Compared to Ning Tian and Wu Feng, whose expressions showed a hint of disdain, Ao Yao didn't react much.
Seeing this iconic scene, he could at most make a couple of teasing remarks. He wouldn't go so far as to mock Huo Yuhao.
After all, this was more or less how he'd started out, too.
Before he had the diary, if he hadn't chosen to stay in the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and had stubbornly insisted on becoming a Soul Master, he might not have fared much better than Huo Yuhao did now.
Ao Yao stood beside the bushes and watched quietly for a while. He had to admit, he quite liked Huo Yuhao in the early stages. At least, before Huo Yuhao chose to cheat with Spiritual Detection, Ao Yao had quite liked the character.
He didn't like him as much later, but he didn't hate him, either.
Not until the Sea God Covenant Blind Date Convention.
"He turned the tables! He turned the tables!"
Ning Tian didn't know why she was so excited to see a little Soul Master hunt a Ten-Year Soul Beast. Before she knew it, she had grabbed Ao Yao's arm with both hands.
But the moment their skin touched, Ning Tian sprang away as if she'd been shocked. A blush spread across her cheeks.
As soon as she'd jumped away, Ning Tian regretted it a little.
They'd already made physical contact. Why had she been foolish enough to let go?
If she grabbed him again now, wouldn't that make her seem a little forward...
Besides, she didn't seem to have the courage to do it again.
Ao Yao noticed the little incident, but he only glanced back at Ning Tian before turning his attention to Huo Yuhao again. At the same time, he began scribbling furiously in the diary in his mind.
[The iconic scene where the Ten-Year Wind Baboon nearly solo-killed the God of Emotion is over. Next, that big worm, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, should make its entrance, right? He might be watching from somewhere nearby right now.]
[The only troublesome part is that when the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm appears and becomes Huo Yuhao's Million-Year Soul Ring, the mental power it releases seems to trigger the time stop that's standard in these kinds of stories.]
[I wonder if I'll be able to withstand it.]
The boy before them, who looked about their age, was Huo Yuhao?!
So he was the Huo Yuhao Ao Yao had mentioned in the diary... the future God of Emotion? Did that mean the thing Ao Yao was after, the Divine Sense Fragment of Electrolux, was about to descend?
A flicker of surprise crossed Ning Tian and Wu Feng's minds. Before they could react, the ground began to tremble without warning.
Cracks suddenly appeared in the ground directly in front of Huo Yuhao. In an instant, they spread and widened, forming a distinct fissure. Faint golden light glimmered deep within it.
Huo Yuhao, who had been struggling with whether he should absorb the Ten-Year Soul Ring, looked dazed. There was also a trace of fear deep in his eyes.
Just as Huo Yuhao stood there at a loss, a cheeky voice abruptly entered his mind:
"I've finally met a human with a Mental Attribute! What a shame I can't cry, or I'd be weeping tears of joy!"
The next moment, a chubby figure emerged from the fissure.
The Million-Year Soul Beast, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, made its dazzling entrance!
As it appeared, moisture rose into the air and instantly condensed into icy mist. The chilling cold made Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng all shiver.
That guy...
Hidden in the shadows, Di Tian's breathing suddenly grew rapid.
Although the figure had appeared for only an instant, he couldn't possibly have mistaken it... That was definitely the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, which had escaped from the Lake of Life not long ago!
Could it be that his lord had foreseen the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would appear at this time, and that was why she'd specifically ordered him to watch these humans?
A sudden urge welled up inside Di Tian. He wanted to take the humans and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm back with him.
But Di Tian soon remembered his lord's instructions.
His lord had told him not to act, no matter what he saw. All he had to do was watch everything unfold and report it to her truthfully when he returned.
Out of respect and obedience to his lord, Di Tian forcibly suppressed the urge to intervene and held himself back.
By then, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had already fused with Huo Yuhao. The golden markings on its back became ten golden rings of light, enveloping Huo Yuhao's entire body. An invisible surge of mental power instantly spread out in every direction, with Huo Yuhao at its center.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm really was a useless creature with no offensive abilities. Despite being a Million-Year Soul Beast, it could only serve as a blood bag for the Ferocious Beasts. Yet its terrifying mental power was on another level entirely. The instant it spread, it covered a vast area on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Every intelligent life-form in the area immediately froze in a daze. It was as if the entire space had been caught in a time stop.
No one escaped except Di Tian and Ao Yao, who were watching from the shadows. Even the Titled Douluo from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect who was responsible for protecting Ning Tian was affected.
Two beads floated before Ao Yao. One was milky white, while the other was pitch-black.
The completely opposite halos radiating from the beads seemed to merge, enveloping Ao Yao's figure entirely, as if forming a domain that cut off everything around it.
Inside the domain, Ao Yao's body seemed to phase in and out of existence.
The Primal Chaos Domain, formed by the combined Twin Martial Souls of the Spirit Pearl and Demon Pill!
Ao Yao was unaffected!
Did you even know what a noble phasing hound was?!
Seeing that he truly hadn't been affected, Ao Yao breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, he hadn't been sure whether the Primal Chaos Domain could withstand the time stop caused by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's terrifying mental power.
Fortunately, the Primal Chaos Domain had worked.
Of course, even if the Primal Chaos Domain hadn't worked, he still wouldn't have been affected in the end.
That was the confidence the diary gave him!
Of course, that confidence only applied to matters of mental power.
Noticing that Ao Yao hadn't been affected, Di Tian's golden dragon eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze shifted from Huo Yuhao to Ao Yao.
This human...
Was quite unusual.
Especially the domain formed by those two peculiar Martial Souls, not to mention that unprecedented Soul Ring configuration...
Compared to the configuration of one purple and two black Soul Rings, Di Tian was clearly more interested in Ao Yao's Primal Chaos Domain.
Watching Ao Yao's flickering figure within the domain, Di Tian couldn't help but furrow his brow slightly.
If he couldn't still see Ao Yao's faint, flickering outline, he wouldn't have been able to sense his presence at all?
So... the human his lord had ordered him to watch from the very beginning was indeed Ao Yao, not the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!
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