The appearance of the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus caused the temperature within a ten-kilometer radius to plummet, and large snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
Seeing the ice lotus in Leo’s hand, Empress Marianna’s face changed dramatically.
Even from a great distance, she could clearly feel the terrifying cold emanating from the ice lotus.
As the giant axe descended towards him, Leo remained calm, mentally commanding the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus to attack.
A near-absolute-zero chill burst from the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus, sweeping towards the giant axe aimed at Leo.
The black giant axe was instantly frozen. The chill spread along the axe, quickly enveloping Bloodfiend entirely.
The formidable Bloodfiend turned into a massive ice sculpture and then fell from mid-air, shattering upon impact with the ground.
“Did he really defeat the Bloodfiend summoned by Her Majesty the Wolf Empress so easily?”
Grand Elder Raymond and others were filled with disbelief and shock.
Empress Marianna’s face was also full of astonishment. After all, she had summoned the Bloodfiend using her life essence blood, and this young man from Atraria had easily neutralized it.
Empress Marianna felt her worldview shatter.
The Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus continued to rotate slowly above Leo’s left palm, looking incredibly beautiful and captivating.
“Empress Marianna, I will give you one more chance. Submit to me, or death will be your final fate,” Leo said calmly, looking at Empress Marianna.
“In your dreams!” Empress Marianna roared in anger.
“In that case, don’t blame me for being ruthless.” Leo mentally commanded the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus to unleash its power.
The chill erupted, sweeping towards Empress Marianna.
Empress Marianna’s face showed fear as she hurriedly retreated.
The chill moved too quickly and sealed off all directions. Soon, Empress Marianna was touched by the cold.
First, her legs were frozen, then her chest and abdomen were quickly encased in ice.
Leo controlled the chill, leaving Empress Marianna’s head unfrozen.
Feeling unable to move or break free from the ice, even her blood seemed to be freezing. Empress Marianna’s face was filled with terror.
Seeing their great Wolf Empress frozen in mid-air, Grand Elder Raymond and the other werewolves were utterly despairing.
If even the Wolf Empress could not defeat this young man from Atraria, would the entire wolf tribe disappear from this world today?
Leo approached Empress Marianna, looking into her eyes, and said coldly, “Submit to me for fifty years.”
“Never!” Empress Marianna shouted angrily.
Leo snorted coldly, glanced at the werewolves on the ground, and said again, “Put away your false pride. If you don’t agree, I will kill one werewolf every three seconds starting now.”
“If you still don’t agree after I’ve killed all the werewolves, I will kill you too. Your entire wolf tribe will be annihilated.”
Leo’s words reached the ears of the werewolves, filling them with despair.
“I’m starting the countdown now. Three… two… one!”
Leo summoned an ice sword and was about to kill a werewolf.
“Stop!” Empress Marianna shouted anxiously. She did not doubt that Leo would carry out his threat.
The werewolves gathered here were all high-ranking members of the wolf tribe. If they all died here, although there were still many werewolves scattered around the world, without their leaders, those scattered werewolves would surely be exterminated by the Blood Clan.
At that point, the wolf tribe would be completely wiped out from this world.
“Have you thought it through?” Leo withdrew his attack and looked at Empress Marianna.
Empress Marianna’s eyes showed intense struggle and conflict.
As the Wolf Empress, if there were no more werewolves, everything would be meaningless.
After struggling internally, Empress Marianna finally made a choice she did not want to make.
“I… I am willing to submit to you,” Empress Marianna said with great difficulty as she looked at Leo.
“Your Majesty!” Grand Elder Raymond and Duke Richard’s eyes turned red upon hearing Empress Marianna’s words.
“That’s right. It’s a simple matter; there’s no need for us to fight to the death,” Leo said as he mentally controlled the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus to release Empress Marianna from the ice.
“You just said I only need to submit to you for fifty years. Do you mean it?” Empress Marianna asked as she looked at Leo.
One important reason she agreed to submit was that it was for a limited time and not permanent.
Leo nodded. “Of course. You can rest assured.”
Empress Marianna’s once sharp eyes became dull. She nodded heavily and then reverted to her human form.
A flawless and stunning female body appeared before Leo.
During her transformation, her clothes had been torn apart. After reverting to her human form, Empress Marianna naturally had no clothes on.
The werewolves on the ground also reverted to their human forms and lowered their heads, not daring to disrespect their great Wolf Empress with their gaze.
Leo quickly averted his eyes and took out a coat from his storage bag, tossing it to Empress Marianna.
Empress Marianna caught the coat, her beautiful face showing a slight change in expression as she put it on.
Seeing that Empress Marianna had put on clothes, Leo released his divine sense into her mind.
Empress Marianna’s expression changed.
“Don’t move or resist!” Leo quickly reminded her.
Since she had agreed to submit to him, it meant her life and death were in his hands. Empress Marianna allowed the strange “thing” to enter her mind.
Soon, she felt a mysterious force inscribing something in her mind. Her soul seemed to be bound by this mysterious force as well.
Marianna’s body trembled. When she looked at Leo again, she couldn’t help but feel a deep sense of reverence and obedience towards this young man from Atraria.
Three minutes later, Leo withdrew his divine sense, and they both landed on the ground.
Marianna’s ice-blue eyes looked at Leo with obedience. She knelt on one knee and respectfully said, “Master, Marianna submits to you.”
Grand Elder Raymond and others felt an overwhelming sense of bitterness upon witnessing this scene.
Leo nodded in satisfaction and said, “I accept your submission. Stand up.”
Marianna did not immediately stand up but instead raised her head, exposing her white neck. She said, “Master, according to tradition, you should touch my throat.”