Electrolux (Part 2)

Huo Yuhao stared unblinkingly at the seemingly bottomless fissure. If he had not just fought the Wind Baboon for his life and been left weak and aching all over, he would have turned and run long ago.

A figure crawled out of the fissure. As it appeared, the moisture in the air instantly condensed into Ice Mist, and the biting chill made him shudder several times.

"Psychic Soul Master, Brother Sky Dream is here!"

That smug voice echoed in Huo Yuhao's mind again. The figure revealed its true form: a jade-white silkworm with ten golden stripes.

A Million-Year Soul Beast, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!

As the words fell, the golden stripes on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's back transformed into ten golden rings that swiftly enveloped Huo Yuhao's stick-thin body. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm itself melted into streams of white light that surged madly into Huo Yuhao's body.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fused with Huo Yuhao. At the same time, an invisible spiritual force continuously spread outward from it.

The spiritual power released by a Million-Year psychic Soul Beast was unimaginably terrifying. In almost an instant, it covered every corner within a hundred li. All intelligent life immediately became sluggish, as though the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had pressed pause on time.

"Crack... crack..."

In the pin-drop silence, a sound like an eggshell breaking suddenly rang out.

"Hm?"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm split off a wisp of consciousness and warily observed its surroundings. The fusion concerned its very life, so it had to prepare for every possibility. It was also curious. Its process of becoming an Intelligent Soul Ring was somewhat similar to a sacrifice in essence; both released an overwhelmingly powerful spiritual domain, one that even a Titled Douluo or a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast could not interfere with.

In the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, there was actually a lifeform capable of ignoring the spiritual domain!?

Without any obstruction, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm locked onto that formidable figure.

Holy sword in hand, divine light blazing.

Ling Bai's expression was calm. Bathed in the radiance of the Six-Winged Angel, he carried an almost inorganic indifference whenever he looked at someone.

"Holy shit, Divine Might!"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was dumbfounded. If it still had eyes, they would have popped out of their sockets and bounced around on the ground. Ten thousand years ago, the residual Divine Might from Two Gods vs Two Gods had swept across the entire Douluo Continent. The crushing superiority of life itself had left it, far away in the Far North, able only to hide inside an ice cave and tremble.

Yet today, it had seen that familiar Divine Might again!

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was certain that the youth nearby possessed the Divine Might of one of the four gods from ten thousand years ago!

"Heavens, I just wanted to find a host so I could survive. How did I run into a monster like this..."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wanted to cry but had no tears. Without the protection of its spiritual domain, it and Huo Yuhao, currently in the midst of fusion, were little different from fish on a chopping block, waiting for Ling Bai to butcher them.

"Please, bro, just treat the two of us like a fart and let us go..."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm prayed frantically. If it could, it would even condense a spiritual body and beg for mercy through tears.

Ling Bai had no idea about the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's elaborate inner thoughts, nor did he care, because he had no interest in the thing whatsoever.

His need for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was about equal to a fish's need for a bicycle.

The Six-Winged Angel was not a psychic martial soul. To him, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was tasteless and dispensable. As for an ice-attribute martial soul...

A martial soul was valued for quality, not quantity. Besides, he was already a Twin Martial Souls user.

Ling Bai glanced at Ning Tian and Wu Feng and found that they remained frozen in place, which immediately put his mind at ease. The spiritual domain possessed no destructive power, but it could render all living creatures unconscious for a short time.

It's better if they don't know what happens next. Ling Bai watched quietly for developments.

Seeing that Ling Bai made no move, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm let out a long breath, secretly rejoicing that it had escaped with its life. It then abruptly accelerated the fusion process and, incidentally, communicated with Huo Yuhao in the Sea of Consciousness to build rapport.

Boom—

But at that moment, the sky, which had been perfectly clear only a second ago, suddenly darkened. A thunderous boom rang out high above, and in that instant, the sun's light was completely swallowed by darkness.

An immense pressure that made it hard to breathe descended from the heavens. When that thunderous boom rang out, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's enormous body jolted violently. Its tiny eyes rolled upward toward the sky, instantly revealing shock mixed with a hint of confusion. Clearly, the oppressive force in the sky had nothing to do with it.

An exceedingly blurry figure crossed time and space to descend. An aged voice filled with indescribable authority rang out:

"With sun and moon in hand, I pluck the stars; there is no one in this world like me! I never expected that a trace of this old man's remnant soul could survive!"

A powerhouse from another world, Electrolux!

Having spoken, Electrolux looked toward Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. His figure drifted forward, seemingly intending to join them in a joyous game of three.

"Old man, I was here first!"

After going through untold hardship to find a suitable host, how could the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm be willing to hand him over? A rare trace of a Soul Beast's ferocity appeared in its eyes as it controlled its spiritual power, determined to block Electrolux!

"Senior!"

A thunderous shout interrupted Electrolux's next move. His gaze fell on Ling Bai, and his expression changed almost imperceptibly for a moment.

Ling Bai spread his arms and withdrew the Six-Winged Angel martial soul. A faint purplish-black color began to emerge beneath his exposed skin, as though something could not wait to burrow out from beneath his flesh.

Behind him, the phantom of an enormous Demon Spider slowly solidified. Eight scarlet eyes like giant candles flickered in the air, blooming with cold light. Its eight bent legs curled and stretched, moving slowly forward. Wherever they passed, all things withered and turned to dust that scattered on the wind.

Shriek—

The Demon Spider let out a piercing roar at Electrolux. The suffocating terror that rushed forward stabbed straight into the soul. Even the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Huo Yuhao in the Sea of Consciousness shivered as they clung to each other, trying to draw even the slightest sense of safety from one another.

"Death Attribute..."

Electrolux froze, then burst into hearty laughter.

"Not bad, not bad. This old man is known as the Holy Necromancer. Little fellow, you and I are fated!"

In Electrolux's eyes, Huo Yuhao was merely a minor psychic nobody, while Ling Bai was a junior with the same attribute. Electrolux's choice was crystal clear.

Ling Bai opened his Sea of Consciousness and smoothly received Electrolux.

"Finally settled..."

With the plan carried out successfully, Ling Bai let out a long breath. With Electrolux around from now on, the issue of his second martial soul should be properly resolved.

Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had just completed their fusion. The spiritual domain dissipated, and the surrounding time and space began to return to normal.

"Little Yuhao, go pick up my shed shell. A Million-Year Soul Beast's shed shell is an exceedingly rare treasure!"

In the Sea of Consciousness, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke lazily to Huo Yuhao while lounging in a Ge You pose.

"Um, Brother Sky Dream..."

Huo Yuhao said weakly, "Does your shed shell look like a white membrane?"

"Yeah. What about it?"

"Nothing. Someone just took it."