Character Profile-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 another pudding."

"No need."

Su Yue gave a slight shrug, her tone calm. "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 anyway before turning to leave.

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

Bai Xuan had barely stepped through the door when a small figure charged at him and slammed her head into his stomach like a rocket.

"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. "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 considered it for a moment, then turned to Marée Alaira.

He wanted to see just how powerful his newly summoned legend was!

"Little Marie, would you like to go out with me later?" 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 his nose. "We can't rush into destroying the world. We have to take it step by step. First, we need to deal with the others who want to destroy it. Right?"

"Human! You're right about everything!" Marée Alaira nodded hard, without the slightest intention of arguing.

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

Ninghang City, inside the stadium.

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

Several Investigators had arrived, but their attacks barely scratched its thick defenses.

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

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

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

"Got it!"

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

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

A deafening bang followed—

Dust billowed through 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 it slowly settled, they saw the scene before them and stared in shock.

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

It was dead, as though some enormous weight had crushed it!

Yet strangely, they could find nothing that had fallen from above...

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.

He had never expected the fight to end so quickly!

That was an E-rank 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+ rank calamity in one hit!

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.

Bai Xuan then took them to complete another task before returning home.

He opened the World Book and submitted the tasks.

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

[Quest Reward: Character Profile—Dragon Knight (Blue)]

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

"Oh?"

Delight flashed in Bai Xuan's eyes as he saw his new character profile.

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

But he had yet to try Marée Alaira's Bio-Mecha form, so he wasn't sure whether the profile would work with it.

Whatever!

Equip it!

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

Yes.

[Character Profile "Dragon Knight" added!]

Bai Xuan then looked at the second completed quest.

[World Quest: Strange Rubber Man (Completed)]

[Quest Reward: Character Profile—Elastic Body (Green)]

[Elastic Body (Green): The body's shape can be changed easily through stretching, compression, expansion, and more.]

Bai Xuan considered the second reward.

Clearly, this profile would do little for either Xilin or Marée Alaira. Xilin wore heavy armor with top-notch defenses, while Marée Alaira's dragon scales were as hard as diamonds.

It didn't seem particularly useful to him, either.

Rather than making his body elastic, he preferred making it harder!

"That's it!"

An idea struck Bai Xuan!

He could give this profile to Bai Yu!

The moment the idea came to him, he added the profile to Bai Yu!

[Add the "Elastic Body" character profile to Bai Yu?]

Yes.

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

"Done! Now then..."

Bai Xuan took a deep breath and turned his attention to his advancement task.

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

Bai Xuan started the advancement task 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 so~ delicious~"

Xu Yan sat atop the woman, fresh blood still on her lips.

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

She looked up and spotted Bai Xuan at once.

Her eyes locked onto him like a predator's on its prey, and an irrepressible smile spread across her face.

"Ah~ What's that scent?"

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

"How could I be so captivated by it~"