NOVEL WEB Chapter 100: Rewarded with a Dragon Egg, Xiao Xingyu Scores Big!
Chapter 100: Rewarded with a Dragon Egg, Xiao Xingyu Scores Big!
The sea returned to a serene calm, bathed in the gentle glow of the moonlight.
"The day we meet again, black-robed man, will be the day you disappear without a trace!"
These were the last words Shangguan Lan uttered before abandoning her pursuit.
In this world, time had indeed rewound a full minute under the influence of the Dragon's Tear.
Xiao Xingyu used that minute to perform a miracle, rewriting history and escaping to the Monster Strait with Dai Lu and Medusa.
In this new timeline, Shangguan Lan had never actually laid eyes on the black-robed man.
Yet she spoke of "meeting again."
The word "again" was enough to send shivers down one's spine!
This phrase revealed that while the time reversal from the Dragon's Tear did affect Shangguan Lan, it wasn't complete.
She retained memories from before the time reversal!
This woman was terrifying. Her true identity and the limits of her power remained enigmatic.
Monster Strait.
On a rocky outcrop.
Dai Lu, carrying the weakened Xiao Xingyu, climbed onto the rock, her face pale as well.
Medusa, reverting to her human form, climbed up too, her body covered in wounds, blood trickling from her lips.
Medusa remained vigilant, looking around.
"That woman shouldn't follow us here, right?"
Xiao Xingyu's voice was hoarse but confident. "Don't worry, this is the Monster Strait. Even if Shangguan Lan is the Dragon Kingdom's strongest Beast Master, she can't find our exact location."
The Monster Strait was the most chaotic place on Earth in terms of aura, forcing any pursuer, no matter how powerful, to give up.
Dai Lu curiously asked, "How did you know Shangguan Lan would chase us?"
To Dai Lu and Medusa, both were completely influenced by the Dragon's Tear and had no idea what had happened a minute ago.
"Lulu, let me catch my breath first."
Xiao Xingyu took deep breaths, and once his breathing stabilized, he struggled to sit up on the rock.
"What are you doing..."
Dai Lu was taken aback.
Xiao Xingyu suddenly spread his arms and hugged Dai Lu tightly.
Though they had shared intimacy before, this public display of affection in front of Medusa made Dai Lu blush with embarrassment.
"Xiao Xingyu, what are you doing? Let me go!"
Medusa watched the scene unfold, thinking to herself, "Is this fox actually blushing? Heh, the relationship between this fox and this boy is definitely not simple!"
Xiao Xingyu refused to let go, his arms clamping onto Dai Lu like pincers.
Dai Lu dared not struggle, for fear of aggravating Xiao Xingyu's injuries if she pushed him away.
"Lulu, I can't lose you. That painful feeling, I don't want to endure it a second time."
Xiao Xingyu's voice was no jest; it was filled with genuine and deep emotion.
"You... what nonsense are you spouting..."
Despite finding his behavior bewildering, Dai Lu felt warmth in her heart.
Medusa couldn't help but interject, "Are you confessing to a fox?"
Only then did Xiao Xingyu release Dai Lu, retrieving the Dragon's Tear from his pocket.
"Lulu, Sasha, aren't you curious how I knew Shangguan Lan would come after us?"
Both beautiful beasts nodded in unison.
"Watch the VCR."
Xiao Xingyu held the Dragon's Tear in his hands, and a vivid recording played within the crystal orb.
Every time the Dragon's Tear rewound time, it absorbed the scenes before the reversal and stored them as a complete video.
Dai Lu and Medusa focused intently on the Dragon's Tear, watching events from a minute earlier unfold before their eyes.
Especially the scene where Shangguan Lan killed Dai Lu, which left a significant impact on Dai Lu herself.
As the story progressed to Xiao Xingyu using the Dragon's Tear to rewrite history and achieve salvation, the video ended.
Even though it was just a video, and Dai Lu had no memory of it, she could empathize with it.
The moment Shangguan Lan killed her, Xiao Xingyu appeared like a lost soul, tears of blood streaming down his face.
These images continuously stirred the depths of Dai Lu's soul.
"Lulu, why are you crying too?"
"I'm... I'm not."
"You're lying; there's a tear in your eye."
"It's just sand."
Dai Lu was the typical tough on the outside, soft on the inside type. Now she finally understood why Xiao Xingyu had hugged her so tightly earlier and uttered those bewildering words.
Xiao Xingyu exhaled deeply, wrapping his left arm around Dai Lu and placing his right hand on Medusa's shoulder.
"We've been through life and death together. If not for the Dragon's Tear, we would have been killed by Shangguan Lan."
Xiao Xingyu glanced at Medusa, a hint of grievance in his voice. "Sasha, do you realize that I risked my life to save you? You better behave from now on and never betray or leave me!"
Medusa, with her aloof personality, wasn't one for sweet talk, but she remembered Xiao Xingyu's kindness in her heart.
Without Xiao Xingyu, Dai Lu and Medusa would have perished without a trace.
The trio lay side by side on the wave-battered rock, gazing at the full moon in the night sky, savoring the peace of having narrowly escaped death.
"Ding~"
"Congratulations, host! Successfully rescued Medusa."
Safely out of danger, the system task was complete.
"Task reward: a [Dragon Egg] + 10,000 points!"
"Reward issued, please check."
The system storage now contained a dragon egg with a golden-blue shell.
The account balance increased by 10,000 points.
"High risk, high reward. This job nearly cost my life, but it was totally worth it!"
"Ouch, that hurts..."
Xiao Xingyu's lips curled into a smile, but the excessive joy pulled at his wounds, turning his grin into a grimace.
This outing at sea had indeed brought Xiao Xingyu to the brink.
But surviving such odds naturally brought substantial rewards.
In an era where dragons were extinct, the value of a dragon egg was immeasurable.
With 10,000 points, who knows how many miraculous evolution materials and heavenly treasures could be purchased.
Adding the successful contracting of Medusa, a beast god with limitless potential, Xiao Xingyu had profited immensely, his face radiant with a joy that might make him smile in his dreams.
Aside from these tangible gains, Xiao Xingyu valued something else.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Xingyu suddenly turned serious.
"Sasha, I heard from Lulu that you know the secrets of the dragon-slaying battle 200 years ago. Now, you can tell us."
Secrets were the most valuable information.
Medusa fell into reminiscence, and whenever she recalled the past, a hint of fear flickered in her eyes, her body trembling with dread.
"Master, the video in the Dragon's Tear was your firsthand experience."
"That's right."
"Given that, you must have clearly seen Shangguan Lan's true form back then, right?"
Xiao Xingyu nodded emphatically, never forgetting the images of Shangguan Lan with dragon horns sprouting from her head, her body covered in dragon scales, and dragon wings on her back.
"Sasha, what exactly is Shangguan Lan? A human, or..."
"Master, what I'm trying to say is... the dragon-slaying maiden has become the evil dragon!"
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