Chapter 401 — The Might of a Quasi-Divine Skill

All at once, the Elf Empress rather envied Donghuang. If Shi Jin were a beastmaster of Tingxiang, she would cultivate such a beastmaster as an heir no matter what. Paired with a fortune-type quasi-divine skill, he could well make a great nation's fortune flourish for a thousand years.

"But a skill that increases luck shouldn't be completely useless in battle or in war, either," Sylphra said with a smile, looking toward the Dragon God.

"May I have this youngster fight a battle for us to see?" she said.

"I'm a little curious about this ability."

The Dragon God Tianli said, "Just ask him yourself."

Sylphra turned to look at Cen Yu. "Young one, would you?"

Shi Jin fell briefly silent and looked toward Lin. A battle, then. Against whom?

"All right, but as for this Blessing of Wind skill, we can't really say whether we've mastered it or not. This move was originally meant to bestow blessings upon other living things, but from what we can tell, it can't quite control the move yet. It seems it can only raise its own luck. Most of the time, it's a passive skill."

"And... who exactly would it fight..." Shi Jin glanced around, then looked at Chongchong. It seemed it was the only option.

Chongchong: ?

Test subject, Chong.

"It's fine. I just want to prove a few conjectures."

"As for the opponent." The Elf Empress looked into the distance. "You're in luck. A suitable youngster happens to be coming this way."

"Looks like the skill has taken effect?" the Elf Empress said with a smile. "In that case, let us follow the guidance of the wind."

"Woooooo~~~~~~" In the distance, the Third Prince, the Little White Dragon, who had just emerged from training in the ruins, heard from Chancellor Turtle that Shi Jin had come to Tingxue City to visit the Sea Dragon King, and immediately ran off to find Shi Jin.

It and its father had been away before, but now they had finished their business, and Shi Jin could come visit anytime.

It had come this time specifically to invite Shi Jin.

However, the moment it approached Canghai Island, the Little White Dragon's cheerful expression came to an abrupt halt as it sensed something off about the island.

After flying closer to the core region of Canghai Island, it immediately widened its eyes at the scene below.

Shi Jin... and also...

"Dragon, dragon, Dragon God, sir!!!"

Holy crap, why is the Dragon God here!!!

"Third Prince?" Shi Jin looked over at the Little White Dragon with considerable surprise. [Name]: White Cang Dragon. [Energy Value]: 6.99 million. Well now, the Little White Dragon's progress in strength was quite good.

"I—" At this moment, the Little White Dragon, who had originally come happily to find Shi Jin, froze completely upon discovering the heavy atmosphere here. Not only was the Dragon God present, but there was also a female human with an oppressive presence to rival the Dragon God's.

"You'll do," the Elf Queen said upon seeing this not-so-clever Little White Dragon.

Seeing this, Shi Jin also felt the Little White Dragon was a bit unlucky—it had come at the wrong time.

Although the Little White Dragon's current strength looked decent enough, compared to Lin, whose base energy value alone was now 20 million, the gap was more than just a little.

It was definitely going to get utterly crushed.

It was about to lose face in front of the Dragon God and the Elf Queen.

However, since the Elf Queen wanted to see Lin's strength, Shi Jin could hardly refuse. Looking at the newly arrived Little White Dragon, he said helplessly, "Third Prince, long time no see. Let's have a battle!"

Little White Dragon: ???

What's going on.

Why is someone hitting me the moment I arrive.

What did I do wrong.

The Dragon God said, "Give it a try. If you perform well, I'll give you a gift."

Little White Dragon: !!!!

"Dragon God, sir..." The Little White Dragon was startled and looked toward the Dragon God, never expecting the Dragon God to be so easygoing. Perform well, and get a gift?!

If its parents—if all those fair-weather friends of its—found out that the Third Prince, the Little White Dragon, had received a gift from the Dragon God, wouldn't it just soar straight to the heavens?

In an instant, the Little White Dragon was raring to go, casting a pleading look at Brother Qi, meaning: please go easy on me later.

Let's all develop peacefully.

Shi Jin: ...I'll try my best.

Now that the opponent was settled, Shi Zhuo fell silent, and Lin stepped out, looking toward the Little White Dragon in the sky.

At the same time, the Little White Dragon also looked gravely at this unfamiliar beast that had stepped out from beside Shi Jin.

A sensation of its bloodline being suppressed rose within it, making the Little White Dragon all the more solemn.

Wait—its opponent wasn't going to be this one, was it?

It wasn't actually going to be Shi Jin's monstrous main forces??

Excellent!

Although it could sense this beast was no ordinary one either, at least it wasn't that panda, the radish, the sword spirit, the slime—and it looked toward Chongchong, this bug!

If it wasn't those five, then even though it felt its bloodline being suppressed, the Little White Dragon let out a huge sigh of relief.

The Little White Dragon clearly had psychological trauma when it came to Shi Jin's top five main forces.

Lin also studied the foolish-looking Little White Dragon, analyzing its data.

"Little White Dragon, you attack first," Shi Jin said.

To give the Little White Dragon a chance to perform, Shi Jin added this, lest Lin instantly kill this guy.

"Woo-hoo, got it!!" Hearing this, the Little White Dragon's dragon eyes focused, and it took a deep breath.

It was just about to gather its dragon energy and launch an attack on Lin below, but at that very moment, its dragon eyes suddenly went wide, the blood and qi within its body churning violently,

and with a "pfft," it spat out a mouthful of dragon blood, plummeting rapidly from the sky—the hidden injury from its earlier ruins training... had flared up again.

Bang!

It crashed onto the ground.

Instantly losing the ability to move.

Shi Jin, Lin, and Chongchong: ???

The Dragon God and the Elf Empress fell silent.

On the ground, the little white dragon said weakly, "It's over. Looks like the old injury from challenging the ruins has flared up again. I did receive treatment from the Holy Shell Healer after the challenge ended—sob—but it seems the treatment wasn't complete, and it left a hidden wound."

Quack! What a quack!!

Just as the fight was about to begin, the hidden injury suddenly relapsed, and it collapsed vomiting blood. At that moment, the little white dragon wanted to find a hole to crawl into, feeling that in front of the Dragon God and Senior Shi Jin,

it had lost face completely.

The Holy Shell Healer has failed me!

Everyone: ...

The Elf Empress Sylphra was silent for a moment, then fixed her gaze on the little white dragon. Emerald-green energy immediately swirled around its whole body, helping to heal it, and she said, "As expected of a quasi-divine skill. It seems it truly can be applied in battle."

"All right, I have already experienced just how powerful this move is.

The little white dragon: What? What?

Shi Yan and Chongchong also stared speechlessly at Lin, whose expression was one of innocence. Lin was utterly bewildered as well—what was what? Had it done anything?

Don't tell it that this was the doing of the Wind's Blessing. It had just analyzed 4,399 ways to win through its top-tier intelligence, but never in its wildest dreams had it imagined that the little white dragon would kneel before the fight even started... This was unreasonable.

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