Tian Meng had not expected that, just before he was about to attempt an escape, a man named Lin Yi would venture into the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest and declare that he would join forces with him from the outside to break the Ferocious Beasts' seal on him.
He was furious.
There was no cooperation between them.
This should have been the crucial moment when Tian Meng was about to break free of the seal.
Tian Meng had been about to rely on his own power, using the spiritual power with which he had broken through to a million-year cultivation level to shatter the seal and then evade the Ferocious Beasts hunting him down.
But Lin Yi's interference made Tian Meng curse him roundly in his heart.
He did not know why a human Soul Master knew his whereabouts and wanted to rescue him.
Whether the man's intentions were good or bad, he had ruined Tian Meng's plans.
If Tian Meng did not cooperate with him now, he would never have another chance to escape.
With a human Soul Master coming to the Lake of Life and causing such an uproar, how could Di Tian and the others possibly give Tian Meng another chance to escape?
So Tian Meng could only cooperate with Lin Yi at this moment!
Thus, as Tian Meng looked at Lin Yi, he truly hated him so much that his teeth itched.
In particular, he also sensed a hint of danger from Lin Yi.
Here in the innermost reaches of the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian and the others had been caught off guard. They had just sensed the arrival of the human Soul Master Lin Yi and were about to attack him when they heard his words.
When they turned around and saw that Tian Meng had suddenly broken free, they were somewhat baffled.
Although they had been a little careless in keeping watch over Tian Meng, they had not been that lax.
The seal on Tian Meng had held him for tens of thousands of years.
If Tian Meng could have broken free of it, he would have done so long ago.
Now that Tian Meng's vital essence had been almost completely drained, where had he found the strength?
Of course, Di Tian and the others soon found the answer to their own question.
They sensed Tian Meng's vast spiritual pressure.
No matter how weak his species was, Tian Meng could not be underestimated after using his spiritual power to break through to a million-year cultivation level.
Lin Yi would naturally cooperate with Tian Meng. Tian Meng was his target, and he needed him to become his Soul Ring.
But he would not open his heart to Tian Meng, either.
After all, the two had never spoken before, and Lin Yi was now using the situation to force Tian Meng to act ahead of time.
With Tian Meng's million-year spiritual power, escaping Di Tian and the others' pursuit would be as easy as turning over his hand.
At least, Tian Meng had succeeded in the original story.
He had even managed to conceal his tracks and had the leisure to make attempts in the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
According to Tian Meng, even sacrificing his powerful Spiritual Origin to a Titled Douluo had ended in failure.
But there were differences between Titled Douluo as well.
Although Lin Yi did not meet Tian Meng's requirements for a Soul Master in the original story, he was confident that he could withstand Tian Meng's Soul Ring.
"Sacrifice yourself to me, or die!"
Lin Yi's icy voice reached the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's ears.
Tian Meng felt as though the heavens had collapsed.
Bastard!
Lin Yi had forced him to break through the seal ahead of time without any preparation, leaving him in an unprecedented crisis.
And now that he was caught in a dilemma, this human Soul Master was actually threatening him into sacrificing himself!
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body trembled with anger.
But he remembered that he had originally planned to sacrifice himself after escaping, find someone and nurture a god.
Tian Meng swallowed his anger.
In the current situation, if Lin Yi held him back for even a moment, he, Tian Meng, would have absolutely no chance of escaping.
Even if Lin Yi did not hold him back, Tian Meng was not confident he could escape without his help and felt he would end up staying here today.
"Your spiritual power is strong. Help me complete this Soul Skill."
Eight Soul Rings appeared in succession around Lin Yi's body.
Every single one of them was blood-red, without exception.
At the sight, even Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts paused in shock for a moment.
Tian Meng's eyes filled with profound shock, followed by boundless delight.
Heavens, what kind of peerless Soul Master have you sent me!
His resentment at being threatened was instantly cast to the back of his mind.
Lin Yi's eight Soul Rings detached themselves from his body, their blood-red light spreading as they seemed to turn into eight scarlet chess pieces.
Six of the eight pieces surrounded him above, below, to either side, in front and behind.
The remaining two settled above Lin Yi and Tian Meng.
Tian Meng did as Lin Yi had said and poured his spiritual power into them madly.
The world around them seemed to turn into a chessboard.
All eight blood-red Soul Rings shattered at once.
In an instant, the man and the silkworm vanished.
The sight left Di Tian and the others somewhat baffled.
A human Soul Master had suddenly attacked the Great Ferocious Land, Tian Meng had broken free, and then the two had teleported away.
In truth, the entire process had taken no more than a few breaths.
Lin Yi's threat had left Tian Meng no choice but to force his way through the seal.
The situation had dictated that Tian Meng cooperate with Lin Yi to perform the spatial teleportation.
And Lin Yi had been ruthless enough to force the teleportation through at the cost of shattering eight Soul Rings.
He had compressed the preparation time for this Soul Skill to the absolute limit!
Without a doubt, this was a method developed with reference to the secret Ring Detonation technique of the Great Sumeru Hammer.
It was meant specifically to save his life.
Tang San had targeted Lin Yi so mercilessly.
Douluo I.
Watching the scene of Lin Yi's sudden arrival, with the rolling waves of his voice still echoing even though he himself had already vanished, countless people's minds ground to a halt.
It had all happened far too quickly.
So quickly that some had not even caught it.
A single moment of distraction and they had missed the scene!
"Deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, shouldn't that lake be where the Sky Azure Bull Python lives?" Yu Xiaogang stared at the scene, having spotted Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts.
He could not understand at all why those Soul Beasts were in the lake.
Outside Nuoding City, Tang Hao also knitted his brows.
"The presence of these Soul Beasts far surpasses that of hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts. How did they manage it?"
He recalled the secrets of hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts he had learned from Ah Yin, but no matter how he racked his brains, he could not understand the existence of Ferocious Beasts.
If hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts did not take human form, they should only have a thousand years left to live.
How had the black dragon with its pair of golden eyes, the giant bear with claws that seemed capable of tearing the sky apart, and the three-headed dog burning with hellfire managed it?
As Tang Hao puzzled over it, his pupils contracted once more.
In a corner of the image on the Heavenly Screen, he saw the black dragon, giant bear and three-headed dog all transform into human form.
This undoubtedly overturned his entire worldview.
Were they humans or Soul Beasts?
Yet no one could answer the question in Tang Hao's heart.
The Heaven Dou Empire.
Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, stood with one hand behind her back and gazed up at the sky.
Less than an hour had passed since the Heavenly Screen began projecting its images.
All the scenes that flashed across it were eye-catching highlights.
At this moment, everyone on the continent who had no urgent business was looking up at the Heavenly Screen.
"He paid such a price to snatch that Ice Silkworm away. Its cultivation must be considerable!"
"After absorbing this Ice Silkworm's Soul Ring, Lin Yi should have nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings."
Imagining the sight of him releasing his Martial Soul, with nine red Soul Rings circling his body, Qian Renxue felt her whole body tremble!