Everyone else gathered around as well. Shen Yao patted Mu Guiyun on the shoulder and grinned. "You're something else, kid. I never thought you'd get your hands on something as rare as an Invincible Soul Guidance Barrier!"
As a Soul Engineer, he knew all too well how precious one of those was.
A Level Seven Invincible Soul Guidance Barrier could withstand a full-power attack from anyone below Super Douluo for three seconds, but it was a single-use item, and manufacturing one cost an absurd amount.
Just how absurd? The Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor had swatted away Mu Guiyun's Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right arm bone with a single swipe.
"Gui Yun, don't ever do something so dangerous again, understood?"
Zhang Lexuan's face was a little pale from overusing her Soul Power, but she still looked at Mu Guiyun sternly. "Do you have any idea how dangerous that was?"
"I understand, Eldest Senior Sister."
Mu Guiyun nodded obediently, then changed the subject. "We should hurry over and check on that Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor. It's a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. It'd be such a shame if it got away."
Though he said that, Mu Guiyun was certain the beast had no chance of escaping.
His only concern was that he might have accidentally punched it to death...
The Dragon Scale contained Mu En's pure Light Element energy. Forget the Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor—even the Scarlet King would be badly injured if it took a hit like that.
As expected, the Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor was in no condition to fight. Every bone in its body was broken, and the Light Element energy had ravaged the Soul Power inside it.
"Good thing it's still alive. Otherwise, we'd have lost a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring for nothing."
Seeing that the Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor still had a faint breath, Mu Guiyun finally relaxed. "Eldest Senior Sister, finish it off. It'll be difficult, but it's a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. I think it's worth taking the chance!"
At his words, Zhang Lexuan stared at Mu Guiyun. Only after a long while did the corners of her mouth lift into a smile. "Gui Yun, thank you."
When everyone heard that Mu Guiyun was giving the Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor to Zhang Lexuan, an uproar swept through the group. After their brief shock, admiration welled up in every heart.
Good heavens, those were a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and he was just giving them away!
"I'm impressed. Shen Yao bows to you. From today on, you're my sworn big brother!"
Shen Yao gave Mu Guiyun a slow thumbs-up.
If it were me, I wouldn't give them up for anyone—not even Zhang Lexuan, and definitely not for my own dad!
Mu Guiyun didn't say anything. He only smiled.
Without everyone else holding the beast back, Mu Guiyun could never have landed a successful sneak attack. Besides, he didn't need the Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor's Soul Ring, and its Soul Bone wasn't worth taking...
As they chatted, the dying Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor stirred. Summoning the last of its strength, it struggled to spit out a sentence. "Damn... damn humans!"
If two words could sum up how the Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor felt, they would be "utterly aggrieved." It was beyond aggrieved!
It hadn't even had a chance to fight at full strength—or use its innate skill—before Mu Guiyun had gotten the drop on it.
And that golden dragon, radiating such terrifying pressure, had nearly sent the Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor to meet its great-grandmother.
No, at this point, it was about to meet her for sure.
The battle had seemed perilous, but in truth, the moment the moonlight was blocked out, the outcome had already been decided.
The Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor's eyes were filled with venom. It couldn't believe it had fallen into the hands of someone as weak as Mu Guiyun.
"Damn..."
Consumed by hatred, and with death staring it in the face, the Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor made a decisive choice: it would burn its own life force and take those detestable humans down with it.
"You want this Emperor's Soul Ring and Soul Bone? Dream on!"
The Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor's voice was full of madness as the crescent mark on its forehead suddenly lit up!
"Oh, crap! It's going to blow itself up! Retreat!"
Mu Guiyun's mouth twitched as he hurriedly spread the Metal Six Wings on his back.
Why did it have to go straight to playing the human-bomb card? He'd never heard that Moon-Eroding Wolves were a Middle Eastern breed!
Sensing the danger, everyone hurriedly retreated from the Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor.
The blast from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's self-destruction was no joke.
By the time everyone had reached a safe distance, the Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor had swollen into a giant sphere. Even the energy leaking from it made them break into cold sweats.
"Ha ha ha ha! Damn humans, you'll all be buried with this Emperor!"
Just as the Soul Power inside the Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor reached its limit and it was about to explode, a bone-chilling cold suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Ah-choo! Why did it suddenly get so cold..."
Wu Ming, who was flying away, sneezed. Before she could finish speaking, she turned into an ice statue on the spot.
"Wu..."
In the space of a single breath, all thirteen of the others besides Mu Guiyun were sealed in ice. Even the Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor, in the middle of self-destructing, wasn't spared.
What the hell was going on?!
Mu Guiyun didn't have time to think. He was about to crush the jade pendant in his hand when he noticed a huge crack suddenly split open in the ground not far ahead. Just the cold seeping out of it was so intense that he felt his soul trembling!
"Waaah... I finally found a chance! A gift of talent and spiritual power this rare is the best present heaven could've given me! It's just that I can't cry, or I'd be bawling my eyes out right now!"
That voice!
Mu Guiyun's pupils shrank. It was exactly the same voice that had warned him about the Moon-Eroding Wolf Emperor's sneak attack!
"And that entrance... Could it be..."
Mu Guiyun couldn't help thinking of the biggest cheat in the original Unrivaled Tang Sect—the one Old Huo had gotten.
The fissure kept widening until it was dozens of meters across. Only then did it finally stop. A figure wreathed in bone-chilling cold gradually appeared before Mu Guiyun.
The first thing he saw was a giant ice silkworm, about six or seven meters long. Its enormous head alone was roughly a meter in diameter. Its body was a translucent, jade-white, with a faint glow moving beneath its skin, like the sheen beneath mutton-fat jade.
What a huge maggot!
When he noticed the ten distinctive golden rings, Mu Guiyun became even more certain.
It was him! It really was him! Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!
The one who seemed even more like the chosen child of fortune than Old Huo in the original story!
Mu Guiyun's face remained expressionless, but inside, he was so excited he could hardly put it into words.
He'd originally planned to wait until Lao Huo enrolled, then tag along to see if he could find an opportunity. He'd never imagined Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would deliver himself right to his doorstep!
"Who... who are you?"
Though he already knew the answer, Mu Guiyun still pretended to ask. "What did you do to Sister Xiaotao and the others?"
The perfectly measured suspicion and wariness in his eyes did nothing to make Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suspect him.
"Oh, there's no time to explain! Just know that I won't hurt you!"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm instinctively looked toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest. His comically tiny eyes filled with wariness and hatred.
You bunch of damnable bastards! You actually dared to use me as a power bank. You've got a death wish!
After cursing them silently, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm turned his gaze back to Mu Guiyun.