Qian Renxue chased the streak of golden-white light, her wings thrumming as they beat. The longer the chase went on, the more alarmed she became.
She had always been confident in her speed, yet Mu Sheng was flying just as fast as she was while carrying someone, and even seemed a fraction faster.
Was the Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul really that badass? It could actually rival my Angel Martial Soul!
A few breaths later, Qian Renxue landed behind Mu Sheng. Before she could steady herself, she heard Tang Ya cry out, "This... this is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast sacrifice!"
Qian Renxue looked up sharply.
The ground ahead had split open, and a plump, snow-white worm lay in the middle of the fissure. It was a full zhang long,
and its forehead was pressed against that of a blue-haired boy. The boy looked no more than twelve or thirteen, and his eyes were tightly shut.
Qian Renxue immediately turned to Mu Sheng, and her gaze changed.
Just moments ago, she had thought the man unfathomable. But now, heh, faced with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, hadn't he rushed over to snatch it like everyone else?
She folded her arms, her voice tinged with mockery. "You stopped me from making a move because you were planning to keep this Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast all to yourself?"
Mu Sheng was observing Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. Only when he saw that the sacrifice had yet to begin did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Although he had no desire to obtain the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, he wanted to see whether seizing the origin the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm offered in sacrifice could awaken the first Talisman ability of the Shendu Martial Soul!
Hearing Qian Renxue's words, he turned to look at her, but inwardly went, Pah!
Having a divine trial inheritance really does make a difference. You even dare look down on Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts now. Qian Renxue, your head has really swollen.
After finishing his inward snark, Mu Sheng said mildly, "Xiao Ya, you're wrong. This isn't a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. It's a lucky Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."
The mockery froze on Qian Renxue's face, and her beautiful eyes widened sharply.
"A Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?!"
In the world of Douluo I, the crowd beneath the sky screen erupted.
"A Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast? Soul Beasts can live for a million years?"
"Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts are frightening enough. What does a million years even mean?"
"Wait, why would a Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast want to sacrifice itself to a twelve-year-old kid? Who is that kid? How is he so lucky?"
Deep in the ocean, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was dozing in a trench when the voice from the sky screen woke him. He flicked his tail, a trace of surprise flashing in his whale eyes:
"A million years? Besides this king, there's another Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?"
He rolled over, his enormous body churning the seawater.
"I wonder which of us is stronger, that worm or this king. But... sacrifice? Giving away a million years of cultivation to a little brat just like that? Fool."
In Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong stared at the great snow-white worm on the sky screen, her fingers tapping lightly on her armrest.
A Million-Year Soul Ring... If she could obtain one now, could she turn the future around?
Although she still did not believe the "future" Mu Sheng had spoken of, what if it was true?
Better to believe it existed than to believe it didn't!
Bibi Dong narrowed her eyes, already working out the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest.
In the animated world of Douluo II, Tang Ya and Bei Bei both froze when they saw the blue-haired boy's face on the sky screen.
They exchanged a glance, each seeing the same thought in the other's eyes.
Holy shit, could this blue-haired boy be Huo Yuhao from another world?
Then does that mean Huo Yuhao in our world also obtained a Million-Year Soul Ring?
Both of them turned in unison to look at Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao stood in the group, his entire body stiff. The expression on his face was a sight to behold, turning ashen one moment and pale the next.
Inside his mind, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm practically exploded. "We're done for, done for, done for! We're going to be exposed! How does Mu Sheng know everything?! Yuhao! Little Yuhao! Hurry up and think of something!"
Huo Yuhao replied inwardly with a long face, Brother Sky Dream, what can I do? I can't even reach the sky screen!
In the scene on the sky screen, Qian Renxue recovered from her shock. "A Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast? This worm is a Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast? How is that possible?"
Mu Sheng checked on Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng again and saw that there was still plenty of time. So he folded his arms and began telling a story at an unhurried pace:
"That's right! This snow-white worm is called the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. He was originally just a little Ice Silkworm from the Far North."
"But this fellow was absurdly lucky. He fell into a hole filled with the heavenly treasure known as ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow. He ate and slept, and his cultivation shot up and up until it reached nine hundred and ninety thousand years."
Qian Renxue: "..."
Tang Ya: "..."
Mu Sheng paid them no mind and continued rapidly:
"And because he was so weak, the lightning tribulation didn't even strike him when he broke through a hundred thousand years. He muddled his way past that threshold just like that."
"Afterward, he relied on his cultivation to throw his weight around. The Ice Empress, one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, hunted him down, and he fled for his life. In the end, Di Tian, the overlord of the Star Dou Great Forest, captured him and used him as a cultivation power bank for a host of Ferocious Beasts, increasing their strength and cultivation years."
"But this little worm's luck was truly heaven-defying. Just before he died, he broke through to a million years and managed to escape from Di Tian and the others."
In the world of Douluo I, everyone listened with their mouths agape.
"He reached nine hundred and ninety thousand years just by eating and sleeping? What kind of heavenly luck is that?"
"Everyone else cultivates half to death, and he slept his way into becoming a Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?"
"I'm sour. Really sour."
Deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian heard Mu Sheng's words on the sky screen and turned to look at the trembling snow-white worm bound to the chains at the bottom of the lake. He smiled darkly.
"Little worm, so you broke through to a million years and ran away later? This time, you won't be lucky enough to escape."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was bound up in chains like a rice dumpling. Seeing Di Tian and the circle of Ferocious Beasts around him reaching out with their claws, he trembled so hard that every roll of fat on his body shook.
"Don't kill me yet! Don't kill me yet! Watch the livestream a little longer! Maybe I'll still be useful later! And... and can't you at least let me know what's going on before I die?"
Xiong Jun had already raised his great paw. Di Tian thought for a moment, then raised a claw to stop him. "Fine. We'll let you watch the livestream for one more day. If you're no use, we'll divide you up."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm huddled in his chains, his little eyes fixed on the sky screen as he prayed desperately, Future me, you have to work hard! Good luck has to come again!
Deep in the sea, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King snorted disdainfully after hearing Mu Sheng's account.
"So he's just a Little Scumbag who eats and sleeps. This king thought there was another expert out there. What a waste, putting a million years of cultivation on him."
In the Far North, deep inside a cavern of ice and snow.
An enormous beast, emerald green all over and shaped like a scorpion, lay on the ice, the ice crystals on her tail gleaming coldly. She was none other than the Ice Empress, one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North.
She stared at the snow-white worm on the sky screen, her emerald eyes filled with resentment, and poked the snow-white figure beside her with her tail.
"Snow Empress, do you see that? That's the useless worm! He ate so much ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow and wasted every bit of it!"
"If that profound ice marrow had gone to the two of us, we could definitely have broken through our respective cultivation-year bottlenecks! Maybe you could even have gone a step further, Snow Empress, and become the new Beast God!"