Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion! Full of Aura! Lan is Speechless!

On the shore, a deathly silence reigned.

Dugu Yan stared at that retreating figure, her soul seemingly drained from her body.

She murmured to herself.

"Grandfather..."

"He is a Titled Douluo, after all."

In her heart, her grandfather Dugu Bo was the sky, the pinnacle of power on the continent, and the goal she had spent her life chasing.

But now, this sky had collapsed.

It had been crushed with a single, casual kick by a young girl who looked even younger than herself.

Her gaze drifted involuntarily toward the figure in the center of the lake.

This woman not only possessed a beauty that could topple nations but also held such unfathomable, god-like strength.

What exactly was her relationship with Lan?

Above the lake, Ice Empress heard Dugu Bo's heartfelt cries of "Great-Aunt," and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

It was time.

It was time for me to act... ahem, it was time for me to display the demeanor of a true powerhouse.

She turned slowly, her gaze passing over the kneeling Dugu Bo to look toward the distant night sky, her eyes becoming distant and profound.

An indescribable sense of desolation and aloofness began to permeate from her petite frame.

She spoke softly, using a tone that sounded as if it had weathered the vicissitudes of eons.

"When I reached the heights, I realized I was always alone; there was no one to speak with, and the lonely winter made me shiver..."

"At these heights, what is it that I truly seek?"

As her voice faded, it seemed as if only her lonely echo remained between heaven and earth.

An aura of supreme pretension instantly swept across the entire scene.

"..."

Dugu Bo shuddered.

He jerked his head up, his eyes changing as he looked at Ice Empress.

If he had only felt fear before, now it was a reverence that reached the depths of his soul.

This woman, who looked no more than fifteen or sixteen, suddenly appeared infinitely tall in his eyes, as if she had merged into the very fabric of the world.

Indeed, with such a realm and such strength, who in the entire continent could stand by her side? Who could possibly understand her state of mind?

It is cold at the top!

Senior, you have suffered!

On the shore, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were also filled with astonishment.

Soon, that astonishment turned into a complex emotion.

Mixed within it was a hint of sympathy.

So... was someone as powerful as her truly this lonely?

"Keep acting, just keep acting."

Lan stood to the side, speechless.

If he didn't know that Aunt Bing's true nature was that of a chatterbox who would feel miserable if she didn't speak thousands of words a day, he would have almost believed her.

She had truly grasped the essence of Aunt Xue's famous quote.

Just looking at how she was forcibly suppressing the corners of her mouth from turning upward, he knew how satisfied she felt inside.

Ice Empress slowly withdrew her gaze, maintaining that cold, aloof facade as she turned away indifferently.

Seeing this, Dugu Bo felt even more respect.

She was truly worthy of being an existence who could shatter his Ninth Spirit Skill with a single kick; this aura, this demeanor—it was peerless!

However.

The moment Ice Empress's gaze met Lan's not far away.

The eternal aloofness and indifference on her face instantly crumbled to pieces.

Replacing it was a pair of eyes filled with joy and excitement.

"Lan'er!"

A crisp, cheerful cry shattered the desolate atmosphere.

The next second.

Under the stunned gazes of everyone, whose jaws had practically hit the floor.

This peerless powerhouse, who had just been lamenting the "lonely winter," lifted her skirt and sprinted with her small legs, bounding across the ice like a happy little deer toward Lan.

She threw herself at him like a swallow returning to its nest.

Then, like an octopus, she latched onto Lan with both her arms and legs.

Her delicate little face even rubbed against Lan's chest.

"Lan'er, I haven't seen you in a few days, Aunt Bing missed you to death!"

"Did you miss Aunt Bing?"

"..."

Lan only felt a tightness in his chest, making it hard to breathe.

A moment later, Ice Empress finally let go of him, looking completely satisfied.

And at this very moment.

Whether it was Dugu Bo on the lake surface, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling on the shore, or even Scorpion Girl, who had been lurking in the corner with almost no presence.

Everyone's jaws hit the ground.

Wha... what is going on?

Dugu Bo's brain had completely crashed.

Senior? Fairy? Great-aunt?

Aren't you the Super Douluo who could shatter the Jade Phosphorous Divine Light with a single kick?

What about your dignity?

What about that temperament of standing in the cold heights where it's lonely?

What happened to "the lonely winter makes me shiver"?

How... how did you turn into this in the blink of an eye?!

This contrast is just too huge!

The wind blew across the frozen lake, unable to stir a single ripple.

Only the sound of Dugu Bo's breathing was exceptionally clear in the deathly silent night.

One second, she was a peerless expert looking down on all living things, lamenting the eternal loneliness of the ages.

The next second, she became a girl-next-door, acting spoiled and begging for hugs.

After a long while, Dugu Bo stood up from the ground.

"Senior!"

Dugu Bo squeezed out a smile.

"It was this old man who failed to recognize Mount Tai, and it was this old man who failed to discipline his kin, offending the Young Master and Senior. Please, forgive me!"

"Yanyan! Apologize!"

On the shore, Dugu Yan woke up as if from a dream.

She... has to apologize to that guy?

To that bastard who took liberties with her and even hit her... hit her there?

A flush of humiliation instantly spread from her neck to the tips of her ears.

Just as Dugu Bo was about to flare up again, a calm voice rang out.

"No need."

Lan gently pushed away Ice Empress, who was still rubbing against his chest, and his gaze moved past Dugu Bo to land on Dugu Yan.

"She has already been taught a lesson."

Lan said indifferently.

"I believe this is a lesson she will remember for the rest of her life."

Upon hearing this, Dugu Yan's body trembled, and her cheeks grew even hotter.

This bastard!

Lan ignored her and turned his attention to Dugu Bo.

"Dugu Bo."

"I heard that you have quite a few precious plants growing in your herb garden."

Ice Empress blinked her emerald green eyes curiously, looking at Lan and then at him.

Lan watched Dugu Bo's troubled expression, the corners of his mouth curling into a faint, almost imperceptible arc.

"In return."

"I can help you detoxify."

The short sentence struck Dugu Bo like a bolt of lightning, hitting him square on the crown of his head.

"Wha... what?"

"Re... really?"

Dugu Bo's reason slowly began to return.

A trace of suspicion welled up in his heart.

"Young Master Lan... it is not that this old man does not believe you..."

"It is just that my poison arts have long since fused with my spirit bones, deep into my marrow. I have studied this for decades and found no solution; do you truly have a way?"

He was, after all, the continent's number one Poison Douluo.

How could this youth, who looked no older than seventeen or eighteen, possibly solve a problem that even he could not?

Hearing this, Lan's expression remained unchanged.

He extended a single finger.

"There is more than one way to solve the problem in your body."

Dugu Bo was stunned.

Lan slowly extended a second finger.

"At least two ways."

"..."

Dugu Bo's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinpricks.

Lan paid no mind to his loss of composure.

"The first method: spirit bones."

"Spirit bones?" Dugu Bo was startled, unable to react for a moment.