The Ice Empress's Terrifying Strength! Dugu Bo Backed Down! Spare Me, Senior!

In the blink of an eye, the entire vast lake transformed into a giant block of crystal-clear ice!

The air itself seemed to have frozen into a solid mass.

Dugu Bo's massive Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor true form began to tremble violently, beyond his control.

This wasn't due to pain, but a primal fear of absolute zero originating from the very core of his being.

That extreme zero felt like countless invisible ice needles, piercing through his soul armor and stabbing into every inch of Dugu Bo's body.

Agony and biting cold caused his colossal serpent form to writhe uncontrollably.

Only one thought remained in his mind.

So cold!

This was no longer a suppression of soul power, but a crushing of life itself!

Dugu Bo's massive serpent eyes fixed intently on the small figure on the ice wall, his heart churning like a stormy sea.

"This astonishing power... could it be... Level 97?"

For a Titled Douluo, Level 95 was already a chasm, and every level thereafter represented a world of difference in strength.

A Super Douluo at Level 97 was a rarity, a needle in a haystack across the entire continent!

Who exactly was this little girl?

Meanwhile, on the distant lakeshore.

Lan had returned to the shore at some unknown point. He gazed at the Ice Empress's small silhouette, his face calm, but a warmth spread through his heart.

"Aunt Bing is indeed still this strong."

On the other side, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling found themselves in a different predicament.

The bone-chilling cold seemed to freeze their very blood, and the two instinctively huddled together, shivering.

Dugu Yan looked at the girl in the center of the arena, who was around her age but unleashed a world-destroying power, her beautiful eyes filled with dread.

How could this woman be so strong! She looked even younger than me!

A thin layer of frost had already formed on Ye Lingling's long hair. Her slender body, clad in a tight black dress, pressed close against Dugu Yan.

Suddenly, as if struck by an idea, she lightly patted Dugu Yan's perky backside with her cold little hand.

"Yan Yan, does your butt still hurt?"

This sudden action made Dugu Yan stiffen. Her cheeks, already flushed from the cold, now burned as if they might bleed.

"You dead Leng Leng! What time is it, and you're still hitting me!"

Dugu Yan, a mix of shame and anger, retaliated by pinching Ye Lingling's plump form, also encased in the black dress.

Ye Lingling yelped in pain, her pretty face flushing slightly, but she giggled.

"See, doesn't this little bit of teasing make it feel less cold?"

Dugu Yan blinked in surprise, then realized Ye Lingling was trying to distract them.

She gave her best friend a helpless look, but her gaze involuntarily drifted to another figure not far away.

"Look at him."

Dugu Yan's tone held a hint of complexity.

"He doesn't seem cold at all."

There stood Lan, hands behind his back, his posture ramrod straight, his expression unreadable amidst the icy landscape.

The extreme cold domain, capable of freezing Titled Douluo, felt to him like nothing more than a gentle breeze from his homeland.

As Ye Lingling finished speaking, Dugu Yan's complex gaze returned to the center of the lake.

That small figure had become the sole focus of the world.

On the lake's surface.

Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor true form was now a colossal green ice sculpture, only his unwilling serpent eyes could still move slightly.

He refused to believe it!

He refused to believe that a young girl, who looked no older than a teenager, could possess such terrifying strength!

"Roar--!"

A suppressed roar echoed from deep within the ice.

Dugu Bo's massive body suddenly shuddered, and the ice encasing him instantly spiderwebbed with cracks.

"Ninth Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorous Divine Light!"

He was risking everything.

His soul body, already weakened from being pierced by Lan's "Abyssal Shark Hunt," was now further strained by forcibly activating his Ninth Soul Skill.

But he couldn't afford to hold back any longer.

A thick, dark green beam of light erupted from the ice sculpture's mouth, carrying a poison that corroded all things, shooting directly towards the Ice Empress!

Wherever the beam of light passed, even the air was corroded, emitting a sizzling sound.

However, facing this lethal strike capable of instantly killing an ordinary Titled Douluo.

Ice Empress merely yawned, looking bored.

She couldn't even be bothered to use an ice wall to block it.

Her petite figure took a light step forward, her fair, jade-like bare feet touching the crystalline ice surface.

Not a single sound was made.

She walked toward that destructive Jade Phosphorous Divine Light as if she were taking a leisurely stroll.

Her skirt fluttered, revealing a perfectly shaped calf that appeared even whiter than snow against the backdrop of the ice.

"This... what is she trying to do?!"

On the shore, Dugu Yan exclaimed, her beautiful eyes wide with shock.

Taking a Titled Douluo's ninth soul skill head-on with her physical body?

Is she insane!

Lan, however, only watched quietly, the corners of his mouth curling into an imperceptible arc.

How could these people possibly imagine the true strength of Aunt Bing?

Just as the Jade Phosphorous Divine Light was about to touch the body of the Ice Empress.

Ice Empress moved.

She simply raised her right leg casually.

That exquisite, translucent jade foot traced a graceful arc in the air, and then, seemingly effortless, kicked the dark green beam of light.

"Bang!"

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

Only a dull thud, like kicking a sandbag.

Then, under the horrified gazes of Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling.

That world-destroying Jade Phosphorous Divine Light was frozen inch by inch from the tip, as if gripped by an invisible giant hand!

In an instant, the dark green, highly toxic beam of light turned into a crystalline green popsicle.

Immediately following.

"Crack."

A crisp sound rang out.

The popsicle shattered.

It transformed into a sky full of ice shards, drifting down and refracting magnificent light under the moonlight, before silently merging into the ice surface below.

As if it had never appeared at all.

"..."

Dugu Bo's massive serpent pupils froze completely.

His ninth soul skill, which he took such pride in, the most potent poison on the continent, had just been... kicked away?

What kind of absurd scene was this?

He felt his worldview being completely overturned at this moment.

This was no longer a question of strength.

"Gulp."

Dugu Bo swallowed, even though his throat was nearly frozen shut.

The instinct to survive overcame his dignity as a Titled Douluo at this moment.

He had to concede!

Otherwise, this old man's life might really be forfeit here today!

The next second, the light of the massive Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor avatar flashed and rapidly shrank, returning to Dugu Bo's human form.

The layer of ice on his body vanished along with it.

This world-renowned Poison Douluo no longer possessed any air of a master; he dropped to his knees with a "thud" in a perfectly standard posture.

The fluidity of his movement and the sincerity of his attitude could be called textbook-level.

"Senior!"

"Fairy!"

"Great-aunt!"

Dugu Bo said.

"This old man failed to recognize Mount Tai and offended you, elder!"

This series of maneuvers left Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling on the shore completely stunned.

Was this really the arrogant, aloof, and insufferable grandfather (senior) they remembered?

The speed at which he changed his expression was simply too fast!

Lan, however, was unfazed.

In the Far North, there were at least eighty, if not a hundred, soul beasts that had been "educated" by Aunt Bing and Aunt Xue in this exact manner.

Dugu Bo's reaction was, all things considered, quite normal.