Chapter 3: Brother Tianmeng, I Desperately Want to Improve

Chapter 3: Brother Tianmeng, I Desperately Want to Improve

Some time later, Huo Yuhao came across a wooden sign. The writing on it roughly meant that he was only fifty li away from entering the Great Star Dou Forest.

Fifty li wasn't a long distance for Huo Yuhao. After all, people on the Douluo Continent had strong physiques. In the original story, Huo Yuhao started off as a mere Rank 10 soul master at just eleven years old, yet he could travel three hundred li in a single day on foot.

As everyone knew, one li equaled five hundred meters, while one kilometer equaled a thousand meters.

In other words, Rank 10 Huo Yuhao could walk 150 kilometers in a single day.

"Even though the Wind Baboon nearly killed a god in the original story, I am not the same Huo Yuhao. I'm mentally prepared for its arrival, and I also know how to use the White Tiger Dagger effectively.

"So there's no way the Wind Baboon is my match."

With confidence, he stepped into the Great Star Dou Forest. The so called White Tiger Dagger was a relic left to him by Huo Yun'er. It looked unremarkable, but in reality, it was a Grade 5 close combat soul tool.

The dagger came with an ability called Devour. As long as an attack wasn't beyond its absorption limit, the White Tiger Dagger could absorb it and convert it into offensive power, releasing it in the next strike.

That was how the original Huo Yuhao managed to turn the tide of battle and kill the Wind Baboon.

Of course, back then, Huo Yuhao was still young and didn't understand the dagger's true power. He had activated Devour purely by accident.

It wasn't until Chapter 287 in the original story that he fully realized the White Tiger Dagger's true abilities.

"This is the advantage of knowing the future."

As he walked through the Great Star Dou Forest, his eyes suddenly stung with pain, making him instinctively take a few steps back.

Even though he had yet to obtain a soul ring, his Spirit Eyes martial soul had powerful danger sensing abilities.

A shadow flashed by, and Huo Yuhao focused his gaze, spotting a baboon about a meter tall. It looked extremely ferocious. Unless he was mistaken, this had to be the Wind Baboon.

The Wind Baboon locked eyes with Huo Yuhao, a bloodthirsty glint flashing within them. With a roar, it lunged at him. Fortunately, Huo Yuhao had anticipated this, and by the time the Wind Baboon attacked, he had already stepped back causing its strike to miss completely.

The Wind Baboon launched another assault, but Huo Yuhao kept running. His goal was to provoke it as much as possible.

Sure enough, a few moments later, the Wind Baboon grew furious. It hastily spat out a white energy orb, but its aura weakened slightly as a result.

A smile crept onto Huo Yuhao's face. As the white orb hurtled toward him, he swung the White Tiger Dagger. The moment the dagger made contact with the energy orb, the attack vanished instantly.

Then, he slashed again, and a white energy orb shot out from the dagger, striking the Wind Baboon directly. The beast didn't even have time to let out a final cry before it died on the spot.

With a heavy thud, the Wind Baboon collapsed, and a white soul ring slowly emerged from its corpse.

"As expected of the White Tiger Dagger."

Huo Yuhao grinned but didn't even consider absorbing the Wind Baboon's soul ring. Instead, he patiently waited for Tianmeng Iceworm to arrive.

After all, the Wind Baboon's soul ring was white completely useless. There was no comparison between it and the soul ring that Tianmeng Iceworm would provide.

Soon, an excited voice rang out.

"Finally! A human with a spiritual attribute! If I could cry, I'd be bawling right now!"

As the voice echoed, cracks formed in the ground, and the air temperature dropped sharply. Before long, a snow white, seven meter long ice worm with ten dazzling golden rings slithered out of the earth.

Without a doubt, this was the million year soul beast Tianmeng Iceworm.

The Iceworm slithered forward, staring at Huo Yuhao. Having just escaped from a group of terrifying beasts, it had no intention of going back. The human before it looked weak, but it had no other choice.

After all, I'm being chased! If I don't make a move soon, I'll be dragged back!

Thinking of those greedy beasts, Tianmeng Iceworm nearly wanted to cry.

"And you are…?" Huo Yuhao feigned extreme wariness.

"Let me introduce myself! I am the one and only million year soul beast on the Douluo Continent Tianmeng Iceworm! The embodiment of justice, beauty, and wisdom! Worshipped by thousands of soul beasts! Since you're younger than me, you can call me Brother Tianmeng!" the Iceworm declared proudly.

"A million year soul beast? That strong? You're not tricking me, are you? There's no way a million year soul beast exists," Huo Yuhao exclaimed, eyes wide in disbelief.

"Why would I lie to you?! I'm an honorable soul beast! I never deceive humans! If you don't believe me, go ask the other beasts!"

Tianmeng Iceworm sounded a little annoyed. Halfway through its rant, it seemed to realize something was off. Its gaze fell on Huo Yuhao.

"Forget it, let's cut to the chase. Long story short, I want to become your spiritual soul ring. This is a great opportunity for you! I'll explain more later don't worry, I won't harm you!"

"Wait, what are you trying to do?" Huo Yuhao instinctively took a few steps back, feigning panic. But deep inside, he was thrilled.

Becoming Tianmeng Iceworm's host would give him huge benefits.

But… what if the Iceworm saw his past life memories?

Suddenly, he realized this was a serious problem. Although becoming his spiritual soul ring meant they would share their fates, Huo Yuhao really didn't want anyone to see his past life memories.

On instinct, he manipulated his spiritual sea. A brilliant golden light flickered, and a wave of clarity surged through his mind he realized that by controlling this golden energy, he could seal his memories.

So, he directed the golden light, and instantly, his memories were locked away. Unless he chose otherwise, no one could access them.

"Wait… the original Huo Yuhao never had this ability at the start. Could it be because I'm a transmigrator? Did my spiritual power mutate due to living two lives? Is this golden light a result of that? No… this doesn't feel right. Could my transmigration have some deeper reason?"

He was puzzled, but there was no time to dwell on it. The priority was to let Tianmeng Iceworm become his soul ring as soon as possible. His gaze returned to the Iceworm.

Hurry up, Brother Tianmeng! I desperately want to improve!

"Hehehe, I'm coming in! Don't worry it won't hurt too much!" Tianmeng Iceworm transformed into a beam of light, surging toward Huo Yuhao. Its immense spiritual power spread outward as it merged with him.

Just then, a deafening thunderclap sounded, followed by a surge of gray mist rushing toward Huo Yuhao. A deep, ancient voice echoed

"Grasp the sun and moon, pluck the stars there is none like me in this world!"

"What the hell? Who dares try to steal my host?!" Tianmeng Iceworm panicked and sped up its fusion with Huo Yuhao.

In an instant, it entered Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea.

A spirit formed version of Huo Yuhao appeared within the spiritual sea.

"Strange… why can't I see your memories? That's not right at all," Tianmeng Iceworm muttered in confusion.

(End of chapter.) 

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