On the Sky Screen, Lin Yue still held a passerby by the collar. The expression on his face shifted from bewilderment to shock, then from shock into an almost twisted unwillingness to accept it.
"Impossible... impossible!" He let go and staggered back two steps, his voice rising into a shrill crack. "I researched this for so long! I succeeded! I was the first one to find a solution!"
He suddenly spun around and ran toward the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch.
People on the road were knocked sprawling by him, but he paid them no mind, charging forward while repeatedly muttering, "It's mine... I clearly thought of it first... I should be the savior..."
In the Original-Work World, many people felt a knot in their chests as they watched.
"That's too miserable," Ning Rongrong said quietly. "He succeeded too, but the moment he stepped outside, the world had already changed."
"Bad timing," Yu Xiaogang sighed. "His line of thought was completely different from Su Mo's. If Su Mo had not revealed the Ring Condensation Technique first, then Lin Yue's path of cultivating Soul Beasts really could have saved that world."
"It would have done more than save it." Flender adjusted his glasses beside him. "Cultivating Soul Beasts is closer to the original cultivation system than Self-Condensed Soul Rings. If the major powers had learned about Lin Yue's method first, perhaps even more people would have supported him. After all, Soul Rings with Soul Skills are what Soul Masters truly want."
"That's why he's even more frustrated." Dai Mubai folded his arms, and rare sympathy entered his tone. "It's like painstakingly sharpening a blade, only to look up and discover someone else has already conquered the city."
"What do you think he'll do next?" Xiao Wu asked.
"Of course he'll go