Electrolux's Choice

"Don't push me!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm raised the front half of his body, rearing upright and putting on a ferocious expression, trying to scare Chen Ming away.

His Spiritual Power remained concealed without being released, yet it gave off a heart-palpitating sensation, as though he were preparing some ultimate move.

Even Chen Ming's Spiritual Sense warned him of danger.

Yet Chen Ming did not retreat.

"I'm not afraid of you. I just don't want to make this a big deal!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm let out a howl, and Spiritual Power burst from his body, actually taking on a tangible form as it condensed beside him into the shapes of a dragon and a tiger. The dragon was modeled after Di Tian, while the tiger was modeled after the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

The dragon and tiger radiated auras no different from the real thing. The dragon's might was intimidating, and the pressure of the king of beasts weighed down on Chen Ming, even though he knew these were simulated soul skills.

At that moment, the sky changed. The clear skies stretching for thousands of miles instantly turned boundlessly dark.

A thunderous boom rang out, followed by another tremor of the soul that spread in all directions, knocking every living creature nearby unconscious.

Space split open into a pitch-black rift, and a stream of gray air flew out. A dignified voice rang out.

"With the sun and moon in hand and stars within my grasp, there has never been another like me beneath the heavens!"

"I never expected that this old man would still have a remnant soul left behind."

The gray airflow in the sky sensed everything below and unexpectedly showed a trace of hesitation.

Chen Ming turned to look into the sky, staring at the gray airflow without concealing his emotions.

The gray airflow descended, landing between Chen Ming and Huo Yuhao. It formed into a blurry figure and paid no attention to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm at all.

"Boy, you were waiting for me. And there is something on you that draws me in."

"Who are you supposed to be?"

Before Chen Ming could answer, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm bristled.

Another unexpected intruder.

One boy unaffected by his Spiritual Power was already absurd enough. Why had an old man appeared too?

Electrolux ignored Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Nor did he wait for Chen Ming's reply.

He closed his eyes, as though sensing something, as though reminiscing about something.

"Little fellow, the thing on you attracts me greatly, but the one fated to meet me is him." Electrolux frowned, seeming unable to understand.

Even now, he did not know what it was on Chen Ming that attracted him, but he knew it was important—something of extraordinary significance to him.

Yet despite that, he still felt that the boy lying unconscious on the ground was the one truly destined to meet him.

That intangible attraction tugged at his heartstrings.

A Child of Destiny.

From Huo Yuhao, he could sense immense fortune, as well as an innate feeling of closeness.

"Old man, go with him. Don't fight me for my person!"

Seeing this, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wriggled between Electrolux and Huo Yuhao, shielding Huo Yuhao.

Chen Ming was not surprised by this scene.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had even ignored him, a Mental attribute genius who constantly kept his Soul Martial Soul concealed around his body, and instead chosen Huo Yuhao.

The meaning was obvious.

Tian Meng was Huo Yuhao's destined opportunity.

Tian Meng had no other choice. At the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, the only suitable target for him—someone with no foundation and easy to fool—could only be Huo Yuhao.

As for Electrolux—

He was likely an opportunity Tang San had drawn over for Huo Yuhao through some additional means.

However, whatever the reason, Chen Ming would not give up today.

The God Realm suppressed Douluo Star, preventing it from advancing. Soul masters on Douluo Star could not break through the bottleneck of level one hundred unless they inherited a divine position.

At this critical juncture after ten thousand years, the Child of Destiny had been born. His mission was to gather the continent's fortune and break through this barrier, not to sweep away the accumulation of tens of thousands of years and carry that power off to become the God Realm's new lackey.

Chen Ming stepped forward.

"Senior, can this not draw you in either?"

His Spiritual Power surged forth, instantly flooding the surroundings and rapidly condensing into something tangible, forming his Soul Martial Soul.

"My mother!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm jumped in fright. Staring at the Soul Martial Soul above Chen Ming's head, he sucked in a sharp breath.

"Good thing I didn't choose this one. Forget getting in on the ground floor—even if I didn't get slaughtered and picked clean to the bone, I'd be lucky."

Electrolux stared fixedly at Chen Ming's Soul Martial Soul.

Within this martial soul, he felt an intense attraction, as though that summons were about to burst forth.

He knew that this martial soul was not the key. The key was the thing within it!

What could it be?

Chen Ming smiled.

That was more like it.

"Senior, please help seal this off."

Electrolux frowned at his words.

He controlled the only remaining trace of his Spiritual Sense and set up a barrier, enveloping the surrounding area.

"No, no, no. Isolate that little fellow too." Chen Ming shook his head and pointed at Huo Yuhao.

Electrolux did not hesitate. He shrank the barrier, isolating Huo Yuhao outside it as well.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm found it strange that Chen Ming, who was clearly the same age as Huo Yuhao, called him a little fellow. At the same time, he felt ignored, so he deliberately wriggled his worm body.

Unfortunately, Chen Ming did not mention him.

"Senior, watch carefully," Chen Ming said.

He controlled his Soul Martial Soul and allowed the treasure within it to leak the faintest trace of its aura.

It was only a trace, yet it carried the might of heaven and earth.

Even with Electrolux concealing it, Chen Ming did not expose it completely.

A trace was enough.

Electrolux's pupils contracted violently.

Death.

Something that had completely gathered the laws of death, as though—

A word emerged in Electrolux's mind from somewhere beyond.

"Authority."

In an instant, everything in his mind connected.

Becoming a God!

So what one needed to become a god was authority!

This world could condense authority. One could become a god here!

Most crucially, this boy possessed a divine position that suited him perfectly.

Though it carried the aura of death, there was not a trace of evil within it. This was pure death.

There was even the faintest hint of life within it.

What difference was there between this and the undead?

Even though he had thought himself beyond worldly concerns, the moment he truly saw an opportunity to go further, Electrolux's pure heart from his earliest days of cultivation was stirred.

His obsession had faded, and the deepest, earliest desires in his heart surfaced once more. Chen Ming had skillfully drawn them out.

Yet at this moment, Electrolux could still sense that intangible stirring coming from Huo Yuhao.

He could feel that Huo Yuhao and he were bound by fate, perhaps even by the fate of master and disciple.

That fluctuation was invisibly luring his—

Electrolux abruptly opened his eyes and roared.

"How dare you lay hands on this old man!"

He realized there was something wrong with that attraction. Looking at Huo Yuhao, he separated a wisp of gray airflow and directly merged it into Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.

He seemed to see fragments of the past. He sympathized with Huo Yuhao, yet also sensed something abnormal within it.

"Poor child, a life manipulated by others."

"You and I are fated, yet someone has used this chance to scheme against us."

"This is the protection I leave for you. I hope that someday, I will see a whole and healthy you."

Electrolux did not reclaim the gray airflow. Instead, he merged it into Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.

After doing this, Electrolux turned back around.

Chen Ming looked at Electrolux and found that his gaze had dimmed considerably.