Deep within the Ice God Cave, the ultimate cold froze the air solid. The hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion crouched on an ice platform, nine Soul Rings shimmering around her. Among the two yellow, three purple, four black, and one red rings, the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring shone especially brightly. The oppressive might of her ultimate ice attribute swept in every direction, coating the entire cave in a thick layer of ice crystals.
She slowly raised her slender body, her ice-blue compound eyes devoid of emotion as she coldly fixed her gaze on Lin Chen and his two companions. A slight opening and closing of her pincers sent bone-piercing icy winds raging through the cave. Even with Lin Chen driving his life force at full strength to protect them, Su Qingyuan and Yue Huaxi still turned pale and instinctively stepped back half a pace.
The pressure of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast was far more crushing than that of a Titled Douluo, let alone the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, who commanded ultimate ice and was the true sovereign of the Far North Ice Plains.
"Humans, who gave you permission to enter my territory?"
The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion spoke in human language, her voice as bone-chilling as shattering ice. Every word carried a coldness that could freeze the soul. The icy venomous stinger on her tail quivered slightly, ready to deliver a fatal strike at any moment.
A faint emerald glow slowly flowed around her, resonating from afar with the life blue silver emperor grass in Lin Chen's dantian. It came from the Emperor Grass Shard lodged within her body. The shard's aura had fused perfectly with the Ice Emperor Scorpion's origin and had long since become part of her power.
Lin Chen raised a hand to hold back the