I should... probably be able to hold out, right? After all, I've believed in invincibility ever since I was a little kid.
Xu Qing is invincible beneath heaven!!
Waaahhh!!
What was wrong with this human!?
Was he even normal?
What human Soul Master knew he was a million-year Soul Beast and still acted so fearless, like he didn't take him seriously at all?
He didn't want to die! He didn't dare blow himself up! Waaah...
But this human's Sea of Consciousness was strange, too!!
He'd gotten in, but he couldn't get back out!
Who had a Sea of Consciousness like this? Weren't they all pitch-black, with faint glimmers occasionally lighting up, just like the night sky?
But why was this place as bright as day? And the purity of the mental power at the very center of the Sea of Consciousness...
Just how pure was this guy's willpower?!
Just then, Xu Qing's left hand lit up. An ice-blue five-pointed star appeared in midair, and a cone-shaped piece of Mystic Ice Marrow materialized.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized it at a glance!
"A ten-thousand-thousand-year-old!? No! No, but this aura... This is Mystic Ice Marrow!?"
Its worm face was already swollen and bruised, though Xu Qing wasn't sure why a spirit body could simulate injuries like that.
Is he trying to pretend he's weak so I'll lower my guard?
Heh. Instead of trying to get out of here, he's coming closer to me on his own?
"Don't act so surprised, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. Didn't you rise to your current level by relying on this Mystic Ice Marrow—the legendary treasure every ice-attribute Soul Beast dreams of, the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow? You advanced step by step... No, wait..."
Xu Qing carved the Mystic Ice Marrow in his hand into the shape of a cup. The ice shavings that fell away were absorbed by the Sea of Consciousness. After all, it was formed from his Soul Power.
"You became a million-year Soul Beast one bite at a time."
Three more Soul Rings appeared around Xu Qing: purple, purple, black!!
His third Soul Ring had actually broken the configuration set by Sea God Tang San ten thousand years ago!!
It had even torn apart the theories of the Grandmaster, who had just taught seven people to become gods!!!
Then the three Soul Rings drew together and fused with one another before slowly sinking into the cup, turning into liquid Mystic Ice Marrow.
In an instant.
An astonishing fragrance filled the Sea of Consciousness!
"Aaaaaah!! That's Ice Marrow! Ice Marrow!! Give it to me! Give it to me!!"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's eyes nearly popped out. They were bloodshot, and he was panting like a bull.
"Hah... hah... Grandpa! Grandpa! Let me have a taste! Just one bite!!"
"I'll do anything, Grandpa! You should've told me you had a Second Martial Soul! If I'd known, I'd have had to be crazy to choose that useless guy outside with only one level of Innate Soul Power!!"
He'd completely lost control. Wriggling through the air, he inched toward Xu Qing.
His tiny worm mouth opened and closed, and drool containing incredibly pure mental power spilled out!!
"Disgusting..."
Xu Qing took a few steps back in revulsion, downed the Mystic Ice Marrow in the cup, then used his mental power to toss all that mental energy into the scorching core at the center of his Sea of Consciousness.
Sizzle...
It burned away into nothingness, leaving only pure mental power behind.
Of course, even so, Xu Qing couldn't get over his misgivings. He planned to dilute the pure mental fluid made from that drool, turn it into an injection, and hand it out to his underlings!!
Hahahaha, worship me!
Your Brother Xu always thinks of you whenever there's something good!
"Haaah~~"
Xu Qing crushed the Mystic Ice Marrow, ground it beneath his foot right in front of the greedy worm, then kicked it over to him.
"Give it a taste. See how it compares to the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow you've eaten before."
With that, Xu Qing folded his arms and watched Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, eyes bloodshot, lick at the Ice Marrow stamped with a shoe print.
"Is it so good you can't even speak?"
"Wuwuwu... It's delicious! It smells so good!!!"
"More! More!! Grandpa! No! Master!!"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm writhed with his barrel-shaped waist, flailing his limbs and shrieking hysterically.
The scene looked a bit like those forbidden documentaries about depraved perverts Xu Qing had watched in his previous life.
Damn, is my Mystic Ice Marrow really that amazing?
No... It must be the effect of those Soul Skills, combined with the effect of Ring Fusion...
But that doesn't make sense. You're a million-year Soul Beast with a Mental Attribute. How can your mental resistance be this low?
Tsk... I almost forgot. You're a fake who got this powerful just by eating heavenly treasures. What kind of foundation could you have?
You haven't even endured the baptism of a Heavenly Tribulation. Your mental power is vast and pure, yet scattered like loose sand.
Speaking of the Heavenly Tribulations Soul Beasts had to endure, Xu Qing couldn't help envying them.
A baptism by the power of heaven and earth!
If I could use that to temper this body of mine... Heh heh heh...
Alas, what a pity. Humans don't get the chance to enjoy something like that.
"Master! Master!! Please allow your servant, the lowliest of worms, to offer you the most insignificant gift!!"
As he spoke, the tennis-ball-sized Sky Dream Ice Silkworm body in Du Busi's sleeve vanished in an instant and appeared before Xu Qing's physical body in the outside world.
He was actually going to offer a direct sacrifice!!!
And Du Busi wasn't the least bit flustered!
That was because the mental power he'd left on Xu Qing had already sensed the worm's sacrifice!
That put him at ease, so he snuffed out that wisp of mental power to keep it from disturbing his precious disciple.
"Heh heh heh, hahaha!!"
He looked at Huo Yuhao, whose entire body was red like a prawn fresh from the pot, then glanced at the injections on the ground.
He couldn't hide the satisfaction in his eyes.
His clothes burst right off!!
Riiip—!
"Hahaha! My precious disciple has now received the sacrifice of that million-year Soul Beast, and he's even found a disciple with such incredible resistance to medicine!!"
"Heaven bless the Body Sect! Heaven bless me, Du Busi!!"
"Heh heh heh, hahaha! Mu En, when my disciple can stand on his own, I'll personally visit the Sea God Pavilion and meet you, who's been clinging to life inside the Golden Tree!"
After Du Bisou's duel with Mu En, he returned to the sect, and before long, his aura vanished completely. Du Busi had wanted nothing more than to gather the whole sect's forces and attack Shrek at once!
But before Du Bisou died, he'd said something that completely extinguished Du Busi's reckless plans.
He kept the matter hidden all this time. To outsiders, it even seemed that the Body Sect and Shrek had reached some kind of agreement?
Heh heh...
He'd said:
'That Mu En fought dirty. He actually used a god's power! It seems to have been a contingency left behind by the Sea God they worship!!'
'They call it the Sea God's Light!'
"A soul sacrifice?"
Xu Qing was a little puzzled.
What the heck? Had this worm gone mad?
Didn't I remember he could create some kind of Wisdom Soul Ring? Why wasn't he using that?
Heh heh heh, a soul sacrifice was just what I wanted! You're catching on, kid!
Exposing my Mystic Ice Marrow was worth it!!
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