72: Chapter 71 You dare to find a technician behind my back?

The lights in the manor were on.

When Lin Mo pushed open the door, a small figure catapulted up from the sofa.

The speed was far beyond that of a normal human.

"Lin Mo!!"

Su Xiaoli lunged at him, her arms tightly encircling his waist as she buried her head in his chest.

She squeezed so hard that his ribs began to creak.

Lin Mo looked down.

The little girl was wearing the white uniform dress of Tianfu University, her hair tied in twin tails, and plush slippers on her feet.

She was also clutching a small pink fox in her arms, which was now sandwiched between the two of them, its eyes rolling back from the pressure.

This little fox didn't seem to be an ordinary creature either, as it hadn't been crushed to death by Su Xiaoli's strength!

Su Xiaoli suddenly glared at him for a few seconds before burying her face back into his chest.

"You smell of blood."

"It's someone else's."

"It wouldn't happen to be some girl's, would it?"

Lin Mo: "???"

Across from the sofa, Shen Yuntang sat there, watching silently.

Lin Mo patted Su Xiaoli's back, signaling her to sit down properly.

Su Xiaoli reluctantly let go, though her small hands still gripped the corner of his clothes tightly.

Seeing that she could finally speak, Shen Yuntang smiled faintly and said:

"Lin Mo, you've caused quite a stir this time."

"Everyone is fearing for their lives regarding this Second Awakening dungeon."

Shen Yuntang's tone was flat.

"None of the major clans or The Consortium are willing to participate."

"Not a single one?"

"After such a major incident happened to the Zhang family today, the other clans are all taking a wait-and-see approach."

Shen Yuntang shook her head.

"Word has spread that your combat power is far too ridiculous; no one is willing to risk sending their core geniuses in at a critical juncture like this."

"So, for this Hell-grade dungeon—"

"It's very likely you'll be the only one entering."

Lin Mo initially looked calm, but then he suddenly frowned.

"Then whose points am I supposed to farm?"

Shen Yuntang: "..."

Su Xiaoli: "..."

"If there's no one inside, you'll just clear it directly; there's no need to farm points."

The corners of Shen Yuntang's mouth twitched twice.

"That's the core issue."

Lin Mo looked serious.

"If there are no people, where am I going to find a technician?"

Su Xiaoli's eyes suddenly widened, and her grip on Lin Mo's hand tightened abruptly.

"You dare look for a technician behind my back?"

"Ahem, just kidding..."

Lin Mo gave a dry laugh.

Shen Yuntang took a deep breath and decided to skip the topic.

"Lin Mo, I'm talking business."

Her voice turned serious.

"The Alliance Leader asked me to tell you three things."

"When the Dragon King was shattered into pieces back then, they were scattered all over the world. Hell-grade dungeons are the places where the most Dragon King shards exist."

"You will definitely encounter people from the Dragon Temple this time."

Shen Yuntang stared at his chest.

"And as for your curse, the people from the Dragon Temple can use it to track your location."

"Second."

Shen Yuntang lowered her voice even further.

"The Dragon Attendants in the Dragon Temple are merely the lowest-level servants. Above them are Dragon Generals and Dragon Scions."

"Dragon Scions?"

Lin Mo raised an eyebrow.

"It's said that the Dragon King was incredibly debauched, with a harem of over three thousand, and his offspring are countless."

Shen Yuntang kept her voice very low.

"They are descendants who truly carry the blood of the Dragon King. They are born with mastery over Space Law and possess extreme strength."

"The Space Law used by that grey-robed Dragon Attendant last time was, at best, the lowest grade."

"A Dragon Scion, however, is born with mastery over high-level Laws."

The room fell silent for a few seconds.

"Of course, you might not necessarily encounter a Dragon Scion, but there's a high probability you'll run into a Dragon General."

"And the third thing?"

Lin Mo asked.

Shen Yuntang reached out and gently brushed aside a strand of hair hanging over her forehead.

"The third thing is the Alliance Leader's exact words—"

"'If you run into something inside that you can't beat, then run.'"

"'Coming out alive is more important than anything else.'"

Shen Yuntang looked into Lin Mo's eyes.

"I've delivered the message. You must be careful tomorrow."

Having said that, she turned and walked toward the door.

The door closed.

Only two people and a limp pink fox remained in the room.

Su Xiaoli fished something out of her pocket.

A dark gold pendant.

It was shaped like a small koi fish; the craftsmanship was crude, and the tail was a bit crooked.

"I made it myself."

She stuffed the pendant into Lin Mo's palm and squeezed it hard.

"I've sealed a bit of my power inside it."

"What's the effect?"

Su Xiaoli thought for a moment.

"A bomb."

Lin Mo: "?"

"Teacher says my power can destroy anything; it can blow up anything."

Su Xiaoli tilted her head with a look of pure sincerity.

Lin Mo looked at the crooked-tailed little koi in his palm and smiled.

He hung the pendant around his neck.

"Alright, I'll take it with me."

"Then I'll wait for you."

"Mm."

"Come back soon."

"Okay."

—

The next morning.

On the plaza in front of the Tianfu University Class Change Temple, Qin Lan, Shen Yuntang, and Pei Jun had already arrived.

Dozens of Alliance guards had set up three layers of isolation barriers around the area.

Lin Mo wore casual clothes, with a platinum longsword hanging at his waist and nothing on his back.

The gates of the Class Change Temple slowly opened, and a bronze light spilled out from the crack.

Lin Mo stepped forward.

Qin Lan suddenly spoke:

"Don't die in there."

"Xiao Li is still waiting for you."

Lin Mo didn't look back but waved his hand.

"Don't worry, it's just a bunch of lizards."

He stepped through the bronze gates.

The light swallowed him whole.

The weightlessness of teleportation hit him. Lin Mo closed his eyes, waiting to land.

Three seconds later, his feet touched solid ground.

He opened his eyes.

What met his eyes was not a wasteland, not ruins, nor any terrain he had anticipated.

It was a vast, boundless White Bone Wasteland.

Bones were piled into mountains and paved into roads.

The sky was dark red, with no sun, only a massive, slowly rotating blood-colored vortex hanging at the zenith.

[Second Awakening Hell-Grade Class Change Dungeon — Bone Dragon Domain]

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The moment the light screen popped up, the Dragon Blood Soul-Devouring Curse on Lin Mo's chest suddenly flared up.

Pitch-black patterns spread frantically from his right chest, crawling along his blood vessels until they covered his entire right arm.

A violent burning sensation.

It wasn't the mild throbbing from before.

It was sensing an extremely dense Dragon King power shard at a very close range.

Right in the center of this White Bone Wasteland.

Lin Mo looked down at his black-veined right arm when he suddenly heard a voice.

It wasn't a system notification.

It was a real, aged voice coming from all directions at once.

"The Overlord's partner."

"You have finally come."

"We have waited for you—"

"Waited for a very long time."

At the end of the White Bone Wasteland, countless pairs of dark gold eyes opened simultaneously.

It wasn't just one Dragon Attendant.

It was a whole group.

Among the Dragon Attendant guards, there was a black-haired man wearing golden armor.

His aura was completely different from the other Dragon Attendants!

That was—a Dragon General!