Awakening

Danger!

Alarm bells rang wildly in Huo Yuhao's heart.

In that split second between life and death, Huo Yuhao's Soul Power circulated at an extreme speed, and everything within his Spirit Eye's vision became clearer. In his field of view, the Soft Bone Demon Rabbit's movements seemed to slow down in that instant. Huo Yuhao stared fixedly at its movements. The opponent was too fast, so he could only wait for it to make the first move.

The Soft Bone Demon Rabbit kicked off with its hind legs and leaped into the air. As it neared Huo Yuhao, it somehow borrowed force in midair, twisted its rabbit waist, and kicked at Huo Yuhao with even greater strength.

The instant the rabbit charged at him, Huo Yuhao knew something was wrong. He remembered Xiao Wu's soul skill, Waist Bow, which allowed her to borrow force in midair. Without the slightest hesitation, Huo Yuhao rolled away, barely dodging the rabbit's double-legged kick.

Just as Huo Yuhao wanted to seize the opportunity to counterattack, a golden-white radiance spread out from the ground, and the Soft Bone Demon Rabbit immediately fell into a daze. Without any warning, a voice rang out in Huo Yuhao's mind.

"Finally, I've met a human with a spiritual attribute. What a pity I can't cry, or I'd definitely be weeping with joy!"

It was Tian Meng!

Huo Yuhao immediately realized that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, one of his cheats, had finally arrived!

As the voice rang out, the ground before Huo Yuhao suddenly trembled and began to crack. The cracks gradually widened, and a creature that looked like a silkworm larva—but was a full seven meters long—leaped out from within them.

Huo Yuhao excitedly gripped the White Tiger Dagger and looked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm up and down.

Its entire body was plump and fleshy, with a round head and round brain, jade-white and crystal clear throughout. A halo flowed beneath its skin, and there was even a pair of tiny golden eyes on its head. Most peculiar of all, starting half a meter from its head, a ring of golden patterns encircled its body at every interval. From head to tail, there were ten such golden rings.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I won't hurt you." The earlier voice rang out in Huo Yuhao's mind once more. The enormous silkworm nodded at him, lowering its massive head until it stopped a meter away from Huo Yuhao. A faint, refreshing fragrance even wafted from its body.

"Who are you?" Huo Yuhao suppressed his excitement and watched the huge ice silkworm warily.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said smugly, "Let me introduce myself first. I am the embodiment of heroism and chivalry, the Soul Beast king who possesses both wisdom and beauty, an unparalleled powerhouse who cultivated for a million years and set the record for the longest lifespan on Douluo Continent: Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. Mm, you can call me Brother Sky Dream!"

"You don't need to fear me. I was the one who knocked out that Soft Bone Demon Rabbit just now and saved you from danger. You don't need to thank me either; I've already decided to devote myself to you. Are you surprised? Are you excited?"

Even though Huo Yuhao had prepared himself for Tian Meng's erratic nature, the words "devote myself to you" nearly made him lose it.

"Y-you, what are you trying to do? Even if you saved me, I can't possibly like you." Huo Yuhao stammered.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said somewhat impatiently, "It's fine, it's fine. Once I enter your body, you'll like me."

"I'm going to become your Soul Ring—the first intelligent Soul Ring in the history of Douluo Continent. So? Aren't you happy?"

"You want to become my Soul Ring?" Huo Yuhao said blankly, as though this immense joy had stunned him silly.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's huge head cautiously looked toward the Star Dou Great Forest, then turned back to Huo Yuhao. "I'm starting now. Don't worry, I'll be gentle. It won't hurt too much. Don't move around, okay? I'll do the moving myself."

Huo Yuhao felt as if another truck had run over his face. Where had Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who had slept for a million years, learned such skillful dirty talk? Could it have been from those Fierce Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest? Surely not Di Tian?

So this is the kind of Di Tian you are!

Before Huo Yuhao could respond, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's enormous head pressed against him. The next moment, he lost consciousness.

As Sky Dream Ice Silkworm pressed its head against Huo Yuhao's forehead, the ten golden rings on its body seemed to come alive, pulsing up and down as they swiftly enveloped Huo Yuhao's thin body. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm itself transformed into streams of white light that continuously poured into Huo Yuhao's body.

"Too weak, too weak. This is just too miserable. Wuwuwu, I'm so pitiful! How many seals do I need to place on myself to keep his weak body from bursting apart? Why can he hold so little power? Being an intelligent Soul Ring really isn't easy."

As Sky Dream Ice Silkworm poured itself into Huo Yuhao's body, an invisible spiritual fluctuation spread from it in all directions.

When Bei Bei and Tang Ya, who were hurrying after Huo Yuhao, were engulfed by that spiritual fluctuation, they immediately fell into a brief daze and stood motionless.

At that moment, most of the southern region of the Star Dou Great Forest became terrifyingly silent.

Just then, a thunderclap exploded in the sky, and the heavens suddenly darkened.

Along with the sound, a Gray Stream descended from the sky as if it had encountered an enormous suction force. In just an instant, it landed on the back of Huo Yuhao's head.

"What dares to steal my person from me?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm flew into a rage. An immense spiritual fluctuation surged forth instantly, attempting to drive the Gray Stream out of Huo Yuhao's body.

A hazy figure appeared behind Huo Yuhao. An aged voice filled with indescribable majesty rang out. "With the sun and moon in my hands and stars within my grasp, there is no one else like me beneath the heavens. I never expected that even a fragment of this old man's remnant soul would survive."

Faced with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's immense spiritual assault, the hazy phantom seemed completely unaffected. The Gray Stream forced back Tian Meng's tremendous spiritual power in one stroke.

With a whoosh, the Gray Figure burrowed into the back of Huo Yuhao's head and vanished.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discovered that the Gray Figure had transformed into a Gray Pearl floating in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness. Though furious that the Gray Pearl was competing with him for Huo Yuhao, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was currently struggling to control his Spiritual Origin and did not dare act rashly. He could only slowly inject his million years of spiritual power into Huo Yuhao's body first.

He had no way back. The moment he poured his power into Huo Yuhao's body, there was no reversing it.

"Sigh, why am I so unlucky? I finally found someone with a spiritual attribute, yet some bastard is competing with me for him. Heaven truly envies the talented!" Tian Meng kept grumbling.

At the same time, the White Light Spot that had remained motionless in Huo Yuhao's mind was stirred after the Gray Light Cluster entered his Sea of Consciousness.

The white Light Spot emitted a hazy White Light, gradually encroaching upon the Gray Pearl. The Gray Pearl seemed to sense the threat and tried to resist the white erosion, but it was useless. It could only watch helplessly as its essence was absorbed bit by bit by the white Light Spot.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm soon noticed the clash between the White Light and the Gray Stream in the sky. Seeing the Gray Stream being beaten back again and again by the White Light, he could not help but gloat. "Serves you right for stealing my territory! Hit that Gray Pearl hard for me! Let it learn the price of competing with me for someone!"

After happily watching the spectacle for a while, Tian Meng could not help but mutter inwardly, This kid is really strange. Including me, there are already three powers in his Sea of Consciousness. The essence of that Gray Pearl's power seems much greater than even my million years of spiritual power, yet the White Light can beat it until it cannot fight back at all. Once that White Light absorbs the Gray Pearl, won't it come after me too?

Sure enough, as soon as Tian Meng finished muttering, he saw a stream of white light split off and shoot toward him. Tian Meng hurriedly gathered his spiritual power with a grim expression to block it.

At that moment, Tian Meng wished he could slap himself. Why did he have such a cursed mouth?

The White Light ignored Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's defenses and, with a whoosh, merged into the sealed Light Cluster of Tian Meng's Spiritual Origin. The Ninefold Seal Tian Meng had created rapidly began to dissolve.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's expression changed drastically. He cried anxiously, "No! This kid is too weak! If you undo the seal on my million-year Spiritual Origin, he'll burst apart! Then we're all finished!"

Originally, I wanted to kill off Tian Meng and Electrolux. Just thinking about someone in my head being able to see everything about me makes me feel uncomfortable all over. But then I considered how Tian Meng and Old Electrolux give the protagonist cheats and warmth, so they can't just die like that. I'll let them sleep instead. Once the protagonist gains the ability to revive them later, I'll wake them up and have them work for him.