Electrolux Awakens

Chen Tianyuan was covered in a layer of transparent purple radiance. This was his second soul skill, Purple Lightning Thunder God Dash, an enhancement skill that grew stronger as his soul power level increased.

After missing its strike, the Silver-Mane Wolf King immediately adjusted its position and lunged again.

As it sprinted, its steel-needle-like fur rustled, while the pressure possessed only by a ten-thousand-year soul beast poured out without restraint, bearing down on Chen Tianyuan.

Under that pressure, Chen Tianyuan immediately felt his body stiffen. Even the circulation of soul power within him slowed.

Had an ordinary person faced this, even if they did not become utterly helpless, panic would have been inevitable.

The oppressive presence of a ten-thousand-year soul beast was simply too powerful. Even Bei Bei and Tang Ya in the stands broke into a cold sweat for him.

Yet Chen Tianyuan remained extraordinarily calm, without the slightest trace of panic on his face.

The simplest way to dispel such pressure was to confront it head-on.

Chen Tianyuan unleashed all his soul power. His three soul rings lit up in succession, and his ultimate lightning surged out without restraint, accompanied by the burst of dragon might unique to true dragon martial souls.

His third soul ring came from a six-thousand-seven-hundred-year Golden Earth Dragon. Though it was a lesser dragon, it carried an exceedingly faint trace of the light dragon lineage. After absorbing its soul ring, Chen Tianyuan had fortunately inherited that trace of light bloodline, allowing his ultimate lightning to gain the light attribute whenever he used his third soul skill, raising its power another notch.

And his third soul skill was also an enhancement skill...

Sensing the pure dragon might radiating from Chen Tianyuan's martial soul, along with the violent aura of ultimate lightning, the Silver-Mane Wolf King stopped warily. A dozen or so meters away, it paced back and forth, sizing up the human before it.

Among soul beasts, strength was not simply a contest of age. Bloodline mattered more.

For instance, a five-thousand-year pureblood lesser dragon had absolutely no fear of an ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beast, and could even scare the latter away. The key lay in its bloodline.

Possessing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, Bei Bei could naturally sense the aura emanating from Chen Tianyuan. He even had a vague feeling that his own martial soul was being suppressed, as though he had strength he could not bring to bear.

Looking at Chen Tianyuan's back, he gave a bitter chuckle. Perhaps only when his martial soul fully evolved into the Radiant Sacred Dragon would he truly qualify to fight Chen Tianyuan.

Seeing the Silver-Mane Wolf King stop attacking, Chen Tianyuan snorted. "If you won't attack, then I'm coming."

"Purple-Gold Heavenly Thunder Explosion!"

The instant those words fell, countless bolts of purple-gold lightning erupted from Chen Tianyuan's body, resembling ferocious lightning dragons.

The purple-gold lightning coiled around Chen Tianyuan like Medusa's head of venomous snakes, though he did not look frightening.

The moment the ultimate lightning bearing the light dragon bloodline appeared, the Silver-Mane Wolf King recoiled in alarm and fled toward the passage, whimpering.

Sensing that pure aura of light, Bei Bei felt a sudden stirring. That feeling came not from him, but from his martial soul...

The stands were deathly silent. No one spoke. Even their homeroom teacher, Wang Yan, had not believed Chen Tianyuan could face a ten-thousand-year soul beast head-on, but the scene before him had delivered a resounding slap to his face. Perhaps he needed to make time to study soul beasts properly...

Gong Changlong froze for a moment, then burst into hearty laughter. "Hahaha! Well done, lad! You even knew about this!"

Chen Tianyuan withdrew his martial soul, turned to Gong Changlong, and cupped his hands. "Elder Gong, our wager still stands, doesn't it?"

Gong Changlong waved a hand and said with a smile, "Would I go back on my word? Come find me when your soul power reaches rank forty. I'll personally take you soul hunting in the Star Luo Great Forest."

After the advancement assessment, normal classes and cultivation resumed. Chen Tianyuan's soul power had already been at the peak of rank thirty-eight. After a week of painstaking cultivation, he broke through again and reached rank thirty-nine. He had a feeling that rank forty was only two or three months away.

On a night as ordinary as any other, Chen Tianyuan sat on his bed, circulating the soul power within his body as he cultivated.

Cultivation required steady, gradual progress, all the more so for someone like him who possessed an ultimate attribute. Increasing his soul power depended almost entirely on patient, grinding effort, and progress was exceedingly slow.

Just then, however, a familiar voice sounded in his mind.

"Young friend, come in for a chat."

The speaker was none other than Electrolux.

Chen Tianyuan stopped cultivating and entered his sea of consciousness.

The formerly dormant gray orb of light had brightened slightly, though its glow was still faint, as if a breath of wind could extinguish it.

Upon seeing Chen Tianyuan, the gray orb trembled slightly, then transformed into a gray silhouette with a vaguely human shape.

A deep, resonant voice rang out within the sea of consciousness.

"My name is Electrolux. For now, I need to stay in your sea of consciousness to recover. If you don't mind, you may call me Elder Yi."

Chen Tianyuan cupped his hands. "There's no need to be so formal, Elder Yi. I still owe you my thanks for helping me open my sea of consciousness ahead of time."

Electrolux nodded slightly and said, "I am merely a fragment of divine sense, with almost all my memories gone. I cannot teach you much, and I need to sleep to stabilize this strand of divine sense. But if your life is in danger, you can wake me."

Chen Tianyuan nodded, then left his sea of consciousness.

The room was pitch-black. Bei Bei was cultivating as well. His soul power had also reached rank thirty-nine, and he was giving his all to break through to rank forty.

Chen Tianyuan stood and walked to the window.

Shrek Academy was tranquil at night, with only the chirping of insects and birds to be heard. It was now mid-September, and the academy's osmanthus trees were in full bloom. Even the evening breeze carried their delicate fragrance.

Looking at the incomplete moon in the sky, Chen Tianyuan murmured to himself, "I'll have to get the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife ahead of time."

He remembered clearly that the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife had been made from a cursed piece of gold of life. It contained tremendous vitality that would be immensely useful to both him and Electrolux. He could even use that vitality to extend Mu En's lifespan.

After spending so long at Shrek Academy, he had long since come to regard Mu En as true family. He knew perfectly well how kindly Mu En treated him. He was no ungrateful wolf, and naturally wanted to repay him.

Judging by the timing, the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife should already have been in Star Luo City...

The following day, Chen Tianyuan sought out his homeroom teacher, Wang Yan, early in the morning.

Wang Yan asked in puzzlement, "Tianyuan, why do you need leave? Are you going to acquire a soul ring?"

Chen Tianyuan shook his head and made up a lie. "Teacher Wang, I've recently become interested in soul tools. I heard there's a Ranked Carving Knife in Star Luo City, and I'd like to go bid for it."

After Chen Tianyuan coaxed and pestered him persistently, Wang Yan finally approved his leave slip.

Wang Yan reminded him, "Stay safe. Go and come back as soon as you can."

Chen Tianyuan nodded. "Understood, Teacher Wang."

With that, Chen Tianyuan took the leave slip and headed out.

Wang Yan called him back. "Do you have enough money? Would you like me to lend you some?"

Chen Tianyuan waved a hand. "No need, Teacher Wang."