Snort!

"You must be careful, Boss. Even I'm scared of myself now. Not only am I the most handsome bison, but I'm also probably the strongest one ever. Sigh, no wonder I'm the chosen protagonist," Mr. Bison said with a loud snort as he moved toward Leyvi.

Leyvi's mouth twitched. It had been a while since he heard stupid stuff like this. Ah, right! This is it! This is the sense of retardation that had been missing from the current Dorin!

Leyvi glanced at Dorin as he thought about her.

Huh? Why is she looking at Mr. Bison so intently like that? It's as if she's interested in him.

Uhh... Holy! What the heck! Wait a minute! Don't tell me she doesn't just like handsome humans but any handsome creature?

Oh god. Mr. Bison, you must stay strong. Don't become her foolish follower. Leyvi prayed for Mr. Bison's future.

"Oi, Boss! What are you doing? You can come at me anytime," Mr. Bison snapped Leyvi out of his thoughts.

When Leyvi turned his head towards Mr. Bison again, he saw a smooth, translucent barrier begin to form around him, flowing into existence like liquid crystal, forming a huge diamond. The surface of the diamond was flawless, without a single imperfection, as though it had been crafted by the hands of a divine artisan.

The light in the training room struck the barrier, refracting into a soft, ethereal glow that surrounded Mr. Bison in a radiant halo of colors. The barrier continued expanding outward, encapsulating not only Mr. Bison but also a small area around him. The small area of the barrier could definitely protect many people inside it.

Leyvi watched Mr. Bison's new power upgrade speechlessly.

It's over. This power-up is going to make him more delusional. No wonder he seemed more arrogant than usual just now.

"How do I look, Boss? Awesome, right? Now I don't have to fear some stupid poison attacking my balls again. They have to pass through my Protagonist Diamond Barrier first. Hahaha!"

"Protagonist Diamond Barrier? It should be Dumbass Diamond Barrier instead," Leyvi muttered.

Snort!

"Boss! I heard that! It seems like you still doubt my destined fate. Let me prove it to you."

Mr. Bison began charging at Leyvi with full force, and the floor trembled beneath Mr. Bison's hooves as he surged forward.

"Diamond Rampage!"

Although Leyvi made fun of Mr. Bison's diamond barrier just now, seeing Mr. Bison charging at him with it caused him to feel amazed.

As someone who had experienced a full-blown attack from a peak Soul Formation realm cultivator, the oppressive force emanating from Mr. Bison's attack was nowhere near what he experienced, but for his current level, this was more oppressive than he expected. Leyvi realized he couldn't afford to take the attack lightly.

But what about the attack's real power? Only one way to find out.

A massive fiery aura immediately gathered around Leyvi's right leg. With his current level of Qi control, charging Qi to any part of his body became much faster.

When Mr. Bison was mere meters away, Leyvi pivoted on his supporting foot, lifting his charged leg high and swinging it forward with explosive force.

"Big Bang Shot!"

BOOM!

The moment his kick connected with Mr. Bison's Protagonist Diamond Barrier, the fiery Qi detonated. A deafening boom ripped through the air, a shockwave of fire and heat erupting outward in a massive sphere.

The training room formation immediately did its job to absorb the overwhelming impact.

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The collision sent Leyvi sliding back several meters, his leg steaming but unharmed, while Mr. Bison's charge came to an abrupt halt.

Although his leg was unharmed, Leyvi could still feel great pain spreading through his right leg. It seemed that Mr. Bison's diamond barrier also had the damage-reflecting attribute that his body possessed.

Leyvi's eyes darted to Mr. Bison's Protagonist Diamond Barrier. A hairline fracture ran along its smooth surface, faint but unmistakable.

Leyvi smiled.

"Hahaha! How's that, Mr. Bison? Your Dumbass Diamond Barrier cracked a little. You can stop your delusion now. You are not the protagonist," Leyvi laughed heartily.

However, inwardly, he sweated a bit. If he was still in the middle stage of the Foundation Building realm instead of the late stage, he would have lost the exchange. Mr. Bison's Heavenly Diamond Lord Body was really terrifying.

A few seconds after Leyvi's laugh, snorts and grunts filled the training room. The sound was loud and defiant, like a declaration of Mr. Bison's refusal to accept reality.

"Dammit, Boss! You are just a side character that I have to overcome. Why are you still stronger than me?"

Mr. Bison couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the Protagonist Diamond Barrier crack, even just a little. He thought he was stronger than his boss by now.

Don't tell me that the Boss is actually the final villain? Yes, that must be it! That means his boss would always be stronger than him until near the end of the story. The notion felt oddly comforting to Mr. Bison; it explained his current predicament and gave him hope for eventual triumph.

Leyvi was speechless. I am a side character now? This lawnmower is becoming more and more delusional.

Oh wait! What about Dorin? He forgot that Dorin was around. Although she spectated him from quite a distance, the clash just now shook the entire training room. He suddenly worried that the intense shockwave might have affected her.

Leyvi looked behind him and saw Dorin was unharmed. He immediately let out a relieved sigh. It seemed that she was very calm and protected herself quite well.

Leyvi faced forward again and said, "Mr. Bison, let's go again. You can't be chickening out after just one clash, right? Or are you one of those cowardly, crybaby protagonists?"

Leyvi's taunt worked wonders. Mr. Bison immediately repaired the crack and started clashing with Leyvi again.

Three hours later, the rumbling in the training room finally stopped.

"Dammit, Boss! Just you wait. This is normal for a protagonist. I will come back stronger again and catch up to you. Although you are the final villain, I'll try to beat you as soon as possible!" Mr. Bison exited the training room with multiple loud snorts.

"What the heck? A few hours ago I was the side character, now I am the final villain? Maybe I should tell Sayu to read stories about beef steak to him. Maybe he would finally come back to his senses," Leyvi said to himself.

The next moment, Leyvi also saw Dorin exiting the training room.

Is this girl finally bored of watching me? Thank goodness. Don't come again.

Leyvi continued his final round of training before he entered seclusion to focus on cultivation.

Later that night,

At a grass field next to the Leyan Family mansion, Mr. Bison was soundly asleep after he spent a huge amount of his energy repairing his Protagonist Diamond Barrier from all the damage it received during the spar today. His snores echoed faintly in the quiet night.

Right at this moment, unbeknownst to him, a shadowy figure floated above—a Nascent Soul, radiating a faint, eerie light.

Hovering above Mr. Bison's head, the Nascent Soul extended ethereal tendrils toward him, aiming to penetrate his sea of consciousness, intending to overwhelm his dormant mind, forcing him into a deep slumber, and slowly replacing it with its own.

It had picked Dorin previously because she was the most compatible body it had ever encountered and because she was also an Alchemist Master. It found a good time to ditch the body it was possessing at the time and went after Dorin while she was sleeping.

In the future, after it took over her body and absorbed her memory completely, it would have a better chance to rise again.

When that time came, it would go back to that place and exact revenge on the people who caused its downfall!

What it didn't expect was to find a demonic beast possessing a Unique Heavenly Body. It was something totally unheard of previously. Much to its disbelief, the Heavenly Diamond Lord Body that the bison showed in the spar was absolutely real.

Although the body of the bison would be extremely incompatible with it, if it could get this power, exacting its revenge would be much more realistic. The gamble would be worth it!

The only downside was that it had to become a demonic beast for a long time.

However, it was something that it wouldn't mind enduring. After all, at some point, when it grew strong enough, it could become human again.

After possessing multiple times previously, it had become much more efficient when starting to possess someone. So, forcing Mr. Bison's consciousness into slumber wasn't that difficult.

Since the bison had gone into a deep slumber, it was time to occupy his sea of consciousness.

A few seconds later, the Nascent Soul had completely entered Mr. Bison's head.

In Mr. Bison's sea of consciousness, just as the Nascent Soul was about to spread its own consciousness to slowly replace the original consciousness, it saw something in the middle that it had never encountered in its previous possessions.

A spiritual imprint!

The sight of it stopped the Nascent Soul in its tracks. It pulsed faintly in the center of Mr. Bison's sea of consciousness.

It had been so eager to take over the body that it had forgotten about this crucial detail.

Mr. Bison was Leyvi's spirit beast, so his spiritual imprint was obviously going to be in here.

What a troublesome thing!

If it wanted to take over the body, it needed to destroy the spiritual imprint first.