers nodded, attacking the swordsman without mercy. They tore his body apart, crushed his head, and splattered it into tiny bits across the snow, killing him before he could recover. 

“Haaa… Haaa… T-That was so brutal…” Icebloom gasped. “This is the first time I’ve done something like this…” 

“It’s fine, brother,” Coldpincers said. “It’s what we had to do anyway! I never liked that idiot Iceblade. He was always so rude to us!” 

“That’s not wrong…” Icebloom sighed, turning to me. “I owe you an apology for how I acted earlier… I shouldn’t have let my emotions take over. I was reckless fighting him alone.” 

“It’s alright,” I said. “You two did well. You’ve got a lot of potential. Now, before things get any worse, take me to your Queen. We’ll make this quick.” 

“Our Queen…? Right…” Icebloom nodded. 

“We’ve already been labeled as traitors anyway…” Coldpincers shrugged. “We might as well help her! Right?” 

“Yeah… You’re right, brother,” Icebloom agreed. “Bing Xue, this is the item we use to reach her Palace.” 

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