The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm Sacrificed Himself Without Permission? Was Tang Qi Actually a Good Guy?

Tang Ya froze. After a long moment, she smiled through her tears and nodded hard.

"Thank you, Teacher Xiaoqi."

"It's no big deal." Tang Qi waved a hand casually.

"Then would you be willing to join..."

Tang Ya took a deep breath and worked up her courage, just about to speak.

Before she could finish,

an invisible wave of mental energy suddenly swept in from all directions, striking everyone like ripples spreading across a lake.

In an instant, Tang Ya's expectant expression went blank.

Bei Bei's head lolled to one side, and he passed out on the spot.

But Tang Qi's Sea God Martial Soul automatically protected its master. A cool sensation washed through him like a tide, instantly clearing his mind.

Finally found you, Haki Huo.

Tang Qi's lips curled upward. He activated Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and vanished into the sea of trees in a few bounds.

An unknown amount of time passed before a sudden, inexplicable palpitation jolted Tang Ya back to her senses. She instinctively looked around, but Tang Qi was nowhere to be seen.

"Wait... where did that whole, living person go?"

How was she supposed to revive the Tang Sect if he ran off?!

The girl raised her eyes toward the deeper reaches of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Could he have gone there?

Tang Ya clenched her teeth. After a moment's hesitation, determination settled into her eyes, and she started after him.

But she had barely taken one step when she suddenly remembered Bei Bei behind her.

Tang Ya frowned and glanced back. Bei Bei was slumped against a tree stump, still unconscious.

Smack!

A strand of Blue Silver Grass burst out of the ground and lashed Bei Bei hard across the backside.

Bei Bei sprang upright like a carp flipping out of the water, clutching his backside as he looked around in bewilderment.

"Bei Bei, did you see where Tang Qi went?" Tang Ya hurried over and asked anxiously.

"Huh?"

Bei Bei rubbed his backside. "No?"

"Ugh, never mind. I'll find him myself. You should hurry out of the Star Dou Great Forest, too."

Watching Tang Ya grow so frantic over finding a boy she had only just met left Bei Bei's heart sour and bitter.

Still, he forced a gentle smile onto his face and spoke softly.

"Xiaoya, don't worry. I'll help you look around nearby."

"Thank you, Bei Bei. You really are a good person."

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Star Dou Great Forest,

the Douluo Continent's Daughter of Destiny, Huo Yutong, was locked in an epoch-defining battle to the death with her fated nemesis, the King of the Forest, the Beast God, the Legendary Godslayer-the Wind Baboon.

The outcome was plain to see.

Despite fighting with all its might, the Wind Baboon could not defeat Huo Yutong with the White Tiger Dagger's aid and died on the spot.

"I really... survived."

Huo Yutong slumped to the ground, drenched in sweat, her chest heaving and her small face filled with disbelief.

At the same time, a faint white glow rose from the fallen Wind Baboon's corpse, and a ten-year Soul Ring slowly floated out.

"Just a ten-year Soul Ring... and I already had to give it everything I had..." The girl managed a bitter smile.

Huo Yutong shook her head. Taking a deep breath, she declared firmly, "For Mom's sake, I have to become a Soul Master!"

She slowly got up and dragged her exhausted, feeble body toward the Wind Baboon's corpse, stumbling as she went.

Even without any systematic education as a Soul Master, she knew her Spiritual Eyes Martial Soul did not share compatible attributes with this Wind Baboon.

Just as the girl found herself at a loss,

Rumble!

The earth shook, a massive fissure split the ground, and the surrounding temperature plummeted.

Huo Yutong's pupils contracted. Before she could grasp what was happening, a plump silkworm, white as jade from head to tail, crawled out of the crack.

"Ohoho~ A little girl with a mental attribute! Your big sister finally hit the jackpot!"

"A... a hundred-year Soul Beast?!" Huo Yutong turned pale with fright. Her heart, which had still been beating, finally gave up.

"Huh? Don't you have any eyes?"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wiggled his plump body in displeasure. "I'll just assume you left out the 'ten thousand' part~"

It could talk, too?!

Was it reasonable for a delicate, soft-bodied girl who could be knocked down with a push to encounter a Soul Beast that spoke human language in the Star Dou Great Forest?

Huo Yutong: Is this how normal matchmaking works?

"What are you going to do~" Huo Yutong trembled, her voice thick with tears.

"Don't be afraid. Your big sister won't hurt you."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sounded as though he were coaxing a child. "While I was underground just now, I heard about the deep bond between you and your mother. I was very moved. So I've decided to help you!"

"Help me?" Huo Yutong stared blankly.

"I'll give you two choices."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm patiently coaxed her. "First, you can choose to absorb that garbage ten-year Wind Baboon Soul Ring."

"Second, you can absorb your big sister's epoch-defining million-year mental attribute Soul Ring! Which will you choose? Tell me loud and clear!"

Huo Yutong shakily pointed at the faint white Soul Ring on the ground. Swallowing, she asked cautiously, "Can I... choose that one?"

"Ah~ Little sister, you're being naughty."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shook his head in feigned heartbreak, but his voice grew increasingly excited. "To keep you from regretting it later, your big sister will have to choose for you! Hehehe, don't worry. I'll be gentle~"

The moment he finished speaking, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm ignored Huo Yutong's desperate protests and wriggled his enormous body straight at her.

So big...

I'll burst~

"Boohoo, I haven't even avenged Mom yet."

Huo Yutong broke down in despair. Her sobs were so pitiful that even the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who had already turned into white light, was moved.

Then an icy chill flooded her mind. Huo Yutong's eyes rolled back, and she instantly lost consciousness.

"Oh dear, is this really a normal Soul Master's body? So frail~"

Just as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm clicked his tongue in disdain,

furious shouts like thunderclaps rang out from afar.

"What vile Soul Beast is this?! How dare you sacrifice yourself without permission! You clearly have no regard for me, the Sea God's successor! You've already earned yourself a death sentence!"

Hmm?

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm froze. When his perception swept over the figure hurtling toward him, the entire silkworm nearly cried from fright.

In the boy's hand, a Clear Sky Hammer threaded with purplish-black and scarlet patterns radiated an aura that made his heart tremble.

"Yamero!"

Scared nearly out of his soul, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could only speed up the sacrifice, wriggling his body as he desperately burrowed into Huo Yutong.

The white light completely engulfed the girl's figure.

Ah, still a step too late.

Tang Qi sighed softly, but when his gaze landed on the figure on the ground, he froze.

Was Ol' Huo this petite as a kid? Looks like a femboy.

Tang Qi crouched down beside the figure bleeding from all seven facial orifices and extended his palm. Countless blue-green motes poured out of the surrounding Blue Silver Grass, and he used the Mystical Palm Technique to force them into Huo Yutong's body.

Meanwhile, within Huo Yutong's Sea of Consciousness,

just as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was frantically preparing to use the Great Transfer Technique to flee, he suddenly sensed the life force flowing in and froze.

Tian Meng: Could he actually be a good guy?