Chapter 169

Suddenly, several figures walked out from another space, but were then shut out by the Ice Sky Silkworm's powerful energy; there was simply no way to get near Yang Yun even a bit.

Damn it, this little worm is really persistent; it actually went and found someone at random outside the Life Lake to sacrifice, thinking any soul master could withstand its million-year cultivation energy.

The three-headed Crimson Magic Mastiff, namely the Red King among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, angrily spat out a wave of air from its nostrils.

But facing the sacrificial energy barrier, there was nothing they could do; after all, that is the strongest restriction under heavenly rules—a sacrificial rite that even flying gods cannot break.

If it were a sacrifice of a soul beast below a hundred thousand years, it would be fine, but this is the Ice Sky Silkworm.

The Red King planned to wait until the unfortunate sacrificed soul master was blown apart by that massive energy, then move in to capture the Ice Sky Silkworm; before continuing to absorb energy, he would definitely teach that little worm a harsh lesson.

So as not to keep causing trouble for himself.

Suddenly the Red King remembered that the Life Lake was supposed to be guarded by a little monkey and a small ox-head loach; how come there's been such a huge commotion and yet no sign of them?

Could they be neglecting their duty? When we find them, we'll have to teach them a lesson too; do they really think that after we sleep and absorb energy we'll become the rulers of the Star Dou Great Forest?

At this moment, he was right at the center of the energy surge.

The Ice Sky Silkworm said with some regret: 'Alas, my soul bone has been scattered and dissolved under the relentless energy plundering of those hateful fellows; otherwise I could have given you the strongest spirit skull in the world.'

Hey! You seem to have a mysterious damaged external eye soul bone; my energy is vast—want to give it a try? I estimate that using this external soul bone I can help you extend and condense the skull together, so your head soul bone will become a growable soul bone just like this external eye soul bone.

Yang Yun hadn't expected the Ice Sky Silkworm to give him this unexpected joy.

Originally I thought the Ice Sky Silkworm's use would be at most to give a few small soul skills targeting the soul, like detection or mental interference, similar to Huo Yuhao's.

Compared to the mental annihilation field I already possess, these skills can indeed only be considered minor.

If you can do it, then go ahead; anyway I don't need your energy to raise my level—online there's only the legendary god's hundred-level ascension to godhood, which I haven't reached yet.

However, your mental power cannot stay in my sea of consciousness; there is a small pearl inside it—you may reside there from now on.

The Ice Sky Silkworm still wanted to argue, but as soon as it touched Yang Yun's terrifying mental power, it immediately wilted; this mental power is not weaker than the one that could burst a Title Douluo.

Moreover, there is a faint sense of danger, as if Yang Yun could erase my mental power at any moment; it's truly frightening.

Originally I had thought I could act as a power‑leveler to lead Yang Yun in leveling up, but who would have thought that right after leaving the Boss's lair, I'd walked into the den of a max‑level big shot.

"Big brother, you call the shots, you call the shots; from now on just call me Little Ice Sky, I'll be your loyal little follower—you tell me to go east and I'll absolutely not go west!"

As he spoke, the surrounding energy went wild, surging toward Yang Yun's external eye soul bone and continually condensing into a crystal‑clear head soul bone.

The cracks on the external eye soul bone also began to heal under the constant energy wash, but no new soul bone skill was unlocked.

Yang Yun could feel that as the head soul bone kept condensing, his mental power grew rapidly; the Falling Heart Flame began to temper this newly grown mental power, continually purging its impurities, and the Ice Sky Silkworm finally understood where the danger he had just sensed came from.

Actually, it's the second martial soul attached to him; this strange flame is not merely extraordinarily hot—it has a tempering effect on both flesh and mental power.

Put another way, if Yang Yun wanted to turn this tempering effect into damage,

that would also be no problem.

The Falling Heart Flame's fourth soul ring, the Ice Sky Silkworm's wisdom soul ring, is platinum‑colored; it directly granted Yang Yun four soul skills.

Platinum‑Fourth Soul Ring Skills—1. Mental Detection: can detect everything within tens of thousands of kilometers, expanding with mental power; possesses extreme penetration and analysis. 2. Mental Condensation: can continually condense mental power. 3. Mental Scorching: can unleash an invisible mental fire that burns local mental power, strength depending on mental power. 4. Wisdom Simulation Deduction: mobilizes one's own mental wisdom to simulate and deduce all existing knowledge; the result is unknown; consumes enormous mental power.

Yang Yun had no interest in the first three soul skills at all, or rather he already possessed similar soul skills or soul bone skills; these were of little use to him.

But the fourth soul skill at the end greatly piqued his interest.

Soul skills on the Douluo Continent are indeed interesting—such a peculiar skill could possibly form; if it truly is the kind of simulation deduction I understand,

This soul skill is far more important than all of Yang Yun's current soul skills and soul bone skills; it ranks just below the Flame Spear Chongli, A Li, and the Falling Heart Flame.

It can serve as the foundation for his continual growth in strength.

Seeing the fourth soul skill, the Ice Sky Silkworm was also quite bewildered—did I have this kind of skill? I suppose I should.

But before forming this soul skill, it simply wouldn't know how to use it.

"Cough cough, big brother, you think Little Ice Sky's soul skill isn't bad, right? I'm still useful, aren't I?" the Ice Sky Silkworm said with a fawning smile.

You should know that before this, a million‑year‑level soul beast like me was a hot commodity wherever I went.

Yet Yang Yun seems to pay me no heed at all, and from the earlier conversation it's not hard to see; this human soul master appears to have gained the favor of the gods.

He basically doesn't need my help—he's a sure‑future god, perhaps even a supreme god‑king.

I'm now just a piece of meat waiting to be slaughtered; if I don't cling to a thigh now, when will I? I haven't forgotten that this place—no, I should say the hidden space within the Star Dou Great Forest—has several fierce beasts lurking.

Each of them exceeds a hundred thousand years in age, super‑great ferocious beasts, with combat power that outstrips each other by ten thousandfold; the leader among them is astonishingly mighty.

According to what I've heard over the years, it seems to be a legendary pure‑blood dragon‑type soul beast; its strength is tremendous, making it an outright super‑heavyweight in the soul beast world.

Yang Yun smiled mysteriously: 'Useful, but now isn't the time to talk about that; outside there's a three‑headed dog staring at me, drooling—tonight we'll have dog‑meat hot pot.'

(End of chapter)