Were Lord Bear and Scarlet King Chasing You?

Under the ominous, blood-red gaze of Su Chen's Sharingan, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm finally shut up.

Yet judging by the curious looks he kept casting at Su Chen from time to time, he still had not given up on those strange questions.

At least things were much quieter now.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Chen's eyelids fluttered as he rested with his eyes closed, then he slowly opened them.

He gently clenched his fist, feeling that familiar sense of strength. Su Chen let out a soft breath, and his heart settled considerably.

His Chakra had not fully recovered, but it was barely enough to cast a few Shadow Clones and maintain the Transformation Technique for a long time.

After this crisis, Su Chen had finally realized what his true shortcoming was.

That was, he lacked sufficient Chakra.

The Immortal Body gave him far more Chakra than ordinary people by nature, and its recovery rate and growth potential were also much greater.

But unfortunately, his Immortal Body had yet to fully awaken, and all his own abilities were massive Chakra drains.

Lin Dragon's Armor offered a tremendous boost, but it also consumed Chakra at an equally terrifying rate.

The Eight Inner Gates sounded like a physical technique at first, but its Chakra consumption perfectly matched its status as an S-rank Forbidden Jutsu.

As for the other ninjutsu he could currently use, Multiple Shadow Clone and Rasengan only ranked behind those two.

Multiple Shadow Clone in particular—creating hundreds or thousands like Naruto was simply impossible. He did not have Kurama inside him serving as an infinite battery.

Even if he drained himself dry, he could only make a few dozen at most.

If he learned Sage Jutsu in the future, his thirty-second burst of manliness might end up becoming a five-second burst instead.

But speaking of Kurama...

Su Chen pondered inwardly.

The essence of Tailed Beasts was condensed Chakra. So-called infinite Chakra simply meant that recovery exceeded consumption.

Whenever Naruto fought, Kurama continuously restored his Chakra from within, creating a healthy cycle.

Then, could this Jinchuriki technique be applied to Soul Beasts?

If it worked, even if it could not reach the level of infinite Chakra, paired with his Immortal Body, turning Chakra into Chakra by the ton would not be a problem. He could even develop some more powerful combat modes.

For example, Tailed Beast Chakra Mode, Sage Tailed Beast Chakra Mode, Armored Susanoo, and so on.

At that thought, the youth's eyes lit up.

If it truly worked, there was no doubt that he would develop an entirely new power system!

"Did you think of something good? Why are you so happy?"

The curious voice jolted the youth from his thoughts. Su Chen raised his eyes and saw Sky Dream Ice Silkworm staring at him with a plump face full of curiosity.

"Yes, a hypothesis. If it works, then Soul Beasts and humans may not be unable to coexist peacefully."

The Jinchuriki system was undoubtedly a power system that completely surpassed so-called Soul Spirits and Soul Rings.

After all, this system required no prerequisites. Even a newborn infant could become a Jinchuriki. As long as they could communicate with and understand the Tailed Beast within them, they would possess considerable combat power.

Su Chen thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Hmph, keep boasting."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm rolled his eyes and immediately lost interest.

He had thought this guy was going to say something impressive.

Who would have thought it would be such unreliable nonsense?

The relationship between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts was an exceptionally brutal relationship of supply and demand.

It had nothing to do with hatred, much less opposing sides. Unless Soul Masters were all willing to become ordinary people and Soul Beasts curbed their ambitions, their relationship would not improve in the slightest, no matter how many years passed.

"Anyway, who exactly are you? You know me? But I don't remember you at all."

Tian Meng shook his head and asked in confusion.

This kid had identified him the moment they met, yet he was not an enemy.

But no matter how hard he racked his brain, he could not remember ever meeting someone like this.

"To be honest, I was pretty surprised too."

Su Chen said with some emotion.

He had only intended to find this energy source and see whether it could extend the time he remained hidden. But after approaching it and using his Byakugan to see its full appearance, he had been completely dumbfounded.

Wasn't this freaking Sky Dream Ice Silkworm? Why was he here?

But upon thinking it over, it seemed that in the entire Douluo World, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was the only one who could meet both conditions of possessing immense energy while having low combat ability.

One of the protagonists ten thousand years later, a rare dual-attribute Soul Beast with both ice and spiritual attributes, a million-year Soul Beast with intelligence—at his core, he was merely a lucky fellow who had stolen and eaten a great many heavenly treasures.

But that did not diminish Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's immense value in the slightest.

It could be said that at least sixty percent of Huo Yuhao's future achievements were thanks to this seemingly foolish little silkworm.

Su Chen had once considered whether he should snatch him away in advance, but after calculating the timeline, he had given up.

He had never expected to encounter him in a place like this.

"By the way, how did you get out?"

Su Chen raised an eyebrow and asked.

At this point in time, this premium heavenly treasure should still have been in the Land of Great Evil, happily being siphoned by the fierce beasts, the kind of place where even the three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts of the core region were not qualified to enter.

"Ah, speaking of that!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm happily wriggled his body and said excitedly, "It was Big Brother! If Big Brother hadn't drawn Lord Bear and Scarlet King's attention, I couldn't have escaped!"

Big Brother?

A question mark slowly appeared in Su Chen's mind.

Was there someone like that?

Why did he not remember the original story mentioning some Big Brother?

"He's a human, but not an ordinary human. Scarlet King and Lord Bear still haven't caught him!"

Starlight gleamed in Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's beady eyes. If he had forelimbs, he would probably be clasping his hands together and wagging his tail right now.

"Big Brother is practically superhuman. If he survives, he will surely have the bearing of a god! I, Tian Meng, will follow him unto death!"

Su Chen's expression grew stranger the more he listened.

"If, and I mean if, your Big Brother... ahem, survives, how will you follow him?"

he asked.

"Hmph hmph, kid, do you think I'm some ordinary Soul Beast?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm snorted proudly. "I'm the only ninety-nine-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast on the entire continent! Once Big Brother nears a breakthrough, I can voluntarily sacrifice myself and become Big Brother's Wisdom Soul Ring!"

This really was...

Su Chen did not know whether to laugh or cry.

So he had accidentally become this guy's savior.

"Of course, that has nothing to do with a little Level Twenty brat like you~"

he said in a pompous old-man tone.

"Oh, right, you still haven't answered me. How did you know my name? How did someone at Level Twenty get all the way here? You—"

The round little ice silkworm was asking away when his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Right, right! How could someone at Level Twenty possibly make it to a place like this?

He first looked at Su Chen, whose entire body was in tatters. Then he extended his Spiritual Power into the distance and looked at the two great fierce beasts lying motionless at the edge of the area.

Then he recalled that the first thing the youth had asked upon entering was whether this place could perfectly conceal one's aura, along with how he looked like he had just fought a great battle.

Gulp—

Looking at the youth's faintly smiling eyes, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm swallowed.

He stared at Su Chen tremblingly. "L-Lord Bear and Scarlet King... they weren't, weren't chasing you, were they?"