13: Chapter 13 Entering the Inner Enclosure!

"Since things have come to this, let's start the slaughter first!"

As Lin Wan's voice fell,

twenty suspended sword shadows pierced the air, and the sound of swords rang throughout the sky!

"Woo-woo-woo—!!"

The Rock Wolf leader let out a series of howls,

the wolf pack gathered at this moment, and a murderous aura converged.

Lin Wan's introductory universal communication couldn't quite make out what it was howling,

so he still assumed it was cursing him!

However, compared to last time, he wasn't as mentally broken.

Would a king ever care about the barking of ants?

68.4 gave him unparalleled confidence; at this moment, the wolf pack only deserved his condescension.

In an instant, sword light like rain pierced through the center of the wolf pack,

and under one wave of attacks, the twenty taie swords turned into specks of starlight and dissipated between heaven and earth.

"Puchi—!"

More than twenty wolf heads fell to the ground, already silent.

Lin Wan moved with a single thought, arriving in front of the wolf corpses, decrypting and obtaining expertise in one smooth motion.

As for the reward settlements in his talent tab, he didn't even glance at them, turning around and leaving.

He couldn't waste time here; rewards could be viewed at any time, but development efficiency couldn't be slow.

After using Target Settlement to lock onto the next batch of little monsters, he finally had the time to look at the newly acquired expertise.

[Expertise: Rock Swamp + 4]

[Description: After locking onto an attack target, create a mud swamp beneath the target, restricting the target's movement for 2 seconds and slowing their speed in the swamp by 35% (Cooldown: 5 seconds)]

"This time it's actually an active expertise..."

"It's quite useful, but unfortunately it can't be used on aerial targets!"

Five seconds for a movement restriction plus slow; when facing evenly matched opponents, it could easily turn the tide of battle.

This active expertise enhanced his soft power significantly, but his apparent overall combat strength didn't change...

In other words, based on the panel settings, expertise or talents that didn't enhance himself directly wouldn't increase his combat strength.

"Then the inflation in this combat strength rating is worth considering..."

Lin Wan frowned.

Most of his combat strength came from hard power; his soft power methods were still too minor. If he went up against someone with many tricks, he would be at a disadvantage.

However, this issue was a problem for him now, but it might not be later. With the decryption system, he was destined to be a hexagonal warrior, developing in all aspects.

For now, he would just take it one step at a time.

...

"For every step taken, look a hundred steps ahead; prepare personnel in advance to make contact with Lin Wan."

"To have such combat strength in just two hours—when this child returns in three days, he will surely soar into the sky!"

Although Commander Chu Zheng's words were calm,

Lu Ming could see from his eyes that he was not calm at all; one could even say they were turbulent waves.

After all, no one knew to what extent Lin Wan would develop in three days.

If this relationship wasn't handled well, it would be a highly irresponsible act toward the entire Dragon Kingdom and its citizens.

Just think, if they turned an individual who didn't fear nuclear weapons into an enemy, who could sleep soundly?

"Chief, I personally think we can start from other aspects first."

Lu Ming suggested.

"You mean his family?"

"Yes. After investigation, Lin Wan's parents are both deceased, and he and his younger sister, Lin Ya, raised each other from a young age. Their sibling bond is very deep!"

"Furthermore, after a detailed investigation, we also discovered that Lin Ya has a very deep bond with Ye Fan, who currently possesses the Word of Law talent."

Hearing this, Commander Chu Zheng raised an eyebrow.

"Since that's the case, first gather Lin Ya and Ye Fan's parents under protection to avoid covetousness from some lawless elements."

"Of course, we must also give them some appropriate conveniences; don't make them too restrained. Send a few female soldiers who speak gently over there."

Lu Ming: "Understood."

— —

Time flowed like water,

and in the blink of an eye, 12 hours had passed in the Chaotic Beast Star Sector.

Lin Wan suddenly felt his feet sink, and his entire body became somewhat heavy.

"This is... gravity has changed?"

Lin Wan lifted his foot, feeling the changes around him.

He silently opened the map.

[Chaotic Beast Star Sector · Inner Wasteland]

[Danger Level: C+]

[Suitable Combat Strength: 20 — 200]

[Suggestion: Be willing to be humble for a smile, or become mediocre~]

[Gravity: Twice that of the Edge Wasteland]

"So I've left the newbie area; that wasn't easy!"

If he had flown in a straight line, the shortest distance between two points, Lin Wan could have arrived here about a few hours ago.

However, in order to farm a few more species of little monsters, he deliberately lingered for a few more hours.

His expertise also increased by three types because of this.

[Expertise: Virility + 5]

[Description: The most important expertise of the Heaven-Scarring Tiger in its life; Physique * 2.2]

[Expertise: True Sight + 5]

[Description: With your eyes, you can see through fog and a portion of illusions.]

[Expertise: Heavenly Rampart + 4]

[Description: As long as faith does not extinguish, combat strength can be maintained at its peak in a normal state; duration of special states like 'burst' increases by 5 minutes.]

The Edge Wasteland was very large, and the distance between groups was also very large, which meant he had to fly for a long time to find other groups,

but it had to be said that their expertise was all first-class and practical.

First was Virility; needless to say, it directly doubled his physique.

As for True Sight, it was obtained by killing a Rock Monkey group, which counted as an additional soft power method.

The final expertise, Heavenly Rampart, was even more remarkable; it could allow his combat state to always remain at its peak.

In other words, when he used Charge now, before his stamina was exhausted, no matter what injuries he sustained, his power would not weaken, and that burst state could also extend the duration by 5 minutes.

This was also a divine life-saving skill.

As for the mentioned "faith does not extinguish,"

the people have faith, and the country has strength.

Reversing cause and effect, Lin Wan's desire for power was unwavering; he was not lacking in faith at all.

"It's just a pity that for a whole ten hours, I haven't encountered any other intelligent life."

Lin Wan was annoyed.

The wasteland was too big; no wonder the difficulty of Target Settlement—finding beasts was easy, but finding intelligent life was at least a seven-star difficulty.

As for wanting to find the yellow-haired Ye Fan, it was undoubtedly finding a needle in a haystack.

He only now realized that finding Zisha earlier was considered extremely lucky.

So after farming three types of expertise, he didn't waste time in the edge area anymore.

Currently, his Target Settlement rewards had already filled up his talent tab.

The most useful ones had already been selected.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Intermediate Strength Enhancement Potion, Intermediate Speed Enhancement Potion, Intermediate Physique Enhancement Potion, Space Ring (10 cubic meters), Tiger Roar Breathing Method, Boxing Technique Mastery, Combat Mastery, Basic Sword Technique Mastery, Cultivation Awakening Stone, Martial Arts Awakening Stone...]

The three major enhancement potions and three major mastery techniques had already been extracted and used by him.

His combat strength had also more than doubled.

[Boxing Technique Mastery]

[Effect: Your power output is passively increased by 100%; if strength exceeds 60, the effect will begin to diminish continuously.]

[Combat Mastery]

[Effect: Combat technique improved; your dynamic combat strength gains a 50% increase; the higher the combat strength, the weaker the boost.]

[Basic Sword Technique Mastery]

[Effect: Sword technique mastery; your dynamic combat strength gains a 50% increase; the higher the combat strength, the weaker the boost.]

As for other items that couldn't increase combat strength at the moment, or required time to increase combat strength, he left them in the talent tab to gather dust.

Three days was very precious,

and for him, with Target Settlement, being a workhorse was the core of development.

Now, the comprehensive combat strength on his panel had reached 120 points.

Of course, this was the combat strength of the Sword Cultivator template; his physical template combat strength was only 82.8.

[Basic Data Content]

The maximum combat strength in the Inner Wasteland reached two hundred; Lin Wan dared not swaggeringly fly on his sword anymore, so he started walking.

Fortunately, after his speed increased, his walking wasn't much slower than flying on his sword.

[Entering the Inner Wasteland, Real-time Combat Strength Leaderboard and Chaotic Beast Kill Leaderboard activated]

Lin Wan: ??