"Holding the sun and moon in my hands, plucking the stars from the sky—there is no one like me in this world!"
"I never thought that a wisp of my remnant soul would still remain."
A faint, blurry figure emerged in the air, its ancient voice carrying an indescribable authority.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, who was in the process of merging with Huo Yuhao, turned its small golden eyes upward, looking at the sky.
Its eyes immediately filled with shock and confusion. Clearly, the oppressive atmosphere in the sky had nothing to do with it and was beyond its understanding.
After the figure spoke, it transformed into a gray stream of energy, descending toward Huo Yuhao on the ground.
"Now's the time!"
"Second Spirit Skill: Soul Replacement!"
Jiang Jue whispered under his breath, and a purple thousand-year spirit ring suddenly lit up. His figure vanished like a bubble, disappearing in an instant.
On a thick branch of a tree beside Huo Yuhao, the Soul Devouring Crow, which had flown into the Star Dou Forest earlier, stood motionless. However, it had already been knocked unconscious by the spiritual shock.
Suddenly, the crow's crimson eyes lit up, and the space around it rippled slightly.
Jiang Jue's figure instantly appeared, while the crow's figure appeared where Jiang Jue had been standing moments ago.
"Huh? This human is also a spiritual-type spirit master. How did he suddenly appear here?"
Inside Huo Yuhao's mind, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm looked at Jiang Jue in surprise, its small eyes filled with confusion.
During its spiritual shock, it had been fully aware of everything in the surroundings and had naturally noticed Jiang Jue.
However, at that time, Jiang Jue had been hundreds of meters away from Huo Yuhao. Combined with its confidence in its spiritual shock, it hadn't paid much attention.
As for the crow on the tree beside Huo Yuhao, it had no aura at all, so Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had assumed it was just an ordinary spirit beast.
In the Star Dou Forest, spirit beasts were everywhere, so the presence of the Soul Devouring Crow on the tree didn't seem out of place.
"But why is this human's spiritual power and physical strength so high? They far surpass those of spirit masters at the same level."
"Oh no, I invested too early…"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm sighed as it looked at Huo Yuhao's soul form beside it. Comparing the two, it felt like it had made a poor choice.
But now that it had already merged with Huo Yuhao, there was no way to change things.
Jiang Jue, of course, had no time to care about what Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was thinking. He jumped down from the tree branch and landed beside the unconscious Huo Yuhao. In his hand, he held a piece of emerald-green Life Gold, radiating a rich life energy.
"Huh? Life Gold?"
The gray stream of energy emitted a surprised voice from within.
Immediately, the stream changed direction, heading toward the Life Gold in Jiang Jue's hand.
However, just as it was about to land on the Life Gold, Jiang Jue swiftly put it away.
The gray stream suddenly halted, as if caught off guard.
Electrolux: "?"
Look at you, so impatient.
The tension on Jiang Jue's face disappeared, replaced by a confident smile.
The moment Electrolux turned and drifted toward him, Jiang Jue knew he had succeeded.
Electrolux, now reduced to a wisp of unstable divine consciousness, needed a place to nurture his soul. Life Gold was the perfect choice.
The gray stream of energy smoothly looped around and shot straight toward Jiang Jue's forehead.
The gray energy didn't physically touch his forehead but instead seamlessly passed through it, entering Jiang Jue's spiritual sea.
Within Jiang Jue's spiritual sea, spiritual energy flowed endlessly, covered by a layer of green life energy, like a living spring, brimming with vitality.
After arriving here, the gray stream transformed into a small gray bead, about the size of a soybean, and then fell silent.
Jiang Jue smirked, glanced at Huo Yuhao still lying on the ground, and then activated his soul power, swiftly moving toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest.
Electrolux had been successfully snatched away!
"Oh no, Yuhao, did that person just now see us merging?"
"Brother Tianmeng, I was completely focused on the merging process and didn't notice anything outside."
Huo Yuhao replied helplessly, though he was inwardly ecstatic. He had thought he would only be able to absorb a ten-year Wind Baboon spirit ring, but now he had gained a million-year intelligent spirit ring.
This feeling was too surreal.
His plan to avenge his mother was becoming more and more promising.
"He probably didn't see, he probably didn't see…"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm comforted itself in Huo Yuhao's mind.
As Jiang Jue made his way out of the forest, he happened to run into Tang Ya and Bei Bei, who were searching for Huo Yuhao.
However, Jiang Jue didn't stop, brushing past them without a word.
"Bei Bei, why did you suddenly stop?"
"That person who just passed by felt a bit strange…"
Bei Bei narrowed his eyes. When Jiang Jue had brushed past him, he had felt a strange sense of resistance, though he couldn't quite put his finger on why.
Even though it was their first meeting.
"Don't worry about that person. Let's hurry and find Yuhao."
Tang Ya grabbed Bei Bei's hand and quickly ran deeper into the forest.
"Teacher Tang Ya, slow down a bit."
…
Jiang Jue didn't stop until he had left the Star Dou Forest.
When he had passed by Bei Bei earlier, his Soul Refining Banner had stirred slightly, giving him a sense of resistance.
"Is this the natural conflict between spirit types?"
Bei Bei's spirit was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, which also carried a portion of the Holy Light Dragon's bloodline.
Jiang Jue, on the other hand, had an evil spirit, and a spiritual-type one at that. Spirit masters with lightning or light attributes were somewhat naturally opposed to him.
"But it's fine. This problem will be solved soon."
Jiang Jue glanced at the small gray bead in his spiritual sea, thinking to himself.
Electrolux, aside from being the Death Holy Necromancer and the Calamity of the Undead, also had another title: the Child of Light.
Despite being a light mage, he had delved into necromancy and succeeded, forging a new path.
If you tried to use light to counter his undead, you'd find that he understood light better than you did. How could you possibly win?
"Since you're living in my spiritual sea, it's only fair that you pay some rent, right?"
With this thought, Jiang Jue actively channeled the life energy in his spiritual sea, causing green specks of light to gather around the small gray bead.
At first, the bead didn't react, but as the life energy grew denser, it began to tremble slightly, absorbing bits of the green light with each movement.
Jiang Jue smiled and withdrew from his spiritual sea.
This "Electrolux Snatching" operation had been planned for a long time, and now it had been successfully completed.
The key to this success, aside from the Life Gold, was his second spirit skill: Soul Replacement.
This skill allowed him to instantly swap places with any spirit beast released from his Soul Refining Banner within a thousand meters.
This skill was incredibly useful, whether in combat or for escaping, as it relied on the element of surprise.
That's why he had initially sent the Soul Devouring Crow into the forest with the eighth-level concealment spirit tool, while he followed Huo Yuhao from a distance.
(End of Chapter)