Douluo Continent: Tonight, a Fairy Tale Descends

In the sea of ​​spirit, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was lying comfortably on the water's surface.

Hearing this, it rolled over and said slowly, "Don't rush, little sister Wu. The path of cultivation requires perseverance. Would I, your brother, possibly trick you? We'll be there soon."

"Right away! Right away! You said right away a few days ago!" Xiao Wu retorted irritably.

"Are you even reliable? Do you not even know the way and are you leading me around this godforsaken place?"

"Oh dear, I'm innocent!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm cried out in protest.

"How could my mental detection be wrong? This time we're really close! Look at the chill around us, isn't it even stronger than before? This means we're getting closer and closer to our target!"

Xiao Wu sensed that the surrounding temperature was indeed much lower than when she first entered the far north, and the air was filled with a deep chill that seemed to freeze the soul.

She pursed her lips, said nothing more, and continued walking forward in silence.

We walked for another whole day until the sky darkened again and the wind and snow seemed to have subsided a bit.

"Stop!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm suddenly called out.

Xiao Wu paused, looking around warily. This was a relatively flat ice field, surrounded by strangely shaped ice pillars and icebergs covered in snow and ice, resembling a silent ice and snow forest.

"What's wrong?" she asked in a low voice.

"The location is almost there." Tianmeng Bingcan's voice carried a hint of barely perceptible excitement and nervousness.

"We'll stay right here and wait for them to come to us!"

"Waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump?" Xiao Wu was taken aback.

"Wait for what?"

She looked around at the desolate ice field, and apart from the sound of wind and snow, she could not sense any sign of life.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm chuckled, her voice filled with an almost fanatical anticipation: "Wait until our target appears!"

Xiao Wu's heart leaped into her throat, filled with both anticipation and unease.

After all this trouble and hardship, we're finally going to meet the real deal.

She took a deep breath of the cold air, trying to calm herself down.

"Now you can tell me, right?" she asked, staring at the empty ice field ahead, enunciating each word clearly.

"What kind of soul beast am I waiting for here?"

Within the sea of ​​spirit, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm paused for a moment, then, in a deliberately slowed yet earth-shattering tone, clearly stated:

"What we are waiting for is one of the three great kings of the far north, a super soul beast with nearly 400,000 years of cultivation: Ice, Jade, Emperor, Sovereign, and Scorpion."

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Xiao Wu felt as if she had been struck directly on the top of her head by a bolt of lightning, freezing on the spot, her mind blank.

Nearly 400,000 years of cultivation? A super soul beast, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion?

Each of these words felt like a heavy hammer, slamming into her understanding.

She snapped back to reality, screaming in her head with all her might, her voice distorted by extreme shock and anger:

"Tianmeng! Are you fucking insane?!"

Xiao Wu felt like she was suffocating; her chest heaved violently, and her fingers trembled as she pointed at the empty ice field.

"A soul beast that's nearly 400,000 years old! You want me, a human who's only a level 31 Soul Master and a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast in human form, to hunt it down? Do you want me to die even faster?"

She had previously considered that Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's target might not be simple; it might be a powerful soul beast tens of thousands of years old. With her best efforts and Tianmeng's assistance, there might still be a glimmer of hope.

But she never expected that this madman was actually targeting the one standing at the top of the Soul Beast Pyramid!

More than 300,000 years! That's a level she had to look up to even before she transformed into a human!

He is a terrifying existence who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Beast God Emperor of the Star Dou Great Forest!

Go hunt it?

What's the difference between this and a rabbit baring its teeth at a dragon?

No, it's not even a bared tooth, it's practically takeout delivered to your door!

"You...you are simply..." Xiao Wu was so angry that she could hardly speak. Her whole body was ice-cold, even colder than when she wasn't wearing the shroud.

It was a chill that rose from the depths of my heart. "You tricked me into coming to this far north just to send me to my death?"

Chapter 231 Preparing to Begin

"Calm down! Little Wu! Calm down!"

Startled by her shout, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm quickly explained, "It's not hunting! Who said we were going to hunt? Do you think I'm the kind of idiot who sends my host to their death?"

"Then what do you think we should wait for it to come for?" Xiao Wu didn't believe her at all, and her eyes turned red.

"Will it treat us to dinner when it arrives?"

"It's negotiation! It's cooperation!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said urgently, her voice unusually serious. "Ice Emperor's situation is very special!"

Xiao Wu felt a chill rush from the soles of her feet straight to her head, even more biting than the deep cold of the far north.

She clenched her fists tightly, barely suppressing the urge to drag this stupid worm out of her sea of ​​consciousness and beat it up. She gritted her teeth and thought to herself, "Special? Nearly 400,000 years of cultivation, and you're telling me she's special? Tianmeng, have you been locked up under the Lake of Life for too long and ruined your brain?"

Would a super soul beast that has survived several 300,000-year lightning tribulations be willing to sacrifice itself to a 100,000-year soul beast that has only recently taken human form?

This is even more outrageous than the sun rising in the west!

Xiao Wu simply couldn't believe it. In her eyes, it was more like the delusions of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, who had lost his mind and was dragging her to her death.

"It's true!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm quickly explained, sensing Xiaowu's almost tangible anger and disbelief.

"When the Ice Emperor broke through the 300,000-year lightning tribulation, she had already reached her limit! That lightning tribulation was extremely dangerous. Although she survived by chance, her essence was injured! In her current state, she absolutely, absolutely cannot survive the next 400,000-year lightning tribulation! She will be completely annihilated!"

Xiao Wu sneered: "So what? Even if she can't survive the 400,000-year tribulation, that's still hundreds or even thousands of years from now! She's still one of the three Heavenly Kings whose every move shakes the far north! Would she even look at me? Would she be willing to sacrifice herself for me? Tianmeng, do you think I'm a three-year-old?"

This logic simply doesn't make sense.

A powerful being on the verge of death might go mad, but more likely he would drag his enemies down with him or seek an opportunity to defy fate rather than dedicate everything to a weak and unrelated being.

“Of course she wouldn’t agree to that!” Tianmeng Bingcan’s voice carried a hint of cunning.

"But we still have you and me! My million years of cultivation, my life essence, plus you, a human transformed from a spirit beast with extraordinary talent, we can create miracles, even a god-level miracle!"

It paused, its voice filled with temptation: "Think about it, Little Wu, if she were to sacrifice herself to you and become your Wisdom Soul Ring, just like me, her soul and essence could be preserved, avoiding that inevitable lightning tribulation."

"Moreover, with the combined strength of both of us, you will become the most talented person in the entire Douluo Continent for tens of thousands of years, and the person most likely to become a god."

Xiao Wu fell silent.

The promises made by Tianmeng Ice Silkworm are tempting, but the risks involved are too great. If the Ice Emperor doesn't believe them, or simply disdains this path, then they won't even have the right to negotiate and will be crushed instantly.

"That sounds nice," Xiao Wu's voice remained cold.

"What if she doesn't believe us, or even attacks us directly? What will we use to defend ourselves?"

Seemingly sensing that Xiao Wu was softening, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm immediately gave her a guarantee, and her tone regained that infuriating confidence.

"Don't worry about that! I've already prepared! See this layer of slough on your body? It's not just for keeping you warm! In a critical moment, I can control it to temporarily trap Hyotei! Although it won't last long, it'll be enough for us to negotiate!"

It added, revealing its final trump card: "Moreover, if the situation really gets out of control and reaches the worst point, I still have a backup plan! In an instant, I can burn some of my original spiritual power to forcibly tear open space and teleport you a hundred miles away! I guarantee you'll escape alive!"

Hearing this, Xiao Wu's tense nerves finally relaxed a little.

At least, it wasn't a hopeless situation. She took a deep breath of the cold air, forcing herself to calm down and weigh the options.

Although Tianmeng Ice Silkworm is cunning and unreliable, it truly values ​​its life.

Since it dared to come, it must have at least some confidence; it couldn't be so reckless as to be courting death.

Moreover, it now has a symbiotic relationship with itself; if it dies, it cannot survive either.

"You better not be lying to me." Xiao Wu finally gritted her teeth and squeezed out the words.

"If anything goes wrong, I'll be the first to curse you to death in my heart!"

"Hehe, don't worry, don't worry! I'm very reliable when it comes to handling things!"

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm immediately seized the opportunity, her tone becoming much more relaxed.

"Let's get started! You can build a simple igloo over there and go inside to take shelter. I'll be focusing all my energy on controlling the remains and my mental power, so I might not be able to keep your body warm."

Xiao Wu said no more and did as she was told. She mobilized her soul power and manipulated the surrounding ice and snow, and soon built a small ice house that could only accommodate one person to squat in on a sheltered spot on an ice hill.

She crawled inside. Although she could still feel the bitter cold outside, the shelter provided a bit more sense of security.

"Are you ready, Little Wu?" Tianmeng Bingcan's voice became serious.

"Mmm," Xiao Wu replied in her mind, while simultaneously channeling her soul power to protect herself.

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Wu suddenly felt a loud buzzing in her head.

An intense mental fluctuation erupted like a tsunami in her mind, and she felt waves of dizziness and blurred vision, almost fainting.

She instinctively tried to resist, but found that her control over her body was rapidly diminishing.

At the same time, her third soul ring, a pure white color and originating from the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, appeared on her body uncontrollably.

The pure white soul ring radiated an unprecedented lustrous glow, pulsating wildly around her at an unprecedented speed. The pale gold patterns on it seemed to come alive, flowing with golden halos.

Her pink eyes now had a faint golden tinge.

Her body was completely out of control.

At this moment, Xiao Wu discovered that her mental senses were extending outward at an alarming speed, a sensation completely different from when she used mental detection in the past.

Instead of actively and purposefully exploring, they passively and indiscriminately receive information from all directions.

It was cold, deathly silent, and there was a faint, powerful aura hidden deep within the ice and snow.

In the instant that spiritual power spread, the already dim sky suddenly dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if an invisible hand had forcibly pulled it from daytime into night, and a suffocating sense of oppression enveloped the icy plain.

Chapter 232 Appearance

An invisible, terrifying aura, seemingly originating from ancient times and the wilderness, spread out like a shockwave from Xiao Wu, who was squatting in the ice house!

Accompanying this majestic aura was a terrifyingly vast and boundless spiritual power, blooming without any concealment, like a giant lighthouse being lit on a desolate ice field, issuing the most direct and arrogant provocation to a certain being.

The pulsating, shimmering white soul ring on Xiao Wu's body began to change color dramatically. The white quickly faded, and a dazzling gold, like liquid, seeped over it. In just a few breaths, it turned into a brilliant, bright gold, illuminating the interior of the small ice house with splendor.