The Power of the Conceptual Eraser

The Scarred Man spat out a glob of blood, his broad-bladed machete reflecting a blinding, vicious glare under the scorching sun.

A cruel smile spread across his fleshy face as he stepped forward, closing the distance.

His heavy footsteps crushed the waist-high weeds of the wilderness, producing a teeth-gritting sound of snapping stalks.

"You little brat, are you deaf? I'm talking to you! Throw that pathetic bundle on your back over here right now! If you dare stall for even a second, I'll chop you two little runts into pieces and feed you to the wild dogs!"

The Scarred Man roared, his rough voice echoing across the desolate plains.

The Bald Man beside him let out a wanton laugh, his greedy eyes locked onto Tang Wu behind Su Yu as he muttered filth: "Big Brother, this kid must be scared witless by our display. Look at his legs—standing there like wooden stakes, too terrified to even move. Hurry up and grab the bundle; this delicate little girl will fetch a fine price."

Facing two grown men armed with lethal weapons, Tang Wu trembled uncontrollably.

She gripped the corner of Su Yu's shirt, tears streaming down her face like broken beads of a necklace as she let out a faint, whimpering sob.

"Brother Yu, let's just give them the bundle. I'm so scared..."

Tang Wu's voice shook violently; she didn't dare look at the blood-stained machetes.

Su Yu stood his ground, his thin back straight as he shielded Tang Wu firmly behind him.

His golden Eye of Truth stared coldly at the two fools who didn't know they were courting death.

In his field of vision, the crude green system panel hovering above the Bald Man's head flickered with a harsh red light, clearly displaying a robbery mission and its pathetic 100-point reward.

Su Yu knew full well that his current body was only six years old.

Although he had awakened Innate Full Soul Power and possessed a physique far superior to an average person, engaging in a head-on fight with two grown men who lived by the blade was far from wise.

He had yet to obtain a soul ring and possessed no offensive soul skills; winning against these two through brute strength alone was impossible.

However, he held a trump card specifically designed to counter systems.

Su Yu took a deep breath, slowly closing his eyes as he focused all his mental energy inward.

In an instant, a warm current surged from his dantian.

This was the Innate Full Soul Power he had just awakened.

This pure, vast energy surged through his limbs and bones like a breached dam.

Su Yu moved his right hand behind his back, keeping his movements subtle.

As his soul power poured in, a gray mist silently condensed in his palm.

The mist held no temperature and emitted no light, appearing like a dead zone carved out of space itself.

The gray mist rolled and compressed, transforming in a mere second into a dull, unremarkable square object.

This was his second martial soul, a rule-based martial soul—Conceptual Eraser.

The moment the Conceptual Eraser took form, the surrounding air rippled with a strange distortion.

Ordinary people could not perceive this, but to Su Yu's senses, this power felt capable of twisting all rules and logic in the vicinity.

"Kid, are you deaf? My patience has its limits!"

Seeing that Su Yu hadn't handed over the bundle but had instead closed his eyes, the Scarred Man flew into a rage.

He took two more steps forward, raising his machete high, the blade pointed directly at Su Yu's head.

"Since you're so eager to die, I'll grant your wish today!"

The Scarred Man bellowed, his muscles tensing as he prepared to strike.

At this critical juncture, Su Yu snapped his eyes open.

A chilling light erupted from his golden pupils.

His gaze bypassed the Scarred Man and locked onto the green system panel above the Bald Man's head.

Su Yu clenched his right hand behind his back.

The Conceptual Eraser in his palm instantly dissolved into a stream of pure gray energy.

With a thought, the energy followed his gaze, turning into an imperceptible gray thread that defied spatial distance to strike the panel above the Bald Man's head.

The gray thread moved with such extreme speed that neither the Scarred Man nor the Bald Man noticed a thing.

Su Yu's vision remained fixed on the red mission prompt on the panel.

[Mission: Rob the two children before you and seize their belongings.]

The gray thread, as if possessing a life of its own, landed with pinpoint accuracy on those words.

Su Yu focused every ounce of his concentration as his Innate Full Soul Power drained away like water from an opened sluice.

The energy required to modify system rules was staggering; in this single instant, half of his total soul power was sucked away.

But the effect was immediate.

As the gray thread made contact, the words "two children" in the mission description were wiped away by an invisible hand, instantly blurring into nothingness.

Following that, the characters disintegrated into a mess of chaotic data code, turning into specks of green light that were erased completely.

A large, empty void appeared in the middle of the previously complete mission prompt.

Beads of sweat broke out on Su Yu's forehead, and his face turned pale.

But he knew it was not the time to relax yet. The task modification was only half-finished; he had to fill in the missing content to completely alter the bald man's behavioral logic.

"Change for me!"

Su Yu roared in his heart, his consciousness spinning wildly as he squeezed out every last drop of his soul power, forcing it along that thin gray line into the blank space of the system panel.

The gray power of rules twisted and deformed rapidly in the void, and in less than half a breath, it condensed into two brand-new green characters.

"Companion."

The complete task prompt underwent a heaven-shaking transformation in an instant.

[Task Content: Rob the companions before you and seize their belongings.]

The moment these two characters took shape, a crisp mechanical chime suddenly rang out in the bald man's mind.

"Ding!"

The bald man, who had been leering at Tang Wu with a lascivious grin, froze abruptly as the system prompt echoed in his head.

The smile on his face stiffened instantly, and those eyes, once filled with greed and malice, turned dull the moment the system prompt changed the content.

His pupils gradually dilated, as if he had lost his self-awareness and his brain had been completely taken over by an invisible force.

The bald man's vacant stare lasted less than a second before it was replaced by a frenzied, blood-red hue.

He whipped his head around, his neck emitting a stiff, cracking sound.

Those bloodshot eyes, like a starving wolf locking onto its prey, stared fixedly at the scarred man beside him who was just about to make a move on Su Yu.