A Bite of Douluo Continent

Because of the Ice Emperor, Qi Han had thoroughly studied the complete ingredient list for the Ice Jade Scorpion, a soul beast.

As these soul beasts advance, their size doesn't actually increase much. Even the Ice Emperor, who is close to 400,000 years old, is only about 1.5 meters tall.

However, as they age, the number of joints in their scorpion tails, a racial characteristic, gradually decreases, while the emerald green color deepens.

A ten-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion has more than thirteen joints; a hundred-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion has between twelve and thirteen joints; a thousand-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion has ten or eleven joints; and a ten-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion has eight or nine joints.

After 100,000 years, the number of joints will be less than seven.

For beings like Hyotei, which are over 200,000 years old, the number of joints will be between four and five. Once it breaks through the 500,000-year mark, the number of joints will decrease again to three.

Legend has it that when only one bone remains on the scorpion's tail, and all the bones of the scorpion's tail are reunited, the Ice Jade Scorpion can break through to become a million-year-old being and become a divine beast. Its scorpion tail will also become an existence comparable to a divine artifact.

The ice-green scorpion in front of me, with twelve joints, is only at the hundred-year level, with a cultivation level of about five hundred years, posing a considerable threat to me.

After all, they are a top-tier race that controls the ultimate ice, so their combat strength and age cannot be completely matched.

But Qi Han estimated that if a fight really broke out, he should still be able to win, which was why he breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, it's best to avoid fighting it if possible.

So, what's this Ice Jade Scorpion doing here?

Qi Han stared at it for a while, only to see it lying motionless on the ground. If it weren't for its bright green tail wagging constantly, Qi Han would have thought the creature was dead.

Wait… emerald green… swaying?

Qi Han suddenly sensed something was wrong.

A soft whooshing sound suddenly came from above. Qi Han looked up slightly and soon saw an ice-blue pheasant with a wingspan of six or seven meters swooping down, extending its sharp claws to attack the Ice Jade Scorpion.

The Snowfield Ice Pheasant has arrived!

Chapter 337 Ice Jade Scorpion vs. Snowfield Ice Pheasant

If Qi Han still didn't know what had happened by this point, he would truly be a fool.

The ice scorpion lay motionless in this hunting ground exclusively for the snowfield pheasant, constantly wagging its most conspicuous tail. For the snowfield pheasant with its sharp eyesight, spotting it was far too easy.

I don't know if this guy is genuinely skilled and daring, or just hopelessly stupid.

At this moment, Qi Han still felt a lingering fear in his heart.

He was still thinking about how to find the Snowfield Ice Pheasant.

It seems like that person is right above you, staring at you!

At an altitude of thousands of meters, the field of vision is very wide. If the Snowfield Ice Pheasant can see the Ice Jade Scorpion clearly, it can naturally see itself not far from the Ice Jade Scorpion.

Although Qi Han's windproof and cold-proof suit was also white, he didn't think that his big movements just now could go unnoticed by the terrifying dynamic vision of the Snowfield Ice Pheasant.

The Snowfield Ice Pheasant attacked first, probably because it didn't take this human Soul Master seriously and valued the Ice Jade Scorpion, a top-tier race that controls ultimate ice, more.

Without a shred of luck, the moment Qi Han saw the Snowfield Ice Pheasant appear, he immediately stood up and retreated, leaving the battle to the two soul beasts that were about to clash.

It wasn't until they were hundreds of meters apart that Qi Han could clearly see the situation of the Snowfield Ice Pheasant that was currently locked in battle with the Ice Jade Scorpion.

Under normal circumstances, a snowfield pheasant with a wingspan of four meters is considered to be a thousand-year-old creature, while a wingspan of eight meters indicates a ten-thousand-year-old creature.

Therefore, the Snowfield Ice Pheasant with a wingspan of six or seven meters in front of us is estimated to have an actual cultivation level of about six thousand years.

To be honest, Qi Han originally planned to kill the Snowfield Ice Pheasant, which was about a thousand years old, to complete the mission requirements.

But after his experience, Qi Han dared not be foolish enough to actively seek out the Snowfield Ice Pheasant again.

Who knows what kind of being fell from above?

What if it just happens to last forever...?

Forget it.

Let's see how things go. Maybe if these two fight, I can be the one to reap the benefits?

With that in mind, Qi Han stopped retreating and began to carefully observe the battle between the two.

The Snowfield Ice Pheasant in front of us, with a strength of six thousand years, is indeed not weak. As soon as it appeared, it directly suppressed the Ice Jade Scorpion.

Although the Ice Jade Scorpion controls ice attributes at the level of ultimate ice, any ice attribute attack from the Snowfield Ice Pheasant would be greatly reduced to it, the Snowfield Ice Pheasant itself is, after all, a being at the level of six thousand years old, and its physical attributes alone are enough to suppress the opponent.

Although the Ice Jade Scorpion was at a disadvantage, it was not entirely helpless. At this moment, the green color of its scorpion tail became even more intense, and its stinger emitted a trace of cold light. The terrifying ice attribute caused layers of frost to condense out of thin air near the stinger.

After observing for a while, Qi Han quickly discovered that although the Snowfield Ice Pheasant kept attacking the Ice Jade Scorpion's body with its claws, scratching wounds on its hard ice crystal shell, its eyes were fixed on the Ice Jade Scorpion's tail hook, and it dared not let its body be touched by the tail hook.

He couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

Is the Ice Jade Scorpion's tail hook really that powerful? Even the Snowfield Ice Pheasant, which is ten times older than it, doesn't dare to confront it head-on?

The answer to this question was soon revealed.

The Ice Jade Scorpion suddenly closed its two giant pincers and slammed them down on one of the Snowfield Ice Pheasant's wings like a heavy hammer. The Snowfield Ice Pheasant let out an angry roar, and a layer of fine ice mist appeared on the side of the wing that was hit. This was obviously the result of being invaded by the Ice Jade Scorpion's extreme ice attribute.

Although the injury will heal in time, the Snowfield Pheasant's injured wing will significantly reduce its agility.

The Ice Jade Scorpion naturally wouldn't give the Snowfield Ice Pheasant time to recover. The moment its giant claw slammed down, the scorpion's tail hook, which had been poised to strike, shot out and instantly pierced the Snowfield Ice Pheasant's chest.

Is a comeback on the horizon?

Qi Han watched the situation suddenly reverse in front of him with some tension.

"dumb!"

With a cry, the Snowfield Ice Pheasant, facing such a perilous situation, forcefully twisted its body in mid-air and used one of its sharp claws to fiercely grab at the tail hook that was originally aimed at its chest.

A sharp glint flashed across its claws before colliding with its tail hook.

Struck by the tail hook, the claws were instantly covered with a layer of ice crystals and frozen solid. The ice crystals continued to spread towards the body of the Snowfield Ice Pheasant. If you looked closely, you could also see that there seemed to be a faint green light flashing on the ice crystals.

Meanwhile, the Ice Jade Scorpion was also in a bad state. Its tail hook, which it relied on for survival, was slashed twice by the Snowfield Ice Pheasant's terrifying claws and severed from its tail. The intense pain caused it to roll around frantically on the spot.

The scorpion's tail is the most important part of the Ice Jade Scorpion. Without the scorpion's tail hook, this Ice Jade Scorpion would probably not escape its fate.

And indeed, a fierce glint flashed in the Snowfield Ice Pheasant's eyes. Taking advantage of the Ice Jade Scorpion's pain, it seized the opportunity to viciously stab the Ice Jade Scorpion's head with one of its uninjured claws.

Ice Jade Scorpion's body suddenly stiffened, and then it stopped moving.

Having been struck in a vital spot, the Ice Jade Scorpion had already lost its life.

The battle between the two ended in victory for the Snowfield Ice Pheasant, which brought Qi Han a slight sense of relief.

Fortunately, if the Ice Jade Scorpion wins, I'll need to find another Snowfield Ice Pheasant.

The snowfield pheasant is currently quite injured; one of its wings is no longer flexible, and one of its sharp claws is frozen stiff, which is actually a good thing for it.

Thinking of this, Qi Han walked towards the direction of the Snowfield Ice Pheasant, wanting to end the opponent. However, to his surprise, the Snowfield Ice Pheasant did not flee after killing the Ice Jade Scorpion, nor did it attack him. Instead, it suddenly let out a long cry, and the sound was faintly filled with despair and unwillingness.

What's the situation?

Before Qi Han could react, Ruyi's anxious voice suddenly appeared in his mind, "Quickly lie down!"

Instinctively, Qi Han immediately lay down on the ground as instructed by Ruyi. Just as he was about to ask why he had to lie down, a terrifying explosion suddenly came from the direction of the Snowfield Ice Pheasant ahead.

The location of the Snowfield Ice Pheasant seemed to become the eye of the storm in that instant. Large clumps of ice and snow were directly blasted apart. Qi Han, who was a hundred meters away, felt the ground shake for a moment, and his ears were temporarily deafened by the loud noise.

This is…

Without needing Ruyi's explanation, Qi Han quickly realized what had happened.

Ice Jade Scorpion's innate skill: Ice Explosion!

This skill is a divine ability of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan, and not everyone in their clan possesses it; it is said that even the Ice Emperor did not have it.

I never expected that this 500-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion would have such a talent.

The power of an ice explosion is directly proportional to the energy possessed by the object being frozen. At this moment, what is frozen is a claw and part of the body of a snowfield ice pheasant, so the power caused by its explosion is naturally considerable.

After the explosion ended, Qi Han felt his hearing gradually returning. He looked up in shock at the scene before him and couldn't help but swallow.

The snowfield in front of them had been blasted open, creating a crater ten meters in diameter. The Snowfield Ice Pheasant was nowhere to be seen in the crater; only a deep purple soul ring slowly floated up and down.

Such a terrifying explosion occurred on the Snowfield Ice Pheasant, leaving no trace of its body except for a spirit ring that proved its death.

Qi Han blinked, then suddenly realized something.

So...my own goal...

That's all?

Urgent Notice (Must-Read for Qidian Main Site Readers)

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Chapter 338 Operation Decoy