Chapter 11: Soul Spirit Covenant, Bear Lord
Moreover, the power displayed by the mysterious powerhouse before him was worthy of his full assistance.
"Soul Spirit Covenant... the path of symbiosis... Brilliant! This concept aligns perfectly with the supreme laws of soul origin symbiosis! I have spent my entire life studying the soul, yet I never expected to witness such an ingenious idea today! Furthermore, having been saved by Your Excellency's divine power, I, this old man, accept this task!" Electrolux's voice carried a hint of excitement, the fervor of a researcher encountering a brand-new subject.
"Very well."
Lin Yu nodded with satisfaction and turned his gaze back toward the ground, emitting an unquestionable majesty:
"Big worm, did you hear that? This is your only, and best, choice. Become a Soul Spirit, grow in symbiosis, and in the future, you may ascend to godhood alongside him. Otherwise..."
Lin Yu did not finish the sentence, but his previously silent yet now even more terrifying dark-gold Dragon Might enveloped the cave where the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was hiding like a physical weight. The silkworm's bloated body stiffened instantly; it felt as though it would be crushed into fine powder by that invisible force in the very next second!
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's mental ripples trembled violently. An "Intelligent Soul Ring" was the life-saving method it had come up with, but this "Soul Spirit" thing sounded even better?
Besides, the soul aura of that grey old man, Electrolux, felt unfathomably deep, and the golden-eyed youth in front of it made its very soul shudder!
Resist? Its million-year career as a "salted fish" had taught it one great truth: if you can't beat them, join them! Grab onto the thickest leg available!
"Wait! Bro—no, I agree! I agree to be a Soul Spirit!"
Tianmeng's mental thoughts carried a sob and a sense of desperate urgency:
"Great Boss! Grey-clothed Boss! Start quickly! Bro—I mean, this little brother will cooperate fully! Little Brother Huo, from now on, Bro will cover you... uh, I mean, we are brothers now! We'll roam the continent together, pick up all the—no, achieve godhood together!"
Huo Yuhao: "..."
The personality of this Soul Spirit senior seems a bit... unique?
Lin Yu's lips twitched slightly; he wasn't surprised by Tianmeng's "understanding of the situation." He looked at Electrolux's phantom and Huo Yuhao:
"Begin, Elder Yi. I'll leave it to you. Yuhao, open your mind and cooperate fully."
Electrolux's phantom nodded solemnly within Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness. He slowly raised his mental staff, and his mouth began to chant ancient, obscure incantations.
Grey runes containing the profound mysteries of the cycle of life and death began to emerge, constructing an incredibly intricate covenant formation.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's massive mental core, carrying a hint of trepidation and immense anticipation, proactively detached from its physical body underground. It transformed into a brilliant stream of white light, surging into Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness to merge with the grey covenant formation...
Lin Yu stood with his hands behind his back, quietly standing guard. Deep within his golden eyes, a flash of imperceptible satisfaction flickered.
The Tianmeng Soul Spirit was the key to skyrocketing Huo Yuhao's mental power, and more importantly, it was the perfect "wiretap" to plant next to Tang San's future son-in-law.
As for Electrolux—the Holy Necromancer who, at his peak, was enough to rival a First-Class God or even touch the realm of a God-King—awakening and subduing him early meant that once he recovered his strength, he would be a vital trump card for Lin Yu's confrontation with the Divine Realm, specifically against Tang San! His mastery of soul laws would be of incalculable value in the god-wars that might erupt in the future.
The Far North... once things here are settled, it will be time to meet those three Heavens.
Lin Yu's gaze seemed to pierce the canopy of the Star Dou Great Forest, looking toward the eternal frozen kingdom at the northern tip of the continent. The second step of building his own team was about to unfold.
Just as Lin Yu was preparing to lead Huo Yuhao—whose Sea of Consciousness was now completely transformed—out of the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest's core zone, a fierce, domineering aura descended like a physical mountain!
Heavy footsteps made the ground tremble slightly. The branches of ancient trees swayed without wind, emitting rustling moans.
A massive figure, large as a small hill, brutally crashed through the layers of giant trees and appeared before the two of them.
It stood over ten meters tall, its entire body covered in dark-gold fur. Each strand looked as if it were forged from refined steel, glinting with a cold, hard luster under the light filtering through the trees.
A pair of enormous eyes like copper bells were pure dark-gold, filled with the desire for tyranny and destruction. Malignant light radiated from them as they locked onto Lin Yu and Huo Yuhao. A pair of giant bear paws hung by its sides, with sharp claw blades several meters long that shimmered with a cold light capable of easily tearing through metal. Every breath carried a scorching air current that blew the fallen leaves off the ground.
It was the sixth-ranked among the Ten Great Savage Beasts, known for its ultimate strength and destructive power: the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear King, the Bear Lord!
Its huge nostrils twitched violently a few times, greedily and wildly sniffing the pure, massive mental aura lingering in the air—the unique scent of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
"ROAR—!"
A violent roar shook Huo Yuhao's eardrums so hard they pained, and his blood surged. The Bear Lord's dark-gold pupils swept over Lin Yu and Huo Yuhao before finally fixing on them. Its voice rolled like muffled thunder, filled with contempt and greed:
"Humans! The scent of that fat worm Tianmeng disappeared here! Speak! Did you hide it? Or... have you already eaten it? Hand it over! Otherwise, this King will tear you into pieces and chew even your bone fragments to dust!"
Inside Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness:
"AAAAAHHHH!!! It's over, it's over, it's over!! It's the Bear Lord! It's that maniac Bear Lord!!"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had just been immersed in the beautiful fantasy of becoming a Soul Spirit and looking toward the future. Now, that ball of white mental light shrank significantly, rolling and screaming frantically in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, filled with endless despair and terror.
"Yuhao! Little Ancestor! Run! No, we can't run! This is the sixth-ranked star of calamity among the Ten Great Savage Beasts! Four hundred thousand years of cultivation! Even Big Brother Di Tian is wary of those claws! We're dead meat! Wuwuwu... Bro hasn't even become a god and he's going to turn into bear dung!"
Huo Yuhao's face turned deathly pale.
The Bear Lord's terrifying ferocity hit him like a physical tsunami. Just the locking of its aura made him feel as if his body were being crushed by a ten-thousand-ton boulder; his bones were groaning, and he could barely breathe. He instinctively wanted to retreat, but found his legs as heavy as lead.
This was the pressure of a top-tier Savage Beast! It was a hundred times more terrifying than any Soul Master or soul beast he had ever seen! He had no doubt that if his Master weren't standing in front of him, he would have been crushed into meat paste by this pure, violent pressure in the first instant!
However, the figure standing before him—Lin Yu—seemed completely unaffected by this ferocious might that would strike fear into a Titled Douluo.
Not only was Lin Yu not nervous at all, but he was actually looking up and down at the massive, aggressive Bear Lord with great interest. His gaze was like someone evaluating an object—part curiosity, part playfulness, and even mixed with a hint of imperceptible disgust?
"Tsk," Lin Yu uttered.