The Shield Was in Place

"Sob, sob, sob... It smells so good. I want to eat it. Honored One, let me eat it!"

Through their spiritual connection, Little Girl continuously conveyed her hunger and desire to feed to Lin Yun.

Even though they had learned from Di Tian that the portion of Myriad Year Profound Ice Marrow energy stored within Tian Meng had been drained clean, Tian Meng's body, nourished by the Myriad Year Profound Ice Marrow, was simply too tempting for a scorpion!

Just thinking about it made Ice Empress salivate.

Crunchy, tastes like chicken, with six times the protein of beef!

Besides, only its energy had been drained. Tian Meng's origin was still perfectly preserved, and that was the most delicious part of it.

No, she could not think about it anymore. The more she thought about it, the more she craved it!

If they cut off its head, coated it in breadcrumbs, and fried it until golden...

"Tut, tut, you're making me want to have a taste too." Lin Yun smacked his lips, a hint of temptation appearing on his face.

"Right? Right? Honored One, while that bug hasn't escaped yet, let's catch it and fry it!" Ice Empress said, her eyes shining.

"Not a bad suggestion, but no." Lin Yun took Ice Empress from his arms and placed her on his palm. The little scorpion, barely over ten centimeters long, looked as perfect as a work of art beneath the sunlight.

Seeing Ice Empress's obvious dejection, Lin Yun chuckled and poked her with a finger. However, Ice Empress was clearly in no mood; she listlessly gave no response to his teasing.

Normally, she would have interacted with Lin Yun using those little pincers of hers.

"All right, don't look so down." Lin Yun amusedly placed Ice Empress on his shoulder and spoke softly.

"Why do you want to eat that Big Bug? Isn't it because your origin was damaged and you needed the Myriad Year Profound Ice Marrow energy within it to recover? But your origin is whole now, and you've already survived the four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation. Your life is no longer in danger."

Although Ice Empress still looked dejected on the surface, she had secretly perked up her ears to listen to Lin Yun.

"You're already not weak. As the guardian secretly protecting me, your strength is sufficient. Further growth would take time and effort, so why not wait until I return to my peak? Then I can easily help you become a god." Lin Yun tilted his head toward Ice Empress with a smile, his words meaningful.

Ice Empress's pair of crystalline yellow eyes immediately lit up.

That was right!

Even if she ate Tian Meng now, at most she would overcome one or two more Heavenly Tribulations and reach the level of six hundred thousand, perhaps seven hundred thousand years. Tian Meng had already been nearly drained dry, so the help it could provide was extremely limited.

And after Honored One returned to his peak, he could casually raise her by that much. Wasn't she simply neglecting the root for the branches?

"I understand, Honored One!" Ice Empress nodded, her appetite for Tian Meng greatly diminishing.

She still wanted to eat it, but it was no longer something she absolutely had to have.

As the three chatted, Huo Yuhao's fusion with Tian Meng had already begun.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, shrouded in icy mist, rammed its enormous head directly into Huo Yuhao's, their foreheads touching. At the same time, the ten golden markings on Tian Meng's body lit up with dazzling radiance, eventually forming ten light spheres like tiny suns. Together with its body, they entered Huo Yuhao's body.

Only Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's translucent shell remained where it had been, yet even that translucent shell seemed about to enter Huo Yuhao's body.

"Di Tian, move! Snatch that skin for me!" A sharp glint flashed through Lin Yun's eyes as he shouted in a low voice.

That skin was Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Exuviae, equivalent to the Dragon Clan's set of scales with astonishing defensive power.

Moreover, during the process of having its Soul Power continually extracted by Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had secretly used energy to continuously nourish this Exuviae. Its current quality could absolutely be considered an alternative Million Year Soul Bone!

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's origin and Soul Ring, I, Lin Yun, will leave those to you, Huo Yuhao. But as the price for making me turn a blind eye, it isn't too much to leave behind an Exuviae as interest, is it?

Just as the Exuviae was about to merge into Huo Yuhao's body, Di Tian suddenly extended his right hand. Dense Power of Space spread across his palm, and then he clenched his fist.

The connection between the Exuviae and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was abruptly severed. In an instant, it appeared in Di Tian's clenched hand.

The Exuviae was his!

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, already merged into Huo Yuhao's body, shuddered in terror. Its tiny eyes scanned the surroundings in panic. Since it had entered Huo Yuhao's body, it could no longer wield the power it once possessed as a million-year soul beast.

Thus, it could not find where its enemy was at all!

What was more, the terrifying Power of Space when Di Tian made his move filled Sky Dream Ice Silkworm with fear from the bottom of its heart. That power had imprisoned it for ten thousand years!

"Di Tian... you just won't go away!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, which had originally wanted to spit out a few threats, was scared witless. It gritted its teeth tightly, its little golden eyes filled with hatred.

But it did not have much time to hesitate. Since Di Tian could seize its Exuviae, he could naturally capture Huo Yuhao as well, bring him back to the Lake of Life, and forcibly extract its power from Huo Yuhao's body!

It had clearly succeeded. It had successfully found a Human Host. Now, it only needed to wait for its host to grow, and it could begin carrying out its God Creation Plan.

It absolutely could not fall here!

Dense Power of Space instantly enveloped Huo Yuhao. Golden light flashed faintly, and Huo Yuhao's body vanished from the spot in an instant.

This was the ability Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had mentioned to Huo Yuhao in the Original Work—the ability to instantly teleport him away, usable only once in a lifetime!

"You bastards who treated me as food, you won't get another chance! Just wait, I, Tian Meng, will return for revenge one day!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm still left behind a threat before departing. Its words, carrying intense spiritual fluctuations, clearly reached the ears of Lin Yun and the other two.

Though it had no way to find where Di Tian was, it was certain that Di Tian could hear it!

"Damn it, this ant with such weak bloodline!" Cold Light flashed in Di Tian's eyes.

If Honored One had not forbidden me from acting, did you think that with your pitiful Power of Space, you could escape from my grasp?

To ordinary people, the Power of Space might be an elusive and ethereal force, but for Di Tian, he could easily follow the direction Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had gone and trace the connection back to its location!

Spatial fluctuations could not dissipate that quickly!

"All right, it's just an ant spouting nonsense. There's no need to take it too seriously." Lin Yun waved a hand, speaking with an indifferent expression.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm might have believed it had found the host for its God Creation Plan, but to Lin Yun, what it had actually found was someone else's sacrificial pawn—a shield!