29: Chapter 29 The Secret to Body Tempering!

[Target "Find the yellow-haired Ye Fan within three days" has been completed. Difficulty: Ten Stars. Reward has been settled...]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Body Tempering Secret Treasure * 1]

"Body Tempering Secret Treasure?"

"System, what is this thing?"

Lin Wan muttered in his heart.

[I have to say, Host, your luck is truly miraculous. Aren't you trying to break through 100 in attributes? This is the item for your physical body to break through 100.]

"Hearing you say that, my luck is indeed not bad."

[However, it takes quite a long time to consume, so I suggest the Host use it after returning.]

"How long does it take?"

Lin Wan was puzzled.

After all, it had only taken him a little over a day to become this strong, so he really didn't have much concept of things like cultivation.

[Rest assured, this is an opportunity. Digesting an opportunity doesn't take long; it can be completed in three days at the fastest, and seven days at the slowest.]

"Is that so? By the way, System, this decoding shouldn't take long, right?"

[It can be accelerated and finished decoding in about half an hour.]

"It actually takes longer than an S-rank talent; it seems it really is a good thing!"

"This SSS-rank Target Settlement reward of mine is somewhat heaven-defying."

Lin Wan silently chanted "manifest" in his heart,

A box-shaped item landed in his hand,

Ye Fan turned his head curiously, his eyes not blinking at all,

"Brother-in-law, what is this? Why do I feel a faint palpitation when I look at it!"

"It's nothing, don't ask so much."

Lin Wan gripped the Body Tempering Secret Treasure tightly and hurried the decoding.

"Let's go."

...

The 170-kilometer journey, even with Lin Wan needing to take care of Ye Fan, took less than ten minutes to arrive.

The night was deep.

The purple moon hung high, coating the entire wasteland in a layer of eerie, cold silver radiance.

But the area ahead was as bright as day.

Firelight, lightning, and dragon breath were intertwined,

Violent energy fluctuations had changed the terrain for several kilometers around,

The ground was cracked, and rocks were shattered,

The mark on Ye Fan's brow began to flicker violently, and his face also turned pale.

"Brother-in-law... it's too fierce ahead..."

"Stay where you are."

Lin Wan didn't look back, leaving only one sentence before darting towards the center of the battlefield.

Ye Fan opened his mouth, but in the end, he only clenched his fists and whispered:

"...I am still too weak."

...

"As expected, this Dragon King is hunting something down!"

At this moment, all of Lin Wan's attention was focused on the two figures in the center of the battlefield.

The center of the battlefield.

Chu Ming was kneeling on the ground, supporting himself with his arms, covered in blood.

His Half-Blood Dragon Clan characteristics had fully manifested, with two short, dark golden horns growing from the top of his head,

His arms were covered in fine scales, his pupils were vertical like a snake's, and he was spitting out scorching hot breath.

But his left arm was twisted at a strange angle, evidently broken.

A large patch of scales on his chest had been torn away, revealing the turned-out flesh beneath.

Behind him,

Su Xi lay on the ground, her face pale.

There was a penetrating wound on her abdomen, and blood was gushing out continuously, staining the ground beneath her red.

She was clutching a broken sword tightly in her hand,

"...Senior Brother Chu Ming, you should go."

Su Xi's voice was very soft,

"I can't run anymore... but you can still run..."

"You should know very well."

Chu Ming interrupted her, his voice hoarse but exceptionally firm.

"In my life, I, Chu Ming, haven't done many decent things."

"But leaving a companion behind to escape is something I cannot do."

Su Xi looked at his blood-soaked back, her eyes rimmed with red.

"You are just a fool..."

"Yeah, I'm a fool."

Chu Ming grinned, blood from the corner of his mouth dripping down his chin.

"So, this fool wants us to live together."

He raised his head, his gaze directed at the huge golden figure coiled in the sky.

Hesikeer.

Its true dragon body stretched out for dozens of meters, the golden scales flickering with a cold metallic luster under the moonlight.

Those vertical pupils were like two golden scorching suns, overlooking the ants below.

Its dragon claws still bore the bloodstains from tearing Su Xi's abdomen just moments ago, and dragon breath surged in its throat, ready to be spewed out at any moment.

[Hesikeer / Dragon Clan]

[Combat Power: 16120]

It spoke, its voice booming:

"Half-blood mongrels, did you think you could escape from this king's palm?"

"The face of the Kase Civilization has been completely lost by you low-class half-breeds."

Chu Ming slowly stood up.

His body began to emit a dark red light.

His blood was boiling.

His flesh and bones were screaming.

That was the unique secret technique of the Half-Blood Dragon Clan: Blood Explosion.

At the cost of burning one's own essence blood, one obtains power beyond limits for a short time, and his talent could greatly reduce the side effects of the Blood Explosion.

But his body was already on the verge of collapse from the previous three Blood Explosions,

The fourth Blood Explosion... was equivalent to self-immolation.

"Stop! You will die!"

Su Xi tried desperately to crawl up, but the injury to her abdomen made her unable to even stand steadily.

Chu Ming did not look back.

He just said softly:

"Su Xi... do you remember? Back when you were a freshman?"

"We are all monsters, but even among monsters, there are lost girls."

"You were that lost girl."

"I promised you back then that I wouldn't leave you behind."

"So..."

His body suddenly erupted with blinding red light, and a violent force swept in all directions!

[Chu Ming / Half-Blood Dragon Clan]

[Combat Power: 10120 → 13150 (Blood Explosion · Fourth Level)]

"Before it tramples over my corpse, you will not die here."

Chu Ming's dragon claw stomped forward suddenly, and the ground shattered!

His figure turned into a dark red bolt of lightning, shooting straight into the sky!

Hesikeer's golden vertical pupils slightly contracted; evidently, it had not expected this half-breed mongrel to dare to attack proactively.

But it only slightly raised its claw!

Boom—!!

Dragon claw collided with dragon claw!

The shockwave spread out, shattering all the surrounding gravel into powder.

The scales on Chu Ming's right arm shattered inch by inch in the collision, and blood splattered,

But he gritted his teeth and threw his left fist out right after!

Boom—!!

Another head-on collision!

Hesikeer finally got serious this time, putting force into its dragon claw!

Chu Ming was blasted away, tumbling several times in the air before crashing heavily onto the ground, smashing a large crater over a hundred meters in diameter.

"...Cough, cough..."

He lay at the bottom of the pit, his bones broken who knows how many times, and he didn't even have the strength to lift his head.

The backlash of the fourth Blood Explosion began to take effect,

Dark red cracks appeared on the surface of his body, and those cracks were expanding rapidly, like the precursor to porcelain about to shatter.

"Chu Ming!!"

Su Xi, not knowing where she found the strength, actually managed to crawl up and stumbled towards the large pit.

She knelt beside Chu Ming, looking at his face that was already too blurry to recognize, tears falling uncontrollably.

"You go...!"

Chu Ming shouted hoarsely, but he no longer had the strength to even push her away.

In the sky, Hesikeer swooped down.

The golden dragon claw tore through the night sky, carrying destructive pressure, aimed directly at the two of them!

"Go!!"

With the last shred of strength he erupted, Chu Ming shoved Su Xi away violently.

Su Xi was pushed several meters away, watching helplessly as that dragon claw reached for Chu Ming's chest...

Her pupils shrank sharply.

Then she made a move that even she herself hadn't expected.

She turned around, opened her arms, and blocked in front of Chu Ming.

"And thank you for keeping your promise back when we enrolled, not leaving me behind..."

"So... I won't leave you behind either."

Chu Ming was stunned.

Hesikeer's dragon claw did not pause in the slightest.

That terrifying golden claw tore through the air, carrying the momentum of a sure-kill strike, descending towards that thin figure!!

Just at this moment...

Hum—