Chu Qing and Huo Yuhao turned and walked back. Before long, the ground beneath them trembled without warning. Cracks began to appear in the ground two meters ahead, gradually widening and revealing a platinum light.
Huo Yuhao retreated in alarm, because at the same time, a voice rang out in his mind for no apparent reason:
"I finally found a human with the Mental Attribute! Too bad I can't cry, or my face would be streaming with tears!"
Chu Qing understood that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had arrived. He had just been thinking that Electrolux would soon follow, but the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's mental attack came even faster.
"I, you..."
Before he could curse, his vision turned white and he lost consciousness.
"Big brother, what's wrong?"
Huo Yuhao hurried over to help him, full of concern.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged from underground.
"Don't worry. I only put him to sleep for a little while."
Huo Yuhao looked at the ten-striped Ice Silkworm before him in bewilderment.
"Are you talking to me?"
He could hardly believe it, but the voice had clearly rung out in his mind.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm nodded at him.
"Of course it's me. Are you captivated by my delicate body?"
"What are you going to do?"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained with flashy self-importance. A Million-Year Soul Ring, a Second Martial Soul-Huo Yuhao was deeply shaken, and his eyes shone with excitement.
"Brother Sky Dream, I'm ready. Come on!"
"This child can be taught!"
"Then I'll get started. Don't worry, I won't hurt you too much."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's million-year origin surged into Huo Yuhao's body. In an instant, he lost consciousness just like Chu Qing.
"Too weak, too weak! How many seals will I need to put in place for such a weak body to withstand my power?"
"Too bad the one beside him isn't of the mental type."
"Poor me. Being this Wisdom Soul Ring really isn't easy."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm continued to lament his plight as he sealed his power.
At that moment, as Huo Yuhao absorbed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's energy, he drew a fragment of Electrolux's divine consciousness over. The sky had been clear and cloudless just moments ago, but with a thunderous explosion, it suddenly darkened, blotting out all sunlight. A terrifying pressure descended from the heavens, leaving one feeling suffocated.
A gray stream of air flew down and burrowed into Huo Yuhao's head in an instant.
The hazy figure of an old man appeared in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit, and a hoarse murmur rang out.
"I hold the sun and moon and pluck the stars; no one in this world is my equal."
The gray Qi then transformed into a gray bead the size of a soybean.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm flew into a rage. Vast mental fluctuations surged forth in an instant as he tried to drive the bead out of Huo Yuhao's body.
"What is that? How dare you try to snatch him from me!"
Despite the assault of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's vast million-year mental power, Electrolux remained unmoved throughout.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized that although little of the other party's energy remained, its level was far above his own.
"Hey! Didn't you see there's another person right beside him?"
"That person's good too. Go to him!"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to communicate, but Electrolux had already fallen asleep.
"All right! You're really going to make me use my full strength, huh?"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began undoing the seals he had just placed on himself, but immediately grew even more alarmed.
"What's going on?"
"Why can't I undo them?"
He examined Huo Yuhao's body in shock and suspicion. As though he had seen an incomparably terrifying existence, he fell silent for a long time.
He stopped trying to drive Electrolux away and instead began to gloat.
"That's what you get for trying to snatch him from me. You'll find out what you're up against when you wake up."
For a moment, he even felt somewhat aggrieved.
"Why is my life so bitter?"
"I finally managed to escape, only for the mental-type person I ran into to turn out to be bait."
He calmed himself a little. Things had come to this, so he could only hope for the best. With tears in his eyes, he continued sealing his energy, then awakened Huo Yuhao's spiritual consciousness.
Huo Yuhao appeared in his own Sea of Spirit and looked around in endless wonder.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm glared viciously at him, his anger boiling over.
In the course of fusing with Huo Yuhao, he had naturally seen what Huo Yuhao had been through. He knew asking him would be pointless, but he still gave him a furious warning:
"I've successfully sealed my origin energy. The First Soul Ring I gave you has four Soul Skills, but for now it's still only a white Soul Ring. My energy will continue to unseal as your capacity to bear it increases, thereby improving all your Soul Rings."
It actually had four Soul Skills! Huo Yuhao was overjoyed. After all, he had heard that even a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring had only two Soul Skills!
"Thank you, Brother Sky Dream."
"I'm going to sleep now. Once you reach level 20, I'll naturally wake up, and then I'll take you to get your Second Martial Soul. Cultivate hard in the meantime, and don't disturb me."
"And don't tell anyone I exist."
"Brother Sky Dream, is the big brother beside me all right?"
Huo Yuhao asked with concern, while looking curiously at the gray bead.
"Hmph! What could be wrong with him? I even gave him a tiny bit of my Spiritual Origin and opened up a Sea of Spirit for him."
"He'll wake up soon. Just wait for him to wake you. If he asks, say you don't know. He benefited from it anyway, so he'll come up with a suitable explanation himself."
Huo Yuhao nodded repeatedly.
"Thank you, Brother Sky Dream. I'll work hard to reach level 20 as soon as possible. Go to sleep."
More than ten minutes later, Chu Qing shook his head and woke up. He could feel that his mental power had clearly increased considerably, and it seemed he could enter his Sea of Spirit now.
He was startled, but not particularly delighted.
He got to his feet and looked at Huo Yuhao, who was still unconscious on the ground, feeling thoroughly aggrieved.
He placed his hand against his thigh and wrote:
"Plane, are you messing with me?"
"Didn't we agree you'd give me Electrolux?"
His finger soon wrote on its own:
"This really was an accident. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did that; it had nothing to do with me!"
"You know, even though I'm the plane's will, I can't control every little detail."
Chu Qing snorted coldly and continued writing:
"Compensate me, or do you believe I'll fly into a rage out of humiliation and kill Huo Yuhao right now?"
"All right, it's my fault. I'll compensate you. I'll give you Niu Tian's origin power."
Chu Qing was delighted to hear that.
"That's not bad."
Immediately afterward, he felt all ten fingers grow hot. The power of the Man Faced Pearl Emperor External Finger Bones kept rising, and they evolved into a Two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
He was delighted, but suddenly sensed something was wrong and hurriedly wrote:
"What's going on?"
"Why do I feel like my First Soul Ring is gone?"
Still unwilling to believe it, he released his Soul Rings. Two purple and two black Soul Rings rose slowly around him. It really was gone!
His finger began to write:
"Don't panic. Didn't I add Niu Tian's origin power to your External Soul Bone? I transferred the power of your First Soul Ring over along with it."
"Your Man Faced Demon Puppet has gained another Soul Skill. Besides Spider God Possession, you can now use the True Form of the Azure Dragon to disguise yourself as the Azure Divine Dragon. The Soul Ring can likewise continue to grow."
"This way, you can also absorb another Soul Ring, and the bloodline power of your Sky Azure Bull Emperor Python Martial Soul has been purified too. Isn't that pretty good?"
Still somewhat distrustful, Chu Qing used the Soul Bone Soul Skill Man Faced Demon Puppet. Sure enough, he saw one azure, two purple, and two black Soul Rings floating around the Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor.
He withdrew the Soul Skill. It effectively gave him another empty skill slot, which was indeed good, but Chu Qing still had hidden worries about it and furrowed his brow.
"Want to try a Soul Spirit?"
"I've figured out how to make Soul Spirits."
The plane's consciousness controlled his hand as it wrote.
"I can't give you Electrolux now, but giving you a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit is no problem. It's even a Soul Beast that suits you exceptionally well."
Although Chu Qing had many doubts, faced with such temptation, he found himself unable to resist. Even if it was a trap, he couldn't help wanting to jump in and see.
"Really?"
"Walk ten meters forward. There's a thirty-year Iridescent Shield-Tailed Snake in the bushes on the left."
Chu Qing felt like cursing.
"Thirty years? Are you kidding me?"