Obtaining the Shed Shell and Plans to Create a Divine Artifact. Tian Meng's All-In Gamble Exposed!
Seeing this, Huo Yuhao had no choice but to continue serving as the Soul Skill testing tool. He looked at Tang Ya and called out:
"Sister Tang Ya, here I come. Be careful."
With that, he channeled his Soul Power, and his First Soul Ring lit up again. His third Soul Skill, Mental Interference, condensed into a shock wave and rushed straight at Tang Ya.
At the same time, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm secretly tampered with it, quietly adding a onefold boost to Huo Yuhao's spiritual power.
He was making his own little calculations. Tang Ya had been sharp-tongued all along the way; he had to make the girl suffer a little so she would learn her lesson.
Mental Interference struck Tang Ya, and she felt the scene before her eyes sway slightly. The grain of a tree trunk twisted in her vision, then returned to normal.
Tang Ya raised an eyebrow. Before she could speak, Huo Yuhao's fourth Soul Skill, Soul Shock, transformed into a sharp needle and stabbed straight at her Sea of Consciousness.
Seeing that the onefold boost had no effect, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm secretly added another. The power of this attack would probably be more than even a Soul King could withstand.
But Tang Ya's body only trembled slightly before she steadied herself, without so much as swaying. She looked at the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and said disdainfully:
"That's it? Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, you're no good either."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm froze in midair, his little eyes wide and round.
His thoughts churned like rivers and seas. That's it?
I clearly boosted it twofold!
How could a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master who had only just become a Soul Ancestor have such strong resistance to spiritual power?
Something's wrong. Something's definitely wrong!
What exactly did that guy Mu Sheng do to her?
Huo Yuhao withdrew his Soul Skill and scratched his head, sounding somewhat embarrassed:
"I'm sorry I couldn't let you enjoy yourself, Sister Tang Ya."
When Tang Ya heard that, she hurriedly waved a hand:
"Oh, Yuhao, my resistance is just too high. It's not your fault. Your Soul Skill is actually pretty powerful. If another Soul Ancestor had taken that hit, they'd already be lying on the ground, unable to get up."
With that, she gave Huo Yuhao a thumbs-up.
"It hasn't even been that long since you got your First Soul Ring. Having this much power already is amazing. You'll definitely get stronger and stronger!"
After her praise, the embarrassment on Huo Yuhao's face finally faded, and he nodded vigorously:
"Mm! I'll keep working hard!"
Mu Sheng had seen everything clearly from the side, and his expression darkened.
He hadn't expected Tian Meng to intervene in secret. If Tang Ya's Sea of Consciousness hadn't been strong enough, that tampered Soul Shock could have knocked her out at best, or left her unconscious for days at worst.
He immediately turned to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, his tone hostile:
"Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, how dare you secretly interfere during a Soul Skill demonstration?"
Caught red-handed, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm drew his round body in and glanced around guiltily with his little eyes:
"I... I just wanted to teach her a lesson. She was the one who looked down on my Soul Skills..."
Mu Sheng wasted no words on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and said directly, "Cut the nonsense. Give her a gift and apologize."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was taken aback. "A gift? What gift?"
"You don't have anything good left anyway. Give her your shed shell as a gift, then apologize to Tang Ya."
Mu Sheng held out his hand, his tone leaving no room for refusal.
In fact, he had long had his eye on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's shed skin.
Since the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's origin could help him awaken the Sheep Talisman, that meant there was no restriction requiring the same type to awaken a Talisman. Perhaps the Ice Empress's origin could help him awaken another Talisman power.
And the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's shed skin could not only be used to control the Ice Empress; combined with his own Talisman powers, it might also be used to forge a divine artifact that could prove useful at a critical moment in the future.
Tian Meng's secret interference had given him a perfectly legitimate pretext. If he didn't seize the chance to get the shed shell now, when would he?
Tang Ya listened from the side, utterly bewildered. She came closer and asked, "Brother Sheng, what's a shed shell?"
Mu Sheng explained:
"The shed shell is an origin shell left behind by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's transformations over a million years of cultivation. It doesn't possess any violent destructive power of its own."
"Its core is Spiritual Origin. When spread out, it can become a spiritual cage, imprisoning an opponent's spirit and blocking spiritual probing. It can also be drawn together to conceal one's own Soul Power and spiritual presence."
"It isn't an ordinary Soul Bone. It's a consumable. Every time the origin power inside it is used, it gradually wears down. Once the origin is exhausted, it will be nothing more than an ordinary silkworm shell."
Tang Ya's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she turned to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm:
"I didn't expect you to have a treasure like that, Tian Meng. Hand over the shed shell, and I'll forgive you!"
The moment the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm heard the words "shed shell," he bristled and pulled his round body far back:
"No! Absolutely not! My shed skin is the key to creating a god. If I give it to you, how am I supposed to create a god?"
Mu Sheng ignored Tian Meng's protests and turned directly to Xuan Zi. "Xuan Zi, help me get it."
Xuan Zi raised his bamboo staff, and a powerful surge of Soul Power reached out. Before the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could react, Xuan Zi had taken the shed skin from his body from a distance, and it landed in Mu Sheng's hand.
It was a thin, translucent, milky-white shell, about the size of a palm and shaped like a partially curled tube. Fine ice-blue patterns covered its surface, and it was cool to the touch.
Mu Sheng sent his Soul Power into it, and a cool spiritual fluctuation traveled back along his fingertips. The patterns inside the shell lit up faintly.
He carefully felt it for a while and nodded inwardly.
His idea had indeed been right. The Spiritual Origin and the ice-attribute binding power sealed within the shed skin could resonate with the Talisman powers of the Shendu Martial Soul.
Combined with the Sheep Talisman, it could strengthen the power to bind souls, which would come in handy against the souls of Soul Beasts or Soul Masters in the future;
Combined with the Snake Talisman, it could conceal one's movements and block outside perception. It might even be possible to make it into a concealment-type divine artifact.
People in the Douluo I world and the animated Douluo II world were surprised and voiced their agreement.
"The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm actually has a treasure like that? If I saw a treasure like that, I'd snatch it too!"
"I wouldn't give it up either! It's the key to creating a god. Who could bear to let it go?"
In the sky-screen image, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was hopping mad. "Mu Sheng! Didn't you say you'd help me create a god? Is this how you help?"
Mu Sheng put the shed shell away and said unhurriedly:
"You're planning to use the shed shell to trap the Ice Empress, then have her become Huo Yuhao's other Martial Soul, bringing his talent to its peak. Am I right?"
"But you probably aren't very confident about it, are you?"
After having Mu Sheng lay his thoughts bare one after another, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had grown a little numb to it. He said glumly:
"Sixty or seventy percent, I'd say."
People in the Douluo I and animated Douluo II worlds began discussing it.
"Isn't this Sky Dream Ice Silkworm incredibly dependable? Once he picked this path, he went all in, even putting his white moonlight on the line!"
"That's badass! He really is worthy of being a Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. He can even help someone establish a Martial Soul!"
"The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm gave Huo Yuhao so much? Then as Sea God Tang San's teacher, what good things will Yu Xiaogang give Tang San? I'm kind of looking forward to it!"
At the gates of Suotuo City, Yu Xiaogang was limping into the city. Hearing those words from the sky screen, he stopped in his tracks, shock appearing on his face:
"The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm is actually willing to give that much? He even thought of a Second Martial Soul?"
Then he puffed out his chest and muttered:
"I'm not bad either! I'm the one who taught Tang San Martial Soul Theory, and I even helped him obtain his First Soul Ring! When it comes to what I've given my disciple, I, Yu Xiaogang, am no worse than this Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!"
In the animated Douluo II world, beneath the tree at the Sea God Pavilion.