Daming had been begged by the Snake's Home residents to help, but he still refused to answer. Tang San's Diary jumped onto his head, raised a hand, and smacked him, shouting, "Wake up, you big fool! Wake up!"
Seeing that Daming still wouldn't answer, Luo Mo's heart sank. He hurried over.
As for the diary, it had taken the initiative to leap onto Daming's head.
The diary had vanished from the Snake's Home in an instant. Luo Mo's eyes flashed with surprise, and he couldn't help wondering if it was trying to...
The diary had disappeared into the depths of the lake, where it was spotted.
Several terrifying figures surged up from the bottom of the Lake of Life, rising into the air.
On the lake's surface, a colossal creature with a snake's head floated in the water. Its enormous body was covered in thick black fur, like a small mountain.
The two giant creatures were, of course, the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.
Erming hadn't found the diary, and knew he'd been forbidden to do so. He forcibly woke Daming, who was still sleeping, and told him everything without daring to hide anything.
But before Erming could dive back into the water to search, he felt a terrifying presence looming over him. It was so frightening that the Soul Beasts didn't dare move.
Daming's body was in poor shape. He could only rely on his senses to detect the presence of those ancient beings beneath the lake.
After some time, a densely packed golden-green vine shot up from the lake, rising into the sky above the Lake of Life.
A strange, terrifying aura spread all around it.
Daming and Erming bowed their heads, not daring to show the slightest disrespect.
"Brothers, the Soul Beast Queen, Xiao Wu, has returned. She has been gone for more than five years, and we searched everywhere for her. We even looked for a colossal ice snake."
The two Soul Beasts had merely searched as a matter of course.
The Soul Beast Queen was actually the one who had remained on that little rabbit's body.
"Yes."
Daming and Erming nodded together. They didn't dare delay and lowered their heads, retreating a certain distance before standing still.
The two Soul Beasts were stunned for a moment. They had originally wanted to find Xiao Wu and the Azure Bull Python.
They had intended to look for Bing Bing, the Ice Snake.
Unbeknownst to them, the Xiao Wu they missed so dearly was at that moment searching for the Ice Snake with the diary in the same space.
Snake's Home.
Time went back to ten minutes earlier.
A colossal creature suddenly appeared in the courtyard.
The diary was as crystal-clear as white jade, its surface shining with a soft light. Beneath it, the body was covered in thick fur, and a pair of small eyes glittered with golden light.
It was more than ten meters long, with a golden ring of scales every so often along its body.
From head to tail, it had nine rings in total.
The instant it appeared, a bone-chilling aura spread out, and the temperature around it began to drop.
At the same time, a spiritual force as vast as the ocean enveloped the entire space.
Luo Mo and Xiao Wu had just finished building a cold-storage room, and felt as though something had suddenly appeared to protect them.
"Hahaha! I'm back! I finally understand! Hahaha!"
The Azure Bull Python circled once, realizing that it had truly escaped the bitter sea. It couldn't stop laughing and crying with joy.
If only it knew how to shed tears—then its face would be covered in them!
"Orphan..."
The diary patted the Azure Bull Python's head affectionately.
Luo Mo looked at the Azure Bull Python in surprise. A glint of light flashed in his eyes as a thought arose in his heart: he wanted to make it his Soul Ring.
Xiao Wu stared at the Azure Bull Python. She sensed that its aura was far more powerful than that of a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, and her shock was no less than Luo Mo's.
It was as if it had found a lifeline. It hurriedly begged him for help.
"Big ape, save me! That fellow over there looks like a bad person!"
Hearing Xiao Wu's soft, sweet voice, the Azure Bull Python finally noticed the two children standing before it.
It immediately withdrew the spiritual force and cold aura it had released.
The Azure Bull Python looked around. It was a tiny independent space, and the power within it was fluctuating. It had clearly been created by a Soul Beast.
It looked at the two children before it. The girl was obviously a transformed Soul Beast.
The one releasing the power of space was the boy beside her.
"Azure Bull Python, hear me out!"
Luo Mo knew that the Azure Bull Python seemed to harbor hostility toward him. It had also noticed that he was in possession of a separate space, so they were now wary of one another.
What was more, it seemed the Azure Bull Python was thinking about creating a god.
He couldn't afford to make it feel any goodwill toward him.
Although Tang San's Diary had helped him trap the Azure Bull Python, he wouldn't show it any gratitude. Nor would he use his weaker position to coerce a stronger person.
Therefore, he had to strike first and leave a good impression on the Azure Bull Python.
"How do you know my name?" The Azure Bull Python was somewhat surprised.
It had chosen the name Azure Bull Python itself.
It had even lived through the destruction of the last Soul Beast clan and the beginning of a new era, eventually becoming the Ice Snake.
But it had never told any Soul Beast or human that name. It had only ever given the impression of a child of six or seven.
"Wait a moment. I'll show you something."
As he spoke, Luo Mo's pupils turned a deep purple. A jade-green light flowed slowly within them, and the ring on his finger remained unchanged.
That was one of his little tricks.
He could use three Soul Skills at the same time.
Then, as though in a film, the story of Tang San's first three parts unfolded before the Azure Bull Python's eyes.
He had stolen a great deal of the diary's Soul Skills, but had also secretly tried to copy them. In total, he had three innate skills.
They were Cave Vision, Illusion Eyes, and Soul Guidance.
"Ah, a spiritual-type Soul Skill!"
The Azure Bull Python seemed rather amused as it watched Luo Mo's performance.
It had plenty of experience with illusions, and this one looked quite convincing. Even so, it could sense that the space around it seemed to have been wrapped in a strange barrier.
"This method of yours seems rather purposeful."
The Azure Bull Python muttered under its breath, then fell silent.
Yet inwardly, it grew more and more unsettled.
After a long while, having watched the first three parts of Tang San's story, the Azure Bull Python fell silent.
So the original owner of the diary had been Tang San...
Even a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast couldn't become a god...
And the wisdom Soul Ring had become Xiao Yu's...
There had been an inheritance of the Death God...
Then it had found the Ice Snake it had missed so dearly...
He had succeeded in becoming a god, and Xiao Gang had also been deified...
But he looked like a dog barking at the moon.
"Hey! Big ape! Wake up! Wake up!"
Xiao Wu thought the Azure Bull Python had fallen into one of Tang San's illusions, and tried to wake him.
Huh!
The Azure Bull Python created a spiritual barrier, blocking Xiao Wu's voice. Then it crouched beside the diary and stared at Luo Mo.
"You showed me all this. What are you hoping to accomplish?"
Luo Mo snapped his fingers. "Azure Bull Python, become my Wisdom Soul Ring. I promise I'll help you become a god!"
"Ha! You think you can do a better job than Xiao Gang?"
"Of course. I was born in the Age of Soul Beasts. Tang San hasn't even become a god yet. I have the potential to know the future, and I possess three innate Soul Skills."
Luo Mo's purple eyes brimmed with confidence and ambition.
"I have a divine inheritance, a divine weapon, and a divine beast that can help me find Soul Rings."
He then showed it the divine inheritance, the ring on his finger, and the little snake. "Put your faith in me, and you won't suffer!"
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