Background Suppression System, Binding Huo Yuhao, Million Year Sacred Beast White Tiger Sacrifices! (Seeking Collection!)

Star Dou Great Forest, outer region.

"Ha... ha... Yuhao, be careful. There's something off about the bushes ahead."

Dai Yu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and stopped, panting heavily.

Beside him, Huo Yuhao tightened his grip on the White Tiger Dagger.

His eyes filled with vigilance. He looked gratefully at Dai Yu.

"Yu Ge, you should rest too.

The Soul Beast we're looking for should be somewhere around here."

Looking at Huo Yuhao, Dai Yu felt a jumble of emotions.

It had been eleven years since he transmigrated into the world of Peerless Tang Sect.

He had originally thought that, since his surname was Dai, he could at least become a direct descendant of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

He would awaken the White Tiger Martial Soul and climb to the peak of life from then on.

But reality had given him a resounding slap in the face.

He was a distant collateral relative of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, so distant that almost no one remembered him.

To make matters worse, during his awakening ceremony at age six, his supposedly mighty White Tiger Martial Soul had undergone a "reverse mutation."

It had become a snow-white cat with no offensive power at all—one that could only meow.

A Detached Martial Soul of the same type as Yu Xiaogang's.

His Innate Soul Power was level one.

With such talent, on the Douluo Continent, where martial prowess was revered, he was practically sentenced to death.

"Meow~"

With a thought from Dai Yu, a palm-sized Little White Cat appeared on his shoulder and lazily licked its paws.

This was his Martial Soul. Apart from having slightly sharper hearing, it had no combat ability whatsoever.

"Comparing people really can make you furious."

Dai Yu laughed bitterly inwardly.

Although his talent was an utter mess, as a transmigrator, he knew the plot by heart.

He knew that Huo Yuhao would become the future "Huo Gua," a figure who shook the world—the God of Emotion!

Since his own cultivation path was a failure, he could only take the route of "clinging to a powerful ally."

Over the past few years, Dai Yu had deliberately approached Huo Yuhao.

Both were marginal figures in the Duke's Mansion, sharing the same miserable fate.

With Dai Yu's deliberate care and protection, the two had soon become close brothers who could talk about anything.

This time, when Huo Yuhao left home alone to hunt Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, Dai Yu had gritted his teeth and followed him all the way there.

He had only level-ten Soul Power. Coming here was practically suicide.

But he had to come.

Because he knew that today, right here, Huo Yuhao would welcome a turning point in his destiny—

the Sacrifice of the Million-Year Soul Beast, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!

"As long as I'm here, given my relationship with Yuhao,

when the time comes, if Yuhao gets the meat, I can at least drink some soup and pick up a bit of Spiritual Power or some other opportunity.

Maybe this Trash Martial Soul can still be saved..."

Dai Yu watched Huo Yuhao's back and calculated silently.

"Yu Ge, watch out!"

Huo Yuhao suddenly shouted, interrupting Dai Yu's thoughts.

A black shadow suddenly burst from the bushes at their side, accompanied by a foul wind. Its speed was astonishing.

It was a Wind Baboon!

"Damn it, it really came!"

Dai Yu's heart clenched, and he instinctively tried to retreat.

But the White Cat Martial Soul, terrified, darted straight back into his body.

At the critical moment, light flashed from Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Eye.

He suddenly stepped forward and shielded Dai Yu.

The White Tiger Dagger in his hand gleamed coldly as he thrust it straight at the black shadow.

"Pfft—"

After a dangerous struggle, the Wind Baboon let out a cry of agony, and Huo Yuhao collapsed onto the ground, gasping for breath.

Several bloody scratches marked his arm.

"Yuhao, are you all right?"

Dai Yu hurried over and supported Huo Yuhao, but his heart was pounding wildly.

The Wind Baboon was dead.

According to the script, next...

Rumble—!

Without warning, the earth suddenly began to shake violently.

The surrounding trees swayed madly, and enormous cracks split open across the ground.

A bone-chilling cold, terrifying beyond measure, instantly enveloped an area ten li wide.

"W-what... what's happening?"

Huo Yuhao's face went pale as he stared in terror at the cracks beneath his feet.

Dai Yu gripped Huo Yuhao's arm tightly, but excitement flickered in his eyes.

It was here!

The only Million-Year Soul Beast on the entire continent, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!

Suddenly, a dazzling white light shot into the sky from within the cracks in the ground.

The enormous body looked as though it had been carved from white jade, radiating a suffocating and terrifying pressure.

"Wahahahaha!

I'm finally out!

I finally escaped!"

A sleazy yet majestic voice exploded inside their minds.

Huo Yuhao had already been immobilized by the pressure, his eyes filled with despair.

Dai Yu, meanwhile, gazed at the enormous Ice Silkworm expectantly and silently prayed:

"Brother Sky Dream, look over here!

You've got a little brother here too!

Even a Hundred-Year Soul Ring would be fine!"

However, just as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's enormous eyes locked onto Huo Yuhao and it prepared to swoop down and perform its Sacrifice,

a cold mechanical voice abruptly rang out in Dai Yu's mind. Its volume was so great that it even drowned out Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's roar.

[Beep!

The Host has been detected to be in an extremely dangerous environment, with a high-value binding target nearby.]

[The Background Suppression System is activating... Activation successful!]

Dai Yu froze.

A system?

I've been transmigrated for eleven years. I was already prepared to be a hanger-on for the rest of my life, and you're only showing up now?

[The purpose of this system:

The stronger the background displayed by the bound object, the stronger the background identity the Host can obtain for suppression!]

[Scanning the surrounding environment...]

[Binding candidate detected: Huo Yuhao.]

[Current event: The Million-Year Soul Beast Sky Dream Ice Silkworm is performing a Sacrifice. The Divine Sense of the Holy Necromancer, Electrolux's Divine Sense, is about to descend.]

[Determining... Bound object Huo Yuhao is about to obtain a Million-Year Wisdom Soul Ring and the blessing of the Holy Necromancer, causing his background index to skyrocket!]

[Background suppression mechanism triggered!]

[Congratulations, Host. You have received suppression rewards:

Sacrifice from the Million Year Sacred Beast White Tiger!

Protection from Yao Lao's Remnant Soul!]

Before Dai Yu could react,

a Tiger Roar erupted from within him, and an overbearing aura instantly burst forth!

"ROAR!!!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had been preparing to charge at Huo Yuhao, but its enormous body suddenly slammed on the brakes midair. Its plump body began to tremble violently.

"This... this aura is..."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's shriek broke in pitch.

"How could there be an existence even more terrifying than me?!"

Boom—!

Following the earth-shaking Tiger Roar from within Dai Yu,

an aura of pure slaughter transformed into a tangible golden storm and swept madly outward with Dai Yu at its center.

"Meow..."

The Trash Martial Soul White Cat, which usually did nothing but act cute and lick its paws, suddenly let out a painful howl.

Its body rapidly expanded within the golden light.

Its originally soft white fur instantly became as hard as steel needles, crystalline and translucent, while dark-gold demonic patterns flowed across it.

The "king" pattern on its forehead radiated an imperial majesty no one dared look directly at!

In the blink of an eye, the scrawny house cat had transformed into a Winged Sacred Tiger ten zhang tall, with a pair of wings growing from its back!

Its phantom hovered behind Dai Yu, and its cold beast eyes swept across the sky.

Thump!

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm actually fell straight out of the air.

It crashed heavily into the ground.