Douluo: The Unrivaled Demon Lord

Chapter 92 The Beginning of Fate (7)
The deeper you go, the more lush the surrounding vegetation becomes.

Huo Yuhao, who was entering the Star Dou Great Forest for the first time, became noticeably nervous. Fortunately, Bei Bei and Tang Ya were there to comfort him and tell him about the Star Dou Great Forest, which managed to distract him and prevent his legs from giving way and making him unable to walk.

The air is getting fresher, but there seems to be an invisible sense of oppression in the fresh air.

Suddenly, a dark shadow attacked from the side. Bei Bei quickly pulled Huo Yuhao aside and simultaneously unleashed a punch carrying lightning, instantly turning the shadow into a charred corpse.

After dealing with the Wind Baboon, who nearly killed a god in the original story, Bei Bei turned to look at the still-frightened Huo Yuhao, and then said softly:

"The Star Dou Great Forest may appear peaceful and serene, but Yuhao, you should know that beneath this tranquility lies endless danger."

"This should be a wind baboon with ten years of cultivation. It is the lowest level in the world of soul beasts, but it can still contend with human soul master level experts for a period of time."

"Some races with extremely powerful innate abilities can even contend with ordinary hundred-year or thousand-year-old soul beasts after ten years of cultivation, while ordinary hundred-year-old soul beasts require the presence of a Soul Venerable or Soul Master to reliably defeat them..."

"The Star Dou Great Forest has an enormous number of hundred-year or thousand-year-old soul beasts, which is impossible to estimate. There are even more powerful ten-thousand-year or even hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. It is precisely because of this that the Star Dou Great Forest is known as a forbidden zone for humans."

Huo Yuhao's astonishment was undisguised. He suddenly felt a chill of fear. He had only just entered the Star Dou Great Forest and had already encountered a ten-year-old soul beast. If he hadn't met Shu Yan and the others and had entered alone, he would probably be dead at the hands of this wind baboon by now...

Shu Yan, who was walking at the front, raised his eyebrows slightly. He hadn't expected that the Godslayer, who had such an impressive record in the original work, would die so suddenly.

But after his mental energy spread out, Shu Yan's expression became strange again.

"Looks like we're pretty lucky; we've already got a welcome as soon as we arrived."

With a casual wave of his hand, Shu Yan caused the bushes directly in front of him to turn into dust and slowly dissipate. Suddenly, a dark green spider crawled out from the shadows cast by the trees and stared intently at the group.

"Soul-Devouring Demon Spider?"

Shu Yan was somewhat surprised, never expecting to encounter Xie Ji's "clan members" here.

"Soul-Devouring Spider!?"

Both Beibei and Tang Ya showed surprise, and then Tang Ya, realizing what was happening, exclaimed with delight:
"This guy is over three feet long, which means his cultivation level is just over three hundred years old. Although the Soul Devouring Demon Spider is an evil soul beast, it is also one of the rare spiritual attribute soul beasts. Although its age is a bit high, it is still extremely suitable for Yuhao."

Shu Yan struck again, a flash of silver light, and in an instant, all the legs of the Soul-Devouring Spider were severed, leaving even a clear wound on its head. It was clearly on its last breath.

"Come on, Yuhao, let me see if your willpower can sustain you step by step..."

Shu Yan chuckled and stepped aside, his meaning quite clear.

Huo Yuhao's body trembled slightly, but thinking of his mother's dying words and the hatred in his heart, he forced himself to calm down. After bowing to thank Shu Yan, he trembled as he inserted the White Tiger Dagger into the head of the Soul-Devouring Spider. As energy condensed, a bright yellow soul ring slowly rose. Huo Yuhao exhaled a heavy breath, and then, as Tang Ya had instructed, sat down cross-legged on the spot and began to absorb the soul ring, which had reached a lifespan of three hundred years.

As the icy energy entered his body, Huo Yuhao felt all the meridians in his body being impacted, and waves of indescribable pain spread throughout his body, causing him to unconsciously clench his teeth.

Tang Ya and Bei Bei stood guard over Huo Yuhao, while Shu Yan pondered something to himself.

“Something’s coming…” Just as he was thinking, an invisible mental fluctuation suddenly spread over. Xie Ji immediately reminded Shu Yan. When Shu Yan looked up, Bei Bei and Tang Ya, who were standing together talking, had already fainted on the ground. Huo Yuhao, who was absorbing the soul ring, was completely unaffected and was still in pain.

"Finally, I've met a human with a mental attribute... Hmm... wait, why is your mental attribute incomplete? Never mind, if I could cry, I would definitely be in tears right now!"

A voice suddenly rang out from within Shu Yan's spiritual sea without warning.

Just then, the ground beneath Shu Yan suddenly trembled without warning. Cracks began to appear on the ground two meters in front of him, gradually widening into fissures. Faint golden-white light could be seen shining from the fissures.

"Hmm? This aura..."

While in Shu Yan's spiritual sea, Xie Ji suddenly perked up. She sat up abruptly, and after a moment's thought, a hint of surprise and amusement flashed in her eyes.

"You brat, this is the big deal you're talking about?"

Shu Yan simply smiled and did not immediately answer Xie Ji.

As the crack grew larger, a chilling aura emanated from it, and the surrounding temperature began to drop noticeably. It wasn't until the crack reached a diameter of more than five meters that the golden-white light finally revealed its true form.

First to appear was a round, plump head, over a meter in diameter. It wriggled its body and slowly crawled out of the crack. Its body, over seven meters long, was a translucent white jade color and emitted a faint fragrance. This was an extra-large silkworm.

Seeing the ten golden lines that began to appear half a meter from the silkworm's head, Shu Yan and Xie Ji were both shocked at the same time.

The large silkworm looked down at Shu Yan for a while before slowly lowering its head. The voice still rang out directly in Shu Yan's sea of ​​consciousness:

"Don't be afraid, I mean you no harm. On the contrary, I'm about to bestow upon you an immense opportunity..."

The voice paused for a moment before continuing:

"But before that, let me introduce myself..."

"Ahem! Standing before you now is the embodiment of heroism and chivalry, the king of soul beasts who possesses both wisdom and beauty, an unparalleled powerhouse, who has cultivated for a million years and set the record for the longest lifespan on the Douluo Continent—the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. Um, you can call me Brother Heavenly Dream!"

"Oh? A million-year-old soul beast? Can you defeat the Beast God Di Tian?"

Shu Yan asked, feigning surprise.

The voice remained silent for a long while after Shu Yan asked the question before finally speaking:
"Cough cough..."

"That's a very good question, but right now I'm in a hurry to merge with you and become your intelligence spirit ring. I'll answer your question after the fusion is complete..."

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(End of this chapter)