"Yuhao, listen to me. With your current strength, you're no match for this guy."
"Retreat, now!"
"Once you've grown stronger, it won't be too late to settle the score!"
"Don't you humans have a saying? A gentleman can wait ten years for revenge."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke up in warning.
But Huo Yuhao, his head clouded by rage, couldn't take a word of it in.
Ignoring the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's warning, he pressed on.
He drew the White Tiger Dagger at his waist and charged at Chen Mo.
Chen Mo, by contrast, stood motionless and shook his head. "Why pull a knife when things were perfectly fine?"
With that, he acted.
He seized Huo Yuhao's knife hand.
Then he twisted the dagger out of his grip and kicked Huo Yuhao to the ground.
"The White Tiger Dagger. So you're from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion in the Star Luo Empire."
"And your surname is Huo."
"You're Huo Yuhao—the illegitimate son of White Tiger Duke Dai Hao and that maid, Huo Yun'er."
Hearing the man before him reveal his origins, Huo Yuhao froze.
He was utterly shocked, fear showing in his eyes. "You... who exactly are you? How do you know who I am?"
"I'm just an ordinary passerby."
"As for your background, when I passed by the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, I happened to hear the servants discussing you and your mother."
"With your surname being Huo, and the White Tiger Dagger in your hand, your identity wasn't hard to guess," Chen Mo said calmly, as though he had deduced all of it himself.
Realizing the man hadn't been sent by the White Tiger Duchess, Huo Yuhao felt considerably relieved.
"All right, enough idle chatter."
"Since you struck first, it's only right that I return the favor."
He flung the White Tiger Dagger in his hand.
Chen Mo gathered his mental power and fired a mental blast of his own.
Huo Yuhao ducked to avoid the dagger, but had no time to react before the blast struck him.
"Aah!" With a heart-rending scream, Huo Yuhao collapsed unconscious on the ground.
"Job done!"
"Seriously, I've wasted so much time today."
Inside Huo Yuhao's sea of consciousness, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reeled.
"Heavens! How is that possible?"
"A body martial soul with the ultimate mental attribute!"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm gaped, his face filled with disbelief.
He thought that if he had met this boy earlier, his god-making plan would have stood a much better chance of success.
But there was no medicine for regret in this world.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hadn't helped Huo Yuhao just now because his spiritual body was extremely weak after his recent sacrifice.
Even rolling over in his sleep was normally difficult, let alone taking action.
The instant Huo Yuhao fell and lost consciousness, something happened.
The system's icy voice rang out.
[Mission: Defeat Huo Yuhao. Completed!] [Calculating mission results... Congratulations, host, on earning the dual MVP achievements: "Defeat the Enemy in One Blow" and "Strike a Blow against the Child of Destiny"!] [Rewards issued: Mental power +10%, stamina +5%, one Million-Year Light Dragon King Soul Ring!] [Begin absorbing the soul ring now?]
"Holy shit!"
"Holy shit!!"
"Holy shit!!!"
Not particularly gifted at expressing himself, Chen Mo delivered a three-hit combo of "holy shit"!
The system truly understood exactly what he needed.
Whatever he wanted, it delivered.
The Light Dragon King was the Dragon God's son, the foremost of the Nine Great Dragon Kings! He commanded ultimate light!
Compared with him, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wasn't even fit to carry his shoes.
And Chen Mo's second martial soul, Dimo, happened to possess the ultimate light attribute too.
The compatibility couldn't have been better.
Once he absorbed it, wouldn't he soar straight into the skies?
"No!"
Taking a deep breath, Chen Mo forcibly suppressed his excitement.
Clearly, the generous rewards hadn't gone to his head.
With his current physique, enduring the power of a million-year soul ring was nothing but a fool's dream.
Huo Yuhao had been able to withstand a million-year soul ring for a reason.
Three important factors had made it possible.
First, his identity as the Child of Destiny.
Second, the sacrifice.
Third, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had placed nine seals on himself.
Without those, given Huo Yuhao's frail physique, there was only one possible outcome.
That terrifying energy would have burst him apart long ago.
Besides, there was another issue.
He was currently in the Star Dou Great Forest.
If he absorbed the Light Dragon King's soul ring right here, the aura it released would spread.
It would inevitably draw the attention of the Silver Dragon King hiding in the Lake of Life.
Then those ferocious beasts, led by Di Tian, would certainly rush over to investigate.
With his current Soul Grandmaster cultivation, he stood no chance.
He wouldn't be able to escape.
So he would keep this soul ring for now and absorb it later.
Then Chen Mo looked again at Huo Yuhao on the ground.
No matter how he looked at it, one thing was clear.
He had already made an enemy of the protagonist.
Rather than wait for the other man to grow stronger and come looking for trouble, he had a better option.
He might as well cut off any future trouble right now!
"Heh heh heh, Huo Yuhao, don't blame me for being ruthless. You can only blame yourself for coming right to my door seeking death..." Chen Mo picked up the White Tiger Dagger and walked toward Huo Yuhao.
At the sight, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm turned pale with fright!
This is bad!
He had finally escaped from those fellows and found a human suitable for his god-making plan.
He didn't want the plan to end before it had even begun.
Ignoring the weakness of his spiritual body, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sprang into action.
He swiftly took control of Huo Yuhao's body and fled at once.
Chen Mo chose not to pursue him.
The system had suddenly issued a warning.
[Warning! Warning! God King Tang San has detected a disturbance involving the Child of Destiny. His surveillance will arrive in one minute!] [Host, please evacuate as soon as possible!]
"Lucky bastard!" Chen Mo tossed aside the White Tiger Dagger and left.
With his current strength, the situation was obvious.
If Buddha Tang set his sights on him, he wouldn't be able to run even if he wanted to.
After fleeing three li, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm saw that Chen Mo hadn't followed.
He couldn't help breathing a sigh of relief.
"That... that scared the life out of me..."
"I almost thought it was all over."
"Good thing I ran fast enough to keep that brat from catching up."
After speaking, he looked at Huo Yuhao again.
He shook his head helplessly.
"Looks like I'll have to teach little Yuhao properly from now on. I can't let him act as rashly as he did today again. My mission is a heavy burden, and the road ahead is long."
Before long, something stirred.
Huo Yuhao woke from his unconscious state.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm immediately began lecturing him.
First, he explained how dangerous things had been. Then he embellished the story, describing how he had bravely driven Chen Mo back and saved Huo Yuhao's life.
After hearing him out, Huo Yuhao repeatedly admitted his mistake.
He swore he would never act as impulsively as he had today.
A little more time passed.
Bei Bei and Tang Ya found their way over.
Seeing that Huo Yuhao was all right, both of them felt relieved.
After Bei Bei returned the White Tiger Dagger he had found along the way to Huo Yuhao, the three continued searching the forest for a suitable soul beast to serve as Tang Ya's third soul ring.
In the end, the three killed a thousand-year lone bamboo to provide Tang Ya's third soul ring.
After all, a master ten thousand years ago had said as much.
Lone bamboo was known for its toughness and was extremely well suited to the blue silver grass martial soul.
Once they were finished, the three hurried toward Shrek Academy.
As for Chen Mo, he left the Star Dou Great Forest.
He arrived in a small town and happened to spot a merchant caravan recruiting people for a trading trip to the Sun Moon Empire.
In the end, he muddied the waters and slipped into their ranks, traveling along with them.
He had only one purpose in heading to the Sun Moon Empire.
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