The Cannon Fodder Counterpart Awakens and Strikes Back

*** Teng Ao, born into a prestigious family, possessed exceptional talent and was raised as a prodigy from a young age, enjoying countless cultivation resources. One day, he awakened to the shocking realization that the world he lived in was nothing but a rags-to-riches power fantasy novel, where an underdog rises to become an overpowered protagonist?! Even more absurdly, he wasn’t the protagonist—he was the cannon-fodder side character, the one used as a foil for the male lead! In the early stages, his role was to mock and provoke the protagonist occasionally, spurring him to improve. But as the protagonist, blessed with plot armor, gained one golden opportunity after another and soared...