#796 - Will to survive

The Ultimate Ice Phantom, seemingly only different from the Ice Phantom in the color of its body surface, actually doesn't have many changes in its abilities.

Unlike the Ultimate Strength Tyrannosaurus or the Ultimate Little Pidgey, which underwent significant transformations, the Ultimate Ice Phantom's change is only in its ability to create ice.

Visually, the Ultimate Ice Phantom no longer releases cold air, but flames. However, what appears to be flames is actually a 'plasma beam'.

The plasma beam consumes the heat of any substance it touches, visually appearing as if it's burning away the heat. Therefore, Ben Tennyson calls it 'ice-cold fire'.

This plasma beam is undoubtedly much stronger than the Ice Phantom's simple cold air because it no longer simply lowers the temperature but burns away the heat. Thus, the Ultimate Ice Phantom becomes the nemesis of the Flame Queen, Cinder.

You possess flames that burn everything, and I happen to have 'flames' that burn your flames. Simply put, it's like a four-times weakness in Pokémon, so Cinder's loss is justified.

By the way, the evolved Ultimate Ice Phantom also has a stronger survival ability than before. They can comfortably survive in almost any harsh environment that would be a death trap for other creatures.

Therefore, Yang Le gave the Ultimate Ice Phantom another nickname: Ultimate Creature. At least in terms of survivability, the Ultimate Ice Phantom is maxed out. In the Omnitrix, only Alien X and Atomix can compare to it.

After a while, all the Ice Phantoms completed their tasks. They stood around the High Celestial and the Ultimate Ice Phantom as the center.

Looking at the surrounding Ice Phantoms, the High Celestial felt even more proud. These young men and women who shone on the battlefield were all his children.

Of course, the celebration would be postponed. Before that, there was still the most important thing to do.

The High Celestial rarely used magic, instead walking in one direction. The surrounding Ice Phantoms made way, finally revealing the High Celestial's destination.

There lay the bodies of four dead Ice Phantoms. Because the fatal wounds were all cuts caused by swords, some limbs were inevitably missing.

However, the High Celestial had taught the Ice Phantoms well. They had a high degree of cohesion within their race, so the severed limbs were all found and placed on the ground as they were in life.

One of the most tragic things in life is when a white-haired person buries a black-haired person. These children raised by the High Celestial had died in front of him, so how could he not feel sad?

Two lines of tears flowed instantly. The High Celestial didn't hide his emotions. It wouldn't be appropriate if he still put on airs at this time; he wouldn't be a qualified father.

The High Celestial's emotional release infected the surrounding Ice Phantoms. They all lowered their heads and began to sob, especially the Ultimate Ice Phantom closest to him, whose cries were filled with self-blame.

"It's all my fault," said the Ultimate Ice Phantom.

"If the plan I made had been a little more careful, or if I had Ultimate Evolved them from the beginning, they wouldn't have died."

"You can't blame everything on yourself, child," the High Celestial said, wiping away tears with his hand, then flicking his fingers, sending the tears onto the four corpses.

The crystal tears were wrapped in purple mana and absorbed upon contact with the corpses. Then, purple threads poured out from the severed areas, connecting the broken limbs, completing the repair in a few seconds.

At this time, the four corpses, except for the lack of vitality, looked no different from ordinary Ice Phantoms.

The High Celestial could only do this much. Life has always been a very heavy word. Even a Dimensional God of his level cannot easily resurrect a life.

Of course, if the person's soul was in his hands, it would be another matter. However, the four Ice Phantoms had been dead for a while, and their souls had long gone to where they should go. Yang Le estimated that the souls of these new lives should be with Death.

The Marvel Universe has many Grim Reapers representing death, but none of them can define the concept of death because death itself has its own will.

Death has no prefix or suffix. He is Death, representing the concept of 'death' in the universe.

Unlike those worker-bee Grim Reapers, He isn't very concerned about his work. Death, as one of the top figures in the Marvel pyramid, is mostly very... easygoing?

Or, using modern internet slang, He is Buddhist. Of course, the reason Death is like this is because He is the creator of all souls in the Marvel Universe. No matter which Grim Reaper accepts the soul, the actual control is still in Death's hands.

Perhaps because of this reason, Death is mostly easygoing. Even when someone threatens his position or weakens his power, Death is still lukewarm.

In the High Celestial's memory, the times when Death's emotions fluctuated the most were when facing Thanos or Deadpool, oh, and also once when she was bored with her work.

It sounds like Death is a bit submissive, but easygoing doesn't mean Death is easy to talk to. Death is still very interested in some unique souls or things that can show the beauty of the concept of 'death'.

And if you want to take something that Death likes from his hands, you generally have to pay a price.

Therefore, the High Celestial felt that he should send Eternity to lobby. After all, they are considered siblings in the setting, although they usually don't interact, but having this relationship should make it easier to talk, right?

Uh, should be?

Seemingly seeing the High Celestial's embarrassment, the Ultimate Ice Phantom took the initiative to speak.

"Don't feel sad, Father. Death is a process that every creature should experience."

The Ultimate Ice Phantom approached the High Celestial and said, "A race that is not afraid of death cannot grow. I know you want to give us a comfortable environment, Father, but that is not an environment that a biological race should live in."

"Only by experiencing the threat of death can we continue to evolve." The Ultimate Ice Phantom patted his chest. "Take me for example. If I thought that Father would definitely save my life when I underwent Ultimate Evolution, then I would never have evolved successfully."

"Without the courage to be reborn from the dead, there is no way to cultivate a strong will to survive. What is the difference between a creature without a will to survive and a puppet?"

The Ultimate Ice Phantom became more and more excited, and finally even shouted it out. At the same time, all the Ice Phantoms raised their faces, as if proud of their brother's words.