How could there be such a coincidence? I had no idea why Yilakus had chosen to attack me directly, but if that let me obtain a fragment of his divine essence, it was a good thing. With Yilakus in my spiritual sea, I might be able to gain a more thorough grasp of the Soul Weapon technique. Perhaps I could even find a way for some of the great soul beasts to keep living.
The Elder Brother's soul beast body has been destroyed, but that doesn't mean there's no way to save it. Besides, Huo Yuhao's divine essence seems incomplete. Now that Yilakus is in my spiritual sea, I might be able to master the Soul Weapon technique more thoroughly.
Perhaps I can use the Soul Weapon technique to make a deal with Di Tian.
Oh, right. I almost forgot. The Sky Emperor Ice Roc was a great find. The Sky Emperor Ice Roc might be weak, but the Sky Emperor Ice Roc's body is genuinely valuable. Even if I ignore everything else, the Sky Emperor Ice Roc's defenses alone are no joke. With a body like that, the Sky Emperor Ice Roc might have died long ago.
What's more, since the Sky Emperor Ice Roc was able to trap Ice Emperor, even if I never use it, I can still use it as material to make a Soul Weapon. That'd be a real bargain.
As Mo Yu and the Sky Emperor Ice Roc finished merging, Xiao Ge immediately scooped up the snow-white, paper-thin Sky Emperor Ice Roc from the ground.
At that moment, Huo Yuhao and the Sky Emperor Ice Roc also completed their final fusion.
With the Sky Emperor Ice Roc's explanation, Huo Yuhao finally understood that its life force was inside him. Before he could react, the Sky Emperor Ice Roc in his spiritual sea suddenly let out a loud cry:
"No!"
The cry was full of grief, as if the Sky Emperor Ice Roc had been desperately struggling in life.
Through Mo Yu's eyes, the Sky Emperor Ice Roc clearly saw the scene of Xiao Ge putting its body away into the Soul Weapon. This sight made the Sky Emperor Ice Roc's living body, which had been lying there so peacefully, tremble with anger.
Wasn't that its body?
Hadn't you just taken it away as though it belonged to you?
The Sky Emperor Ice Roc's expression grew more and more bewildered. It had never imagined that Xiao Ge could be so useful. Huo Yuhao needed to awaken his second martial soul soon, and he could certainly use a Sky Emperor Ice Roc.
But now, its body had been taken away.
How could it stand for that?
The Sky Emperor Ice Roc put on a look of agony, and its little eyes welled up with tears. It even looked at Huo Yuhao with a hint of suspicion.
Xiao Ge's title had put a lot of pressure on it, and Xiao Ge's mysterious presence had clearly reached the young man's spiritual sea. This rough, head-on approach wasn't a particularly clever choice.
If Xiao Ge had wanted to force Huo Yuhao to join him, the Sky Emperor Ice Roc might have worked up the courage to fight back. But now...
All tangled up. Nothing was easy.
What a predicament.
Once Mo Yu and the Sky Emperor Ice Roc finished merging, the time limit on the fusion was lifted. Duoduo and Xiao Ge also woke up, though they were a little dazed at first. But when they saw Xiao Ge's ever-young face, the two women quickly came around.
Their gazes soon fell on Mo Yu. The shock that had filled their eyes before was gone, replaced by curiosity.
So Mo Yu... was the real deal?
He didn't look like anything special.
He was ordinary in appearance and cultivation, with none of the signs of someone who could defeat a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
Hiding in the shadows, Di Tian took a deep breath and still managed to suppress his urge to grab Xiao Ge and drag him back.
His master had ordered him not to act, no matter what happened. That naturally included taking Xiao Ge back.
Di Tian couldn't disobey his master.
All he could do was carry out any orders his master gave him, then report everything that had happened upon his return.
The unknown fragment of divine essence had indeed fallen into Xiao Ge's hands.
Guo Nian thought for a moment, her face troubled. Unbeknownst to her, the reason she was so distracted was that she was focused on the Soul Weapon technique.
Xiao Ge had only briefly described the Soul Weapon technique, but this time he had explained it in detail. Although he hadn't fully understood it himself, Guo Nian had still come away with a few guesses after putting his words into context.
Could it be... that before now, there hadn't been a single soul beast with divine essence?
So Guo Nian's guess... was completely wrong.
Of course, Guo Nian herself wasn't sure if her guess was right. Still, Xiao Ge's so-called Soul Weapon technique had made her very curious.
If Xiao Ge hadn't been in the middle of creating the Soul Weapon technique, she might even have asked Di Tian to find a chance to bring Xiao Ge back so she could keep him under her control for a while.
As for whether Xiao Ge could change the situation of the soul beasts... that remained to be seen. They would have to see whether his Soul Weapon technique was as miraculous as he claimed.
Just bringing Di Tian back without harming Xiao Ge... surely that wouldn't be too difficult, would it?
"Mo Yu! Huo Yuhao!"
A series of hurried voices rang out, and three figures rushed over at top speed toward the young man.
Two men and a woman. One of the girls had a delicate face, bright, expressive eyes, and a curvy figure that radiated charm.
Her looks alone rivaled Duoduo's, and she was every bit as captivating.
But compared to Duoduo's overwhelming aura, this young woman still fell far short.
The tall, strapping young man beside her had dark skin that gleamed like a black stone in the sunlight. He looked heroic, but there was something about him that felt rough and uncouth.
The last of the three was an ordinary-looking girl, plain in every way.
These three were Ying Bei, Xie Bei, and Qin Li, the girl who had joined the Tang Sect together with Xiao Ge and needed to obtain the third soul ring.
Ever since Ying Bei learned that Xiao Ge was headed to the Great Star Dou Forest, she had been eager to see him.
As for Duoduo and Xiao Ge, they hadn't appeared in the diary before, so there was no way to know their names unless someone interacted with them.
But because she had already been punished once for interfering with the diary, Ying Bei had been unable to break through the bottleneck. Naturally, she hadn't gone to the Great Star Dou Forest ahead of time.
Fortunately, one of her control-system classmates had broken through to the third rank and gave her an excuse to go to the Great Star Dou Forest with Xie Bei.
Ying Bei had originally hoped to meet Xiao Ge soon. She never expected the first person she'd run into would be Huo Yuhao, whom Xiao Ge had mentioned in his diary.
Knowing that Mo Yu might become a god, although Huo Yuhao was only a ten-thousand-year soul master for now, she still wanted to invite him to join the Tang Sect.
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