The Ice Empress Strikes! Ten Thousand Miles of Ice! The Emperor of the Far North! Dugu Bo is Stunned!

"Thud!"

Dugu Yan's legs went weak, and she stood on the damp shore, unable to utter another word.

Dugu Bo, having transformed into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, felt his massive serpentine body uncontrollably shrink back under this aura.

"Martial Soul... suppression..."

His lantern-sized serpent pupils stared at the figure shrouded by the Primordial Shark Shadow as he spat out these words.

"What... exactly are you?"

"A... a hundred-thousand-year..."

Dugu Bo's tone was filled with extreme shock and disbelief.

An eighteen-year-old Spirit Saint.

A Spirit Saint whose seventh ring was a hundred-thousand-year ring.

Dugu Yan, collapsed on the ground, had long since lost her focus.

Pride? Revenge?

At this moment, they had all become the most ridiculous joke in the world.

The family background she took pride in, the grandfather she viewed as her pillar of support, had become insignificant before this figure shrouded by the Primordial Shark Shadow.

There was not a trace of fear on the Scorpion Girl's face; instead, her purple eyes shone brilliantly, filled with fanatical worship.

"I knew it!"

"I knew Master was the best!"

She clenched her fists tightly, whispering in excitement.

By the lakeside.

Dugu Bo's Time Stasis still enveloped the space.

However, within that massive Azure Shark Shadow, Lan's figure remained upright, seemingly unaffected in the slightest.

He merely looked calmly at the terrified Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.

Then, he raised his hand.

Boom!

A loud explosion rang out—not from the outside world, but as if it had erupted from the seabed of another dimension!

The entire frozen space shattered like a mirror struck by a massive force!

The endless shadows shrouding Lan transformed into a true Abyssal sea, and a solid blue giant shark, even larger than the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, roared as it broke through the "surface"!

Time began to flow once more.

The confinement was instantly cleared.

"Seventh Spirit Skill: Abyssal Shark Hunt."

Lan's voice rang out, calm yet sounding like a judgment from the Abyss.

The blue giant shark that soared into the sky circled once, its massive body suddenly disintegrating into nine more refined, swifter Shark Spirits!

These nine Shark Spirits were deep blue, seemingly composed of the purest water elements and vengeful souls; they were silent, yet carried an aura that could Devour everything as they lunged toward Dugu Bo's massive serpent body!

"You!"

Dugu Bo snapped out of his shock, his serpent maw wide open as his fifth and sixth spirit rings erupted with brilliant light simultaneously!

"Jade Phosphorous Divine Light!"

"Serpent Python Celestial Shield!"

A massive light shield mixed with deadly poison and spirit power instantly formed before him, thick and heavy, radiating a heart-stopping corrosive aura.

This was his strongest defensive spirit skill combination!

However, the next second, Dugu Bo's lantern-sized serpent pupils shrank to pinpricks!

The nine deep blue Shark Spirits, facing his pride-and-joy poisonous Celestial Shield, treated it as if it were nothing, passing straight through without the slightest hesitation!

It was as if that impenetrable shield of spirit power were merely a non-existent phantom!

"What?!"

Dugu Bo's mind went blank.

Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff...

All nine Shark Spirits submerged into his massive Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor true form.

"Ignoring... defense?"

Dugu Bo struggled to lift his head, his face full of disbelief as he stared fixedly at the youth who still stood there calmly.

"What kind of monster is this... like a ghost..."

"You brat... are you even human?"

Excruciating pain exploded from within his body; nine shark spirits, like nine cold abysses, rampaged through his Martial Soul Avatar, devouring his soul power.

"Brat!"

"You forced my hand!"

Dugu Bo suddenly reared his massive serpent head, his lantern-like pupils turning blood-red.

His ninth and final soul ring erupted with unprecedented radiance at this moment!

A destructive aura instantly enveloped the entire lakeshore.

Even Scorpion Girl and Dugu Yan, watching from afar, felt a tremor originating from their very souls.

"Ninth Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorous Divine Light!"

Dugu Bo opened his cavernous maw.

A beam of ink-green light, not thick but condensed to the extreme, as if capable of corroding all things, tore through the air and shot straight toward Lan!

Wherever this divine light passed, the space itself emitted an unbearable "hissing" sound.

This was his strongest single-target attack.

Lan's gaze remained calm.

He could sense the terrifying power contained within that beam, yet he did not feel it could threaten his life.

Just as he raised his hand, preparing to crush it with an even more overbearing stance.

Crack!

A crisp, thunderous sound rang out.

A crystal-clear ice wall, radiating extreme cold, rose from the ground without warning, positioning itself perfectly in front of Lan.

The ink-green "Jade Phosphorous Divine Light" slammed violently into the ice wall!

There was no explosion.

Only the screeching sound of corrosion intertwined with the sound of freezing.

The ice wall was eroded into a large hole at a speed visible to the naked eye, but more cold air surged in from all directions, repairing and thickening it even faster!

The Jade Phosphorous Divine Light was actually blocked dead in its tracks.

It was then that a crisp, melodious, yet slightly mischievous girl's voice echoed across the silent lakeshore.

"You old thing, always bullying the young."

The voice paused, seemingly carrying a hint of disdain.

"Pah!"

A petite figure had appeared atop the ice wall at some unknown moment.

She wore a pristine, emerald-green dress, and her porcelain-like face bore a haughty, disdainful expression inconsistent with her age.

The next second, she leaped lightly, drifting down beside Lan like a weightless feather.

The girl turned around.

A cute and incredibly familiar face came into Lan's view.

A ripple finally appeared on Lan's calm face—a smile mixed with surprise and warmth.

"Aunt Bing!"

The person who had arrived was none other than the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, Ice Empress!

Ice Empress tilted her small face up, and upon seeing Lan, the arrogance on her face instantly melted into doting affection; she stood on her tiptoes and reached out a small hand to pat Lan's arm.

"Lan'er, don't be afraid, Aunt Bing is here!"

Immediately after, as if remembering something, she shook her small, fair fist in the direction of Dugu Bo.

"Watch me beat him into submission!"

Having said that, Ice Empress turned around again, her small body facing the massive Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.

In that instant, the expression on her face changed.

If she had been a naive and arrogant little girl before, she was now an empress reigning over the world!

An indescribable chill, originating from the primordial era, erupted suddenly with her at its center!

Crack—

Crack, crack, crack—

The ground beneath her feet instantly solidified into permafrost that would never thaw.

The lake not far away emitted a deafening roar.

The vast expanse of lake water began to freeze from the surface down to the bottom at a speed that defied all logic!