Chapter 56 of 100

Chapter 56

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Lan Ling didn't know how long he had been unconscious. In his dream, he clearly felt the demon star continuously releasing energy into his brain and eyes.

Lan Ling knew that the demon star was enhancing his mental power.

When he woke up, he didn't immediately open his eyes. Then he suddenly noticed something very strange.

Even with his eyes closed, he could see things, or rather, sense them.

At that moment, he was lying by a lake, and not far away were two squirrels. Most importantly, about three meters away from him, a woman was sitting, an incredibly beautiful woman. Even though he could only sense her outline with his eyes closed, that outline was already breathtakingly beautiful.

This woman was the one who had saved him from the Shadow Spider Queen's cave, her name was A Luo.

This was too, too incredible, Lan Ling was utterly astonished.

"Demon Star, how much mental power do I have now? Can I lock onto targets 150 meters away?" Lan Ling asked.

"150 meters? 300 meters is no problem," the demon star said. "Your current mental power cultivation has already reached the level of a 9th-grade cultivator, and you are about to enter the intermediate stage."

A cultivator refers to someone who specializes in cultivating mental power, and most of them serve in the Divine Dragon Holy Temple.

"So much?" Lan Ling was overjoyed. The requirement for mental power in the graduation exam was only 150 meters, but now, after consuming the Shadow Spider Queen's mental power, he could lock onto targets 300 meters away.

The demon star said, "The Shadow Spider Queen consumed the brain matter of countless people to enhance her mental power. You completely consumed her mental power, so the improvement was astonishing. Even after refinement and absorption, if only one percent of the mental power became your own, it still far exceeds the standard of an intermediate cultivator. However, your brain and body can only temporarily withstand this much mental power. So, I used the remaining mental power to enhance your mental talent."

The demon star had mentioned that mental talent was different from mental power.

To give a simple example, someone with high mental power can sense and lock onto more distant targets. However, someone with high mental talent can lock onto targets more precisely, consume less mental power and dragon power, and lock onto more targets simultaneously.

Of course, it doesn't stop there. The most important thing is that someone with high mental talent can achieve twice the results with half the effort in sword techniques, cultivation methods, and spells. This is the most crucial point.

Therefore, mental talent is the most core and important talent.

Originally, Lan Ling's mental talent was around 7.5, which was one in a thousand, but not considered top-notch.

"Now, what is my mental talent?" Lan Ling asked.

"8.1," the demon star said. "It's already one in ten thousand."

Lan Ling asked, "If my mental talent reaches 9.9, what would happen?"

The demon star said, "No matter how difficult the sword technique or martial art, you would learn it instantly. No matter how complex or mysterious the enemy's moves, you would see the flaws at a glance."

Lan Ling was speechless; this was truly beyond extraordinary.

Lan Ling continued, "Then, has my arm strength reached 300 pounds?"

The demon star regretfully said, "No, it's still 250 pounds, because the Shadow Spider Queen was all mental power."

Fifty pounds short of the goal? There were only a little over twenty days left until the graduation exam, and it would take four or five days to return.

In that case, time was really, really tight.

...

"Since you're already awake, why don't you open your eyes?" The woman's clear and ethereal voice rang out.

Lan Ling opened his eyes and immediately saw an incomparably beautiful face sitting on a tree branch, her feet dangling in the water. Her eyes were not looking at Lan Ling, and her figure was truly graceful and captivating, especially her jade-like feet, which were mesmerizing.

Lan Ling got up and bowed, saying, "Thank you, miss, for saving my life."

While bowing, Lan Ling asked in his mind, "Demon Star, how high is this woman's martial arts? She could fight the Shadow Spider Queen to a standstill in the cave."

"Dragon Warrior," the demon star said.

Lan Ling was speechless. Although he had no idea how powerful a Dragon Warrior was, he knew that he wasn't even a 1st-grade warrior yet, and after breaking through the 9th-grade warrior, one would become an intermediate warrior.

Intermediate warriors were divided into nine stars, and after breaking through the 9th-star intermediate warrior, one would become a high-grade warrior.

High-grade warriors were divided into nine ranks, and after breaking through the 9th-rank high-grade warrior, one would become a Dragon Warrior.

His sworn brother, Suo Hanyi, broke through to Dragon Warrior at the age of 27 and was considered a once-in-a-century genius in the entire Tian Shui City. This A Luo girl was probably only in her early twenties, which was truly extraordinary.

A Luo turned her head, revealing half of her face, which was so beautiful it took one's breath away.

"Who saved whom is still uncertain," A Luo said.

Lan Ling asked, "Miss, where are we?"

"Down the mountain," A Luo said.

Lan Ling asked, "How far is it from the Shadow Spider Queen's lair?"

"Not far, a few dozen miles," A Luo said.

"Thank you for bringing me out. What about the others in the lair?" Lan Ling asked.

"The Shadow Spider Queen is dead, so they naturally broke free from the mental lock and left on their own," A Luo said.

Lan Ling said, "I have a companion, a woman named Ye Jingyu. Have you seen her?"

"No," A Luo said. "After the Shadow Spider Queen died, I took you away directly and didn't pay attention to the others."

Lan Ling bowed again, saying, "Thank you again for saving my life. I'll take my leave now."

A Luo turned her head and asked, "Where are you going?"

Lan Ling said, "To the Shadow Spider Queen's lair to find my companion."

"No," A Luo said softly.

Lan Ling was taken aback, a bit disbelieving of her words. This woman was like a celestial being. Although Lan Ling didn't ask about her identity, she wore the Heavenly Screen Ring of the Divine Dragon Holy Temple, so he instinctively felt she was a female cultivator from the Divine Dragon Holy Temple.

Female cultivators from the Divine Dragon Holy Temple were very detached and noble. They must have heard about the Shadow Spider Queen harming people and came alone to eliminate the threat. People like her would definitely save others without expecting anything in return.

However, now she directly said no, Lan Ling couldn't leave.

"Why... why not?" Lan Ling asked.

"Because I came specifically for you. Otherwise, why would I risk my life to enter the Shadow Spider Queen's lair? Do I want to live too long?" A Luo said.

Lan Ling was taken aback and said, "Did you go to the Shadow Spider Queen's lair to eliminate the threat? How could it be for me?"

"Eliminate the threat? Why would I do that? The Shadow Spider Queen and I have no conflict. As long as one doesn't enter her territory, they won't die. So, those who were killed deserved it," A Luo said indifferently. "I went there for you."

Lan Ling was completely stunned. What was going on? He didn't feel that special.

"Did you come specifically for me?" Lan Ling said. "And you risked your life?"

"Yes," A Luo turned her face, her exquisite and beautiful face smiled, making one's soul almost fly away.

"Why? I'm not that special," Lan Ling said. "Why did you come to find me?"

"To take you home," A Luo said. "To my home."

Lan Ling said, "Then what?"

"Then, to marry you. I want to marry you," A Luo said.

Lan Ling's head almost exploded.

This woman was so beautiful, on par with Princess Zining.

In terms of appearance alone, her level among women far exceeded Suo Lun's level among men.

Now, she said she had come a long way to the Shadow Spider Queen's lair, risking her life, just to marry him?

Could this be another of Suo Lun's entanglements? But there was no such woman in Suo Lun's collection of portraits, and Lan Ling felt that the playboy Suo Lun didn't deserve a woman like this celestial being.

"Miss, have we had a relationship before?" Lan Ling asked in confusion.

"No," A Luo said. "I saw your portrait and fell in love at first sight, so I came a long way to find you and marry you."

At this moment, A Luo still smiled ethereally, with a celestial-like aura, but she said such words.

Lan Ling's heart was completely in chaos.

He took a deep breath. Although the current situation was bizarre, and the woman in front of him was already beautiful and noble to the extreme, the perfect lover every man dreams of.

But Lan Ling bowed again and said, "Thank you for your kindness, miss, but I already have a fiancée. Now I need to find my companion. Goodbye."

"No," A Luo's long sleeves lightly flicked, and Lan Ling was completely immobilized.

Lan Ling said, "What do you mean, miss?"

The breathtakingly beautiful A Luo said softly, "There are too few handsome men nowadays. I haven't had a wedding ceremony in a long time, and I haven't tasted human blood in a long time. Now that a top-notch handsome man like you has appeared, how can I let you go?"

Upon hearing this, Lan Ling was completely chilled to the bone.

Then, A Luo lightly floated to Lan Ling's side, opened her white teeth, and lightly scratched his neck, licking it with her small tongue, and said ethereally, "Little husband, how did I do as a celestial being? I thought for a long time before deciding to use this appearance and aura to meet you."

Lan Ling's hair stood on end. This was like escaping from a tiger's den only to enter a wolf's lair.

"Dear husband, let me introduce myself," A Luo bowed in front of Lan Ling and said, "I am the chief of the Poison Snake Tribe in the Ten Thousand Mountains, Meng Tuoluo, known as the Black Widow."

Black Widow, it was the Black Widow.

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