Chapter 32: Michael’s Turn

Michael stood to the side, dumbfounded, watching this father and son set up a bet right at home. His eyes were full of confusion as he looked at the giant panda before him. He and Leo seemed like two completely different people. It felt incredibly strange.

Considering the time spent together, Michael clearly had more than Raphael. Raphael mostly just watched from afar a little, while Michael spent whole days by Leo’s side. No one understood Leo better than him, which was exactly why he was even more suspicious.

’System, can you scan Leo’s talent? I suspect he’s lying.’

The only one here who wouldn’t tell him lies was the support system. Moreover, the system said it could explain what he saw with his own eyes, so this situation should be usable.

[System scanning…]

[Discovered Leo’s cultivation talent is not an ordinary one-star. Inside, it hides nine more stars. Therefore, it can be said Leo’s talent is actually ten stars.]

Michael tried to suppress his excited feelings, but his eyelids couldn’t help but tremble slightly. Ten stars? What in the world is this excessive rank? You have to understand, in all these many villages over the past ten years, not a single person with a talent higher than one star had been born.

’System, what’s the highest cultivation talent in terms of stars?’

[I don’t know. You go find that out yourself. I only explain things you see but don’t understand, not things you’ve never seen.]

Michael’s expression darkened. The system’s answer was no answer at all. If he had seen it, he wouldn’t need to ask. What’s so hard to understand about that?

But thinking it over, Leo was becoming more and more like the template of a main character. From soul transmigration to diligent training, and now creating an unprecedented record. So, there was a ninety percent chance that ten-star talent was the limit.

Thinking like this, everything gradually became reasonable. Leo wasn’t a fool; he absolutely wouldn’t accept a nonsense bet when he had no chance of winning. Especially daring to swear using his ideals, it made losing even more impossible.

’Ha ha, this time Raphael is about to taste bitter defeat. Six years later, the old man who hates revolutionary work will become a revolutionary… Just thinking about it is exciting.’

Michael secretly laughed in his heart, patiently waiting for six years later to laugh right in the face of the old man who had beaten him up more than a few times.

“Now get out of the way, old man, I need to go train. I will definitely show you what it means there’s always someone better, there’s always a sky beyond this sky.”

Leo didn’t bother to glance at Raphael anymore and went straight for the door. Right now, he just wanted to quickly become proficient at using this new body.

A blue vein bulged on Raphael’s forehead but he forcibly suppressed it. Have to think further ahead, can’t ruin things by venting immediate anger. Look at how enthusiastic Leo is. The more enthusiastic, the more it’ll hurt when he falls, just like him back in the day.

He took a deep breath and finally managed to suppress the thought of giving Leo a beating. Whether Leo lost half his lifespan or not, he felt it didn’t matter anymore. After all, without him, Leo couldn’t hope to live even a single day, let alone several decades.

“Let’s go, Michael. We have to work hard so we can later slap this damn old man’s face.” Leo completely treated Raphael like air and pulled Michael to go with him.

Outrageous, absolutely outrageous! Raphael had held back, but this was Leo deliberately provoking a fight. He kicked and sent the two damn brats flying out.

“Hmph, you think you’ll always be as lucky as when you awakened? Back then you could pay with half your lifespan, what do you have to pay the price with now?”

In his view, Leo had absolutely no chance of winning this bet. The only method he could think of was eating a large amount of nine-star energy monster meat. But is Leo capable of catching those things? Even he himself was only confident of defeating the weakest types of nine-star energy monsters alone.

The dragon that Eat God used to give Leo, while not the peak of nine-star, was also not something Raphael could currently catch.

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After dragging Michael to a place very far away to train, only now could they talk in peace.

“Leo, your awakening isn’t one-star talent, is it? And you didn’t form a contract with some Big Panda either.”

Michael went straight to the heart of the matter. He was sure Leo also wanted to tell him these things because on this continent, the person closest to Leo was him.

“As expected, I couldn’t fool you. Even though the genie doesn’t have any real power, it can’t be looked down on.”

Leo used his current panda form and spoke, making Michael feel a bit strange.

“I don’t need you to praise me. Speak quickly, what ability did you awaken?”

“Ha ha, you might not believe it, but this form I have is the shrunken form of a god. He is Eat God, an extremely powerful god. He’s as big as a mountain, can easily defeat even a dragon. My talent is ten stars, the absolute limit with the goal of becoming a god. Moreover, he even treated me to dragon meat, even though it was raw it was incredibly delicious.”

When he got to the part about the dragon meat, Leo unconsciously drooled. That damn delicious thing really was addictive after one taste.

???

Hold on, bro, am I asking you for a food review here?

But Leo had also cleared Michael’s doubts. The stronger Leo was, wasn’t that his wish easier to fulfill? Wouldn’t Michael gain more benefits? This was a fantastic thing.

“Congratulations, Leo. This way, on your revolutionary path, you’ll have the power to save more people.”

“Shared joy, shared joy. The stronger we both are, the easier it is to achieve our goal.”

One kid, one panda, were clasping their hands, being extremely polite to each other as if two elders were talking. This scene looked somewhat bizarre no matter how you saw it.

“Leo, can you help me awaken? You know my ability, I can’t even draw a proper shape.”

“Small matter, but are you really willing to lose half your lifespan?” Leo nodded but still had to ask carefully.

This couldn’t be careless, if Michael resented him for it later, it would ruin their great plans.

“Who do you look down on? Who do you think I am? I’m a genie! Since when does a genie fear death?” Michael declared spiritedly.

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