22: Chapter 22 Lu Nuonuo!

"Damn!"

He didn't have time to think and took off running.

But the figure was falling too fast.

"BOOM——!!"

It was like a meteorite hitting the ground; the massive shockwave sent everything within hundreds of meters flying.

Lin Wan was swept up by the shockwave, tumbling several times in the air before barely stabilizing his body; when his feet touched the ground, he plowed two deep furrows into the earth.

Dust and smoke filled the air.

He squinted and looked toward the center of the impact.

A massive crater with a diameter of nearly a hundred meters had appeared on the ground.

At the bottom of the crater, a humanoid figure was curled up.

Her body was covered in dark red scales; no, to be accurate, those scales looked like they had grown out from her skin, and hot blood was dripping from their edges.

Her hair was dark red, cascading onto the ground like a waterfall soaked in blood.

Her eyes were tightly shut, and her breathing was weak.

But even so, the aura radiating from her still made Lin Wan feel suppressed.

Dragon Might.

Even though she was unconscious, that Dragon Might still pressed down on his shoulders like a mountain.

However, that pressure quickly dissipated.

Lin Wan looked closely and saw that Lu Nuonuo's ranking had dropped from first back to tenth.

Her combat power level just now had clearly been forcibly raised using some method.

Lin Wan cautiously approached a few steps.

Just then, a cutesy, high-pitched voice came through:

[Oh, oh, oh, is the Host trying to play the hero saving the damsel?]

[As expected of a Sigma male...]

Hearing the sarcastic remarks, Lin Wan's head was covered in black lines.

"The jealousy is so thick, are you secretly in love with me?"

[...]

[I am a system, not a person.]

"That's rare, you actually didn't deny it."

Lin Wan chuckled.

The system went completely silent, and Lin Wan ignored it, stopping in his tracks.

He looked at the unconscious figure at the bottom of the crater; her face was as exquisite as if she had come out of a 3D anime; even in her unconscious state, there was an inexplicable melancholy between her brows.

Her ears twitched slightly, as if instinctively sensing a threat.

Dark red scales covered her shoulders, arms, and thighs, but her waist, abdomen, and chest revealed fair skin, which was covered in shocking wounds.

Lin Wan was silent for a moment.

He scanned with his mental power to confirm if the beast tide was still ongoing.

The beast tide had been completely scattered by this impact; those Chaotic Beasts were fleeing in all directions and disappearing.

This area was temporarily safe.

Lin Wan took a deep breath and walked towards the bottom of the crater.

He wanted to confirm one thing: did this Half-Blood Dragon Clan member still pose a threat?

If not... what talent and aptitude would he get after decoding?

Lin Wan licked his lips.

He couldn't wait any longer.

The unconscious Lu Nuonuo's eyelids twitched slightly.

Those dark red eyes opened a crack.

Her gaze focused on Lin Wan.

Then she spoke, her voice weak, using up her last bit of strength:

"...Human?"

Lin Wan stopped.

The two locked eyes.

Lu Nuonuo seemed to want to say something more, but her gaze went unfocused again.

She took one last look at Lin Wan, her lips moved, and she spat out a blurry syllable:

"Run..."

Then she completely lost consciousness.

Lin Wan stood at the bottom of the crater, feeling a bit cautious.

Run?

Run from what?

Had Hesikeer caught up?

He turned around and looked at the sky.

In the distance, tens of miles away, a golden dragon shadow was slowly approaching.

Lin Wan took a deep breath.

Damn, stupid Hesikeer, once my combat power is up, I'm going to take you out first.

He had to run.

This little bit of time was nowhere near enough to decode.

He couldn't lose his life just for the sake of decoding.

He could only say that this young girl's luck was really not great.

But just at this moment, the unconscious Lu Nuonuo murmured:

"Little sister..."

Lin Wan's body stiffened, and he looked back at her.

His expression was complex, and after two seconds of silence, he made a move that even the system couldn't understand: he bent down and hoisted the unconscious Lu Nuonuo onto his shoulder.

[Host, is decoding the talent more important or is your life more important?]

"She just told me to run."

[...So?]

"Prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony..."

[What kind of barking are you doing!]

"So I'm letting her run too!"

After Lin Wan finished speaking, he didn't dare to use his sword.

He fully activated [Wind Scar + 7], wind gathering under his feet.

He took off running.

The golden dragon shadow was getting closer behind him, but he didn't look back, carrying an unconscious Half-Blood Dragon Clan member on his shoulder, greasing the soles of his feet, and sprinting all the way.

The system was silent for a full ten seconds, then gloomily popped out a sentence:

[Host, this behavior of yours is usually called... in the civilizations of the heavens...]

[A sucker.]

Lin Wan grinned.

"What the hell do you know."

"I am doing this to establish friendly exchanges between civilizations in the future."

[Tsk... First time seeing someone describe being lecherous so fresh and refined.]

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!"

Behind him, the dragon's roar shook the sky.

In front of him was the boundless wilderness.

Lin Wan, carrying an unconscious dragon girl, sprinted all the way under the light of the purple moon.

It was as if he was fleeing for his life.

——

Time comes to the 23rd hour.

Inner wilderness.

Inside a cave, having shaken off Hesikeer's pursuit, Lin Wan finally had the time to examine Lu Nuonuo's panel.

[Lu Nuonuo]

[Rank: S-rank Half-Blood Dragon Clan]

[Aptitude: S-rank Bloodline]

[Foundation Attributes]

[Strength: 30 (Blue)]

[Speed: 30 (Blue)]

[Constitution: 30 (Blue)]

[Spirit: 30 (Blue)]

[Acquired Attributes]

[Strength: 1535]

[Speed: 1352]

[Constitution: 1221]

[Spirit: 1554]

[Talent: Dragon Luck (SSS)]

[Introduction: You possess innate dragon clan fortune; various opportunities and rare treasures will automatically come to you. When encountering crises, you can always turn danger into safety, or even advance further.]

[Spirit Word: Unknown]

[Special Ability: Profiling]

[Introduction: Use intuition to gain insight into cause and effect, perform logical deduction through minute traces, and quickly reconstruct the process of events in your mind.]

[Twin Contract: At the cost of consuming one-quarter of one's own life, one can obtain unparalleled powerful strength. After four consumptions, one's life ends.]

[Secret Technique: Blood Explosion: After use, combat power can be significantly increased.]

[Decodable Targets: Talent: Dragon Luck, Special Ability: Profiling, Secret Technique: Blood Explosion, Aptitude: S-rank Bloodline]

"No wonder she fell in front of me; so Dragon Luck was certain I would save her?"

"This fortune really has a good eye for people; it's truly something."

"But soon I'll have it too."

"Decode everything!"

[Ding! This talent, ability, secret technique, and aptitude do not belong to yourself; the decoding time is significantly increased. The current time required for decoding is fifteen years. The decoding process cannot leave the target, otherwise, the decoding will be interrupted.]

"So long?"

Lin Wan was stunned; it only took him one hundred days to decode Fang Xiu's talent back then.

[Host, you need to look at what you are decoding: an SSS-rank talent, an ability involving cause and effect. As for the secret technique and aptitude, those are secondary.]

"Then system, how much time do I need to spend to speed up the completion?"

Lin Wan couldn't hang himself on one tree; time was precious, and he had to give up something out of necessity.

[SSS-rank needs ten years, that Profiling needs five years, the remaining secret technique needs ten days, and the aptitude needs fifty days. Accelerating the decoding requires at least five hours.]

"Then cancel Profiling; just decode the SSS-rank talent, and the aptitude and Secret Technique: Blood Explosion."

Although an ability like Profiling is useful, using it too much will affect one's personality.

People who are too sensitive like to package themselves; he didn't want to become that kind of person.

To him, the most useful thing is naturally super strength.

[Fine, it has been accelerated for you; it will take at least 3.5 more hours. You have to hold hands with her like this for 3.5 hours.]

"Got it!"

Lin Wan replied.

He lowered his eyes, silently watching the young girl who was clutching his hand tightly and wouldn't let go.