The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm poked half his head out of Huo Yuhao's mind. When he heard Mu Sheng say he was going to make a Wisdom Soul Ring, his little eyes went round and his voice shot up eight octaves:
"What did you say? You can make a Wisdom Soul Ring? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
His round body floated in front of Mu Sheng, and he pointed a stubby claw at the tip of his nose.
"You're only a genius Soul Master with Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power. A genius is still a genius,
"but the Wisdom Soul Ring is my unique signature ability! What makes you think you can do it? You don't even have the origin of a Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. How are you going to make one?"
Listening beside them, Huo Yuhao felt an indescribable emotion well up in his heart.
Twin Martial Souls, Innate Full Soul Power.
If he had Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power too, would he have been treated differently at the Duke's Mansion?
Would his mother have survived too?
Huo Yuhao clenched his fists, his heart full of unwillingness.
After hearing the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's words, people in the Douluo I world and the animated Douluo II world cried out in surprise.
"Create a Wisdom Soul Ring? He's a Soul Master, not a Soul Beast. How could he possibly know the ins and outs of a Soul Beast's sacrifice?"
"The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm himself said it was impossible, so it probably is, right? He's a Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Surely he knows himself?"
"Tian Meng just said he was the only one who could do it, and now Mu Sheng says he's going to do it. Isn't that slapping the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in the face?"
"But everything Mu Sheng said before seems to have come true... It's hard to say this time."
Under the Sea God Pavilion's tree, Huo Yuhao turned to look at the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm floating in midair and asked in confusion, "Brother Sky Dream, can this Mu Sheng really create a Wisdom Soul Ring?"
Hearing that, Mu En, Xuan Zi, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya all turned to look at the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, waiting for his answer.
With so many pairs of eyes fixed on him, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm straightened his round body and declared firmly:
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! If Mu Sheng can make a Wisdom Soul Ring, I'll stand on my head and eat the Ice Empress's poop!"
In the Sky Screen's scene, Qian Renxue was a little shocked too, but Mu Sheng had slapped her in the face so many times along the way that she had grown somewhat unruffled.
She turned to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. "Tian Meng, why are you in such a hurry? We'll know whether Mu Sheng can do it once we let him try."
Watching the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's anxious and angry expression, she suddenly narrowed her eyes, a playful note entering her voice.
"Could it be that you're afraid the Wisdom Soul Ring isn't really an ability unique to you?"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm grew angry at her words.
"Afraid? What would I be afraid of? Even if Mu Sheng really can make one, his Wisdom Soul Ring definitely won't be the same as mine!"
Hearing that, Qian Renxue worked her little abacus, and a plan came to mind.
"Then what if it is the same? If what Mu Sheng makes is the same as yours, you'll help me make a Wisdom Soul Ring too. How about it?"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was in a rage and blurted out without thinking:
"Fine! If he can make a Wisdom Soul Ring just like mine, I'll help you make another one!"
Only after he said it did he realize what he had agreed to. But the words were out, and he couldn't take them back, so he could only stiffen his fat neck and stand his ground.
Meanwhile, Mu Sheng had already used the Sheep Talisman's power on the Shadow Vine Snake lying limp on the ground.
He didn't rush to sort out its soul. Instead, he first used Astral Projection, pressing his palm against the vine snake's forehead as the Sheep Talisman's pure white light flowed in through his palm.
The Shadow Vine Snake's body shuddered violently, and a pitch-black phantom was slowly drawn out of it. The sight made the hair stand on end on the people around them.
The black, snake-shaped soul was pulled from its flesh inch by inch, as if being dragged out of a mire. With every inch that came free, a dark purple halo spread across the snake's body.
The instant the soul was completely extracted, the vine snake's body went utterly still. A deep-black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring slowly emerged from it and floated in midair.
The Shadow Vine Snake's soul looked like a small snake, black all over and only two or three feet long. Its head was round, and its vertical pupils held a childlike bewilderment and confusion.
It looked down at its corpse on the ground, then up at the gleaming black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring overhead. The whole snake froze, its mind going blank.
Who am I? Where am I?
How come I'm floating? And who's that black lump on the ground?
Tang Ya watched from the side and cried out in surprise, "What is that?"
People in the Douluo I world and the animated Douluo II world were also surprised and confused.
"What is that? What's that little black snake? Was it pulled out of the vine snake?"
Someone recalled the Sheep Talisman's abilities announced on the Sky Screen and cried out:
"Could that be the Shadow Vine Snake's soul? He pulled a Soul Beast's soul out?"
In the Sky Screen's scene, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's little eyes went round when he heard Tang Ya's cry. His voice carried a complicated note.
"That's the Shadow Vine Snake's soul. Mu Sheng, you actually managed to pull the vine snake's soul out of its body? Looks like I underestimated you!"
Mu Sheng nodded. "That's right. This is the Shadow Vine Snake's soul."
He turned to Tang Ya, his tone becoming serious and solemn.
"I'm going to preserve its soul. First, absorb its Soul Ring. Then I'll have the Shadow Vine Snake's soul merge into your Soul Ring. That will form a different kind of Wisdom Soul Ring."
Tang Ya froze for a moment, then her eyes widened. "Doesn't that mean there won't be any Soul Shock when I absorb the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring?"
Mu Sheng nodded. "Yes. Without the Soul Shock, the Soul Skill granted by the Soul Ring might be a little weaker, but..."
"Once the Soul Beast's soul merges into the Soul Ring, a qualitative change will occur. My guess is that the Soul Skill will become even stronger instead."
The people in the Douluo I world and the animated Douluo II world broke into an uproar.
"No Soul Shock? You can absorb a Soul Ring like that?"
"The Soul Skill will become even stronger? Really? A Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring is already powerful, so if it undergoes a qualitative change..."
"You can absorb a Soul Ring like that? Pull the Soul Beast's soul out first, then stuff it back in after absorbing the Soul Ring? That idea is way too outrageous!"
"If it really works, won't Soul Masters be able to absorb Soul Rings without risking Soul Shock from now on? This could change the entire balance of the continent!"
"Now that's a real Grandmaster! Yu Xiaogang doesn't even come close to Mu Sheng!"
"Wait, he said it was a 'guess,' didn't he? What if it fails?"
The animated Douluo II world.
Under the Sea God Pavilion's tree, Huo Yuhao turned to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and asked eagerly, "Brother Sky Dream, will Mu Sheng's method work?"
Mu En, Xuan Zi, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya all turned to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm again.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was so annoyed.
Questions, questions, questions! All they know how to do is ask!
I'm a Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, not a god. How could I possibly know?
He cursed inwardly, but with so many eyes on him, he couldn't very well refuse to answer. He could only say hesitantly:
"Mu Sheng looks so confident... It should work, right?"
Huo Yuhao chimed in without a care, "Then, Brother Sky Dream, doesn't that mean you'll have to eat the Ice Empress's poop?"
Black lines appeared on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's face. "Shut up, brat!"
In the Sky Screen's scene, after Tang Ya heard Mu Sheng's explanation, her eyes shone like two little stars, and she clenched her fist.
"Brother Sheng, let's do it! I can't wait!"
Seeing how excited Tang Ya was, Mu Sheng asked, "Yaya, aren't you afraid it'll fail?"