[The main character's combat power is going up! Otherwise, Zhou Yan would've been in trouble with that hot-tempered sandbag. He wouldn't have been able to stop Huo Ban from being kicked out, and I would've been forced to change my name to "loser"...]
[Forget it. That's enough reading for today. Time to call it a night. Good.]
As the final words of the daily report faded away, the system's notification rang out in Xiao Ge's mind.
[Congratulations, Host, on completing one day's daily report. Flame Essence is being released...]
[Beep—Congratulations, Host. You have obtained Flame Essence. Soul power increased by one rank; all soul ring ages increased by one thousand years. The precious materials used to craft your Soul Weapon have been released: Starlight Crystal and a piece of Glazed Water Crystal.]
[Release complete.]
Feeling the Starlight Crystal and Glazed Water Crystal that had appeared alongside his Soul Weapon, Xiao Ge couldn't help but stare in astonishment.
Compared with the Flame Essence from before, this round was undeniably more generous. The increase in soul power and soul ring age wasn't much, barely worth calling a small bonus. But what use did he have for those two materials used to craft a Soul Weapon?
He had never planned to become a Soul Engineer.
What good would it do him to learn how to craft Soul Weapons?
Still... since the system had provided them, the quality of those precious materials was obviously guaranteed. Even if he didn't become a Soul Engineer and had no use for them, he could simply put them up for auction and make a killing.
He was sure that the people who were short on Soul Weapons wouldn't be able to resist his golden soul coins.
Besides, he wasn't short on money. But no one ever complained about having too much, right?
[Today's daily report has ended. Calculating system core...]
[Congratulations! The maximum number of times Guo Nian can appear in a daily report has been reached. You have obtained a 50% boost to your own talent, a 1% increase in cultivation speed, and Flame Essence is being released... Flame Essence has been released.]
[Today's group chat activity is sufficient. You have obtained the Martial Soul Dragon King, equipped with a Life-Restoring Device. Please invite group members to the room again.]
Guo Nian's expression had initially turned strange when she heard that the daily report's contents were connected to her. But before she could react, a gentle yet majestic aura of life surged into her, and a soft, emerald-green glow swiftly spread across her body.
Beneath the glow of the emerald light, Guo Nian could feel every part of her body growing stronger, and her talent was improving at an astonishing speed.
Guo Nian was completely immersed in the sudden delight. Her eyes were tightly shut, and a look of intoxication appeared on her face.
Her talent came from the Dragon God. Back then, the Dragon God had split himself in two, dividing into the Azure Dragon King and the Golden Dragon King. The Golden Dragon King had been sealed away in the Divine Realm, while she had carried the shattered Dragon God's soul and a body on the verge of collapse through the barriers between space, escaping to the Douluo Continent.
For many years, she had remained asleep at the bottom of the Lake of Life, silently healing her body and occasionally communicating with the Emperor through a faint thread of consciousness.
If not for the appearance of the daily report, she might still have been trapped in that endless sleep.
Years of rest had also allowed the terrifying talent within her to gradually recover. But to fully awaken it, she would need at least a million years. Now, thanks to the daily report, not only had the talent she'd been forced to suppress been restored, but her own talent had also grown tremendously! Even the Dragon God's famed power had returned to her in large part!
How could she not be delighted by the daily report?
Besides, other than the benefits to her talent, the other Flame Essence rewards were also incredibly rich.
As the Dragon King, she didn't care for the other rewards listed in the daily report. Soul rings, cultivation, soul bones... she had no need for any of them. She even turned her nose up at the divine positions others desperately sought.
That was why she'd felt that the daily report was strange from the start: she had never once thought about anything else.
At the root of it, she simply believed that the daily report's assistance to her was limited.
But the benefits to her talent and cultivation speed... Those Flame Essence rewards had completely satisfied every need she had!
The cultivation-speed increase listed here might seem tiny, but her cultivation level was so high that even a mere one-percent increase would bring enormous benefits.
Of course, there was an even bigger problem—her enemies, and the enemies of the Soul Beast race, weren't the people of the Douluo Continent. They were the gods of the Divine Realm.
Even powerful Dragon Gods could fall beneath the gods' siege. For her, who'd inherited only part of the Dragon God's power, it would be even harder to fight her way into the Divine Realm.
The daily report had given her this Flame Essence. It had genuinely brought her a glimmer of hope.
It was as if she could already see a beautiful future ahead.
All she had to do was work hard toward that bright future!
The emerald light slowly faded, and the heavy aura that had been weighing on Guo Nian gradually dissipated.
She suddenly opened her eyes, and golden light flashed in them. The suffocating sense of oppression from before had vanished, replaced by an even greater majesty.
The Three-Eyed Golden Monkey, standing in a corner nearby, watched Guo Nian's transformation with a knowing expression.
Only when the light faded did she truly realize how terrifying Guo Nian's power was.
That talent—Di Tian had put all his hopes in her...
But a trace of suspicion had already taken root in the Three-Eyed Golden Monkey's heart. She had long since recognized that her master wasn't trustworthy. Even now, though he'd displayed an aura and majesty that made her tremble, her judgment of him would not change.
Outside the Lake of Life, Di Tian abruptly stood up, his eyes flashing with joy and surprise.
His unusual reaction immediately drew the attention of the Bear Lord nearby.
He lifted his head, resting it against a tree, and gave a lazy yawn.
Di Tian was acting strange again. What was he up to this time?
The Bear Lord seemed not to care, but his huge claws had already begun fidgeting restlessly, and curiosity bubbled up inside him.
But every time he started guessing, he ended up a guess short.
"My lord... I can sense your sorrow has lifted considerably! Perhaps your true awakening won't be much longer!" Di Tian couldn't help drawing a deep breath. He suppressed the urge to dive to the bottom of the Lake of Life and take a look, and a golden glow appeared in his eyes as he turned to the Bear Lord.
He knew full well how cautious the Bear Lord was, but he couldn't be bothered to deal with that caution right now.
As long as the Bear Lord didn't interfere with his master, he could do whatever he liked.
Once his master truly awakened, the Bear Lord's strength might finally come in handy...
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