"Elder Yue Guan, Elder Gui Mei, that Ice Silkworm's habitat should be right here."
Hearing Ye Xuan's words, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo didn't waste any time.
Ghost Douluo in particular had unique insight into soul detection.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could use spiritual power to hide its presence, but it couldn't conceal its soul.
After a thorough search by Gui Mei, he indeed found a faint soul presence concealed beneath this wasteland.
"Kid Ye, it really is down there. But it seems to have fallen asleep. What should we do?"
Even Gui Mei couldn't make up his mind. After all, no matter how weak the other party was, it was still a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. If it fought them desperately, they wouldn't lose their lives, but they would definitely get hurt.
"Elder Yue Guan, Elder Gui Mei, just make a big enough commotion. Once it appears, you need to use your Martial Soul Fusion Skill right away. I need to negotiate with it."
That was right.
This was Ye Xuan's true goal.
Even the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would have no chance of escaping the Polar Static Domain created by Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo in such a short time.
All he needed to do was convince it to willingly offer its sacrifice while it was trapped.
Of course,
he wasn't completely sure he could pull it off.
If it came down to it, he could just take Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and tear down Tang Hao's old home.
He would capture Ah Yin and take the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, too.
"Sure."
Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo had never been one to dawdle. Being too cautious could make them miss their chance.
"Ye Xuan, Xiao Wu, find somewhere to hide. Come out after we've got it under control."
Yue Guan and Gui Mei both knew full well that Ye Xuan's talent, as he'd shown it so far, had already surpassed Hu Liena's.
"Fifth Soul Skill: Gathering of Cold Blossoms!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo didn't hesitate. He unleashed the Soul Power of a Level 94 Titled Douluo and blasted his fifth Soul Skill straight into the center of the wasteland.
Boom!
The terrifying surge of energy blew the ground apart. When the explosion subsided, the wasteland before them had become a lifeless crater.
Gui Mei, who had been watching what lay beneath the ground, sensed that Chrysanthemum Douluo's attack had woken the soul below.
At this sight, Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo exchanged a glance.
It was clear they understood what the other was thinking.
At that very moment, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, which had been hiding underground, shot out in a powerful flash of icy blue light.
"I was just taking a nap! Why'd you come barging in to wreck my home? What the hell! Titled Douluos—and two of them!"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was clearly furious at being woken up. But when he saw that the ones who'd disturbed his sleep were two Titled Douluos with formidable auras, his fragile little heart nearly gave out.
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Polar Static Domain!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo gave the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm no chance to escape. The instant he appeared, they unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and pinned him in place.
"Damn! A domain-type Martial Soul Fusion Skill that can lock down space! I'm just a useless silkworm—was all this really necessary?!"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was clearly panicking.
He might have been a million-year Soul Beast,
but the Ice Silkworm Clan had no offensive abilities whatsoever. In a real fight, he was even weaker than a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with a powerful bloodline.
While the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was still freaking out inside the barrier,
Ye Xuan and Xiao Wu came out from behind a tree.
They stood at the edge of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill and looked up at the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm noticed them, too.
But to his senses,
the Soul Power radiating from Xiao Wu was exactly the same as Ye Xuan's, as if they were one and the same.
"Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, I know your origin is damaged. I came here to make you a deal."
At Ye Xuan's words, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's eyes widened.
But soon, he realized that the two Titled Douluos had restrained him to give this little brat a chance to speak with him.
"A deal? What do you mean?"
Though the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had slept his way to a million years of cultivation, anyone who took him for a fool would sorely regret it.
"You have at most ten thousand years left to live, and I know you have great ambitions."
"My deal is simple. Offer your sacrifice to me and become my Wisdom Soul Ring. Help me become a god, and in the future, you can share my endless lifespan."
As Ye Xuan said this, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo's hearts pounded.
Neither of them had expected that this seemingly harmless little brat would have such ambition!
Hearing his words, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm furrowed his brow.
"Give me a reason to accept."
Godhood.
A million years of cultivation. The realm of the gods.
He had once stumbled into that realm by accident.
But in the end, he had lost his very origin and could only hide underground, barely clinging to life.
"A reason?"
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Ye Xuan's mouth.
"Honestly, I'm sure you've already sensed that the girl standing beside me is no ordinary person."
"Her true identity is a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit. By a stroke of luck, I subdued her and made her my First Soul Ring."
As he spoke, Ye Xuan took out a Pokeball marked with a crescent moon and, right in front of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, recalled Xiao Wu into it.
Seeing this,
the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was deeply shaken.
He had never seen another Soul Master with the ability to capture Soul Beasts and use them for their own purposes.
"Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, you've lived here for a long time. You should know there are two Ten-Thousand-Year Beast Kings in the Lake of Life."
"The transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit I subdued is very close to those two Beast Kings. I'm confident I can bring them under my command as well."
At that, Ye Xuan looked straight into the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's eyes.
"I know who you really are. I sincerely hope you'll become my partner. If you still think my offer isn't enough, I can have them let you go right now."
Just then,
Xiao Wu popped out of the Pokeball.
"Hehe, you big bug! Sister Xiao Wu sensed you three thousand years ago. I just thought a thousand-year rodent Soul Beast was digging tunnels underground."
Hearing Xiao Wu's words, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's heart, which had been hanging halfway, finally settled.
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