The ground, carpeted with rotting leaves, carried a faint scent of blood.
The Wind Baboon's cold corpse lay there.
Beside it was an unconscious boy.
And then there was the corpse of a giant white silkworm, its body gradually fading after its sacrifice as the Silver Dragon Spear absorbed its origin.
Putting all the clues together,
Su Hui had finally figured out exactly where he was and what had happened.
"Huo Yuhao."
Su Hui silently repeated the name, his thoughts racing.
He's the fated child of this era.
That Wind Baboon—the creature later mockingly dubbed the "Godslayer"—nearly ended the story of Peerless Tang Sect before it had even begun.
And that giant white silkworm—the first million-year soul beast in Douluo Continent's recorded history, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
In that case, the one inside my head is...
Su Hui's heart beat faster.
Deep within his Spiritual Origin, a gray orb of light floated quietly.
It radiated the laws that spanned life and death, steady and immense.
He had already identified it with certainty: The Holy Necromancer, the Scourge of the Undead, Electrolux!
Suppressing his churning thoughts, Su Hui pieced together all the clues in his mind.
In short, he had traveled through time thanks to the Anywhere Door's power, arriving at the crucial moment when the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed itself to Huo Yuhao.
He had even snatched away Electrolux, the guide who should have belonged to Huo Yuhao!
The Anywhere Door stabbed me in the kidney last time, but this time it's being generous.
Not even the phantom ache in his kidney could dampen Su Hui's excitement.
There was no helping it. This was Electrolux!
He was arguably the most powerful of all the cheats Huo Yuhao—Huo Gua—possessed.
His value even surpassed that of the million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
Without Elder Yi, there would be no Huo Yuhao of the future.
Unfortunately, in the original story, Electrolux had been tricked to death by that old schemer Tang San.
Without Electrolux's guidance, Huo Yuhao ultimately put on the "dog collar" Tang San had prepared for him and became his dear son-in-law.
"But now, Electrolux is in my hands!"
Su Hui's eyes gleamed with excitement.
When he returned to his own era, Tang San wouldn't have become a god there.
If he could take Electrolux as his master, he'd truly be set for life!
"Ding!!!"
The Silver Dragon Spear trembled.
After absorbing the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's final wisp of origin, it turned into a streak of light and vanished into the space between Su Hui's brows.
Threads of Spiritual Origin streamed from the spear, spreading along the channels of his Spiritual Core. They steadily expanded the boundaries of his spiritual power and strengthened the foundation of his Sea of Consciousness.
The origin of a million-year soul beast was incredibly pure; every wisp carried extreme spiritual power.
Su Hui's spiritual power was steadily soaring at an astonishing pace.
"Using three hundred thousand years' worth of origin to temper my Sea of Consciousness? Spear, you really don't hold back."
Su Hui nudged the spear in his Sea of Consciousness with his awareness, his tone tinged with amusement.
The spear trembled faintly, sending back an almost boastful ripple of emotion.
In a corner of his Sea of Consciousness, the gray orb of light was quietly drawing in the scattered power of the origin.
Su Hui didn't notice, because a cool sensation had appeared in his hand.
He looked down.
A translucent, lustrous silkworm slough lay quietly in his palm.
Faint golden patterns marked its surface.
Su Hui brushed his fingertip over the slough, a wave of emotion rising within him.
"This is the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's slough, a treasure refined over a million years of cultivation!"
This was the real deal!
In the original story, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had used this million-year slough to capture the Ice Empress without a scratch.
At the very least, it was top-tier material for forging Soul Tools.
He put the slough into his storage Soul Tool.
Then he glanced at the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's completely vanished body.
The Silver Dragon Spear had taken three hundred thousand years' worth of its origin and even carried off its natal slough. That had certainly created quite a grudge.
He wondered whether the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's God-Making Project could still go ahead under these circumstances.
He looked down again at the unconscious Huo Yuhao. The pearly white mark between the boy's brows was slowly stabilizing.
"Your First Soul Ring is the million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. That's a starting point even Titled Douluos would envy."
"But the extra gift meant for you—Electrolux—belongs to me now."
Su Hui spoke softly, as if addressing the unconscious Huo Yuhao.
"On Douluo Continent, opportunities go to whoever can claim them."
"I took Electrolux, absorbed the origin, and claimed the slough, but the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm is still with you. You'll be fine."
Su Hui's tone was calm, without a trace of guilt.
This was a world of the strong devouring the weak. Opportunities never waited for anyone.
Besides, it was all fate.
A voice suddenly rang out from the edge of the forest: "Did that sound come from over here?"
Su Hui turned at the sound.
It was a girl's voice.
Su Hui raised an eyebrow, recalling something.
"By my reckoning, Beibei and Tang Ya should be looking for him around now. It must be them."
Su Hui's thoughts raced.
He considered whether he should make contact with them—or even with Shrek Academy.
He made his decision just seconds later: he wouldn't approach the two of them.
Electrolux had already settled into his Sea of Consciousness, and the Silver Dragon Spear had refined the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's origin.
With such a huge opportunity already in hand, why should he have anything to do with that cesspit, Shrek Academy?
After all, that place was crawling with beasts in human skin.
And with Huo Yuhao, the fated child, being watched by that old schemer Tang San, Su Hui couldn't afford to get too close.
He didn't want Tang San to discover him and put a dog collar around his neck, too.
So avoiding contact was clearly the best choice.
After glancing at Huo Yuhao, still unconscious on the ground, Su Hui turned and strode into the forest.
His figure quickly disappeared among the layers of overlapping shadows.
Su Hui had barely left
when a man and a woman rushed out of the woods.
They were Tang Ya and Beibei, just as in the original story.
"Little Yuhao!"
Seeing Huo Yuhao unconscious, both of them were startled.
Beibei immediately spotted the Wind Baboon's corpse.
Then he saw Huo Yuhao lying on the ground, covered in wounds, and his expression changed dramatically.
"He's still breathing!"
He leaned down to check Huo Yuhao's breath, and the tension in his shoulders eased a little.
"Don't worry about that now. We have to save him first."
Tang Ya cut him off and pulled a bottle of healing pills from her clothes.
The two of them gave Huo Yuhao medicine and bandaged his wounds.
Inside Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness,
the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm slumped in a corner and let out a long sigh of relief.
"That scared the life out of me. Thank goodness that plague god's gone."
Huo Yuhao was still unconscious and couldn't respond at all.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wailed to itself, sounding utterly miserable.
"Three hundred thousand years' worth of my origin! That broken spear just sucked it right out of me!"
"What the hell was that thing? It can forcibly snatch even my origin. None of the Ferocious Beasts in Star Dou Forest are that overbearing!"
It took a long while to calm its fear, and its voice grew angrier with every word.
"No, once this brat wakes up, I have to make it clear to him: if he ever runs into that person again, he has to stay far away. Not provoke him, not even a little."
"This big brother doesn't want to suffer the nightmare of having most of his origin sucked away again."
As it spoke, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began to cry sorrowfully again. "Waaah, my origin—"
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