The Ice Silkworm's struggles grew weaker and weaker, until at last it stopped moving completely.
Huo Yuhao panted heavily, his hand trembling slightly around the spear, but his eyes were filled with barely contained excitement.
He had done it.
He had really done it on his own.
"Teacher!" He turned to look at Xu Yanli, joy almost spilling from his face. "I killed it!"
Xu Yanli nodded slightly. "Not bad. Now, go absorb the Soul Ring."
Huo Yuhao nodded firmly and hurried over to the Ice Silkworm's corpse. He sat down cross-legged and released his Spirit Eye Martial Soul.
A purple Soul Ring slowly rose from the Ice Silkworm's body. Drawn by his Martial Soul, it drifted down and settled around him.
Xu Yanli walked over and stood beside Huo Yuhao, his gaze warily sweeping the surroundings.
Kong Deming and Long Xiaoyao were keeping watch from the shadows, but he still didn't dare let his guard down.
The Extreme North had never been a safe place.
No one could say whether a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast might suddenly appear.
Time passed bit by bit.
Huo Yuhao's face turned pale, then red. A fine sheen of cold sweat gathered on his forehead.
A three-thousand-year Soul Ring was still a bit of a stretch for someone like him, who was only at level twenty.
Xu Yanli simply watched in silence, never stepping in.
If he couldn't even get through this, what could he possibly choose for his Second Martial Soul later?
Although he didn't plan to give Ice Empress to him, there was no need to be harsh with his own disciple.
So he didn't mind helping him find an Ice Jade Scorpion with a decent cultivation level.
But he would absolutely never hand over the Three Great Extreme North Heavenly Kings, even