"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Brother won't hurt him." The previous voice once again sounded in Huo Yuhao's mind. The latter half of the sentence was directed at the rapidly approaching Zhongli Yu. The giant silkworm-like creature nodded at him, its massive head lowering to stop a meter away from Huo Yuhao. A faint, fresh fragrance even emanated from its body.
Huo Yuhao feigned surprise and said, "Are you the one speaking to me?"
The giant silkworm nodded at him, its voice still resounding in his mind. "Of course it's me, Brother. Are you captivated by my beautiful, delicate body?"
Brother Tianmeng did not show the slightest malice. The tense divine sense of Bibi Dong in his spiritual sea also relaxed slightly.
"What is this bug?" Zhongli Yu was awed by the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's spiritual power and couldn't help but look at Huo Yuhao with concern.
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm introduced itself as in the original novel: "First, let me introduce myself. I am the embodiment of heroes and chivalry, the king of soul beast kings who possesses both wisdom and beauty, the peerless expert, who has cultivated for a million years and created the highest longevity record on the Douluo Continent, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. Mm, you can call me Brother Tianmeng!"
Huo Yuhao's eyes feigned a look of shock. "A m-million-year soul beast?"
Similarly, Zhongli Yu at his side was also shocked speechless.
Of course, in this world, there really were several million-year soul beasts. One would have to have Huo Yuhao's god's-eye view to know this. Currently, the most powerful soul beast on the Douluo Continent was either the Silver Dragon King who had escaped from the God Realm or the future Holy Ghost Cult's Demonic Empress, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale, whose husband had died.
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said smugly, "Are you very surprised? Are you very excited? You are the first human to see my true form."
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but find it amusing in his heart, but he still maintained a humble appearance. "Then what do you want to do?"
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's voice suddenly became solemn. "Brother wants to become your soul ring, the first unprecedented wisdom soul ring on the Douluo Continent."
"Ah?" Zhongli Yu stared dumbfounded at the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm before her. For a moment, she had lost the ability to think. This million-year soul beast, whose age was clearly not low, wanted to become Huo Yuhao's soul ring?
All of this had happened too suddenly. Zhongli Yu had always known that Huo Yuhao had accumulated a lot of soul power through diligent cultivation, but he had never shown any intention of adding a soul ring for himself, saying that he had his own arrangements. And at this very moment, a huge, talking silkworm suddenly drilled out of the ground, telling her that it was a great million-year soul beast and was willing to become Huo Yuhao's soul ring. This left Zhongli Yu flabbergasted.
But, regardless of whether it was true or false, the giant silkworm before them was no ordinary hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's huge head glanced warily in the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest, then turned back to look at Huo Yuhao and said, "I'm going to start now. Don't worry, I'll be gentle. I won't hurt you too much."
"Yuhao, be careful..." Before Zhongli Yu could voice her objection, an extremely cold aura had instantly caused her to lose consciousness. She only vaguely saw a white mass rush towards Huo Yuhao, and the next moment, all ability to think had left her.
The ten golden rings on the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's body began to move as if they were alive. The white mass that Huo Yuhao and Zhongli Yu saw was actually the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm extending its head to press against his forehead.
The ten golden rings rapidly enveloped Huo Yuhao's refined body, while the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm itself transformed into streams of white light that continuously surged into his body.
"Fantastic, fantastic! This is just too fantastic! I'm so lucky! I barely need to add any seals to myself to allow his body to withstand my vast energy. This kid's physical strength is truly fantastic!"
An invisible spiritual wave spread out from the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm as it surged into Huo Yuhao's body. The terrifying spiritual power almost instantly covered every corner within a hundred-li radius.
Bei Bei and Tang Ya, who were accelerating their journey to leave the outer periphery of the forest, were momentarily stunned when they were covered by this spiritual wave. The spiritual impact did not have much destructive power, but it could cause all living creatures to lose their ability to think for a short period of time.
At this moment, a large part of the southern end of the Star Dou Great Forest was terrifyingly quiet.
And just at this moment, the sky, which had been extremely clear a moment ago, suddenly darkened. A thunderous roar sounded high in the sky, and in that instant, the sun's light was completely blocked by darkness. An immense pressure that made it hard to breathe descended from the heavens.
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, which was happily merging into Huo Yuhao's body, trembled violently when the thunderous roar sounded. Its two small golden eyes rolled upwards, looking at the sky. A look of terror instantly appeared in its eyes. Amidst the terror, there was also a bit of confusion. It was clear that the pressure in the sky had nothing to do with it and was beyond its comprehension.
A wisp of gray air, as if drawn by a huge suction force, descended from the sky. In just an instant, it landed on the back of Huo Yuaho's head and quietly drilled in.
"What thing dares to steal my person from me?" The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was enraged. A massive spiritual wave instantly surged out, attempting to drive the gray wisp of air out of Huo Yuhao's body.
Huo Yuhao sharply sensed the infiltration of another divine sense. If he wasn't mistaken, it should be Electrolux. If he hadn't undergone strict training, he was afraid he would have laughed out loud.
A very blurry figure appeared behind Huo Yuhao. An ancient voice sounded with an indescribable majesty, "My hand grasps the sun and moon and plucks the stars from the sky; there is no one in this world like me. I never thought a wisp of my remnant soul could survive."
Facing the massive spiritual impact of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, this blurry, ethereal figure seemed completely unaffected. With a "swoosh," it drilled into the back of Huo Yuhao's head and disappeared.
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm tried to increase its spiritual power impact, as Huo Yuhao's powerful spiritual power realm could fully support it. It discovered that after the gray wisp of air entered Huo Yuhao's mind, it immediately fell silent. It neither conflicted with its power nor was it affected by its power.
"Could I be this unlucky? After finally finding such a great spiritual-attribute human, some bastard has to compete with me. Is heaven jealous of my talent? I'm so pitiful!" Although it was grumbling, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's actions did not slow down at all. The thick white light gradually became more and more solid, slowly injecting into Huo Yuhao's body, while its own body gradually became transparent in the process, and its volume also rapidly shrank. The moment it began to inject its power into Huo Yuhao's body, there was no turning back.
"Wahahaha, no matter what, Brother is finally free! Those bastards who treated me as food, you have no chance now. Wahahaha." The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's smug voice gradually grew smaller, and the vast spiritual power that had previously covered a hundred-li radius also retracted at an astonishing speed, gradually disappearing.
In the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest, several terrifying auras fluctuated violently at the same time, seeming to sense something, but they were destined to return empty-handed.
And just as the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's voice completely disappeared, a lustrous white soul ring quietly emerged from under Huo Yuhao's body. After circling his body three times, it faded again, merging into his body and disappearing.
Huo Yuhao knew that, with the world line not being affected, he had truly obtained this most important soul ring, the absolutely unique wisdom soul ring in the history of the Douluo Continent.
The lustrous white color gradually faded, and a layer of faint ice-blue began to emerge from under Huo Yuhao's skin. It lasted for about ten seconds before gradually fading, returning his skin to its original color. His body also trembled once, and his pupils opened, revealing a thought-provoking smile.
A thin, faint golden-white membrane quietly flew up from the ground, rapidly shrank, and condensed into a ball that drilled into Huo Yuhao's chest and disappeared. The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm no longer had a trace of its aura remaining.
The large pit on the road had closed up at some point. Besides the fallen Huo Yuhao, only the corpse of the baboon he had killed was still there. Everything seemed to have returned to normal—
At the same time, in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, Bibi Dong, wearing a qipao that outlined her exquisite figure, leaned lazily on the Rakshasa divine throne. She lifted a round, long leg and swung it, even holding a glass of rose-colored wine in her hand.
At her feet, a large white bug and a ball of gray energy were prostrating on the ground, not daring to move a muscle. The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was so scared it was about to dehydrate. It had thought it had found a suitable host, but it never expected to have found an ancestor.
"A... a god!" Electrolux's divine sense fluctuated violently, seemingly very wary of the woman before him.
"To barge into this empress's bedchamber without the concierge's permission... do you know your crimes?"