"Ah~ I am a 990,000-year-old peerless ferocious beast. You really aren't afraid?"
Seeing Shui Wuhen charging at him, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm completely panicked. This wasn't how the script was supposed to go!
Did this human not know fear?
"No good, it seems I can only use that move!"
With that thought, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm immediately mobilized his massive spiritual power and pressed it toward Shui Wuhen's direction.
In the next moment, Shui Wuhen's movements suddenly halted, his blade stopping just a few centimeters away from the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, which gave it a huge shock.
Just a little more—he would have died under Shui Wuhen's blade.
Although the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was a 990,000-year existence, due to his species, his physical body was extremely weak. Even a ten-thousand-year soul beast could tear his body apart.
Moreover, his 990,000 years of cultivation were accumulated through massive amounts of Ten Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow rather than surviving even a single heavenly tribulation. As a result, his overall strength was also extremely lacking.
Although he possessed enormous energy and spiritual power, he could not use them effectively, and he did not even have any real offensive abilities.
Thus, not to mention ten-thousand-year soul beasts, even slightly stronger ten-thousand-year soul beasts would require great effort for him to deal with.
In fact, even including his spiritual power, his actual combat strength was only at the level of an ordinary fifty- to sixty-thousand-year soul beast—barely comparable to a seventy-thousand-year soul beast.
Otherwise, after arriving in the Star Dou Forest, he would not have been easily captured by a ten-thousand-year soul beast. Only after breaking through to over 100,000 years and gaining ten-thousand-year-level combat power did he manage to seize an opportunity to escape.
After the shock, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm showed a proud expression. "Heh heh! Now you know how powerful I am, right? I didn't want to do this, you forced my hand."
"Is that so?"
However, at that moment, the light in Shui Wuhen's eyes suddenly returned.
In an instant, his blade moved again. Fifteen dazzling streaks of saber light appeared, and together with Shui Wuhen himself, they pierced straight through the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's body.
"How is this possible? Weren't you suppressed by my spiritual power?"
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm forced himself to turn around, looking at Shui Wuhen with confusion.
Shui Wuhen stood with his blade in hand, calmly glancing at him. "Your spiritual power is indeed very strong. Under normal circumstances, that attack just now would have shattered my spirit, or even wiped me out completely.
But your usage is far too crude. You directly pressed it over so loosely that not even one percent of its true power was utilized."
In truth, Shui Wuhen was also slightly shaken. The scale of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual power had completely refreshed his understanding.
As he said, if the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm could properly use his spiritual power—even without any deep refinement—it would be enough to sweep through most Titled Douluo.
And his own spiritual power, though far beyond his peers, still absolutely could not withstand that level of spiritual impact.
But there are no "ifs" in the world. The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm did not know how to properly use spiritual power, and that sealed his fate.
"Heh, I see now!"
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm gave a self-mocking laugh. Even with 990,000 years of cultivation, he was still just a useless existence after all.
It was just a pity… he would never see Bingbing again.
The next moment, his body began to crack apart, breaking into more than ten segments that slowly fell. At the wounds, a layer of ice-blue frost quickly formed.
Immediately after, specks of red mixed with white-golden light floated out from his corpse, gradually condensing into a spirit ring that was deep crimson overall, with faint white-golden patterns.
Shui Wuhen stared at the strange spirit ring and rubbed his chin. "So this is a ferocious beast spirit ring beyond the level of ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beasts?"
From the moment the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm used that massive spiritual force to suppress him, Shui Wuhen already knew this was not an ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beast. No normal ten-thousand-year soul beast could possess such overwhelming spiritual power.
As for whether it was truly, as he claimed, a 990,000-year peerless ferocious beast—that was uncertain. Shui Wuhen leaned more toward the idea that it was a bluff meant to intimidate him.
After all, if it truly were a 990,000-year soul beast, its combat ability would be far too weak. Being slain by a mere Soul Emperor was practically a disgrace among beings of that level.
Suddenly, Shui Wuhen's eyes lit up. He walked to the head of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and dug out a glowing object.
This spirit bone took the form of a crown. It was jade-white in color, adorned with golden threads between the crown ridges. Its light was gentle yet dazzling, far surpassing the earlier Spiritual Condensation Wisdom Skull that Shui Wuhen had obtained.
"A spirit bone—and a head spirit bone at that!"
Shui Wuhen was slightly excited. Head spirit bones are second only to external spirit bones in rarity and value. Although this ice silkworm's combat strength was poor, its age was genuine. This was at least a 200,000-year head spirit bone.
Moreover, he remembered that the ice silkworm possessed ice and spiritual attributes. The ice attribute matched his own perfectly, while the spiritual attribute was the most suitable for a head spirit bone—truly the best of the best.
Without any hesitation, Shui Wuhen used ice and snow to construct an ice mountain to conceal the surroundings, then began absorbing the spirit bone.
Spirit bones differ from spirit rings; they can be absorbed at any level without side effects. Thus, even though the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was at least a 200,000-year existence, he still dared to absorb it.
In the next moment, the white jade-gold crown spirit bone floated up, hovering above Shui Wuhen's head. White-golden energy flowed out from it, slowly merging into his head.
Shui Wuhen only felt a wave of coolness spread through him, leaving him refreshed. At the same time, his spiritual sea began to rapidly expand under the enhancement of the Heavenly Dream spirit bone.
Although the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was weak in combat, his years were real. The pure spiritual power accumulated over 990,000 years now became Shui Wuhen's nourishment, being refined and absorbed.
Two times… three times… four times…
In this way, Shui Wuhen's spiritual sea continued to expand, eventually becoming more than ten times larger than before. Perhaps due to the spirit bone, his spiritual sea also faintly took on a white-golden hue, becoming even more stable.
As the jade-white golden crown fully merged into his head, Shui Wuhen awakened.
Opening his eyes, a trace of ice-blue light appeared within them, while his pupils turned white-gold, giving him an aura of divine depth.
After a moment, the abnormality in his eyes faded, and he turned his gaze toward the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's corpse, a hint of surprise flashing across his face.
"This spirit ring is still here."