As Bai Zhou swept his sword sideways, the Dragon Scale Armor on his arm flashed.
That was right—Bai Zhou had activated the Dragon Scale Armor's skill at that moment.
Yes, he was saving Lin Wei now. He absolutely could not keep holding back!
He swung his sword straight out.
"Buzzz—"
"Roar—!"
The vibrating sword actually let out a roar like a dragon's cry.
A visible, razor-sharp sword aura transformed into a long rainbow and shot directly toward the Spider Wolf rolling all over the ground.
This was a 70% damage increase.
And with the Dragon Scale Armor, that made it 240% Repentant Dragon!
Almost instantly, the sword aura landed on the Spider Wolf.
"Slash slash slash slash slash!"
"Awooo!!"
An even more miserable scream rang out.
The Spider Wolf's wildly flailing eight legs were cleanly severed and sent flying in every direction.
The sword aura only gradually faded away after flying more than a hundred meters.
Yet the terrifying gust still rustled the distant forest.
"Awoo~~"
Having lost all eight legs, the Spider Wolf had lost all ability to leap about.
Its cries of pain also sounded much weaker.
Bai Zhou had no time to marvel at how insanely powerful that strike was.
He tossed Long Yuan aside.
With a flash, he rushed toward the Spider Wolf's mouth.
Without its eight legs blocking him, Bai Zhou safely grabbed hold of the Dragon Gallant Silver Spear transformed from Lin Wei once more.
Only then did Bai Zhou notice blood constantly spraying from the Spider Wolf's throat.
Yet the Dragon Gallant Silver Spear remained bright silver-white from end to end.
The filthy blood could not stain the Dragon Gallant Silver Spear in the slightest.
"Truly worthy of a Super SSS-Class divine artifact!"
It was unclear whether Bai Zhou was praising Lin Wei, Long Ying, or both girls.
But Bai Zhou had no time to care about that.
Gripping the spear with both hands, he drove it downward with all his strength.
"Pfft—!" The Dragon Gallant Silver Spear plunged several inches deeper.
"Awoo!!"
The Spider Wolf let out its final mournful cry.
Its two enormous eyes remained wide open in death.
With a "pfft!," Bai Zhou pulled out the Dragon Gallant Silver Spear.
As the spear regained its freedom,
it transformed into specks of white light and reverted to Lin Wei.
The instant Lin Wei landed, her body went limp and collapsed.
Bai Zhou hurriedly caught Lin Wei in his arms.
Lin Wei's little face was somewhat pale.
After breaking free of the Spirit Master's control earlier,
the Dragon Gallant Silver Spear she had transformed into had continuously dealt damage to the enemy, constantly releasing energy.
It had left Lin Wei nearly exhausted.
Fortunately, Bai Zhou's few slaps had snapped Long Ying awake.
Otherwise, Lin Wei truly would have run out of strength and fallen into the Spider Wolf's mouth.
"Brother Bai Zhou, you... came to save me..."
After saying those final words,
Lin Wei fainted in Bai Zhou's arms.
At that moment, the system notification sounded in Bai Zhou's mind:
Ding! Detected that the host had successfully cut off part of the Protagonist's fortune. Destined Villain Value +100. Villain Roulette required 600 more to activate! Ding! Detected that a major character had suffered mental damage +555. Destined Villain Value +50. Villain Roulette required 550 more to activate!
The two consecutive system notifications made Bai Zhou turn and glance toward where he had been before.
That was where he had thrown the Long Yuan Sword.
Long Ying had already transformed back into human form. She stared in this direction, her hands slightly raised as she stood there in a daze.
Seeing this, Bai Zhou's lips curled upward slightly.
"You little brat, savor it properly on your own!"
Of course she had to savor it.
Although this had been Long Ying's first time fighting under a Spirit Master's control,
it had completely surpassed Long Ying's understanding of an E-Class spirit weapon.
"Was... that something I could do?"
Disbelief kept flashing in Long Ying's pupils.
She knew her older brother and sister-in-law.
Although both of them had C-Class talent and quality, they were already level 4 and far stronger than a mere E-Class Divine Weapon Maiden like her.
Yet neither her brother nor sister-in-law had been able to hurt the Spider Wolf at all.
How could I cut it down with one strike...
And the power I could feel within myself now was countless times greater than before—hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of times greater?!
What exactly was going on here...?
Just then, the character "contract" in her palm, representing the Temporary Contract,
began to fade because the battle had ended and Spirit Master Bai Zhou had retrieved his Divine Weapon Maiden. It eventually disappeared completely.
She had once again become a level 0 Divine Weapon Maiden of E-Class quality.
In that instant, weakness washed over her, and she could barely remain standing.
"What is going on?!"
She could not help crying out.
Ding! Detected that a major character had suffered mental damage +999. Destined Villain Value +50. Villain Roulette required 500 more to activate!
Yes, why had she returned to this useless state again?
That immensely powerful feeling from before had just vanished?!
Suddenly...
Long Ying's eyes flickered.
Bai Zhou's earlier words echoed in her ears:
"You think I'm an ordinary Spirit Master?"
"Could it be because of him?!" Long Ying suddenly raised her head and stared fiercely at Bai Zhou in the distance.
Her gaze flickered, and who knew what thoughts had surfaced in her mind.
But Bai Zhou had no intention of paying attention to her.
Instead, he simply checked Lin Wei's condition.
Through the connection of their life-and-death contract, Bai Zhou knew that Lin Wei was not injured. She was merely exhausted and would recover after some rest.
So he carried Lin Wei onto his back.
Even while unconscious, Lin Wei seemed to sense something and wrapped her arms around Bai Zhou's neck.
And Lin Wei's body was truly light.
That allowed Bai Zhou to continue with what he needed to do next.
His gaze fell upon the Spider Wolf's corpse, now missing all eight legs!
He strode over and pulled out a dagger.
With a "pfft!," he sliced open the Spider Wolf from its throat.
Amid the foul-smelling blood and gore,
he felt around and found something extremely hard.
With another "pfft!," he pulled it out.
"This is it!"
It was roughly the size of an egg.
Yet it was an irregular diamond-shaped object, dark red in color and even glimmering with a faint black sheen.
Excitement appeared in Bai Zhou's eyes.
"Chu Yun ate this thing, didn't he?!"
That was right, he ate it!
Bai Zhou remembered the plot of the original novel perfectly.
Chu Yun had encountered an enormous life-or-death crisis.
He had been severely wounded by the Spider Wolf.
In the end, guided by the old grandpa and aided by Lin Wei's sudden outburst, he had used the terrain to kill the Spider Wolf in return.
But the exhausted and badly injured Chu Yun had nearly fainted on the spot.
Before losing consciousness, however, the old grandpa in his mind told Chu Yun to hold on a little longer.
Because he had discovered that there seemed to be something strange about this Spider Wolf.
A normal Spider Wolf could not possibly have such a massive body, nor could it possess such intense aggression.
He told Chu Yun to cut open the Spider Wolf's throat, where he found this thing.
Even the old grandpa did not know what it was, but he knew that the Spider Wolf must have mutated because of it.
He even told Chu Yun to try eating it.
After making up his mind, Chu Yun tipped back his head and swallowed it whole.
He had nearly choked to death.
But after eating it, Chu Yun suddenly discovered that his strength had begun to surge!
His level also rose rapidly, and even the injuries on his body were completely healed in the end!
So this thing had to be something good!
And this was Bai Zhou's most important objective on this trip!
Looking at the thing, Bai Zhou opened his mouth.
"Ah—"
He was about to imitate Chu Yun and swallow it in one bite.
But the next second, he pinched his nose and quickly held the thing far away.
"Damn, what kind of smell is this? Chu Yun could actually get this down?"
Bai Zhou's eye twitched as he recalled how Chu Yun had nearly choked to death in the original novel...
"Chu Yun was in a life-or-death crisis and on the brink of death, so he had no choice. But I don't have that problem!"
"I'll take it back, wash it, then eat it with cumin and chili powder—or maybe not eat it at all!"
With that thought, Bai Zhou stored the strange object in his system space and turned toward the teleportation array.
From beginning to end, Bai Zhou did not look at Long Ying again.
He simply walked past her with Lin Wei on his back without even saying a word.
However, after Bai Zhou had only taken a few steps,
Long Ying's eyes flickered. She lightly bit her lip, turned around, and followed him.
Hearing the footsteps behind him, an imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Bai Zhou's mouth.
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