But just then, the sky, which had been perfectly clear only moments ago, suddenly darkened,
"BOOM!!!"
A thunderous crash rang out high above. In that instant, the sun's light was completely swallowed by darkness.
An immense pressure descended from the sky, so overwhelming it stole the breath from their lungs. The heart that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had just managed to settle began racing again.
Damn! No way. Again?!
Unlike the startled and bewildered Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Mo Yuan's eyes opened with delight and greed!
High above, a blurry gray figure crossed through time and space and descended. An ancient voice rang out, carrying an indescribable majesty.
"With the sun and moon in my hands and the stars at my fingertips, none in this world can compare to me! I never thought even a fragment of my soul would survive!"
A powerful being from another world—the Holy Necromancer, Electrolux—had arrived!
After appearing, Electrolux looked toward Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Huo Yuhao, then swiftly drifted downward, seemingly eager to join them in a little game for three.
"Get lost, old man! This is the host I worked so hard to find!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm roared in fury. For once, it showed the ferocity a Soul Beast should have, unleashing its immense spiritual power in an attempt to drive the mysterious figure away.
Electrolux froze in midair, halted by the resistance. Just then, Mo Yuan shouted,
"Senior!"
At the sound of his voice, Electrolux turned toward Mo Yuan. When he saw Mo Yuan, almost unrecognizable as a person beneath the dense aura of death swirling around him, his eyes shifted ever so slightly.
The fiery, reddish-gold Golden Eyes seemed to blaze even brighter, brimming with overwhelming savagery and bloodlust.
But what truly shocked Electrolux was that when Mo Yuan's blood erupted again, bringing him almost to the threshold of the fourth stage of Blood Rage, the Dragon Blood's boiling seemed to awaken Black King Nidhogg completely within the Sea of Consciousness!
It actually appeared in the outside world as a spirit form—in the Star Dou Great Forest!
Vast black wings cast a shadow of death over the land. Countless skulls clattered against one another, making a bone-chilling clicking sound.
The fearsome yet beautiful dragon body unfurled behind Mo Yuan, shining even more brilliantly than he did. Its terrifying Golden Eyes rose like a blazing sun.
The thick aura of death and calamity caused every plant nearby to wither in an instant, turning to ash and scattering in the gale.
Black King Nidhogg faced the sky and let out one last roar that resounded throughout the world!
At that same moment, every powerful being on Douluo Star at the Titled Douluo level or above, along with the dragon-type Soul Beasts, seemed to hear an incomprehensible whisper beside their ears.
Solemn and sacred.
Though they did not know what language the whisper was in, the Titled Douluos and dragon-type Soul Beasts all understood its meaning.
"Praise My King's awakening. Destruction is rebirth."
Electrolux did not understand the words, but he knew that Mo Yuan's heaven-defying death attribute was a perfect match for him!
"Hahaha! Excellent, excellent! I'm known as the Holy Necromancer, and you... little fellow, seem to be fated to meet me!"
Electrolux paused for a moment as he looked at Mo Yuan, whose human form was only just recognizable, then spoke with a laugh.
Without hesitation, Mo Yuan spread his arms and opened his Sea of Consciousness, allowing Electrolux to enter.
Finally, that's taken care of... Now I just need to do one more thing, and I can leave... At last, with Electrolux secured, Mo Yuan let out a long breath.
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had also completed their fusion. The spiritual domain vanished, and the surrounding space and time began to return to normal.
"Little Yuhao, go pick up my shed skin. A million-year Soul Beast's shed skin is an exceedingly rare treasure!"
Inside Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm lounged lazily in midair as it gave the order.
"Uh... Brother Sky Dream, do you mean that white film?" Huo Yuhao asked hesitantly, his voice trembling. He did not move at all.
"Yeah. What's wrong? Why haven't you picked it up?"
"Brother Sky Dream, it's not that I don't want to. It's just that... someone's already taking it..." Huo Yuhao said in a hushed voice, his eyes filled with fear.
"What? Someone dares take my things?!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shot upright as if jolted awake from a dream. It scrambled to its feet and used Huo Yuhao's eyes to look outside.
"I'll see which reckless bastard dares touch my things..."
As Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke, its voice suddenly grew quieter and quieter, until it was barely audible.
Mo Yuan, still in his Dragonification state, was putting its shed skin into his Soul Tool—right in front of its eyes!
Unfortunately, after witnessing Black King Nidhogg's might, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not dare utter a peep.
This was a downright insult! What the hell was the difference between this and having someone steal your wife right in front of you?!
All it could do was glare at Mo Yuan's face, its reddish-gold Golden Eyes the only part visible, with a furious and aggrieved look.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wanted to order Huo Yuhao to beat Mo Yuan up and take back its shed skin, but the last shred of its reason told it that would be no different from courting death.
Its goal was to create a god, and yet this wicked creature, caught between dragon and human, had just summoned a black dragon on the level of a god!
It would not even be able to get revenge if it grew stronger someday! It didn't even know what Mo Yuan looked like...
"Ghostly Thing! Just you wait! Once I've raised Little Yuhao to be strong, I'll turn the whole continent upside down if I have to, just to find you!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm watched Mo Yuan turn and leave, cursing him furiously in its heart.
Huo Yuhao had only just recovered from the pressure Mo Yuan had unleashed when he suddenly heard a familiar voice calling his name.
"Yuhao! Yuhao!"
In the distance, two figures came running toward them at incredible speed.
Meanwhile, Ning Tian and Wu Feng came to their senses as the spiritual domain faded. Their eyes were clouded with confusion, and they felt as if they had awoken in another lifetime.
"Hm? Where's Mo Yuan? Wasn't he just here?"
Once she had recovered, Ning Tian looked toward the spot where Mo Yuan had been before the spiritual domain spread, but there was no sign of him. Only a few scraps of black cloth and traces of bright-red blood remained.
At the sight of those traces, Ning Tian's heart gave a sudden jolt. Combined with the strange feeling she had experienced moments ago, a terrifying guess surfaced in her mind.
Could someone—or a Soul Beast—have attacked them in that instant?! Had Mo Yuan already met with disaster?
Wu Feng, who only ever cared about Ning Tian, didn't think that far. When she saw the traces Mo Yuan had left behind, she felt as if the dark clouds hanging over her had dispersed, leaving her refreshed and clearheaded.
Now that their greatest threat, Mo Yuan, was gone, as long as I hold on, Ning Tian will belong to me in the end. Hehe... At the thought of the wonderful life ahead, Wu Feng unconsciously put on a lovestruck grin.
Unfortunately, Mo Yuan wasn't going to die. No matter who else did.
The bushes not far from the two of them began to rustle gently, and footsteps sounded.
As Ning Tian and Wu Feng watched warily, a figure emerged from the bushes.
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