Just as Huo Yutong stood at a loss, the ground ahead suddenly split open. Amid earth-shaking tremors, a gigantic maggot burrowed out.
"Too bad your big sister can't cry, or tears would be streaming down my face."
A cheerful female voice rang out in Huo Yutong's mind.
"A maggot... that talks."
"What maggot? I'm a noble million-year Soul Beast, the one and only Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!"
"As a spiritual-type Soul Master I finally managed to find, you'll receive my sacrifice and gain the first-ever million-year Wisdom Soul Ring!"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wriggled as he spoke.
"A Million-Year Soul Ring? Then it must be really strong."
"Of course! A million is ten times a hundred thousand! I alone am worth ten Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. My Soul Ring can not only give you four Soul Skills, but also grant you a second Martial Soul!"
"A second Martial Soul!"
Huo Yutong's eyes lit up. According to the lessons Lu Yu had given her, twin Martial Souls were the wheelchair of wheelchairs, the rabbit head of rabbit heads. As long as she cultivated her first Martial Soul to Titled Douluo and equipped a full set of high-age Soul Bones, she could begin adding high-age Soul Rings to her second Martial Soul. Rushing straight from a level 91 Titled Douluo to a level 98 Super Douluo would be no problem, and with a little more effort, even Limit Douluo would be within reach.
Then I can avenge my great grievance, and I'll be worthy of Master too.
"Come on, I'm ready."
"All right, your big sister is coming into your body. Bear with it; it won't hurt much!"
Just as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm curled up his silkworm-maggot body, preparing to enter Huo Yutong's body in one go and fill her brain-
"Wait!"
Lu Yu, who had been lying there like a corpse, suddenly sat up.
"This human actually recovered from my Mental Interference so quickly?"
Lu Yu pointed at Huo Yutong. "What have I taught you all this time? How could you trust something of unknown origin?"
"Master, I..."
Huo Yutong blushed. Yes, she had been thinking entirely about her future just now, her mind consumed by power. This evil Soul Beast might be planning to use Possession on her so he could claim Master.
"You what? How many times have I told you? Power, power! Every single Soul Skill is of paramount importance to a Soul Master. In a crucial match, one Soul Skill can decide victory or defeat."
Although "Douluo Continent" was a single-player game, some players had made multiplayer mods. The most popular was online PvP, where everyone constantly competed to optimize their Soul Ring builds for power.
Lu Yu was the strongest among them. He had worked out the optimal builds for countless Martial Souls.
"Ah... by 'unknown origin,' you meant the Soul Skills..."
Huo Yutong's expression stiffened. She had thought Master was worried about her, but it turned out he was worried about her Soul Ring setup.
"But Master, the Soul Skills a million-year Soul Beast gives must be really strong, right?"
"You still dare talk back? A million-year Soul Beast, is that it?"
Lu Yu sneered.
"Ice Silkworms, the bottom of the food chain in the Far North. According to records, their cultivation reaches no higher than a thousand years. Go on, tell me what Soul Skills you plan to give this wayward disciple of mine."
"Well..." He was clearly just a weak human, yet his powerful presence made the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shrink back despite himself.
"Hmph, of course I plan to give her the strongest Soul Skills. I'll sacrifice myself directly to her and select the four strongest skills of her Martial Soul."
"Heh. So you don't have any powerful Soul Skills yourself, and you're relying entirely on luck to roll the skill pool?"
"After all, your true form is an Ice Silkworm, a Soul Beast no different from a maggot. Naturally, you lack confidence in your own Soul Skills."
"You... Ice Silkworm Soul Skills aren't suited to her."
In a fit of fury, the Sky Dream Ice Maggot got angry for a moment. Provoking him meant provoking the easiest Soul Beast to provoke within ten thousand miles.
"Who says Ice Silkworm skills aren't suited to her?"
Lu Yu smiled. "Can you use Soul Shock? Can you use Spiritual Sharing? Can you use Mental Interference?"
"Heh, I wondered what you were going to say. Those count as Soul Skills? They're just ways of using spiritual power. A piece of cake for your big sister."
"Exactly. That's our Spirit Eyes Martial Soul for you: Soul Shock, Spiritual Sharing, Mental Interference, Group Weakening, Mental Chaos. Six skills in the pool, five down in the sewers. Truly so very 'spirit' and so very 'eyes.'"
"What?! That trashy?"
The Sky Dream Ice Maggot's maggot body shifted. What kind of garbage Martial Soul was this? It sounded even weaker than an Ice Silkworm. Maybe he should just make a run for it.
"Trashy? Then you couldn't be more wrong. Spiritual power plus Spirit Eyes, a top-tier body Martial Soul, an incredible second awakening. Silver awakening doubles spiritual power, and gold awakening doubles it again. Four times the stats of a top-tier Martial Soul. Pure stats, pure power-that's Spirit Eyes."
"Damn, that strong? Then how should I add Soul Skills for her?"
The Sky Dream Ice Maggot's countless legs immediately went weak. Run? Run where? Now was the time to go all in. Wouldn't a Martial Soul with stats like that be even fiercer than Bingbing?
"Obviously, Spiritual Detection from Spirit Eyes itself, and Simulation, Spiritual Prison, and Life Reflection Shield from an Ice Silkworm."
"I won't ask how you know about Spiritual Prison, but what's this Life Reflection Shield? How come I don't know I have that skill?"
As the Star Dou Forest's million-year Soul Ring gift package and the Douluo Continent's only million-year Soul Beast, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had long since had all his Soul Power thoroughly figured out.
The powerful ice-type control skill, Tian Meng Finger; the powerful ice-type defensive skill, Tian Meng Silkworm Shedding; the teleportation that consumed vast amounts of life force, an incredible long-distance teleportation; the spatial control skill, Mental Cage, which locked its target inside a mental space; and Life Reflection Shield, which reflected attacks based on the quality of spiritual power and life force. Every one had its outstanding qualities, every one had its own unique tricks, and their secret properties brought Soul Masters endless surprises!
"Life Reflection Shield can reflect physical and spiritual attacks within a certain range, based on the user's life force and spiritual power. Since it's cast through a Soul Master's Sea of Consciousness and life force, it's best not to use it more than three times a day. Any more will cause aftereffects. That's what it does. Give it to her yourself."
"Damn, your big sister has a skill that badass? How come I don't know about it? You didn't just make it up, did you?"
"I made it up? Why don't you take a look at your own problems? Do you spend all day sleeping? Do you ever cultivate properly? Do you spend your free time developing skills? You're a million-year Soul Beast whose combat strength falls short of a hundred-thousand-year one. Why is that? Take a harder look at your own problems!"
"You... I... you!"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm went from white to red, then red to white. Finally, with a bang, his entire body burst apart and burrowed into Huo Yutong, leaving behind only a pristine white Silkworm Moult.
"Good stuff. Master will hold on to it for you for now."
Seeing the top-grade treasure drop, Lu Yu made a little swipe with his hand, and the Silkworm Moult was already in his grasp.
Immediately afterward, Lu Yu looked at Huo Yutong with an expectant expression and began sensing the Martial Soul Fragment. Goodbye, little brother Blue. Though we had a pleasant time together, I've still decided to take my talents to big brother Silkworm.
Following the enormous spiritual power fluctuations produced by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sacrifice, a gray bead came riding the fluctuations, about to enter Huo Yutong's brain.
As it passed Lu Yu, it turned and shot straight toward his forehead.
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