I Love You Like the Wind That Traveled Eight Thousand Miles

"I've been waiting for you to say that."

After hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm immediately did a few somersaults in the air with excitement.

He rubbed his hands together, an expression of both anticipation and nervousness appearing on his face, and then cautiously said to Huo Yuhao, "Brother is coming in, Little Yuhao. Bear with it and don't cry out; it might hurt a little."

Huo Yuhao had long since grown used to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's mischievous nature. If Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suddenly became serious one day, Huo Yuhao would instead feel uneasy, because that usually meant something major was about to happen.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's consciousness slowly integrated into Huo Yuhao's body, like a warm current of water seeping into every single one of his cells.

At Huo Yuhao's feet, a purple-black soul ring began to slowly emerge, and almost in the blink of an eye, the color of the soul ring began to change frame by frame.

At first it was purple-black, and then it turned into a pure black like ink. Next, the color transformed into a bright red like blood, followed closely by the soul ring turning orange-gold, and finally, the soul ring turned into a golden yellow shining with brilliant golden light.

And the moment that golden yellow soul ring appeared, Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, which had previously been like a gentle stream, began to undergo a rapid leap.

The entire Sea of Consciousness seemed to be injected with infinite power, beginning to boil and expand, eventually turning into a deep, bottomless ocean shining with brilliant golden light.

In this ocean, waves surged and light radiated, and Huo Yuhao felt his Spiritual Power reach an unprecedented height at this moment.

Mental Detection Sharing was instantly activated. Powered by the million years of Spiritual Power accumulated by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Mental Detection Sharing swept across the entire space in an instant. The magnitude of its might could only be described as terrifying.

Centered on Huo Yuhao, the range covered by the spiritual pressure rapidly expanded, engulfing an area of over ten thousand square kilometers, covering almost a third of the Core Zone.

Within this vast region, whether it was the towering ice mountains or the deep glacial crevices, none escaped being covered by this powerful Spiritual Power.

Under this range of pressure, almost all living creatures, from tiny fish to massive Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beasts, were frightened into trembling.

Their instincts told them that an irresistible force was examining them, making them feel an unprecedented terror.

At the same time, the aura of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion on Huo Yuhao was also released by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. This aura complemented the spiritual pressure, making creatures within the entire pressure range feel an even more suffocating sense of oppression.

The aura of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion was like a blade of frigid ice, slicing through every inch of air and making the temperature of the entire space seem to drop by a few degrees.

The pressure lasted for a full five minutes, and to the creatures enveloped by it, those five minutes felt as long as five centuries.

Until Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was certain that the Ice Empress had already perceived the situation here, did he withdraw from Huo Yuhao's body. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Spiritual Power receded like a tide.

The moment Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Spiritual Power was pulled out from inside Huo Yuhao, Huo Yuhao immediately felt a spiritual emptiness, as if a part of his soul had been pulled away.

A sense of fatigue surged into his heart like a tide, and his body began to tremble slightly, as though he might fall down at any moment.

However, Huo Yuhao's endurance was extremely formidable, and he gritted his teeth and endured it forcibly without uttering a single groan.

I have already sensed the Ice Empress's aura.

Huo Yuhao's voice was faint, but filled with firmness.

His gaze instantly turned toward his northeast, which was the direction from which the Ice Empress's aura came.

Sure enough, not long after, the entire horizon seemed to be stained with a layer of green, and then a massive pressure like an abyssal chasm instantly enveloped downward.

This pressure was like a physical substance, making the surrounding air heavy, as if even time had stagnated at this moment. Huo Yuhao felt his breathing become difficult, as though an invisible hand were tightly pinching his throat.

Before Huo Yuhao could even see the Ice Empress's face, the Ice Empress's uniquely cold and arrogant voice reached Huo Yuhao's ears: "Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, I didn't expect you to still be alive. But I'm curious—since you're alive, instead of hiding far away, you actually dare to actively approach me. Exactly who gave you this backbone?"

The Ice Empress's voice was as crisp as ice crystals, yet carried an unquestionable majesty that involuntarily made one feel a tremor from the depths of their soul.

When the Ice Empress finished saying these words, her gaze swept over Huo Yuhao with pointed meaning.

Although he hadn't seen the Ice Empress yet, Huo Yuhao still felt a sharp stare locking onto him tightly.

Not only did this tiny human in front of her carry her aura, but she couldn't even see through him at all, which was why the Ice Empress had hesitated to show herself for so long.

Moreover, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's current state was extremely bizarre. Yet the Ice Empress didn't care too much; after all, as a Fierce Beast of several hundred thousand years, who didn't have a few life-saving methods?

Though puzzled, the Ice Empress was not yet intimidated.

After all, as the second-ranked existence among the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North and located right here in the Extreme North, the Ice Empress possessed absolute confidence.

Upon hearing the Ice Empress's voice, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's face immediately bloomed with a nearly infatuated expression.

His eyes, which had previously been calm and waveless, now flickered with incomparably blazing light as he affectionately said, "Bingbing, didn't I tell you before? As long as I'm still living, no matter the thousands of mountains and rivers or the ends of the earth, I will come find you. Because I love you, like the wind traveled eight thousand miles, not asking for the return trip."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's words were filled with endless tenderness and firmness. However, the moment he made his affectionate confession, Huo Yuhao's eyelids began to twitch frantically.

He could clearly feel the surrounding temperature plummeting sharply, the biting killing intent nearly freezing the air and tightly locking onto both Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Huo Yuhao.

"Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, are you really that tired of living? Since you're deliberately seeking death, then I'll grant your wish. I am going to eat you bite by bite, and you can only belong to me!"

The Ice Empress's voice was filled with anger and utter resolve.

The moment her words fell, a scorpion about a meter and a half long, resembling emerald jade, dropped to the ground.

Her golden yellow eyes, like brilliant gemstones, flashed with a cruel light as she stared at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm with eyes full of killing intent.

A layer of faint green light orbited around her body.

"Human, though I don't know why my aura is on you, since you came here following this fellow Sky Dream, then go down and be buried with him."

The Ice Empress's voice was cold and resolute, her eyes devoid of the slightest pity, holding only absolute cruelty toward her enemy. As the ruler of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Clan, the Ice Empress's murderous nature could be said to be the heaviest among the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North.

As her voice trailed off, the Ice Empress instantly launched an attack, charging toward the direction of Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm like a green bolt of lightning. Her speed was so fast that it was practically impossible to catch her figure, leaving only trails of afterimages slicing through the air.

However, the exact moment the Ice Empress was about to touch Huo Yuhao, the surrounding space seemed as though the pause button had been pressed.

The howling sound of the wind stagnated, the falling snowflakes stopped their downward movement, and the Ice Empress's figure was directly frozen mid-air, unable to advance even an inch further.