Reg’s voice was laced with undisguised shock.

Pani’s face instantly turned ashen, and his body began to tremble slightly. He knew the worst had happened.

He swallowed hard, his voice tinged with despair. "Admiral Bai Lian has been taking Rage Suppressors for so long that his body has developed a resistance. The suppressors are useless for him now."

His words struck everyone present like a bolt from the blue, sending a chill down their spines.

Reg’s expression darkened instantly. If even the Rage Suppressors had failed, then Bai Lian’s situation was far more perilous than his own had been.

He asked urgently, a hint of disbelief in his tone, "What was his Rage Value before all this?!"

Pani’s eyes were filled with grief and helplessness. He lowered his head and said in a low voice:

"...The Admiral has been at the critical threshold for a long time. He’s only remained stable by using his incredible willpower to put his own Spiritual Body to sleep, along with taking regular injections of Rage Suppressors."

"What?!" Reg was aghast, his face a mask of shock.

He knew all too well what putting one’s Spiritual Body to sleep entailed. It required immense willpower to strip away the power granted by the Beast God from within one’s own body. The process was excruciatingly painful and could even affect one’s lifespan.

While it could indeed weaken one’s beastly nature and prevent them from going berserk to some extent, it was something an ordinary person could never accomplish.

Hearing this, Su Yaoyao felt as if an invisible hand had clenched tightly around her heart, squeezing it painfully.

Her eyes reddened, and she looked at Pani, filled with self-blame. Her voice choked with a sob. "I was just trying to use Bai Lian to train my spiritual power. I honestly never thought this would happen."

She was consumed by regret. If she had known this would be the outcome, she never would have been so reckless.

Pani’s brow furrowed. He stared intently at Su Yaoyao, his expression thoughtful as he ventured a guess. "Did you stop midway through?"

He knew that intervening with spiritual power was an extremely delicate process. The slightest mistake could trigger unforeseen consequences.

Su Yaoyao froze, her thoughts instantly flashing back to Bai Lian’s Spirit World.

At that moment, the powerful White Lion had abruptly awakened. Startled, she had snatched her hand back, and in that instant, she had indeed cut off the flow of her spiritual power.

Thinking of this, Su Yaoyao slowly nodded, her movement heavy with dread and unease.

Pani let out a long sigh, his expression grave. There was a note of certainty in his voice. "This is likely a backlash from the suppression.

For a long time, he has kept the berserk energy forcefully suppressed. But your spiritual power’s soothing gave his beastly nature a taste of relief, filling his heart with desire.

However, when that soothing stopped abruptly before it could go any deeper, his desire instantly transformed into an endless void of emptiness and rage.

His Rage Value surged out of control, like a bursting dam."

"What are we supposed to do?" Su Yaoyao’s face was streaked with tears, her voice trembling with helplessness and despair.

She was pouring out her spiritual power, trying to stabilize Bai Lian, but the energy inside her was draining away like sand in an hourglass.

She knew she couldn’t last much longer at this rate.

Pani stood to the side, his expression grave. Watching Su Yaoyao’s face grow paler by the second, he knew the young female’s spiritual power was about to run out.

In truth, he had one last solution, but it was so difficult to bring up that his lips trembled, the words refusing to leave his mouth.

Reg paced back and forth anxiously, a vein throbbing on his forehead. His eyes were wide as he roared, "The situation is critical! Just spit it out!" His voice, filled with anxiety and urgency, echoed in the spacious room.

"S... Saliva exchange..." Pani’s face turned beet red as he finally forced out the two words, his voice as faint as a mosquito’s buzz. He averted his gaze, not daring to look at anyone.

Su Yaoyao froze for a second, then it dawned on her. "Kissing?"

She remembered that saliva exchange was a Second Order soothing technique. Its purifying effect was weaker than a Spiritual Link, but it didn’t require a female to expend much spiritual power to perform.

But could a mere Second Order soothing technique really stabilize Bai Lian in his current condition?

Her eyes were filled with doubt and worry, her brow deeply furrowed.

"Yes..." Pani’s voice grew even fainter. He blushed, unsure how to explain further.

Reg also quickly understood what Pani meant. His brow instantly knitted together, and a complex emotion flickered in his eyes.

Of course, he wasn’t happy about the idea of Su Yaoyao giving her first time to Bai Lian.

However, he also knew that the situation had reached a life-or-death crisis.

As everyone fell silent, Bai Lian let out a pained roar and forcefully shoved Su Yaoyao away with all his might. His voice was hoarse and distorted from pain and struggle. "Get her out of here! Don’t worry about me!"

His eyes were filled with resolution and agony. Of course, he had also thought of the solution Pani proposed.

But he would rather endure it all himself than put Su Yaoyao in danger.

Shoved away by Bai Lian, Su Yaoyao staggered, but Reg caught her just in time.

Su Yaoyao shook her head, refusing to leave. She asked through her tears, "Pani, tell me! How can I save Bai Lian? I’ll do anything for him!"

Her voice was filled with both desperation and determination as tears streamed endlessly down her cheeks, soaking the front of her clothes.

At that moment, she had only one conviction: she would save Bai Lian, no matter the cost.

"...You need to mate with Admiral Bai Lian. After his emotions stabilize, you must link to his Spirit World and perform both saliva exchange and a Spiritual Link soothing simultaneously."

Pani took a deep breath and finally summoned the courage to state the complete method.

His voice was a little steadier, but a blush still lingered on his face. After all, it was an extremely private and sensitive topic.

When Su Yaoyao heard this, she froze completely, her mind going blank. She had never imagined such a solution.

Bai Lian shook his head desperately, firmly refusing. "No! Absolutely not!"

His eyes were filled with worry and fear. He was already in a half-beast state, his strength uncontrollable. The slightest mistake could get Su Yaoyao hurt.

He absolutely could not let that happen. He had to protect Su Yaoyao’s safety, even at the cost of his own life.

"Take her and go! I won’t do anything to hurt Yaoyao," Bai Lian shouted again, his voice firm and unyielding.

Though his body was twisting in agony, his gaze was crystal clear as he stared intently at Su Yaoyao, as if trying to etch her image into the depths of his heart.

Su Yaoyao’s eyes were red, tears still streaming down, but her expression had become exceptionally resolute.

She looked directly at Bai Lian and said, enunciating each word:

"I’m going to do it. In the Star Shining Empire, females are revered and males are subordinate. You have no right to refuse me."