After sensing an aura beneath the Extreme Pool powerful enough to make him shudder, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly picked up speed.
Yet the deeper he went, the clearer that aura became, and the more it made his heart tremble.
That aura was not the spiritual radiance of some heavenly treasure, but a terrifying presence that seemed to tower above everything in the world!
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm abruptly stopped.
He hovered in the dark pool, where the temperature had already fallen low enough to freeze the soul. The icy water here was almost pitch-black, with only an extremely faint glimmer showing through from below.
That light was a peculiar icy blue, nothing like the milky-white glow of myriad year profound ice marrow. It looked more like... the eerie gleam reflected in some creature's pupils.
"Something's wrong..."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm murmured, a rare trace of hesitation creeping into his voice.
He possessed a million years of cultivation. Although he had gained most of it by eating and sleeping, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had still experienced a great deal and encountered many beings far stronger than himself.
But now, the aura rising from the bottom of the pool made him instinctively want to flee.
It was a warning etched into the depths of his soul.
A fear even purer and more immediate than what he had felt upon first facing the Ice Empress, the natural enemy of the Ice Silkworm Clan.
"What on earth is down there...?"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm gritted his teeth, forcibly suppressed his unease, and continued his slow descent.
He dared not move too quickly or make a sound. He even carefully reined in his own aura.
Four zhang.
Five zhang.
At this depth, the