Ficool

Chapter 244 - Absorbing the Skydream Ice Silkworm

The overbearing presence of the Azure Luan Douluo caused a slight narrowing of Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes.

Her jade-like hand pressed forcefully on the table.

If it weren't for Ye Tian saying he had a better solution, Bibi Dong would've already seized this opportunity to strike at the Azure Luan Douluo.

Doing so would've made the battle against the Elder Hall easier— though it might also provoke thunderous retaliation.

Weighing both sides, she chose to endure.

Her expression unchanged, she spoke in an indifferent tone:

"If the Azure Luan Worshipper is here regarding the matter of Qianjun and Jiang Long…"

"Then I must ask you to leave."

"This Pope knows nothing about it."

With that, Bibi Dong picked up an official document and began reading it as if it were the most serious matter, completely ignoring the Azure Luan Douluo.

This caused his clenched fist to creak with tension.

As Bibi Dong continued to disregard him, the soul rings on his body began to glow one after another.

"It seems I'll have to tear this Pope's Hall apart today to get the truth from your mouth."

"Martial Soul True Form!"

As his words fell,

A loud dragon's roar spiraled through the entire study.

Then, dense scales gradually began covering the Azure Luan Douluo's body.

The Azure Luan Douluo lowered his gaze and stared coldly at Ye Tian, who stood calmly at Bibi Dong's side.

"Brat, you're not getting away either!"

"Are you trying to provoke this Pope?"

Hearing the threat against Ye Tian—

Crack!

The document in Bibi Dong's hand turned to powder.

Purple and golden light particles began swirling around her,

Revealing two completely different, yet equally powerful energies.

"Hmph, I've long wanted to fight the noble Pope!"

The Azure Luan Douluo gnashed his teeth.

"Let's see who really rules the Spirit Hall!"

Just as the pressure around the Azure Luan Douluo intensified—

A sharp voice echoed across half of Spirit City:

"Azure Luan, return at once!"

It was the Golden Crocodile Douluo.

The moment those words came out—

The Azure Luan Douluo's expression flickered with uncertainty.

His right hand, which had been ready to unleash a powerful strike, slowly lifted, then fell heavily.

His gaze icy cold, he glanced at Bibi Dong:

"I won't let this go."

Then he turned and walked out of the study.

As Bibi Dong looked at the Azure Luan Douluo's departing figure, the soul power radiating from her body gradually calmed.

She turned her head wearily toward Ye Tian and sighed softly.

"Just now, the Azure Luan's power was unmistakable. What's your plan to deal with him?"

"If you don't tell me the specific steps, I absolutely won't allow you to take the risk."

Though Ye Tian had previously volunteered, Bibi Dong reconsidered and felt it was necessary to refuse.

Ye Tian shrugged.

"It's not a reckless plan, and I won't be acting personally. I plan to let Gu Yuena handle it."

"Gu Yuena? That little one you brought back the other day?"

Bibi Dong looked puzzled.

She remembered that last time, Gu Yuena had barely begun to babble.

How could a child like that have any ability?

But since Ye Tian mentioned her, perhaps Gu Yuena really did have some extraordinary talent.

"Are you saying just Gu Yuena is enough for us to have an 80% chance of winning?"

Bibi Dong still harbored doubts.

After all, going against the Elder Hall was no trivial matter.

If they failed, they'd die with honor.

It concerned the lives of thousands in the Pope's inner circle— Caution was essential.

"Gu Yuena can only deal with the Azure Luan Douluo."

Ye Tian shook his head.

"As for increasing our odds of victory—"

"It actually depends on a million-year celestial treasure."

"A what??"

Bibi Dong's breath instantly became heavier.

Any celestial treasure that reached ten thousand years could assist in becoming a Titled Douluo.

One of a hundred thousand years was a rare find in a millennium.

Those who obtained such treasures were always blessed with immense luck, and consuming them paved a clear path toward becoming a Super Douluo.

As for a million-year celestial treasure—Bibi Dong had never even heard of such a thing.

Even ancient tomes recorded nothing about it.

Not even among the most exaggerated legends had she seen mention of a million-year-old treasure.

After all, something of such age was simply too terrifying to believe.

Even if it appeared in historical texts, no one would take it seriously.

"Xiao Tian, you're not joking, right?"

Bibi Dong stretched out her jade-like hand and pressed it to Ye Tian's forehead, then touched her own.

"No fever?"

Ye Tian showed a helpless look. "You really think I'm joking with you?"

"…Doesn't seem like it." Bibi Dong composed herself and spoke seriously.

Still, she couldn't help saying, "A million-year-old celestial treasure—this is unbelievable."

"How could something like that even exist?"

Ye Tian smiled and stood, walking toward the study door:

"Whether it exists or not, just come see for yourself. It's still alive."

This only piqued Bibi Dong's curiosity even more.

She followed Ye Tian out of the study.

"It's here."

Ye Tian led them to a remote courtyard and pointed to the main room.

Bibi Dong peeked inside, only to hear loud, indignant voices:

"You guys will never break my shell!"

"Let me go now! Or I'll unleash my million-year cultivation and flatten this place!"

"When I started cultivating, your ancestors were still cells!"

"…This chatterbox is the celestial treasure you mentioned?"

Bibi Dong looked at Ye Tian, stunned.

"That's right."

Ye Tian walked slowly into the room and nodded lightly.

"It was once a weak ice silkworm from the extreme north, But by following a destined path of luck, it became a million-year soul beast."

"Brother!"

The silver-haired Gu Yuena threw herself into Ye Tian's arms.

Her little head rubbed affectionately against his chest.

"I missed you so much!"

"It's only been half a day." Ye Tian smiled faintly.

"I don't care! I just missed you a lot!"

Gu Yuena wrapped her arms around his neck, gazing at him with wide sparkling eyes.

She tried to plant a kiss on him but couldn't quite reach.

Looking up expectantly, she said, "Brother, when are we gonna eat that big bug?"

"You wanna eat me? Try again in your next life!"

The mouthy Skydream Ice Silkworm shot back instantly.

"I have a million-year cultivation! Even if you sucked me for your whole life, you wouldn't kill me!"

Ye Tian ignored the silkworm's rambling.

He chuckled and tapped Gu Yuena's nose: "Tonight, we'll begin."

At that moment—

Bibi Dong had already walked to the Skydream Ice Silkworm's side, her eyes glinting.

She extended her right hand.

Purple soul power surged outward—

And a jet-black spider scythe extended from it.

She swung at the cocoon surrounding the Ice Silkworm.

Clang!

Sparks flew.

But the cocoon remained completely intact.

Bibi Dong's eyes flashed with astonishment. "What incredible defense."

At this moment,

She had already seen that this Skydream Ice Silkworm was indeed a divine nourishment.

If she could absorb its power—

She might not become a god just yet,

But at the very least, she could step into the realm of Ultimate Douluo.

Ye Tian smiled calmly: "No worries. No matter how strong its defense is, in front of me, it's nothing but decoration."

At that moment—

Xiao Bai walked into the room, carrying a huge pile of materials.

She gently placed them on the floor.

Letting out a light breath, he looked at Ye Tian and said, "All the materials you wanted are here."

Ye Tian nodded and patted Xiao Bai's shoulder. "Good work."

Looking at the materials on the ground, Bibi Dong seemed to sense something.

"You're planning to construct a formation that transmits power?"

As the Pope, Bibi Dong had some knowledge of formations.

She even knew that high-level formations were used in storage rings.

However, this kind of craft seemed to have long since been lost to the continent.

She never expected Ye Tian to actually know such formation techniques.

Ye Tian smiled faintly. "It's not some advanced formation."

"I just drew a bit of inspiration from medical techniques."

As he spoke—

Ye Tian crouched down and began carving a standard hexagram onto the ground.

Then, he placed the crystal materials Xiao Bai had brought at the outer edges of the hexagram.

Afterward, Ye Tian summoned the Taiyi Divine Needles and began engraving a complex formation into each crystal.

However, all of this was just basic groundwork.

The crystal materials and the hexagram weren't meant to extract the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's power.

Instead, they utilized the energy-reflective properties of the crystals to ensure the power wouldn't leak elsewhere.

Ye Tian, who was familiar with the plotline, knew—

After the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was captured by the Silver Dragon King, it secretly hid part of its source power.

That was how its escape plan succeeded.

Now that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had fallen into his hands…

He naturally wouldn't allow the same thing to happen again.

Until he drained every last drop of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's power, he would never let it escape.

The whole preparation process looked simple—

But it was actually extremely time-consuming.

By the time everything was ready, it was already deep into the night.

After carving the formation onto the last crystal—

Ye Tian stretched, his hands sore.

"All done?" Xiao Bai asked in surprise.

"Just the foundational part,"

Ye Tian said with a helpless smile.

He walked over to Bibi Dong and said, "I'll need to borrow your power."

Bibi Dong was a bit surprised by this. "You mean my power can pierce through the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's cocoon?"

She was not too confident about that.

"Your power can't. But the power within your spiritual sea—that can."

After all, Bibi Dong was a Titled Douluo who had passed the Six God Trials.

The inheritance mark within her spiritual sea could already convert part of her soul power into divine power.

Ordinary soul power had a hard time breaking through the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's silk defenses.

But divine power was a different story.

Though the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was considered a million-year soul beast—

In the end, it was still just a mere beast.

It couldn't possibly contend with divine beings.

So divine power could easily pierce through its cocoon.

"What do I need to do?"

Bibi Dong asked calmly.

To be honest, even she didn't know how to control the divine power in her spiritual sea.

Before Ye Tian mentioned it, Bibi Dong thought divine power could only expand her spiritual sea—

And served no other function.

"You just need to not resist," Ye Tian said, taking a deep breath and grabbing her wrist.

Then, the spiritual power at the center of his brow began to intertwine with Bibi Dong's spiritual energy through the connection.

Once his spiritual power entered Bibi Dong's body—

It was immediately blocked by terrifying soul power.

This was due to Bibi Dong's instinctive resistance.

If she willed it, Ye Tian's spiritual sea could be shattered the very next moment.

Luckily, this soul power interception was purely instinctual.

With Bibi Dong's deliberate control, the soul power quickly receded.

Ye Tian's spiritual power slowly traveled upward along her meridians.

The process took about an hour.

Finally, he located Bibi Dong's spiritual sea.

"You're going in?" Bibi Dong asked with eyes tightly shut, biting her lip.

Without a doubt, the spiritual sea was the most mysterious part of any soul master.

If something went wrong there, a thousand-mile drop in cultivation would be the least of their concerns.

But Bibi Dong trusted Ye Tian unconditionally.

"No, you try slowly releasing your spiritual power and make contact with me."

Ye Tian instructed.

The reason was simple—

Ye Tian's spiritual strength was just too weak.

If he entered Bibi Dong's spiritual sea and was hit with an instinctive strike, he'd be done for.

So they needed a safer method.

Ye Tian's goal was to draw some divine power from Bibi Dong's spiritual sea for his own use.

Who initiated the contact didn't matter—the effect was the same.

Another half hour passed.

Both Bibi Dong and Ye Tian were drenched in cold sweat.

It had to be said—the process of transferring divine power was extremely dangerous.

Any misstep, and both of them could be severely injured.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly.

Ye Tian, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them.

In his hand appeared a golden Taiyi Divine Needle.

Then came a second, a third… all the way to thirty-six!

At this moment, Ye Tian's hair looked as though it had been washed by water.

He had almost completely exhausted his physical limits.

His numb hands slowly let go of Bibi Dong's wrist.

And the next moment, he collapsed backward from exhaustion.

"Ye Tian, what's wrong!" Xiao Bai quickly caught him.

"I'm fine." Ye Tian weakly waved his hand. "Just drained too much spiritual power. I'll recover soon."

At that moment—

Bibi Dong also opened her eyes, and quickly placed her hand on Ye Tian's chest.

A warm current flowed into him.

Ye Tian felt much better.

He looked up at Bibi Dong, his face showing a weak smile.

Bibi Dong, however, looked distressed.

"Don't push yourself too hard."

Ye Tian slowly raised the Taiyi Divine Needle formed of divine power in his hand.

"This is the final straw that will break the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm."

Breaking free of Xiao Bai's support, Ye Tian turned to him and said, "Go call the Sea Witch and the others."

"Got it." Xiao Bai nodded solemnly.

At this point—

Only Ye Tian, Bibi Dong, and Gu Yuena remained in the room.

"Bring the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm here," Ye Tian said, motioning at Bibi Dong.

"I'll do it!" Gu Yuena's eyes lit up. She rushed ahead of Bibi Dong and scooped up the plump cocoon of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

With practiced ease, she placed it at the center of the formation.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was already in deep slumber.

Completely unaware that danger was silently approaching.

Ye Tian stared at the cocoon, gently picking up one of the divine Taiyi Needles.

And with force—

He plunged it down.

(End of Chapter)

More Chapters