Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

Chapter 430 The Ice Jade Scorpion Clan Suffers Torture, Confessing Their Identity to Leng Yaozhu
"Teacher, stay close to me, and never leave my side." Lu Jun solemnly reminded him again, holding Leng Yaozhu's icy hand tightly, maintaining his domain power that harmonized the environment to the maximum, and then carefully continued to move deeper into this pure white and desolate world.

The deeper you go, the more intense the suffocating sense of death becomes.

Suddenly, Lu Jun, who was walking ahead, stopped abruptly, his eyes narrowed sharply as he looked at the pure white chaos in the distance.

Leng Yaozhu immediately noticed the abnormality and followed his gaze.

In the white expanse ahead, blurry figures began to appear.

These figures, densely packed together, resembled a silent army, slowly approaching them.

Without hesitation, Lu Jun unsheathed the Ice Abyss Sword, a gleaming blue sword radiating supreme chill, with a clear, resonant clang, and gripped it tightly in his hand.

Leng Yaozhu immediately activated her soul power, her Heavenly Phoenix Martial Soul poised to unleash its power, a crimson aura swirling around her as she prepared for battle.

With Lu Jun's clothes protecting her, Leng Yaozhu essentially enjoys some of Lu Jun's power, so she can still exert her fighting ability here.

The next second, the blurry figures gradually became clear, revealing their true forms.

These were countless emerald-green scorpions, their bodies covered with sparkling diamond particles, their tails gleaming with a deadly cold light!

However, the Ice Jade Scorpion, which should have been a proud symbol of the far north, now appeared unusually terrifying.

Their beautiful emerald green shells were entwined with wisps and strands of pitch-black aura that seemed to writhe like living creatures.

These dark auras seemed to possess life, constantly eroding their bodies and even attempting to penetrate the cracks in their shells.

The Ice Jade Scorpions, corrupted by the dark aura, appeared to be in extreme pain. They let out low, frantic roars, their compound eyes flashing with chaotic and painful light, and their movements became stiff and agitated, as if they were enduring endless torment.

At that moment, the Ice Emperor in Lu Jun's spiritual sea, witnessing this scene, could no longer suppress her grief and anger. She no longer cared whether her identity would be exposed in front of Leng Yaozhu.

A flash of emerald light appeared, and a petite figure, exuding supreme majesty and extreme cold, instantly appeared beside Lu Jun.

It was Hyotei, who had always existed in human form.

Her emerald eyes were filled with endless sorrow and heartache as she rushed to the icy scorpions, who were consumed by darkness and suffering terribly.

She reached out a slightly trembling hand and gently stroked the hard carapace of a large ice-green scorpion, which was tainted by dark energy, her voice trembling with a heartbreaking sob:
"My people, how could you have become like this... What happened..."

Those Ice Jade Scorpions, caught in madness and agony, momentarily froze upon sensing the pure and supreme aura of their shared origin emanating from the Ice Emperor. They instinctively lowered their heads, uttered mournful cries, and adopted a posture of submission.

It was as if they were pouring out their pain to their emperor.

This sudden scene completely stunned Leng Yaozhu, who was standing to the side.

Her first instinct wasn't to suspect Lu Jun, but to stare warily at the suddenly appearing, unbelievably beautiful woman who exuded a terrifying aura, assuming that an unknown, powerful enemy had been following them all the way here.

Just as Leng Yaozhu's soul power surged, preparing to ask sharply, "Who are you?"

Hyotei suddenly turned her head, her tear-filled eyes looking at Riku, her voice filled with desperate pleading and helpless sobs:
"Lord Lu, hurry! Please save them! I beg you, my people... They've been tormented by this power for years, they're suffering so much..."

These words struck Leng Yaozhu's heart like a thunderbolt.

Does she... know Lu Jun?
And why was his tone so familiar and dependent?
These ferocious ice scorpions not only didn't attack her, but instead showed submission to her.

A startling, almost impossible thought instantly shattered all of Leng Yaozhu's knowledge and imagination, surfaced in her mind. Could it be... that this seemingly young girl... is one of the legendary Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North, the Emperor of the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion?

Is she still alive?

And... she and Lu Jun already knew each other?
Just as Leng Yaozhu's mind went blank and she was in a state of extreme shock, Lu Jun took a deep breath of cold air.

Now that things had come to this, he knew there was no longer any way, nor any need, to hide it from his teacher.

The immediate crisis and Hyotei's grief are more important than anything else.

Without further hesitation, he pulled Leng Yaozhu, who was still in shock, and quickly walked to the ice-green scorpions that had been corrupted by darkness.

Some of the ice-green scorpions sensed the approach of strangers and instinctively raised their pincers, hissing threateningly as if to attack.

But Hyotei merely swept his tearful, majestic eyes over them, and they immediately lowered their heads in fear, daring not to make a move.

Lu Jun reached out and placed his palm on the carapace of an Ice Jade Scorpion that was most severely corroded by the dark aura.

With a thought, the power of the Ice Abyss Sword within him was quietly activated.

A pure, icy-blue energy, seemingly capable of purifying all things, slowly flowed into the Ice Jade Scorpion's body through his palm.

The dark aura that clung to the Ice Jade Scorpion like a malignant tumor, upon encountering this icy blue energy, seemed to have met its nemesis, letting out a silent shriek and struggling violently, but was ruthlessly peeled away and forcibly torn out of the Ice Jade Scorpion's body like unraveling silk.

Soon, a swirling mass of dark energy, exuding a strong aura of evil and misfortune, was forcibly and completely ripped from the body of the Ice Jade Scorpion by Lu Jun.

Lu Jun frowned in disgust and casually tossed the ball of dark energy onto the snow beside him.

"laugh--"

That mass of dark energy, which was enough to make even a Title Douluo feel troubled, was instantly frozen the moment it came into contact with the absolute low temperature of the forbidden zone ground.

It turned into a small, pitch-black lump of ice, completely immobile.

The purified Ice Jade Scorpion let out a long, mournful cry of relief. The confusion and pain in its eyes quickly faded. Although still weak, it regained its clarity. It gratefully nuzzled Ice Emperor's hand with its head and then obediently lay down on the ground.

This scene completely froze Leng Yaozhu behind Lu Jun, her beautiful eyes wide with shock and disbelief.

She watched as Lu Jun effortlessly purified the dark energy that had even made her heart tremble, watched as Bing Di completely trusted and even relied on him, watched as those powerful Ice Jade Scorpions acted like docile pets in his presence…

One incredible clue after another connected in her mind.

Lu Jun slowly turned around to face his teacher, Leng Yaozhu, who looked shocked, as if she were seeing him for the first time.

Under her gaze, filled with shock, confusion, and a hint of barely perceptible hurt, Lu Jun, his expression calm yet tinged with apology, spoke:
"Teacher, I'm sorry, I've been keeping it from you all this time."

"In fact, I am the master of the Ice Abyss Sword, the divine artifact that fell from the sky ten thousand years ago and caused the anomalies in the far north."

　I forgot to post a chapter yesterday; the order was reversed from the previous chapter. I've added it now.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)