"What is that?!!!"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was caught off guard and frightened twice in a row.
First came Electrolux, whose overwhelming pressure was so immense that it filled him with fear,
then Dai Lingfeng, who suddenly flew out of Huo Yuhao's shadow without him noticing a thing.
Why did his sacrifice plan feel so lively?
This was no good omen.
But he couldn't worry about all that now. He could only follow this road to the bitter end,
continue the sacrifice and go all in!
"A man can't get rich without a windfall, and a horse can't grow fat without grass at night."
"A god-level Chang Ghost,"
"I struck it rich this time!"
After snatching Electrolux away, Dai Lingfeng withdrew, feeling thoroughly pleased with himself.
He really was the bane of soul forms.
Driven by the desire to survive, Electrolux's divine consciousness fragment had cooperated willingly and was successfully transformed into a Chang Ghost.
Act as a Chang Ghost for the Tiger.
Dai Lingfeng had acquired his first Chang Ghost.
Electrolux was of such high quality
that even after being transformed into a Chang Ghost and retaining only a tiny fraction of his combat power, he was still terrifying.
But Electrolux's origin had also suffered a tremendous depletion,
and Dai Lingfeng would have to keep replenishing it for Electrolux's strength to recover gradually.
"Huh?"
"How did you do that?"
Electrolux appeared beside Dai Lingfeng in soul form, curious about his current state.
As a necromancer,
he could use all kinds of undead magic with ease, and manipulating souls was child's play to him.
But Dai Lingfeng's methods were bizarre and powerful beyond belief.
Killing enemies
and commanding their souls seemed to be an instinct for Dai Lingfeng, as well as a law.
Thanks to this law,
even this shattered fragment of Electrolux's divine consciousness could possess intelligence no different from his normal state and become a Chang Ghost.
He had also gained innate abilities of disguise and bewitchment.
What surprised Electrolux most was that
Chang Ghosts had to obey Dai Lingfeng.
The priority of this control was higher than that of any contract he knew!
He couldn't break it either.
"People killed by tigers become Chang Ghosts and help the tigers eat people."
"Isn't that common knowledge?"
A smile rose at the corners of Dai Lingfeng's mouth.
Now that Electrolux had become a Chang Ghost, he could control Electrolux and use his abilities as well.
For now, though, Electrolux was very weak
and provided only two basic abilities: Heart of Undead Annihilation and Death Lash.
But as Dai Lingfeng continued killing enemies and devouring Chang Ghosts to nourish Electrolux, Electrolux would keep growing stronger,
and might even surpass the strength he had at his peak one day!
"Common knowledge?"
"Then your common knowledge here is truly peculiar."
Electrolux sighed.
He didn't dwell on it too much.
The world was vast, full of wonders, and the existence of Chang Ghosts had truly broadened his horizons.
At least as far as he was concerned,
becoming a Chang Ghost wasn't a bad thing.
"Elder Yi, your actions consume my Soul Power and mental power now. You'd better go back for the time being."
"Stay in the Sea of Consciousness normally, and I'll summon you when I fight."
Dai Lingfeng sent Electrolux back.
A Chang Ghost's actions consumed his Soul Power and mental power. He certainly couldn't handle letting Electrolux wander outside twenty-four hours a day.
Besides, Chang Ghosts weren't invisible.
They would give away his whereabouts,
and people would mistake him for an Evil Soul Master.
Evil Soul Masters were hunted by everyone. Neither Dai Hao nor the White Tiger clan chief knew that Dai Lingfeng could control Chang Ghosts; only Dai Tianli, who had awakened his Martial Soul for him, knew.
Unless he had no other choice, he didn't want to reveal this ability.
"All right."
Electrolux naturally had no objection. He withdrew into Dai Lingfeng's Sea of Consciousness, intending to first see what the Douluo Continent was like.
"Lingfeng, taken care of?"
Tang Hao raised an eyebrow, relief in his voice.
He saw nothing wrong with Dai Lingfeng's act of "killing to silence a witness."
That was how the Soul Master world worked:
the weak were prey to the strong.
Tang Hao was gratified that Dai Lingfeng understood this principle so early and handled matters cautiously, leaving no future trouble behind.
"Uh..."
Dai Lingfeng was speechless.
How did that not count as taking care of it?
Taking care of the Electrolux problem still counted as taking care of it.
"Then let's go, to Shrek Academy."
Tang Hao picked Dai Lingfeng up and headed for Shrek Academy, his feet moving like the wind.
Even Dai Tianli was left far behind.
On the way here, they had to follow Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao had dawdled along at a snail's pace, and Tang Hao had long since had enough.
Now that he no longer had to follow Huo Yuhao, the impatient Tang Hao wished he could cover a thousand miles in a day.
"Wait, let me activate my Defensive Soul Tool first!"
Tang Hao was too fast. Dai Lingfeng might have had a strong physique, but that didn't mean he wanted to suffer through this.
Only after he activated the level-eight Defensive Soul Tool Xu Jiawei had given him
did Tang Hao become a suitable high-speed train.
Dai Lingfeng withdrew after accomplishing his goal and departed with a flourish.
Meanwhile,
the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was dumbfounded.
"Wait!"
"You're saying
"you have an older brother with Twin Martial Souls who can use a self martial soul fusion skill, had level-twenty-eight Soul Power at age six, has four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, and is hailed as the Star Luo Empire's number-one genius!
"And you made a ten-year agreement with this brother of yours to fight to the death when the ten years are up.
"Half of those ten years have already passed,
"and you're only level ten, while your brother's about to reach level fifty?"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was dumbfounded.
This is... hell!!!!
Is there still time to run?
Five years!
Only five years left!
I've really boarded a pirate ship!
He had thought he could create a god and share that god's long lifespan. Now, it seemed Huo Yuhao's little life might have only five years left.
"Why am I so unlucky?!!!"
Tears streamed down the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's face.
Apparently, the blond youth who had just been lurking in Huo Yuhao's shadow, undetected even by him, was Dai Lingfeng.
Dai Lingfeng had also snatched away the terrifyingly powerful Electrolux, so he would only grow stronger!
He couldn't see the slightest hope of victory!
The sacrifice was complete.
It was too late to run now.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's composure collapsed.
He knew exactly what he was capable of.
Help Huo Yuhao defeat Dai Lingfeng?
Don't make me laugh!
Only by bringing in the Ice Empress would they have a sliver of a chance.
But if the Ice Empress knew Huo Yuhao had such a formidable enemy, she wouldn't board their pirate ship even if they beat her to death!
"What kind of Soul Beast are you?"
"Where is this?"
"How do you know about me?"
Huo Yuhao fired off three bewildered questions.
Seeing his clueless, dazed expression, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was instantly filled with anger and felt utterly hopeless.
On one side was a supreme genius;
Huo Yuhao was a complete rookie.
How are we supposed to fight?
What kind of shitty matchmaking system is this?!!!
"I'm the Million-Year Soul Beast Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. You can call me Brother Sky Dream."
"This is your Sea of Consciousness-in other words, the inside of your brain."
"I just sacrificed myself to you and became your Wisdom Soul Ring. I read your memories, and that's how I learned what you've been through."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was an honest sort. He answered Huo Yuhao's three questions first, then began to cry.
"Boo-hoo-hoo, kid, you've really landed me in a terrible mess!"