58: A spirit of a hidden realm? Capture it to be a third wheel!

Space seemed to freeze at this moment.

The ripple of Law, capable of twisting space, released by the Spirit of the Secret Realm, suddenly stopped at 0.01 centimeters from Gu Fan's nose.

It was like a movie being paused.

Immediately after, an even grander, more unreasonable, and even superior Law power, transcending this small subspace, erupted from within Gu Fan.

That wasn't resistance.

That was rewriting.

[Ding! Backlash effective.]

[Judgment being corrected...]

[Original judgment: Gu Fan is the invader, Spirit of the Secret Realm is the homeowner.]

[Corrected to: Gu Fan is the 'Permanent Property Holder' (landlord), Spirit of the Secret Realm is the 'Delinquent Tenant with Malicious Intent and Poor Attitude'.]

"Buzz—"

The entire Spiritual Origin Secret Realm trembled violently.

The runes on the surrounding stone walls instantly changed their arrangement, as if paying homage to a new master.

The Spirit of the Secret Realm, which had been aggressive and ready to mock Gu Fan, suddenly felt a chill run through its body.

That feeling was like being arrogant and overbearing in one's own home, only to suddenly discover that the name on the property deed had changed to the other party, and one was holding a demolition hammer.

"Wha... what's going on?"

The Spirit of the Secret Realm's previously dazzling light suddenly dimmed, and its voice changed from a roar to a tremble, "Why... why do I feel like I've lost control of the Secret Realm? Why... do I feel like you're glowing?"

In its vision, Gu Fan was no longer an ordinary Mortal at this moment.

Instead, he was a towering, colossal giant holding a housing lease contract!

"Little fellow, who did you say you were going to flick just now?"

Gu Fan sat up from the floating bed, extending a hand with a smile.

His movements weren't fast, but in the eyes of the Spirit of the Secret Realm, this hand was like the Five-Finger Mountain, covering the sky and sun, leaving nowhere to escape.

"No! Don't come over! I am a Divine Spirit! I have dignity!"

The Spirit of the Secret Realm shrieked, trying to retreat, but found that the space around it had been locked.

Its proud spatial jumping ability was completely ineffective at this moment.

"Pop."

Gu Fan's hand gently and accurately grasped the ball of light.

It felt warm and soft, like a large, inflated jelly.

"Gotcha."

Gu Fan squeezed the ball of light in his hand, leaning in to observe with a curious expression, "This is the core of the Secret Realm? It looks quite unique. Weren't you quite arrogant just now? Why aren't you glowing anymore? Did you run out of power?"

Silence immediately fell.

Aside from the sound of the pool water churning, no one dared to make a sound.

Li Qingfeng remained kneeling in the water, stunned with his mouth agape.

Xiao Fan forgot to paddle and almost sank, nearly drinking the bathwater.

Lin Xue was even more dumbfounded.

Catching a Divine Spirit with bare hands?

Is this even human?!

"Let... let go of me!"

The Spirit of the Secret Realm, squeezed in his hand, struggled desperately, its two small mustaches twitching in anger, "Mortal! You are blaspheming! Release this Venerable One quickly! Otherwise, if this Venerable One releases even a tiny bit of Mental Energy shock, I can turn you into an idiot!"

"Still talking tough?"

Gu Fan raised an eyebrow, "Mental Energy shock, huh?"

He violently shook his arm up and down.

"Shake-Shake Mode, activate!"

"Ahhhhhh—!!!"

The Spirit of the Secret Realm felt the world spin, turning into a tumble dryer. Its Mental Energy hadn't even gathered before it was scattered by the shaking.

"Don't... don't shake anymore! I feel sick... ugh..."

The light from the ball of light began to flicker erratically, showing an unhealthy strobe effect.

"That's more like it."

Gu Fan stopped, looking at the dizzy, disoriented little light-person in his hand, "You need to be polite from now on. Greet your landlord when you see them. Understand?"

"Un... understood..." The Spirit of the Secret Realm was completely subdued. Or rather, shaken into submission.

It had never seen such an unreasonable human, one who could even ignore Laws. This was simply not someone a mere Immortal Cave Spirit could afford to provoke.

"Alright, seeing as your glowing efficiency isn't bad, my dorm just happens to need a desk lamp."

Gu Fan rummaged through his Storage Pouch.

Everyone watched nervously, wondering what Divine Artifact he would use to Seal this terrifying existence.

As it turned out.

Gu Fan pulled out an empty 'happy water' plastic bottle he hadn't had time to throw away.

He unscrewed the cap and shook out the last few drops of water.

"In you go."

Gu Fan unceremoniously stuffed the Spirit of the Secret Realm into the narrow bottle opening, like stuffing cotton.

"No! I am a noble spirit! I cannot live in a plastic bottle! This is non-biodegradable trash... Ah!"

As the bottle cap was screwed on, the protests ceased abruptly.

Inside the transparent plastic bottle, the ball of light pitifully huddled into a ball, illuminating the stretched bottle body brightly.

Gu Fan took out a rope, tied it around the Bottleneck, and casually hung it on his waist.

"Not bad, voice-activated, adjustable brightness, and even a strobe function. Perfect."

Gu Fan patted the bottle, "From now on, you'll be called 'light bulb'."

The ball of light inside the bottle violently collided with the bottle wall, clearly protesting the rustic name, but under Gu Fan's oppressive might, the protest was invalid.

After all this, Gu Fan turned to look at everyone.

"Why is everyone staring at me? Keep soaking, it's still early."

Everyone: "..."

Soak my ass!

You've captured the boss of this place, how can we stay here?

Sure enough.

The moment the Spirit of the Secret Realm was Sealed into the plastic bottle.

The surrounding space began to shake violently.

Without the support of its core consciousness, this Ancient Fragment Space, which was already unstable, began to show signs of collapse.

The nebula overhead began to spin and tear, revealing the Void Realm behind it.

Huge cracks appeared on the surrounding stone walls, andGravel rolling. (broken stones rolled down.)

The Spiritual Qi in the pool also began to dissipate rapidly.

"Oh no! The Secret Realm is collapsing!"

Li Qingfeng's face changed, and he scrambled onto the shore, regardless of his not-yet-fully-stable Realm, "Run! Spatial Turbulence is coming!"

"So fragile?"

Gu Fan glanced at a giant rock falling from above and sighed with some regret, "What a shame for this good soup."

He put away the floating bed and stuffed all the unfinished fruits into his Storage Pouch.

"Wind's up, let's scram!"

Gu Fan shouted, waving his hand at the Void Realm.

As the current 'landlord,' although he didn't understand spatial manipulation, he had a simpler method.

"light bulb, open the door! See our guests out!"

He patted the bottle on his waist.

The Spirit of the Secret Realm in the bottle glowed tearfully. It didn't want to, but it dared not refuse.

A huge teleportation light gate was forcibly opened in front of everyone.

"Go, go, go! Don't leave anything behind!"

Gu Fan, like a tour guide herding ducks, urged everyone into the light gate.

Xiao Fan and Lin Xue ran at the front, with the others following closely behind.

The moment Gu Fan's last foot stepped into the light gate.

Boom!

The Spiritual Origin Secret Realm behind them completely collapsed, vanishing entirely into the Void Realm... In the real world, at the Tianqiong War God Academy plaza.

At this time, countless waiting teachers and students gathered in the plaza.

Dean Zhuge Qing was contentedly saying to the Dean of Discipline beside him:

"The top ten seedlings this time are all good, especially that Gu Fan. Although his actions are eccentric, his luck is extremely good. If he can gain some Opportunity and comprehend a trace of ancient Daorhyme (Dao Rhythm) by entering the Secret Realm this time, it would be a blessing for the Academy."

The Dean of Discipline also nodded in agreement: "Indeed, the Spiritual Origin Secret Realm has been stable for hundreds of years, with countless Opportunities inside. I hope they can calm down, comprehend well, and not cause any more trouble."

Just then,

The teleportation array in the center of the plaza suddenly lit up fiercely.

Space twisted.

More than a dozen figures were spat out one after another.

"They're out!"

Zhuge Qing's spirit was invigorated, "Let me see what changes these children have undergone... Hmm?!"

When he clearly saw the appearance of the group before him, the old Dean's smile vanished.

He saw that these dozen or so people were all dressed in rags, their bodies crimson, like lobsters just pulled from a boiling pot. Some were still scratching, some were still sticking out their tongues to cool down, and they exuded a strong... hotpot smell?

And the most conspicuous was Gu Fan, standing at the very front.

He was wearing floral shorts, a glowing plastic bottle hung from his waist, and he was holding a fan, fanning himself.

"Oh, Dean, everyone's here?"

Gu Fan waved with a smile, "The Secret Realm service was good, but the sauna room temperature was a bit high, almost steamed everyone cooked."

Zhuge Qing's cheek twitched.

Sauna room?

He was about to scold them when his gaze was suddenly drawn to the glowing bottle on Gu Fan's waist.

As a knowledgeable Great Grandmaster, he sensed a familiar and terrifying fluctuation.

That fluctuation... how could it be exactly the same as the Secret Realm core that the Academy had guarded for hundreds of years?

"Gu Fan..."

Zhuge Qing pointed at the bottle, "What in the world is that... hanging on your waist?"

Gu Fan looked down at 'light bulb' still bouncing off the bottle walls, and lied without changing his expression:

"Oh, this? This is a specialty I just caught inside—a giant Firefly. It looks quite festive, so I brought it back as a souvenir."

"Fire... Firefly?!"

Zhuge Qing was so angry he felt dizzy.

Do your fireflies have mustaches?

Do your fireflies emit the power of Law?!

You kidnapped the Spirit of the Secret Realm?!

[Ding! Detected 'Zhuge Qing's' extreme shock and collapse, on the verge of a cerebral hemorrhage.]

[malice points +1000!]

Gu Fan listened to the System prompt and smiled even more happily.

This bath was not in vain.