Taming the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion

Boom!

Spiritual Energy exploded in all directions, and the air wave swept out in an instant, knocking the Ice Empress away.

Bang!

Her body slammed heavily into the cave wall. The Ice Empress cried out in pain and roared furiously.

"You dared to throw this Old Lady?! When a scorpion doesn't get angry, do you take me for a worm?!"

Boom!

The Ice Empress swung her pair of forepincers, and rolling cold air erupted from within her body.

Extreme Ice blossomed, and in an instant, the entire underground cavern fell completely under the Ice Empress's control.

The chill swept toward him. Even a Titled Douluo would find it difficult to withstand.

Shen Tianyu narrowed his eyes slightly as he examined the Ice Empress's pair of forepincers.

A layer of diamond-like ice crystals covered the pincers.

The terrifying cold air was being released from those forepincers.

"Ice Empress's Pincers!"

"Oh? Human, you know your stuff. You even recognize This Emperor's soul skill!"

Whoosh!

Her five-foot body leaped up, and her two forepincers smashed fiercely toward Shen Tianyu.

He crossed Both Arms before him and met the pair of forepincers head-on.

Crack!

Ice crystals rapidly spread over him, seeking to freeze Shen Tianyu solid.

"Break!"

The rapidly forming Extreme Ice exploded with a bang.

He pulled back his crossed arms, then swung a fist into the forepincers.

The ice crystals coating them shattered with a bang.

The Ice Empress was startled. Her Ice Empress's Pincers possessed not only tremendous attack power, but even more formidable were the ice crystals covering them, which made the pair of forepincers incomparably sturdy.

Yet this human had effortlessly shattered those solid ice crystals with a single punch.

After that strike, the Ice Empress began to take the person before her seriously.

"Ice Empress's Wrath!"

Hiss—

Her scorpion mouth let out a piercing cry as Extreme Ice was pushed to its utmost limit.

The world's finest ice element spread beneath the Ice Empress's control.

The entire underground cavern was completely frozen over.

Energy condensed from Extreme Ice crashed down viciously upon Shen Tianyu's body.

After testing him with Ice Empress's Pincers, the Ice Empress no longer held back and directly used her strongest move, Ice Empress's Wrath.

This move was the Ice Empress's strongest soul skill, and also what allowed her to firmly hold her place among the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North.

At full power, it shook heaven and earth.

Under the Extreme Ice, a layer of frost formed over Shen Tianyu's body.

The bone-piercing cold seeped deep into his marrow.

"So this is Extreme Ice?"

A smile curled across Shen Tianyu's lips as he stomped the ground.

All the Extreme Ice covering his body exploded.

Wrapped in cold light, he threw a punch and charged forward.

The Ice Empress's eyes widened, and the shock in her heart was beyond words.

Even the Snow Empress would have to suffer somewhat if she faced that attack.

"Little scorpion, don't space out. Take my punch!"

In the next moment, Shen Tianyu was already before her.

The Ice Empress hurriedly activated her Soul Power. Ice crystals rapidly covered her entire body, blooming with a faint white-jade radiance.

"Ice Empress Protection!"

Boom!

The punch fell, and the ice crystals shattered. Her strongest defensive soul skill failed to block that blow.

This was bad!

Ice Empress's Pincers came out again. Extreme Ice covered the pair of forepincers as she gathered all her Soul Power and swung them out.

Bang! Bang!

The two pincers hammered his chest, and chunks of ice crystals exploded.

How could the Indestructible Vajra Body be broken by such trifling Extreme Ice?!

He reached out and seized the Ice Empress's pair of forepincers.

He flipped over onto the Ice Empress's back and bent both forepincers behind her back.

"You! Get off This Emperor's back!"

Cold light flickered from her scorpion tail as it stabbed Shen Tianyu's back with a clang.

Freeing one hand, he grabbed the long scorpion tail.

Without allowing the Ice Empress to resist, he bound her tail together with her two forepincers.

"Ahhh! This Emperor is furious! Human, how dare you ride me!"

As one of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North, the renowned Ice Jade Empress Scorpion among the Ten Great Beasts—

The Ice Empress possessed her own pride. Being ridden on the back by a human today naturally infuriated her.

She immediately activated her Soul Power, and ice crystals once again covered her body from head to toe.

Her six long legs kicked against the ground, sending her body flying into the cavern wall, where the ice was exceptionally thick.

Bang!

Shen Tianyu remained as steady as a mountain on her back. The instant she struck the cave wall—

Gripping the bound scorpion tail and forepincers, Shen Tianyu flipped off the Ice Empress's back.

"Ha!"

With a sharp shout, he raised his hand and struck a palm onto the Ice Empress's back.

Gravity descended from thin air. Her six legs went limp, and her abdomen collapsed straight onto the ice.

Moving as swiftly as Gui Mei, he grabbed the Ice Empress's legs one by one and quickly bent them behind her back.

Using that long scorpion tail, he rapidly tied up her scorpion legs.

Before long, all six scorpion legs were tightly bound behind her back.

The Ice Empress now resembled a rice dumpling, able to support her body only with her abdomen.

"A perfect finish!"

He clapped his hands, lifted the Ice Empress, and sat back down atop the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.

With a Spiritual Energy seal left behind, the Ice Empress's Soul Power was suppressed, unable to circulate in the slightest.

"Human, you bastard! This Emperor will definitely kill you!"

"Little scorpion, what a big mouth you have. Have a chestnut."

He flicked her forehead!

"Ahhh!!!"

The Ice Empress was mortified and furious, wishing she could disappear into the ground.

She twisted her body in struggle, wanting to regain control of it.

But all her limbs were bound, and Shen Tianyu had sealed her Soul Power with Spiritual Energy. She was now nothing more than fish on the chopping block.

Ignoring the Ice Empress's struggles, Shen Tianyu sat cross-legged and began absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.

Time passed second by second. Half an hour later—

The Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow had been fully absorbed. Exhausted from struggling, the Ice Empress lay quietly to one side.

Her resentful little eyes glared viciously at Shen Tianyu.

"Not struggling anymore? Then listen to why I came here!

Ice Empress, you have a little over ten thousand years before your next limit, don't you?

When you broke through to three hundred thousand years, you damaged your foundational origin.

You definitely won't survive your next limit. You must be getting desperate now, right?"

The Ice Empress, who had stopped struggling, trembled slightly.

When her three-hundred-thousand-year limit had damaged her origin, only she herself had known about it.

Not even the countless members of the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan knew the Ice Empress's exact condition.

How did this human know?

"I have a cultivation method that can not only increase your strength, but also extend your lifespan—even grant immortality!"

As those words fell lightly, the Ice Empress's Eyes widened.

Increasing strength and extending one's lifespan were undoubtedly tempting.

But what the Ice Empress cared about most was the final phrase: immortality!

The longer one lived, the less one wished to die. That was life's instinct.

"Really?"

"Of course it's true!"

Seeing that the Ice Empress was tempted, Shen Tianyu immediately struck while the iron was hot.

"What I cultivate are Immortal Arts. Immortal Arts are the methods of Immortal Cultivation, which seek to defy the heavens, endure tribulations, and become Immortal.

Once you reach the realm of an Immortal, you can live as long as heaven and earth!"

Huff—

The Ice Empress exhaled a breath of cold air and steadied herself.

"How am I supposed to believe you?"

"Simple. Follow me and cultivate for a while, and you'll understand its mysteries.

I already told you that Immortal Arts can increase strength and prolong one's life.

You only need to cultivate a little, and you'll notice your lifespan extending.

It won't cost you much at all, so why not give it a try?"

The underground cavern was silent. Everything that needed to be said had already been said; now it depended on the Ice Empress's choice.

At this moment, the Ice Empress was struggling inwardly. Ten thousand years was a long time to humans, but for a Great Beast, it was still somewhat short.

To survive her four-hundred-thousand-year limit, the Ice Empress had tried every possible method over the past century to restore her depleted origin, all without result.

"Fine! This Emperor will cultivate Immortal Arts with you!"

She still had ten thousand years left to live. There was no loss in trying—what if it really worked?

And deep down, the Ice Empress had a feeling that this man was not simple.

She had agreed so quickly partly because she sensed no hostility from Shen Tianyu.

"Since you've decided, let me see what you look like in human form. I can't exactly teach Immortal Cultivation while facing a little scorpion, can I?"