Character Setting-Dragon Knight!

"Strange. How could that happen?"

The answer left Su Yue puzzled.

She blinked her star-filled eyes, tilted her head, and stared intently at Bai Xuan.

"Anything else? If not, I'm leaving." Bai Xuan added, "Oh, right. If I upset you, I can give you a pudding."

"No need."

Su Yue gave a slight shrug and said calmly, "It was only a pudding. But you can't leave just yet."

"What do you want?"

Bai Xuan frowned slightly and looked at Su Yue.

"Give me..."

Su Yue stepped forward and took out her phone. "Your WeChat."

"..."

Bai Xuan paused, then added Su Yue on WeChat before turning to leave.

After he was gone, Su Yue murmured in confusion, "Strange... Why didn't my ability work on him?"

The moment Bai Xuan stepped through the door, a petite figure charged at him and slammed a rocket-like headbutt into his stomach.

"Human! You're finally back!"

"I missed you so much!"

"I bought beef patties. Want one?"

Bai Xuan rubbed Marée Alaira's head and asked with a smile.

"Yes! Yes!"

Marée Alaira nodded vigorously, then said, "Human! You're so good to me!"

Bai Xuan handed her a beef patty, then took a bottle of Cola from the fridge as usual and had a sip.

Then he opened the World Book.

A red dot was flashing within Ninghang City.

Bai Xuan thought for a moment, then turned his gaze to Marée Alaira.

He wanted to see just how powerful the Legend he had newly summoned really was!

"Little Marie, would you like to go out with me in a bit?" Bai Xuan asked.

"Human, are we going to destroy the world?"

Marée Alaira asked curiously as she ate her beef patty.

"Uh..." Bai Xuan rubbed the tip of his nose. "We can't rush into destroying the world. We have to take it one step at a time. First, we need to deal with the others who want to destroy it. Right?"

"Human! Whatever you say is right!" Marée Alaira nodded hard, without a hint of disagreement.

Bai Xuan raised an eyebrow. This little one... was absolutely loyal!

Inside a stadium in Ninghang City.

A massive, subadult Earth Dragon Lizard was tearing the place apart.

Several Investigators had arrived, but their attacks were little more than tickles against the Earth Dragon Lizard's thick defenses.

"Damn it! This Earth Dragon Lizard's scales are too thick!"

"It's an E-grade Anomalous Calamity, after all!"

"We have to stop it! We can't let it get out of the stadium!"

"Got it!"

The Investigators sprang into action, trying to halt the Earth Dragon Lizard's rampage.

Just then, a streak of red light plunged from the sky!

An instant later, boom!

Dust billowed up from the center of the stadium, and the Earth Dragon Lizard let out an agonized howl!

"What happened?"

"I can't see!"

The Investigators hurried back, away from the cloud of dust.

As the dust settled and they saw what lay in the center, shock spread across their faces.

A huge crater had appeared in the middle of the stadium. The Earth Dragon Lizard, more than ten meters long, lay inside it!

But it showed no signs of life, as though something heavy had crushed it to death!

Strangely, no one could find anything that had fallen from the sky...

For the moment, the Earth Dragon Lizard's cause of death was a mystery!

Meanwhile, Marée Alaira had returned to Bai Xuan's side. "Human! I took care of it!" she said excitedly.

"Mm, excellent work!"

Bai Xuan stroked Marée Alaira's hair as he looked toward the Earth Dragon Lizard's corpse in the center of the stadium.

He had never expected the fight to end so quickly!

That was an E-grade Earth Dragon Lizard!

And this little one had killed it with a single punch!

She was unstoppable!

Marée Alaira was far stronger than he had imagined!

She could probably kill even an E+ grade calamity with one punch!

As Bai Xuan stroked Marée Alaira's head, Xilin watched quietly from the side. A hint of longing seemed to show in her blue eyes.

After that, Bai Xuan took them to complete another mission before finally heading home.

He opened the World Book and submitted the missions.

[World Quest: The Earth Dragon Lizard in the Stadium (Completed)]

[Quest reward: Character Setting—Dragon Knight (Blue)]

[Dragon Knight (Blue): While riding a dragon, all attributes increase moderately, and damage against dragon units increases by 50%.]

"Oh?"

Delight flashed in Bai Xuan's eyes as he read the new Character Setting.

If he fused with Marée Alaira, wouldn't he be unstoppable?

But he had not tried Marée Alaira's Bio-Mecha form yet, so he did not know whether the setting would work with a Bio-Mecha too.

Whatever!

Equip it!

[Add the "Dragon Knight" setting to yourself?]

Yes.

[Character Setting "Dragon Knight" added!]

Bai Xuan then looked at the second completed quest.

[World Quest: The Strange Rubber Man (Completed)]

[Quest reward: Character Setting—Elastic Body (Green)]

[Elastic Body (Green): The body's shape can be changed with ease—stretched, compressed, expanded, and more.]

Bai Xuan considered the reward from the second quest.

Clearly, this Character Setting would do little for either Xilin or Marée Alaira. Xilin wore heavy armor with the best possible defense, while Marée Alaira's dragon scales were as hard as diamonds.

As for himself, the setting did not seem particularly useful either.

Rather than make his body elastic, he would prefer to make it harder!

"Wait!"

An idea suddenly struck Bai Xuan!

He could give this Character Setting to Bai Yu!

The moment the thought occurred to him, he added the Character Setting to Bai Yu!

[Add the "Elastic Body" Character Setting to Bai Yu?]

Yes.

[Character Setting "Elastic Body" added to Bai Yu!]

"Done! Now, next..."

Bai Xuan took a deep breath and turned his attention to his Advancement Mission.

His strength had grown again. It was time to challenge that woman once more!

Bai Xuan activated the Advancement Mission and entered the World Illusion.

When his vision cleared, the door to hotel room 1001 stood before him again.

He paused outside, then pushed the door open. The familiar scene unfolded once more.

"Oh~ You're just~ so delicious~"

Xu Yan was sitting atop a woman, fresh blood still staining her lips.

She was lost in her feast of flesh and blood when she noticed movement at the door.

She looked up, her gaze instantly finding Bai Xuan.

Her eyes locked onto him like a hunter sighting prey, and a smile of irrepressible excitement spread across her face.

"Ah~ What's that scent?"

Xu Yan rose excitedly, her Scorpion-Tail Kagune extending from her back. Her voice trembled with delight:

"I can't get enough of it~"