Old Man Yao Awakens, Swallows Five Spheres in a Row? Dai Yu Feels the Pain-Five Hundred Thousand Years of Origin Power Gone! (Please Support the Follow-Up!)

[System Reward]

[Detected intense awe and shock from the entire class toward the Host!]

[System judgment: The Host has successfully achieved the "Invisible Intimidation, Imagination Suppression" achievement!]

[Congratulations, Host. Group Suppression Reward triggered!]

[Reward obtained: Gold Soul Coins*10,000!]

[The reward has been issued to the system space. Host may withdraw it at any time.]

Hearing the string of notification sounds, Dai Yu froze slightly. Then, a hint of surprised delight flashed through his eyes.

"Even this works?"

Dai Yu could not help complaining inwardly.

He had clearly done nothing today,

and had merely sat obediently in his seat, preparing for class.

Yet because Qian Duoduo had changed the Head Teacher, his classmates—with their wildly imaginative minds—had spun a whole story around it,

and somehow managed to squeeze another System Reward out of the situation!

These classmates really were qualified "atmosphere boosters."

"Ten thousand Gold Soul Coins..."

Dai Yu's consciousness sank into the system space. Looking at the mountain of glittering coins, he felt secretly satisfied.

Compared with miraculous treasures like the Million Year Soul Ring and Ultimate Attribute seeds,

ten thousand Gold Soul Coins sounded somewhat vulgar,

but this was absolutely the most urgently needed and practical reward for him at present.

One had to know that on Douluo Continent, a single Gold Soul Coin was enough to support an ordinary family of three for several months.

Ten thousand Gold Soul Coins was unquestionably a huge fortune for an eleven-year-old freshman!

Although he possessed extraordinary talent, his foundation was weak. He had previously lacked cultivation resources and had even needed to budget carefully just to buy decent food to supplement his nutrition.

The cafeteria at Shrek Academy was divided into different grades. The high-level Soul Beast meat and rare ingredients that could genuinely replenish vitality and assist cultivation were extremely expensive.

"Ten thousand Gold Soul Coins isn't bad either. At least I won't have to worry about daily expenses for a while."

The corners of Dai Yu's mouth lifted slightly, and his mood improved greatly.

After returning to the dormitory, Dai Yu did not immediately rest.

Although he had reaped quite a bit today through "borrowing momentum to suppress others" and "imagination suppression,"

one still had to be strong oneself to forge iron properly.

Only by converting these rewards into tangible combat power could he follow the right path.

Dai Yu sat cross-legged on the bed and glanced at Wang Dong across from him, whose breathing was even and who seemed to have already fallen asleep.

He casually set up a simple Soul Power barrier to isolate fluctuations in aura.

"System, put all five free attribute points into Soul Power."

Dai Yu silently recited in his heart.

[Ping! Attribute points added successfully!]

[Converting into pure Soul Power...]

Boom—!

As the system notification faded, a vast and pure energy suddenly appeared within Dai Yu's limbs and bones.

The energy was far purer than the Soul Power he usually obtained through painstaking cultivation.

His Soul Power bottleneck, which had already reached the peak of Rank 16, instantly became precarious under the impact of this force.

"Now!"

Dai Yu gathered his mind and guided the violent energy toward the Rank 17 barrier, launching a fierce assault.

However, just as Dai Yu was fully focused and attempting to break through at the critical moment,

a sudden change occurred!

The ancient, pitch-black Storage Ring on the index finger of his left hand began to flicker with a cold, eerie light without warning.

The next second,

Dai Yu felt his mind reel. His consciousness was instantly pulled into his own Sea of Consciousness.

Above the originally tranquil, golden mental ocean,

an aged and illusory figure quietly emerged.

It was an old man dressed in white robes, with completely white hair and beard. His kindly face held a trace of cunning.

At that moment, however, the figure was extremely transparent, as though it would disperse at the slightest breeze. Clearly, he was in an exceedingly weak state.

It was Old Man Yao!

"Whew... I can finally breathe a little."

Old Man Yao's illusory figure swayed faintly, but his eyes remained fixed on the center of the Sea of Consciousness.

Ten fist-sized, pure spheres of light radiating a milky-white glow.

Old Man Yao nearly drooled at the sight.

The origin power of the Million Year Sacred Beast White Tiger.

To Old Man Yao in his current state, it was simply the ultimate tonic!

Old Man Yao's eyes gleamed.

"What pure origin energy!"

"Although there isn't much, the quality is exceptionally high. It's just right for moistening this old man's throat!"

Old Man Yao had no intention of being polite in the slightest.

With a wave of his hand, an invisible suction force erupted instantly.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"

The ten spheres of light that originally belonged to Dai Yu flew toward Old Man Yao uncontrollably, like fledgling swallows returning to their nest.

"Gulp."

Old Man Yao opened his mouth and inhaled like a massive whale sucking in water.

In the blink of an eye,

three of the ten spheres of light had already been swallowed into his belly in a single gulp!

"What the hell?!"

Dai Yu, who was guiding the energy to break through in the outside world, instantly sensed the disturbance in his Sea of Consciousness and nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"You dead old man!

This is the origin power of the Million Year Sacred Beast White Tiger!

Don't waste it!"

Dai Yu felt utterly heartbroken.

He had not even used the Million Year origin power himself yet!

This script was wrong!

Xiao Yan had his Battle Qi absorbed and ended up dropping in rank. How was it that when it came to me, someone was robbing me to my face?!

Inside the Sea of Consciousness, after Old Man Yao swallowed three spheres of light, his figure—which had been almost completely transparent—finally solidified somewhat.

A look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

He seemed to have heard Dai Yu's thoughts. Glancing toward the top of the Sea of Consciousness, he gave a sly chuckle.

"Little fellow, don't be so stingy."

"I'm merely borrowing some of your energy to restore my soul."

"Besides, this energy is too immense. You can't absorb it right now anyway."

"I'm helping you 'share' the risk. Do you understand?"

As he spoke, Old Man Yao showed no sign of stopping. He opened his mouth wide once more.

"Whoosh, whoosh—"

Two more spheres of light were swallowed by him.

In the blink of an eye, only five of the ten spheres of light remained!

Dai Yu felt a sharp pang as he watched this scene.

But he also keenly noticed that Old Man Yao seemed extremely weak.

Forget it. If he wants to swallow them, let him.

As long as Old Man Yao remained, the benefits he could bring Dai Yu would be a hundredfold, a thousandfold, or even ten thousandfold greater!

Huo Yuhao had founded the Soul Spirit System on the foundation of the Soul Master system.

And with Old Man Yao,

it was not as though Dai Yu could simply cultivate a Battle Qi system directly in this world,

because Battle Qi did not even exist here.

But relying on the Battle Qi system to improve the Soul Master system—

that was still highly possible!

"Old geezer, leave me some!"

Dai Yu did not dare delay any longer. He hurriedly fought for control over the remaining energy in the Sea of Consciousness.

Fortunately, Old Man Yao seemed to understand the principle of draining the pond to catch all the fish. After swallowing five spheres of light,

he slightly stabilized his soon-to-disperse remnant soul and then stopped.

Outside.

As the five attribute points successfully transformed into Soul Power and increased his cultivation,

"Rank 17."

His foundation was incomparably solid, without the slightest sense of instability.

It was completely comparable to cultivating through his own hard work!

"This old man..."

Dai Yu touched the Storage Ring on his hand, his expression somewhat strange.

Although his energy had been stolen, now that Old Man Yao had awakened, the benefits absolutely outweighed the drawbacks for him.

After all, having an elder in the family was like having a treasure.

What's more, this was a grandmaster of alchemy!