I Don't Want to Cover Up Your Dark History

Even though she had prepared herself to be mocked by Xia Linyuan when she was about to tell him the name she had chosen for herself, being called tacky by him still made her want to rush up and fight him to the death, even if she knew she couldn't win.

Gu Yuena took a deep breath and said, "Since you think my name is tacky, why don't you, Linyuan, give me a name that isn't?"

Xia Linyuan's footsteps paused. He glanced at her sideways, then continued walking without looking back, saying, "Sorry, I have no interest in covering up your dark history."

I have no interest in covering up your dark history.

Gu Yuena was almost driven mad by Xia Linyuan's words. How could this guy be so sharp-tongued?

She only hated that she didn't have a mouth that could speak better than Xia Linyuan's.

Scanning the Star Dou Great Forest with his divine sense, Xia Linyuan discovered a large bug fleeing toward the entrance of the forest.

Twenty-five kilometers away from the Star Dou Great Forest, a boy who looked about twelve years old stared at a road sign with extreme excitement.

Is this the current Son of Destiny, Huo Yuhao? Why does he look a bit familiar?

Although Huo Yuhao looked somewhat familiar to Xia Linyuan, he didn't dwell on it. Compared to Huo Yuhao, he was more interested in the remnant soul of Electrolux.

After locking onto Huo Yuhao's location, Xia Linyuan walked straight across the Life Lake and through the majority of the Star Dou Great Forest toward the entrance.

Because Di Tian had given prior notice, all the spirit beasts avoided him, so there were no unexpected incidents along the way.

By the time Xia Linyuan was still some distance from the entrance of the Star Dou Great Forest, Huo Yuhao had already encountered the Wind Baboon—the "God-slayer."

"Wow! Such powerful spiritual power! Am I dreaming? After waiting for so many years, I've finally encountered such a human! It's a pity I can't shed tears, or I'd be weeping right now!"

Suddenly, a cheeky yet joyful voice came from behind Xia Linyuan.

At that exact moment, the ground two meters behind Xia Linyuan began to tremble without warning, and cracks started to spiderweb across the surface.

"Huh? This human's back looks a bit familiar. Whatever, whatever! It's not easy to find a human with spiritual power strong enough to contain my vast consciousness; I can't let this opportunity slip by."

As this voice muttered to itself, the cracks grew wider, turning into fissures, and faint white-gold light could be seen leaking from within.

Hearing this voice, a look of mockery appeared in Xia Linyuan's indifferent golden eyes. He turned around slowly to look at the Tianmeng Iceworm, which had just crawled out of the fissure with a head one meter in diameter and a body over seven meters long.

His perfectly shaped lips parted slightly, and he spat out a crude word with elegance and politeness: "Scram!"

The Tianmeng Iceworm's massive body, which had been swaying happily, froze the moment it saw Xia Linyuan's face.

"Crap, crap, crap! Why is it you!"

Although the Tianmeng Iceworm spent most of its time in slumber, it had been waking up more frequently in recent years because it felt its end was near.

Even though it had been imprisoned by Di Tian and the others to serve as a blood bag for Gu Yuena, it had still perceived the outside world through its massive, inexhaustible spiritual power.

During one of its awakenings, the Tianmeng Iceworm had accidentally seen Xia Linyuan visiting Gu Yuena. The two seemed to have a good relationship, so it had subconsciously assumed Xia Linyuan was an accomplice of the Silver Dragon King.

Now that it had finally found a human capable of containing it, it never expected that human to be an accomplice of the Silver Dragon King. Was this human here to drag it back?

Wuwuwu, why does fate love to tease people—oh no, bugs!

The next second, the Tianmeng Iceworm heard Xia Linyuan say, "I'll give you three seconds to drag your maggot-like body and get out of my sight."

"Otherwise, suffer the consequences."

Xia Linyuan's sinister voice jolted the Tianmeng Iceworm out of its despairing thoughts.

The Tianmeng Iceworm twisted its massive body and scrambled like a madman back into the fissure in the ground.

Wuwuwu, this human is not only terrifyingly strong, but his words are also so poisonous. He's really bullying a worm!

I'm just a baby worm who has only slept for a few tens of thousands of years!

Watching the Tianmeng Iceworm vanish quickly before him, Xia Linyuan turned his gaze back toward Huo Yuhao with a calm expression.

Shifting his focus away from Xia Linyuan, the Tianmeng Iceworm also noticed Huo Yuhao's presence and immediately approached him, intending to become that unprecedented wisdom spirit ring.

Looking at the unconscious Huo Yuhao, Xia Linyuan seemed to sense something. His golden eyes narrowed slightly, and he turned to look at the clear sky.

The sky, which had been perfectly clear a moment ago, suddenly darkened. A thunderous roar echoed from high above, and a suffocating, immense pressure descended from the heavens.

"Holding the sun and moon in my hands, plucking the stars; there is no one in this world like me! I never expected that I, this old man, would still have a remnant soul remaining. Huh? What is that? Such powerful dark energy!"

A gray stream of air descended from the sky, paused for a moment, and then quickly darted toward Huo Yuhao.

Xia Linyuan curled his lips. "Come here, you."

As soon as he finished speaking, countless pitch-black tentacles shot out from every corner. In an instant, they wrapped tightly around Electrolux's remnant soul and delivered it before Xia Linyuan.

"Nice to meet you. Let me introduce myself. My name is Nyarlathotep, from the Abyss. Of course, you may also call me Xia Linyuan," Xia Linyuan said with a smile.

"The Abyss? What kind of place is that? Why do you possess such pure dark energy?" Electrolux asked weakly.

"It seems your situation isn't very good," Xia Linyuan replied, ignoring the question.

Electrolux was silent for a moment before saying, "I only have this sliver of a remnant soul left, and after such a long journey, my soul fire is on the verge of extinguishing."

"Then, you should rest and recover for a while," Xia Linyuan said with a smile. "I am very interested in your necromancy; I don't want you to disappear just yet."

Electrolux fell silent; it seemed he had already fallen into a deep slumber.

Xia Linyuan waved his hand, and the tentacles retreated into the darkness, carrying Electrolux's remnant soul with them.

Looking at the unconscious Huo Yuhao, Xia Linyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, walked over, and reached out to draw a rune between his brows.

"Little bug, I can't have you ruining my plans."

Just after he finished, two figures were seen sprinting toward this location at high speed.