72: Champion's reward distributed! Target: A-level strategic reserve!

Within the sea of thunder in his dantian, a viscous mass of abyssal energy was frantically crashing and struggling!

It was precisely that abyssal origin!

It was like a living entity, exuding violent, chaotic, and greedy will.

It was constantly eroding the lightning that enveloped it.

Lin Yuan could feel his lightning power being consumed at a slow but steady rate.

This was the “death warrant” Captain Qin Zhan had spoken of!

This thing was not that easy to digest at all.

Once his lightning power could no longer suppress it… the consequences would be unimaginable!

However, coexisting with this enormous risk was an unparalleled temptation.

Lin Yuan could sense how immense the energy contained within this abyssal origin was!

If… if he could completely “devour” it!

His strength would definitely undergo a leap!

Fortune favors the bold!

Let’s do it!

Lin Yuan’s eyes hardened, and he made up his mind.

He was about to mobilize more lightning power and begin attempting to refine this abyssal origin.

Just then.

Buzz—

The black origin suddenly trembled.

A sliver of information, not belonging to him, forcefully squeezed into his mind!

It was a scene.

An boundless, dark starfield.

A massive throne, piled high with countless skeletal remains of creatures.

Upon the throne sat a blurry, indistinct shadow.

Merely seeing the outline of that shadow, a pressure ten thousand times more terrifying than that of an Abyssal Lord descended with a roar!

The Abyssal Lord, who had just been so arrogant, was as small as a speck of dust before this shadow!

“Pfft!”

Lin Yuan spat out a mouthful of blood, and the image instantly shattered!

His face was pale, and he gasped for breath.

What was that thing?!

Lin Yuan was horrified to discover that this abyssal origin was not a pure mass of energy at all, but rather more like a… living curse!

It had a will imprinted within it; that fleeting glimpse of an image just now was the counterattack and warning from that will.

This thing was like a hard, poisonous bone, not only tough to chew but also deadly.

It seemed impossible to “eat” it clean in a short amount of time.

Just as he was feeling uneasy.

“Thump, thump.”

A knock on the door suddenly sounded.

Lin Yuan’s heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Who?

Had Captain Qin Zhan come back? Or were the medical team worried and wanted to give him a full-body CT scan?

He suppressed the irritation in his heart and slowly shuffled to the door.

“Who is it?”

There was no sound outside the door.

But the knocking sounded twice more.

Thump, thump.

Lin Yuan’s heart sank.

This rhythm… sounded a bit familiar.

He hesitated for a moment, then opened the door.

Standing outside the door was indeed Su Wanqing.

She was wearing a black uniform of the Dragon Shield Bureau, which made her already fair skin appear even more aloof.

Under the moonlight, she stood gracefully, like a snow lotus untouched by dust.

Lin Yuan’s scalp tingled.

It’s over.

It’s BBQ.

This lady, she wouldn’t be here to settle scores, would she?

She was the survivor who had witnessed his “clothing explosion and transformation” firsthand!

Although she seemed to have been on the verge of fainting at the time, what if? What if she had seen something she shouldn’t have?

Eighteen different excuses flashed through Lin Yuan’s mind.

“Ah, Miss Su, it’s so late, is something the matter?” He forced a ingratiating smile onto his face, “Are you here to discuss insights from the battle just now? Actually, I was just lucky…”

Su Wanqing didn’t speak, she just looked at him quietly.

Lin Yuan felt a chill in his heart from her gaze.

“Um… if you have nothing else, I’ll go rest now?”

“After all, as you know, I just entered C-rank, and the consumption just now was so great, my head is still a bit dizzy now…”

As he spoke, he prepared to close the door.

Just then.

Su Wanqing suddenly reached out and handed him a small white porcelain bottle.

“This, for you.”

Her voice was still as cold, betraying no emotion.

Lin Yuan was stunned.

“This is?”

“The Su Family’s secret ‘Spirit-Calming Pill’.” Su Wanqing explained concisely, “It can replenish consumed energy and repair hidden mental injuries.”

Lin Yuan looked at the small porcelain bottle and blinked.

Su Family’s secret recipe?

It sounded very expensive.

His first reaction was not to thank her, but to ask cautiously, “This… how much does it cost?”

“Or, how many contribution points?”

Su Wanqing: “…”

She seemed to be choked by Lin Yuan’s peculiar thought process.

The set of words she had prepared were all stuck in her throat.

She took a deep breath, seemingly trying to maintain her persona.

“It’s not for money.”

“Consider it… a thank-you gift for saving everyone.”

“Oh oh oh!” Lin Yuan’s eyes instantly lit up when he heard it wasn’t for money.

He snatched the porcelain bottle, clutching it tightly in his hand, afraid that the other party would go back on her word.

“Then I won’t be polite! Miss Su is generous! The Su Family is generous!”

He uncorked the bottle and sniffed it under his nose.

A clear, refreshing herbal scent permeated his senses.

Just by smelling it, he felt that the restless energy within his body seemed to have calmed down a little.

Good stuff!

Absolutely good stuff!

Su Wanqing looked at his money-grubbing appearance, remained silent for a moment, but still couldn’t help but speak.

“Next time.”

Her voice was very soft.

“Don’t be so reckless again.”

After speaking, she seemed to feel that saying such words did not fit her style, so she said no more, turned and left, quickly disappearing into the night.

Only Lin Yuan was left, holding the small porcelain bottle, bewildered in the wind.

“Strange woman…”

He muttered, then closed the door.

Back in his room, he immediately immersed his mind within his body.

That abyssal origin was still rampaging through the sea of thunder.

That terrifying fleeting image just now made Lin Yuan realize that this thing absolutely could not be dealt with by conventional methods.

Trying to force it would likely kill him.

He glanced at the “Spirit-Calming Pill” in his hand, thought about it, but still couldn’t bear to take it now.

Good steel must be used on the blade.

This thing must be kept as a life-saving trump card.

“Fortune favors the bold…”

“The brave get rich, the timid starve!”

Lin Yuan’s eyes hardened.

He no longer hesitated, mobilizing the lightning within his body, and once again enveloped the abyssal origin.

This time, he did not attempt to forcibly refine it.

Instead, he used his lightning power to “scrape” off tiny wisps of abyssal energy from the surface of the origin, little by little.

Then, he used the Primordial Thunder God Body’s primordial power to absorb these tiny wisps of energy!

This process was painful and long.

The intrusion of every wisp of abyssal energy felt like countless needles piercing his meridians.

That chaotic, violent will also continuously impacted his consciousness.

But Lin Yuan gritted his teeth and endured it without a sound.

He repeated the process of “scraping” and “digesting” over and over again.

Time passed, minute by minute.

The sky outside the window changed from black to gray, then from gray to bright.

When the first ray of morning light shone into the room.

Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

A trace of fatigue flashed in his eyes, but more than that, it was excitement!

After a night of “scraping the bone to cure the poison,” although the abyssal origin had only shrunk a little, it no longer possessed its initial ferocity.

And he himself… [Primordial Thunder God Body, activated.]

[Current Divine Body Power: 30.7%]

[New absorbable energy source detected…]

Overnight, the power recovered from almost depleted to 30.7%!

This efficiency was much faster than gnawing on a high-voltage power pole!

Moreover, he could feel that his lightning power seemed to have gained a subtle, indescribable “resilience.”

His resistance to abyssal energy had also grown stronger.

“This wave… huge profit!”

Lin Yuan excitedly leaped up from the ground.

Just then.

“Beep beep—”

The personal terminal on his wrist suddenly lit up.

An encrypted message from the Dragon Shield Bureau headquarters popped up.

[Individual Competition Champion RewardClaim permissions has been opened. Champion ‘Lin Yuan’ please proceed immediately to the ‘A-Class Strategic Reserve’ to select your reward.]

Lin Yuan’s eyes widened.

A-Class!

Strategic Reserve!

He seemed to already see heavenly thunder fragments beckoning to him.

The feeling of fatigue vanished completely!

He quickly tidied himself up and rushed out the door like the wind.