Saving Someone

Watching Hogg struggle under the onslaught of Gilmore, Lei Lin felt a war raging within his mind.

He had come here just in case, but he never expected that even though Hogg was on the verge of success, a stumbling block like Gilmore would suddenly appear.

"Uncle Hogg, he..."

"Must he be sacrificed to the heavens?!" Lei Lin muttered, as if hoping someone would answer him, or perhaps just asking himself.

Yet, his hand had already unconsciously rested upon the hilt of Judgment.

The blade was dense with electric patterns!

The three-minute transformation time was about to expire, and the period of weakness Lei Lin had specifically designed for the Dragonblood Pill was also fast approaching.

Hogg himself seemed to sense this, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

He gave up on defending, instead using his savage dragon claws to strike his own face, tearing his flesh and rolling back his scales with a single swipe!

Lei Lin, who had been waiting for some other turn of events, finally saw this scene and...

He struck!

Judgment transformed into a streak of light, instantly crossing the distance between him and Gilmore to arrive right before him.

In that instant, the entire street seemed to turn into broad daylight, the lightning on the blade shattering all darkness!

Then, Judgment pierced through Gilmore's defensive magic and emerged from his back, staining itself with a vibrant, bloody red!

Gilmore, fully focused on his battle with Hogg, truly never imagined that anyone would attack him at such a moment.

Although he was a Magus of the ninth rank, facing a Dragonblood Warrior was by no means easy.

Lei Lin's strike at this moment was completely beyond his expectations!

He was even more shocked that someone could break his defensive magic barrier in a single blow, even if light-attribute magic wasn't known for its defensive prowess!

Having arrived behind Gilmore, Lei Lin held the hilt of Judgment and watched the result of his strike with a slight smirk.

Over the past year, his strength had risen to the peak of the seventh rank, which had already significantly increased the power of this move.

But more importantly, his Golden Finger had been lucky once again, granting him the Railgun skill from that certain girl.

Yes, that Railgun from that certain scientific anime!

At first, he had pondered that since his Railgun skill, developed based on the principle of an electromagnetic gun, was theoretically the same as hers, it shouldn't be of much use to him!

However, the superpowers in the Railgun world were called scientific achievements, and their activation relied on scientific means.

But the corresponding quantum theory and chaos theory, even if not complete nonsense, could only be described as—science fiction!

Yet, the theory of affecting the external world with internal reality was unexpectedly compatible with a fantasy world like Coiling Dragon.

To translate, it meant using spiritual energy to manipulate elements to form magic.

After understanding the Railgun technique, Lei Lin not only optimized his own railgun ultimate move, but his efficiency in manipulating elements with spiritual energy was as if a computer program had received an algorithmic optimization.

Without increasing his total capacity, the efficiency of gathering magic elements was greatly improved, shortening the energy accumulation time to the maximum extent.

This increased the power by about fifty percent!

Coupled with the fact that Lei Lin's own strength had now reached the peak of the seventh rank!

Combined, a single Railgun strike shattered Gilmore's defensive magic!

"This is my first time facing a ninth-rank mage; I thought it would be ideal just to break your defensive magic."

"But I didn't expect to be able to pierce right through you!"

"This body of yours is truly fragile!"

Hearing Lei Lin's voice and realizing his identity, Gilmore's eyes widened, and he turned his head as if to confirm who it was.

But immediately, his vision plunged into eternal darkness!

A mage who has had their shield broken and is engaged in close quarters by a warrior has no other outcome but death!

Hogg, who had been suppressed the entire way, realized someone was helping and was no longer in a rush to disfigure himself.

He charged over with the speed of wind and thunder!

However, it must be said that he wasn't fast enough; by the time he reached Gilmore, Gilmore's head had already parted ways with his body.

He had still had his kill stolen by Lei Lin!

Fortunately, Hogg didn't mind the kill being stolen; after seeing Lei Lin's face, his heart was filled with gratitude.

Afterward, Hogg lost his strength, went limp, and fainted, collapsing to the ground like a noodle as he exited his transformation state.

Seeing this, Lei Lin didn't say a word and took out a rope to tie the corpses of Duke Paterson and Gilmore together.

He hoisted the limp Hogg onto his back and, dragging Gilmore and Paterson, quickly fled the scene of the trouble.

After all, the commotion caused by the battle between Gilmore and Hogg was not small, and in his perception, others were already on their way.

If he didn't leave quickly and was caught red-handed, he wasn't sure what the consequences would be.

After all, Gilmore was a Cardinal of the Radiant Church, the very face of the Radiant Church!

The next day.

Hogg felt the surging power within him after his transformation once again, and he said excitedly, "Lei Lin, tha... thank you. To save me, you must have paid a heavy price!"

At this moment, Hogg was in good health, and his ruined features had mostly recovered, leaving behind only a few faint scars.

Lei Lin remained expressionless, casting his gaze around at the various items scattered about, as if lamenting how great a price he had paid and how many precious materials he had consumed.

Hogg followed Lei Lin's gaze, sweeping his eyes over the various materials and magical items.

He did not know what these things represented or what they were used for.

But judging solely by their appearance and the magical energy they contained, these things...

Were expensive, extremely expensive!

Inevitably, the gratitude in Hogg's heart deepened even further.

In reality, however, Lei Lin was simply stalling for time while trying to figure out how to make up a story.

But since he had never been one to lie, he ultimately chose to hide everything behind silence. Besides, even if he didn't say anything, Hogg would automatically fill in the blanks himself.

This was evident from the undisguised excitement and gratitude on Hogg's face.

Feeling awkward, Lei Lin directly changed the subject: "Uncle Hogg, the fact that the Dragonblood Pill didn't destroy your physique, but instead helped you completely awaken your bloodline, is primarily due to your own good fortune."

"My contribution is nothing worth mentioning."

"I am more curious as to why you attacked Paterson. If I hadn't decided to go to the Azure Water Paradise for some fun last night, I wouldn't have happened to find you."

"You would have likely~"

Upon hearing this, the excitement on Hogg's face—stemming from the fact that he hadn't become a cripple and had instead fully activated his bloodline to become a true Dragonblood Warrior—vanished.

Looking at Paterson, whose limbs had been severed and whose battle qi had been completely drained, he said coldly, "Because he killed my wife!!!"

"All these years, if not for Lin Lei and Warton, I would have long since disregarded everything to take my revenge."

"Even if it meant dying or being smashed to pieces, I would not have hesitated!"

Hogg's voice was icy. These few short sentences were filled with bone-deep hatred, and his murderous intent toward Paterson was not concealed in the slightest!

He did not hide anything from Lei Lin; after all, Lei Lin had even killed Gilmore, a Cardinal of the Radiant Church, to save him, so what else did Hogg have to hide?

He was now even wondering why Lei Lin would be willing to kill Gilmore for his sake.

After all, if he were the one faced with that choice, he...

Was not certain whether he would be willing to go up against a behemoth like the Radiant Church for Lei Lin's sake.