With Kong Deming personally escorting him, the master and disciple hid their tracks and sped along the way.
In just a single day, they had crossed thousands of miles and arrived safely at the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Looking from afar, the entire Star Dou Great Forest resembled a dark green behemoth stretching between heaven and earth.
Rolling mountains were covered by an endless expanse of ancient trees and dense forests.
Towering trees rose from the ground, their branches reaching straight into the clouds.
Layers of leaves intertwined, almost blotting out the entire sky.
Intermingled within was the primitive wildness and danger unique to a forest of Spirit Beasts.
From deep within the forest, deafening roars of Spirit Beasts echoed from time to time, the waves of sound rolling and making one's heart tremble.
Even with Kong Deming guarding him from the side, Xu Tianhao did not dare to underestimate the place in the slightest.
After landing, Kong Deming immediately put away his flying spirit tool.
Then, he raised his hand to set up a simple hidden spirit power barrier, completely masking the aura around the two of them.
Ensuring they would not be noticed by low-level Spirit Beasts wandering the outskirts or unknown forces spying in the shadows.
He turned to look at Xu Tianhao beside him: "Tianhao, we have arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest. According to the intelligence your elder brother gave, there are three locations where the Silver Hero Beast has appeared within the last six months."
"They are Withered Wood Ridge, Mist Hidden Valley, and Falling Star Stream. These three places will also be the focus of our search."
"The Silver Hero Beast is naturally cunning and alert, and it is on the verge of extinction, making its tracks hard to find. We must take it step by step; do not be impatient."
Xu Tianhao nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping across the endless dense forest before him, but he already had other plans in mind.
On the surface, he had come to find a Silver Hero Beast suitable for his fifth spirit ring.
But in reality, his attention was focused on that million-year Spirit Beast hidden deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, the one who hid to the extreme—the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
He knew very well that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's concealment ability was the best on the continent.
Once it deliberately hid, trying to find its tracks would be as difficult as reaching the heavens.
After a brief rest, the master and disciple followed the precise information collected by the forces under his elder brother Xu Tianran and proceeded to the areas where the Silver Hero Beast had appeared to conduct a detailed search.
Kong Deming was experienced; at every location, he would use his own profound mental force for a carpet-style investigation. Even a faint trace could not escape his perception.
Xu Tianhao followed closely behind, appearing to seriously cooperate with his teacher in finding the Silver Hero Beast's tracks.
Secretly, however, he slowly spread out his own mental force, trying to capture the aura of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
But in the blink of an eye, seven full days had passed.
During these seven days, the master and disciple had traversed the three locations: Withered Wood Ridge, Mist Hidden Valley, and Falling Star Stream.
They had even searched the surrounding hundred-mile radius, but let alone seeing the Silver Hero Beast, they didn't even find a single hair left behind by one.
It was as if the Silver Hero Beast had truly vanished completely from this continent.
Kong Deming's brow gradually furrowed, and a hint of helplessness appeared on his face: "It seems the Silver Hero Beast truly is near extinction."
"Searching like this still yields no clues. Finding it will likely be as difficult as reaching the heavens."
Xu Tianhao also showed a hint of regret on the surface, but in his heart, he didn't care much.
Not being able to find the Silver Hero Beast was completely irrelevant to him.
What he truly cared about was the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
He grumbled inwardly; this Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was just too good at hiding.
Clearly, according to the timeline, it should have already escaped from Di Tian's control by now.
Yet no matter how he investigated, he could not sense the slightest special fluctuation belonging to the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
This fellow's hiding methods were indeed well-deserved of their reputation.
What Xu Tianhao didn't know was that while he and Kong Deming were bitterly searching for the Silver Hero Beast, deep within the freezing underground of the Star Dou Great Forest, a huge, fleshy, and limp ice silkworm was curled up in a secret ice cave.
It was curled up in a secret ice cave.
Its small, round eyes stared fixedly in the direction of Xu Tianhao, its eyes filled with uncontrollable surprise and excitement.
This big bug was enormous, its entire body flowing with a warm, translucent white glow.
On the surface of its body, ten dazzling golden rings surprisingly surrounded it, with vast and boundless spirit power fluctuations lingering upon the rings.
Those were marks unique to a million-year Spirit Beast.
Clearly it was a bug, yet its soft and waxy appearance and its plump, rounded body gave off a strange illusion that it looked very sweet and made one unable to resist wanting to take a bite.
It was precisely the one and only first million-year Spirit Beast in the entire Douluo Continent, the self-proclaimed 'King of Kings' among Spirit Beasts, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
At this moment, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm had just luckily escaped from the imprisonment of the Beast God Di Tian and was in a wretched state.
The massive spirit power within its body had been sucked dry by the various Great Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, and it was already on the verge of total exhaustion.
Now, it urgently needed to find a suitable host to reside in.
Otherwise, before long, its soul would completely dissipate, and it would become a handful of yellow soil in the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm rolled its small, round eyes, its mental force spreading out like a fine spiderweb, firmly locking onto Xu Tianhao's position, its heart churning with excitement:
"Too strong! Such pure, such profound, such naturally gifted mental-attribute Spirit Master!"
"Such aptitude, such foundation of spirit power, he is simply the most perfect host Brother has ever seen in his life!"
"Could it be that the heavens have truly opened their eyes and specially favored me, Brother Tianmeng?"
"Brother just escaped from a death trap, and such a peerless treasure is delivered!"
The more the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm thought, the more excited it became, its small head rapidly calculating:
"This little guy is only at a young age, yet he is already a level fifty Quasi Soul King. His cultivation speed is terrifying to such an extent, and his mental force far exceeds Spirit Masters of the same rank. He is simply a natural god-level host!"
"If he can be possessed by me, Brother Tianmeng, and receive the enhancement of my million-year mental origin and spirit ring, wouldn't he just soar directly? Dominating the continent would be just around the corner!"
"At that time, I, Brother Tianmeng, can also benefit from his success and no longer have to live a miserable life in the Star Dou Great Forest, being bullied by those Great Beasts!"
But after the excitement, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm instantly calmed down.
Its small eyes narrowed slightly, falling upon Kong Deming beside Xu Tianhao, and a sense of dread originating from the depths of its soul arose spontaneously.
It could clearly perceive that Kong Deming's strength was unfathomable; he was a genuine Titled Douluo.
Although Kong Deming deliberately restrained his aura, before its million-year-old mental force, he had nowhere to hide.
"Oh no! Beside this perfect host, there is actually a Titled Douluo powerhouse escorting him. This makes things a bit difficult!"
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm scratched its soft head with who-knows-what, and its heart began to mutter:
"How keen is the perception of a Titled Douluo? If I rashly approach, I will definitely be discovered immediately."
"At that time, let alone residing, I'm afraid I'll be slapped to death by that person directly. The loss would outweigh the gain!"
Thinking of this, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm hurriedly turned its mental force toward other parts of the Star Dou Great Forest, trying to find an alternative target.