"Hah..."

As Jiang Xinyue's figure disappeared before her eyes, Vishdair let out a long sigh of relief—after relaxing, a sharp feeling, both familiar and strange, surged in her heart.

It was the pain from the wounds on her body.

At this moment, her snow-white slender arms were covered with scars, some deep enough to reach the bone, and her hands were utterly wrecked, not a patch of uninjured skin remained.

But for a Sakaz mercenary accustomed to living by the blade, it was entirely within her endurance range.

However, the silver-haired girl suddenly realized something, turned her head, and looked beside her, a hint of worry flashed in her eyes.

The young man stood there, his upper body a mass of black and red, dried blood scabs merged with his clothes, a frightful sight.

The silver-haired girl looked at him, raised her hand, unsure of where to begin: "Hey, are you okay?"

"Big brother!! Big sister!!"

Lisa ran over, using her Spirit to lift herself onto the dragon's head. Her magic staff dissipated into golden particles as she looked urgently at Lin Guang and then at the equally battered Vishdair, nearly bursting into tears: "You're bleeding so much..."

She herself seemed uninjured but was severely exhausted, her eyes somewhat vacant.

"I'm fine."

Lin Guang smiled and breathed deeply.

By now, the torrential downpour had gradually turned into light rain, though it still held some chill, beating against him and making him appear unnaturally pale.

Standing still, Lin Guang caught his breath for a while before sitting down on the dragon's head, starting to take out items from his spatial spiritual artifact. Then, he handed out various potions to Lisa and Vishdair, taking a bottle himself, and finally laid out various sprays and bandages beside him.

He said to Lisa, "I'll handle myself, you help her with her wounds."

Vishdair furrowed her brow: "Wait, clearly you need more..."

Shhh—

Under their surprised and pained gaze, the youth silently began tearing away his shattered upper garments, inevitably reopening his wounds, causing fresh blood to gush out. But he swiftly sprayed a highly effective healing spray and, like sealing a box with tape, crudely wrapped his upper body with a top-grade medical bandage, resembling a mummy.

Throughout the process, even Lin Guang couldn't help but frown mentally, but he remained silent. The fox-eared girl beside him watched with tears as she worked hard to treat Vishdair's hand injuries.

When the three finished tending to their wounds, exhausting the only two sets of potent healing kits available, the rain had transformed into a gentle drizzle, and Lin Guang finally let out a breath—this quality product didn't need to worry about the rain interfering, and after treatment, normal external injuries would quickly heal completely without leaving scars.

Of course, products boasting anti-scar beauty effects come at an intimidating cost.

Speaking of which, he'd used them before... the bandages Kaiwen the doctor applied after the exchange match were the same kind.

Once the injuries were treated, Lisa finally dared to touch him. Coming to his side, she softly said: "Big brother, I'm sorry."

Lin Guang was slightly taken aback: "Why say that?"

Lisa slightly lowered her head, pressing her lips together: "Because... my training isn't enough, my level too low, making the battle so difficult, causing Lin Guang brother and Vishdair sister to get hurt."

"If I were Tier Two... could I protect you both?"

Lin Guang shook his head, extended his bandaged left hand, and patted her head: "It's not your fault. Without you, we couldn't have won."

"But... eeek!"

Just as she was about to speak, her large ears atop her head were suddenly pinched from both sides by Vishdair, who used fingers to gently explore the fur and ear canal, rubbing and kneading until Lisa's face turned bright red and she cried out in surprise.

This was a soothing fox-petting technique Lin Guang and Vishdair often used on her in fox form, but in her human form, it was the first time, leaving her with no strength to resist, collapsing soft and limp onto Lin Guang's lap, covering her face with a soft moan.

"If you're tired, rest well, don't overthink it. We couldn't have done without you today."

Bandaged hands, Vishdair comforted Lisa in her own way, sitting beside Lin Guang, pausing, and then snuggling close.

The silver-haired girl's upper clothing had also been damaged in several places during the battle, but was still wearable in general.

However, having decided to treat her wounds, she had simply taken off her jacket and left it aside, leaving only her innermost clothes, and due to the falling rain, the Sakaz girl's graceful curves were entirely exposed, appearing exceptionally alluring.

Nonetheless, she didn't care, burying her face in Lin Guang's uninjured collarbone: "The wounds are healing so fast, it tickles."

Lin Guang felt the tingling brought by the rapid recovery of his wounds, along with the subtle tickle as her hair brushed against him, nodding: "I'm ticklish too."

Suddenly, Vishdair vigorously sniffed, like an animal catching his scent: "But fighting was so exhilarating."

Lin Guang lifted his hand to touch her horns, also sniffing her hair—with all that clean by Samadhi True Fire, there was no specific smell left, just a strangely familiar "W scent"—he continued nodding: "Yeah, it was awesome."

Seeing them so close together, the dialogue was somewhat bad, making the girl's face redder as she peeked through her fingers.

"Oh, right!"

Lin Guang suddenly perked up: "There's also a reward!"

Vishdair shuddered with excitement, raising his head: "Oh, yeah, such a big gold chest!"

"Is it that one?"

Before Lin Guang could do anything, Vishdair suddenly bounced away from him, searching for something on the ground. After two minutes, he ran back to the dragon's head and spread out his palm —

Lin Guang and Lisa leaned in to see it clearly, and it turned out to be the two black hook jades left by Wang Feng and Jiang Xinyue, still emitting a faint glow.

They had been washed quite far by the water during the battle, and if not for the "indicating light," they would've been hard to find.

"Yes."

Lin Guang took out the other two hook jades from the spatial spiritual artifact.

Vishdair became excited: "Let's go, let's go, open it!"

The three of them stood up, jumped off the dragon's head, and went directly to the foot of the giant and ornate golden chest below.

Indeed, there were four hook jade-shaped grooves on it.

Without hesitation, Lin Guang inserted the hook jades one by one.

Click.

Buzz —

The moment all the hook jades were embedded, a visibly golden-red ripple spread out from the gold chest. The three were astonished to see crimson lines extending from the bottom of the chest, sketching on the ground.

Lin Guang turned his head and looked around.

The patterns formed by these lines rapidly spread, forming intricate divine rune arrays across the mountaintop platform, mysterious and splendid.

It was evident that the center of energy flow of this array was the gold chest where they currently stood.

... Or rather, it was the corpse of the Cold Water Dragon King.

At the moment the spirit rune array was completed, even the ground began to tremble slightly. Suddenly, the entire array ignited with strange, blazing flames, burning the demonic Qi like boiling, with unwilling resentment and dragon might roaring and boiling within.

Yet, Lin Guang and the others who were inside felt no discomfort, only a warm sensation as if the fire carried no scorching high temperature.

In this blaze that illuminated even the dark night, all the remaining dragon scales, flesh, and bones of the Cold Water Dragon King gradually melted in the fire that seemed not to be hot, blending together and transforming into the purest energy, continuously changing in the air, eventually forming a dragon composed entirely of flames; unlike a "Western Dragon" like the Cold Water Dragon King, it was an "Eastern Dragon," long-bodied, serpentine, scaled, with four limbs, spiraling in the air above the mountain.

Lin Guang had a constant feeling that the flaming red dragon seemed to lower its head slightly, gazing at him.

In the next moment, the Eastern Dragon, soaring in the void, raised its head, soared into the sky, broke through layers of overcast clouds, and clashed with the massive blood moon in an instant.

The blood moon was instantly devoured by this strange dragon fire, with red light and golden flames interwoven, releasing an unparalleled dazzling brilliance, as if to light up the entire night sky.

It seemed that the ominous blood moon could not withstand this impact, cracking open with numerous fine cracks.

In the next moment, with a mighty "boom," as if heaven and earth were splitting, the blood moon shattered apart!

Countless fragments burst out like a scattering of blossoms, transforming into mini fire dragons as they fell, with brilliant lights of heat, like a grand meteor shower, darkening the inky demonic Qi along the fire dragons' path, and the foul and decaying smell in the air gradually faded away.

Among them, the largest piece of blood moon debris transformed into a giant dragon several meters in length, descending from the sky, and before anyone could react, it transformed into incomparably pure energy and was injected into Lin Guang's body.

Roar —

Along with a long dragon's roar, the giant red dragon seemed to merge with the moon, which had shrunk several times due to disintegration, infusing it with new energy.

It was at this moment that Lin Guang's pupils finally refocused.

A brand new Natural Spirit Pattern appeared on the aperture wall of his Sea of Spirit, occupying a fair portion of his [capacity].

[You and your partners have gained the temporary status "Exorcism."]

[Exorcism: Significantly increases resistance to demonic Qi.]

[You have comprehended something from the purple-tier wonder "Red Dragon Devouring Demon Refinement," obtaining the three-star Natural Spirit Pattern "Demon Refining."]

[Demon Refining: Slightly increases control and skill power of Fire Attribute Ether, slightly enhances effects of might-related skills, Fire Attribute Skills gain a small purification effect, greatly increasing their effectiveness against demonic Qi and the Demon Race.]

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