Chapter 4: Tianmeng Ice Silkworm: "Will we win?"
Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger!
Legend has it that an Evil God descended upon a White Tiger, causing it to mutate. Not only was the White Tiger's original light attribute completely twisted into ultimate darkness, but it also grew black wings representing depravity, and an Evil God Hook like a scorpion's tail.
The strength of this Soul Beast completely defied common sense.
With only ten thousand years of cultivation, it was enough to contend head-on with an ordinary hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
However, its tyrannical nature of cultivating by devouring other Soul Beasts also made it a public enemy of Soul Beasts. Once it appeared, it would inevitably be frantically besieged by all Soul Beasts in the area.
Therefore, there was a consensus in both the Soul Beast World and the Soul Master World.
Once the 蹤跡 of a Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger is discovered, it must be strangled at all costs before it grows up!
Even a thousand-year-level Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger is extremely rare, and this one in front of them... has clearly steadily entered the ten-thousand-year level!
Bei Bei immediately shielded Tang Ya tightly behind him, his face so grim it looked as if water might drip from it.
Then he roared to Lin Xuan in an extremely fast voice,
"It's a Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger! A top-tier Soul Beast rumored to possess the bloodline of an Evil God! Invincible among its peers, and even capable of challenging those above its level!"
"And it has extremely high intelligence and is inherently bloodthirsty! Judging by its aura, it's definitely over ten thousand years old! There's no way we can escape, its speed far surpasses ours! Now, the three of us can only fight to the death together; perhaps there's a slim chance of survival!"
Lin Xuan nodded silently; he knew better than Bei Bei how powerful this Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger was.
However, at this critical moment, just as the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger was about to cast its greedy gaze upon the three of them.
Another anomaly occurred!
A vast, pure mental force, like an ocean, descended without warning!
This cold current, like absolute zero, instantly swept across the entire area.
The fear and determination on Bei Bei's and Tang Ya's faces instantly froze.
The World seemed to have pressed the pause button.
Their eyes lost their luster, their bodies maintained their last posture, like insects frozen in amber, their consciousness plunged into absolute stagnation.
However, Lin Xuan was an exception; he could clearly feel that he could still move.
This mental force? Could it be... the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm?!
The next moment, Lin Xuan saw a brilliant golden light shining through the cracks in the ground, not far ahead, which had been shattered by the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's power.
Immediately after, a round, plump, crystal-clear silkworm-shaped Soul Beast with ten golden ring-shaped patterns on its body struggled to squeeze out of the crack, still covered in a bit of mud.
Its small eyes darted around. First, it glanced with lingering fear at the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger in the distance, which was motionless due to the mental force freezing but still exuding terrifying malevolence, and cursed under its breath,
"Bah! Bad luck! Seriously bad luck! Why is it this jinx chasing me?! I almost became its snack!"
Then it put on a mournful face, large tears rolling from the corners of its eyes, and looked at Lin Xuan, the only one still awake in the field, its tone full of endless grievance and helplessness,
"Ahhh! No choice! No time! Why are there only three of you in this cursed place?! And not a single one with a mental attribute! Not a single one!!"
Its glittering golden eyes swept over Lin Xuan again and again. Finally, it sobbed and shouted with a tragic determination, as if breaking an arm to save a life,
"Forget it, forget it! Among the short, pick the tallest! You're it! Kid, although your aura is messy, and there's a sinister smell that makes Big Bro uncomfortable..."
"But you're the strongest here! You're getting a bargain! Big Bro's hundred-year plan... Wuwuwu..."
As it spoke, its vast mental origin transformed into an incomparably brilliant golden torrent, rushing towards Lin Xuan's glabella with a resentful emotion of "I've lost big time!"
Lin Xuan stood still, the corners of his mouth twitching uncontrollably a few times.
Looking at the surging golden mental torrent, and then glancing at the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger not far away, whose fierce eyes had already locked onto him despite being briefly affected... his mood at this moment was truly hard to describe in words.
To say it was good, the long-awaited Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, before he even had a chance to find Huo Yuhao, had actually "delivered itself" in such a coincidental manner.
To say it was bad... this guy not only chose him out of "helplessness" and by "picking the tallest among the short ones."
It also attracted this peerless fiend, the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger!
Just as he was thinking, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's surprised cry suddenly echoed in his mind.
"Holy crap! What's going on with your spiritual sea?! This sea of blood! These mountains of corpses! And these giant bones?! Are you the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger, or is the one outside?! Are you even human, kid?!"
"Eh? Wait, you actually have Twin Martial Souls? You can summon the shadows of ten Soul Beasts? And this shrine, more evil than evil can be, kid, what is your origin?"
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm became more and more alarmed the more it looked. An eleven-year-old bone age, thirty-two Soul Power, and a third Soul Ring almost reaching ten thousand years.
Most importantly, those two strange Martial Souls, each more mysterious than the last, and this spiritual sea. If it weren't certain that this kid was human, it would have thought he was a hundred-thousand-year Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger that had cultivated again.
"Looking at it this way... I guess Big Bro's choice isn't so bad? Anyway, I'm a Soul Beast, I don't care if you're evil or not, as long as your talent is strong enough!"
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm chuckled.
"Hey, little bug, you've said so much, but you haven't said who you are, have you?"
Lin Xuan said indifferently. Although the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had delivered itself, he couldn't feel happy at all right now.
"Little bug? You dare to call Big Bro a little bug?!"
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm wriggled frantically in the spiritual sea, furious.
"Big Bro is unprecedented, unparalleled, handsome and dashing, romantic and suave..."
"Get to the point," Lin Xuan's voice was calm.
"Hmph! Ignorant kid!"
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm snorted arrogantly, then resumed its smug tone,
"Since you've asked so sincerely, Big Bro will mercifully tell you!"
"Listen up! Big Bro is that peerless powerhouse, unprecedented and never to be surpassed, who cultivated for a million years, is unique through the ages, fought several hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts for a thousand years without falling behind, and possesses both beauty and strength, wisdom and power!"
"Tianmeng Ice Silkworm!"
It recited this long string of titles in one breath, expecting gasps or adoration.
Lin Xuan was silent for two seconds.
"Understood, little bug."
"You—!!!"
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm almost choked on this reaction,
"Hey! Kid! Aren't you excited? Not thrilled? Big Bro is a million-year Soul Beast! Big Bro chose you! Do you know what that means?"
"It means Big Bro can give you a wisdom spirit ring! Help you become a peerless powerhouse! Allow you to have ten hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings! Ten! Do you understand what that concept is?!"
Its voice was full of temptation, trying to awaken the appropriate fanaticism in this overly calm young man.
Lin Xuan still showed no change in expression, merely saying indifferently,
"I want it, of course I want it. Ten hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, who wouldn't want them?"
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm just showed a "that's more like it" expression.
Lin Xuan's next sentence made it freeze,
"But the problem now is, how do we survive from the mouth of the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger? Your mental force won't hold it for much longer."
"Uh..."
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's momentum immediately deflated, and its voice became weak,
"W-well... Big Bro was only focused on escaping at the time. If I didn't find a place to hide, I would have been eaten by it... How, how could I have thought of so many follow-ups..."
It was also in despair! The plan wasn't supposed to be like this!
Lin Xuan sighed inwardly.
"Forget it, in the end, I still have to fight for my life."
He paused, then continued,
"I still have a trump card."
"Really?!"
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm instantly perked up, as if grasping a life-saving straw, and quickly asked,
"How strong is it? Can it deal with that big guy outside?"
"It can, but against the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger, it might be a bit tricky."
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm pressed,
"Will we win?"
Hearing this, Lin Xuan was stunned. He couldn't help but recall his previous life, when Yuji Itadori had asked him the same question before he went to fight Sukuna.
Now, he gave the same answer as he did then.
"Win your mother."