Ice Jade Scorpion King's External Soul Bone

"Fourth Soul Skill: Hell Venom Fire!"

Several tongues of flame erupted from beneath Dugu Feng's feet, sweeping down all the ice spikes that shot straight at him.

The blazing tongues of fire instantly lashed toward the Ice Jade Scorpion King.

In the blink of an eye, they bound its pincers and scorpion tail, while more tongues of flame continued rising from the ground.

Like a dozen or so toad tongues, they firmly pinned the scorpion in place.

The Ice Jade Scorpion King let out a heart-rending howl. The flames of Hell Venom Fire clung to it like maggots on bone, relentlessly trying to burrow into its body.

Dugu Feng immediately activated his Second Soul Skill, Spiritual Snake Hidden Force, and leaped nearly fifty meters into the air.

He activated his Self-Created Soul Skill—Meteor Flying Kick!

Spiritual Snake Hidden Force concentrated his Soul Power in his leg.

His flying kick came crashing down, striking the Ice Jade Scorpion King squarely on the back.

The Ice Jade Scorpion King's back instantly cracked apart. Countless streams of venomous fire followed the fissures and burrowed directly into its body.

The instant Hell Venom Fire entered the Ice Jade Scorpion King's body, it spread through its meridians, clinging to them and traveling throughout its entire body.

Feeling the searing pain coursing through it, the Ice Jade Scorpion King began circulating its Soul Power, releasing vast amounts of cold air.

But this only allowed Dugu Feng's Nether Domain to absorb it.

Dugu Feng immediately seized the opportunity to unleash his First Soul Skill, Toxic Toad Devouring Breath.

It began corroding the Ice Jade Scorpion King's Soul Power and numbing its entire body, leaving it unable to move.

On one hand, it suffered the heart-devouring agony of the venomous fire; on the other, Toxic Toad Devouring Breath left it unable to move. The Ice Jade Scorpion King endured this ultimate torment, yet its body could not budge in the slightest.

Its eyes were filled with resentment and unwillingness!

In the end, amid that extreme torment, the Ice Jade Scorpion King died completely.

Dugu Feng knew that a Soul Ring formed under such circumstances would undoubtedly contain immense resentment.

"Perfect. I can use this to temper my spiritual power."

Dugu Feng sat cross-legged and drew the Ice Jade Scorpion King's Soul Ring into his body.

The instant the Soul Ring entered his body—

An overwhelming resentment instantly condensed into the form of the Ice Jade Scorpion King.

"Damn human, I'll kill you!"

The Ice Jade Scorpion King brandished its enormous pincers and charged straight at Dugu Feng.

Dugu Feng looked at the Ice Jade Scorpion King rushing toward him, with not a trace of fear in his eyes.

This was the soul shock of a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.

But if one's spiritual power was strong enough, it could be overcome.

Dugu Feng used his spiritual power to condense the Ice Fire Nether Toad Emperor.

It immediately began battling the Ice Jade Scorpion King.

Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice blazed all over the Ice Fire Nether Toad Emperor's body.

The poison on the Ice Jade Scorpion King's scorpion tail could not harm the Ice Fire Nether Toad Emperor at all.

Instead, the Ice Fire Nether Toad Emperor's tongue burned with Ultimate Fire.

It firmly bound the Ice Jade Scorpion King in one swift motion, then swallowed it whole.

Ultimate Fire ignited within the Ice Fire Nether Toad Emperor's body, and the Ice Jade Scorpion King instantly felt the agony of its soul burning.

Its scorpion tail repeatedly stabbed into the Ice Fire Nether Toad Emperor's body.

A layer of armor formed from Ultimate Ice condensed over the Ice Fire Nether Toad Emperor's surface, directly blocking the scorpion tail's attacks.

Gradually, the Ice Jade Scorpion King's remnant soul was devoured bit by bit.

Once it had been completely devoured, Dugu Feng had also refined the Ice Jade Scorpion King's Soul Power.

His Soul Power Level successfully rose to level 62.

He became a twelve-year-old Soul Emperor.

An existence without precedent and without equal.

Dugu Feng stood up, and his sixth Soul Ring slowly rose. The only flaw was that the Ice Jade Scorpion King had possessed only a little over eighty thousand years of cultivation.

Fortunately, his Ice Fire Nether Toad Emperor martial soul could devour ownerless Soul Rings to increase the age of his Soul Rings.

Then, at that very moment, Dugu Feng discovered that an extra scorpion tail had appeared behind him.

The scorpion tail moved according to his will and could extend as far as three meters.

Ultimate Ice poison condensed upon the scorpion tail.

Dugu Feng calmed his breath and focused his mind. The scorpion tail fired an ice needle.

The ice needle contained Ultimate Poison and directly struck an Extreme North Viper hidden in the snow.

This was one of the few snake-type soul beasts capable of surviving in the Extreme North. Ordinary snake-type soul beasts did not dare enter the Extreme North, because their blood would stop circulating and they would freeze into ice sculptures.

But the Extreme North Viper was different. It could withstand the temperatures of the Extreme North, and once its venom bit a prey, the prey's blood would rapidly freeze.

Yet after being struck by the ice needle fired from Dugu Feng's scorpion tail, it became an ice sculpture in an instant, then immediately shattered apart!

The ability granted to Dugu Feng by this External Soul Bone was the Ice Explosion Technique.

Dugu Feng swung his scorpion tail, an excited smile appearing at the corner of his lips. He had not expected the Ice Jade Scorpion King to grant him an External Soul Bone as well.

It even possessed the Ice Explosion Technique, an ability exceedingly rare among the Ice Jade Scorpion clan. Not even the Ice Empress had this ability.

This ability was not something one gained merely by becoming stronger; it was purely innate talent.

Dugu Feng immediately left the Extreme North, lest the Ice Empress come looking for him.

An Ice Jade Scorpion King that had reached more than eighty thousand years of cultivation would, barring mishap, surely grow to the hundred-thousand-year level as long as it survived its heavenly tribulation.

It was a powerhouse of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan and would certainly have drawn the Ice Empress's attention.

If the Ice Empress learned that he had killed one of her clansmen, she would tear him to pieces.

Dugu Feng hurriedly activated his Spirit Bone, A Leap of a Thousand Li. Now that his strength had increased tremendously, the Spirit Bone's age had also risen to nearly fifty thousand years.

The maximum distance of A Leap of a Thousand Li had expanded to nearly five thousand li as well.

As his strength increased, the Spirit Bone might reach one hundred thousand years. By then, it would no longer be called A Leap of a Thousand Li, but A Leap of Ten Thousand Li.

After traveling for several days, Dugu Feng returned to the Star Dou Great Forest.

He intended to use the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest to properly familiarize himself with his scorpion tail.

Over the following several months, Dugu Feng fought entirely with his External Soul Bone scorpion tail.

As for that Vermilion Clear Ice Toad King, he adopted it as a pet.

He even gave it a name: Xiao Zhu.

Dugu Feng fed it his Pill Poison, gradually increasing its toxicity. Its poison contained both the Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire attributes.

Given enough time, the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad King's poison would slowly transform into Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire as well.

Because they were ultimate attributes, his Soul Power cultivation was exceedingly slow before reaching level 70.

During the several months he stayed in the Star Dou Great Forest, his Soul Power Level rose by only one level, reaching level 63.

Fortunately, he had completely mastered his External Soul Bone, wielding it as naturally as an arm.

"Worthy of an External Soul Bone. It's truly useful. It's about time I returned to Royal Heaven Dou Academy. I wonder how Sister Yan and the others are doing. It's already been over a year."

"I imagine they've been doing quite well."

At that moment, Dugu Feng suddenly remembered that valley. Since he was already here, he wondered if he could find more immortal herbs.

Even if they had not matured, he could bring them back to plant in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

With that thought, Dugu Feng immediately used A Thousand Li in a Flash and headed toward the valley.