Yeah, Beibei also knew that Lei Lin had been secretly protecting Lin Lei. After all, it was a magical beast, and its sense of smell was exceptionally sharp.
Lei Lin could conceal his aura, but there was no way to completely hide his scent. He couldn't fool Beibei.
He'd just warned Beibei ahead of time not to tell Lin Lei, so it wouldn't spoil Lin Lei's chance to let off steam in the mountains.
Squeak, squeak~ (Wasn't I just worried? I rushed over without thinking. Anyway, I'm tough-skinned, so nothing happened!)
Beibei squeaked. Lei Lin couldn't understand it, but he could guess roughly what it meant.
He chuckled and continued feeding Beibei, thinking to himself, The little guy's pretty cute, but in the end, he belongs to Lin Lei.
Hmm, should I catch a magical beast to keep as a pet, too?
It could at least give me a little emotional support!
While Lei Lin was playing with Beibei, Lin Lei had already begun to awaken.
"Ah... Ahhh... Aah~"
Hearing Lin Lei's agonized cries, Lei Lin smiled faintly and paid them no mind.
Even the Dragonblood Pill he'd made himself couldn't make the process painless.
Lin Lei was drinking dragon blood directly and had even swallowed the Dragon Crystal. Even with Blue Heart Grass, he still had to endure the agony of dragon blood burning through his body.
Yeah, no wonder he'd passed out for three days and three nights in the original story.
When Lin Lei woke up, he saw the carcasses of the bear and dragon, mostly butchered, along with Lei Lin making a rubbing of the magic array on the cave ceiling.
He was just about to ask Lei Lin whether he'd successfully awakened when he noticed something strange about himself.
Dragon scales—black dragon scales!
Like those of the Spine-backed Iron-Armored Dragon, only countless times smaller, the scales covered his arm in neat, tight rows as he was about to rub his eyes.
"You're awake. How do you feel?"
Lei Lin checked whether the copied array lines were clear as he asked Lin Lei how he felt without turning around.
Lin Lei didn't answer right away. Instead, he punched the nearby rock wall, smashing a huge hole into it.
The flying fragments scraped against the air like bullets, whistling as they went.
"Big Brother Lei Lin, did I succeed?!"
Lei Lin still didn't turn around. He only nodded.
With him there, what did it matter if Lin Lei failed? He could simply use the materials on hand to make him another Dragonblood Pill.
How could he fail?
A hundred percent success!
"All right, since you've succeeded, come over and sort the butchered magical beast materials into smaller portions."
"My Space Ring is too small to hold everything. I can only fit the most valuable parts."
Space Rings weren't anything special to Saint-level experts. They were practically standard equipment once you joined a major faction.
But for anyone below the Saint Realm, they were extremely precious.
The Space Ring Lei Lin had was a gift from Falling Leaf.
Its interior was tiny, just a few cubic meters. There was no way it could hold the meat from two giant beasts.
Lin Lei excitedly looked at the Purple-Striped Black Bear and Spine-backed Iron-Armored Dragon, which had already been mostly butchered, and marveled once more.
The materials from a Saint-level magical beast, plus those from an incredibly rare Spine-backed Iron-Armored Dragon—this was another enormous fortune!
After sorting the meat and other materials from the two giant beasts into smaller portions and tying them up as best he could with beast sinew, he went over to Lei Lin and watched him organize the copied array lines.
"Big Brother Lei Lin, what are you doing?"
Lei Lin kept his eyes on the last sheet he'd copied and pointed at the cave ceiling without looking up. "I noticed that the elemental concentration here is abnormally high—almost a hundred times higher than outside."
"So I investigated, and then I found this magic array!"
Lin Lei studied the array for a while before exclaiming, "This magic array is so complicated!"
Lei Lin's attention remained on the sheet. He chuckled. "That's all you have to say? 'Complicated'?"
Lin Lei blinked. "What else should I say?"
Lei Lin sighed. "Lin Lei, you're a genius mage from Ernst Magic Academy, for crying out loud!"
"Even if you don't study magic arrays, you should at least spend more time learning about them."
"You can't just learn how to set up the Soul Contract Magic Array and then ignore the subject."
"Let me put it this way!"
After thinking for a moment, Lei Lin pointed to the bones, meat, and other remains of the Purple-Striped Black Bear.
"If I had to choose between getting to contract a Saint-level Purple-Striped Black Bear for free and taking a look at this magic array, I wouldn't even spare the bear a glance."
Then he pointed to the meat and other materials from the Spine-backed Iron-Armored Dragon. "Even if the Spine-backed Iron-Armored Dragon had reached the Saint Realm and you offered me the whole beast to contract, it still wouldn't be worth as much as this magic array."
Lin Lei was stunned. He couldn't help glancing at Doehring beside him.
Doehring said solemnly, "Lei Lin is exaggerating, but this magic array really is extraordinary!"
Lin Lei asked in confusion and amazement, "This magic array is that powerful?!"
Lei Lin waved a hand. "Well, if it can gather the elemental forces of the world to this extent, how could it not be powerful?"
"But that's not even the most terrifying part. The most terrifying thing is that gathering the elemental forces of the world isn't the array's main func—"
"Ah, forget it. You wouldn't understand if I explained it now. I'll tell you once I've figured it out."
"Go pick out some tender meat and make a little barbecue. We'll leave after we eat."
"For some reason, I suddenly feel uneasy. I just have a feeling we shouldn't stay here."
Lin Lei nodded, grabbed his sword, and headed for the freshly butchered meat.
"Wait!!!"
Lei Lin's sudden shout made Lin Lei freeze.
He looked at Lei Lin in confusion. "What's wrong, Big Brother Lei Lin?"
Lei Lin pointed at the sword in his hand, then hurriedly looked at the center of the magic array on the cave ceiling, and then back at the Purple Sword in Lin Lei's hand~
Back and forth, his expression grew grimmer and grimmer!
Lin Lei realized something might be wrong, too. He looked at the Purple Sword in his hand. "Big Brother Lei Lin, is there something wrong with this sword?"
"I had some trouble cutting up the Purple-Striped Black Bear and the Spine-backed Iron-Armored Dragon just now."
"Beibei found this sword for me. It's sharp, and it feels great to use~"
As the sense of danger in his heart grew stronger, silver light flared along the lines of the magic array on the cave ceiling. Lei Lin immediately stuffed the sheets into his Space Ring without a word.
Then, ignoring even the meat and other materials from the Purple-Striped Black Bear and Spine-backed Iron-Armored Dragon, he grabbed Lin Lei by the back of his collar and sprinted for the exit!
He was moving so fast that Lin Lei, whose physique had just grown stronger from the dragon transformation, nearly felt as if his neck would snap.
It felt as though Lei Lin was about to tear his clothes!
As he ran, Lei Lin shouted, "Beibei, keep up!"
His voice was full of urgency!
Beibei had been biting into a piece of Spine-backed Iron-Armored Dragon meat. At Lei Lin's call, it immediately followed without hesitation.
In just a moment, the two men and one mouse were outside the cave.
Freed from the cave's constraints, Lei Lin was suddenly wreathed in flashes of lightning. His speed increased by another threefold, and he ran even faster!
Lantan and the others, who had been guarding the cave entrance in secret, had first exchanged confused looks, unsure what was going on.
But then Lantan looked toward the cave entrance and felt the elemental energy surging more violently by the moment. Her pupils contracted.
Without a word, she led her subordinates in a frantic sprint!
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