Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's vast mental force paused slightly as it gazed at the huge eye before it, which possessed an eerie beauty. This was by no means a purely spiritual creation; its core fluctuations carried the unique life imprint of a Spirit Beast. Was it from the Evil Eye clan? Although it had never been to the Sun and Moon Empire's Demon Forest, it had heard of the Evil Eye race.
What surprised it even more was the state of this Evil Eye; it was quite similar to the wisdom spirit ring it had studied for so long. It was neither a spirit ring nor a symbiotic attachment, but a deeper, more peculiar form of symbiosis and reliance. It had just declared itself to be an unprecedented wisdom spirit ring, but before its words had even faded, it encountered another similar existence in this young man's spiritual sea.
This feeling was like boasting about giving someone a unique treasure, only to turn around and find a similar high-quality item already on their table. The composure of a million-year Spirit Beast caused a ripple of embarrassment to appear in its surging spiritual flow.
"What... what are you?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's tone carried shock and a hint of imperceptible annoyance. "How are you here?!"
Little Silver's sixteen tentacles unfurled behind it like a peacock's tail, even showing off a little. "I... am Master Yuhao's first spirit soul!"
Spirit soul? Tianmeng Ice Silkworm subconsciously wanted to mobilize its power to read Huo Yuhao's memories for information. But it was startled to find that a strange and resilient barrier enveloped the periphery of the young man's spiritual core, which it couldn't easily penetrate in its current state! However, it was easy to determine that the Master Yuhao mentioned by this Evil Eye was the young man before them.
But what exactly was a spirit soul? Once the fusion process began, it was like a river flowing into the sea, irreversible. Its massive spiritual origin continued to surge in, maintaining the ongoing fusion process. The confidence accumulated over a million years allowed Tianmeng Ice Silkworm to quickly adjust, and then it adopted the posture of a senior before Little Silver.
"Little fellow, have you seen my million-year heritage?" Above the spiritual sea, golden orbs of light, condensed from mental force and containing terrifying energy fluctuations, slowly rotated. These were the million-year origin power sealed by Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. "Follow me from now on, and I guarantee you... er, I guarantee you'll benefit greatly!"
Little Silver's huge eyes imperceptibly constricted, feeling the residual waves emanating from the golden orbs above its head, secretly alarmed. It thought, as expected of the million-year Spirit Beast rumored to have assisted Spirit Ice Douluo in ascending to the God Realm, it was indeed unfathomable. But on the surface, its cold pupils remained placid, adopting an indifferent demeanor, and re-emphasized.
"I am Master Yuhao's first spirit soul."
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was choked by this unyielding attitude, truly unable to comprehend what this Evil Eye was so proud of. But it also understood that trying to show off and establish authority in front of this Evil Eye would likely be futile. Never mind, the main business is more important. The fusion had entered its most critical moment.
Huo Yuhao's body trembled slightly, and an indescribable, irresistible, vast mental force silently and explosively spread out with him as the center! In an instant, within a 100 mile radius of the inner Star Dou Great Forest, the thoughts of all conscious or living beings simultaneously ceased. Within 100 miles, all was silent, as if time and space had been paused.
Only the most basic physiological activities were mechanically maintained; the ability to think was completely covered by that vast mental force. In this eerie silence where all spirits were mute and the mental domain was absolutely dominator... Boom!!!
Above the Star Dou Great Forest, an extremely muffled thunderclap suddenly boomed without warning! The originally clear sky abruptly turned as dark as ink, and rolling leaden clouds gathered from unknown origins, hanging so low they seemed to crush this ancient forest. Then, a terrifying pressure, even more powerful than Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's mental force, descended from the sky!
The air instantly became thick as glue, and an invisible heavy pressure enveloped the surroundings. It was as if the entire sky had turned into heavy lead, making souls tremble and almost suffocating them. Inside Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, the competition between Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Little Silver was instantly thrown to the back of their minds.
They looked up in unison, staring in horror at the terrifying pressure descending from the outside world that froze even their souls. Under their gaze, a wisp of gray Qi, as fine as hair but condensed to the extreme, descended directly from the gloomy sky, where leaden clouds hung low and thunder rumbled! This wisp of gray Qi, like iron filings attracted by a magnet, plunged straight into the back of Huo Yuhao's head!
At the same time, a nearly transparent elderly phantom figure appeared out of thin air behind Huo Yuhao. He wore simple clothes, his face was unclear, but a vast and ancient aura, having endured countless years yet still looking down upon the world, permeated the air.
"With hands that grasp the sun and moon, pluck the stars, there is no one like me in this world..." The old voice was not loud, but it resonated like a great bell in the depths of the soul, carrying a sense of solitude and arrogance that transcended life, death, and reincarnation. "I didn't expect... that a wisp of my remnant soul could still exist!"
Before the words finished, the blurry phantom swayed slightly like a candle in the wind, then transformed into a speck of gray light, swiftly entering the back of Huo Yuhao's head and vanishing. In the eyes of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Little Silver, a barely perceptible gray speck quietly emerged high above Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, then rapidly condensed and settled.
Finally, a small, entirely gray pearl, only the size of a soybean, quietly floated there. It emitted no powerful energy fluctuations; it simply existed silently, yet it seemed like a point that could devour all light and sound. Even the surrounding mental force, when flowing near it, became obscure and sluggish, involuntarily detouring around it.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm now wore a bewildered expression of 'there's another master,' followed by an expression of incredible shock and even a hint of grievance in its small eyes. "Is it easy for me to find a suitable host? Why are they all... coming to join the fun, one after another?!"
It thought it only had one spirit soul neighbor who moved in first, but now another uninvited guest flew in from outside the sky? Judging by its demeanor, its background was probably no less significant than its own! Little Silver's huge silver eyes also stared intently at the gray pearl, its sixteen mental tentacles unconsciously trembling slightly. In the depths of its memory, within the memories of Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao, it didn't recall such a fortuitous encounter!
The vast mental force covering a 100 mile radius receded like a tide, and the stagnant creatures in the forest quietly resumed their original rustling and movement. The frost around Wu Ming and Wu Yang's father and son melted, and they couldn't help but shiver, looking around blankly, completely unaware of the major event they had just experienced!
Huo Yuhao had regained control of his body, his expression normal, as if the thrilling events had never happened. He simply said calmly to the two behind him. "Keep moving forward."
He sent out a wisp of his mind, cautiously probing the surroundings to select a suitable Spirit Beast for Wu Yang. At the same time, he multitasked, directing his mental force into his spiritual sea, which had undergone a significant transformation. The previously relatively empty spiritual space was now exceptionally lively.
The eerie and elegant giant silver eye floated in the center, with sixteen mental tentacles slowly drifting. High above, an inconspicuous yet unignorable gray pearl quietly floated. Ten golden orbs, emitting vast energy fluctuations, regularly orbited like small suns. And there was the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, entirely lustrous, currently trying to puff out its chest and adopt a majestic posture.
Seeing Huo Yuhao's consciousness descend, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm immediately perked up, its body glowing with platinum light, attempting to create the unfathomable aura befitting a million-year Spirit Beast. "Ahem, Little Yuhao. You are now a two-ring Spirit Grandmaster. I have temporarily sealed my million-year origin power in your spiritual sea. Once your spirit power reaches level 30, I will officially become your third spirit ring. And it will be an unprecedented wisdom spirit ring on the Douluo Continent!"
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