Dugu Bo

Xue Qinglan's body stiffened almost imperceptibly the moment Ling Han wrapped an arm around her. Even her ice-blue eyelashes seemed to tremble faintly.

The ultimate chill capable of freezing all things did not reject the aura of Ling Han's Ice Hell Dragon Emperor. Instead, as though it had found a core of the same origin, her coldness became even more restrained and pure.

Her cool voice remained steady. "It is my duty. Please rest assured, Young Master Han." She did not resist the somewhat intimate posture, seemingly accepting that this was the most secure way to carry her.

Feeling the icy touch from the woman in his arms and the supple strength belonging to a peak powerhouse, Ling Han felt at ease.

Holding Xue Qinglan, he felt as though he were holding a jade statue carved from ten-thousand-year Mystic Ice—cold and steadfast. The aura of the Ice Hell Dragon Emperor naturally spread, forming perfect ice resonance with the Extreme Ice Phoenix beneath his feet and Xue Qinglan in his arms, as if they had become sovereigns of ice as one.

"Long Chen, keep up!" Ling Han's voice carried an unquestionable dominance.

"Hahaha! Understood! Just watch, my lord! Let that old poisoner learn what it means for dragon might to descend!"

Long Chen laughed loudly, his voice shaking the surrounding lands. He stomped hard, making the earth quake violently as crimson-gold flames erupted from his body like an out-of-control volcano!

He had no intention of holding back. Instead, he pushed his Soul Power to the limit!

Boom—!

Long Chen transformed into an enormous crimson-gold fireball over ten meters wide, blazing like a falling sun. Wrapped in the terrifying heatwave of Heaven Burning Sea Boiling and deafening thunderous roars, he shot into the sky!

The air crackled as it burned in his wake, space twisting around him. The forest canopy below instantly turned to ash, leaving behind a broad, charred path of flaming destruction that billowed with smoke!

"Go!" Ling Han commanded, tightening his arm around Xue Qinglan slightly.

Screech—!

Sensing her master's intent, the Extreme Ice Phoenix let out an even more piercing cry!

Its massive icy wings beat fiercely, no longer streamlined for speed but carrying an imposing, declarative majesty!

Violent currents of icy air exploded outward like a tsunami, propelling the colossal Frost Phoenix forward like a moving iceberg as it thundered toward Sunset Forest!

Its speed remained astonishing, but what drew even more attention was the overwhelming ultimate chill!

Wherever the phoenix passed, vast bands of frozen crystal clouds remained in the sky, dazzling beneath the refracted sunlight while blanketing the forest below in thick frost!

Ling Han stood firmly upon the phoenix's back, holding Xue Qinglan.

Not only did he refrain from concealing the tyrannical, majestic dragon might of the Ice Hell Dragon Emperor, filled with an aura of destruction, he instead fused it completely with Xue Qinglan's Eternal Frost Domain and the Extreme Ice Phoenix's power of ice before unleashing it without reserve!

A terrifying aura mixed with Absolute Zero, Dragon Emperor's Might, and the will to freeze all things rolled across the heavens with the phoenix's flight like an invisible mountain of ice crushing everything in its path!

Added to that was Long Chen's Heaven Burning Saint Dragon aura, erupting wantonly behind them like a falling sun...

For a time, the sky was completely divided!

On one side lay an absolute frozen realm that sealed ice over thousands of miles; on the other, a blazing sea of fire capable of burning the eight wastelands!

Rather than canceling each other out, the auras of ice and fire, under Ling Han's will, formed an even more suffocating and terrifying pressure that displayed supreme power!

It was as if the heavens had collapsed and divine ice-and-fire punishment had descended upon the mortal world!

In their wake, the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest were no longer merely disturbed—they had fallen into complete terror and dead silence!

Countless soul beasts lay prostrate on the ground, trembling so badly they did not even dare raise their heads.

The human Soul Master outposts in the mixed zone and outer zone rang alarm bells, everyone turning pale as they believed the end of the world had come!

Ling Han's gaze was sharp as an Ice Cone, piercing through clouds and space as it locked firmly onto the northeast. A cold, expectant smile curved across his lips.

"Dugu Bo... I'm almost there. Don't disappoint me..."

At the same time, deep within Sunset Forest, inside a strange valley shrouded in dense Seven-colored Poison Mist yet containing the ultimate powers of ice and fire—the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Dugu Bo, who had been frowning thoughtfully before a strange herb, suddenly raised his head!

His emerald snake eyes instantly contracted to their limit, and the lazy expression on his face was replaced by utter horror!

An indescribable aura mixed with terrifying icy cold that seemed capable of freezing even his soul, scorching heat that could burn his poison mist to nothing, and a dragon's pressure that seemed to come from the very top of the food chain, making his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor martial soul let out frightened wails!

Three terrifying auras so powerful they made his scalp tingle and his heart quake were crushing toward Sunset Forest—or more precisely, toward his location—with overbearing force, as though declaring their arrival to the entire world!

"How... how did anyone find this place?!"

Dugu Bo cried out in shock, his voice trembling slightly.

In all his years, he had never felt such a tyrannical, terrifying combination of pressure so completely undisguised!

And they were moving incredibly fast, their target clear! He instantly understood that they had come for him—or rather, for this treasured land he guarded!

"Damn it!" Dugu Bo's expression changed drastically. No longer caring about the herbs, he erupted with emerald Soul Power and transformed into a streak of green light, shooting out of the Poison Fog and soaring toward the source of that terrifying pressure without hesitation!

He had to face them! No matter who had come, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo had nowhere to retreat from such blatant provocation and oppression!

Above Sunset Forest, the terrifying celestial phenomenon formed by the Ice Hell Dragon Emperor's pressure, the Extreme Ice Phoenix's frozen domain, and the Heaven Burning Saint Dragon's flames descended like judgment day.

At the outskirts of the valley shrouded in Seven-colored Poison Mist, an emerald figure carrying both fury and alarm burst through the poison fog like an arrow loosed from a bow and came to a halt high in the air. It was Poison Douluo Dugu Bo!

He wore a dark green robe, his hair and beard bristling.

His emerald snake eyes were fixed tightly on the source of the interwoven ice and fire, whose pressure towered over the heavens—the Extreme Ice Phoenix with its astonishing wingspan and Absolute Zero chill, the vague figure upon its back radiating draconic majesty that made even his soul tremble, and the crimson-gold fireball burning like a miniature sun behind the phoenix's flank!

"Who are you brats to dare cause trouble on my, Dugu Bo's, territory?!"

Dugu Bo forcefully suppressed the dread in his heart. His voice hissed like a venomous snake, carrying the majesty of a Titled Douluo along with a hint of bluster masking weakness.

The air around him instantly became thick and sickly sweet. Emerald poison mist rolled and spread like a living creature, attempting to resist the crushing pressure of ice and fire.

But before that terrifying interwoven aura of extreme cold and blazing heat, his poison mist seemed to have met its bane. It hissed as it froze and evaporated, its range rapidly shrinking!