Volume 1, Chapter 30: Too Extreme! Using the Heiress of the Xia Family as Human Equipment?
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Among the ruins, Xia Mengying hid herself with barely concealed nervousness.
Her Cyclone Flame Wolf was not at her side; she had sent it off to draw away another group of pursuers.
Not long ago, more than a dozen beast tamers had surrounded and hunted her down. At the critical moment, she had created a simulated puppet disguised in her likeness, had her Cyclone Flame Wolf carry the false body away at full speed in one direction, while she herself desperately broke through in the opposite direction.
The ploy had successfully divided the pursuers into two groups, but it had also plunged Xia Mengying into an even more perilous situation.
Xia Mengying was a battle-rider beast tamer. Only when mounted on her beast could she unleash her full combat strength.
Now that she could not ride her beast, she could not activate her talent, and her own fighting ability had been greatly diminished.
To make matters worse, five pursuers still surrounded her. Like her, every one of them was a level-sixteen beast tamer.
Watching the five men gradually tighten their encirclement, Xia Mengying could not help muttering in despair, “Sigh... I’m finished!”
At that moment, she truly felt that she would never escape this calamity.
She thought that, rather than be captured and humiliated, perhaps dying a quick and painless death would be preferable.
Qin Tanlang and his men were no gentlemen. Every female beast tamer who fell into their hands met a fate too horrible to imagine!
Even so, Xia Mengying would never wait meekly for death.
Seeing the five beast tamers rapidly closing in, she suddenly spotted an opening. With a sharp cry, she sprang toward the small woods at the edge of the ruins!
“Whoosh!”
Xia Mengying practically burned through every ounce of speed she possessed, transforming into a crimson blur as she raced toward the trees.
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
Three energy blades tore through the air and slashed toward her in an instant.
Catching sight of the approaching glints from the corner of her eye, Xia Mengying did not hesitate. She performed a handspring, her agile body narrowly slipping between the energy blades.
Yet a strand of sword energy that shot in diagonally from the side still sliced away a lock of her flowing hair.
Xia Mengying clenched her teeth in fury, but she dared not stop to engage them.
The five enemies drew closer and closer, while their beasts spread out as well, forming an even wider encirclement in an attempt to trap her completely.
Gritting her teeth, Xia Mengying summoned every last bit of strength she had and finally darted into the woods just before the encirclement closed.
Even so, she could not bring herself to rejoice.
Her Cyclone Flame Wolf had been held back and could not possibly return in the short term.
On two legs alone, there was no way she could outrun the five beast tamers behind her and their mounted beasts.
Just then, an even more absurdly unfortunate accident occurred.
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As she shot past a huge boulder as swiftly as lightning, she unexpectedly slammed hard into someone!
Xia Mengying focused her eyes and saw that the person she had collided with was none other than Lin Yao, who had hurried over to support her.
Lin Yao had spotted Xia Mengying trapped in danger from afar and had immediately rushed over to help.
He had never expected that, in her frantic flight, Xia Mengying would run straight into his arms.
At that moment, Xia Mengying was fleeing for her life at full speed. Even though the safety cushions on her chest had absorbed some of the impact, the violent collision still left her seeing stars and reeling with dizziness.
She shook her head and came to her senses. When she realized she had crashed into Lin Yao, she was startled, delighted, and helpless all at once.
“You poor thing, how did it have to be you? Come on, run with me!”
On the one hand, Xia Mengying was delighted to encounter Lin Yao.
After all, she had treated him generously in the past.
But then she reconsidered. Lin Yao and Zhu Zhihan had only been level eight back then. Even if they had improved over the past few days, they could be no more than around level nine.
Under such circumstances, meeting Lin Yao here might not be a good thing. If she dragged him into this mess as well, it would be disastrous.
Without time to think it through, Xia Mengying grabbed Lin Yao by the hand and tried to continue fleeing.
However, her Cyclone Flame Wolf had yet to return, and another wave of reinforcements from among her pursuers had now appeared!
Xia Mengying’s heart sank when she saw them, and despair surged through her once more.
With no other options, she could only make one desperate gamble.
Clenching her teeth, she anxiously asked Lin Yao, “You poor thing, where’s that humanoid beast of yours?”
Lin Yao paused for a moment, then shook his head. “Not nearby.”
At this critical juncture between life and death, Xia Mengying could no longer afford to conceal her secret.
She gritted her teeth and spoke rapidly. “You poor thing, climb onto my back first and share your attributes with me!”
“Huh?” Lin Yao was stunned. For a moment, he did not understand what she meant.
With danger closing in, Xia Mengying briefly explained, “My talent is rather special. I inherited it from my mother. In Battle-Rider state, I can share my attributes with my mount or with another beast tamer, and the reverse works as well. Understand?”
Lin Yao immediately understood.
Xia Mengying wanted him to ride on her back so that, through her talent, he could share his attributes with her.
Lin Yao had never imagined that Xia Mengying’s talent would be so unique.
If this secret became known to others, Xia Mengying might truly be treated as a piece of living equipment, exploited and driven at their convenience.
Yet Lin Yao did not feel that their current situation was all that desperate.
Instead, imitating the teasing tone Xia Mengying had used with him earlier, he said calmly, “I can share my attributes with you, but... first call me ‘good husband.’”
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Xia Mengying’s limpid eyes instantly widened. Furious, she cried out, “Do you want me to hit you? How can you still joke around at a time like this?”
The corner of Lin Yao’s mouth lifted. “Are you going to say it or not?”
Xia Mengying was both anxious and furious. She truly wanted to punch the insufferable man unconscious, but she would never gamble with either her own life or Lin Yao’s.
Her pretty face flushed crimson. She clenched her teeth, and in the end forced out resentfully, “...Good husband, hurry and get on!”
Lin Yao had no intention of actually climbing onto Xia Mengying’s back. Instead, he lowered his body, thrust his left arm through the crook of her knees, and, with his palm supporting her shapely backside, lifted her into a bridal carry with one arm!
He did this because he wanted to see what effect would result from having Xia Mengying share her attributes with him.
Lin Yao held Xia Mengying with only his left arm, forcing her entire body to rest against him.
To keep from falling, she had no choice but to wrap both arms tightly around his neck.
The moment Xia Mengying’s soft body pressed against him, Lin Yao felt a delicate fragrance rush into his nose. With a beautiful woman in his arms, he was surrounded by warmth and sweetness.
But he had no time to savor the intimate scene. Instead, he said calmly to Xia Mengying, “Share your attributes with me. Let me carry the team.”
Lin Yao insisted on taking the initiative for a reason.
Suppose his own attributes were fifty and Xia Mengying’s were one hundred and fifty. With his Attribute Multiplication talent, his fifty attributes could be amplified to five hundred.
If he shared his attributes with Xia Mengying, her attributes would only rise to six hundred and fifty after adding his five hundred.
But if Xia Mengying shared her attributes with him, the situation would be entirely different.
Their combined two hundred attribute points would be directly amplified to two thousand under the effect of his talent—more than three times stronger than a mere six hundred and fifty!
The numerous beast tamers and beasts surrounding them were already closing in. Xia Mengying had no time to think and decisively activated her Peerless Battle-Rider talent, linking her attributes with Lin Yao’s.
In an instant, Xia Mengying herself noticed nothing unusual, but in Lin Yao’s heart, a colossal wave surged like a raging sea crashing against the shore.
It had worked!
After Xia Mengying’s attributes were added to his base attributes, his Attribute Multiplication talent directly amplified the total tenfold!
At that moment, Lin Yao’s strength was terrifying!
The energy shots he fired, which previously had no more power than a shotgun blast, could now absolutely rival an RPG rocket launcher.
For one fleeting moment, Lin Yao had a very jail-worthy thought: to tie Xia Mengying to himself so that he could keep sharing her attributes indefinitely.
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