Su Yu, Snow Empress, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji immediately followed, stopping outside the range of the Heavenly Tribulation.
Once the group had steadied themselves, Ice Empress finished settling Bing Lan down and appeared beside them as well.
The dark clouds in the sky had already condensed into a massive vortex. A purple bolt of Heavenly Tribulation lightning as thick as a barrel tore through the clouds and struck straight down at Bing Lan!
"Roar—!"
Bing Lan raised its head, and the Soul Power that had just broken through the hundred-thousand-year mark erupted without restraint.
Its Soul Power condensed an ice shield between its two pincers, forcibly taking the first bolt of Heavenly Tribulation lightning!
"Boom!"
The lightning exploded, sending ice fragments flying. Although the ice shield was covered in cracks, it ultimately remained unbroken.
Under the baptism of the Heavenly Tribulation, Bing Lan's aura instead became increasingly condensed.
Snow Empress gazed at the figure standing unshaken amid the lightning, then recalled Bing Lan's transformation over the past few minutes.
Her gaze toward Su Yu was filled with complicated emotions—astonishment and awe.
Su Yu sensed the gazes Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the others directed at him and took the initiative to explain:
"You all saw it just now. This Sky Dream Ice Silkworm devoured countless Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow."
"The flesh on its body has long since condensed the essence of that Cold Marrow. Its effects are comparable to, or even surpass, those of ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow."
He paused and looked at Bing Lan, who was undergoing the tribulation in the distance, before continuing:
"More importantly, the effects of Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow usually only work on ice-attribute Soul Beasts."
"But the flesh of this silkworm is different. It contains the purest life energy and Soul Power essence."
"No matter