"My lord, shall we begin now?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked solemnly.
"Mm." Zhao Ming nodded, then said in an unquestionable tone, "After rebuilding my cultivation, my strength is still weak. If I absorb your Soul Ring, I fear your energy will make me explode. Therefore, you need to temporarily seal your power and wait until I recover some of my strength before we proceed."
"My lord, rest assured. Even if you hadn't said so, I would have sealed my own power," Tian Meng hurriedly promised. "I'll seal myself up tight. There definitely won't be even the slightest looseness."
As if to prove his loyalty, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm immediately got to work.
A brilliant white light flashed across Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body. The ten golden rings around him seemed to come alive and began to pulse rapidly. Before long, nine of the golden rings were wrapped layer upon layer by white energy vines. His enormous, plump body shrank considerably under the vines' tight restraint.
"My lord, look. I've already sealed away most of my energy. Not only has most of my power been sealed, but even moving is becoming difficult for me now," Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said with a smile. To prove how firm the seal was, he tried to struggle free with all his strength, but the seal did not loosen in the slightest. As Sky Dream Ice Silkworm exerted himself, the white energy vines even seemed to tighten further.
"Good job," Zhao Ming praised.
"As long as I can ease your worries, my lord, this is nothing," Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said with a righteous air.
"Don't worry. You're the first to show such loyalty to me. I won't treat you poorly in the future." Zhao Ming stood with his hands behind his back, looking like a reclusive master. "By the way, I recall that the one chasing you was just a little scorpion from the Far North, right?"
Zhao Ming spoke calmly, calling an existence as powerful as the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion merely a little scorpion. Both Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Bi Ji beside him could not help being awed by Zhao Ming's bearing.
If an ordinary person had said that, even if it had been Di Tian, they would have scoffed at it.
But when Zhao Ming said it, they could not find anything wrong with it at all. In their eyes, perhaps even the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yue Na, was nothing more than a little bug to Zhao Ming.
This was the Ancient Immortal Bird!
This was the bearing of the Ancient Immortal Bird!
"My lord, it really was the Ice Empress who attacked me first." Having found a powerful backer, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's confidence swelled as he answered excitedly.
"What do you think of her?"
"Actually, she's quite nice. Though her temper is fiery, she's still pretty good."
Just as he was about to say something bad about the Ice Empress, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suddenly realized that Zhao Ming seemed to be trying to stand up for him. Wouldn't that spell trouble for the Ice Empress?
Although the Ice Empress had hunted him for all these years, he had developed some inexplicable feelings for her. He did not want anything to happen to her because of him.
"How about this? Once my cultivation reaches completion, I'll capture that little scorpion and give her to you. You can punish her however you like then. You can even make her your wife."
"Capture the Ice Empress and make her my wife?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm became excited upon hearing Zhao Ming's words. He felt that he had followed the right person this time. As long as he followed Zhao Ming, not only the Ice Empress, but even Snow...
Capture the Ice Empress and make her your wife? You sure dream big. Making her your sister-in-law would be more like it. Zhao Ming looked at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's suddenly lecherous expression and thought irritably.
"Alright, let the sacrifice begin now." Delays could bring complications. After reassuring Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Zhao Ming said no more.
"Bi Ji, guard us here."
"Yes, my lord."
Zhao Ming sat cross-legged on the ground and adjusted his Soul Power. Once he had brought himself to peak condition, Zhao Ming released his Ancient Immortal Bird Martial Soul.
Behind Zhao Ming, a strange bird wreathed in Black Flame continuously beat its wings. Its incomparably scorching aura brought a hint of warmth to the area in a short time. Yet Bi Ji and Tian Meng did not feel warm at all. Instead, they felt a bone-deep chill.
It was the ferocious aura of a Fierce Beast from the ancient primordial era!
As though it had sensed Bi Ji and Tian Meng's presences, the Immortal Bird turned its fierce eyes toward them, carrying a trace of disdain. After meeting its gaze for a moment, Bi Ji hurriedly lowered her head.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, meanwhile, felt a trace of fear. Ice Silkworms were Ice-type Soul Beasts, and they were naturally suppressed by the Immortal Bird. On top of that, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's bloodline was among the lowliest of all Soul Beast races, so the pressure Zhao Ming exerted on him was naturally even stronger.
But Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not retreat. Instead, he grew somewhat excited. The stronger Zhao Ming was, the more benefits there would be for him.
Seeing this, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began!
The ten golden rings swiftly enveloped Zhao Ming's body, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm himself transformed into streams of white radiance that continuously flowed into Zhao Ming's body.
The first thing to enter Zhao Ming's body was boundless Spiritual Power.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm possessed two attributes. His primary attribute was spiritual, while ice was only his secondary attribute.
It could be said that the ideal target for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sacrifice was a spiritual-type Soul Master. Only then could his effects be fully brought out. But when faced with a true genius, he was willing to compromise.
It was like being a jungler trying to climb the ranks, doing everything possible to find a good support. But then you discovered a jungle king who could carry you to effortless victories. At that point, why would you still want to look for a support? Wasn't it great to just coast?
At that moment, golden rays pierced into Zhao Ming's mind one after another.
These golden rays gathered into ten enormous golden rings floating within Zhao Ming's mind.
Nine of the golden rings were sealed by white energy, while one golden ring continuously shone as vast Spiritual Power poured into Zhao Ming's body.
Tian Meng was a Million-Year Soul Beast. Each of those ten golden rings represented Hundred Thousand Year Spiritual Power.
With just a single strand of light shining down, countless amounts of Spiritual Power merged into Zhao Ming's body.
Zhao Ming did not possess a spiritual-type Martial Soul like Huo Gua from Douluo Dalu 2, who had Spirit Eyes. Could he withstand Tian Meng's infusion of Spiritual Power?
The answer was yes!
Although Zhao Ming was not a spiritual-type Soul Master, do not forget that Zhao Ming was not merely one person!
Zhao Ming still had a Puppet!
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