Chapter 711: Chapter 527: Duck Egg’s Ability

Hong Yi and the Tummy Bag Beast stared blankly at the floating Duck Egg in midair, looking utterly astonished.

Dapang and Xiaopang even suspected that it was either because they’d eaten too many snacks lately or stayed up too late watching cartoons, and were now hallucinating.

"She just awakened like that?"

Hong Yi asked quietly, looking at the Tummy Bag Beast beside her, hoping for agreement.

Unfortunately, Dapang looked just as bewildered.

It’s not that rare for Little Elves to have innate skills.

The vast majority of Little Elves come with innate skills, just like Demon Beasts—those without them are actually the minority.

But those are all born-with abilities; postnatal awakenings are extremely rare.

Little Elves are a very magical race. They can absorb Spiritual Power but can’t learn Soul Skills, and after death, no Demon Spirit appears. Their innate skills are usually not powerful, most commonly manipulating Elemental Abilities.

Even the most powerful Little Elf can’t break through the King Level and can’t match up to human High Tier Professionals.

Because they look almost human, and have a cute, miniature appearance, plus some innate abilities, Little Elves—who can be carried everywhere—became the most popular pets, both as companions and bodyguards.

At previous auctions, a Little Elf with innate skill could fetch a price of over one billion.

But Ya Dan’s innate skill had never awakened—otherwise, she wouldn’t have been passed around so many times without finding a buyer.

If it were any other Little Elf, Hong Yi wouldn’t be surprised, but Ya Dan spent her days just watching anime, giggling at the TV, and eating and drinking nonstop.

She’s only palm-sized, but her appetite is several times bigger than Hong Yi’s—needs to eat Essence of Life every day, hates exercise even more than Hong Yi, and still managed to awaken?

Is postnatal awakening in the Elf Race really this easy?

"Roar roar."

Facing Hong Yi’s gaze, the Tummy Bag Beast collapsed onto the sofa, rubbed its big belly, and looked just as confused with a hint of envy.

It wanted an innate skill too!

At this moment, Ya Dan still didn’t realize she’d awakened, eyes glued to the TV, her face lighting up with silly giggles at SpongeBob’s childish antics. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"Still hasn’t noticed! Silly people really are blessed,"

Hong Yi muttered speechlessly.

"Duck Egg, Duck Egg."

Hong Yi called twice, but Ya Dan didn’t react, so she waved a hand in front of Ya Dan’s face, blocking her view, which finally brought her back to her senses.

"What is it?"

Ya Dan asked with confusion. When Hong Yi pointed at her, she lowered her head and noticed the energy swirling around her.

"I awakened?"

Ya Dan’s mouth hung open for a long moment before she suddenly realized with delight.

"Probably, yeah. What ability did you awaken?"

Hong Yi sighed helplessly.

Little Elf innate skills are usually not that strong, but she’s still curious.

"No idea."

Ya Dan looked herself over, just as puzzled.

She could feel some strange new Power inside her, but no idea what it did.

"Want to try it out on Du?"

Ya Dan looked at the Tummy Bag Beast, eager to try. A ball of black light wrapped around her tiny right hand, the glow deep and inky.

"Roar roar."

The Tummy Bag Beast didn’t understand what Ya Dan said, but it wasn’t dumb—it could guess from her actions, so it roared to express its displeasure.

Why use me as a test subject?

Who do you think you are?

"Roar roar!"

The Tummy Bag Beast munched on potato chips and rolled its eyes dramatically.

Even though it’s a Demon Beast, its expressions are vivid enough to make Hong Yi burst out laughing.

With these two around, her life was never boring.

"Forget Du—try it out on me,"

Hong Yi suggested.

As a Spirit Medium, her constitution was already unusual. In the past six months, hiding out in this little room, whenever the Lin Feng team went into a Space Gate, they’d let her out for some fresh air, while she absorbed the Power of sacrifice.

With the Power from the sacrifices, her strength rose quickly. Plus, with Sha Mi in her body, she could ignore most normal attacks.

Ya Dan had just awakened; even if her innate skill was strong, it couldn’t be that overpowered.

"Okay!"

Ya Dan was pretty bold—she didn’t hesitate, and simply tossed the black light at Hong Yi.

The black light merged straight into Hong Yi, sparkling faintly on her skin.

The human, the beast, and the elf all stared at each other. After a while, nothing happened.

"What’s going on?"

Hong Yi looked at her hands—nothing happened, no feeling inside either.

Did she just awaken to nothing at all?

Little Elf Ya Dan stared at her own hand, equally lost and disappointed.

"Roar roar."

The Tummy Bag Beast laughed gleefully, then started laughing so hard it slumped half over Hong Yi.

"Careful."

Noticing the black light seep into the Tummy Bag Beast’s body, Hong Yi got anxious.

Just because the black light had no effect on her didn’t mean it was harmless to the Tummy Bag Beast.

The Tummy Bag Beast’s power could be described as pitiful.

"Roar roar."

The Tummy Bag Beast didn’t care, continuing to show off and gloat at Ya Dan floating in the air. Only this time, the roars that no one could understand changed for Ya Dan.

"You’re such a little idiot, it’s hilarious."

"You claim you’ve awakened some innate skill, but it’s totally useless. My big belly’s more useful than you."

"Let’s see if Circle will still be nice with you from now on?"

The beast kept roaring, and Ya Dan’s eyes grew brighter and brighter.

She realized what her innate skill was!

As for ’Circle’, it was obviously Hong Yi’s nickname.

Circle—as in dark circles under the eyes.

"That idiot!"

Seeing the Tummy Bag Beast still rambling on, Ya Dan laughed.

"You’re the idiot."

The Tummy Bag Beast snapped back, clearly annoyed. Even for a Demon Beast, it knew what "idiot" meant.

But just after saying it, it froze. Its big eyes filled with confusion, and the potato chip in its paw dropped to the floor.

"Du, you can understand me?"

Ya Dan asked, a bit uncertain.

The Tummy Bag Beast nodded blankly, then rumbled, "Little one, you can understand me too?"

Ya Dan nodded too, face beaming with joy.

Not only could she understand Du, Du could understand her.

"Sister Hong Yi, I can understand Du, and Du can understand me! This must be my innate skill!"

Ya Dan quickly told Hong Yi, her little face full of smugness.

She didn’t know if her ability was strong, only that she finally had an innate skill—she wasn’t just here to eat and laze about anymore.

She knew how much she cost to keep—every day she watched cartoons, feasted like a glutton, seemed carefree, but in truth, she always worried about being abandoned.

Or that Lin Feng would sell her.

After all, who would keep a pet that was completely useless?

Now that she had an innate skill, she didn’t have to worry about being abandoned anymore.

"Sister Hong Yi, does my skill count as support? Is it powerful? Is it precious?" Ya Dan asked.

Hong Yi nodded and confirmed, "It’s a support skill, very precious, and very few ever have this ability."

"That’s awesome!"

Ya Dan flew a lap around the room, clapping midair, smiling so hard her eyes vanished.

"Roar roar."

The Tummy Bag Beast let out a series of roars, looking rather anxious.

Hong Yi glanced from the Tummy Bag Beast back to Ya Dan.

Ya Dan fluttered her wings, stopped right in front of Hong Yi, and quickly translated: "Du says he doesn’t like lime-flavored chips, he likes tomato-flavored, and tells us not to eat the tomato ones. Also, he wants his cheap owner to get him a new sofa—this one’s not comfortable."

"Such a glutton."

Hong Yi was speechless. She thought Du had something urgent, but it turned out he just wanted to eat.

As for the sofa, it used to be really comfy—until it got squashed out of shape recently.

"Tell him to lose some weight—he’s as round as a ball, and he’s the one who crushed the sofa,"

Hong Yi said.

Ya Dan started translating. The Tummy Bag Beast didn’t care and just roared, then collapsed deeper into the sofa, which creaked under the strain.

"Du, communicate with your cheap owner. We’re almost out of snacks,"

Ya Dan told the Tummy Bag Beast.

She couldn’t wait to tell Lin Feng the news, and finally let her know she wasn’t just freeloading anymore.