Huo Yuhao's eyes remained fixed on the seemingly bottomless fissure. If he hadn't just fought desperately against the Wind Baboon, he would have bolted immediately.
A figure emerged from the crack. With its appearance, moisture in the air instantly condensed into icy mist, sending shivers down his spine.
"Spirit-type soul master, Tianmeng Ge is here!"
The mischievous voice echoed in Huo Yuhao's mind again. The figure revealed itself: a jade-white silkworm adorned with ten golden stripes.
A million-year soul beast—Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
The golden stripes on its back transformed into ten glowing rings, enveloping Huo Yuhao's slender frame, while the silkworm's body dissolved into streams of white energy that surged into him.
As Tianmeng Ice Silkworm fused with Huo Yuhao, a powerful spirit force radiated outward.
The spiritual power of a million-year spirit-type soul beast was terrifying, almost instantly covering every corner within a hundred-mile radius. All intelligent life went momentarily blank, as if time itself had paused.
"C-ck…ck…"
In the piercing silence, a sharp cracking sound suddenly rang out.
"Huh?"
A fragment of consciousness separated from Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, alert and observing its surroundings. Fusion was a matter of life and death, and it had to be prepared. It also realized that becoming an intelligent soul ring was somewhat like a sacrifice—releasing overwhelming spiritual force that even a titled Douluo or a hundred-thousand-year soul beast couldn't interfere with.
Could there really be life on the forest's edge that could ignore a spirit domain?
Unhindered, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm locked onto its target.
A holy sword in hand, divine light shining, Ling Bai's expression remained calm. Under the radiance of his six-winged angel, his gaze carried an impersonal, almost inorganic detachment.
"By the heavens… divine might!"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm gaped in shock. If it had eyes, they would have popped out. Millennia ago, the divine might of the Twin Gods swept across Douluo Continent. Its life-crushing force had once forced it to hide in a northern ice cave, trembling.
Today, it saw that familiar divine aura again. It was certain—the boy possessed one of the Four Gods from ten thousand years ago!
"Oh heavens… I just wanted a host to survive, how did I end up facing this monster…"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm felt despair. Without its spirit domain's protection, it was no different from a fish on a cutting board during fusion, completely at Ling Bai's mercy.
"Please… treat us as nothing, just let us go…"
The silkworm prayed desperately, wishing it could even manifest a spiritual body to cry and plead for mercy.
Ling Bai was unaware of the silkworm's inner turmoil, nor did he care. He had no real use for it—the six-winged angel wasn't a spirit-type. The Ice Silkworm was as useful to him as a fish needing a bicycle.
Ling Bai glanced at Ning Tian and Wu Feng, who remained still. His mind relaxed. Though spirit domains couldn't destroy, they could temporarily render beings unconscious.
"Better if they don't see what happens next," he thought.
Seeing Ling Bai take no action, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm exhaled in relief, then accelerated the fusion while communicating with Huo Yuhao within the spiritual sea.
"Boom—"
Suddenly, the previously clear sky darkened. Thunder roared like an explosion, and the sunlight was completely blocked.
An overwhelming pressure descended from the heavens. The silkworm shivered violently, eyes wide in terror and confusion.
A vague figure descended through time and space. An aged voice, filled with unexplainable authority, boomed:
"Holding the sun and moon, seizing the stars—none in the world compare to me! Never thought even a fragment of my soul would remain!"
A powerful being from another world—Elex.
Elex turned to Huo Yuhao and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, drifting forward as if to join them in a playful game of three-way companionship.
"Old man, I got here first!"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, having endured hardship to find a suitable host, was unwilling to yield. Its eyes flashed with rare ferocity, channeling spirit power to block Elex.
"Senior!"
A roar interrupted Elex's advance. His gaze fell on Ling Bai, flickering for a moment.
Ling Bai opened his arms, retracting his six-winged angel. Beneath his exposed skin, faint purple-black veins appeared, as if something impatiently tried to emerge.
Behind him, a massive spectral spider slowly materialized. Its eight crimson eyes gleamed coldly; its curved legs flexed and extended, leaving destruction in its path.
"Shrii—"
The spider let out a chilling roar. The suffocating terror pierced the soul, causing Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Huo Yuhao in the spirit sea to cling to each other for comfort.
"Death attribute…"
Elex paused, then laughed heartily:
"Good, good! I am the Death Saint of the Undead—this little one and I are fated!"
To Elex, Huo Yuhao was just a spirit-type novice, while Ling Bai was a fellow spirit-type successor. The choice was clear.
Ling Bai opened the spirit sea, successfully receiving Elex.
"Finally done…"
With the plan executed, Ling Bai exhaled. With Elex present, the issue of his second soul weapon would now be properly resolved.
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm completed their fusion. The spirit domain dissipated, and the surrounding space-time returned to normal.
"小 Yuhao, go collect my shed skin. A million-year soul beast's remains are extremely rare!"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm lazily lounged within the spiritual sea, speaking to Huo Yuhao.
"Um, Tianmeng Ge…" Huo Yuhao asked weakly, "your shed skin… is it like a white membrane?"
"Yes. Why?"
"Nothing… someone took it."
(End of Chapter)
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