Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Sucked the Reborn Empress to Tears

Meanwhile.

Chu Sheng had already flown next to the cluster of purplish-black flame.

He first circled the bronze lock floating above the flame, observing it carefully.

The lock looked like an ordinary bronze lock, with no Energy fluctuations or any kind of runic Array on it.

He then drew closer to the purplish-black flame.

The flame looked sinister and terrifying, as if it could devour light itself. But when he got near, he discovered the thing had no heat at all.

’Weird.’

Chu Sheng was incredibly bold. He cautiously extended one of his mosquito legs and tentatively touched it to the flame.

’Holy shit!’

The next second, as if electrocuted, Chu Sheng violently yanked his leg back.

It wasn’t because he was burned.

Quite the opposite—he was frozen!

The instant his mosquito leg touched the flame, a bone-chilling cold shot up his leg, nearly freezing half his body stiff.

’Is this fucking fire?’

’This is clearly a piece of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice!’

’With this thing, forget burning through a bronze lock. After another ten thousand years, the lock would just be frozen even more solid!’

’What the hell is this thing?’

Chu Sheng’s mind raced.

’If it’s not hot enough... then why not heat it up?’

He immediately put his thought into action!

’Fire Domain, activate!’

With a thought from Chu Sheng, an invisible domain instantly unfurled, enveloping him, the cluster of black flame, and the bronze lock within it.

To avoid causing a major commotion, he limited the domain’s range to a one-meter radius.

Normally, within his Fire Domain, all fire-related Energy should have been under his control.

However, the purplish-black flame continued to burn as it pleased, completely unaffected.

’As expected, it’s not that simple.’

This meant his current level of comprehension of the Fire Realm was not yet enough to suppress the Law contained within the black flame.

That Extreme Cold Power of Law even began to corrode his domain in reverse, threatening to cool it, freeze it, and even cause his Fire Domain to collapse entirely.

However, Chu Sheng had anticipated this and wasn’t the least bit flustered.

So many Emperor Realm teachers from Jing University had already tried, and there were surely powerhouses among them skilled in the Law of fire. Since none of them had managed it, this thing was obviously not going to be easy.

And the more complex and profound it was, the more excited Chu Sheng became!

Why?

The reason was simple!

’Because he was about to start absorbing it!’

’Damn it, no matter how badass you are, can you be more badass than my God-devouring Needle?’

’Screw it, I’ll just try to absorb it and see what happens.’

’It would be a crime against myself not to take a taste of such a High-Level Law Energy!’

Chu Sheng cautiously approached the black flame, then took out his big guy—the God-devouring Needle.

He controlled the God-devouring Needle, inching it forward bit by bit, and pierced it into the cluster of purplish-black flame.

The moment the tip of the God-devouring Needle sank into the flame, an Extreme Cold Power a hundred times more terrifying than before surged madly into his body through the needle!

KRAK! KRAK KRAK!

Chu Sheng’s body had no time to react at all. A layer of frost, visible to the naked eye, began at the point of contact with the God-devouring Needle and spread rapidly over his entire body!

In the span of a single breath, he was completely frozen into a block of ice, suspended in mid-air.

[Ding...]

...

「Around the Meridian Gate.」

The crowd of onlookers grew larger and larger, and the number of viewers in the online livestream had already surpassed a million.

Many students from Jing University also rushed to the scene after hearing the news. When they squeezed through the crowd and saw what was happening, they gasped in shock.

"Look! The Divine Mosquito! It... It seems to be frozen!"

"What’s going on? Did something happen to it?"

The hearts of everyone supporting Chu Sheng and Gu Yuexi leaped into their throats.

Qin Wudao had also arrived. Seeing this, he simply shook his head faintly, a mocking smile on his lips.

’I told them not to meddle in other people’s business, but they just wouldn’t listen.’

Nearby, the chatter from the other spectators grew louder.

"What are they doing? One of them is just standing there with her hand out, dazed like an idiot. The other one’s even more ridiculous, getting himself frozen into an ice sculpture."

"See, I told you they couldn’t do it. This Gu Yuexi isn’t as amazing as the rumors say."

"You’re asking for too much. Even Emperor Realm Powerhouses couldn’t solve this puzzle. It’s perfectly normal that a young girl who hasn’t even reached the King Realm can’t either. It’s just... she seems to be overestimating herself a bit."

"If you ask me, they should stop trying to act tough. They should just go to the Xuanyuan Family’s door, apologize sincerely, and beg for forgiveness. Maybe then they’d have a sliver of a chance."

"Exactly! If they really cared about those two up there and the reputation of Jing University, they should swallow their pride and admit they’re wrong! What’s the use of being stubborn here?"

"What’s so bad about admitting you’re wrong to the Xuanyuan Family? They’re the number one family, after all."

These harsh words were always particularly jarring.

They simply couldn’t understand what people like Shen Yixuan, Luo Qingyu, Gu Yuexi, and these Jing University students were being so stubborn about.

’Did they study until they became stupid?’

’Did they train until they fried their brains?’

Just then, someone in the crowd suddenly pointed in Gu Yuexi’s direction and shouted.

"Look! She moved!"

Gu Yuexi, who had been standing perfectly still, finally awoke from her "dazed" state.

A proud smile, one belonging uniquely to the Empress, slowly curved her lips.

"The methods of the Xuanyuan Family... are nothing special after all!"

As her voice fell, she once again extended her finger.

But this time, she didn’t try to catch it. Instead, she tapped it directly onto the droplet that was about to fall.

Something strange happened!

After she tapped it, the droplet didn’t fall, nor did it pass through her. It simply hovered quietly at the tip of her finger.

Then, under everyone’s astonished gaze, the transparent droplet began to freeze, bit by bit.

KRAK.

A crystal-clear ice droplet appeared on her fingertip.

This wasn’t a simple case of water turning to ice. Within that tiny droplet, an unimaginable process of countless condensations and reconstructions was taking place!

During this process, a terrifying coldness emanated from her fingertip, and the surrounding ground began to be rapidly coated in a thick layer of frost.

Those standing close felt a blast of cold air wash over them, frightening them into backing away repeatedly.

The tiny ice droplet seemed to have only changed its form, but within it was a contest between Top Notch Laws.

A full thirty seconds passed before Gu Yuexi finally pulled her finger away.

The ice droplet, now completely assimilated by her Law, resumed its fall, slowly dripping onto the bluestone slab below.

PLINK.

The ice crystal collided with the bluestone, emitting a crisp shattering sound.

And then...

GRIND... SCREECH...

The incredibly hard bluestone, along with the shattered ice crystal, turned into a cloud of fine powder that scattered in the wind.

The challenge of ’Dripping Water Penetrates Stone’ was broken!