Blossoming into Fruition

At first, Beibei tensed up when he saw lightning crackling all over Lei Lin. He nearly attacked.

Only after confirming Lei Lin was helping his boss recover did he relax. He climbed onto Lin Lei's shoulder and chittered at Lei Lin.

Lei Lin couldn't understand what Beibei was saying, and paid him no mind. He simply focused on helping Lin Lei recover.

At the same time, he marveled at the wonders of magic!

As a Subordinate Universe of the Coiling Dragon Universe, the universe itself had incomplete laws. Only the Seven Laws and Four Edicts could be comprehended.

Among the laws, only Water Element and light magic had healing abilities—at least, that was true before one became a god.

But Lei Lin had comprehended the laws directly through the Gu Insect. As his understanding of them deepened, he gradually realized that while each of the Seven Laws had its own strengths, each also had things it was less suited to.

But in essence, they were all omnipotent!

One could glimpse this from the fact that after becoming a god, one could expend divine power to manifest every tissue and organ in the body.

To give a not entirely apt example, just like electroshock therapy in his previous life, lightning could also be used to heal!

Using the body's own microcurrents as a foundation, Lei Lin had combined them with battle qi, magic power, and knowledge from his previous life to develop his own treatment method: Electrotherapy.

By injecting elemental energy to stimulate cell activity, it could rapidly heal injuries.

The results were immediate, especially for external wounds.

In theory, using it too much would shorten one's lifespan. But once one reached the Saint Realm, one's lifespan became unlimited, so that minor drawback hardly mattered.

Old Doehring, standing nearby, watched Lei Lin's Electrotherapy with a trace of astonishment in his eyes. After all, the usual healing methods involved magic of light, water, or life. He had never seen anyone use lightning magic, which excelled at attack and speed, to heal!

And he had once been a Saint Realm mage!

Once Lin Lei's condition had stabilized, Lei Lin finally let out a breath of relief. With the butterfly effect at work, he had genuinely worried that something might happen to Lin Lei, the future golden ticket—even if the chance was tiny.

Under Lei Lin's treatment, Lin Lei had escaped danger. He slowly opened his eyes and murmured, "I... I'm... still alive..."

Beibei sprang onto Lin Lei's shoulder and chittered, "Squeak, squeak, squeak~ (Boss, you nearly died just now. Luckily, Lei Lin was nearby and treated you. That's the only reason you're out of danger~)"

"Squeak~ (Waaah~ Boss, I thought you were going to die. Waaah~~~)"

Lin Lei felt sore and weak all over, and his throat was unbearably dry. Just as he was about to comfort Beibei, Lei Lin poured more medicine into his mouth. "Don't talk. My treatment is rather forceful. You'd be fine if you had battle qi."

"Without battle qi, you'll usually be weak for a day or two. The fact that you woke up already means you're in pretty good shape!"

"But don't talk. Get some sleep. We'll talk once you've fully recovered."

Feeling noticeably better as the medicine went down, Lin Lei said, "Big Brother Lei Lin... I do... exercise regularly..."

The next day, Lin Lei, whose face was merely a little pale, stood in silence as he looked at Nina's corpse.

Seeing Lin Lei's grave expression, Lei Lin teased, "What's the matter? Taken a liking to the little girl?"

"Come to think of it, if her head were still intact, she might have been quite pretty!"

Lei Lin's teasing stirred up a strange feeling in Lin Lei's heart. He didn't know what to say, but his negative emotions had eased somewhat.

"Come on. I'll take you out of the mountain range first. Once you've fully recovered, you can come back and train."

Lin Lei shook his head. "No, Big Brother Lei Lin. I still plan to keep training in the mountains!"

A hint of confusion appeared on Lei Lin's face at just the right moment. He pointed at the wound on Lin Lei's abdomen, which was still bleeding. "You're hurt this badly, and you still want to keep training?"

Lin Lei nodded. "Big Brother Lei Lin, I'm a mage. I mainly fight with magic."

"My physical injuries don't matter much to me!"

"Especially after you treated me, Big Brother Lei Lin. It'll still take me some time to recover completely, but my injuries no longer stop me from casting spells!"

"So I still want to keep training!"

If an ordinary adventurer had been wounded this badly, he would certainly have planned to head back.

But for Lin Lei, it really didn't make much difference. Beibei was his main source of strength, and at present, his focus was on training in magic. His abdominal wound did affect him, but it truly no longer prevented him from casting spells.

So he still wanted to keep training!

That was what a strong person would choose, too!

Lei Lin watched Lin Lei in silence for a while, then smiled. "Interesting. How about we train together for a while? I want to see how you carry on."

"But let me remind you: if you run into a life-or-death crisis during your training, I won't step in to help."

How could Lin Lei not realize that Lei Lin was worried about his injuries and intended to protect him for a while longer? He said from the bottom of his heart, "Thank you, Big Brother Lei Lin!"

In the days that followed, Lei Lin quietly accompanied Lin Lei as he trained in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

Just as he'd said, he hardly ever intervened again. He simply stayed by Lin Lei's side, chatting with him when there was nothing to do, then vanishing without a trace whenever anything happened.

Even after Lin Lei had completely recovered, Lei Lin didn't leave. It was as if the two of them had grown accustomed to training together in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

That was, until they reached a valley shrouded in mist. Lei Lin furrowed his brow and used Electromagnetic Induction to investigate the area.

When he discovered that the area was filled with Magical Beasts at Seventh Level and above, he immediately realized this had to be the Misty Valley!

"Lin Lei, be careful. Something's wrong here!"

Lin Lei immediately tensed and looked around. During the time he'd spent with Lei Lin, he had become familiar with him and knew how terrifyingly strong Lei Lin was.

If Lei Lin was this serious, then the area around them had to be dangerous!

"Big Brother Lei Lin, is this place dangerous? Is there an eighth-level Magical Beast?!"

Lin Lei had seen Lei Lin kill a Seventh-Level Magical Beast with his own eyes. Lei Lin hadn't taken even one of them seriously, let alone several at once!

So he immediately assumed an eighth-level Magical Beast had appeared nearby!

Lei Lin shook his head. "No, there aren't any eighth-level Magical Beasts here. It's just..."

Lin Lei stayed alert and looked around. "Just what?"

Before Lei Lin could answer, Beibei began chittering nonstop on Lin Lei's shoulder.

Squeak, squeak~ (Boss, there are so many Magical Beast auras around us, and they're all mixed together. These Magical Beasts aren't weak, either!)