Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!

Lin Yun, who had been watching from the sky all along, spotted Beibei and Tang Ya even before Huo Yuhao did. Led by Tang Ya, the two of them had found Huo Yuhao by taking a straight route!

The outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest were so vast. How could Tang Ya have found Huo Yuhao so accurately?

By the smell of Huo Yuhao's grilled fish?

No, something was fishy!

Lin Yun had no interest in watching what happened next. It was nothing more than Tang Ya inviting Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect, along with Tang Ya and Beibei flirting with each other.

As long as he confirmed that Huo Yuhao remained firmly under Tang San's control, that was enough. It meant Huo Yuhao could become his perfect shield, buying him time to grow!

Huo Yuhao would stand in the open while Lin Yun hid in the shadows. Once Tang San was happily busy training his dog, fully developed Lin Yun could viciously blow up Tang San's Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum from behind!

A backstab—sweet!

Only after Huo Yuhao finished tugging back and forth with Tang Ya and prepared to enter the Star Dou Great Forest alone did Lin Yun lower his head again and turn his gaze toward Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao set off alone, while Beibei and Tang Ya stopped where Huo Yuhao had originally been grilling fish and rested briefly.

[Fifty li ahead lies the Star Dou Great Forest. Soul beasts may appear. Proceed with caution.]

As expected, Huo Yuhao stopped before the warning sign outside the Star Dou Great Forest. After getting excited for a moment, he cautiously headed into the forest.

His turtle-crawling pace made Lin Yun want to grab Huo Yuhao by the back of his collar and toss him straight into the Star Dou Great Forest.

He was taking forever!

By the time Huo Yuhao entered the boundaries of the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Yun was nearly asleep.

"Screech!" The piercing cry instantly jolted the drowsy Lin Yun awake, while also startling Huo Yuhao, who had already been vigilantly watching his surroundings.

Huo Yuhao immediately turned his head toward the gray figure among the branches.

Here he came, here he came!

Another famous Douluo meme after Blind Douluo Su Yuntao—Godslayer Wind Baboon!

Under Lin Yun's expectant gaze, the Godslayer bravely charged at the future God of Emotion. The Godslayer failed to slay a god and was instead gutted by the White Tiger Dag—... dagger, its vein even picked clean!

After absorbing the wind-attribute energy ball released by the Wind Baboon, the White Tiger Dagger instantly extended a light blade several feet long. At the critical moment, it sliced open the Wind Baboon's belly.

"Damn it, just as unreliable as expected!" Lin Yun slapped his thigh, his tone full of disappointed frustration.

In my capacity as Co-Lord of Soul Beasts, I hereby declare that from today onward, the Wind Baboon race shall be struck from the soul beast registry!

What an embarrassment!

"That weapon... seems to be one of those so-called Soul Tools made by humans?" Di Tian frowned as he studied the White Tiger Dagger in Huo Yuhao's hand.

He could tell that without that weapon, Huo Yuhao would have been no match for the Wind Baboon. Forget killing it in return—he would undoubtedly have died.

"That's right, it's a Soul Tool." Lin Yun nodded, his tone somewhat helpless.

This was why Lin Yun had never considered relying on a large number of low-level soul beasts. The existence of Soul Tools had already cruelly demonstrated, during the beast tide that attacked the city in the Original Work, just how utterly powerless soul beasts were before humans.

Fortunately, he only needed powerful beings to serve as protectors, and soul beasts happened to have no shortage of powerful beings!

Lin Yun had originally wanted to remind Di Tian not to underestimate Soul Tools. After all, Di Tian himself had eventually been made into one. But another change suddenly occurred in the forest below.

Dense icy mist silently spread out, coating everything around Huo Yuhao with a layer of white frost. The temperature in the forest also plunged to freezing point.

Boom!

The ground was torn apart by a powerful force, and dense white mist immediately gushed forth. Within the mist, a massive, vague shadow could faintly be seen.

"It's actually him?!" Di Tian's eyes instantly sharpened as he stared fixedly at the figure in the mist.

After using him as a power bank for tens of thousands of years and nearly draining him dry, how could Di Tian, the culprit behind it all, fail to recognize that aura?!

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm! That useless power bank with combat strength below five!

"Damn it, I never expected him to escape here. And he seems to have broken through to that level!" Di Tian clenched his fists, and there was even a trace of jealousy in his voice.

"No wonder I searched the entire Star Dou Great Forest and still couldn't find him. He had already broken through that shackle and become a million-year soul beast!"

Lin Yun smiled faintly and said nothing.

There was no point in saying anything. For Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to escape from beneath the noses of the fierce beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, it was definitely more than mere luck. There had to be an invisible hand behind the scenes pushing everything along.

"Honored One, this Ice Silkworm is the one we captured before, though it was only nine hundred thousand years old back then," Di Tian said gravely. "It once encountered an extraordinary opportunity, one that allowed it to grow from an Ice Silkworm with weak bloodline into what it is today."

"Though it possesses little combat power, the essence within its body is an exceptionally rare tonic. Perhaps it was once unworthy of becoming your power, but now that it has broken through to a million years, it can definitely provide Honored One with considerable aid!"

"We absolutely cannot let it go!"

Di Tian's meaning was clear. Since they had found Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and discovered that it was quite useful, there was no reason to spare it when they could simply reach out and capture it.

Yet Lin Yun merely waved his hand and said softly, "See? You're getting anxious again. I just told you that someone already has their eye on the Child of Fortune. Even this Ice Silkworm may very well have been arranged by that person."

"I can indeed intercept the Ice Silkworm, but what comes after that? I would effectively expose myself to the person behind the scenes. That would deal a tremendous blow to my plans for the future."

"It would be extremely unwise to disrupt my future plans for such a trivial bit of assistance. Besides, I also need a Child of Fortune like this to stand at the forefront and draw attention."

Di Tian was Lin Yun's number-one lackey. Neither his strength nor his loyalty could be questioned, so Lin Yun did not mind revealing part of his plans to him.

After hearing Lin Yun's words, Di Tian also withdrew the killing intent in his eyes toward Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Honored One is right. I only need to act according to Honored One's arrangements. There is no need for me to worry about anything else.

Di Tian had been placated, but there was still another one.

If Lin Yun had not kept one hand pressed against his chest, Ice Empress, hidden there, would likely have already jumped out shouting that she wanted to kill him.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm—food she had craved for countless years! An unparalleled delicacy that should have helped her rival, or even surpass, Snow Empress!

Lin Yun could practically feel Ice Empress drooling inside his clothes.

Recommending a big-shot friend's book. I nag him in the group to update every day. /dog head