"It really was planted deliberately!"
The Ice Empress reverted to human form, her expression dark as she stared at the endless, neatly arranged Emerald Phosphor Flowers stretching into the distance. Her small fists clenched with audible cracks.
Nourished by the entire Sunset Forest, these flowers had all evolved into soul beasts. The weakest were Seven-Layered Emerald Phosphor Flowers, while over thirty percent had advanced to ten-thousand-year Nine-Layered variants.
Hidden in space, Di Tian's eyes burned with fury, his rage barely contained.
Emerald Phosphor Flowers were exceedingly rare. Even Star Dou Forest might not have more than a handful. Yet here—thousands of them! There was no explanation other than deliberate cultivation!
Damn it all!
Just to conceal a single treasure trove, he'd sacrificed an entire soul beast habitat—using their tormented spirits as a shield for the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well!
Tang San... I will remember this.
"Honored One, should we destroy these Emerald Phosphor Flowers now?" The Ice Empress's voice was icy, her murderous intent palpable.
Every second these flowers existed was an insult to the souls of Sunset Forest's slaughtered beasts. As a Beast King with the power to end this, she felt nothing but guilt for their suffering.
Lin Yun pondered for a moment before shaking his head. His expression was grim. With his Dragon Devourer talent, he could sense something unnatural about the land's soul power.
Releasing his Boundless Sea-level spiritual force, he probed the soil—and saw fragments.
Countless glittering fragments.
Soul bones.
The beasts of Sunset Forest must have united, pooling their strength to destroy this poison array that was killing their home.
But reality was cruel. They had failed. Annihilated. Only their indestructible soul bones remained as proof they'd ever existed.
And even those had been mostly corroded and devoured by the Emerald Phosphor Flowers, reduced to broken shards.
Simply destroying the flowers now would be a waste. Lin Yun had a better idea—repurposing them as fuel for his own growth.
"Not yet. The Ice Fire Yin Yang Well takes priority. We'll deal with these after securing it," Lin Yun said.
"As you command." The Ice Empress wouldn't contradict him, even though she yearned to eradicate the flowers immediately.
With the Ice Empress leading, the duo advanced unimpeded. Wherever they walked, the Emerald Phosphor Flowers wilted like shriveled morning glories, curling up helplessly under the Ultimate Ice's terrifying cold.
Even the rainbow-hued poison mist froze into brittle shards. Within ten meters of Lin Yun, the air became crystal clear.
As they ventured deeper, the flowers grew sparser until finally, they stepped past the last one—and found themselves at the edge of a sheer cliff.
Here, the cloying sweetness of the poison vanished, replaced by the pungent bite of sulfur.
"We're here. Down we go!" Lin Yun spread his wings and leapt off the cliff, the Ice Empress following closely.
The dark cliff face seemed to twist, something unseen writhing within. Sensing their presence, a thick black shadow lashed out like a whip.
Lin Yun didn't flinch. The Ice Empress simply raised a glowing emerald hand.
"Seeking death!"
Bone-chilling cold erupted. The attacking tendril froze instantly, revealing itself as a bizarre vine—almost serpentine in appearance.
But no matter how strange, against the Ice Empress's 98th-rank Super Douluo-level Ultimate Ice, it was nothing.
A casual pulse of her soul power shattered the frozen vine into glittering dust.
This was only the beginning. As they descended, more vines launched themselves from the cliff face in waves. Mindless, they attacked anything that drew near.
Annoyed, the Ice Empress clenched her delicate fist. A brilliant green beam erupted, flash-freezing the entire cliff face.
Frost Empress's Wrath!
"Die."
With her cold command, the ice shattered—taking every last vine with it. Even the roots were pulverized into frost.
"Nice work, Bing'er!" Lin Yun ruffled her hair affectionately. Her icy demeanor melted instantly, cheeks flushing as she nuzzled into his touch.
Where was the mighty Frost Empress now?
With the obstacles cleared, their descent went smoothly. At the base of the cliff, the gloom lifted abruptly—revealing a small lake radiating red and white light.
Heat and cold. Fire and ice. Existing in perfect harmony.
This was the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well—one of Douluo's greatest treasures, born from the fallen Ice and Fire Dragon Kings!
"That spring... it's at the Ultimate Ice and Fire levels?! How? How can they coexist in such perfect balance?!" The Ice Empress was stunned, rubbing her eyes in disbelief.
Her Ice Jade Scorpion tribe had sacrificed their equally potent venom attributes just to achieve Ultimate Ice. She knew exactly how powerful it was.
Ultimate opposites should annihilate each other on contact—leveling this entire valley. How could they merge like this?!
When Lin Yun had mentioned this place to Di Tian, he'd only said it was the Dragon Kings' resting place with rare herbs. He hadn't mentioned this outright un-Douluo-like phenomenon!
"This is the power of gods. Even in death, they leave behind what mortals cannot fathom." Lin Yun sighed.
And this was the place that trash Tang San had claimed as his personal garden?
This was the dragon race's legacy!
Steal our treasures?
That trash has chosen death!
(End of Chapter)
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