The Soul Devouring Spider's eyes rolled as it suggested, "Why don't I hold it? You'll crush it flat like that."
"No. You'll steal a bite." Huo Yuxi mercilessly refused. No wonder this was an uninhabited land—treasures were everywhere.
"Xixi, you cheapskate."
"Don't think you can provoke me. You already took one earlier."
Early the next morning, Huo Yuxi was still resting with her eyes closed when the power erupting from Huo Yuhao's body startled her to her feet.
"What happened?"
Acting as a pillow, the Soul Devouring Spider explained, "Your brother succeeded."
Huo Yuxi looked up and, sure enough, saw Huo Yuhao floating in midair. The aura he was giving off now was even comparable to Yan Shaozhe's.
His shirt had long since vanished, and a unique spinal bone behind him caught Huo Yuxi's attention. It was clearly an External Soul Bone, and it looked like a scorpion.
After a while, the soul bone slowly disappeared, leaving behind a jade-green tattoo pattern on Huo Yuhao's back.
Hearing something, Huo Yuxi turned toward the distant snowfield. Countless ice-jade-green scorpions were bowing their heads in unison.
Ice Jade Scorpions?
After Huo Yuhao came down and got dressed, Huo Yuxi finally had the chance to ask, "Brother, what was that just now?"
Huo Yuhao scratched his head. "Xixi, I never had the chance to tell you about the opportunity I encountered that day in the Star Dou Great Forest..."
His account was calm and uneventful, but Huo Yuxi listened intently. She learned that after they had separated that day, Huo Yuhao had killed that soul beast and then happened upon the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. Somehow, it had become his intelligent soul ring and granted him four soul skills and a martial soul.
And the purpose of coming here had been to