Chapter 411: Underground Ice Cave
On the boundless ice plain, a person and a beast were locked in fierce battle.
In terms of raw strength, Yu Tianlin was stronger than this Hundred Thousand Year Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad. If he had not been wary of the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's potent venom, he would have subdued it long ago.
The Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's poison could conduct directly through ice and snow, making the Extreme North Land an exceptionally advantageous battlefield for it. It was only because Yu Tianlin was quite familiar with Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi, and therefore had a deep understanding of poison, that he carefully isolated himself and avoided being affected.
After a thunderous boom, Yu Tianlin stomped the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad onto the ice. The surrounding ice shattered under the immense force, and golden lightning erupted, surging wildly from beneath Yu Tianlin's foot into the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's body, causing it to convulse uncontrollably.
Even so, the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad did not give up struggling. Amidst its screeches, it resorted to its old trick and spewed out a dense icy mist.
"This trick again? It's useless."
Seeing this, Yu Tianlin shook his head.
He had already prepared against the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's poisonous icy mist. Under such circumstances, it was naturally ineffective against him.
However, this time, the icy mist spewed by the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad did not invade Yu Tianlin's body. Instead, it poured directly into the ice beneath it.
What is it trying to do?
Yu Tianlin was momentarily uncertain of the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's plan and instinctively prepared to finish it off.
Just then, the cracked ice beneath them suddenly shattered, forming a large ice cave that led downward.
The Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad seemed to have anticipated this. Using the momentum, it immediately fell into the ice cave. Yu Tianlin had no time to think and pursued it directly.
However, what Yu Tianlin did not expect was that the ice cave beneath the surface had numerous branching paths. After chasing the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad through more than a dozen forks, he finally lost track of it.
Well, Gold Crocodile Douluo had lost his trail, and now he had lost the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's trail. The similar situation left Yu Tianlin somewhat speechless.
Never mind. Yu Tianlin had not been absolutely determined to kill the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad anyway. If it wanted to escape, then let it escape.
Yu Tianlin was now more interested in the intricate ice cave beneath the surface.
He did not know why, but when he was on the ice plain above, he had not noticed the ice cave below at all. If the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad had not broken the ice, he truly would not have discovered it.
Logically speaking, this should not have happened. A mere layer of ice had actually blocked his perception. It seemed this ice cave was not simple.
Feeling that something was strange, Yu Tianlin immediately prepared to investigate. In any case, he was not afraid of being trapped. If he wanted to get out, he only needed to break through the ice above his head.
There were many branching paths in the ice cave. Passing through one opening would lead to several more. At times, there were only two or three openings, while at most, there were more than ten.
It could be said that this place was a huge maze.
Yu Tianlin did not hesitate when choosing a path. Whenever multiple openings appeared, he simply picked one at random.
What Yu Tianlin did not know was that what seemed like random choices were actually being influenced by a subtle, unseen attraction. It was so faint that even he did not notice it.
After passing through more than ten branching paths in succession, the scene before Yu Tianlin suddenly opened up.
Ahead was the widest cave Yu Tianlin had seen since coming down. The ceiling was adorned with countless inverted ice cones, making the place look incredibly magnificent.
But none of that was important.
What was important was that Yu Tianlin felt a surge of life aura here.
"There's a Spirit Beast here?"
Yu Tianlin's heart stirred, and he stepped into the cave.
It could only be a Spirit Beast, he thought. There could not possibly be humans here. But even if it was a Spirit Beast, Yu Tianlin was not afraid.
After entering the cave, Yu Tianlin swept his gaze around and locked onto the entity emitting that life aura.
It was a plump worm, six meters long and one meter in diameter, lying motionless on a crystal clear, peculiar block of ice.
The Extreme North Land?
A large worm?
It was as if a bolt of lightning flashed through Yu Tianlin's mind, instantly making him recall something.
"Could this be the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm?"
Yu Tianlin stroked his chin and quickly rushed closer to observe.
He could see that this large worm was entirely jade white. On its plump body, eight peculiar golden patterns encircled it.
This was indeed the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. However, judging by the golden patterns on its body, its cultivation should still be around eight hundred thousand years, a considerable distance from one million years.
After confirming the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's identity, Yu Tianlin felt both amused and exasperated by his own good fortune.
Was his luck really this good? He had wandered randomly through this maze like ice cave and actually managed to find the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
In fact, how could a normal person have such good luck? Yu Tianlin had been able to find this place entirely because of that strange attraction influencing him. He simply had not noticed it.
As if sensing Yu Tianlin's gaze, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm wiggled its body. The pair of small golden eyes on its head slowly opened and met Yu Tianlin's gaze.
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had clearly been sleeping for too long and was still dazed. It only stared blankly at Yu Tianlin without any reaction.
Yu Tianlin was the first to move. Seeing the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm awaken, he immediately dragonized his arms and reached out to grab it.
Yu Tianlin's action finally made the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm react. After letting out a shriek, its plump body suddenly sprang up and quickly arched toward the cave entrance, clearly intending to escape.
Not only that, while escaping, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm also launched a mental force attack at Yu Tianlin.
However, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's mental force attack had no effect on Yu Tianlin. It did not even make him pause for a moment.
Although the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's mental force was vast in quantity, its quality was very ordinary. It was completely unable to shake Yu Tianlin's mind.
Seeing that its mental force attack was useless, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm still did not give up. With a flash of illusory light, its body suddenly vanished from the cave.
If it had been anyone else, they might have been fooled by the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's move. Unfortunately, it was facing Yu Tianlin.
"The Ice Silkworm clan's life saving technique, mimicry?"
Yu Tianlin instantly judged the situation. Without any hesitation, he spread his Domain.
Lightning enveloped the entire cave. At the spot where the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had just disappeared, its figure reappeared once more.
The so called mimicry distorted light through mental force to hide oneself while also blocking mental force detection. However, this kind of concealment was meaningless under the complete coverage of a Domain. It would be instantly exposed.
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