Chapter 402 — One Shudder to Godhood, the Whole Team Ascends

A moment later, under the Spirit Empress's healing, the little white dragon was up and about, lively as ever.

It looked at the beautiful green-haired woman with gratitude and said, "Thank you, Senior."

Though it had no idea who she was, anyone who could stand beside the Dragon God was surely a formidable being.

"It was nothing," Sylphra said with a smile.

Once the little white dragon had recovered, it fell briefly silent, then caught on. A moment ago everyone had been saying something about a quasi-divine skill—so it really could be used in battle?

So it had already gotten a taste of just how powerful that move was?

What on earth was going on?

It looked at Cen Yu with pleading eyes. "What does that mean? Are we... are we still fighting?"

Shi Qi glanced at it. "I don't think there's any need. You already count as having lost just now."

Little White Dragon: Huh??

"It has a skill that boosts our side's luck. By the theory of relativity, that means it makes you unluckier."

"The recurrence of your old internal injury just now—that was probably this skill taking effect."

"I say we call off the fight. This move is a bit dangerous, a bit uncontrollable... If you suddenly come down with some hidden incurable disease in a moment, or the Dragon Palace secret realm suddenly spawns a spatial turbulence that sweeps you away to your death, that would be a nasty mess to clean up."

The little white dragon's expression went slack. A skill that boosts your own luck and makes your enemy unlucky?

There was such a skill?

Its old injury had flared up just now because it had been hit by that?

"How can such a terrifying skill exist?" the little white dragon cried in alarm.

It immediately began glancing left and right, then up at the sky, terrified that a meteor might fall and crush it.

Awoo—this was an ocean secret realm, no meteors here. False alarm, then.

"Mm, mm!!" Chongchong chimed in. Exactly, exactly—how could such a terrifying skill exist? Chongchong had already started imagining things.

At the intra-team tournament, when it fought Lin, the instant it teleported, a spatial turbulence would suddenly appear and sweep it away to its death.

How was anyone supposed to fight that?

Losing without knowing why.

"Let's leave it here for now. This move really is a little dangerous," the Spirit Empress said with a smile.

"But there's no need to worry too much."

"The reason this little white dragon has it so bad is that it's too weak, so it's more severely affected by the force of the rules."

"If the opponent is strong, this skill simply won't work. I can feel it—that faint ripple of the rules can't touch me." The Spirit Empress smiled.

"And if it tries to force its influence on a lifeform with powerful fortune, the backlash against itself will be severe as well."

"So you'd best master this move as soon as you can."

As the Spirit Empress finished speaking, Shi Yanlin nodded quickly, understanding the principle she was describing.

Still, this move looked incredibly strong!

Shi Cen was already letting his imagination run wild!

Later, when Lin researched all sorts of machinery, could his luck be so good that he'd somehow succeed for no reason at all?

As everyone knows, research requires countless experiments. With bad luck, you might never achieve anything in a lifetime; but with good luck, it's entirely possible to nail it in one shot.

Or at the World Tournament, when facing beast tamers who contracted beasts above their level—could it be that before the battle even started, the opponent's body simply gave out and they dropped dead on the spot?

And then there was the fact that the current Lin should count as having mythical potential, right?

Normally, the upper limit of improvement from the Time-Brewed Fruit depends on species potential—in most cases, Monarch level. But used on Lin, who has mythical potential, even if the side effects are too great to reach the mythical tier, might it be possible to unleash a totem strike temporarily?

The more Shi Jin thought about it, the more excited he got. Amazing, absolutely amazing.

"You came to Splitstar City this time to prepare for the World Tournament?" The Dragon God saw that Chongchong had also just returned from the Dragon God Statue's side, so she asked Shi Li.

"Yes, to do some hard training here." Shi Heng nodded. He had indeed been thinking of challenging the Overlords of Splitstar City to temper himself.

"Mm, then keep at it." The Dragon God nodded. That being the case, now that the cause of the changes here had been clarified, it was time to leave.

She looked toward Sylphra, but at that moment Sylphra was gazing at Cen Yu with a smiling squint.

"Oh? Then how about coming to our Courtland for some training?"

"You're still Donghuang's genius archaeologist, aren't you? Your archaeological ability, plus its luck boost—couldn't that be used to crack ruins too? Our Courtland still has several important ruins that have defied all attempts to solve them. Would you like to go take a look?"

"If you find something worthwhile, you won't be shortchanged."

"Uh…" Shi Shuo froze.

"It's no matter. In a while, your Dragon God and several Overlords of Shenyuan City will all be making a trip to Tingxiang. You need only go along with them."

Shi Qi looked toward the Dragon God—really? Shenyuan City was going to Tingxiang? What for?

"That is indeed the case. But if you don't wish to go, you may as well stay in Shenyuan City and train bitterly. Pay her no mind."

The Dragon God was of the opinion that Shi Jin would be better off honestly relying on the Dragon God Statue to train bitterly than going to Tingxiang for experience.

Shi Li: "I want to go, I want to go! I happen to have some business in Tingxiang anyway."

What a coincidence—if he could travel together with Shenyuan City, then he wouldn't need to bother with Donghuang's side at all.

The bodyguards Donghuang could provide were really not necessarily more numerous than Jinlan City's.

The Dragon God fell silent, never expecting Shi Jin to have his soul hooked by a few offhand words from the other.

"Let him come along. Don't worry, I will ensure his safety." The Elf Queen Sylphra smiled. "A-Tian, do you still not trust me?

Besides, you'll be going over yourself—are you afraid I'll eat him?"

"Very well, since it's come to this." The Dragon God looked toward Cen Yu. "From within Shenyuan City's Environmental Protection Department, select one Overlord-level dragon race to accompany him to Tingxiang and take charge of the exchange mission between Shenyuan City and Tingxiang. Any problem with that?"

"Exchange mission?" Shi Jin came to a realization—so Shenyuan City and Tingxiang were going to conduct exchange activities?

Only… he was to lead the team?!

True, as the head of the Environmental Protection Department, he could indeed command Overlords, but… was that appropriate?

"All right… I guarantee the mission will be completed…" Shi Li said.

"Mm."

"Let's go." Seeing this, the Dragon God addressed the Elf Queen. She no longer intended to linger here, but before leaving she looked toward the little white dragon beside them and said, "When you go to Tingxiang, take it along as well. As the Third Prince of Yexing City, it's a bit too weak."

Little White Dragon: QAQ???

Aaah—not only was the gift not mentioned at all, but it had been scolded to boot. The little white dragon suddenly felt its lot was truly hard, and wished it had let Chancellor Turtle come find Shi Jin instead.

"Good, let's go." The Elf Queen smiled. If it had been left to Donghuang, Donghuang might not necessarily have released Shi Jin to go train in Tingxiang—it was still her best friend who was easier to talk to.

What surprised the Elf Queen, however, was that this Shi Jin held such a high position in Shenyuan City.