The light flowing inside the sphere grew faster and faster. Just as Jiang Hao was filled with despair, a terrifying energy burst forth from the interior enveloped by the light.

The light suddenly became chaotic, and in the blink of an eye, a slit thinner than a newborn kitten's fur appeared. Jiang Hao instantly peered through that slit and locked onto the caterpillar inside!

As the terrifying energy erupted, blasting Jiang Hao away, Xiao Shi, who was closest, lost his invincible aura and was now tumbling uncontrollably in the air. Despair filled the faces of the others; some closed their eyes, while others were already being swept away by the turbulent air currents…

These scenes, like slow-motion moments in a movie, filled the corner of Jiang Hao's eye. As for the invincible protective shield around his body, it had already disappeared when that immense force sent him flying.

Jiang Hao, who was in mid-air, finally swung his staff down.

Then his entire body was slammed heavily onto the ice, making his bones feel like they were falling apart. His whole body felt heavy and sore, and the immense inertia propelled him to slide for over a hundred meters on the ice.

Jiang Hao gritted his teeth and climbed up from the ice. He saw that Yun Xinghe, who had been keeping his eyes closed, had opened them in relief. Luo Zai, who had been thrown away by the terrifying energy, had also lost his invincible shield, but he was in much better condition than Jiang Hao and had already stood up. Zhu Lin cast a spell shield for Jiang Hao from a distance, then followed the others and looked up at the caterpillar in the sky.

The moment Jiang Hao waved his staff, the caterpillar was pulled out of the sphere of light. The violent energy explosion also ceased at that instant. Only Xiao Shi, Jiang Hao, and Luo Zai, who were nearby, were hit by a small wave of the explosion; their invincible shields were shattered, and their bodies were thrown away. The others, however, were completely unaffected.

The moment the caterpillar was pulled out, the egg-sized ball of light vanished. More than four seconds had passed since the caterpillar was pulled out. Jiang Hao sighed inwardly, "You guys are really fearless!" He immediately raised his staff and swung it down at the caterpillar in mid-air once more.

The caterpillar appeared beneath Jiang Hao's staff. This time, without the obstruction of the ball of light, Jiang Hao easily pulled it over.

Only then did it get a clear look at the caterpillar in front of it—no, it looked more like a colorful, bald… ice silkworm!

Even when it was dizzy, the two pink and blue antennae on its round head were still waving incessantly.

Its entire body can be divided into six sections, as if it were formed by compressing six spheres. The four middle sections of the body are compressed into ovals, the sphere at the head is round and large, and the sphere at the tail is a little small and flat, as if it has been slightly squeezed downwards.

They're almost too cute!

With its elegant pink and blue colors, Jiang Hao believed that if some dolls were made in its likeness, they would definitely be snapped up by girls in the Rabbit Kingdom!

Little Shit had already slipped over early in the morning, its tiny body hovering beside the ice silkworm monster. It observed the ice silkworm without moving. Jiang Hao could even sense its excitement.

To Jiang Hao's surprise, the first one to arrive among his teammates wasn't Sun Zhi, who had the highest agility, but the priest Zhu Lin. After running over, she actually squatted down in front of the Ice Silkworm and stared at it with Xiao Shi, her eyes already sparkling.

She didn't even glance at the little poop she had been so eager to touch. She had completely forgotten the torment and danger she had endured.

Ah, women!

Jiang Hao actually quite liked the Ice Silkworm's cute appearance. However, he hadn't forgotten how deadly the seemingly harmless Ice Silkworm could be!

Jiang Hao tentatively cast a detection spell, and unsurprisingly, just like with Xiao Shi, all the information he received was three small question marks.

Well, another one that wasn't recorded in the Spirit Ruins!

The other teammates ran over one after another. After satisfying everyone's desire to watch, Jiang Hao launched a brutal attack on the ice silkworm under the staff.

He swung the staff, leaving afterimages, which made Zhu Lin's face show heartache.

After attacking for nearly ten seconds, the Ice Silkworm's body went limp and it fell onto the ice. Zhu Lin, watching this, was almost moved to tears.

Yun Xinghe's Heavenly Eye was now fully open. Jiang Hao saw that the extreme cold, more than 10,000 kilometers away, had stopped spreading, and all the ice formed by the fog was slowly melting. The fog, which stretched for hundreds of thousands of kilometers, was gradually thinning and dissipating.

For a moment, the entire vast universe fell silent.

Suddenly, Qiu Si burst into loud sobs.

Jiang Hao looked at him in confusion, only to find that the guy's face was pale and his whole body was trembling, as if he had been greatly frightened.

Everyone else was also puzzled.

Much later, Qiu Si, sobbing, murmured to Jiang Hao, "Captain... Captain... I... I'm scared. I didn't even dare... didn't dare touch the corpses of those... those monsters!"

Looking at the teenager in front of him, Jiang Hao recalled how nimbly he had sliced ​​open the monster's corpse, how his legs trembled as he entered the mist, how he had declared his intention to continue advancing at every decision, and how, in his weakest and most critical moment, he had said, "Five minutes! Captain, my invincibility lasts five minutes!"

Jiang Hao was confused.

Is Qiu Si brave or cowardly?

If he was timid, why did he act so bravely after entering the woods?

If he was brave, why did he make such a statement at the end of the battle?

Jiang Hao was truly lost.

Why is there such a huge difference between a person's truest thoughts and what they actually express?

What gave a coward the courage to forge ahead?

Jiang Hao pulled Qiu Si up from the ice, hugged him tightly, pressed his hand against Qiu Si's head, and whispered, "Child, you did a great job. You were much braver than me! Without you, we would all be dead. You saved everyone and gave us the courage to move forward. This is much greater than killing one or two monsters!"

Qiu Si straightened up, looking puzzled, as if observing whether Jiang Hao was lying.

Jiang Hao spread his hands and said, "Actually, I don't dare touch the corpses of those magical beasts! But that can't stop me from killing them, right?"

Qiu Si chuckled, wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve, and nodded solemnly to Jiang Hao.

Yun Xinghe smiled and shook his head, seemingly quite satisfied with Qiu Si.

A gnoll army of nearly 5 million is fighting a Warcraft army led by a little foodie tens of thousands of kilometers away.

Jiang Hao wasn't in a hurry to go over, because he still needed to revive the Ice Silkworm!